The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1896, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1896. SAN DIEGO GAINS A WATER SYSTEM Voters of the Southern City Declare for a Bond Issue. STRIEE AT A MONOPOLY Heavy Majority in Favor of the Scheme After Four Years of Contention. VICTORS WILDLY JUBILANT. Value of Vast Tracts to Be Enhanced a Hundred-Fold by Libzral Irrigation. SAN DIEGO, CaL., June 27.—This city was to-night in the possession of a howl- ing mob, and cheers for E. 8. Babcock and John D. Spreckels rent the air for hours. The election held to-day resulted in & crushing defeat of silurians and the tri- umph of progressive men, who are baild- ing up this country. San Diego voted by a large majority over the necessary two-thirds—a stupen- dous handicap—to build a new water sys- tem at a cost of $1,500,000, giving the city 1000 inches of water from the mountains and a new distributing system. The voting of bonds in this amount means the construction of a system in addition to that of the city, but auxiliary to it, for the irrigation of 75,000 acres of land in the country adjacent to the city—the finest temon land in the United States, and which will jump in value from $1 per acre in its present sagebrush state to $100 per usere with water. The total cost of the system, including the city’s share, is esti- mated at $3,000,000 and over 7000 inches of water will be developed. The city gets the sole ownership of the magnificent Morena dam, the finest n Southern Cali- fornia, the conduit to the city ana the distributing system in the city. E. 8. Babcock, the founder of Coronado and partner of John D. Spreckels and A. B. Spreckels, is the moving spirit of this great enterprise. The populace has gon wild and bonfires, bombs and brass bands held forth on the plaza both last night and to-night. ¢ At the Hotel del Coronado, which Babcock built, the eraployes met him and carried him on their shoulders, while fire- wdrks and music drew the whole popula- | B - DOI | the instrumentality of his sister, who was tion of the beach to the spot. The citi- zens generally regard this as the turning point in San Diego’s career and are simply beside themselves. The fight lasted four vears and wus bitterly fought by the San Diego Flume Company, owner of the water system now supplying the city. All sorts of corruption was alleged on the part of the flume company and money was spent lixe water. The city now cuts loose from a monopoly and gains a water sys- tem of its own from fountain-head to kitchen faucet. SUED “BY SPOKANE CITY. Action Against a Corporation in Which Prominent Men Are Named as Defendants. SPOKANE, Was June 27.—The city of Spokane to-day began suit against the Northwest Milling and Power Company, together with a long list of other defend- ants, to recover $80,000 which it alleges is due from the company. The suit promises to be a sensational one. It involves a number of prominent men and ex-city officials, J. H. Eardly, a former City Treasurer, deposited city money to the extent of $35,- 000 in the Bank of Spokane Falls, The bank failed. An Eastern bank held $65,000 of stock in the Spokane Water Power Comgmny as collateral for $35,000 due it by the Bank of Spokane Falls. In order to save the $35,000 which the Treasurer lost by the failure he advanced the other amount to the Eastern bank and secared stock. Afterward the 8pokane Water Power Company sold all its property to the Northwest Milline and Power Com- pany and, itis claimed, without consent of the city interest. The property was then mortgaged by the Mortgage Company cf Amsterdam for $300,000. Solomon Oppenheimer, who was the promoter, ran the company in debt and left the country. The mortgage com- pany then commenced foreclosure pro- ceedings, and the city now comes in to claim its interest and set the original sales 2nd mortgage aside. . The attorneys for the city say that prom- inent officials are involved and that the transactions were fraudulent. SRS SANTA ROSA ELECTION RGW. Jesters Induce @ Woman to Insist Upon Fotang. SANTA ROSA, Car., June 27.—Mrs. Williams of this city created a ereat deal of excitement and no end of merriment by attempting to vote at the election of School Trustees to-day. Cherishing strong political convictions, Mrs. Wil- liams was anxious to cast her first ballot, having been led by a party of wags to be- lieve that she was entitled to that privi- lege. Upon being refused permission to deposit ber ballot, the lady resurned to those who had first urged her to make the attempt and was told by them that her ballot had been rejected on account of her known sympathy for the American Protective ~Association. She was told by the would-be funny men to try again aud if refused to make a grand uproar. Ihese instructions were carried ont to the letter, and it was with great difficulty that the woman was in- duced to desist and go to her home. Py SANTA ROSA’S AGED BSUITOR. Seventy-two Year Old Josiah Piatt Woule Wed a Girl of Fourteen. SANTA ROSA, CaL.,, June 27.—Josiah Paxton Piatt, aged 72, applied for a mar- riage license to-day, to wed Mary Burns, aged 14. The would-be bridegroom was informed by County Clerk Fulton that the girl was too young and that he could not issue the Jicense. The undaunted Mr. Piatt said he would remedy that all right, and the girl’s mother soon appeared be- fore the clerk to pive her consent. The clerk thereupon produced the statutes and read & little cold law on the subject of matrimony, from which the fatherly look- ing Piatt learned that he had yet a year to ‘wait before he could wed Mary according to law. —_—— Fire Near Blacks, WOODLAND, CAr., June 27.—A large barn on Hon. D. N. Hershey’s ranch near { tions Blacks was destroyed by fire this morn- ing at 4:30 o'clock. A valuable stallion perished. The barn contained 100 tons_of new hay and a lot of barness and farming utensils. The loss is $3500. e MISSING FROM PORTLAND. Real Estate Agent Jewett Said to Hive Defrauded Several Banks, PORTLAND, Og., June 27.—The Wel- come this evening says that Clarence F. Jewett, for several years in the real estate business here, has absconded after de- frauding several banks out of $25,000. His victims are very reticent about the affair and positively refuse to give any definite information. District Attorney Hume is interesting himself in the case and is making strone efforts to apprehend Jewett, with no present indications of success. It is said that Jewett defranded indivi- duals also, but in mast cases the sums were small, and those who lost by their dealings with him will not go to any ex- pense to bring him back. Butthe banks are determined that he shall not escape and will spare no expense in bringing him to justice. Jewett is a nephew of the founder of the Forearm Arms Manufacturing Company in Springfield, Mass. This uncleisa multi- millionaire, and to-night it is said that the alleged absconder has gone East to obtain funds to square himself here., His family is yet in the city. T g PORTLAND MURDERER'S FATE, George W. Baxter Sentenced for the Kill- ing of His Wife. PORTLAND, Or., June 27.—George W. Baxter, the wife murderer who was con- victed of manslaughter, was to-day sen- tenced by Judge Stephens to fifteen years of penal servitude and to pay a $500 fine. Baxter takes his sentence quite vphilo- sophically. He had stated beforeband that he did not think Judge Stephens would give him more toan ten years. The courtroom was crowded with people, many of whom thought the defendant should have been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to the gal- tows. It is said that Baxter has friends who will try and effect his pardon in a few years. WS KNDWN I SEATILE Albert Peck a Divorced Husband of Murdered Mrs. Cora Borden. She Was Granted a Separation Be- cause Their Temperaments Were Antagonistic. SEATTLE, WasH., June 27.—Mrs. Cora Borden, murdered on Tuesday morning in San Francisco by George Stutz, had a divorced husband, Albert F. Peck, resid- ing in tuis city. He1s treasurer for the Wasgington Shoe Manufacturing Com- pany. The divorce was obtained 'in San Francisco over two years ago by Mrs. Peck, but upon what grounds Peck says he does not know, as he made no defense. He presumes it was incompatibility of temper, as their differences were never of a more serious nature. He met the late Mrs. Borden through her bosom friend at New Bedford, Mass., where they were married in 1888. The couple at once removed to iS8an Francisco, which city had been Peck’s home for many years, and remained there until their separation. Cora M. Lewis was Mrs. Borden’s maiden name. She wasborn at Piymouth, Mass., and was the daughter of Benjamin Lews, | a blacksmith. Her near relatives are all dead. In the early eighties she married Arthur Borden, who was lost by the wrecking of a small steamer near Nan- tucket in 1887. Borden, Mr. Peck says, was a cousin of ie Borden, who was defendant 1n_the famous Borden murder trial at Fall River, Mass., several years ago, Lizzie being ac- cused of the murder of her father and mother, but acquitted. Mrs. Borden piaye for two weeks in this city with the Pyke Opera Company, and while here met and conversed with Peck, who is now mar- ried again. e Imprisoned for Insanity. SAN JOSE, Cain, June 27. —H. W. Mitchell, who claims to be an old news- paper man, is being held at the County Jail pending an examination as to his sanity. Mitchell is a middle-aged man, and claims to have come from Stockton, where, be says, he was employed on the Mail. About 9 o’clock last night he en- tered the jail office, and after raising a dis- turbance was ejected. He then crawled into a doghouse to spend the night, and when ordered to vacate refused to do so. Mitchell says he was confined in Stockton Asylum in 1894, el Threatened With Foreclosure. SAN JOSE, CAL., June 27.—The canvass of the city maie Wednesaay in an effort to raise about $10,000 needed to liquidate the indebtedness of the Young Men's Christian Association resulted in collec- amounting to only $2510. This makes nearly $11,000 that has been raised to meet an $18,000 indebtedness. There is a foreclosure suit now pending against the association’s lot and building on Second street. A committee will be appointed to see the wealthy class of the city and try to raise the sum needed. Bt Chosen Friends Picnic, SAN JOSE, OAL., June 27.—Garden City Council No. 62, Order of Chosen Friends, celebrated the seventeenth anniversary of the order to-day with a picnic and dance at Agricultural Park. C. M. Arnold, past supreme councilor of San Francisco Coun- cil, delivered an address. The proceeds of the picnic will be given to the members of the Order of Chosen Friends who were in- jured during the late St. Louis disaster. v s, Impated on a Pitchfork. SAN JOSE, Caw., June 27.—John John. son, a laborer on Charles Wade’s ranch, near Santa Clara, while stacking hay with a derrick last evening was struck in the right side by a prong of a fork, inflicting a wound several inches deep. It is feared that his lungs have been penetrated. The chances for Johnson’s recovery are doubt- ful. SO L Foresters Eleet Officers. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 27.—Court San Jose, American Foresters, has elected the following officers: Chief ranger, ¥. L. Haskell; sub-ranger, J. M. Ross; record- ing secretarv, J. M. Reid; senior wood- ward, G. F. Mendler; junior woodward, H. G. Mesa; senior beadle, D. A. Amador; junior beadle, Joseph Bliss. gt Dr. Swift Honored. SAN JOSE, Oav., June 27.—The court medal of the Astronomical Society has been awarded to Dr. Lewis Swift of the Lowe Observatory, for his discovery of an unexpected comat on April 13, 1896. v Stz Rialto Rabbit Drive. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL., June 27.—A drive to.day at Rialto resulted in the death of more than 1000 jackrabbits. T R e Y M. Arton Sentenced. PARIS, Fraxce, June 27.—M. Arton, who was prominently identified with the Panama Canal scandal, has been sen- tenced to six years' imprisonment at hard labor for his comqllcny in the fraudulent transactions that led to the scandal and to pay back the mouney he embezzled from | the company. NEVADA FEDERAL OFFICIALS SEEN." Assessments Levied for the Democratic Campaign Exchequer. CIVIL SERVICE TITHES. Office-Holders ‘Both Great and Small Asked to Subscribe Their Mites. RECEIPTS FOR ALL DONATIONS. Agent Anderson and His Tax Lists Abroad in the Silver Country. VIRGINIA CITY, Nxv., June 27.—J. W. Anderson, about 55 years old, sleek, well- fed and with a bunch of iron-gray whiskers on his chin, blew into Nevada lately on a peculiar mission. He is pleasing and suave, and carried letters of introduction not to the vulgar public, but to Federal office-holders great and small. He has them on a list, with their names, ad- dresses, at what particular stall of the public crib they feed and what the oats are worth. Anderson hails from Sprague. Wash., and his credentials are signed by Chauncey F. Black, president of the National Asso- ciation of Democratic Clubs, Charles J. Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, and Lawrence Gardner, secretary. Anderson is one of three agents alleged to have been author- ized to assess Federal office-holders to raise funds for the Democratic campaign of 1896. He was evidently picked out of a horde on account of his peculiar fitness for the work. He is an adept at the business, and has methods to suit all occasions. He could draw tears from & Spbihx}or cause ‘‘de push’’ to chuckle, Anderson’s assessments are rated at $25 on $750 per annum situations; $30 on $1000 postmasters, soon to be in the civil service; $75 on $1000 appointments; $125 on $1500; §300 on $4000. He approaches the guileiess with austerity, winds up by asking how many dollars’ worth they love Democracy and their official necks, and leaves after giving a printed receipt in blue ink and parchment. From the center of the parchment beams a likeness of the father of his country. Anderson carries numberless stub-books, showing that he has been remarkably suc- cessful. He has traversed Montana and Idaho, is now “doing” Nevada, and in- tends to touch the Californians next. T e PORTLAND’S RAITIFICATION, Oregon Republicans Indorse the Action Taken at St. Louis. PORTLAND, Oz., June 27.—A great Re- publican ratification meeting was held in Marquam Grand Theater to-night. Hun- dreds were turned away from the doors and couid not get in. General George H. Williams presided. Prominent men from all over the State were present. The four Oregon electors made brief addresses. They were John F. Caples, E. L. Smith, T. T. Geer and 8. M. Yoran. Speeches were made by the dele- gates to the St. Louis convention and the announcement that Oreggn’s representa- tives stand for “McKinley and sound money’’ was the signal for a great out- burst. Other speakers of the evening were ex-Senator Dolph, Congressman-elect Thomas H. Tongue of Hillsboro and Charles W. Fulton of Astoria. ety iy Spokane Silverites Meet. SPOKAN ‘WasH., June 27. — The Friends of Silver, a local organization composed of people from all parties, lately augmented by a number of bolting Repub- licans, met this evening and elected At- torney-General W. C. Jones, Judge R. B. Blake and Hon. 8. 8. Bailey delegates to the State Silver Convention. A resolution expressiug approval and profound grati- tude to H. M. Teller for his action at St. Louis was received with a round of ap- plause. A number of speeches were made, Teller's name being always received with great applause. A CXCLIST’S FATAL FALL. While Making a Tour of Mexico He Goes Over a CIiff. GUADALAJARA, Mex., June 27.—D. C. Edwards, an American who had been making a bicyele tour through Mexico and leit here a few days ago to cross the Sierre Madre on his way to Manzanillo, was ac- cidentally killed by falling over a cliff eighty miles distant from here. His mangled body and broken bicycle were found at the foot of the cliff. The mountain trail at that point is very narrow and dangerous, and it is suppesed that Edwards was cnrymg his wheel, when his foot slipved and he was dashe over the precipice. His place of residence in the United States is not known here. el Attempt fo Kill the New Shah. TIFLIS, Cavcasia, June 27.—A news- paper here states that a member of the Baci society recently tried to assassinate the new Shah at Teheran. His Majesty was not hurt. The would-be mnx&eror was arrested. g el Passes Second Reading in the Reichstag. BERLIN, GERMANY, June 27.—The Gov- ernment’s civit code bill passed its second reading in the Reichstag to-day. Durstion of Victoria’s Reign. The statement made in our columns the other day that the Victorian reign will “in a month or so’” have lasted longer than that of any other English sovereign is, a correspondent points out, not quite ac- curate. George III ascended the throne October 25, 1780, and died January 29,1820, his reign having lasted fiftv-nine years and ninety-six days. The Queen’s reign began on June 20, 3837, and will reach the u}ull period of fifty-nine years and ninety-six _days on Thursday, Septem- ber 24. The 25th will therefore (for werhaps preferably Saturday, the 26th) be the appropriate day for celebrating, as we hope to do, a reign which will then have exceeded all others in duration, as it has already done in giory and importance. This calculation is correct if we take all years as equal. If we reckon the number of days the term would be reached two days earlier, since the extra 29th of Febru- ary only occurred thirteen times in the reign of George III, he having commenced it after that dalein 1760, and died before it in 1820, while he missed one of the series owing to the occurrence of the century year 1800. In the present reign the extra day has occurred fifteen times.—West- minster Gazette. —————— Russian railways have ladies’ carriages. moking of them—a very entici ng one. NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. e AR spesfrsirniasientreirstreirsiariesiriastariontrsiestesiestrsientasientrsieatesfrsteeirsisiacisiasirsfasiesfantesiosiastreiosiasirsirafoseefasieelak i MAZE CLEARANCE. It’s times like these that the striking superiority of THE MAZE asserts itself. No store in San Francisco—big or little—where economy can be practiced so successfully as h.ere. We are everlastingly pushing to bring about extraordinary money-saving chances, and this sale is one CLEARANCE SALE Of Handsome New SILKS. At 29c—8ilk Dimity, Dresden designs, reduced from 50¢. At 35c—Dresden Silks, 25 inches wide, light and medium shade, reduced from 75c¢. At B0c—Striped French Taffeta, lovely shades, all silk, reduced from $1 00. At 69c—Dresden Brocade, all - silk, re- duced from $1 00. At 75c—Dresden Imported Taffeta in dainty designs, reduced from $1 25. b k3 < < < k4 <+ < % k3 kS < b < < < < < + < k3 -Ef < < At $1.00—Dresden Taffeta, stylish de- signs, reduced from $1 50. At 81.25Dresden Taffeta and Gros . Grain, extra heavy, reduced from $2, At 81.50—Dresden Armure and Gros de Londres, reduced from $2 50. 0, G0 ® 00, At 59c—Black Figured Gros Grain, heavy quality, reduced from 85c. O At 85c—All-black Figured Gros Grain %Ti (Gros de Londres, reduced from 000, ®© At 85c—All-silk Pekin Satin, Stripes, very heavy, reduced from $1 25. At ®1.10—All-black Figured Gros de Londres_and Gros Grain, reduced from $1 50. Clearance Sale of: DRESS GOODS. At 15c—Mohair Melange ingreat variety for summer wear, reduce? from 30c. At 25c—Domestic and Scotch all-wool Cheviots, English Checks and Faucy Mohairs, reduced from 50c. At 35e—Imported Tailor Suitings in shaded and Dresden effects, reduced from 65c¢. At 50c—Redfern Suitings, Glece French Novelties in silk and wool, rejuced from $1. At 75c—The Very Finest Imported Novelties in silk and wool, reduced | from $2. | All country orders quickly and carefully executed. Send for our ‘catalogue. shrshechrehrehrchrehrshrehrshrshoshoshrehrshrshrnionhrniasionioctrnts CLEARANCE SALE of Ladles’ (This Season’s) COATS AND CAPES. At 95c—Uapes, in tan, black or navy cloth, reduced from $1 50 and $2. At $1.95—Capes, reduced from §2 50 to $4. At $3.95—Capes, reduced from $5 50 to $6 50 At 85.00—Capes, reduced from $7 50 to §10. At $9.95—Capes, reduced from $12 to $16 50. At 813.95—Capes, reduced from $20 to $25. At 82.95—Jackets, reduced from 85, At $3.95—-Jackets, t—;d—nc;ad from $6 50. At 85 95—Jackets, reduced f1om $8 50, At 86.95—Jackets, reduced from §12. At $9.95—Jackets, reduced from $17 50. In (he Dawnyéulis’ Saisstoora youil find a splendid lot of last Season’s Coats at less than 25 cents on the dollar. LADIES’ SUITS. At $5.00—Serge and Tweed Suits reduced from $7 50. At g'lo..'m—&mch Tweed Suits reduced from 510. At gl;.so—l’ine Tailor Suits reduced from 1 - At %9.50—Black Bilk Skirts reduced from $16 50. At :lS.OO—Bllck Silk Skirts reduced from $20. At %20.00—Black Silk Skirts reduced from 35. At $35.00—Black Silk Skirts reduced from 5 INFANTS’ CLOAKS. At 69c —Embroidered Cashmere, reduced from $1 50. At 98c—Handsome Clorks, reduced from $2. At 82 50—8ilk Cloaks, reduced from $5. LININGS. At 10c—Interlining, 64 inch, reduced from 20c. At 1625c—Cotton Moreen, reduced from 20c. At l(-';}éc—l(uslle Percaline, reduced from 20c. At 7}5c—Heavy Silesia, reduced from 10c. NOTIONS. | Velvet Binding. .5e piece Linen Thread, “Be spool Bone Casing. Cube Pius.. Colored Dress Kid Curlers.... Snell Hair Pins. CLEARANCE SALE WASH GOODS. At 5¢—20 pieces Printed Scotch Dimity, re- duced from 7i4c. At 6)4c—Fine Corded Zanzibar Dimity, re- duced from 8l4e, At 7)4c—Irish Dimities, Persian Organdies, Moire Otiomans, Figured Creponnes, etec., in pretty new designs, reduced from 12}4c and 15¢. At 8l4c--Figured Creponne, 33 inches wide, reduced from 1224¢. At 9c—New English Satine, reduced from 20c. At 12)4c—Dotted Swiss, Organdie, Dimity and Grass Linens with lovely floral designs, Te- duced from 15¢ and 20c. At 15¢c—New Satin-striped Linens, Persian and Dresden Organdie and Tinted Jaconets, reduced from 2c. WHITE GOUDS At 1(;0%;c—checked Nainsook, reduced from At 7Ye—White Victoria, reduced from 10c. At 11c—Dotted Swiss, reduced from 15c¢. At 12}¢e—Lace Linon, reduced from 20c. LINENS By At Bc—Glass Linen, reduced from 8!4c. At $'4o—Linen Twill Crash, reduced from 1235c. At 10c—Huck Toweling, reduced from 15c. At ;;n-fiemmed Huck Towels, reduced from c. At 890—63-1nch Table Linen. reduced from 50. At 81 25 dozen—Damask 3 Napkins, reduced trom $1 75. DRAPERY At 50c¢ pair—Lace Curtains, reduced from 85c. At 85¢_ pair—Lace Curtains, reduced from $1 25. At %1 69 pair—Chenille Portieres, reduced from $2' 25. At 1‘2 35 pair—Chenille Portieres, reduced rom $3. At 100—Tapanese Art Drapery, reduced from 20c. SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES 10-4 Sheets, reduced to 48¢ each. 9-4 Sheets, reduced to 44¢ each. 8-4 Sheets, reduced to 41c each. 45x36 Pillow Cases, reduced to 10¢ each. 50x36 Pillow Cases, reduced to 14¢ each. 54x36 Pillow Cases, reduced to 15¢ each. fi%w“"/’? IGRPeer(. Fropzs & IhHhe Mexe s CLEARANCE SALE Of Fine . MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. At 19c—Muslin Drawers, reduced from 25 At 47c—Muslin Drawers, reduced from 75¢. At 69c—Muslin Drawers, reduced from $1. At 25c—Muslin Chemise, reduced from 40c¢. At 47c—Muslin Chemise, reduced irom 75¢. At 69c—Muslin Chemise, reduced from At 39c—Muslin Rubes, reduced from 50c¢. At 47c—Muslin Robes, reduced from 75¢. s dedfafodecfs s s dfedfe o dhs el s s s siseievio diven N U At 69c—Muslin Robes, reduced from $1. MERINO UNDERWEAR. At 10c—Infants’ Wool Vests, redueed from 40¢. At 15c—Misses’ Wool Vests, reduced from 75¢. At 15¢c—Natural Merino Vests, reduced from 25¢. At 47c—Misses’ Wool Suits, reduced from $1 25. At 19c—Ladies’ Balbriggen Vests— Re- duced from 50c. At 28c—Ladies’ Lisle Vests— Reduced from 65c. ® At 35c—Lades’ Merino Vests—Reduced o"‘g 1rom 50 @ 50 S At 39c Silk Vests — Reduced from adies’ At 440 — Ecru_combination suits — Re- duced irom 75¢. Ypsilapti Combination Suits, half prices. DRESSES AND BONNETS. At50c —Infants’ White Dresses — Re- duced from 98c. | At 50c—Infants’ Long Robes—Reduced from §1. At 35¢ — children’s Aprons — Reduced from 65¢. : 2 At 81—Ludie’ Embroidered Sacques — Reduced from $2 25. At 9e—Infants’ Lawn Bonnets—Reduced from 25¢. x At 25¢c—Embroidered Bonnets—Reduced from 50¢. At 50c — Embroidered 8un Hats — Re- | duced from $1. | Alot of Pretty Wash Dresses. all sizes, 98¢ each—Reduced from $2. SHIRT WAISTS At 50c—Ladies’ Pretty Waists, new style collar_and cuffs, all sizes, re- duced from 75¢ and $1. FLANNELS 5 At 5e—New Flannelette, reduced from 10c. At 10c—Persian Flannel, reduced from 15¢. At 25c—French Flannel, reduced from 5¢. At 35c — Silk-stripe Flannel, reduced from 50e. THE FOURTH. Flags, Lanterns, Bunting, etc., for cele- bratiug the Natfonal holiday at jewer prices than anywhere. oifocfosfoostosfsafsafusfscfoctodosfoctosts s o ook e B B e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS A DIME OF '42—K. J. M., Ashland, Or. A dfme of 1842 s worth 10 cents and no more. No premium is offered for such. Two DATEs—A Reader, City. The 26th of May, 1867, fell on a Sunday and the 8th of December, 1870, fell on Thursday. “OLp HICKORY'—S., City. Andrew Jackson was called ‘*Old Hickory” on account of the toughness and sturdiness of his character. GOAT ISLAND—J. A. B., City. See “Answers to Correspondents” June 20, under the special head of ““Naval Training School,” for answer to your question. Vorers—J. R., City. This department can- not state how many voters there are in the United States at this date, but the popular vote at the last held Presidential el:ctfon was 12,119,636. Low WaGEs—J. B., Tacoms, Wash. It is as- serted thatthe reason that wages are low in Japan and Mexico is that there is'an over- supply of labor and that there are no or- ganizations there to maintain a fair rate of wages. MARLBOROUGH Housg—M. 8., City. Marl- borough House, of which mention was re cently made in this department, was origin- ally the town residence of John, Duke of Marl- borough, and was erected by Christopher Wren in 1709. ANTI-CHRISTIAN SoCIETIES—W. F.IM., Naps, Cal. This department has not been able to discover anything about organizations that style themselves ‘‘anti-Christian _societies” and for that reason is unable to furnish the information desired. CoLUMBIAN HALVE6—N. P., City. Columbia half dollars command but a very small pre- mium at this time, that isas offered by coifi collectors. Such coins are worth just what a g:rson desiring to be possessed of one would willing to.give. ‘WANTS THE AUTHOR—A correspondent wants the name of the author of a poem in which occurs the following: Write the music of the song, whatever its rhyme or meter: And if it is sad let us make it glad; Or if it Is sweet let us make it sweeter. Can any of the readers of this department furnish the name of the author? HAMMERLESS GUN—E. H., City. In purchasing & fowling-piece the individual should consult one who has made a study of such. A ham- merless gun is said to be a great dealsafer than one with hammers for thcse who are foolish enough 10 trail a gun by the muzzle or draw it from & wagon or irom & boat in that manner. FREMONT PEAR—J. B. D,, City. Fremont Peak is in Wyoming. It is a granite peak of the Wind River Mountains near latitude 43 deg. 28 min. north. Itsaltitude 1s 13,576 feet above the level of the ses, and it was named for John C. Fremont, who first explored it and mens- ured its height. Iis sides are covered with forests of pine and its top with perpetual BLHOW. : v P A GUABDIAN'S RIGHTS—T. R,, San Jose, Cal. The legally appointed guurdian of a ward is bound to look after the comfort, education and | moral welfare of his ward, and as such it should be his duty to ascertain all that his ward is doing, and he would have & rightto ascertain what kind of correspondents he has. A ward who would have *‘private correspon- dence that he does not wish his guardian to see,”” can certainly not be ver; d of suc! correspondence. L8k i THE CENTURY—F. W., C, J. and Two Readers, City. Those who believe that they are living in the eighteenth century are just 100 years behind the times. The last day of the year 100 closed the first century, and the second cen- tury commenced with the first day of the year 101, and so on through the centuries. The first day of the year 1900 will be the com- mencement of the twentieth century, conse- quently June 21, 1900, will be in the twentieth century. THE VANDERBILTS—G. V. R., Angels Camp, Cal. Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, only daugh- ter of Willlam K. Vanderbilt, was married on the 6th of November, 1895, in™8t. Thomas Protestant Episcopalian Church, corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-third street, New Yor by Bishop Littlejohn, "assisted by‘fiuhop gokll ter and the Rev. Dr. J. Wesle: rector of the church, to Spencer Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. She is & member of the church nameaq, as are also the members of her family, and as were the members of her father's family. The original members of the Vanber- biit family were converted to the Moravian' church. This department has not been_able to ascertain to whai church the Duke of Marl- borough belongs. RAPID SHIP-BUILDING—E. G., City. England bas built first-cless war vessels in the shortest space of time. The keel of the Magnificent was laid down at Chatham December 18, 1893, and the vessel was floated December 19, 1894 ; weight 6100 tons. The keel of the Majestic, weight 7300 tons, was laid at Portsmouth Kebruary 4, 1894, and was floated January 4, 1895. Lord Brassey, n his work on war ves- sels of all nations, s: “This rate of con- struction is absolutely unprecedented.” A SOLDIER'S VOTE—A. O. 8., City. The mere fact that a man is a soldier in the army of the United States does not prevent him from voting in the State of California, but he can- not vote unless he has been & citizen of the State and of the county in which he offers his vote for the constitutional ‘nrlod. The act of April 4, 1864, which gave soldiers the right to voie no matter where they were, was declared unconstitutional. You CaN Vore—D. C. H., City. In your com- munication you write: *I shall become of age on the 11th of next August, but registration closes on the 8th. Is there any way of my vot- ing at the coming election?”’ Certainly you can vote at the coming election. _All you have to do is to go to the office of the Registrar and have your name registered. The law does not say that the applicant for registration shall be 21 years of age ut the time he applies for regis- tration, but that he must be 21 years of age at the time that he offers to vote. BUNXER HILL DAy—A. 8, City. The Ameri- cans celebrate the 17th of June (Bunker Hiil day) in commemoration of one of the flercest battles of the Revolutionary War, fought on the 17th of June, 1775, when the Americans with men resisted the attack of 4000 British soldiers for jour hours and were forced 1o retire because they ran out of powder and ammunition. During that struggle 800 British were killed and only 100 Americans laid down their lives in the cause of liberty. One of the number was General Warren. ¢ POLISH FOR CANES—S. McM., City. In the polishing of woods and canes the following process is said to be the most saiisfactory and gives the hardest finished surface: Fill with best filler or with shellac, dry by heat, rub down with pumice; then puton three coats of clear ¢pirit copal varnish, hardening each in an oven at & temperature as hot as the wood and the gum will safely stand. For extra work the first two coats may be rubbed down and the last allowed a flowing coat. . Brown, the VAUXHALL GARDENS—H. 8., City. Vauxhall Gardens in Lambeth, London, date back to 1780. They derive their title from the hall or manor-house of Jane Vaux, which they dis- placed. Vauxhall is described in & document as the manor of Faukeshall, but as this manor was originally held by Fulke de Breante soon after the Conquest, it is highly probable the designation was more correctly “Fulke’s Hall,” afterward corrupted into Faukeshall. The present spelling has been traced back to 1615, when the hall or manor-house was oceu- ied by Jane Vaux, There isa tradition that auxhall was at one time the property of Guy Fawkes, hence the name corrupted to Vaux- hall, but this has been traced and ascertained to be without foundation. Deprs—L. P., City. This department is al- ways willing and ready to state the law, but it cannot decide questions of law. The law of this State declares that & deed of gift other than one made in view of death cannot be re- voked. A deed of gift of a piece of mgna by & husband to & wife, if made by the husbani when not in fear of death, cannot be revoked, and it becomes the separate property of the wife. The separate property of the wife is not liable for the debts of the husband. All prop- erty acquired by either husband or wife, or beth, is community property, but whenever any property is conveyed to & married woman by an instrument in writing the presumption is that the title is thereby vested in her, as her separate property. The wife has the right to wm her separate property as she desires. FrA Diavoro—J. W., City. In Auber's comic 'opera of *‘Fra Diavolo,” composed in 1830, the libretto of which was composed by Seribe, little or nothing of the true of the brigand appears. Fra Diavolo was the sobriquet of ichele Pezza, a Calabrian goatherd, born in Itriin 1760, He became successively a stock- ing-weaver, soldier, monk (with the name of Fra Angelo), but he turned a renegade and afterward was the leader of a band of atrocious robbers, In 1799 he was made a colonel in the Neapolitan army and fought against the French. In 1806 he was captured by the French and hanged as & robber, notwithstand- ing his pardon by the King of Naples and his commissiont ALIEN® VoTEs—A. C. H., City. In some of the States aliens who have declsrea their in- tention to become citizens have a right to vote and are not required to wait five years before exerciging that privilege. Such is the rulein Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisi- ana, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. In those States there is no limit as to time when the alien shall have declared his intention. There are other States in which & limit is fixed. The States that require full giti- zenship pefore an individual can vote are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgis, Illinois, Towa, Mgine, Maryland, Massachu- setts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washing- ton, West Virginia and Wyoming. In New York no one can vote who has not been a citi- zen for ninety days. THE LARGEST FORT—Country Subseriber. The largest fort in the United States is Fortress Monroe. Thereis no other fortification like it in this country. Itis atOld Point Comfort, Va., and commands the water approach to Norfolk and Gosport Navy-yard. It is the only fortification in this country designated as a fortress. 1t covers eighty acres of ground, and the distance around its exterior to the ditches and redoubts is one and six-tenths miles. It was begun in 1817, is irregular hexagon in shape, has three channel fronts, is bastioned, has a water ditch 38 feet deepat high water and a scarp wall rising seventeen feet above high water. It has cost about $3,000.000 and was designed by General Si- mon Bernard, a French lieutenant of engi- neers, who, under a resolution of Congress in 1816, was commiseioned by President Madi- son as brevet brigadier-general of engineers of the United States army. His orignal plan was to accommodate 371 guns exclusive of mortars, howitzers and fieldpieces, but his plans were considerably modified. After the civil war the fortress was arranged to mount 118 guns, eighteen flankine howiizers in case- mates and fifty-one guns in barbette. Since 1893 the work of fitting it ugwilh modern steel-rifled canon and mortars has becn going on, and it is also being proviaed witha sys- tem oi submarine mines. The plans for the present include four 16-inch guns, ten each of 12 and 10-inch guns and thirty-two 12-inch mortars, exclusive of guns already in position. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY—C. R. N., City. Re- quirements for admission to the College of Pharmacy of the University of California are as follows: 1. Applicants for admission must be at least 18 years o1 age. (While it Is advisavle that students 8hall bave one or two years' practical training in & drugstore before entering the college, this is not A ppiitants will be ted- 2. applicants ac who brin following credentials: :’ bl (a) Ceriificates of graduation from high school of thiy State. (6) Diplomas of [M!lll!lnn fl'on: schools or academies accredited by the State Uni- versity. (¢) Ceit.ficates of high standingin other institutiovs of the co legiate grade. (@) Dipiomas from normal schoois of this Siate. (¢) First-grade teachers’ certificates of this State. (f) Certifi- cates of having completed satisfactorily” the first s course In high schools of this State. pplicants who (o not present any of t foregoing credentiuls will be examined [ the jor. lowing branches: (a) English—They will be re- auired to show their abilliy in_ speilinz, punctu- ating, use of capitals, gramma:ical construction and correctness of expression. (The haudwriting will be estimated and form part of this examina: ton) () Geography — American and general: free-band drawing. (c) Alllhllledllc: fundamental tior Dmoporiion. (d) Al ns; the first dexr-e, consisting of Lwo. o more wor kNOwn quantitiés, (in the session of 1895 apoll- cants may be excepted from this examinalon, but in the year 1886 it will be enforced.) (e) Latine Rudiments: declension of nouns, promouns, ad. lectives: conlugation of verbs: " tranalation ‘of e sentences from % - simple sente m Latin 20 English and Eng. Applica ts who fail to obtain the required unme in free-hand drawin nnal.::n; m-ywb': entered conditionally, but will ba reqiimed 1 puss the examination satisfactorily in these studigs nt the close of the junior lecture course, SENATOR TELLER — Student, City. Senator Henry M. Teller trom Colorado was born in Alleghany, N. Y.. May 23. 1830. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of New York and has since practiced. He removed to Illinois in 1858, and from there to Colorado in 1861. He mever held an office until elected to the United States Senate, when the State was ad- mitted into_the Union, and took his seat De- cember 4, 1876. He was re-elected on the 11th of December of that year and served until April 7, 1882, when he wss appointed Secre- tary of the Interior by President Artaur, and served until March 3, 1885, when he was again elected to the United States Senate as a Repub- lican to succeed Nat W. Hill, a Republican. He took his seat March 4, 1885, was re-elected in 1890, and his term will expire March 3, 1897. MEMORIAL DAY—Ladies of the G. A. R.,San Jose, Cal. Memorial day, or Decoration day as it was iormerly called, had its origin from a custom that prevailed in the South before the war. Early in the spring the women of the South were in the habit of decorating the grlves of the dead, as has been the custom in rance for ages. Afterthe war the women of the South placed flowers on the graves of the sol- diers who fell during the war, and an unwrit- ten law fixed the 30th of May of each year as the day of observance. Similar observances haa been inaugurated in the North without special unanimity. On the 5th of May, 1865 General John A Logen, theu commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1s- sued an order fixing the 30th of May of that Jear for strewing the graves of the dead sol iers of the Union with flowers and since that time the cusiom has been kept up. TRADE DOLLAR—M. 8., Citv. You either name the wrong date or the wrong dollar in your communication. There were no trade doliars coined in 1895. The coinage of the trade dol- lar was authorizea by the act of 1873. which declares that the silver coing of the Uaited States shall be the trade doil.t, the half-dellar, - the quarter of a dolla~ aiid the dime, and tha such coins shatl be legal der . MOming’ value for any amount ot exceeding $5 ifi ox one payment. That statute shows that the statement frequently made that trade dollar were origiually coined f6r exportonly has l‘ Elutlficltiou in law. Bya resolution of bot™ ouses of Congress adopted in July, 1876, no trade dollars were coir'ed except for export, and on the 22d of July, 1877, the coinage of trade dollais was discon nued, Aiter that, however, proof coins were igened, and these bear date of 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1884. ARGON—E. G. 8, Livermore, Cal. Argon is & new element, which owes its discovery to in- vestigations by Professor Willlam Ramsey and Lord Bayleigh. They found that nitrogen lib- erated from chemical compounds was lighter than atmospheric nitrogen. Their work led to the conclusion that there was an undiscovered element in the air. It{sseparated by acting on air with red-hot copper ngs 0 separate the oxygen. The residual s is dried and passed over white-hot m: m filings. The magnesium combines wit nitrogen, pro- ducing & solid nitrate and leaving argon as a gas. e argon amounts to about 4 per cent of the nitrogen. It is treated repeumgly by & substantial duplication of the process de- scribed, several days being required to dispose of all the nitrogen. Another mathod is to pass electric sparks, preferably from platinum ter- minals, through the nitrogen mixed with oxv- gen. Its oxide can be absorbed by caustic alkali, leaving argon as a gas. Argon bas a characteristic spectrum. Its specific gravity gl-H) is between 19 and 21. gc istwoand a alf times as soluble in water as nitzogen. Its critical temperature (—121 degrees C.) and boil- ing point(—187 degrees C.) are lower then those of ax(l n. Professor Olszewiski succeeded in solidifying it to white crystals, melt- ing at 189.6 degrees C. “It secems to be incapable of combining with anything,” says one authority. It has been found in clevelte and in meieorite. From the fact that no n;gm is found in the nitrogen which can be extracted from Bessemer-blown steel, Pro- fessor Roberts-Austen holds that argon may have possibly united with the iron and given it some of its uoulllr&mpfluan Itis fur. ther supi d by some that argon may con- tribute the “nourishment afd growth of lants. But these and other thaories as to the unctions of argon in nature’s processes are rather indications of lines 1o be followed in investigation than established inductions. There is still much doubt concerning, its true status. Professor Kysen of Bonn claims that he has found helium associated in small quane tities with argon and nitrogen issuing freely as astream into the air in the gases of Wildbad in the 3lack Forest. Profefsor Rumsey says fi:nd: m_u! therlelnu b'l:hthe spectra of argon al ium are al tely identical, from whieh the conclusio; A con- D is drawn that the tain as & common ingredie hith- :1“0 identified, with a prob:;l: {gmn‘zt"’x‘“