The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1896. NOTHING STOPS THE MYSTIC LIGHT New Roentgen Rays Pene- trate Three Inches of Substance. SOME MARVELOQOUS TESTS Professor Van der Naillen’s Powerful Apparatus From France. FALSE DIAMONDS DETECTED. Three Inches of Soiid Boards and Paper Make Not the Slightest Resistance. Bones in the human hand and foot and silver dollars inclosed in a book were as eonspicuously visible iz a frame of yellow- ish-white light in a small dark room at X, things are made visible by thut which is invisible. The tube used by Professor Van der Naillen is the English tube, which is said to be the most perfect made. The tube is a vacuum and little wires run into each end. To the unscientific mind that seems to be about all there is to it, and its shape is more of an elongated bulb than a tube. Connected with it is a powerful electric battery, the coil of which develops 3,000,- 000 voits. The object to be exposed is placed between the tube and a thin fluor- escent plate, properly called the fluoro- scope, and the shadow, or rather the radiograph, of the bones for instance, is seen on this plate. . Usually one or sev- eral thicknesses of pasteboard are placed between the object to be shown—for in- stance, the hand—and the fluoroscope. The Roentgen rays, Professor Van der Naillen says, always go in a straight line. The foot on the table having been placed in the proper position and the flouroscope arranged by Leo Van der Naillen, for this was a unique experiment tried by him, he touched the button. There was a buzz and a whirr, and a pale yellowish light filled the room. Through the thick leather of the sole, two thicknesses of black sock, several inches of feet and the leather of the upper the bones of the ‘‘patient” instantly stood out perfectly clear. Indeed, it appeared almost as tangible as a skele- ton foot. There was no waiting at all for the development of the radiograpb. It came out the instant the light flashed. The exposure continuea till all were fully satisfied that a certain white spot on the fluoroscope was aiter all not a nole in_the ‘‘patient’s” sock. Afterward, to vindicate the integrity of that sock, he took off his shoe, and, presto! the sock was whole. THE CALL representative who was pres- ent was reguested to place his hand for exposure. e put up that hand which nad no diamonds on the fingers. There were several thicknesses of pastebcard and a walnut board one-quarter of an inch thick between the hand and the flouro- scope. This was one of the best experi- ments of the afternoon. The phalanges, the carpus and the metacarpus showed as plainly as could be desired by a physician requiring the most exact examination. Even the cartilage between the finger joints showed as rings of white, causing the bones to appear disjointed. The hand was moved forward, and the two bones of the lower arm appeared perfectly distinct through the pasteboard, the walnut board and the thicknesses of coatsleeve, cuff and undershirt. But perhaps the exhibition of the great- est interest was this: Three silver dollars and a $5 gold piece were placed in the middle of a book an inch and a half thick. Then several thicknesses of pusteboard, the walnut board a quarter of an inch thick and another board fully an inch thick were placed between the book and \\\4' = { il Y W 22 M Au{.lih\n‘?//,/ > /‘/, 1 Bones of the Foot as Revealed Through the Shoe by the Roentgen Ray. the top of the History building on Market street yesterday afternoon as is the big cross on the top of Lone Mountain against | its background of bright sky. This marvelous result was accomplished Ly a very high development of the Roent- gen rays, the most powerful vet produced in California, if not in the United States. The experiments were made by Professor Albert Van der Naillen and his son, R. Leo Van der Naiilen. Man has already learned to curve a sphere out of a straight line, and to shoot around a corner. With the present rate of progress with the mysterious X ray it may not be long before he can look through a brick wall and count the hair- pins of his neighbor's wife in the next flat. Professor Van der Naillen is a well- known San Franciscan. Accompanied by Mrs. Van der Nzillen he left for Paris, France, Murch 13 last, to study the new and unknown light, as well as for pleasure, “knowing that in Paris they have reached the highest development in all lines of scientific research,” he said. Professor Van der Naillen says that the scientific men of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Hospital Salpetriere, Paris,were on the trail of the X ray and had made some experi- ments when Professor Roentgen of Ger- many succeeded in showing the bones of the human hand and was bailed by the worid as the discoverer of the new and marvelous light which penetrates opaque matter as though it were glass and finds no resistance 1n solid substances. In Paris he met Consul de Lalande, French Consul for this City, who was home on a furlough. Consul de Lalande introduced him to Albert Londe, official radiographer for the Hospital Salpetriere, Colonel’ Count de Rochas, admiuistrator of the Ecole Polytecnnique, which ranks as the greatest polytechnic school in the world, and 1o other eminent scientific men. They gave him all the information that he desired and placed him in posses- sion of the results of their latest experi- ments. So when he returned to San Fran- cisco & few days ago Professor Van der Naillen brought back with him the latest improved apparatus for the production of radiography. The Roentgen ray possesses the curious property of being able to detect spurious diamonds. The first time this was pub- licly tried in Paris the result wassome- what dramatic and discomfiting for a peeress of the realm. A Marchioness ap- proached Professor Londe and asked him ! to place a very valuable diamond necklace in the Roenigen light. She said she had recently had 1t repaired and a lost dia- mond replaced, and she wanted to learn whether her jeweler had put in a genvine diamond or a false one. The Roentgen ray causes the radiograph of a spurious diamond to appear black, while real diamonds appear clear on the plate. The result was that the diamond replaced by the jeweler was genuine, but three of the largest pendant stones in the front of the “priceless” necklace showed as black spots. The Roentgen ray made plain the fact that the stones, which were supposed to be worth 20,000 francs each, were not worth 20 cents. So if any one has a diamond which he has reason to suspect 1s glittering under false pretenses the Roentgen ray will expose its real character. One of the spectators, who pleaded not to have his name put in the paper yester- day afternoon .owing to the dreadiul fact that the Roentgen rays discovered that he had a hole in his sock. placed his foot on the little table immediately before the littie glass tube by which paradoxically the tube. Altogether there were about three inches of solid matter. But that made no difference to the new apparatus from Paris and the latest and best English tube. Whirr went the battery, and as a flash came the light. The Roentgen rays reduced those inches of wood and paper to nothingness. They shot right through them. The three silver dollars and the gold piece stood out as clear as the moons of Jupiter as seen through the Lick tele- scope, only these moons of gold and silver were perfectly black. It was wondrous. 1t seemed as though those rays could just as easily have penetrated several feet as several inches of solid substance. Pro- fessor Van der Naillen said thiz was not possible by any other apparatus in Cali- fornia. Paradoxical as it may seem in connec- tion with the experiments told about here, the Roentgen ray is not visible. Itis too fine spun for that, and the rate of vibra- tion is too high for the human eye to find. But the eye knows that it is there, for the result is visible. But the cathode ray, the twin sister, so to speak, of the X ray, is en- tirely visible. It is seen as a steady, thin yellow spot of light in the intense white- ness of the tube. The Roentgen ray comes from and through the cathode ray. The former cannot be diverted from a straight line unless the cathode ray be diverted. The only thing that can change the focus is a powerful magnet, and this, as it is moved up and down and back and fortn along the interior of the tube, the little yellow cathode spot will follow as faith- fully as a properly trained yellow dog fol- lows his master. Where the magnet goes there the cathode light goes also. Professor Vun der Naillen will deliver a public lecture and exnibit the apparatus and the results some time next week. A PARISH P.CNIC. The People of St. Joseph’s Arranging for a Grand Outing. Arrangements are now complete for the picnic of the St. Joseph’s Paris, which is to be held Saturday, August 22, at Shell Mound Park, Berkeley. Everything seems to indicate that the picnic wili be one of the most enjovable helrfn.is year. The committee of arrangements has left nothing undone that will add to the pleas- ure and convenicnce of those who will at- tend. There are 250 very valuabie gate and game prizes which will be drawn and con- tested for. The games will begin at1 p. M., and this part of the programme promises to be followed with keen interest. The Hiberniun band of eighteen pieces will leave on the 9 a. M. grounds and will play dance music in the pavilion all day. Chauncey Oleoti, the celebrated Irish comedian will attend the picnic and has volunteered to render some of the Irish melodies which have made him prominent. As itis expected that a great many who Lave Saturday afternoon off will avail themselves of this opportunity for a pleasant outing the bet- ter part of the programme will be reserved until the aiternoon. —————— Socialism in the Country. Theodore Lynch was the speaker of the even- ing Wednesday at the mass-meeting of Liberty Branch at the Turk Street Temple. He told of his experience in the country during the last two weeks as an organizer of local seciionsand centers of propagandism. His N T T ised to the cause of socialism in the interior were listened to with markea attention and in- terest by the large aulience. During the dis- cussion that followed short addresses were made by Leo Gasser, R.A.Copeland, Henry Warnecke, C. D, Sunflower, A. H. Appel and B. Dougherty. boat for the | VALUE OF COIN VERY UNSETTLED One of the Early Effects of Free-Coinage Agitation. GOLD BEING PREFERRED It Is Beginning to Disappear From Circulation Al ready. WHAT THE BANKS ARE DOING They Will Refuse to Receive Silver on a Par With the Royal Metal, and Lines Are Drawn. The action of Assistant Treasurer Berry in adhering to the rule prohibiting the redemption of silver or silver certificates with gold has caused considerable flurry in financial circles in this City. Bankers have had to follow suit in order to pre- vent their gold being drained away by | speculators, and they now give depositors credit for their deposits in the same km_d of coin or currency in which the deposit is made. Hence, if a man deposits silver he need not expect to draw out gola. He will be paid in silver. Similarly silver certificates will be redeemed in silver and not in gold. There is a feverish feeling in financial circles on account of the agitation on the silver auesiion. Preparations are being made by the persons most directly in interest to meet'the result of the election. If the decision of the majority of the voters shall be that all the silver of the world shall be coined into American dol- lars by the mints of the United States, gold will be at a high premium, for silver dollars, because of their plentiful- ness, will b- cheng, and this fact will work a revolution both in the industrial | as well as the financial world. Wages will | not be affected at the outset, but prices | will rise, and the man who receives $2 a | day for bis labor and pays $1 for a certain quantity of flour or other produce must pay $1 50 or even $2 for_the same quantity under free coinage. This will be equiva- lent to a reduction of wages. W. J. Bryan made this significant ad- mission in his New York speech: What is the test of honesty in money? It must be found in the purchasing power of the dollar. An absolutely honest dollar would not vary in its general purchasing power. It would be absolutely stable when measured by average prices. A dollar which increases in purchasing power is just as dishonest as a dollar which decreases in purchasing power. | Under both monometallism and bimetallism | the Government fixes the weight and fineness of | the dollar, invests 1t with legal-tender quali- | ties and_opens the mints to its unrestricted | coinage, leaving the purchasing power of the | doliar 1o be determined by the number of dollars. Mr. Bryan’s position, as bere stated, is and it is the correct position with refer- ence to the axiom that an increase in the volume of currency decreases prices. The more dollars in circulation the less they will buy. The significant phrase of Mr. Bryan’s number of dollars.” The bankers appreciate the truth of this statement. 1f all the silver bullion pro- duced in the world may be brought to the United States and coined into do‘lars at about double the present value of such bullion the silver-mine owners will become enriched, for their profit will be 100 per cent. For 50 cents worth of bullion the; will receive $1. Following Mr. Bryan’s statement as to the number of -dolla:s cheapening them, which is true, the laborer who receives $1 a day for his labor will be able to purchase for $1 only 50 cents worth, or half of the goods which he now gets for §1. A report was current yesterday that be- cause National bank notes must be re- deemed at Washington the First National Bank of this City had declined to receive them. : 8. G. Murphy, manager of the benk, told a CALL reporter yesterday that there was no truth in the report. He saia that owing to the action of the Sub-treasury officials the banks in order to protect their clients would refuse to accept any more silver than they could pay out. He added that a short time ago some persons brought a large quantity of silver certifi- cates from the East, which they deposited and drew gold therefor. The present un- certainty and the agitation on free coin- age has increased the supply of silver certificates, and the banks in order to meet their obligations to their clients have begun to do business by paying out silver for silver received and gold for gold received. “We take onl pose of,” added Mr. GRAND JURY_ INQURES P. B. Cornwall Will Testify at the Session To- what silver we can dis- Murphy. Day. Illegal Registration Cases to Be Taken Up—The Final Report, At the meeting of the Grand Jury to- day P. B. Cornwall will attend as a wit- ness. Since it seems to be settled that Mr, Cornwall was the man that Supervisor Taylor referred to when he said that he knew a citizen of high standing who could tell something about the solid seven Su- pervisors, it is presumed that the mem- bers of the jury will ask many questions in this line. Mr. Cornwall will tell the jury what ne knows, and his testimony may lead to the calling of other wit- | messes. 5 The foreman of the jury will to-day call up the illegal registration cases referred for investigation by Registrar Hinton and the Election Commissioners. When asked last evening why these cases were not tagen up at the last meeting Mr. Maskey, the foreman, said that the District Attor- ney, to whom they had been referred, made no report thereon last Friday. The subject is on the Grand Jury file for con- sideration to-day. The District Attorney will be asked to make a report showing what has been done. The assignment of the proceedings against the seven accused Supervisors to Judge Seawell seems to be gratifying to members of the Grand Jury. They regard him as a Judge who has backbone. Y The final report of the Grand Jury 1s in course of preparation. At the meeting last week John Landers was added to the committee which is charged with the duty of preparing the final report. The infor- mation obtained regarding extravagance the position of the bankers and financiers, | remark is ‘‘leaving the purchasing power | I - of the dollar to be determined by the in the municipal government and which was put in tabulated form for transmis- sion to the Board of Supervisors will be embodied in the final report. When the solid seven Supervisors ig- nored the Grand Jury’s plain showing that personal property belonging to corpora- tions had n undervalued to the extent of. $11,000,000 and in the face of that show- ing'reduced the assessment $2,500,000 be- low the Assessor’s valiuation the memovers of the Grand Jury decided to change their pian of campaign and address no more communications to the board. It is claimed that the report wili present to the public facts and figures showing reckless administration and waste in several de- partments. ————————— FOR HOME INDUSTRY. Manufacturers and Producers Send a Letter to Frasno. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation has written the following letter to the Board of Education of Fresno County : To the Honorab P e of 0 d o) Fresno. Cou e W have been informed that in afew days con- tracts will be awarded for the furnishing of desks for the Fresno High School. We feel that it is unnecessary to remind you of the great neceesity of encouraging our home manufacturers by patronizing them, 8s you no doubt fully understand the importance of such action on the part of all Californiansand Cal- ifornia institutions. However, we feel it our duty to remina you that furniture such as you it require 1s manufactured in California of 2 good quality and at aslow a price as any imported furniture. Your board will no doub receive bids either from the California manufacturers themselves or dealers handling the California product, and we trust that due consideration will be given (o theit bids, and, if price and quality permits, that preference will be given them in awarding the contracts. Hoping that your honorable board will give this matter the consideration that its im- portance warrants. and feeling assured that if you do the contracts will be awarded for the California product, I am, for the association, yours very truly, L. R. MEAD, Secretary. f0LD PARDS” LIT THP Death of G. W. Cornwell, the Pioneer Engineer on This Coast Opened the Throttle Thirty-Six Years Ago on Market Street for the San Jose Line. . George W. Cornwell, the pioneer engi- neer of the old 8an Jose Railroad when it ran steamcars on Market street to St. Pat- rick’s Roman Catholic Church, that then stood where the Palace Hotel is now located, died at his residence on the cor- ner of Erie and Howard streets on Tues- day forenoon from heart disease. The deceased was a native of New York State, and, with his brother, D. C. Corn- well, entered the railroad service as engi- neers on the Buffalo and Rochester road. From there the two brothers came to California and at once entered the service of the then only railroad company in this State, that of the San Jose line. With this branch the deceased remained ever since and until last Monday, when he made his last run on engine 1900 as far as Ocean View. On returning to his home he complained of feeling ill and went to bed, where he died the next morning. For a number of years—in fact, from the time the first train ran to Monterey— he had charge of the engine that ran the express, or, as it was known, the ‘‘hum- mer.”” This in the end proved too labori- ous for his declining years, and because of his faithfulness he was given the ‘“push- er,’ or what is called the helper, which assists in drawing the heavy trains over the steep grade between this City and Ocean View. In consequence of his length of service and in accordance with an expressed hope of the late Senator Stanford, he acted as one of the pallbearers at his funeral, do- ing a similar service at the obsequies of the late A. N. Towne. Deceased leaves a widow and one son, who is in business in the southern portion of the State, besides two brothers who re- side in New York and another brother already mentioned who is an engineer on the San Luis Obispo line. The funeral was held yesterday after- noon from his residence, thence to Valen- cia and Sixteenth, whence a special train conyveyved the body and the mourners to Cypress Lawn Cemetery. The Locomotive Engineers’ Association had charge' of the body and the members of that body, with other representatives of the Southern Pacific Company, acted as pallbearers. Mr. Cornwell was known to every rail- road man on the coast as “‘Old Pard’ and the message, ** ‘Old Pard’ is dead,” flashed along the wires was everywhere greeted with sorrow. HE 15 THE TOUGHEST BOY Distinction Borne by Frank Quinlan on Bernal Heights. For Two Years He Has Terrorizel the R sidents, and the Poiice Are Now After Him. Frank Quinlan is only 13 years of age, but he bears the distinction of being the toughest boy on Bernal Heights. Yesterday George Walkmeister, 22 Mon- tezuma street, appeared in Judge Low’s court and swore to a complaint charging Frank with battery. He presented to the Judge a petition signed by about twenty residents of Bernal Heights, in the immedi- ateneighborhood of frank’s abode, praying that a warrant be issued, as the boy had terrorized the people on the heights for ihe Y"l two years, and that something llh;;n}d be done to keep him out of mis- chief. ‘Walkmeister said that Frank carried things with a high hand. Hedelighted in throwing stones at windows and smash- ing them, while the occupants of the houses were in the rooms inside. He was always careful that no one saw him and only laughed when taxed with it. Children in the neighborhood were mor- tally afraid of him, especially little girls. ‘When he caught them alone he would slap their faces, pull their ears, and even g0 so far as to inflict corporal punishment upon them. Every effort has been made for the past five years to catch him in the act, but without success till Tuesday of last week, when he was seen beating Rosie, the little daughter of the complaining witness. alkmeister talked the matter over Wwith his neighbors, and they determined to take some steps to suppress Frank, and the petition to fid;o Low was the result. The warrant was issued and sent to the Seventeenth-street station to be served, but up to a late hour last night Frank had not been arrested. e ——— New Mail Service. The first mail ever received direct from St. Michaels, Circle City, Forty-mile Creek and points on the Yukon River, reached this port on the steamer Bertha, Saturday last. This same vessel will start on her return trip next Monday, carrying mail for the points already named and also for Cooks Inlet, Kodiak, Kar- luck, Belkolsky, Mialasks, points on the Alaskan peninsula and the islands adjacent thereto. To Superintendent Flint must be ven the credit for the new mail service. He w?:'l :ll:o':fi:n'm:d for "llne ne;\ner Point mnt‘o' wice each week, 10 CATTY m Point Arena and offices as far north as *en- docino. CHINA'S VICERQY IN GREAT DANGER The Life of Li Hung Chang Threatened by His People. WILL AVOID THIS CITY. Enemies of the Present Emperor Fully Organized in San Francisco. TO RESTORE THE MING DYNASTY Patriotic Celestials Declare That No Nation on Earth Is as Great as Theirs. Li Hung Chang, China’s aged Viceroy and the most eminent statesman in the empire, will probably give San Francisco the go-by. This change of programme, presuming it be true, is due to an organ- ized movernent of certain Chinese to take the life of Chang, should the opportunity present itself. This determination is not one of recent Li Hung Chang. birth, but had its origin nearly half a cen- tury ago, when a society known as the Hing Chung Woey was organized. The movement had for its one purpose the destruction of the present ruling house and the restoration of the Ming dynasty. The disasters- encountered by the Chi- nese empire in the last three years have not tended to lighten the prejudice against the Manchurian ruler, though the present fight is directed mainly toward the Emperor’s right bower, Li Hung Chang. To this personage is attributed China’s defeat by Japan, and nothing but his death or deposition can wipe out that disgrace. The fact that the Emperor took away one of the Viceroy’s peacock feathers was made much of at the time, but this is for- gotten in the honors which have been showered on Chang during the past eight months. His triumphant visit to Russia, Germany, England and now to this coun- try was too much for those who desired to see the Ming dynasty again in power. The Hing Chung Woey Society took on new life. Some weeks ago eight agents of the society reached this City. Justhow or from whence they came no one seems to know, but that they have done good work for the cause they represent not even the supporters of the Emperor and Li Hung Chang will deny. The fact is doubly emphasized in the change of programme ordered by the Viceroy. It is given out on what appears to be good authority that be will return to China by way of Vietoria. That Li Hung Chang should seek to avoid San Francisco, where there are to-day residing more Chinese than any other spot outside bis native land, seems more than ordi- narily strange. His journey therefore toward the land where he has exercized such a powerful influence for more than ualf & century will be watched with in- terest. From outward appearances, however, it would seem that Li Hung Chang had heard of the presence in this City of the Hing Chung Woey. In his own country the Viceroy does not fear this powerful political organization, because his follow- ers are numerically greater. But in a strange country it is different. He does not know the strength his own follow- ers, consequently he will trust himself only to his white friends. He knows thata price is on his head as well as that of his master’s, the Emperor, but he .does not propose to give any one in this country a chance to collect it. For several days past the dead walls in Chinatown have been filled with bright posters announcing the purposes of the Hing _Chnng Woey Society and calling on all Chinese opposed to the present ruler to acquaint themselves with the principles of the new order and lend 1t their moral, physical and financiai support. Li Hung Chang was. attacked most fiercely. He was charged with traitorous conduct in connection with the late war with Japan. Facts which now are part of the history of China’s downfall are cited to show that certain relatives of the Viceroy traded their honor for Japan’s gold. g The society farther says that China, properly governed, should submit to no foreign power, least of all to Japan. It is generally conceded that the majority of the Chinese living in this City are vio- lently and unalterably opposed to Li Hung Chang. £ There are many who believe he would be virtually taking his life in his own hands should he elect to visit San Fran- cisco. The persistent political movements has greatly augmented this hatred for the Emperor's advisor, and those familiar with affairs in Chinatown say he certainly would be taking a great risk by coming here. It is stated that the Viceroy has been notified of this local upheaval, hence his determination to return home by way of Victoria. At the Chinese Consulate they declined to talk about the matter, except to give expression to a doubt as to the work ac- tually accomplished by the society’sagents in San Francisco. They were inclined to the opinion that the situation was not nearly so grave as had been represented, and that Li Hung Chang c:uld come to this City with per- fect safety. Itis admitted among all Chinese that the Hing Chung Woey Society is a power- ful organization, its membership running into the millions. It only costs $5 to join, but later on every member is assessed $10, though this is all he is even asked to pay. TItis to be used ultimately in overthrowing the present dynasty, which means, of course, the downfall of Li Hung Chang, should that gentleman not previously have died from natural causss or have been assisted to the great beyond by an assassin’s bullet or knife thrust. BUCEMAN IS DEFIANT. The Contractor Says Positively That He Will Not Move His Grading Camp. The chances of legal aifficulties between the Board of Health and C. E. Buckman, the contractor, oven the conditiou of the latter's grading camn grow stronger as time wears on, and the day by which Buckm an has been ordered to vacate draws near. Dr. Lovelace condemned the camp after an examination and gave Buckman ten days to move, under pan of arrest. He refused to go to the camp for a second in- spection when invited by Buckman, stat- ing that in spite of all reports to the con- trary he was satisfied that the camp was a menace to the public health. Buckman sent a formal notification to the Health Office yesteraay that he does not intend to obey the Health Officer’s orders; that he has placed his camp in a thoroughly sanitary condition and that he will fight all efforts to oust him to the bit- ter end. Dr. Lovelace insists that his order must be obeyed, and there the mat- ter will rest until the ten days expira. FVE SCHOOL DIRECTORS Indorse the Positiom Taken by the Grand Jury. Reasons Why the Webster Primary School Should Not Be Abolished. On July 31 the Grana Jury sent to the Board of Education an earnest protest against abolishing the Webster Primary Schooi. The communication was received on the day the School Directors, had ap- pointed to take action on the subject, and when the resolution to abolish was called up the directors indefinitely post- poned it. Several School Directors, believing that the Grand Jury was meddling 1n affairs which concerned only the Board of Educa- tion, replied in a sharp letter to the jury’s communication. The substance of this rogly was published in the newspapers. ince then the action of the Grand Jur; has been indorsed by School Directors 3 A. Clinton, E. P. Barrett, A. Compte Jr., W. F. Ambrose and T. R. Carew. These directors, in aletter bearing date August 11 and addressed to the Grand Jury, say: We beg to state that the communication ad- dressed to you was not authorized by and did not emanate irom the Board of Education as a body. We are fully in accord with the state- ment of facts so clearly made and the conclu- sions reached by your honorable body. The suggestion contained in the communication that members of the Grand Jury are requested to make such inquiries as they see fit regard- ing the facts presented is one asto which we heartily conenr with said members signing said communication. Such investigation con- ducted by your honorable body, with the solemnity and safeguards that atfend such in- vestigations, would 1n our opinion establish: First—That the location and surroundings of the Webster Primary School are not danger ous to life or health or morals. Second—That it is not in the present power of the Board of Education of this City sand County to secure & lacge income from the roperty occupied by the Webster Primary Echool buildings; that the power does not ex- ist to make leases of City lands for any longer term than ten years. ases of the schooi 1ands at the corner of Fifth and Market streets were made under & special act of the Legisla- ture, approved March 30, 1874, five years prior to the adoption of our present constitu- tion. Conceding that a Legislature not yet select- ed might confer upon the Board of Education the power to Jease the lands and the right to lbol?nh the Webster Primary School and the Lincoln Grammar School and the thirty-five evening classes that are accommodated in both buildings, and deny reasonable school facil- ties for the territory wqmining the most thickly populated district in the City, there is very grave question whether the power would exist in the Legislature to enact any statute especially applicable to San Francisco author- izing the leasing of public property for any longer term than ten yearsor such term as may be permitted in other counties of the State. Third—That it is nscessary to continue Web- ster Primary School in_order to properly pro- vide for the children in this neighborhood, a condition of which the memberso: the Board of Education have been fully advised by the honorable, the Deputy Superintendent of Schools, C. B, Stone. Fourth—That the abolishing of the Webster Primary School is not called for as a necessary ‘measure of economy. Fifth—That the closing of said school at this time could not, under the law governing the Board of Education and the rules adopted by it, be accomplished without injury to the prin- cipal and to the feachers of said school. ixth—That the erection of the Parrott build- ing to the northeast of said school propertI has not injuriously affected said school build- ings, and has not shut off the sunlight from them, but on the contrary the erection of said building has improved the condiiion and sur- roundings of said school premises. ‘We desire to say further to your honorable body that the enrollment of school children, referred to In the communication of said School Directors, as the present enrollment of the Webster Primary School is not a correct statement of the enrollment of the children at the present time. The figures stated in their communication are from the smallest en- rollment of the school taken in the last week in June, when, on account of the longer school term this year, many children had alrcady tem- porarily left with their parents for the country. The cnildren referred to in said report as living without the district live in the territory between Seventh and Eighth streets within a- distance of three blocks of said school. The dificulty and danger of sending children from schools fouth of Market street to schools north of Market street must be sppurent not only to Grand Jurors but to every citizen who knows the character and amount of travel on the main thoroughfare of the cn¥. ‘The Gangers of sending chiidren from the territory between Fourth and Seventh streets can be appreciated when we know that a horsecar line traverses Fifth street; that an electric line will shortly traverse Fourth Street; that electric lines cross Third and Sec- ond streets. In the sume territory there is the electric 1ine upon Mission street and a cable line upon Howard street. While in some cases the power may be con- ceded to close schools and transfer the classes, the law does not contemplate that such action shall be taken in the case of flourishing and successful schools, though it might be Te- sorted to in cases Where the neighborhoods have so changed in character, as in _the case of the Jefferson School, that the proper number | of pupils cannot be found within the adjacent school district. Finally we would urge upon your honorable body that the "matters referred to in your former communication to the Board of Educa- tion and in the response of certain members of said board addressed to you and in this communication, are of that grave public im- ortance which would warrant a further and uller investigation by your honorable body, and the undersigned are willing individually and collectively to affora every assistance to your honorablé body in makin, gation. Respectiully submitted, C. A. CLINTON, B. BARRETT, such investi- AN EDITOR FROM SOUTH AFRICA, C. E. Finlayson on the Effects of the Great Raid. RHODES’ ITALIAN HAND. Burdensome Monopolies Which Control the Coal and Dynamite. HIGH FREIGHTS BY RAILROAD. Friction Because of an Alleged Ameri- can Invesion—Champion Tennis- Player. \ 0. E. Finlayson, editor of the Johannes- burg (South Africa) Times, was among the arrivals here yesterday on the Coptic. He is at the Occidental. Mr. Finlayson has lived for fifteen years in South Africa. He was formerly editor of President Kruger's paper, the Pretoria Press. The Johannesburg Times, which he has for a long time past edited, 13 owned by J. B. Robinson, the millionaire gold mine owner, prominent in political and other affairs in South Africa. Mr. Robinson is also owner of daily papers at Capetown and Pretoria. Editor Finlayson, who has been touring the world, is the author of a book, A No- body in Mashonaland,” which' has at- tracted considerable interest. In the opinion of Mr. Finlayson, Sir Cecit Rhodes was responsible for the Jameson raid. Rhodes was behind it, and lent the movement all the aid he could, hoping to profit by it, and become in time the ruler of South Africa. “The whites pay seven-eighths of the taxer and yet have no political privileges, but because of the rash raid of Jameson, backed as he was by Rhodes, the cause of the white foreigners will be delayed. “There is more or less discontent be- cause of various things. To begin with the Government has established irksome monopolies of various kinds. They are reat monopolies and they are seriously nterfering with the development of that part of South Africa. *For instance, there is a monopoly of the dynamite needed in mining. The mo- nopoly has raised the price of the dyna- mite so that many men cannot buy it, and because of this mining 1s retarded. Then there is a big coal monopoly that charges outrageously for all the coal. The raile roads, which are also in the hands of mo- nopolists, charge outrageous tariffs, “John Hays Hammond is recognized in South Africa as being a very able mining engineer. The Americans there are filling the best billets. However, there is a good deal of friction against what is called the Anmericar invasion.”’ Mr. Finlayson brought letters to Gov- ernor Budd, Frank McCoppin and others. His stay, however, wiil be short, as he in- tends to go East in a day or two. Mr. Fin S g Suit for Maintenance. Mrs. Mary Fiora has sued her husband, John Fiora, for $50 per month permanent alimony. She says that for a year past he has hfledlyo orovide for her. layson is the champion tennis-player of South Africa. NEW TO-DAY. PRI Where Men Are Weak In the small of the back, the general nerve, muscular and sexual center—the point at which the nerves, which feed nearly all the vital furctions of the body, begin—this is where nearly all men and_women are weak. 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