The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1896, Page 6

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EASTERN Rooms 81 and 32, 3 VID M Trade lively while the weather is good. We have a week to prophesy about Con- gress before it meets. The money problem will stay with us until after New Year's at any rate. ‘We can never get a really good move- ment on local business without sireet im- provement. Some people cail this bracing weather and some say it is the kind that makes a fellow need a bracer. The discussion on tax reform will prob- ably wait the meeting of the Legislature, but it is bound to come. There are over 1400 bills before Congress, but on March 4 it will get ahead of them and leave them behind it. The fellows who prophesied an early | winter are now keeping themselves warm | with a glow of satisfaction. The sympathy of ‘our climate with that of the East is not enough for us to shake | with them, but we can shiver a little, The reports of the severe cold wave in the East sound like exaggerations in many respects, but they seem to be frozen facts. Reports of Cabinet selections continue | to come in, but we doubt if McKinley will | give all the pudding away before Christ- | mas. | The gold-standard cranks of the Eastare beginning to understand that it was Bryan- n that was voted down and not bimetai- ism. % R S Rl the blizzard season has’started in | early in the East we may expect the tourist season for California to start in early also. Senator Mantle declares he will stand in for the aprointment of a Secretary of | Mines and Mming and the good work | grows in favor, | The interior papers are all in harmony on one thing; they are ringing the chauges on coming prosperity like a ctiime of joy bells. The situation as regards Cuba and the funding bill are just exactly right for | Grover to make two scoops in his message | if ne had any sense The good roads movement has started u in1n all the progressive States and California will have to move rapidly ii she | keeps up with the procession, Great Britain is not the only country that prefers isolation in European dipio- macy. Russia has a Jone band herself aud intends to p. it that way. The friends of Cuba in Congress will not be inactive this winter, and if Weyler has any intention of making that decisive blow he bad better pet itin at once. The only way for Cleveland to make himself solid with the people for the rest of his administration is to thaw out his frigidity in regard to Cuban independence. Get your holiday trading done early and Jater on you can go downtown and watch the late purchasers crowd and crush and have all the enjoyment of a free football game. Cleveland has had the satisfaction of teing cheered in Massachusetts and if he will now stand up for the Niceragua canal and knock ont the funding bill he witl be chieered in California. The wonderful X ray was-discovered in Europe, but its greatest developments have been made in America, and thus we bave anolker prooi that we can beat the Old World at anything it can start. Tt is asseried by Washington experts that since the war Cabinet positions have not.been healthy for Presidential booms, and that consequently no man who| aspires to the Presidency will accept a | seat at the council board of McKinley. | — ! Even the flippant fellows nave quit| joshing the airship story, and every one | is now waiting 1or the explanation of the | remarkable lights seen flying about the sky. The character of the men who bear wiiness to the appearance of the light makes it certain there is no hoax in the matter. e Morocco is not the place one would leok | to for the highest development of house- hold comfort, but nevertheless that is where one form of it isto be found. The Suitan has nad a small railway track laid through all the apariments of his palace, with a large easy motocycle chair to run on the rails,and when he wishes togo from one room 1o the other ne simply touches the button and the chair does the Test. c In Buncombe County, N. C., one of the Republican candidates in the re- cent election was named Candler, bnt on a number of tickets it was printed Chandier. The election officials tkrew out the misspelied ballots and counted in the Democratic candidate. He, however, has refused to accept the office on tne ground that the voters clearly intended to elect his competitor. We must, therefore, score one for Buncombe, and remember afier this that Buncombe County politics | appeal to the courts. | sioners is about as useless a body as the | and in most of the progressive States | sense of the word. JUDGE M-EKENNA'S DECISION. The long-awaited decision of Judge Mc- Kenna in the case involving the powers and duties of our State Rauroad Commis- sion has been handed down at last and will be found fuily reported in the local columns of THE CArr. So far as the out- come of this case has been expected to set atrest the question as to whether the freight and fare schedules of the Southern Pacific Company are reasonable the dp- cision of Judge McKenna will be a dis- tinct di-appointment to the people of Cali- fornia. Itsonly effect is to decide that the attempted action of the Railroad Com- mission which led to the interference of the Federal courts was illegal in so far as it attempted to effectuate a positive and present reduction in grain rates. ‘When the present Railroad Commission entered upon the discharge of its duties somewhat lese than two years ago and an- nounced its intention to make materia! reductions in the schedules of the South- ern Pacific Company, THE CALL endeav--| ored to suggest to it the legal limits of its authority and to indicate the procedure which would render its decision safe in the event of an appeal on the part of the rsilroad to the Federal court. We then insisted that the Railroad Commission was a legal body invesiel with certain judicial functions in- the regulation of freights and fares. We argued that as such it should proceed as other judicial bodies do, to take testimony, hear wit- nesses, examine books and secure suffi- cient accurate information upon the sub- ject to enable it to render a judgment which would resist assault in case of an We warned the Railroad Commission that any other course would result in nothing out delay and confusion and would eventuate in the reversal of any action which the commission might take. by the Federal courts. In spite of this warning the Railroad Commission proceeded to arbitrarily re- duce the grain rates of the Southern Pa- cific Company 8 per cent below the then existing schedule, and to resolve uvon a general reduction of 25 per cent in all the schedules of tnat company. It was this arbitrary action which speedily brought the Railroad Commission to the bar of the Federal court, and which has led, as we prophesied it would, to the present de- cision, The position which THE CALL took with reference to this subject Judge McKenna has fully sustained. He decides that the Railroad Commission is a legal body pos- sessing certain . judicial and legisiative powers; that its judicial power is to be xercised upon the subject of railroad schedules, and that in the regulation thereof the commission should hear and should be governed by the same evidence which has been submitted to the court; that its judgment is the subject of review by the Federal judiciary by reason of that | section of the constitution which declares that no person shall be deprived of his property without due process ot law. The decision of Judga McKenna indi- cates clearly and conclusively to the Rail- road Cowmission ‘what its duties dre, and voints out the precise course to be fol- lowed by it in its future attempts at the regulation of freights and fares. It also indicates with more or less conclusiveness that the State Board of Railroad Commis- makers of our constitution couid well have conceived. ROAD IMPROVEMENT. The approaching meeting of the Legis- latures of the various Btates has revived public interest in all parts of the country upon the subject of road improvement, earnest efforts will be ‘made to procuare the enactment of legislation favorable to that work. It will be well for members of the California Legislature to pay considerable attention to what is proposed in this direc- tion in other States, asit is more t:an likely that California may profit by what has been done elsewhere. At the present time Massachusetts seeme Lo have s«t the example and pace for the country. According to a recent report of the Road Commission of that commonwealth the total expenditure of the State on its road work this year bas been $600,000, and it is expected that the Legislature will be asked -for $800,000 for 1897. The commission has been in exist- ence for only three years, and during that time 130 m:les of improved highways have been constructed. The fact that a larger sum of money is expected to be voted during the coming year than in the pres- ent one is sufficient evidence that the work done -is satisfaciory to the people and is regarded as an economy in every It is computed that in some districts of Massachusetts there has been an average rise in the value of property along im- proved roads of over $6 an acre. It is moreover estimated that the losses to farmers in that State in hauling their products over mud roads as compared with the cost of hauling it over improved roads amounts io more than enough to pay for the improvements. It will be seen, therefore, that as the profit in the hauling of produce pays for the cost of the road the advancea value in the land is a clear gain to the land-owners, A further evidence of the advantage of good roads is shown in a paper recently read by the superintendent of the Chicaco City Railway giving a statement of the records made by the dynamometer car on the track of that road. The register of the instrument proved that the-saving on good track over poor ones on that line amounted to over $33,000 a year. The ex- tra cost of making a good road instead of a poor one was §61,670. The estimated lifa of the track is twelve years and the calcu- lation is that the company by laying good track saves in hauling jor that time cver $335,000. This calculation was limited to the cost of motive power alone, and ex- cluded all considerations of wear and tear on rolline stock. Thus ample evidence is obtained from every direction of the advantage of good roads, aad it is certainly high time that California should enter upon this work as actively as any State in the Union. Itis also desirable that the work should b- largely under State direction and by State aid. Earnest consideration should be given to the subject by the coming Legis- lature and the work promoted as far as possible, REFORM IN THE SOUTH One of the best results from the break- ing up of the Democratic party in the re- cent electicn by reason of the division between the gold and the silver wing has be n the awakening of the Southern mind to the evil of election {rauds. Conserva- tive Democrats have found that the party bo-ses who remained with the silver side have not hesitated t§ count out the votes of white men as well as of negroes, and as a consequence they are now making « _State at all coming elections. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 were preparea for it. Just before the State election in Georgia Rev. Sam Jones said: *I no more helieve that there will be an honest election in this State on the 7th day of October than I believe that every bum and thug and pap-suckerin Georgia is a gentleman, a scholarand a Christian. If we can’t stop ballot-stuffing and false returns we can watch the scoun- drels that perpetrate them and arraigh them before the honest people of this Sit up with the dirty scoundsels. 1n thisday of rings and rascality in politics the time has come when a free ballot and a fair count are the only hope of this country and the only bulwark that stands between us and revolution.” 3 The warning and the advice of Sam Jones seem to have been followed to & considerable extent by the better element of the people when the Presigential election came on, and now that it is over many of the leading papersin the South are making an earnest demand for a thorough investigation of the vote in disputed distwricts and the rigid enforce- ment of the law against all who are found to have been guilty of any form of fraud. Not much may be done this year, but the movement once started will-not end until a bettef condition of affairs is brought about. It is therefore reasonable to expect that succeeding elections in the South will be fairer than they have been at any time since the close of the war. A divided Democracy means for the- Soath land, who nas been yisiting the gold districts of California for some months and who has made some investments here, is in town. George B. Robbins of Chicago, general manager of Armour’s refrigerator car service for handling fruit, is st the Palace. Mr. Rob- bins expects to handle the entire orange crop of Southern California this year by his ser- vice. The cars do a vast business. Among the arrivels at the Grand is State Treasurer Phil Metchan of Oregom, Who has come down from his h«me at Salem, Mr. Met- chan was formerly editor and proprietor of the Baker City Blade at Baker City, Or. His son is attending Stanford University. —_— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 80.—At New York hotels: Windsor, S. Joseph, Mrs. Joseph, Miss Joseph; Holland, J. M. Frazer, K. Maddox; Graud Union, M. J. Doolin, 0. Sutro; Sinclair, W. W. Barnes; Grand, J. M. Brazell; Imperial, Mrs. C. C. Butler; St. Cloud, W. C. Doran; Cos- mopolitan, Mrs. D. K. Farr; Ashland, J. F. Valentine. Albert Hall left the Windsor to sail on the Havel for Bremen. 'NEW JERSEY’s FiRST COIN.! In Trinity churchyard, New York City, the other day a workman dug up 8 good specimen of New Jersey’s first coin. The first pieces coined on the mainland of North America, says the New York Evening Sun, were made 1n accordance with a law passed in Massachusetts, May 27, 1652. This Obvetrse. more than it means for any other su:lionl of the country, and for the people of those States at any rate the néw era will be one of moral and intellectual as well as of ma- terial acvancement. WORE FOR OONGRESS. It is virtually conceded that no tariff legislation of importance will be enacted at the coming session of Congress, and this would seem to imply that nothing will be done in the settlement of the cur- rency question, since it is clear we must provide a sufficient revenue for the needs of the Government be.ore entering upon the more complex question of finance. Congress at this session -will not, how- ever, lack for work to do. It is said that on the several calendars of the House alone there are 1465 bills reported from various committees. Most of them of course are private bills, but there are among them 256 which affect the general weifare of the Nation. Of course, only a small portion of these will ever come be- fore the House at all, but enough will reach that body to occupy all the time it has to give them, Out of all these bills there are but four or five which will engage any large amount of public attention. These are the Nic- aragua canal bill, the Pacitic railroad funding bill, the bill to amend the law re- lating to second class mail matter, a bill for the creation of a burean for the in- spection of meat and the régulation .of the transportation of livestock, and an immigration restriction biil. Of these measures not one is of a parti- ‘sau character. All of them, therefore, bave a fair chance of success in both houses if they are well pushed forward. It is full time that some action should be taken in regard to them, and under Speaker, Reed’s active direction there is reason to hope that the House at any rate | will carry on its work with sufficient speed to deal with them all before ad- journment, Itis quite probsble that a biil will also be introduced at this session providing for the appointment of a Secretary of Mines and Mining. The movement to that end, begun by the California kfiners’ Associa- tion at its recent convention in this City, has been cordially taken up throughout the West, and a strong force will be in Con- gress to support it as soon as it can be brought before that body. Itseems Califor- nia wiil be expected to take thelead in the movement, and there is noreason why our delegation should not act this winter, in- stead af postponing the matter until the assembly of the next Congress. The two bills tbat will occupy most at-- tention will be that of the Nicaragua canal and that relating to the funding of the Pacific roads debt. These bills are of particular importance to the people of California, and every movement made in regard to eitheroi them will be watched here with no little interest. Fortunately we have a delegation in Congress which, asa whole, can be relied on to actively guard the interests of our pecple in each case. The vote of California will be for the Nicaragua canal and against funding. These are the fights before us, and to these issues let us direct all the energy of tha State. PLROONAL. A. Buchheister of Tientsin, China, is here. Hugh Troy of Seattle is.a late arrival here. Frank Cavilli of New York is at the Palace, Dr. W. D. Rodgers of Watsonville is in the City. Dynvid Hirschfield of Kern County is visiting the City. CharlesJones of Lewiston; Idaho, is at the Baldwin. Dr, J. R, Cannon of San Jose arrived here yesterday. T. C. Davidge of Victoria, B. C., arrived here yesterday. 1. Levitt of Grass Valley is registered at the Occidental. George Mainhart of Grass Valley is a recent arrival here. C. J. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis of Los Angeles are at the Occidental. George D. McLean, the mining man of Grass Valiey, is In town. James F. Dennis, the well-known attorney of Reno, is at the Palace. L. E. Justin, a merchant of Portland, is among recent arnvals. Lieutenant W. P. Day of the Un}(ed States navy is on a visit here. W. W. Middlecoff, the attorney of Visalia, reached here yesterday. 1. E. Clayton of Hongkong is visiting this City, and is at the Lick, Congressman and Mrs. Loud left & day or two ago for Washington, D. C. R. Guggenheim has arrived here from New York and is at the Palace. L. E. Snellenberger of Woodland is here for a few days on a business trip. 3 L. McDonald, the wealthy mine-owner of French Guleh, is at the Lick. . A. C. Bryor of Formosa arrived here on the lest steamer from the Orient. G. M. Foute of Hollister, Recoraer of San Benito County, is here for a brief stay. E. W. Roilins and John H. Poole, leading business men of Denver, are in the City. L. Gerloch, one of the leading and weelthiest land-owners of Stockton, is at the Grand, J. M. Wilnans, the mine-owner and siore- keeper of Newman, is here on a business trip. [~ Sheriff D. P. Donohue o1 Yuba County and a pioneer oi that part of the State, is visiting the City. ) Jose Costa, Consul of Uruguay in this City, will leave in & few dayson an extended visit to the East. James Chilberg, a leading business man of O!ympia and one of the earliest residents of Washington, is at the Russ. Twyman O. Abbutt, a prominent attorney and politician of Tacoma, Wash,, is in the strong movement in the direction of breaking up these long-tolerated abuses of the right of suifrage. The a-itation against election fraud: isa good deal better than th atof some other counties that brag more. began before the election 100k place. The conservatives knew what to expect and City on his way to Washington, D. C. R. A. Graham of Marshfield, Or., who is developing a Iarge coal mine near there which ' promises to become a great property, arrived bere yesterday, and is at the Palace. T. M. Ramsey, a mlning_ engineer of ;ng_ Reversesq Erovlded for the establishment of “amint- owse in Boston’’ and the coinage of silver and copper pieces. It was not until 1786, however, that the New Jersey Assembly attempted to coin its own money, In that year a law was passed authorizing s copper coiuage and providing for the construction of two mints—one ata place known as Solitude, about two miles west of Morristown, and the other at Elizabeth. The coins are described as follows: “Obver: & horse’s head, with a plow beneath; lege ‘Nova Cemsarea Unum.’” The inseription “Nova Ceesarea,” was the Latin name given to the colony by its founders, Cmsarea being the name which was bestowed upon the island of Jersey by the Romans at the time of their conquest of Britain. THEGREA1ES1 OF INAUGURATIONS FI1T1IN¢ THAT MCKINLEY SHOULD MARK AN EPOCH IN POLITICAL EVENTS. Cleveland Leader. Already there is no doubt that the inaugu- ration of William McKinley will be the ovca- sion of more megnificent and inspiring festiv- ities than have yet been witnessed in Wash- ington. The crowds wili be the greatest ever seen in the National capital, and the proces- sion is certain to break all records. Jubilant and triumphant Republicanism will fill the beautiful city with that electric atmosphere which is created by the assembling of multi. tudes of proud and heppy ireemen gathered 10 do honor to their choseu leader. All this is as it ought to be. The President, whose popuiar vote and popular plurality are alike tne greatest ever known, should see the biggest and proudest crowd of admirers that ever assembled in Washington. The victor in the most sensational and fmportant political contest waged within the past thirty years sural{ deserves no ordinary “send-off’” when ‘he takes bis great and splendid office. When the inielligent and conservative men of Amer- ica reflect upon the dangers escaped and the blessings won under and largely through the leldsruulr of William McKinley they must feel that it would be impossible to exaggerate tte outburst of popular cnthusiesm waich will mark the beginning of his term in the chair of Washington, Lincoin, and the long line of statesmen who have worthily filled the hignest piace known to human authority. 'he inauguration of Mr. McKinley will be an epoch-making event. Itcan hardiy be em- phasized too strongly. PARAGRAPH> aBuUL FEOPLE. A general desire is felt to see an unex- purgated copy of Tom Watson's letter. Charles Francis Adams has given to the -Adams Chapter of the Daughters of the Revo- lution the house at Quincy, Mass., in which John Adams was born. The Boston Transcript warns its readers not to speak of Joseph Chamberlain as Lord Cham- beriain because he has been eleécted lord rector of the University of Glasgow. The Archduke Ludwig Salvator, a nephew of the Emperor of Austria, is very democratic, and often goes to the town of Ragusa, a’few miles from his home, to do the weekly mar- keting. Belgian Flemings are much pleased because the Count of Flanders’ son, Prince A.bert, the heir presumptive to the throne, recently de- livered a speech in Flemish before the Ghent Acadenty. Lady Olric Duncomb, after tasting the tri umphs of the social Whirl in London, has entercd Girton Co.lege 8s an undergraduate, and wiil devote herself hereafter to phiiosophy and history. Mrs. Hetty Green is said to have contributed $100.000 to the campaign fund of the fasion pacty in Texas, miking the gift in the interest of her son, E. H. Green, president of the Texas Midland Railway and chairman of the State Committee, Captain Dayid P. Thomas, who has just diea &t his home in New Haveu, Conn., was wid-ly known by the older mewspap:r men of the country through the fact that he was for many years T.P. Barnum’s press agent., He 1 Was once city editor of the New Haven Courier A retired army officer .says that tiue fellow- officers of General Custer used to tell him that it was not good for an ufficer to assoeiate with privetes, Custer, however, persistently disregarded this unwritten law, and might be seen, day by day, joking and Iaughing in the midst of a group of men. Finally the officers decided they would stand it no longer, and eppointed a spokesman to reason with the general. This spok=sman approached a group where ihe plush jucket and yellow curls were towering above a group which surrounded the general. Calling him sside, the spokesman said: “General, we officers would like 1o know Why you associate with the men instead of with us, &8s you should.”” “Oh, well” sata Custer, turning on his heel, “I can learn more from them than I can from you.” ) NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. ““A pretty thing in gloves,” she said, “I wish to get a perfect glove.” “The prettiest thing in gloves,” said he, “‘Are those white hands of yours, my love, Boston Courier. He—1 wonder why nobody has asked Miss Carlinghorn to weliz this ev ning. She—The dear girl is too angnlar to fit well in a round dance.—Chicago Tribune. - New Arrival-I'm a reporter for the Daily Bensation, x Mephistopheles (at home)—Intend to stay or have you merely come to write us up for ‘Sun day’s paper?—Brooklyn Life. “Why is it that you football men wear long hair?* - “Why, to show the world thatthere are other 1896. kinds of intellectual men besides poets.’— Cnicago Record. “The hare,” began the prosy boarder, “h long been chosen as an emblem of timidity—'- m“Come to think of -it,”” interrupted Asbury Peppers, amid the grateful glances of other boarders. “I have noticed a tendencv in my own hair lately to make itself scarce.”’—Cin- cinnati Enquirer. LESERVE VW ELL. Fresno County Enterprige. THE CALL deserves well of the country press. It was the ouly San Francisco paper that con- sidered it worth while to have & special report of the meeting of the California Press Asso- ciation. PLAINT OF 1H: UNEMPLOYED, It is really most distressing That, al ough my needs are pressing, 1 cannot 'makethe money that inferior fellows o Nor find an occupation In this Philisiinish nation Congenial to a college-bred and cultivated man. My talents—tney are many— D0 not bring me in a penny, Though the unenlightened vulgar go hesping up their gains, Ican do s0 much that the But all “situations vacan.’ Are reserved, as.1 discover, for the men of vacant brains. ; can't, I was noted when at college For a very speclal knowledge Of history, ant quities and numismatic lore; But in coinage early dated My interest has aba ed, Bome interest on modern coins would benefit me more. In the “ologies” and “Isms" In all theologic schisms, Inthe specula:ive system of both old and modern thought, Iem versed, I may say, deeply, s Rut my views 1'd par with cheaply Could I'ascertuin the market where such a thing * is bough. 1 am trying tegat practice, But the melancuoly fact is That aliogh I passed with Lonors I took my law egree, And did credit to my tutors, Yet I did not suit he suitors, And my knowledge of fee-simple does not bring a simple fee. 1he thought I sometimes harbor, That to be a chatty barber, The conductor of a tramcar, or the driverof a van, Or to et & place . walter, For the vuigar rich to cater, Are about the only chances for a'cultivated man! —Westminster Gazetie. BOY'S KILT SUIT. ~ This model is suitable for boys of 3 to 6 years. The skirt may be of any heavy cotton fabric or of wool. $ For a dressy suit swhite piquet for the skirt, with waist of white cotton or linen trimmead with rufiles of embkoidery, is charming. An entire suit of brown hollands, with ruffles of embroidered batiste, is very pretty and de- cidedly serviceable for the house. Dark blue and white cheviot, with waist of dark blue cambric trimmed with ruffles of cambric, either plain or embroidered with white, IS serviceable and pretty. Brown and white striped galatea cloth, with embroidery ruflles, is another serviceable com- bination. A kilt of brown serge with waist of flax- colored linen or cotton is a good combination. Mixed cheviot of a brown tone for the kilt is useful for general wear with two or three waists of different cclors. EXTRA fine pecan taffy. Townsend's. » ————— EPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Prass Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * ——————— HuUsBAND'S Calcined Magnesia—Four first premium medals awarded; more agreeable to WHY NAT GOODW 50T AL His Sudden Departure From the State Is Ex- plained. Disregards Judge Murphy’s Order to Appear and Ex- plain. Contempt Proceedings Instituted in a Divorce Case That the Actor Tried to Dismiss. Nathaniel Carl Goodwin, comedian, came within a few hunared miles of play- ing an engagement with Sheriff Whelan yesterday, for Judge Murphy went so far as to declare him guilty of contempt of court, which heinous crime carries with it a possible sentence of five daysin the County Jail and a fine not to exceed $500. Judge Murphy even went further than merely adjudging Mr. Goodwin in con- tempt, but actually ordered an attach-, ment for bis arrest to issue forthwith., If the matter had. been permitted to rest there and if Mr. Goodwin had not left the State the night before he would be now playing checkers with Lis nose be- hind prison bars, District Attorney W. 8. Barnes, appear- ing for the nonce as a practitioner in a civil suit, asked permission to explain why bis client, Mr. Goodwin, had not obeyed the summons of the court to give an account of his worldly possessions pending the hearing of the divorce suit of Nathaniel Carl Goodwin versus Nelia R. Goodwin. It wasadmitted that the cita- tion to appear had been personally served on Mr. Goodwin, but that he intended no contempt by his absence, because he had been advised that the suit of Goodwin vs. Goodwin having been dismisved there was no cause pending, and that the court had no jurisdiction in the matter. “Let us see about thai,” said Judge Murphy, his manner taking on a more complacent phase, for he seemed glad to be assured that no contempt of court was intended. George B. Keane, a very young man with a very red face, was sworn asa wit- ness and blushed violently as he confessed that he was in some degree mixed upin the discussion before the court. He said he had been engaged to act as attorney for Mr. Goodwin and that he had entered in the office of the County Clerk an order of dismissal at the request of Mr. Goodwin. Being questioned a+ tn his actsin that regard%fir. Keane said that on the 19th of November he went to the office of the County Clerk and pave a written notice that the sait should be dismissed, at the same time depositing $2 to pay the ex- penses of the defendant as required by law. On this showing Judge Murphy said that he would recall” the citation to Mr. Goodwin and vacate the order of commit- ment for contempt of couri until the court could determine whether the case of Goodwin vs. Goodwin were in fact still ending, or whether it had been actually ismissed, as contended by Mr. Barnes on bebalf of Mr. Goodwin. % 5 Mr. McPike tried to read some articles from the Chronicle and Examiner, in which it appeared that Attorney R. Porter Ashe had cast aspersions on the County Clerk's office, but Judge Murphy refused to hear the matter, saying thav if tbe County Clerk had been libeled he had his remedy as against the lawyer and the newspapers. It appeared that the point at issue was whether the suit of Goodwin ‘against Goodwin was legally dismissed. Mr. Barnes argued that this was so, since the plaintiff had gright to dismiss his suit under the provision of the statute, no cross complaint asking affirmative relief having been filed at the time the notice of dismissal was given. George W. Lee, E. J. Taylor, George T. Covey and N. T. Maison testihed thatthe notice of dismissal was filed on the 19th inst and was entered on the register, but that the judgment was not fully recorded until the 23d. ' Attorney H. L. McPike, representing Mrs. Goodwin, said that on the afternoon of November 23, between 3and 4 o’clock, he called at the County Clerk's office with the answer and cross complaint and offered it for filing. He examined the record and found a dismissal had been filed. He asked for the papers in the case and after & while they were found. He examined the papers and found that the judgment roll had not been completed; that the blanks of the date and the page of the judgment bad not been filled in. He therefore went before a Deputy County Clerk and swore to the answer and had it fiied. On that showing he declared the case was still in court, that the court hal the taste and smaller dose than other magne- sia. Forsale only in bottles with registered trade-mark label. » ———— Is it any wonder that the Diamond Palace is crowded from morning to night with custom- ers when you can purchase diamonds at 35 per cent less than any house in the City, and sterling silverware at 95 cents perounce? The Co onel is determined to close out and retire from business, Holiday Goods Christmas cards, calendars, leather goods, pictures, frames, albums, toilet cases, waved crest ware, Bohemian glassware, decorated chi banquetiamps, onyx tables, gold and fountain peus, clocks, perfumery, traveling sets, va ises, stationery in fancy boxes, Bibl:s, prayer-books and i ver novelties for the holi- duvs are now invitinglv displaved at Sanborn & Vall’s, 741 Marketst. Everybody welcome.* ————— Marie—Just think of the nerve of the fellow to propose 1o me. e Mertie—Nerve ? Why, it was actual reck- lessness.—Truth. Through Sleeping Cars to Chicago. The Atiantic ana Preific Railrond, Santa Fe Toute, will continue to run dwly through from Oakiand to Chicazo Pullman palace drawinz-room, 8lso upholsierod tourist sleeping-cars, leaving every afiernoon. Lowest throggh rates to all polnts in ihe Unlied States, Canads, Mexico or Europe. Excursions through Boston leave every week. 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Carry them in your pock(t. \ jurisdiction and that Mr.‘.Gcodwin could nished lor contemp wlg‘é‘idemnuy it was inferred that the court would have authority to allow a fee of $1000 for Mrs. Goodwin’s attorneys and to grant her alimony pending the trial of e case. 2 thAtmmey Barnes read an affidavit by Mr. Goodwin 1n which it was stated that be effected & settlement with her a year ago by paying her $15,000 and compensat- ing her for her interest in their household furniture. # This paper was not mentioned in the formal application of Mr. Barnes for the dismissal of Mrs, Goodwin's cross-com- plaini, and the court decided that it couid not be considered at this time. Mr. Ashe testified that he had advised Mr. Goodwin that the case against his wife bad been legally di-missed, He thought he was right in that advice. The talk ogcurred Sunday afternoon at tife Palace Hotel. +Did you advise Mr. Goodwin not to obey the order of this court at this time?” asked Mr. McPike. “Certainly not,”” said Mr. Ashe with a courreous nod toward the bench. “D d you say gooG-by to him when you parte “Well, yes; I guess so. “And you didn’t expect to see him again soon?” LRy “I didn’t say so."” “What did you say ?"* “These were my exact words. I said: :W_e,n’,’ I suppose I'll see you in the morn- 1 :fg':'yon wink when you said that?” “Did be wink ?"* ““Well, he looked very drol1,” Mr. Barnes—Did you smile? Thne Court—What kind of a smile? Mr. McPike—Not that kind of a smile, your Honor. Mr., Burnes—It would cost two bits at thlel Palace, Mr. Asne—I plead not ity of that kind of a smile, at any um‘m 2 8o the attorneys and t.e court having esiab.ished the entente cordiale to their en- tire satigiaction, there was stight delay until the lawbooks to the number of nearly 200 couid be brought from the law library. yers read decisions afier which Jud e decide the guestion morning. and argued poiuts, Murp y promised to at 10 o'clock this THE OITY WINS, Judge Slack Decides Against Claimants for Uld M ssion-Creek Lots. Judge Slack gave adecision in favor of the City and County in the case .against C. C. Tripp, the United Land Assoc'ation, For ihree mortal hours the law- | Eugene and George Leroy, Charles Main and others yesterday morniag. The property involved comprises 109 lots, formerly in the bed of old Mission Creek and old Channel Creek, estimated to be wort . $150,000. _ This litigation has been pending for over ten years. City and County Attorney Cres- well took the matter up soon after the beginning of hi~ iormer term of office and allotied the work of trying the case to Attorney Rhodes Borden, one of his deputies. Ex-Judge Levy had eot about half through with the case when his term of office expired, and the whole ground nad to be gune over anew by Judge Slack, In all ess ntial matters the court held that the City’s title to the property is good and that tae defendants are illegally in possession. The only point daecided against ihe City is the allowance of a tri- angular piece of ground, from the north bank of oid Mission Ureek to the north bank of old Channel Creek, to Mr. Main. 1t took twenty-four days to try the case. It is the intention ot the Superyisors to erect at least two new engine hduses on tie newly acquired lots. HEADLIGHT RAYS, Cotonel T. H. Goodman Returns to His Desk After a Serious Attack of Illnoss. Colonel T. H. Goodman, general passen« ger and ticket agent of the Southern Pa- cific, has recovered irom attacks of tne rheumatic gout. He went 10 his office in the yellow building yesterday anc re- mained there during business hours, Colonel Gpodman was welcomed by his friends and associates and congratulated upon his recovery. . The United States quarantine against California cattle expired on November 25, The shipments of live cattle from tha State are so slight that guarantine cuis little figure. In ruglway circles outside of the gomhr ern Pacific everything is splacia. Colonel D. W. Hitchcock of the Union Pacific ex-) pects that the present schedule of run ning passenger trains east ot Ogden will remain «n effect during the winter. 8o far ascan be ascertajned, the Soathern Pacific contemplates no changes. < Passenger travei eastward bound is fair. Merchants and business men are going to New York and Chicago to look after their mercantile interests. Trayel from the Orient and Australia holds up well. Colonel Hitchcock is keeping adyised as to the progress of construction of the rail- way from St. Petersburz and Moscow across Siberia to the ‘Pacific Ocean, and may send over some translated Union Pacific literature for the Russians and Tartars. Three of the directors and the chief en- gineer of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad taiked over a_f- fairs in a general way at the engineer’'s office yesterday. Director Sloss remarked that plans of extension were not under consideration. When bonds are sold the road will be extended. INSANITY AS A PLEA. Justice Henshaw in the Supreme Court Gives a Vigorous Opinion. The Supreme Court, in an opinion ren- dered by ‘Justice Henshaw yesterday, Justices McFarland, Temple, Harrison and Van Fleet couchrring, uttered some vigorous words on the subject of the plea of insanity as extenuation in a murder case. Frank H. Larrabee was convicted of murder and was sentenced for life. The killing was_aamitted, the defense being insanity. Larrabee killed his mistress, cutting her throat after she had decamped wit: his money and had deserted him for another. “The appellant claims,” said Justice Henshaw, ‘‘that the atrocity of the mur- der and the lack of motive for the crime, together wit . the other evidence in the case, established insanity for a clear pre- ponderance. But if circumstanceés of in- humanity and barbarity were to be held sufficient to prove the itresponsibility of the perpetrator of a homicide, it would be an invitation to the evil-minded to crease the number of their victims an make their crimes blacker and more famous. “Such circumstances may be evidence of insanity, but they may equally owe their existence to the prompting of a brutal and malignant spirit.”’ ‘Che judg- ment of the lower court was nflirmed’. —————— * The Schubert Concert. Next Tuesday evening, December 8, the Schubert Symphony Club and lady quartet of Chicago will appear for the first time in Son Francisco in & grand concert to be given in the Association auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets. Tne boy violinis;, Master Tommy Porcell, who has attracted 50 much attention in Eastern cities, will ‘also appear with the company 8s an cxtra attraction. Reserved seats will be on sale next Saturday, December 5, and Monday. December 7, at S8herman, Clay & Co.’s, and at the Association building. ————— Townsend in Japan, The Yokchama daily papers announce the arrival of W. R. Townsend of this City, who re- cently left here as a representative of the business interests to work up trade for San Francisco in Japan. The papers are treating him well, though they intimate that finding & market will not be an easy task, in view of the failures made hitherto. —————— Children’s Emergency Home, Mrs. John Pettee wishes to announce that there will be a meeting held at her house, 2505 Leavenworth street, to-morrow after- noon at 2 o'clock, to consider the subject of an emergency home for children. \ NEW TO-DAY. “The King is Dead ~long live the King.” “Leading” bak- ing powders have ceased to lead. A better | one, purer and more perfect, has come to take first place. It's name is / Jrophy ~Tillmann & Rendel, M