The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1897, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7. 1897 21 LITTLE BROWN MEN STAY AT HOME Japanese Have About Ceased Coming to the United States. They See Better Chances in Their Own Country Than in This Republic. The Wages of House Servants Continue High and Thos N w Here Keep Up Prices. Local observers of the Japanese question bave discovered that immigration from Japan has almost ceased. Whether this fact is due to the Chinese war or to other causes no one has yet discovered. Itis believed, however, that the Japanese em- pire offers iucements to its that the revival of the home is highly attrac- whose am- o try their brown men” led the tive to the bitions in fortunes ir mmissioner Stradiey ausl report of the of Immigration. e in the migration wn country. ve rise 10 fears that pigration Company of Jap ceed in inducing many thou- Japanese to desert their own and come to America, but the ex- eat declin nese from t The report of 1895 1e Kobe F h fear: or of Immigration says or 1896 Japanese in this ) 2 of a lurge Jnited States was witho he Kobe Partn: ion Com- pany having failed in »f inducing many of the Mikado's s 1bjects to transier their the United Sintes. resuit of the decrease in immigra- tion is already felt in a general wav in 1 Francisco. Two years ago the influx Japanese was so great that they threat- Lo run servant girls out of the City. s were low and were steaaily on the 1 grade, because the young Japanese all ambitious to learn English and e wiliing to do chores and housework ieir board, or a little more, and the ee of attending night school for an so0 each evening. There was com mong them for places, and the ency of wages was ever down ward. juiry smong various employment e yesterday showed that the prices nese as house s-rvants are not y were, but there isa ten- n wage: ese of this City have newspa- are not slow in the study of problems as pertain to their wages. Newsstill cones fa revival of industry, and ts are that there will be a de- anese immieration until eood ve way to an industrial f 'BRIGHT'S PROPERTY. ) Judge Hebbard Decides That He Has a Right to Get It Back From His “is 1 judgment for Robert Bright Mary Craig. The Mr. Bright desded aig Decause hs be- d demanded the many times, but Avpril 18, 1896, a made on her and re- ed suit. Mrs. xpended some m and had paid some s uncertain. She YA gift in view which is made in contem- , lear or peril of death, andwith at it shall take effect only in case aeat giver.’ ws: “A gift made f ihe iver, or un- would natarally th an expectation of presumed to be a gift in he des thata gift in view voked by the giver any " said Judge Heb- within these sec- -fore entitled to cres be entered in vlaintiff for the real estate with interest since April 18, SIHETAY OB DI G-nerous Assistance for the } Starving and Piague- Stricken. The Southern Pacific in the Role of Samaritan in a Transporta- tion Play. The Chamber of Commerce is jubilant over the responsive chord it struck in the public breast when a mass-meeting was called to aid the famine-stricken districts of India. Promi of subscriptions a. pouring in, not only from this State, but from all the Pacific States as well. Beveral came from as far East qp Ogden, and the indications are that ere long the matter will be widely taken up by all the Eastern States. In many cases telegrams of encourage- ment have been received. One was sent by the Mavor of Ogden himsel, Buch progress has been made that in a short time it is expected a ship will be chartered to convey substantial assistance to the sufferers. Application was made to the Southern Pacific Company by George W. McNear 88 to how much transporta. tion would be given free. The matter was duly considered, and yesterday morning the answer was returned that the company would transport 1000 tons of grain ireo to this City for shipment to India. The only proviso made was that other companjes 1aving lines in territory where Southern Pacific lines did not reach, would also “gree to transport the same freight free. This effectually disposes of all trouble this side of Ogdeniand it is believed that other companies will come forward with such proffers of aid as to entirely soive the problem of transportation. Fuily $5000, it is estimated, will be saved by this offer of the Southern Pacific Company. e — 56-inch half bleached Irish linen dam- ask, to close out. City of Paris, ! re fairly the interior of $1 $1. clearance sale price §1. 5() | 3 cases 47-INCH EXTRA FI2 a0¢ | clearance sale price 50c a yard. 650 | 19 pieces | ance sale price 65c a yard. COLORED DRESS GOODS! vieces 39-INCH FIGURED MOHAIR SUITING, former price 50c a yard, 127 pieces 37-INCH GOOD ALL-WOOL DRESS GOODS, in stripes, plain and 72 pieces 38-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH NOVELTY PLAIDS AND CHECKS, new and stylish colorings, value for §1 a yard, clearance sale price 50c a yard. 74 pieces 43-INCH FILL ALL-WOOL HIGH-CLASS NOVELTY SUITING, SILK DEPARTMENT! 25 pieces BLACK BROCADED GROS-GRAIN SILK, medium designs, regular 30 pieces BLACK BROCADED SATIN, medium and larze designs, regular 20c | &% [T i Aest s price 20c a yard. 25¢ mixed, former price 50c a yard, clearance sale price 25¢ a vard. 50¢ 50¢ elegant assortment of colorings, 50c a yard. =~ | 51 pieces 48-INCH SUPERIOR ALL-WOOL FANCY SUIT {9C | ings, former price $1 25 a yard, clearance sale price 75¢ a yard. 9 C | value 75c a yard, clearance sale price 55¢ 65 | £ pieces FANCY FIGURED TAF )C | 51 a yard, clearance sale price ¢ | - 3 {OC | Value 51 a yard, clearance sale price 7¢ & yard. 00 | 20 pieces 24-INCH BLACK SATIN, DUCHESSE, extra heavy quality, regu- o— | lar value $1 50 a vard, clearance sale price $1. 00 i 15 pieces BLACK MOIRE VELOUR, new designs, regular value $1 25 a yard, BLACK DRESS GOODS! E ALL-WOOL ENGLISH STORM SERGE, in | 3 different wales, worth 7¢, clearance sale price 50c a yard. 7 hiece& 46-INCH ALL-WOOL FANCY WEAVES, extra good value for 75¢, | INCH ALL PURE WOOL ENGLISH CHEVIOT, worth $1, clear- former price $1 a yard, clearance sale price bright color- FETA SILK, shaded effects, regular value GLISH ALPACA, extra good value for 50c, MURPHY Warket Street, San Francisco. BUILDING, Corner of Jones, NEW TO-DAY——DRY GOODS. UNEQUALED MONEY-SAVING POSSIBILITIES ! To increase this week’s output of our Great |Sacrifice Clearance Sale to the enormous extent necessary TO MAKE UP FOR THE DELAY OC- CASIONED BY LAST WEEK’S STORM is a big undertaking, but the success of this undertaking is assured by the RADICAL MEASURES ADOPTED to bring about the desired result, for eachandevery one of the countless lines specially |selected for clearance th is week has been marked down to figures that make them TRADE-GOMPELLING BARGAINS! MEN’S FURNISHINGS. dozen MEN’S HEAVY VI- CUNA MERINO SOCKS, fuil finished, and with double-spliced heels and toes, worth 25ca pair. On special salé at 10c a pair. 10¢ 75 _dozen MEN'S FANCY MIXED MEDIUM WEIGHT | MERINO SOCKS, full inisned, | with double-spliced heels and toes and in cadet blue, tan and light shades, extra value for 25c. Clearance sale price 12}4c a pair. 12% 55 dozen MEN’S SUPERIOR UALITY CASHMERE LAMB'S - WOOL SOCKS, in vicuna and fancy shades, with doubie-spliced soles, manufac- turer’s price $3 25 a dozen. Clesrance sale price 1635c pair. 36dozen MEN iA USTRALIAN $100 |- Yo 163 L'S-H ED UNDER SHIRTS and DRAWERS, war- ranted thoroughly shrunk, ex- tra value ‘or $1 50. Clearance Sale price $1 each. TN . HQS[ERY ! HOSIERY ! 115 dozen LADIES' IMPORTED BLACK COTTON HOSE, double heels and toes, Herms- dorf dye, regular price 2ic. Clearance Sale price 15c per pair. 97 dczen LADIES' 4-THREAD BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, bigh-spliced heels, double soles and toes, Hermsdorf dye, regu- lar price 50c. Clearance Sale price 3314 per pair. 15¢ | 335 | 65 dozen CHILDREN'S IM- PORTED BLACK RIBBED CASHMERE WOOL HOSE, double knees, heels, soles and toes, regular price 50c, will be closed out at 3314¢ per pair. 33 EMBROIDERIES. AT HALF PRICF. CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 10c a yard, Clearance sale price. .. CAMBRIC GUIPURE EMBROID- ERY, regular price 2c a yard. Clearance sale price cee CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND m1 SWI1SS GUIPURE EMBROID- ¢:0 ERY, special values at 7}4c, 124c, TO 15¢, 20c and 25¢ per yard. Just half regular prices..... AT HALF PRICE, NAINSOOK SETS. FINE NAINSOOK SETS, edging and in- sertion to match, will be offered dur- ing this sale at half usual prices. LADIES’ KID GLOVES! 97 dozen 2-CLASP KID GLOVES, embroidered backs, in dark, me- dium and tan shades worth regular $la pair. Clearance sale price.... 750 100 dozen 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES, embroidered backs and large but- tons, in dark and medium tan shades, also black, worth regular $125 a pair. Clearance sale price. 75¢ 97 dozen S-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in dark and medium tan shades, worth regular $1 75 § pair. Clearance sale price \ B2 See ' Chronicle” and ““Examiner” for additional Bargain Oferings. i CURTAINS! PORTIERES! We have an unusually fine line of N;{tin:hnm and Irish Point Curtains, in a grand assortment of designs, at specially low prices. In addition we give Specials in Fine Portieres, both Chenille and Brocatelle Effects. For Example : HIGH-GRADE TAPESTRY PORTIERES, richly fringed, full widths, color $9 90 $4.00 effects, Olive, Rose, Tan and Red, Pair $5.00 $4.10 e $1.45 INGRAIN UNION TAPESTRY ART SQUARE CARPETS, in new col- @ 75 orings, size 9x1034 feet, at $4 50; size 9x12 feet, at $5; size 9x1334 feet at.. S'J- pJ HEAVIER GRADE FABRICS, in Extra Quality Brocaded Tapestry, colors Green, Rose, Tan and Reaq, at. 5 -Pair HIGH-ART REP EFFECT PORTIERES, , in Green, Rose, Tan, Red and Blue, at..... . - s Pair IRISH POINT CURTAINS, fully 3 yards long, good work, at §185, $290, $350 A0A.e..eeveenrvenennn s s Pair NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, 3} yards long, 60 inches wide, full assortment. Pair WASH GOODS ! Opened up an Elegant Assortment of French Organdies, Printed Irish Dimities, Scotch Art Lappets, Printed Dentelle Bretonne, American and English Batistes, Percales, etc., in select colorings and at our ever popu= ‘ar prices. Last week’s successful Blanket Selling will be-con« BLANKETS! tinued this week. Values better than ever. Too many Blankets, because we closed out the surplus of two mills. Prices will sell them quick. Ladies’ Jackets, Capes and Skirts. LADIES’ TAN COVERT CLOTH JACKETS, 2-button box front, lap pock- ets, former price $7 50 each, clearance sale price. LADIES' TAN KERSEY JACKETS, half lined with silk, slashel collar inlaid with velvet, fly front, former price $12 50 each, clearance sale price LADIES’ TWO-TONED BOUCLE CLOTH CAPES, lined with silk serge. storm coliar and fronts edged with black Thibet fur, former price $8 50 each, clearance sale price.......... $3.95 $750 ®4 O~ LADIES' TWO-TONED ASTRAKHAN CLOTH CAPES, lined with silk serge, fronis and storm collar edged with black Thibet fur, former price 6 3-' $10 each, clearance sale price.......... g S DD LADIES' BLACK PLUSH CAPES, lined with silk serge, beaded, storm collar and fronts edged with black T price $12 50 each, clearance sale price LADIES' BLACK SERGE DRESS SKIKTS, Jined with rustle percaline full widh, velvet binding, former price $5 each, clearance sale price. handsomely et fur, former $7.50 $3.35 Warkel Street, corner of Jones, |, SAN FRANCISCO Tirey L. Ford spent geveral days last week at Sacramento in the interestof the mining leg- islation soughs by the Miners' Association. A large number of bills relating to mining sented bytne Miners' Associaiion, are pending eture at various stages of prog- 0od feeling between the miners and the valley people remains undisturbed and in spite of the presence of some Oppoki- tion the miners will likely get about what they ask for this year, especially as they are asking no new appropriation or any legisla- tion affecting any other ciasses unfavorably. Mr. Ford yesterday siated the condition of mining legislation at Sacramento as follows: “I was especially interested in the bili re- appropriating for resiraining-dams the $250,- 000 now in the treasury for that purpose and probably unuvailable through a technicality. Ifound that it had been reported favorably by two committees in the Assembly and its second reading has been made a special order for Tuesdey next. There is plenty of strength to pass it in the Assembly. The opposition, which isnot great,is led by Dibble of San Francisco, the ouly City member opposing it. Chynoweth of Orange is also against it. Dibble tries to delay itand to keep up the false im- Ppression that it is an appropriation which will take money out of ibe treasury. The Senators from the mining counties are not so harmoni- ous about it, thouch they differ only aboutde- tails. The bill will pess the Senate easily if the mining Senators only agrec. If any ag- gressive opposition to the bill appears it will be when it comes up for final passage. | “The feeling in the Legislature is friendly to the miners and any reasonable legisiation they ask for will be passed. There is no dangerous organized opposition, and it seems only ne- cessary to see that the measures do not get Jost. The bill relating to mining locations, approved by the Miners’ Association, has been reported back favorably, with some smendments ia the Assembly and without smendments in the Senate. We presented biils absolutely repenl- ing the obnoxious statutes allowing any stock- holder to recover $1000 for the failureof & mining corporation 1o post a statement of cur- rentaccounts monthly and requiring the con- sent of two-thirds of the stockholders to sell real estate belonging to a corporation. In committee these laws have been modified, sllowing the stockholder only actual damages, thus curteiling the opportunity for blackmail, and providing that a majority vote of the stockholders may dispose of property. The bill giving a min=ra lienon s inine located in egricultural ground as weil as in & mine located ander the mining laws will undoubt- edly pass. Other messures relating to matters of detail may be passed.” The promised great and rapid mining de- velopment of British Columbia will dispiay rich mines end extensive paying enterprises without doubt, but it also promises to be at- tended by a good deal of wildeatting and to suffer from the over-capital ion of mines and the marketing of worthless properties. It is stated that the total capital stock of thirteen mining compantes fo med in British Columbia last week was $10,300,000, all of which com- penies may possibly be conservative and sue- cessful. But English capital is turning with speciel indulgence to British Columbia, and this year will doubtless see many brave at- tempts on the part of specnlative promoters to float large stock companies in London and elsewhere and & considerable percentage of disasters. In this connection the following paragraphs about our neighbors from the financial column “of the current issue of Lon- don Truth are iuteresting flashes from the great ceuter of mining investment: The New Goldfielas of British Columbia, Limited, has been formed to conduct the business usually carried on by an exploration and agency company, more particularly in the province of British Co- affairs, several being in addition to those pre- | Review of Mines and Mining in California |lumbla The capital is fixed at £250,000 in£1 | shares. Theobject of the promoters of this com- | pany is. n0 doubt. (0 do & big buainess if they are | successtul in getting the money. According to the ospectus they do not possess a single property, everyih'ng s n the foture, and the direciors will await the advice of the Canadlan advisory board | (who are very far off) before entering into any con- tracts. This is ruther curios,but if the public | find the money, properties of some sort or another | 1o doubt witl be founa. A curlous clrcumstance is revealed by a letter prospectus of which was issued & few | days ago, will have a namesake under the ti le of the Goldfields of British «olumbia, Limited, and it may be assumed that the latter company | was registered before the one which has just been 50 hurried!y broughtout. 1do not think much of the New Golafiedsof British Columbia, Limited, and T | hope, ther-fore, that the other undertaking wili be a more valuable one. I need hardly warn my readers that they should be extremely eareful with reference to new British Columblan enterprises, | o whicn I hear we are to have qulte a rush. Dan de Quille completes in tho current num- ber of the Mining and Scientific Pressa highly interesting account of the possibilities of American Flat and the proposition being talked of by mining men of Virginia City and Gold Hill of draining the “flat” by a tunnel which would cut through the underlying quartz veins at a depth of trom 1000 to 1500 feet. The mountain would thus be prospected | and drained at the same time. American flat is a basin-like depression covering several hundreldl acres, south of the Gold Hill mines. There sre many quartz lodes below the basin, and there was a rush to them in the boom times, when American City flourished on the flat. Most of the mines were drowned out by the loods of surface water 8500 feet or 50, and where the battle was kept up with powerful pumps, final defeat was acknowledged at 800 to 1000 feet. In the abandoned Rock Island isa wide vein yleld- ing ore running from $80 to $100 a ton, and in the Beltimore, silver ores running higher were found. There is a large supply of the opinion thata main brancn of the Comstock lode underlfes American Flat, and that bonanzes are hidden there. The idea is to ex- tend the Sutro drain tunnel to American Flat from the Crown Point or the Alta on the Com- stock, the length of the extension required being 7500 feet from the Alta. This is an alluring scheme, and seems to carry the last possibility that the glories of the boom times will ever return Yo Virginia City. The illustrated lecture on the cyanide pro- cess delivered in Academy of Sciences Hall 1ast Monday evening by Professor 8. B. Christy of the State University greatly interested an audience that overflowed the hall. Professor Christy has long given special study to the problems connected with this comparativeiy new method of gold extraction, and he has made important contributions to the science and Hterature of it. His laboratory history of the process was of special interest to metal- lurgists present. One of the things that he emphasized was that the delicate process could not be successfully operated by any one butan expert ciemist and metallurgist. It would not do to set up & fine plant and hire a muscular miner to operate it. Tnere is much advance to be made in this process, but, val- able as it is and will remain, it will continue to be one rather supplementary of the older processes. Professor Christy advised the saving of all tailings of as low a value as 50 cents & ton, as they might be sold ata profit one of these days. The problems conuected with the cyanide process with which metallurgists are now laboring corcern mainly the gerting of the gold out of the solution after it has been dissolyed. The cyanide process as slready put into practical operation in the treatment of | tailings and low-grade material which could not be worked at a profit by any other known | | method is an invention of tremendous value, but its cheapness and effectiveness will be greatly increased in the near {uture without doubt. Though the interest in the cyanide Pprocess is very wide in California, this State is yet far behind other portionsof the West in its adoption, there betng but five plants in op- eration o far. Much prospecting 1s being done in the | Panam'nt district, east of Randsourg. A tedge of onyx has been discovered in Elko County, Nev. Asyndicate of Pomona capitalists have ne- gotiated the purchase from D. C. Lane for $830,000 of the Last Chance No. 2, Southwest and Sunshine mines, in Inyo County, A new 10-stamp mill will be erected and develop- ment pushed. There 13 in contemplation a plan to convert the smoke of the big smelters at Butte, Mon intosulphur. It has been asserted that §: 000,000 worth of valusble substances goes to waste annually in the smelters there. The Mountain Copper Company, lmited, is toenlarge its great smelling plantat Kes- wick, Shasta County, by the erection of 100 additional stall roasters and two smelting fur- naces. This will give the smelter four fur- naces with a total capacity of 1440 tons every twenty-four hours. The new mining companies registered in London in 1896 numbered 857 with a total capitalization of 94,419,194 pounds. Tmis shows a considerable decrease compared with 1895, which isjdue to t:e great falling off in the formation of New South Africa companies. There was an increase in the companies formed 10 operate in the other gold fieldsof the world. Thisis another showing of the fact that the South Africa boom has passed its zenith and that English capital is turning to other fields. The coal proauct of Oregon in 1895 was 73,685 tons, valued at the mines at $248,000, » great increase over 1894, and the product for 1896 will probably be placed at similar figures, Part 1 of the seventeenth annual report of the United States Geological Survey,recently issued contains a preliminary reporton the coal mea: ures and mines of Oregon. The known flelds are all west of the Cascade range and north of the Royal River. Topographical surveys are in progress. The Union Iron Works has never had on hand-so large an amount of mining work as at present. The most notable orders which it has in hand include a 120-stamp mill for the Diamond Hill mine, Montana, s 100- stamp mill for Cober gold mine, Australia, and two large hoists for the Anaconda. The new plant for the Diamond Hill, which has been purchased by & Scotch syndicate, will be in operation about June. Electrical power will be conveyed three and a half miles. The hoists for the Anaconda copper mine are of 250 horsepower and direct acting, and are additional to the toree sufficient last fall. The first mining by dredging in Southern Oregon 18 to be done by & Mr. Frader of Red- ding, this State, who intends to thus work the bars of Rogue River, near Pickett Cteek. The Risdon Iron Works are to supply a ten- stamp mill snd other equipments to the French Flagstaff Mining Company of Baker City, Oregon. The Blue Gravel mine near Yreka is about o be reopened by San Francisco men Who have bought a majority interest from H. H, Hunter. Operations on the Minetti B mine on the Klamath River were suspended a few days 0 temporarily owing to the failure of the suspension bridge for the new pipe line across the river. When the water was turned into the 22-inch pipe the weight caused the bridge to sag several feet owing to the weake ness of the abutments. The new Kiamath Flume and Mining Com pany, composed of Portland men, will this year expend §50,000 on the Nolton properties in the Happy Camp District, Siskiyou County, in which the company recently bought a three-quarter interest. Work on & ld-mile flume will be rushed. The Summit Mining Company, of which Frank W. Page is the head, has bought the | Fortuna mining claims near Nevada City for | $50,000, will erect an electric power plant and | is seeking a franchise to introduce electric | power into Marysville by ulilizing the water- | power of the Browns Valley 1rrigation district. The company will sink the 400-foot shaft to 1000 feet. The Morning Star mine of Towa Hill has de- clared dividend 67 of $4 a share. A fine body of ore has been struck in the 600 level of the Pitisburg mine at Grass Val- ley. The Riverside County Miners’ Association will affiliate with the State Miners' Assocta- | tion, making the thirtéenth county association | to join. In the spring the Amador County As- sociation will be revived and reorganized and 1t will probably be the nextone to add strength to the State association. The Denver News puts the gold production of Colorado in 1896 at $16,500,000 and clussi- | fies it by process as follows: Smelting $12,750,- 000, mills and placers $2,000,000, cyanide and | chlorination $1,250,000. The State’s cyanide capacity is now 450 tons a dsy and the chlorination capacity 300 tons daily. It is asserted that in three years $1,500,000 of min- ing capital has been wasted in process experi- ments which failed. San Diego now has & proposed smelter to talk about and Chicago capitalists are con- nected with it. San Francisco men have bonded the Walker mine in El Dorado County and will erecta five- stamp mill. At a meeting of the miners of Riverside County au Perris, Cal., a week ago, the follow- ing resolutions were adoptea: That our repre- sentatives in Congress be instructed to every effort 1o secure the pass of the mineral lands bili at the present session of Congress; that our represents- tives in Congress be instructed to support and urge the adoption of the resolution recently introduced by Senator Perkins, looking toward the establishment of a secretaryship of mines and minerals; that our representatives in Congress be requested 10 support the passage of an amendment to section 2326 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, defining what shall constitute a placer claim; that we are heartily in sym- pathy with the purpose and objects of the California State Miners' Association and de- sire to co-operate therewith; that the District Recorder of every organized mining district within the State be required by law to file witn the County Recorder a transcript of all notices of location recorded by him every three months. WHY THEY WERE FAVORED That Is an Iuquiry Before the Grand Jury Concerning Morgan & Co. Their Bid for Heating the Mission High School Acccpted Though It Was Highest. The Grand Jury on Friday showed an active interest in Morgan & Co.’s contract for heating the new Mission High School. There were several bids for the work and Morgan & Co.’s was the highest. Mor- g¢an & Co.’s plans conflict with the plans of the architect and necessitate a remodeling of the latter, which adds several thousand dollars to the cost of the building. Not- withstanding this fact, together with that other that their bid of $9496 was consider- ably above that of the next highest bid- der, the contract was given to Morgan & Co. This is why the Grand Jury, which is especially organized for the purpose of ssking questions sbout peculiar trans- | actions of this kind in the public service, | has evinced such a lively interest in Mor- gan & Co.’s contract. They are anxious to learn why the con- tract was awarded by the Board of Educa- tion to the highest bidder in the first in- | stance, and in the second why a plan of heating was adopted that could not be made to conform to the architect’s plans for the building. In the midst of their search for informa- tion they detailed a committee to go round to the offices of the Board of Education to secure the plans left there on file by the contracting company as required by a paragraph of their contract, and the com- mittee was informed that Morgan & Co. had withdrawn the copy of the plans and that therefore the jury could not see them. The effect of this, as might be guessed, was to whet the curiosity of the jury. They will insist upon seeing the original specifications, the architect’s plans, Mor- gan & Co.’s plans and all the other plans and bids. They will insist upon knowing all about this odd transaction. | A number of witn -sses were heard on | Friday in the matter, among them being | W. B. Webster, representing W. W. Mon- tague & Co., W. Cronin, the Noveity Iron | Company, J. G. Grannis & Co., A. E. Cross | and George H. Tay & Co. The matter will be pursued further this week. ! SO Reed and Dockery. ! Speaker Reed and Congressman Dockery are getting quite chummy nowadays. Mr. | Dockery makes suggestions and loafsup | around the Speaker's desk a good deal. Yesterday, says the Washington Times, he corrected an announcement made by the | Bpeaker, and the correction was gracefully received. The other day there was a sharp little tilt between Mr. Barrett and the Sreaker. 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