The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1897. JURKETERS FINISH THEIR INSPECTION Governor Budd and Party Returning to the Capital. Favor the Transfer of Wayward Girls From Whittier to Santa Clara. The San Diego Wharf Prcject Likely to Be Indorsed by the Jo'nt Committee. LOS ANGELES, Car, Jan. 31.—Gov- ernor Budd and the State Senate and As- sembly committee, on a tour of inspection to the State institutions and proposed | sites for others in Southern California, | resched Los Angeles this afternoon from | San Bernardino. There are twenty-five | members in the par They have mads | a careful investigation of the workings and needs of the reform school at Whit tier, inquiries into the feasibility of estab- lishing a new State normal school and a State wharf at San Diego, inspected the | asylum for the iasane at Highlands and visited the State normal tchool in this | City. The party was met at the Arcade Depot here by the trustees of the normal schoo: and Superintendent Pierce and taken in carriages to the normal build- | ings, where Professor Pierce acted as pilot | d explainer of the uses of tke different apparati and appurtenances in the various rooms. The Governor was much inters | ested in the plans in the Sloyd industrial | department and th mnasium. He ex- | pressea gratification at what he saw and the good uses made of former appropria- | tions for this schooi. » | Superintendent Pierce will ask for the | smail appropriation this year of $3000 extra, to be used in removing and remod- eling the gymnasi the proposed change was made clear io the Governor and the members of the committee. Professor Plerce started for Sacramento to-night to look out for the | annua! appropriation bill. i During the party’s stay in the city the | Governor and several members of the committee were interviewed by a CALL| correspondent. The Governor spoke in | the most flattering terms of the zeal of the | committee in making the inspection,.and | said tiiat no doubt great benefit would re- | sult from the investigation. The com- mittee, it seems, is a composite one, in- cluding (wo or more members from each of the regularly constituted committees of the present Legislature. One of the chief objects of this inspec- | tion tour is'to get a clearer conception of the advisability of transferri > Whit- | tier girls to vacated State institution for the teeble-minded at Santa Clara. It was learned from Senator LaRue of Napa and others that the change will undoubt- | edly result for the besi, relieving over- | crowded Whittier, assuring far better discipline for the girls, at a slightly in- | creased expenditure, and giving room for smaller boys at the reform school. When | questioned about- his veto of two years | ago of the bill making an appiopriation | for & normal school at San Diego, the Governor said : “I guess the legislators will understand the situation now and will do the. right thing.” The lack of harmony among the offi- cials at Whittier was regretted by two or three Senators, but it was not stated | where the blame lie | San Diego is asking for $75,000 for a new | normal school, and two sites were pre- | sented to the committee. It is reasonably | eafe to say that the committee will not | recommend the uppropriation. The wharf project seems to have impressed | the committee much more favorably, and, | since $25,000 only has been asked for the | purpose, 1t likely that the building of the wharf will be recommended. | Superintendent Czmpbeil of the High- lands Asylum has asked for the modest | sum of $380,000 jor thatinstitution, most | of which he wiil 1ot realize this year. ‘Phe asylum is reported overcrowded, but splendidly managed. lhe special with the party on board left | for Sacramento at 9o’clock this evening. e WANT THE SCAMDAL PLOBED. | Carpinteria Farmers on the lluf!:wnrlh{‘ Episode at Sacramento. LOS ANGELES, .Can, Jan 3L.—The Farmers’ Club of Carpinter.a, 1n Santa Barbara County, has addressed to the | county’s representatives in the Legislature | a strong appeal bearing on the legislative | scandal. It isas follows: | To the Hon J. J. Boyce, Senator, and Hon. Law- | rence Harris, Kepresentative, of the Legislature in California assemdled—GENTLEMES : 11 consid ation of the fact that a aisgraceful political scandal has transpired in the Legislature of the State of California, wherein all parties are reported to be directly connected, and more especially the Republican party (being in the mejority), of which you are the representa- tives frol (his district; therefore, we, the Farmers' Club of Carpinteria and_your con. stituents (not, however, as partisans), would | most respectfuliy reques: that you botn do use your utmost endeavors to have the matrer Probed to the core by u thorough and rigid in- vestigation, regardiess of Cousequences as to om it miay affector on whom the 1ty may be brougit io | the knowledge of the public and reap the due reward of their deeds, that the good name of the State be not dishonored by such disgrace- | {ul conduct on the part of its servants in the { halls of legislation. Most respectfully sub- mitted, by order of the club. . HIGGINs, President. LEAN. Vice-President, ecretary. - WANTS OF RIVEKSIDE grace | Wi may fall, that the g MINEERS, Zesolutions o Be Sent to California’s | Representatives in Congres LOS ANGELES, CaL, Jan. 3L—At a meeting of a large numver of miners of | Riverside County, leld at Perris last | night, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That our representatives in Con- gress be instructed 10 use every effort to secure the passake of the mineral lands bill At the | present seseion of Congress. Resolved, Thal our representatives in Con- gress be insiructed 1o support and urge the adoption of the resolution T by Seuaior Perkins, looking townrd the estab- lishmentof a secrefaryship of mines and min. | erals. Resolved. That our representatives in Con- gress be requested to support the passage of | in amendment to section 2326 of the Revised Statules of the Uniied States, defining what shall constitute & placer claim. Resolved, That we are_hearifly i with the-purpose and objeets of th State Miners' Association, and desire 10 co- operate therewith. Resolved, That the District Recorder of every >rganizea mining district within the State be required by law to file with the County Re- sordera transeript of ull notices of location tecorded by him every three months. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwnrded by the secretary 1o Assemblyman E.T. Lindenberger and Senator T. J. Jones. > “BEAPING CO.LS OF FIRE." sympathy California Simpson Zabermacle Saved From the Sheriff by a Saloon-Keeper. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Jan. 31— The principle of heaping coals on an adversa- ry’s head was strikingly illustrated here vhen Bob Kern, the noted propri- { city, was the first to send a check to the fwire and | ing that a mob had gathered to do'them | harm. thugs left the city they all went nortb- | | ward, but before Stockton was reached | they had separated. Hall and Wilson | since January, 1895. etor of several *‘liigh-toned"” saloons in this | interest fund committee of Simyson Tab- ernacle. which has but a few weeks to | raise $6000 of overdue interest on a big| mortgage or suffer the foreclosure and sale of this famous auditorium. The ifony of the contributor will become apparent when it is remembered that the pastor of this church, Rev. 0. C. McLean, 1s known as the Los Angeles Parkhurst, and has been engaged for several weeks at the head of a crusade committee 10 secure evidence of a criminating nature against the saloons and disrerutable houses of the city. Several saloon men Lave been convicted of violating the mid- night-closing ordinance on testimony sup- pliea very largely by Dr. McLean him- self, —_——— Rainfalt in the South. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Jan. 3L—Rain began to fall at 7 o’clock this evening and continued steadily ‘The fall has been general throughout the country, begin- ning this alternoon at Monrovia and along the San Gabriel Valley. GYPSIES NEAR MILL VALLEY. Pitiful Sight at a Rain-Soaked Camp Where Dwells a Parly of Brazil- ian Romanies. MILL VALLEY, CaL, Jan. 3L.—A sight can be witnessed to-night near Mill Val- ley which is not only awful but heartrend- ing and appeals to every sympathy in the Luman breast. A band ofjgypsies bhas its camp pitched just oeyond Millwood tion, about one mile below Miil Valley, and the rain and wind has rendered the temporary habitation a sorry place. The ramshackle tents which the gypsies have erected (0 serve as protection against the storm are water-soaked and leaking, and | the cold, raw winds sweepiug over the | arshes from Richardsons - Bay addas to | their pitiable condition. The houses are xposed to the fury of the storm, and the | water rushes down the embankments and | flows through the camp in streams. The ground is thoroughiy soaked and the camp, save for a biuff on the west, is withe out shelter from the wind. The women are half clothed and the children are not as well provided for. Fires can be started only in the tents and these blazes are the only means by which | the unfortunate band can keep warm. e encampment bas been located be- low Miliwood for a numper of d. and Deputy Constable Ben Miller, who inter- viewed the chief, elicited the information | that the band was on its way to Honolulu. | I. came irom Brazil and the chief stated | tnat the Brazilian Minister was making arrangements for the trip to the islands so that the band hoped to continue its | jonrney in a short time. The gypsies | purchased much food in town. Last night | they held a feast and liberal quantities of beer were indulged . The | band k¢ wiven no trouble and the people | of Mill Valley bave not been molested by petty depredations, as has been the case | when gypsies have been encamped in the vicinity before. - JAILED AT FRESNO. Two of the Thugs Who Participated in | Recent Robberizs N.w Tenant | Cells. | FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 3L.—James Wilson and Frank Hall, the two men whom Deputy Constable Will Henry arrested on the Stockton boat a few days ago ana who | jumvedinto San Francisco Bay in an at- tempt to escape, were identified yesterday as the men Who committed the recent “holdups’ in this city. Three of the citi- zens whom they robbed went to the jail | this forenoon and immediately recoznized | Wilson and Hall as their assailants, A large crowd was at the depot Friday even- ing when the officers arrived witls their prisoners and followed them to tue jail. 1all and Wilson became irightened, fear- It is believed that there were three other men in the gang that came to the city and made things o interesting for a | few hours last Thursday nigi:t. When the | traveling togetlier. Deputy Sberiff Tim- | mins, who accompanied Henry on the chase to the coast, said to-day: *“We have evidence outside of any iden- tification that fastens the crimes com- mitted hera recently upon these fellows beyond a shadow of 8 doubt. When I say we will .convict them of being bighway robbers 1 know what I am talking about.” s | ROSEBURG MEN SUSPECTED. Officers Believe Ticy Have the Shasta Express Robbers Under Sur- veilance. ROSEBURG, Or, Jan. 3L.—It is confi- dently believed by the authorities that the outlaws engaged in Thursday night's Soutnern Pacific “*holdup” near here are in town. “The outside search has for the present been abandened, und the suspects | in Roseburg are being so closely shadowed that 1t is impossible for them to get away. Lo-day the fact was disclosed that during the past week considerable dynam- ite was stolen bere. This was presumably used in the robber: The authorities will reveal nothing fur- | ther for prudential reasons, but it is fair to believe that the outlaws reside in this | Iocality and that sufficient evidence will | - accumulated within a few days to war- i arrests. SO A SPOKANE WATCHMAN'S SUIT, Kecalls a Poor Investment Made by Colonel Ingersoll SPOKANE, Wasu, Jan. 31.—Snit was begun yesterdgy in the Superior Court by W. J. Parker against the Spokane smelter | for wages as watchman at the unused plant of the company on the outskirts of this city. Atthe head of the company is Colonel ““Bob” Ingersoll of anti-perdition fame. Five years ago he was induced to | invest many thousands of doliars in the building of a smelter here. The plant was erected, but hard times came on and 1t was never operated. It has been allowed to lie idle ever since. Some months ago it was declared forfeited to | the county for unpaid taxes. W. J.| Parker has been the watchman there He has continued to wetch over the. property, but his Eastern employers seem to have lorgotten him. He brings suit for $1197 2 - . SALE OF INYO MINEs., i Pomona Capitalists Acquire @ Group Near Darwin. | POMONA, CaL., Jan. 3L.—D. C. Lane of this city will to-morrow sign papers which convey lis mining. interests in Inyo County, consisting of the Last Chance No. 2, Southwest and Sunshine mines, to a svndicate of Pomona capitalists for $80,000. This group adjoins tne old silver | mines of Darwin, whick were famous in pioneer days. The mines are very rich in xold, silver and lead. The property was urchased by Mr. Lane two years ago for ?lOOO, sinch which time he has worked it at a profit of about $1500 per-month. The new syndicate will at oace put into opera- tion a ten-stamp mill, and will develop on a more extensive scale than before, — et = Barely Escapes Asphyxiation. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Jan. 31— John Anderson, cook of the ship Marl- borough Hill, nearly lost his life last nigh by burning charcoal in a pan to warm his room. Doctors saved him with great dif- ficulty from asphvxiation. ————————— TO CUKE A COL » I5 ONE DAY. gake laxative 8romo Quinine Tablets. All drug gists refund the money if it fails 10 cure. 2o¢ TURNERS MEET AT MARYSVILLE Twenty - Sixth Convention of the Pacific Coast Bezirk. Secretary Weber's Report Gives Evidence of the Order’s Growth. Oakland Unanimously Chosen as the Next Mesting-Place of the Association. MARYSVILLE, Car, Jan. 31.—The twenty-sixih annual convention of the Pacitic Turn Bezirk of North American Turn Bundes was called to order in Masonic Temple this morning by Presi- dent Albert Currlin of San Jose. The roll call by Secretary Ludwig Weber showed forty delegates present, representing every society in the district save Santa Cruz. In the election of permanent officers of the convention, Louis Markus of San Francisco was chosen president, Dr. H. | Moore of Oakland vice-president, Reinholt Miller of San Franciscosecretary and Fred Guenther of San Francisco assistant sec- retary. After the president had appointed the usual committees on organization, the order of business was the reports of the retiring president, secretary, treasurer and district turn leaders, and also of the committee on the festival held at Santa Cruz last year. The secretary reported an increase in membership of thirty-one. The average attendance compared favorably with that of last year. A petition signed by twenty-eight mem- bers of the Santa Cruz Turn Verein, set- ting forth the fact that the society bas re- scinded its action withdrawing from the North American Turners’ Union was read. m. Lhe importance ol | seem to have plenty of money and have | The executive committee was instructed to notify the Santa Cruz Turn Verein that its action in withdrawing was not in ac- cordance with the constitution. Oakland was unanimously chosen as the next meeting place of the convention. On account of the gymnastic festival an- nounced to be held at St. Louis in May, it was decided not to hold a similar meet- ing on this coast this year. The committee on investigation of books and accounts reported ail in good order. It was agreed that a Turn Verein must be- long at least three years to the Turn Bezirk fore it can hold a festival, and it was de- cided to request the various Turn Vereins to allow young men between 18 and 21 years of age to become members on pay- ment of half dues. To-night a banquet was tendered the del- egates at Turner Hail. Mayor Ellis and tie Town Council and prominent citizens were present to welcome the straugers. BURROUGH VALLEY MYSTERY. Authorities Now Believe That Rancher Ben- son’s Triplets Were Killed by His Sister-in-Law. FRESNO, CarL., Jan. 3L—Deputy Dis- trict Attorney E. A. Williams is of the opinion that there will be some startling developments concerning the death of three babes which were born to the In- dian wife of Edward A. Benson in Bur- 1ough Valley recently, immediately be- fare her death. It was at first reported that the triplets had been strangled by theis father, who coula not see his way clear to rear them afier the death of their mother. The uuthorities went to the mountains and beid an inquest over the bodies of the babes, but could not find substantial evidence that they had been murdered. Euvsequent investigations have con- vinced Mr. Wiiliams that there are good grounds for believing that the triplets were choked to death by an Indian woman known as Miss Waterwheel, a sister of the deceased mother. It appears to bea custom among the Indians to dispatch newly born infants if their mothers die. They believe that the liitle ones cannot live'anyway, and consider it best to end their eXistence at once and relieve them of suftering. Mrs. Benson was a squaw, and her sister is believed to have carried out the custom of the tribe. When Dr. Adair conducted the autopsy on the bodies of the triplets at the time Coroner Long hela the inquest, he found bruiseson the throats of two, which would indicate that they had been strangled, but he did not consider that the marks were sufficient to establish the fact. Constable Dennis of Sentinel, who has also been conducting investigations, expresses the same opinion as Mr. Williams., He is being assisted by some balf-breeds in bis inquiries. All" the evidence is being gained from Indians, and this, of courss, is not the most satisfactory to aavauce in court. ‘When the inquest was held Miss Water- wheel, Benson and his children all testi- fied that the babes had died from natural causes. Benson’s home, where the al- leged triple murder took piace, 1s situated in a deep ravine in Burrough Valley. It is an out-of-the-way place and few white people ever visit1t. The road down to the house 1s a tortuous one. Indians are the only ones who frequent the place. gl MOLINA TAKEN TO FRESNO. The Captured Outlaw Will ‘Be Tried for a Murder Committed Four Years Ago. FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 3L.—Deputy Sheriff Peck arrived last night from San Luis Obispo with Ramon Molina, a Mexican, who was arrested a few days #go in that city for the murder of a young man named Trinidad on Cantua Creek, in the wastern portion of this county, in 1893, The Sheriff of this county had received an intimation that Molina was in San Luis Obispo, and telegraphed to the Sheriff of the latter county to arrest him. Molina is about 55 years of age and can- not speak English. He kitled Trinidad in a cabin over a dispute regarding the pos- session of land. He is said to have been {drunk when he committed the murder. He conveyed his victim’s body in a wheal- barrow to Cantua Creek and buried it in tbe sand. Hogs uncovered it a few days later and it was found. The killing was witnessed by Joe Tirado, and Molina at- tempted to kill him aiso. The murderer was chasing the wiiness with a six-shooter when Frank Lynch and John S. Wright drove up. Then he took after them and chased them away. Molina disappeared and Sheriff Hensley was unable to find in. Sheriff Scott and his deputies have never relaxed their efforts to fina the fugitive, and a few aays ago their perseverance was rewarded by locating him at San Luis Obispo. As far as can be learned Moiina's killing of Trinidad was wholly unjustifiab.e, He | plains in the’ fail of 185: is said to have shot the young man down in cold blood, and intended to kill Tirado, the only witness to the deed. . FORGER CAUGHT IN FRESNO. Has Been Operating on a Small Scale in Various Parts of the State. FRESNO, Cav.,, Jan. 3L.—Henry Wil son, & crook and forger, who has been op- erating in various parts of the State, was arrested in this city ata !ate hour last night. by Deputy Sheriffs Timmins and Bediord. Dauring the day the Sheriff’s office received a request from Sheriff Nichols of Orange County that Wilson be arrested for passing a forged check in Santa Ana. Last evening Wilson also tried to cash a forged check for §27 on two business houses in this city. A confed- erate of Wilson's, giving his name as john Murray, was also taken into custody by the officers. Wilson executed the forger- ies and Murray’s duties were o cash them, while tne forger waited for him outside. When searched three checks for §27 each were found on Wilson’s person. He had forged the names of Mayor C.C. Cray- croft, W. B. Short and W. B. Copeland to them, bu: his imitations were very poor. At tha two stores where Murray tried to pass Wilson’s checks, the clerks suspected that they were forgeries and re- fused to cash them. In 1888 Wilson was sent from Fresno to Folsom to serva a term for grand larceny, which he committed in entering a railor shop and stealing a quantity of clothing. He 13 about 45 vears of age. Wilson ac- knowledges Lis guilt e TACOMA’S CHURCH TROUBLE. Pastor Harriman, Accused of Insanity, Resigns and Denounces His Congregation. TACOMA, Wasm., Jan. 3L—The cul- mination of the troubles that have almost broken up the First Baptist church came this morning when Rev. N. H. Harriman, | the pastor, arose and read his resignation. The congregation was dumfounaed, and did not take any action. It could scarcely bave done so, for the minister was so firm and calm in making his statement, that nothing was left to be said. the congregation. Said he: “While I have been delivering Christ’s messages at the hall (referring to the ‘come-outer’ meetings Le led last week), members of this church, in covenant rela- tions with me and my family, and claim- ing to. love me and them, believed and gave currercy to the satanic rumor— satan’s last stroke to_ desiroy man’s testi- mony that he cannot silence—that I had become mentally unbalanced. The denouncement was full of sarcasms, and closed with a fervent declaration that all was in the hands of God. The church will probably mot select another pastor for several weeks. The pastor to-night preached & powerful sermon in another building and was lis tened to by & majority of the members of the Baptist church, who evidently are go- ing to stand by mm. Not within several weeks has this man, now charged with be- ing insane, apveared so rational. Since the trouble began, three weeks ago, be Las been fasting, praying and leading per- sonal sanctification meelings, which were attended by large crowds of the curious. — DEATH OF JOHN COONEYX, Was One of Santa Clora County’s Most Popular Pionecers SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 3i.—John Cooney, an old resident of this county, died this morning at his home on tbe Almaden road. His death was due to pneumonia, he having been sick only eight days. Mr. Cooney was born in Greenhall, Tip- perary County, I:eland. He left Ireland when a yourg man and_came to America. He settied Galena, Illinois, and com- menced his career at mining. He was married in 1846 to Miss Maryv Callahan and then moved to Wisconsin. In 1850 Mr. Cooney crossed the plains to Cali- fornia, leaving his family in the East. He engaged in mining in Nevada County for about a year, and then went back to Illinois, bringing his family across the They came to Santa Clara County and settled. Mr. Cooney was a jovial, good-hearted man, and for every one he had a pleasant word and a hearty shake of the uand. He was almost 80 years of age. £ iy Mill Falley Entertainment. M(LL VALLEY, Car, J. 31.—The entertainment given last evening by the young ladies of Mill Valley for the benefit of the Church of Our Savior proved a de- cided success in spite of .the weather. The booths were prettily decorated. In charge of Frese and Miss Cora Gardner; lemonade, Miss Florence Rea and Miss Dottie Hark; bouillon, Miss Jennie M. Graham and Miss Nannette Ames; chocolate, Miss Theresa Thompson. An exceilent pro- gramme was rendered, o O Inspecting Point Loma Care SAN DIEGO, CaL., Jan. 3L.—A party of crack oarsmen from the San Diezo Row- ing Club manned an eight-oar barge this morning and rowed around Point Loma and into the mammoth caves recently ais* covered on the ocean side of the point, These caves are said to be the largest and most beautitul for hundreds of miles up and down the coast, but they can be en- tered 1n safety only on two or three days during the lowest tide of the year. This is the first time the big cave has ever been entered by a boat. =SS Eugene Student a Burglar. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 31.—Earl Sargeant, astudent at the State University here, is a fugitive from justice, with State officers in hot pursuit. Sargeant came of re- spectable parentage, and the accusation against him has created a sensation here. The young man is accused of burglary in the residence of Rev. I. D. Driver and of stealing several aiticles from the Hoffman Hotel, where he worked for his board. e Aapa Store Destroyed. NAPA, CaL, Jan. 3L.—Dabner Bros,’ grocery store was burned this morning at 3 o'clock. The fire was probably caused by spontaneous combustion. The loss on building and stock was between $2000 and $3000, with insurance about one-half. PUGS MUST PAY TO EAT. Spider Kelly and Peppers Are Looking for New Training Quarters. “‘Spider Kelly” and ‘‘Peppers,” pugi- lists, who are beoked to fight under the auspices ot the newly organized Califor- nia Club in the latter part of this month, have been expelled from their training quarters. It appears that Mr. Haggerty, who ‘“‘runs’’ a pugilistic treining station near the Ciiff House, grew dubious con- cerning the payment of the pugilists’ board, etc., and as he could pot get any satisfactory answer frow the managers of the club he aecided 1o “'ship” the men of muscle. The fighters are looking for new quarters, and training-station managers can bid for the talent on *‘spec.” The prospect of the club making a win- ning from its card of celebrities does not look very rosy, hence the hotels de pugi- list are wary about taking chances on men Who are not on easy street. Jumes J. Jefiries, the Los Angeles heavy- weight, will arrive here this evening to begin work for his coniest with Jack Stelzner on the 22d inst. He will prob- ably go into training quarters at Blank- ens’ Seven-mile Hous. -~ THCSE severe spasms of choking and gasping for breath, 50 frequent in Whooping Cough, can be speedily checked wiih Jayne's Expeciorant, ¥or a sour stomach—take Jayuc's Eanative Pills He upbraided | the affair were Miss Senta | 1 HYOE REPLI .10 THE AUDITOR The Ex-Director Supports His Position Regarding School Finances. He Discusses Nepotism as an Offense Common in the Last Board. Mission High School—A Claim That Contractors Are Taking Des- perate Chances. F. A. Hyde, ex-School Director, submits the foliowing reply to Auditor Broderick, in re finances of the School Department: 1 did not know until I read the Auditor’s statement that I was enguged in any personal controversy with him.- In my recent Inter- view with & CALL reporier I stated my views on eartain legal points and the Auditor makes aperonal attack on me in his reply. Iam quito willing to meet He states truly that he refused to audit sev- eral bills contracted by tha Board of Educe- tion of which I was president, which I had approved as such, and itisa fact that his se- tion was to my “displeasure and vexation” so far as I sllowed myself 10 be displeased or vexed by the combinations that were persist- ently obstructing the effo:ts ot the board to | reform school affairs in this City. The mat- 1ers to which he reiers were, to the best of my Tecoilection, as foilows | There are over. seven | City, in charge of as many different princi- pels, among wiom, s a whole, there was 10 | uniformity of standard nor unity of action. | Each priucipal had his or her own' interpreta- | tion of the course of study, aud, in late years, | no effort bad been made {0 bring the depart- ment up to & modern standard, ot to keep pace | with other cities in improved educational facilities. The Board of Education, with s view to getting the latest and bst that there s in such maiters, employed Professor Yoder, who had high recommendations from | Eastern normal scacols and educators, as & | scholar, lecturer and teacher, and he w ive schools in this s ap- poinied “Teucher of Methods,” the iden being | that he could interpret many new ideas to | our principals and teachers, and_assist in ele- | vating the whole educational tone of the de- partment. Then there was the case of Miss Ball, who was employed ns & teacier of drawing. She nad liad exteuded experience s supervisor in | Ea-tern cities and came very. highly retom- mended. At one time the department had wasted & good deal of money in' the empioy- ment ot drawing teachers, who went irom ‘ 8hool to scnool as class teachers. Ve little | good was accomplished hecause of the limited | smount of time that could be given to any one pupil or class. The voard thought that the work could be done by the regular tea | ers, but, as it was new to most of them, it was proposed that one supervising teacher be em- ployed, who would dircct_and systematize the work, and that it would be a good deal cheaper to instructithe teachers, and through them the children, than to proceed under the old system. Tne empioyment of these two persons ex- cited the oppiosition of a certain class of teach- ers who persistenily opposed every effort of the board to brivg the department to any state of diseipline, and who had had their own way | so long without supervisiou that it was ex- | tremely irgsome for th to submit au- thority. The majority of the School Directors paid Do attention to these complaints, but Wwhen the warrants of Mr. Yoder and Miss Bail came before the Auditor the ma contents had betier success and he refused to sign them. He was vot sustamed therein, either by the law or the decision of the courts. He pro- fgssed to find authority for his action in & de- clsion of the Supreme Court, in the case of Barry vs. Kennedy, wherein the court decided | that'the Sehool Directors were not authorized 10 employ inspeciors, their authority béing limited to the empluyment of teachers, but it was{ perfectly evident to any unbiased person that the Barry case was not authority, because Mr. Yoder and Miss Ball were not inspectors nor superintendents, but were engaged daily in teaching, i Neither one of them; however, could afford to go into the courts to maintain their rights, for it meant considerabie expense and long | delay. So Mr. Yoier was electea principal of | the Normal School und Miss Ball a teacher of | druwing therein, and the unprogressive, selfish and vicious eiement in the department triumphed. Astrict and literal construction of the deci- sion in the Barry case will siop the pay of every principal in the departmentin schools of eight classes and upward, noge of whom teach classes. Another warrant that the Auditor refused to approve was that 6! Mr. Beanston for a compensation of $50 a month as clerk of the standing committees of the board. If there was ever a rightcous and worthy appro tion of money 1t was in thiscase. The Audtor was sustained in his action by a ngid and very technical construction of an act of the Legislature, but were he to conmstrue the various provisions of the consoiidation net and other laws roverning the administration of municipal affairs in this City as closely as he did in the cas: of ‘Beanston hundreds of em- pioyes could not receive their pay. When 1t was first decided to pay Mr. Bean- ston this $50 & month the matier was sub. mitted to Auditor Smiley, who decided in favor thereot; and, later, when Mr. Broderick | followed Mr. Smiley as Auditor, he, too, wil- lingly signed Mr. Beansion’s demand, until Mayor Ellert took umbrage at some remarks that I had made concerniog him and called | into question thevalidity of the board’s action in paying this compensation to Mr. Beanston, after which the Auditor refused to audit the Beanston warrants. Ido not now remember any other warrants that he refused (0 audit for claims approved by me as president of the Boara ot Education; butif bedid I will say that they were equally meritorious, and the Auditor's objections equally frivolous. If he had been as partici. ier in his dealings with the last Board of Edu- cation there would have been some check on their prodigal extravagance. AS TO THE PRESENT BOARD. Mr. Waller says that the construction of the Mission High School has already been com. menced and that there is therefore a neces. sity for the appointment of a supervising in. spector. I was not advised that the work had been begun, and if it has then Tam willing to concede that some one should be appoiated to superviseit. 1did not know that I was tatk. ing for publication when I discussed that matter with THE CALL reporter. NEPOTISM IN THE LAST BOARD. Ithink that I dia ex-Director McEiroy an in- justice in singling him out as an.exampie of nepotism in the last board. The fact is that he was only one of many offenders in that line. Oue Director had two daughters appointed s tenchers, another had his sister apointed, an- other had his son apoointed, another had’ his nephew appointed, another had his sister-in. law’s salary raisea from $80 to $125 a month and appointed her to two other positions drawing salanies, which gave her a raise from $960 10 $1900 & year—that is to say, she Is re- ceiving pay for three different positions. I do not mean to say that there was corruption in sdch appointments. It is possible that these appointees were all worthy and capable peo: ple. Iknow ncthing against them personglly and am making no charges. 1do not, how- ever, approve of the sysiem. The last Non. Partisan convention exacied pledges from a'l nominees for the position of Sehool Director that they would not appoint any relatives nor vole for the relatives of any otaer School D rector. But the Non-Partisan party wiil have very little to say in this preseu’ board. THE AUDITOR. Ihave read the article by the Auditor, ana Iam not avle to determine just what he means 10 say about the segregation of fands for school urposes. He does not, in terms, claim that e, or the Board of Supervisors, or the Board of Education has that power. He says: “Tney (meaning the Board of Supervisors) have ordercd " and published an allowance . of $1,000,000 for school purposes and $200,000 for the Mission High School. That is law enough for an honest Board of Education and an Auditor that will act under (s spirito’ But suppose that it is not an hopest Board of Education. Does the Auditor mean to say that ho or the Board of Supervisors can pre. vent the Board otf Education from spenaing the entire appropriation iu any manner that it pieases, which is not_contrary to the law? The fact iy, 88 1 bave already stated, that the Board of Supervisors has no power to direot the Board of Edacation how money shall be spent. Itis true that, \f the Board of Super. visors requested the Board of Education to spend it in a certain manner, an “honest Board of Education and an Auditor that wil act under its spirit’’ may use the money for the specific burpose ior which it was appro- priated; but, if the Board of Education 18 nor “‘honesi” within the meaniug of the word ss used by th2 Auditor, then the Auditor is hel less; and, if the Board of Education “honest,” then the Auditor has nothing to do but to approve the demands s they come along within the one-twelfth act. To & former interview the Auditor savs that he has the right (o apportion school fund: jor special purposes and professes (o find nuttor- ify in the stitutes of 1871-72 aud 1875-76. The acts that he refers to are undoubediy as llows: { folloR: he fourth section of the act of April 3, 1872 (statute 1871-72, p. 846), isa. requirement that the Board of Education shall, tefore the third Monday of Marco :n each year, report to the Board of Supervisors au estimate of the amount that wili be required to meet \-hl' cur- Tent annual expenses for the next year, in Which there shall be specified the amount’ re- quired for supplies, purchasing and procuzing sites, leasing roomis, erecting buildings, far- nishing, eic. This was simp y ior informa- tion, and there was nothing in the act \hat : £l authorized the segregation of funds for any of 5 f Education or these purposes by the Board of E: that required the board (o be limited o aay of the amounts designated in that report | This act is partially privted in the conso.ida: tion act, buton b piled A. E. T. Worley is tound th note necessary annual expenses of schools and col- leciing tax therefor. Superseded by yection 1, act of April 3, 1876, supplement X , Therefore tiie Auditor can find no authority for the segregition oi school funds in the statutes of 1871-7: This brings us then to the statutes of 1875-76, in which he says he finds aut i the act of April 3, 1876 (Stat. 187576, p. 902) it is pro- vided *‘that the Board of Supervisors be au- thorized and empowered to levy and cause to be coliected, at the time and in the manner of levying Siate and other City and County taxes, the amount of tax determined and re- ported by the Board of Education” ; but there 1s no direction therein and no authoriiy given to the Board of Supervisors to desigrute any particular amount for any particular pur- PPhere is, therefore, but one sehool fund, and when that school fund has been created by the Board of Supervisors under the law it is the right and duty of the Board of Education {0 spend 1t for the maintenance and support of the public schools under the provisions of the law, without regard to any suggestions from the Board of Supervisors as to the specific 2 5 Al R. Langer 21, L. C, B 3 Phil 174 of the edition com-| v, o Babin 13, Philo J Sections 4, 5 and 6 relate to estimating | rest allowed. The same amounts are of- fered for offhand shooting, range 200 yards and no particular make of rifle excepted. Mr. Schumann also_offers $5 for the most 3-inch bullseyes during the contest and $5 for the most rings in a single ticket. The competitions are open to all marks-| men, the trial being was held yester: day, and will continue on the last Sunday | of each month until Decerzber next. The, manager of the park also offers $5 for the most flass made during the year in rest and offhand styles of shooting. | Yesterday the targets were irequently Obscured by a heavy mist, making the | Stooting most diflicult, still some very good scores were made, and the following 13 the result: Best tickets, ten shots, three-inch buils- eye—L. C, Babin 5, Philo Jacoby 5, Robert Lancer 5. Most buliseyes made during the day— Most rines in one ticket of ten shots—R. Jacoby 920 Is the mightiest of all bl i 00d puris | fiers and the grandest tonic thls cenvary | has seen. And it never fails, HUDYAN Is the only certain specific in cases | of nervousness and that half-paralyzed | scate of the organs of life. purposes for which any part of the school | fund may be designated. THE PRESENT SITUATION. The Board of Supervisors appropriated $1.200,000 for the public schools. Practically the Board of Supervisors requested that $200.- 000 of it be used for a Mission high school aud, had the Board of cation limited i expenditures for other purposes to the remain- ing $1,000,000, then the $200,000 could nave been used lor the purpose intended. But that was not done. Saiaries were raised, un- necessary teachers appointed and a gederal system of reckless expenditure maintai ail departments. year the board hiad largely exceeded the Limit £ $500,000 in its expendilures and the excess must come out of the $200,000. The Board of Education » aced in the position of spending money for ~ urge and_ unnecessary high school build ug in the Mission, and deliber- ately paying iherefor out of the teacners saiaries. Between now and the 1st of uext July, before there can be another appropria- tion, the schools must either be closed, or else & deficit of $100 000 must be made up. There isjust u..ut that amount ieft in the Mission High is, Snall the teachers pay the bilis out of their aries and the City bave high school? un unn: My opinion s that the teache r high school. ady and there is abun dant seating capacity for additionsl puplis in them all. The majority of tlie teachers in the department are industrious, hard-working and capable and ought o bs paid; and the money 1s-on hand 1o pay them. Taose who nave during the present fiseal year furn. ned supplies under coulracts ought also to be paid; and the money is there for them. If the Auditor aays Is the great and trne remedy which hundreas of sufferers from loo vitality praise as uncqualed. ed in | Atthe end of the first hali- | that "he Wwill pay tue leachers | HODYAN - < | Is just what you need if you have a weuk back, or if you feel premature de- cay or lack of life. HUDYAN Is the only purely vegetable and therefore safe remedy for malignanr disease. No after effects. chool fund,and the question | HUDY q N are not suffering for u W | Ts regarded as oneof the greatest discoveries of the century. Try itand prove how true this is. HUDYAN and that the contractors must wait, then he is | taking upoa h shall be preierred creditors, and this h authority to do. W he Board of tion approves a demand snd it com Auditor there is only oue thing t, duca- es to the ¢ he can isider, and that §s whether or notitisa legal demand. at the Board of Education of 1893-94. 1f he eli the right to say who | hus 10 | ples, sores or any skin disease. Is what sou need if you haye pim- Cures in | thirty days, too. The Auditor tries to make a left-hand fling | i lUD i AN would lixe to indulge in & public discussion | as to she comparative work of tuat and the | succeeding board I shall be pleased to accom- | modate him. The present Board of Educ: sidering the question of retrenchment is no amount of retrenchment now that will make up the deficiency of 100,000 excep: closing the schools or withho.ding the teach- ers’ saiaries, unless the Directors use the funds that are on hand. CONTRACTS FOR THE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. It seems that the contractors for the Mission High school building are taking desperate chances. Their demands cannos mature dur- ing this fiscal year,and by 4hat time every dollar of money in - the treasury wiil be used up. Where thei are they toget their mon: Itm meke another appropristion, Is an absolute cure for kidney and bladder ailments, and you can rest as- sured that it will animate. HUDYAN Is the only perfect liver regulator. 1v saves you, because it makes all your I organs active ana sound. | | <3 Y \ 4 be that the Board of Suyervisors will | HUD AN but possibly | the new members may not see the necessity | for anotber high school. hooves ail the taxpayers against such a watton waste of money. The present _contractors, therefore, are in a deli- Cate position. Theré 15 no method by which they can get the money set aside for their benefit, and by the time they have completed their work and are ready to present their bills there will be no money to pay them. FINE RIFLE SHOOTING. Valuable Prizes Offered by the Manager of Schuetzen Park, San Rafael. The wet weather of yesterday did not deter a number of enthusiastic marksmen from participating in_their favorite pas- t'me at the Schuetzen Park range. Itwas the first monthly competition for the valu- able prizes offered by F. Schumsnn. He offers four prizes, viz., §25, $15, $10 and $5 for the best ten’ ticKets (3-inch builseyes only to count) of ten shots per man. with It certainly b to make a prote: 2 MISS FRANCES WEYMAN, MISS FRANCES WEYMAN of the pretty young ladies now visit- ing frienas in Hanford. As is good health. but the ghost of her real self. beautiful. Although botles of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilia, ber face showed no signe of a pimple, u blood spot or a Sarsaparilla trade mark. The reason is obvious.” Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla, unlike the iodide of potas- sium sarsaparilla, contains only herps— California berbs and herbs that will dry up | the facial blemishes and purify the blood | without throwing out spots on the face, Listen to Miss Weyman: saparilla in particular. I almosi wish I was a native. Don’t you see what a great | tuing itis to have people speak of your own State as being great in healih-resior- | ing qualities? 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