The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1896 OPENED MISSION HIGH SCHOOL BIDS The Directors Will Cen- sider the Various Tend- ers To-day. A Formal Contract for the Pur- chase of the Site Was Entered Into. The School on tke Farallon Islands Is Finally Established With a Regular Teacher. Nineteen bids for the construction of the building and sanitary arrangements of the new Mission High School were opened at the meeting of the Board of Eaucation 1ast evening, and were referred to the committee of the whole to meet this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The bids ranged from $119,908 to $128,- 991, and each bidder putin a number of tenders according to the character of the materials to be used. These matters must be considered before the lowest offer can be deciared. The bids on vlumbing and gasfitting ranged from $4134 to $5059, and those on heating and ventilating apparatus from $1580 to $9300. Solomon Ducas, who negotiated the sale of the Mission High School lot with the board, sent 1n a communication re- questing that the board make a formal contract for the purchase. He stated in a commaunication that he had been advised that such a step was necessary for the mandamus proceedings which he intends to bring to compel the Auditor to sign the warrant for the purchase price. The form of contract was submitted and adopted by the board. The bond of Charles J. Havens, as archi- tect and superintendeut for the construc- tion of the new Mission High School, in the sum of $100,000, was approved. The followiog recommendations of the committee on classification were adopted: That Miss Eva Fairweather of the day sub- stitute class be appointed & probationary teacher and assigned to the Burneit Primary Schooi; thet Miss A. M. Grozaller be trans- ferred irom the Irving Primary School to the Adams Cosmopo.itan Grammar School; that Miss Sarah Gumaer of the day substitute ciass be appointed a probationary teacher and as- signed to the Irving Primary School; that Charles L. Turner be transferred from the Polytechnic High School to the Franklin Evening School; that Charles H. Ham be de- clared vice-principal of the Polytechnic High School; that Miss Ida R. Strauss, assistant teacher in the Hamilton Grammar School, be declared vice-principal of the school; that a school be established on the Farallon Islands, and that Miss Daisy Anneite Doud be appointed & probationary teacher in the department and assigned t0 the new school; that Miss Jennie Hinds be transferred from the evening substitute cluss to the day substitute class, and that Miss Helen M. Grace be transferred irom the day substitute class to the evening substitute class, Under a suspension of the rules the fol- lowing were elected members of the day substitute class: Helen M. Grace, Jose- phine Frank, Eugenia Brooks, Josephine Dufficy, Flora Honigsberger, Mrs. M. E. Perlet, Mabel C. Perkins, Miss Lennon, Miss Kate Lyons, Miss Juha Kernedy, Miss Lids Carroll. Mrs. Josephine E. Gerichten, who has been in the employ of the department for more than tweniytwo years past, re- signed her position and anncunced her intention of tazing advantage of the pro- visions of the teachers’ pension fund law. The board accepted the resignation on these grounds. The resignation of J. B. Eckman, jani- tor of the Girls’ High School, was ac- cepted. Miss Edna Scott, a teacher of kinder- garten music and kindergarten work in the San Francisco Norma! School, was appointed a probationary teacher in the department with the same school and the same duties. GETS NO ALIMONY. Else Ballard’s Peculiar Ground of Ac- tion Against Irving . Ballard, Her Ex-Husband’s Father. Else Ballard, the divorced wife of Alfred H. Ballard, began a peculiar suit in the Justice court vesterday. The defendant is Irving T. Baliard, the father of her ex- husband. She alleges that she was divorced on July 10 and granted $35 per month sali- mouny and the custody of her minor child; that after the decree was granted the de- fendant advised and assisted Alfred H. Ballard to avoid payment of the alimony, and that she has received but $35. : She asks that inasmuch as Irving T. Bal- lard was responsible for the non-payment of the balance, he be ordered to set- tle with her for $210, the sum due for six months’ alimony. DR. SIEBERST IMPROVING. His Burns as Santa Claus Came Near Causing Pneumonia Sunday. The Cbristmas-tree experience of Dr. W. H. Sieberst, dentist, who resides at the corner of Nineteenth and Valencia streets, nearly led to more serious consequences than severe burns. Sunday the physi- cians in attendance thought it probable that he would have pnenmonia as the di- rect cause of his burns and the inhalation of smoke and the hot fumes of his ignited cotton Santa Claus disguise. Yesterday he was much better, and last night he seemed on the high road to recovery. Dr. Sieberst was burned Christmas eve, just about midnight, at a party given for children by Miss Sadie Gould at 3450 Nineteenth street. He entered the room with a cotton coat, and on his head was a cotton cap. As he reached up to the Christmas trée to remove the gifts the cot- ton coat caught tire from one of the tapers on the tree, and in a second his cap was slso aflame. His face and hands were very badly burned, and also his body. Since that time his friends have been anxious concerning him. Many persons have called to inquireabout him. Yester- day was the first time since the actident that he seemed to be out of danger. FILLMORE-STREET OLUB. Some of the Things the Members Be- lieve They Will Accomplish. The Fillmore-street Improvement Club was to have held a meeting in lower Franklin Hall last night, but probably owing to some misunderstanding as to date too few members appeared to consti- tute a quorum, consequentiy there was no. business transacted. Since the ceiebration last Wednesday night a number of property-owners have voluntarily joined the club and subscribed to the electric-light fund. The club now numbers 123 active mem- bers and 22 associate members. At the next meeting it will adopt a con- stitution and by-laws, and place itself on a solid working basis, with a view to carrying out certain contem?lltefl im- provements, which will result in the bet- terment of business on that street. It is the intention to have the matter of side- walks lookea after; to clean out an un- improvec lot near Sutter street, and to in- fuse life in the storekeepers and induce them to make efforts to reach out for the trade west of the street. . RAPHAEL PEIXOTTO, who was named by Judee Slack to act as foreman of the Grand Jury just empaneled, is a man of known euergy and capacity for the trying duties of that position. understands what demands of time and position will make upon him. He promi He is a man of ripe years and business experience, and fully personal inconvenience the responsible ses a liberal response to them; to look carefully into suspected evils and to work reforms where they are found wanting and possible to be wrought. Mr. Peixotto is head of the firm of Peixotto & Silverman, and father of Assistant District Attorney Edward Peixotto. [From a photograph by Dore.] TOLD THE WOE OF A YOUNG WIFE Andrew Schuller Is Ac- cused of Cruelty and Fraud. Twice Stabbed the Woman He Had Promised to Cherish and Protect. Charles Maxon, a Son-in-Law Schuller, Implicated in an Al- leged Conspiracy. of Mrs. Eugenie Schuller, by her attorney, Henry H. Davis, yesterday fiied a com- plaint sgainst her husband, Anarew | Schuller, which puts him in anything but a favorable light; and Charies C. Maxon, & son-in-law of Schuller, is also brought in | for a shars of her condemnation. Mrs. Schuller sets forth that she and Andrew Schuller were married in 1894, and that they still bear the relationship of husband ané wife, though their life as such has been far from happy. Shesays that on the 25ih of last November he abandoned and deseried her without cause or provocation and continues to live sepa- rate from her. The complaint alleges that almost daily from fhe time of their marriage Schuller treated her in a cruel and inhuman man- ner; that he violently assaulted her and apoiied to her vile and vulgar names and epithets too vile to be mentioned; that be frequently struck her on the head and face with his fist, kicked her, threw her about, injuriag her in person and general health. i Particularizing her grievances, Mrs. Schuller says that in March, 1895, her husband stabbed her in the neck with a knife, intending to kill her, and the loss of blood caused by the wound made her weak and ill for several months; thaton the 25th of last month, which by the way was the day before Thanksgiving day, he again abused and assaulted he and again stabbed her with a kniie, cutting her in the forehead, the wound therefrom re- sulting 'leaving a scar on her face for many days. Touching' her husband’s disposition Mrs. Schuller says that he has a violent temper and that it is dangerous for her to live with him; that he is greatly influ- enced in his cruel and inhuman conduct toward her by the persuasions of his daughter, Mabel Cool, who on one occ..- sion in November, 1896, said to the de- fendant that her only hope and desire was that he would kill this pleintiff, Mrs, Schuiler. If Mrs. Schuller had the means that properly belong to her she suggests she would not so bitterly comnlain, but she avers that in addition torefusing to furnish the necessaries of life Schuller cajoled irom her by divers means and misrepresenta- tions since their marriage certain moneys belonging to her before their marriage, which was her own separate property; that he gave her his notes for the money, but has failed to repay the same; and that now, having taken her property, he has abandoned her and has failed to provide for her; that frequently she has gone without meals for two days at a time, thereby making her ill and greatly im- pairing her health; that she is wholly without means and is dependent on the charity of friends. It is well known that every woman has a right to something to wear, yet Mrs. Schuller declares that her husband since their marriaze has never purchased for her any clothing or wearing apparel of any kinda, although he has and" at all times since their marriage has possessed the means and ability to do so. On this point Mrs. Schuller continues by saying that Schuller has stated to her on numerous occasions that he has money, but that he has fixed it with Charles C, Maxon, his son-in-law, for the purpose of preventing any court or lawyer from com- pelling. him 10 support her or to return the money which bhe has fraudulentiy taken trom her. Schuller seems to have chosen the day before Thanksgiving as the oceasion for ending his marital uisagreements, for she alleges that on said day, on returning vo the apartments occupied by them at the Beresford House in this City, she found bim about to vacate the reoms with his versonal effects, leaving her to face the landlady, to whom he owed ‘$60 for their board and lodging; whereupon she re- monstrated with him for in such a sur- reptitious manner leaving the _premises, carrying with him hlsgermnal belongings, leaving the trunks and wearing avparel of this plaintiff subject to the lien ot the landlady for the board bill. y Disregarding her appeal Schulier per- | least. sisted in his purpose and did leave, so her trunks and clothing are still heid by the proprietress of the hotel as security for the debt. Charles C. Maxon comes into the case at this point, for Mrs. Schuller avers that Schuller has transferred all his property to Maxon for the purpose of defrauding her by preventing her from recovering the money that is rightfully due her and also to defeat any application she may make for alimony or permanent support. She asks that Schuiler and Maxon be adjudged guilty of fraud and that the transfer of property before mentioned be declared null and void; that Schuller be required to pay a reasonable sum as alimony pend- ing the hearingz of her suit for the re- covery of her property, and that Schuller and Maxon be restrained from disposing of or in any manner incumbering the property transferred by Schuller to Maxon. Judge Belcher, acting 2s Presiuing Judge, considering Mrs. Schuller's un- fortunate predicament, remitted all the fe=s of court in her suit. WORKING FOR THE BALLOT. ‘Woman Suffragists Preparing to Work at the State Capital, The woman suffraze campaign before the coming Legislatute is pretty well mapped out. The necessary committee has been named to take charge of the work in hand. Thereisno thought on the part of those who were the leaders in the movement for the adoption of the pro- posed sixth amendment to the constitu- tion of this State of abandoning the work or of abating their efforts in the Daily some of the enthusiastic ad- vocates of woman suffrage may be found at the headquarters of the California State Woman Suffrage Association. Tnere dis. cussions occur frequently, but they are all concerning the best way to forward the cause to which they are all pledged. *‘All that there is for us to do at the present time,’”” said a lady prominent in the womaun suffrage movement, “is to bring before the Legislatnre the measure to once more submit the amendment to the people for adoption. If the Legisla- ture takes favorable action and permits the peopie to again express their opinion, thac will be the first step. As we study the ligures of the recent election we find no reason for aiscouragement. We did not get the amendment adopted, but we polled many votes, enough to show that the idea of woman suffrage bas taken strong hold in California and that what is needed is education to insure final suc- cess.” The organization of woman suffrage clubs has pro:ressed somewhat since the election. The purpose is to have at least one woman suffrage club in every As- sembly district in the State.; At these clubs there will be frequent debates. The clubs will be the rallying points for the movement. It has been determined to continue #the educational work whether the Legislature shall act favorably or otherwise in reference to the submission anew of the amendment. Probably the first move at Sacramento will be made early during the lezislative session. A strong_delegation c¢f woman suifragists will visit the State capital whenever it shall seem advisable. The headqnarters in the Parrott building will be kept open indefipitely. e William Sheils’ Estate. An inventory of appraisement of the estate of William Shiels deceased has been filed in the County Clerk’s office, showing a valuation of $621,821 90. The property is principall: cox’:;goud of inside re:?ennaylna\ City? z —\ THEOSOPHY 1§ TAKING ROOT Great Activity in Local Circles During the Past Year. The Besant Faction Aids India and the Judge People to Build a Temple. Count Wuchtmeister Tells How the New Gospel Grows in America and India. The close of the year witnesses un- exampled activity among the various factions of local theosophists. That progressive branch led by Mrs. Annie Besant in India and elsewhere, and just now championed by Count Axel Wachtmeister in local circles, is doing all in its power to relieve the sufferers of India, while the branch led by Judge ex- pects to build an occult temple in this State next year, and to keep up the work of evangelization until the world is spanned with the teachings of theosophy. ‘I have been here about & menth,” =aid Count Wachtmeister yesterday, ‘‘and I am just now editing the Mercury in this City. Ata subscription of §1 a year we do not conduct it to make a fortune, but to enlighten the world. [ *‘There is much activity in India an Europe just now among theosophists, and §dreu progress is being made here also. ¥y mother has just established societies at Spokane, Fargo, Butte and Sner:dan, S0 you see there is some culture in what some people designate the ‘wild and woolly’ West.” The following appeal for the sufferers of India is being widely circulated among theosophists who belong to the Besant section: Itisa matter of common knowledge that the famine area in India already involves a population numbering millions. The price of iood is treb.e, aud the wide-reaching disaster is aggravated by the fact that no less than 80 per cent of the teeming population of India1s agricultural and depends for its livelinood solely on the crops. The Spring crop. partially failed; the autumn crop has entirely faile 2nd, though some rain has at last fallen, untii the next crop is sown and resped hundreds of taousands will be ruined and destitute. Six months ago Mrs. Annie Besant appealed through the public press of Indis and Eng- land for help, and was the means of keeping alive & number of the starving but uncom- plaining nstives. At that time the famine area was very restricted, but since then the terrible pest has increased with leaps and bounds. Mrs. Besant is now on the spot, in the region where the famine is the worst, and, according to her life-long custom, is busil employed in mecsures for the relief of the sul- fering humanily about her. Committees have been formed by members of the Theosophical Society in India to co- operate with the Government in bringing comiort and relief to as many sufferers as pos- sible. The Indian representations of this worldwide brotherhood beingin direct contact with the suffering ones, and numbering sey- eral hundred branches and centers through- Out the whole of Indi re well qualified to administer a relief iui d make every cent teli. The Theosophical Society is a8 non- rian body, and one of its chief objects amelioration of suffering humanity. The members of this society are not able indi- vidually to fully meet the demand, and they ask contributious to the famine fund. Many who have no interest in theosophy will undoubted:y be glad to know where to pluce contributions with & certainty of their being wisely distributed. A very little goes a long way in India. A cent aday per head will not only keep body and soul together but pro- vide a sufficiency. Millions of pennies are ueeded, however. ~Mrs. Besant has just issued another apbeal 1o her colleagues in the Occi- dent, and any contributions that the public in San Francisco and California may wish to offer will'be gthankfully received and should besentto Cbunt A. Wachtmeister, theosophi- cal headquarters, 414 Masou street, San Fran- cisco. A list of the contributions will be acknowiedged through the public press, The Blavatsky-Judge faction proposes to establish an ocenit temple in this State this year. It is said that the proposed temple will be the only one of its kind in the world. In it adepts will teach the mysteries of antiquity. Tuition, it is pro- posed, will be free, and any one who de- sires instruction will be admitted. The following is an account of the plan written by one of the adepts: The plan of study has not yet been definitely announced, but it is understood that all the mysteries of the anclent religions will be im- parted to the students. Thought transference, or the art of projecting the mind’s ideas through space into the mind of another, will be one of the least of the powers acquired. In- 1erior penetration will be another attribute of the psychologically developed soul. This is the power of understanding the nature of a thing without any apparent effort of the mind, such as knowing the contents of an un- opened letter. The astral body of an adept will be capable of transference from one part of the world to another while the physical body remains stationary, 7The will will be devei- oped to the extent of being able to cause death by & simple volition. The trip of the Crusaders around the worla is the first of its kind. The dedication of the college of occult science in March will be the chief object of their visit to California. This college will be the consummation oi one of the hopes witn which theosophy has been vursued.. It will be the revival of the ancient knowledge of the soul and the soul’s powers, ana undoubtedly one of the most unique and interesting spots in the world. The Swedes Won. By an inadvertence it was stated in the report of the tug-of-war at Sutro’s paths on Sunday that the Norwegian team had won from the Swsdish, when the Gontraty Wwas tae case. The Swedish team has not yet been defeated. COUNT AXEL WACHTMEISTER, Local Leader of the Besant Section of Theosophists. WILLIAM E. LUTZ, at the meeting of the newly impaneled Grand Jury on Saturday, was chosen to serve as its secretary. Mr. Lutz is a prominent figure in San Francisco business circles, being secretary of a number of leading building and loan associations. His identification with the Grand Jury as its secretary will serve to indicate the strong character of that body as at present constituted. He is young and energetic and will exert an acuve influence in the work of the Grand Jjury, of which work much is to be expected. by R OLYMPIC AOUNDS- T0 BE CLOSED Peter MclIntyre, the Care- taker, to Have a Club Billet. Four Nights’ Athletics in the Mechanics’ Pavilion Under Consideration. Grand Schemes Which E. W. Newhall and the Directors Have in Contemplation. The president of the Olympic Club, E. W. Newhall, is very well satisfied with the club’s progress. “The ‘membership is increasing daily,” said Mr. Newhall, ‘‘which proves beyond question that the club is in & prosperous condition. “The present board of directors work in harmony, and its members will leave nothing undone to advance the interests of the club in every particular. ‘Yes, we have several schemes under consideration which will aad materially to the growth of the club when they materialize. Of course we intend to re- duce expenses that are deemed unneces- sary. For instance, the closing of the outdoor grounds, which will come into effect about the first of the year, will save the club the salary it pays the caretaker. “This move the directors would not acquiese in if the members indulged to any extent in outdoor sports. Possibly Mr. McIntyre, who has been in the employ ot the club as manager of the erounds since the time of their inauguration, ma; be appointed to some office in the build- ing where his services will be of more value to the members. He is a first-class trainer of athletes, and I have no doubt that his services will be sought and appre- ciated by members who participate in various athletic pastimes. “To-morrow afternoon the directors will hold a special meeting for the purpose of devising plans and schemes for the future. “Our teader, Mr. Howard Taylor, ar- ranged for a series of amusements imme- diately after his inauguration—a series which, I am pleased to say, was very suc- cessfully managed to the end of the pres- ent year. Now, then, we propose to give Mr. Taylor carte blanche, so to speak, in the arrangament of a programme of ath- letic and sacial amusements for the in- coming year, as he has manifested marked ability in catering to the wishes of the members. “I dare say that the club willgivea wrestling tournament in January or Feb- ruary, which.will be opened to the repre- sentatives of bona-fide amateur athletic clubs west of the Rocky Mountains, and perhaps a special inducement will be of- fered for a return match between Herbert Greenland of the Muitnomah Athletic Club of Portland, Or., and Charles Kreling of ihe Oiympics. These crack amateur wrestlers met in a contest at Portland in June last, when a team of athletes from our club 1nvaded that couniry, athletic- allysbent, and Iunderstand that Kreling was defeatea because the referee did not do him justice. Howeverthat may have been, I think that a return match, to be decided under the auspices of the Olympic Club, will prove a host interesting event and I can assure you that the invader will be accorded a fair field and no favor. ‘‘Among the many good athletic features that have been sugeested for the next year is an aquatic tournament which will embrace many novel things. Besides swimming, which will be the principal feature, there is a proposition on foot to hold also an aquatic tug-of-war in the swimming tank. Among the members who are athletically and aquatically in- clined I have no doubt that several teams can be secured to contest -in boats or cing shells on the same principle as a tug-of-war on cleats. The boats will be stationed in the center of the tank and each boat will be secured by a rope, say three feet in length. The crew which succeeds in rowing or pulling its opponent over a certain Jine will be awarded the decision. The winners of the first round will meet in the second trials, and so on until the last or final trial will decide who are champions in the first aquatic tug-ot-war that has been introduced in this countmy. The contests should prove amusing, inter- esting and instructive. ‘‘Several new features will be introduced at the next ladies’ night entertainment. The last one was a most pronounced suc- cess, in fact the gymnasium was not large enough to accommodate the people rep- resented in the club. “What will unquestionably prove to be the event of the year will be discussed at length to-morrow. Our ides is to give a mammoth all-round athletic exhibition in Mechanics’ Pavilion either in April or in the latter part of the fiscal year, The pro- gramme will include all branches of ath- leticy, and if the scheme passes muster the Pavilion will be leased for four days, 88 we propose to givean entertainment each evening which will be interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. “Oh, yes, the present board is wide awake to the interesss of the club, and some astonishing features will be intro- T duced for the edification and pleasure of the members during the year of 1897.” { Asthma cure guaranteed, Dr. Gordin’s Chocolate Emulsion,221 Davis,S.F.,, Cal.$1a bot.6-$5. sam. 5¢ FIGHTING THE PESTHOUSE. Mayor Sutro Will Go to the Legislature at the Coming Session. Mayor Sutro has not given up his fight to keep the Pesthouse off the Almshouse tract, but has decided to go to the Legis- lature for relief. With Senator Wolf of the Twenty-first Senatorial District and Assemblyman Mulcrevy ofithe Twenty-seventh Assembly District as his friends to start with, he will endeavor to have passed a bill mak- ing it unlawful to locate any pesthouse or hospital for contagious diseases within halt a mile of any lake or reservoir from which water is drawn for public use. As Laguna Honda is rigkt on the border of the Almshouse tract this measure will, if passed, prevent the location of the Pest- house on that public domain. Should this fail the Mayor says he has another measure ready. ‘‘My attorney informs me,” he said yes- terday, “that I can have the Board of Su- pervisors enjoined from building the Pest- house on the Almshouse site, or anywhere in fact where contagion may reach the residents of the district, on the ground that it is a menace to the public health. *'This is, in my mind, one of the greatest outrages that was ever perpetrated by Huntington and his hirelings. They want to injure me, and fliey would 1nflict dire injury on thousands of people 1n order to accomplish their ends. “I am gomg to fight though, you can rest assured of that, as long as there is a leg to stand on, and these people will know they have had a battle before I give up.” —_———— GREEK OHURCH EXERCISES. Christmas Day, According to the Julian Calendar, Falls on January 6. On the evening of the 5th day of Janu- ary, which, according to the. Julian calendar, is Christmas eve, services will be celebrated at the Greek Catholic Church on Powell street, near Filbert. The exercises will be most elaborate, and the officiating ministers are the Richt Reverend Nicholas, Bishop of the United States and Alaska; the Rev. Father Demetrius Karneff, the Rev. Father Sebastian Dabovich, the Rev. Deacon Pashovsky, Sub-deacons N. Rensky and P. Grepachevsky, Lector A. Zoubkovsky and six altar-boys. The choir, which has lately been en- larged, is now under the supervision of Professor P. Popoff of the Conservatory of Odessa. Services will begin at 10 A. M. with the first, third, sixth and ninth hours. At these times there will be readings from the prophets, after which will be cele- brated the divine liturgy according to St. Basil in connection with the vesper serv- ice. In the evening the solemn nocturnal wake will commence at 8 o’ clock. On Wednesday, January 6. which is Christmas day according to the Julian culendar, the liturgy of St. John Chrvsos- tom will be sung at 10 A. M. in the Greek and English languages antiphonaliy. After tne communion service a grand Te Deum will be offered in commemoration of Russia’s liberation in 1812. There will aiso be a Christmas-tree in connection with the Christmas Sunday- school programme. Lost a Horse by Runaway. A span of horses owned by the Willows Laun- dry ran away on Market street yesterday. They fell ogpollm the Phelan building and one animal broke one of its legs. Later it was \killed at the Pound. A Rallr Man Promoted. J. M. Crowley, assistant freight and pas- senger agent of the Southern Pacific Company at Los Angeles, has resigned and will be suc- ceeded by A. D. Shepard, now local freight agent of the company. The change will take place on the 1st of January. PROSPERITY 15 DUE AD CERTAINY Robert Dickson Tells of the Business Sitnation East. Stocks in Trade Were Never So Low and Merchants Are Filling Big Orders. Doubt Al}nnt the Action of the New Administration as to the Tariff the Oniy Check. Robert Dickson, the well-known insur- ance man, has returned from his annual tour through the East ana is stocked up with business, it being one of the purposes of his journey to gather the same. Mr. Dickson speaks of the Chicago bank failures as being very unfortunate, but says it is only alocalincident. The causes are local, he says, and there need be no fear/ that the effect will be felt in this direction or anywhere that there isnota similar cause—local mismanagement. Mr.- Dickson is full of hope for the future, inspired by what he saw and heara in the East. He says the coming year! promises to be one of the best in a busi-," > ness sense that has been known in the history of the country. That, he says, is the univer:al expectation of business men in the East. “I was in the East on election-day and for some time previous to it,” said Mr. Dickson yesterday. ‘I met scarcely one business man of any importance who did not predict disaster shouid Bryan be elected and prophesy prosperity in the event of McKinley’s triumph. In that unanimity of opinion there was, of- course, great confidence; but still busi- ness men are conservative, and most of them preferred to wait until the result should be known before they took any step contingernt upon the continued main- tenance of a sound financial system. The 3d of November settled that matter, and the entire country is now preparing itself for a big revival in trade. “] never knew a time in my experience when the general stocks of the merchants and manufacturers of the country were so low,”’ continued Mr. Dickson. I visited, for instance, one of the largest dealers in carpets in the country during my stop in Chicago. One of the proprietors told me that if they should receive an order for the furnishing of a large residence they would be compeiled to go to the whole- saler for the goods, so short was their own stock. This is simply one instance of what I found everywhere. The stocks in trade in almost every line from one ena of the country to the other are run down. Now the mere replenishing of thesestocks would necessitate the running of mills at high pressure. This wiil be done, and is being done, for the utmost confidence pre- vails as to an uninterruptea period of prosperity in the land, and mercants musc prepare for it. The preparation itself will prove a streng influence in hurrying the new era. ““The doubt, however, regarding the ac- tion of the incoming administration as to the tariff will serve as a check to the dis- position of merchants to stock up. If there is to be any benefit to them, or if they think there is, one way or another, in waiting for a few months longer they will; of course, wait. Were it not for this element in the situation I am confident that the opening of spring would find the country enjoying the thrill of a big, healthy trade revival. If it comes to be koown that McKinley intents to call an extra session of Congress for the purpose oi amending the revenue or tanif laws then there may be something of a post- ponement of tiis revival until the busi- ness is settled. At any rate, this year 1s, I am sure, to see & return of prosperity to the country.”” THE HUDELSON LIBEL. Another Afternoon laken Up, With But Littie Progress Mad:. ‘The preliminary examination of Benja- min F. Hudelsou, charged with libel by Attorney D. B. Woodworth, was con- tinued before Judge Campbell yesterday afternoon. The defendant’s cross-examination by Attorney Woodworth was resumed, but very littie progress was made. The Judge 2ot exasperated and characterized both the defendant and complaining witness as two of the most verbose men he had ever encountered, and he implored them both to get down to the facts in the case. The court did not adjourn till 5 o’clock and the whole time was oecupied in en- deavoring to find out the person or per- sons to whom the defendant showed the statement dictuted by Woodworth to Hud- elson’s stenographer as to the payment of $55.000 in different amounts for the mine. The hearing will be contiuned to-mor- row afternoon. e g N Failure of a Grain Broker, H. Waterman, a grain broker doing business under the firm name of H. Waterman & Co., has filed & petition In insolvency. His liabil ties amount to £33,267. He owes $5000 to D. Van Ness, $1642 10 C. 8. 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