The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 93, 1897. v Pedlar—An act to amend the ing to jurors’ fees in “An act to e fees of county, township and d of jurors and witnesses in 1 23, 1895 —An act requiring s in any city. city and of this State o issue package by Mahon ary ele n act providing for within the State of ote the purity thereof. An act to amend section al Code of the State of Celi- % to jury trials in criminal An zct to amend sec- { Civil Procedure, re- ners' of morigages, ap- —AD act to authorize runicipalities and coun- as for wit- to confer {urther 1 the beards d counti. s in Morehouse—An act amend ure of 10 the exam- ding certain reia:ions. ~An act to AM2nNd &u &Ct iform system Henderson—An sct to prevent 0 amend sec- ate of of tho —An act to amend an oviding for the erection of the people of the purposes, approved n act to amend sec- cedure of the g the right of npson—An act relative f / the es of franchises of paths and roaas fi ess veh act vide for the ap- the office of and proved An act to establish city, city and y 1o fur- h water for ring pur- corporaie v Boyce—An act to amend sec: 5 and 1858 of the 1 map f California. 508, by Hall—An act to amend au act “A pr ting $40,000 for the ablishm 1 Ho entanc manxgement for Mechanical Trade: ate of Californy 5, and 1o prescribe th 1, by Jones—. act to amend section 8ct e ed “An act to establish a ved Mareh 12, 1872, re ng public money ct to amend section act to estabiish a approved March 11, n act to prevent im- rsons representing za- sdge by the same. smending de of Cival sct to gmend vil Code of the State of fous, social and 0 ‘amend act 1o estab- nd township 14, 1883, re- counties o amend dure of o the taking of ting to g sec- ate of Californ S B. 6 An sct to regulate —An act to amend Code of 1o ed b 8 u wnship gov and a tion for classify the State, eceording to po said counties, a n 162 thereof, relat: of counties, and 1o i rein, to be numbered 1 of counties of the elevenili-and-a. ss, relating to the governmeut of a Political Code,” approved Mar g fixing the boundaries of Del Norte n_sct to amend tne adding a new s an , by Flint—An act to amend section act entitled ““An act to esteblish a 1 Code,” as amended and approved March 7 Bridgford—An act to amend sec- 17'of the Political Code of the State of &, relating to the redemption of real for taxes. 4, by Soward—An act entitled an act d section 175 of the Civil Code, relat- ing to the power of the husband over com- munity propeity An act to amenda section ed ‘““An act to provide for and government of irriga: and to provide for the acquisi- and other property, and for the n of water thereby fer irrigation approved March 7, 1887, relating n of property Sold for non-pay- ribu purposes, 10 redem ment of berger—An act to amend 756, 3758, 3759, 3764 and ol.tical Code, relating to the ant of taxes. . ustin—An act appropriatin, the sum of $3500 for ot = ia inau ne erection of & Caiifor- Procedure, relat- ment of cArrying into execi- ts after the lapse of five years 0 entry by Melick—An act to rrcmnn the teration of honey and to prov srefore. Soward—An sct 1o smend sec- of tone Pensl de, relating o war- ipgisirates und their delivery and to repeal sections 819 ) of the Penal Code, relating to the is- nd execution 0f warrants in a county T than the one iu which they were issued. 88, by Soward—An sct 1o amend sec. 390 of tne Code of Civil Procedure, relat. roperty exempt from execution, and to cetion” 1196, relating to property sub- o aitachment, execution or other legal , by Dibble—An ect to amend section dc! approved March 9, 1893, emend- 10_53 inciusive of an act ap- 31, 1891, adding those 1 8¢t to provide for work upon streets, al- lanes, courts, places and sidewalks, and e construction of sewers within munici- prrovea March 18, 1885. 1 act making an appro- sni g «_central building for ™ ifornia State Asylum for the Iusane and Inebriates. SB Goffi—An sct making an appro- priation for the ereetion of & central buiiding for the Southern California State Asylum for thelnsane abd Incbriates, A. B. 98, by Moulirie—An sct to amend sec- tions 1369 and 1379 of an sct entitled “An act to estaplish & Code of Civil Procedure,” sp- d providiag for the redemption | realth of the mu- | gnet in the waters | —An_act to provide | of the several | eof, and of the State | de & punish- | proved March 11, 1872, relating to the com- petency and appointment of administrators of estates o) decensed persons. A. B. 109, by Gofi—An act making an_appro- priation for a sysiem of storm drains and im- provement of grounds of ihe Southern Cali- fornia State Asylum for the Insane and In- ebriates. | A.B.110, by Goff—An act making an &p- | propriation 10 pay for the support of the | Southern Calitornia Asylum for “the Insane | and Inebriates for the foriy-ninth and fiftieth fiscal vears. A. B.115, by Cross—An act regulating detec- ve agencies, Treacy—An act to amend sec- Anact conferring power upon the neil, Board of Supervisors or other governing body of citiesor cities ana counties inhabitants to acquire or con- for suitable site and erect thereon gs for municipal , 18 providing for the rporations doing a tion 3 common Cc of over 100,000 demn lan approv by Price—2 certain 146, . Toss—An act to amend section 702 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to redemption of property soid under judg- v Hill—An act to amend section fo author ze the Bosrd o! Super- e several counties of the State to er certain funds,’”” approved Aprii 23, 1880. A.B. 154, by Sanford—An act to yay the claim of George A. Sturtevaut for services ren- dered us District Attorney of Mendocino County in foreclosing_certificates of purchase | of Stite sctiool lands and to appropriste | money to pay the same. A. B. 155, vy Elliott—An act to amend sec- tion 1121 of the Penal Code, relative to juries i n A B, by Vosburg—An act to amend an act, entitled * 0 amend an sct_cntitled ‘Axi cet o protect and promote horticultural in sof the Staie,” approved March 19, 1% A. B. 184, by Godirey—An act conferring | power unon’the governing bodies of cities of | the first class 10 provide for the erection of a al hospital and 10 levy a tex therefor. | A B. 158, by Kecgan—Au act to amend sub. | division 9 Of section 862 of an act entitled | ““An act to provide for the oreanization, incor- | poration and government of municipal cor- | porations,” approved March 13, 1 A. B.193, by Canevan—An act making an | appropriation for reimbursing the county of 1 Marin ior moneys expended by it for the pros- | ecution of crimes commitied within the State | prison at San Quentin, and for inquests hela | over the bodies of convicts who have died | within said priso A.B.1 by M llan—An act to amena article 647 of the Penal Code of California— repesl of the vegrant act A. B. 215, by Guy—An act making an appro- | priation t0'p ham snd W. C. Rodgers for services as elevator attendants in the Capitol building. A.B by Leavitt—An act meking an ap- opri >r the support of the State Print- Offi- e for the 1orty-eightn fiscal year. A Goai —An act to amend an | acten An act amendatory of and sup- plemental to an act entitled *AD act to create 1 ice Court in and for the City and County Fraucisco,” which said amendstory sct now amended was ap- and to fix the term e of Judges of said court. sct removing land school districts ing school facil- proved February 2: of offi Siate and designe i | such territor B. 305, by Sims—An act approp 57,000 to pay claims against the Ca.ifo: nown as coyote scalp claims. A. B. 313, by Cuty n act to amend sec- t1on 1 of an act en u act suthorizing certain corporat s executor and in | other capacitie de for and regu- ting the administration of trus s by such cor- porati approved April 6, 1891. A. B. 315, by Lindenberger—A act to amend &n act entitied “An act 1o estublish a uniform system of county and township government,” | approved March 24, 1893, by amending se tion relating 10 the clessification of new counties, and the reclassification of any ex- | isting_county whe e the popuistion of such county shail have been reduced by reason of the creation of any new county from the terri- tory thereo | _,A. B. 331, by Mead—An act to amend section 3590 en nct entitled “An act to establish a Civil Code,” approved March 21, 1872, relat- ing to corporations, and the increase and diminution of the capital stock, and the crea- tion, increase and diminution of the bonded indebtedness thereof. | A.B.335, by Soward—An act to provide for | the estabiishment of a board of examiners for the California Thera lege, which is to be se! | "A. B. 338, by Lendsbor amend an act entitled “An ac tablish & Penai Code,” by amenaing section 1329 there- | of, relative to the payment of witness expenses in'criminal cases. A. B. 344, by Kenvon—An act to amend an act entitled *An act toamend an act to pro- | tect horticultural interests | of th March 19, 1889. n act to umend sub- | of section. 1543 of the Gde, relative to the powers and d ties of School Superintendents and Boeras of sSchool Trustees, | saasme by Guy—An act transferring from | the estate of deceased persons fur d tothe State schoo! land fund the sum of $100,000 and di- | recting the State Board of Examiners to invest | | the same in interest-bearing bonds, 10 be held lintrust for the benefit of tne State school | funa. | A.B. 403, by Goff—An act smendatory of an | act entitled “An act to emend an act entitled an act toprotect and promote horticultural ts of the State,” approved March 14, 1881; approved March 19, 1889; approved | March 31. 1891. » | A B 4 by Committee on Revision of | Codes and tutes—AD act toamend section | 337 of the Code of Civil Procedure. y Committee on Revision of | Cod tutes—An act to amend section | 839 of the Code of Civil Procedure. B. 429. by Jones—An actto amend section the Civil Code, relating to savings and loan corporations. A. B. 448, by McCandish—An for the it act to provide iruction of & free wagon-road or rom a point on Bean Creek, in Mari- posa County, to the Yosemite Valley, and ap- opriating money therefor. A. B. 456, by Committee on Revision of es and Statutes—An nct to amend section il Procedure. 458, by Committee on Revision of | Gode Statutes—An act to ameud section | 868 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A. B.494, by Canavan—An act to prevent de- uin the manufacture and sale of butter ese, Lo secure its enforcement and to A. B. appropriate money therefor. | A B.507, by Canavan—An actao designate & | day to be called Arbor day. A.B.511, by Burneit—An act to amend sec- | tion 4046 of the Political Code, reiating to the powess and duties of Boards of Supervisors. { A B 512 by Burnham—An act to amend | { sections 3 and 2294 of chapter 1II, | | title V, of 1 litical Code, relating to the | | by McClellan—An act to amend an | “An act to establish-a uniform #ystem of county and township governments,” anproved May 24, 1893, by amending section 87 thereof, relating to the custody of public moneys by the Treasurer. An act to provide for the » suitable storage reservoir, (o lay all necessary connections, and to mains with provide power apparatus, to make complete & Dew waterworks system for fire emergency, storage and motive purposes, at the California. Home for the Care and Training of Feeble- minded Children, sud making an sppro- | priation therefor. A. B.526, by Price—An act to provide for the completion of the main building of the Cali- fornia Home for the Care and Training of Feebleminded Chiidran, by the erection of the east front there(o and thereos, to provide for necessary ndditions to the kitchen wing and making an apprepriatinn therefor. % A.B.537, by Kobinson—An act protecting the claims of those who may furnish materials or labor for the workiug or development of mining properties under powers which are | obteined oy bond or » trust decd. A 5, by MeClellan—An act 1o a seciion 647 of the Penal Code of Calisormme o0 'A. B. 580, by Cross—An act to provide that all codes and statutes furnished to the Legisia tures shall at the ¢'us2 of the session of the | Legisiature be returned to the Secretary of State, to be kept by him for the use of sucopeq. ing Legislatures. A. B. 589, by Canavan—An act to amend an actentitied “An act to establish a hniform system of county end township governmen g approved March 24, 1893, by amending sec. tion 188, relating to county officers, their ‘ap: poiniment. duties and com pensation. A. B. 619, by Cutier—An act to authorize and direct the State Board of Hurbor Comum s, sioners to establist and maintain a free pupiie market upon the Waler frout of San Franeisco and providing for the expenses and regulations thereof. A. B.'624, by Emmons—An sct amending | seciion 407 of the Code of Civil Procedure of | the State of Galifornia. | A. B. 625, by Cross—An act relating to cer- | tain Bauking corporations and the manage. ment and administration of the affairs of such corporetions. A. E. 628, by Robinsou—An sct to amend sections 1517, 1520 and 1521 of the Political Code relating tothe public schools. A. B.732, by Vosburg—An act to amend an actentitied “An act relating to commitments to the State school nt Whittier and 10 the Pres- ton School of Industry, fixing the authority 10 examine and commit to such schools with the Superior Court Judges of the counties and fixing the responsibilities from which com- mitments are. made to the State for mainte- nange of the persons commitied therefrom, providing for the manner of payment thereof, and fixing the responsibility of the perents to the counties from which their children are committed.” A.B. 833, by Treacy—Au act to suthorize the claims of C. E. Cunning- | or children of schuol age residing within | Stete of | the Board of Education of tbe City and County of San Francisco to lease s school lot in said City and County. A. B. 889, by Committés.on Public Print- ing—An act making an appropriation for the support of the state Pripting Office for the forty-eighth fiscal year and repealing certain existing lawe, as far as they may be incon- sistent with this act (Substitute for Assem- bly bilis 863, 864 and 865.) AMERICARS FEL UASHE I CUB So There Is a Great Exoius From the Distured Island. Secretary Olney Has Demanded From Spanish Authorities an Explana- tion of Ruiz’s th. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—Secre- tary Olney has demanded in Havana and in Madrid a full explanation of the death of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, who was secretly ar- rested on a charge of complicity in derail- ing a train carrying Spanish troops. Ruiz was said to bave been a naturalized | American citizen, He died in jail un- der suspicious circumstances. Otber pris- oners said he was murdered, but the Span- ish authorities insist that he committed suicide. i Ever since the arrest of Ruiz the au- thorities have refused to give Consul- General Lee any intormation, and it w not until be made a peremptory demand for Ruiz’s body that the Marquis of Abu- mada issued the necessary order. When the body was turned over to Consul- General Lee an inspection showed that the face and head haa been battered in. | NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 22.—A dis- patch to the Sun from Havana says: The attitude assumed by Consul-General Lee in the case of tne death of the American citizen, Ricardo Ruiz, has made the Amer- ican representative very unpopular among | the Spaniards. The communication sent | to General Lee by the Marquis of Ahum- { ada is highly praised by the Spaniards. | The case is very similar to that of Charles | Govin, who was undoubtedly assassinated | by the Spaniards. In that casesall the i protests of General Lee were useless | against the formal official denial by the | Marquis of Ahumada that Govin had been killed by the Spaniards and in the face of | the indifference shown in the matter by the American administration. | Ricardo Ruiz was slain in a manner | called componente here, that is, he was | struck over the head with a piece of wood | oriron and his skull was fractured so that | bedied. Baut how can this fact be proved if the Spanish authorities certify that he committed suicide by dashing bis head | against the wail? The autopsy can only | show that the man suffered from violence, | but whether inflicted by himself or by an- | otner person is difficult to tell. | Since the death of Govin the belief is | general here that the Spaniards can kill | all the American citizens in Cuba without | being calied to account for the crimes. | The great majority of the American resi- dents of Cuba are leaving the island. ——e LEE HAS RESIGNED, | Sueh Is the Report Zhat Comes From Key West. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 22.—A dis- patch-to the Herald from Havana via Key West says: Consul-General Lee has re- signed. His letter tendering his resigna- tion under certain conditions goes by the next mail. He determined some days ago to 1ake such a step if he were not upheld in his efforts to protzct all American citi- zens in Cuba. The Consul-General asked the State De- partment that Le be authorized to de- mand the release of citizens of the United States confined in Cuban prisons under | the same illegal circumstances as was the |1ll-fated Ruiz. Snch authorization has uot been granted him. Spanish warshipsin Cuban waters have since SBunday been concentrating in the harbor of Havana. This is regarded here as very significant in view of the impor- tant incidents of the last few days. Great anxiety is feit at the palace and in all official circles at the news from Cienfuegos, which is that that city is in mutiny of the Spanish troops. Large ar- rears of pay are due the army in Cuba, and the discontent caused by this has cul- minated in open disobedience in the Spanish ranks in the Cienfuegos distric:. The insurgents in the eastern end of the island have captured Bayamo, an impor- tant town in Santiago. acatasgt mads FOR AN AUXILIARY LEAGUE. Professors and Students at Stanford Sympathize With Cuba. STANFORD UNIVERBITY, CaL., Feb. 22.—A mass meeting will be held in the chapel to-morrow evening to form an auxiliary organization of the Cuban League of the United States. Professor Boiton Coit Brown has the matter in charge. Ewall Flugel, professor of Eog- lish philology, and George Elliott How- ard, professor of history, will speak during the evening. Several other pro- fessors and students are expected to ad- dress the meeting. The object Professor Brown bas in view is to form an eflicient league with as little machinery as pos- sible. A subscription list will be started and the money raised will be used for the pur- poses of the Cubans. Most of the students have followed the course of the strife, and the indications are that the meeting will be well attended. —_—— No Contingency for Warships. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—Ac- cording to advices st the Navy Depart- ment Admiral Bunce's fleet is now practi- cally dispersed, though so advantageousiy distributed that it could be assembled 1n a fewdays if an emergency arose. . While the fleet will be nearer Cuba than ever be- fore it is explained that this is merely due to the necessities of the service, and the administration foresees no contingency under which the vessels could be placed in & position at all offensive to the ami. cable relations existing with Spain, ome Was Ruiz a Citizen? WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—1In re- gard to the Raiz case it is said at the State Department that his naturalization wi not wholly incontestible; that his natu- ralization papers, as a matter of fact, have not yet been found. 2 —_—— Znst of the Fortin Brick Company. SAN RAFAEL, Car, Feb. 22 —The big brickyards at Point San Pedro will soon be a thing of the past. J. J. North, the assignee of the Fortin Brick Company, Wwill dispose o1 the machinery and bricks next Thurs by order of court. The F riin Briek &mpnny has manufactured millions upon miilions of bricke at the point and its works are quite extensive. REMOVAL—Dr. 8. W, Dennis, dentist, has re. moved from 115 Powell street to Parrott build- 1ng, 825-855 Market, over Empozium. » SANFORD AND THE MILLMEN / Reiterates His Charges as to Abuse of Northern Lumbermen, Will Rise to a Question of Privilege in the Assembly and Aaswer Criticism. At Some of the Mendocino Logging Camps, He Says, Workmen Are Urjustly Treated. SACRAMENTO, Can, Feb. 22.—To- morrow, after the reading of the journal in the Assembly, Santord of Mendocino will rise to & question of personal privi- lege in reply to a dispatch from Ukiah in last Sunday’s CArL, in which his state- ments with reference to the treatment of employes by the lumber companies are aenounced as faise. Mr. Sanford will say: “I see in THE CALL of last Sunday a pro- test from Mendocino County in relation 1o what I said in my speech on Monday, February 15, 1897, regarding the treat- ment of laboring men employed by the milling companies in Mendccino County. In my opening statement [said that some companies wanted to do what was right and- treated their men fairly well, while others were tyrannical in the exireme and refused to do the fair thing by the men. “I have no apology to make for any- thing I said. On the contrary, I set forth the condition of affairs very milaly. There is not a single mill company in Mendo- cino County that I know of, and I know them all, that does not withhoid the wages of their men all the way from two 10 8ix months, charging them from 15 to 20 per cent discount, and virtually com- pelling the men to trade in the truck stores,thereby again charging them exorbi- tant prices for the goods. “The companies irom Gualala to Caspar treat the men better than others, but the compauies north of Caspar are the ones from which the greatest complaints come. These companies on the Northern Mendo- cino coast are the ones that treat the em- ployes so shamefully, namely, Fort Bragg, Cottoneva, Hardy Creek, Usal. “In order to meet the charge as to whether I have misstated facts I will read some letters from workinemen in those sections. This will show vou what they think of the treatment they receive at the hands of these companies. All those let- ters are on filo in Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald’s office.” The following aro extracts from the let- ters to be read to-morrow by Mr. Sanford, C. L. Smith, an Eastern man, writes as fol- lows concerning a visit made by him to Fort Bragg: If you value your time, your life or your rights as an American citizen, stay clear of the Unlon Lumber Compeny at Fort Bragg. In the first place, they waniaman to work twelve hours for a day's work, on_wages ranging all the way from 76 cents up to $1 34; but in or- der to get the best wages (o $1 34) a man has to be abie torun a sieam skidder, keep it in repair and do his own firing. and_then, for an appetizer for breakfast, it is quite necessary for him 10 get up in the morning at 4:30 and stert his fire 50 he will have steam by 6 o'elock—their regular siarting sime. When dinner time comes oue of our native sons (John Chinawau) comes out with a horn (that some poor ald ox has been robbed of after he got so feeble that he couid not stand the haraship of the company any longer) and blows a biast that causes the blood in the fel- low-oxen's veins to run cold; for, should he happen to make a misstep and injure himse1f so ne could not work ihese 180 men that are being called to dinner would be picking the meat off his bones inside of twelve hours. When it comes to the sleeping part, if you have not your own bed complete you are not in it All that is provided is a board shanty, and they take particular pains to have tbe boards far enongh apart so there is no need of windows; for bedsteads they have provided ttle wooden boxes with straw in them, the me as I used for my dog. A pile of sand in the middle of tue floor, With a hole'cut in the roof directly above, constitutes the fireplace— and you have what'they call the “Union Lum- ver Company buiiding They also have a fine system of paying every thrée months. As reguiar as the time comes you get a sixty-day sight-draft, whether you need it or not; or, in other words, you get & written guaransee that there is so mnch com- ing to you that you cannot get until sixty dars from date, unless yon will sell itata dis- count from 7 t0_10 per cent. But, 10 cap the climax, they took $6 out of what was coming 10 me, and I don’t know what it was for—ihey #aid it was for taxes, but [ would as soon be- lieve it was o buy fireworks for the Fourth, Ineversaw a tax collector, and was ne asked to pay any taxes, oreven told how much they wonld be if I was assessed. 1f that is California’s law, allow me to con- gratuiste the luwmakers on their success of ealing out justice and freedom: but Iam 1ad I got away alive, for there were two men Eiliea “While 1 was there, and five etippied. and some of them crippled for life, H. Lund of Usal writes to the Labor Commissioner as follows: Dear Sir: My object 1n writing to you is to gain a little advice and information regarding alawsuit of which T wili tell you in this letter. 1 went to work for a corporation, which 1§ known as the firm of Cottoneva Lumber Com- pany, at Rockport of this county. Istarted to worlk on the 22d day of May of last year, and stayed there untilthe 6th day of August, on which day I was discharged. I went to'the office to get my money, and In payment for my work the superintendent offered me a time- draft, payable sixty days after sight. I would not take it. 1 wanted cash, but the superin- tendent toid me it was the best he could do. I accordingly sued them, and the case was tried in the Justice of the Pesce Court at Westpurt on the 22d of August. Igot judgment against them there, but they appealed tne case to the Superior Court at Ukiah. Now, my cas: has been set for trial three differcnt’ times, but it las always been put off and contintied for some reason or another. Another workingman, whose name is suppressed by the Commissioner, writes as follows: My Dear Sir: * * % Youspoke in yourlet- ter about looking into the lomber industries, time-check system, etc., up in this locality. 1 wish {o say right here, I have often thought of iting {0 you on the subject. The Mendocino coas: employs something :ike 5000 men, and you have no idea how these men are treated— words cannot express it. Take this company here. They pay their men every ninety days with sixty-duy time checks, When the work- men get these sixty-day ciecks they cannot get them cashed here unless they pay from 15 to 20 per cent discount. These who tannot get their checks cashed hereat the above die- count send them to San Franeisco, and when the sixty days expire this compeny will not pay them for months. Then there are thou- | sands of dollars of sixty-day checks beionging to the laboring men in San Francisco. Now they have been due since iast September, dn- paid. Last summer this company had about 100 nead of oid bulls, whigh they have been | working for years, hauling logs with them in the woods. They commenced to use machin- ery for getting out their logs. Thev them killed their old rotten bulls and fed them to their laboring men in the woods. Every man in this section will teli you this. Men wao worked in the camps at the time tell me they went months without eating meat—tbey could not eat it. The following will be quoted by Mr. Saniford from the Fort Bragg Advocate. The letter is dated ““Rockport'’ : With regerd to Rockport, I wonld say that, judging the future by the pasi, and speaking both by observation and experience, there is very little inducement for any self-r'spec ing man to come here, unless he is willing to ieave all his earnings in the company’s sa 0on and store at prices which would make a '49er blush. Should anything of his earnings es- cape ihe rapacity of barkeeper and store- keeper, he receives a sixty-day draft on the 151b of each month; this he can tace home and frame and haug it up to remind him of all the hard licks he put in to acquire it, for it is about s negotiable as a Confederate greenback, without possessing any vaiue as & historical rclic. At the end of sixty days hecan iake it bick fo the bookkesper, who will take about ten days more to exchange it foradraft on some bank down below the Mason and Dixon line. If by this time the back Is still in existence and tne cost of col- lection don't eat it all up, he gets his money. A wan would naturally think he had some utle to his money by this time, but no. Should he object to paying & dollar for a pair of 40- cent overalls, or 10 cents a pound for sugar, and paironize such enterprising merchants as Shaf:ky Bros, he quickly find himself upon the retired list, vo matier what his capacity is, and get blacklisted the coast over in the bargain, and it is about time for Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald to 100k this up. Joseph Brier of East Oakland writes: On the morning of May 5, 1896, T asked and received my time check; 1 arew $3 worth of goods at the store during my montin’s stay, #nd that was deducted from the check: the clerk informed me that I could have the check cashed at the company’s store in Fort Bragg. I accordingly presented my cneck st the store ai Fort Bragg and in return received two re- ceipts, amounting to $6 and $1 90—that was all I received for my mouth's work. The com- pany only pays out’a time check once in every three months, and shen each man has to send the same to San Francisco a: his own expense, and wiil have 10 wait for sixty more days be- fore he gets any returns. If he does not wish 10 wait he can sell bis check at Fort Bragg at 10 per cent discount on the doliar. Al this is not told you at the employment office, or that you will have to wait five months beiore you Ret any pay, or that the work is very danger- ous, and that many men get killed or erippied every vear. (I myself know of four men get- ilng seriously hurt, and one getting killed in one week.) After reading the letters Mr. Sanford will say: “In those protestsit was said that my bill was a good one and thatall the muil men wanted it passed. Yes; those com- panies are very likely to want such a law enacted! They want a law passed that will Prevent them from robbing working- men! Why do they not do justice to the men without waiting to be compellea to do o by law? If they are in favor ol such alaw why did they turn over heaven and earth trying to defeat me last {all? Why did they in some _instances even threaten to turn men off if they voted for me? Mill superintendents took particular pains to ride my opponent all over the country in a fine surrey and pleaded with the workingmen to vote for bim. “*With all this opposition on the part of the superintendents in those districts where superintendents fought the hardest against me my vote was the strongest. In the seven precincts near Point Arena, my home, where they did their utmost to de- feat me, [ ran 107 votes ahead of William J. Bryan, and taking the whole cosst through I ran nearly 200 votes abead of my ticket, and had it uot happened for | tne fact that there was a United States Senator 1o be elected I believe I would have left the coast with over 600 votes ahead of my ticket. ““What is the object of this protest? It is simply to create a sentiment to defeat the biil in the Senate. Oune of those men who is represented as protesting against this bill is W. P. McFaul, one of the own- ers of the Hardy Creex Lumber Company, which company pays off its men in checks that could not be sold for 15 per cent, as 1 discovered on my visit to Westport during the last campaign. I found a number of men in Westport who had checks of this company, and they would have been will~ ing to have sold them for almost any- thing. *‘The reason why laboring-men do not say more about these things is because of terrorism. They fear that they would be discnarged if they signed petitions for relief.” Mr. Sanford will also point out the fact that in the communications published in Tre CALL last Sunday not one of the. pro- testants denied any of the cuarges he had | made with reference to the time checks and the exorbitant rates charged by the truckstores. — Drow-ied at Salem. SALEM, Oz, Feb. 22.—Charles Kreiner, cook of ariver steamer, was drowned this morning, fallng overboard from the ves- sel. His body was not found. NEW TO-DAY e — o e e e T S G S S e SR SUPERB SKILL. That Is the Kind Required in Certain Cases—The Afflicted of San Francisco and Vicinity Have It at Their Command—No One Need Suffer. It is often said that San Francisco is overrun with doctors, which may be, and doubtless 1s, true. But, then, why are so many people sick ? Why do they continuously take medi- cines, andyet never get well ? The ex- planation is easy enough. It is because they secure only orainary dcetors, and or- dinary doctors cannot cure them. Nor can worthless beits or so-called “Restora. tives” or “Invigorators” or “Vitalizers, Chronic, obstinate, deep-seated diseases require extraordinary «kill Thq require expert knowledge, born of great volumes of experience and practice. 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He is in his offics, which is permanently located at 865 Market street, each day from9to 12A. M. and 2to5and 7 to8P. M., excépt Sundays, when he may be consulted from 10 to 12 A. M. only. NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. Dotlans, Couple of weeks ago we held a sale. Offered every suit in store marked under $16 for $6. Success of sale astonished us. Showed that even in hard times folks would buy clothes if gen- uine bargains were offered. We’re going to do same thing again. For two weeks, begin- ning to-day. Your choice of any $10, $12, $15 and $16 suit in the house for $6. Not cheap Satinet Suits ; not last season’s styles. Every thread in every suit we guarantee to be pure wool, and to show that we have con- fidence in them we will keep every suit in repair one year free of charge. The Suits are made upin sin- gle and, double breasted sacks in the very prettiest of the late colorings ; light grays, Havana brown ; also in Blue and Black Cheviots, and some exception- ally neat Worsted Serges in dark shades. The Eastern fashion plates have béen followed closely as to styles. ~ This sale will positively last for only two weeks. Don’t be deceived by fakers who imitate our name and num- ber. Look for the name S. N. WOOD & CO. -.N. WOOD & CO. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 541 Market Street. Directly Opposite Sansome. ~ AUCTION, THURSDAY.... ..FEBRUARY 25 At 12 3. sharp, by VON RHEIN & CO., 513 CALIFORNIA STREET. FOURTH STREET. RENTS $3900 PER YEAR 34:414x187:6—126 4ih st.. south of Mission; rents $525 per month; large furniture-store and basement and 4U-room 1odging-house. Cor. Ellis and Leavenworth; Rents $240. 77:6x63—N W. cor. Ellis and Leavenworth sts.; 8 prominent transfer point; bar, fruit-store, bar- ber-shop and dwelings; rents $240. Bush Street Dwelling. 25x90—2122 Bush st., east of Fillmore: sunny side; 8 rooms and bath: with some repairs will rent for $50; must be sold. 24th Street—New Cottage. 25x114—-4137 24th st., west of Cas cottage of rooms, bath and bavemen sold. Large Corner—21st Ave. and California Street 57:6x100, in 1 or 2 lots st and 21st ave.; Californ changed to electric. Kearny, near Green—Rents $39. 20x80, through to Sorora st.—1315 Kearny st. S-atory house, coitage and stable for 5 horses: rents $39. Large Valencia Street Lot. 61x117:6—134 feet south of 25thst.; in 1 or 3 lots, to an alley ; facing 8. P. R. R. station: thou- sll;dl of passengers get on and off the cars at this poiat. Church Street, North of Market. 24x125—West line of Church st., 363 feet north of Market: Flllmore-st. electric cars pass. Erle Street.\ 25x84—56 Erie st., bet. Mission and Howard and 13th and l4th: 8room house; must be solc: s good barzain assured. H Si., near 8th' Ave.—Fronts Park. 25x100—South line of H st., 57:6 feet west of 8th ave. Tehama Street, near 3d—Rents $53. 25x80—250-25014 Tehama st.; front and rear house: bet. 34 and 4th: rent $53; must be sold. DR. PIERCE’S IS THE BEST. A PERMANENT CURE. PLAINSBURG, Cal., Nov. 5, 1896, Son, San Francisco. he fitteen-dollar Belt has been tast; ‘must b SE. corner California st. cars about to be Dr. rlerce & GENTLEME: received and delivered, but bave not heard from | the - erson_yet about the rezalt, but T am not afraid of him coming back on me. as I used one of your and _have never been iroubled with pains in So you see why Lam_not afrald to recommend your Beit to any one suffering with a weak back, rains in the hips and side, as I was, becauss it will cure them—never to be doubted. I remain yours to help the sufferer, GEO. A. KAHL. A3~ Thers are no “quack” doctors connected with our establishment. Our electric belts cure yithout drags Pric s reswonsvle! No robbery! biished 1875. 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