The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1897, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1897 HE new State Mineralogist, A. §. Cooper Barbara, will step into J.J. cial shoes on the 1st of & new ad- will a good the w vernor dispiayed , but that comes and oniy t show what sort of an Tevult appearance of the bill which is now bei > does not at m g Bureau will be able t miss anyb: ropria- milied a t pro fulfi he appropris L5 $25,000 for the two years— au has had d: the amount isnot increased an have a con- reer ahead of 1st sboat p the State Min- , curator, chem- cidental ex- pondence | of the ap work, and w year there would have down and crowding to- 500 an institution which be made of immense encouragement and as: ve to the development of 1 ces of as been of great v though that . bted most effective causes of the iy deveiop: and prosperity. 1g care and the energeti stowed or ate the value & agencies doing ldo for an impor- highly valued by the it 1sa ready and t source of all ma ng men to be the e the bureau into & career of sh capital into the as heard the other s Hayward’s six doubtless soc g develop- 1t ap- ie long-looked-for e plump of E posa to the Californis Ex- the papers had it g company was not were Hamilton Perkins, who 6.666 on the basis )00,000 for the entire huse of the transte: he direct pu! whose money These great able to pay ght on their eral supposi- | any of Londoa be paid to ng operator add this tots § reat syndicate, which is supposed to ong its backers, | 1 which has invested near 0,000,000 in | rican mines alone, has r some time | kinaly dis- iposa g Hamilton ns are mixed up with all sorts of ways, and ty we will hav toward the M s mining operat syndicates & prope er with the fact tan of its big_deals, provi e supposition is the Exploration Company that has British goid in M and Perkins may ke and they ma; fon in verious waysin L or several syndicate H Smith, the Expl on Company don or any other English syndi- ate ‘would buy s sixth interest in & big mining property without expecting to get at trolling interest, and 50 it is wisely ised that Smith knows what other frac going toget. These buyers are not to make such an investment in a developed property with the idea the investment sleep 'a Jew and thus it is very easy to deduce the probability that s to be developed at lsst and on a scale.” Last fall experts conveyed more es information to Mr. Smith, and in No- mber and December there was a flutter of ctation thet ut to buy the grantand do big things. hreturned to London a number of s 8go atter. making & big deal in ldaho, ana_did not visit Californfa. From the first nobody directly tned has given any statem ing but ignorance concern- ing the rumored negotiations, and now no information beyond the simple fact of sale is ut large. James Cross, president of the company and representative of the one-sixth interest held by the Hobert estate, eaid yesterday: “Mr Haywarl has sold his onesixth interest to Humilton § . but otherwise the property is st the condition it has been in for & good e and 1know nothing of the probabilities any further transt of any development th selve: p the interest nance the proposi- don and with one is not likely that sar vears, | perty is mafnly in the s, who hoids a half in. st -and who meuages effairs. John W key and the Hoburt estate each owns & The sele of some of these in- s is expecied before long. Mr. Perkin iton Smith’s partner, was, by the way, ager of rhe.property when it was owned s ago by Trenor W. Park of New York, and 11 acqueiated with it. grant, as is genersily known, once 1zed to General Johr Fremont, and hed the present owners through a course i mortgege troubles. It is 2 magnificent domain in Mariposs County, embracing the wer end of the mother lode and contains , or seventy square miies of 1, weliwooded and watered. embracing fer- 1 little valleys and an irregular ramifica- ion of mineral véins. ¥rom the mineral lodes the property derives its chief value and in- tere The Josephine, Pine Tree and several * other mines in various steges of development on the grant. he detailed map of the grant shows several scores of prospects where veins have been un- covered, but on which litte or no develop- ment has been done. The grant is thus looked upon es containing great possibilities, especially since tho recent demonstration of the State, and since its | presented tne | the Mariposa grant | the Exploration Company | | the deep values of the mother lode, and as one which would reward large investments for development, The property has lain so long without any effort at development be- | cause of the inability of the owners to pull toge Hamilton Smith’s takiog hold of 1t looks like the beginmng of business and Mariposa County will rejoice when it comes. embly has v defining *a inch of water.”” This is both interest- {ing and important, for in this State the miner's inch is one thing here and another | thing there, the quantity of water understood by this unit of measurement varying with the ricts. Most other Western States shed the quantity by statute. A miner's inch is the quantity of water that will ! flow through an orifice of & given size ata ven pressure in & given time. The quantity [ will yary with the form of the orifice, tne thickness and shape of the walls and other gs involving friction, etc., and it will ¢ with the prescure, which depends on the ht sbove the orifice at which the water 4s. In this State apertures of various forms and dim are prescribed in differ- n ce the quantity of water The pending bill defines a miner's inch of water be such a guantity as flows from an orifice one inch uare through & two-inch with still water standing at a depth of ses above the top of the oritice, such a to be not less than one aud a half per minute, equal to tweive gal- McGillivray, editor of the tific Press, points out that, 1 proposes to change by | siza of & cubic foot or the capacity of measure, for one and a half cuble s 11.22075 wine gallons, e American standard. As a te to prescribe through what ler what couditions the water plece of supererogation as value- o lay down the shape of h gallons must be measured. ions of the case must determine j0w the water shall be measured. What is standard for the quantity only. If gislature will state the flow per minute | equaia miner’s inch it will have wisa t wou MINING PROGRESS. | The forestry division of the Department ot | Agriculture is endeavoring to collect infor- | mation regarding the consumption of timber | by the mines of the country. It may be men- | tioned as an interesting item suggesting the ent represented by mine- bat it has been estimated that in e copper es of Butte, Mont, alone 00.000 feet were used in 189 for un- rposes, and that the total ior all t ¢ vear was 37,500,- | 00 $1,050,000 in piace. The | fig: o 9 1d ex these. |, Tne in Lake County, | better k he American mine, Iying | seven miles west of Middletown, has been | bonded by R. B. Harper and George F. David- son, wh ing Boston capital in the | property. This vaiuable mine has been lying | idle ever since the furnace was destroyed by fi Ome years ago. e gold production for New Zealand for | 1896 wes $4,906,000, & decrease of a little | over 10 per cent as compared with 18! This decrease wasdue 10 uncxpectedly small re- ns for the last quarter of the year. New ealand, however, will early show s consider- able increase 1n production as a result of the new activity which was fairly begun last yeer. There was a great prospecting and mining licenses issued by the Department of Mines, and during the year a reat 1 of development work was done. English capital is goiug into the New Zealand fi | development and production. New Mexico's output of precious metals dur- | | ing 1896 exceeded that of 1895 by ful'y 6 per cent. From conservative figures for the pre- vious year as a basis, it appears that the Terri. | tory has proauced $2,999,053 in goid and sil- | verduring tne year just closed. Figureson the lead and copper | ritory for 1896, are not accessible, but the indications are that they will much exceed those of 1895, which were $750,- 000. Tne increase noted has been meinly in the form of gold, and should be credited chfefly o Grant and Sierra counties in Southwestern to the Cochiti mining district, enty miles southwestof Sants Fe; to the gold mines of south Santa Fe County; to the Elizabethtown, Baldy, La _Belle and Amiett goid camps of Collax and Taos counties.—Al- buquerque Citizen, The prospectors who have crowded into the Randsburg district are actively scattering far over the surrounding region, especially east- ward and into the Panamint region of Inyo County. There may be expected a constant | succession of reports of rich discoveries throughout a large stretch of country in that part of the state. | Asixty-stamp mill is to be erected at the Sunny Ridge group of mines near Coulter- ville, which bLave been bonded by Thomas Gorrie. The Champion mine at Nevada City is to run power driils and a pump with compressed air. The sale of the Mammoth mine, Mariposa County, to W. 8. Peakes and J.S. Wilbur bas been negotiated. Hurst and Fowler will erect s ten-stamp mill their mine &t Harrison Guich, Shasta output of the Ter- a County. Two men recently introduced a successful innovation in prospecting near Randsburg. They uncovered the rock in trenches by plow- ing furrows with eight horses and uncovered several stringers. The St. Elmo Mining and Water Company, who own the St. Elmo mine in the Randsburg district, Kern County, Cal, propose to sink a shaft 500 feet deep on the broperty. The United States Debris Commission has granted permits to hydraulic to A. F. Roberts of Forbestown, Butte County, Cal.; 1o Gray & Taylor. for the Sugar Loal mine, near Colfax, Cal. The owners oi the Tippecance, near Comptonville, Yuba County, Cal, and the owners of tne Kentucky Slab mine, in EL Dorado County, Cal., have been suthorized to | reopen their mines. Chicago men have bought a prom!siug claim near Greenwood, El Dorado County, from Messrs. Dixon and Morton, and will ¢ once begin extensive development work. The Pyramid mine, nine miles southwest of Placerville, has been bonded to a Scotch syn- dicate for $100,000, of which $40,000 15 to be paid in thirty days and the balance withina year. ¥ A Tich leage has been discovered on the 300 level of the Gentle Annie mine, El Dorado County. At Julian, San Diego County, the Helvetis Mining Company has let & contract 1o take out 200 tons of quartz from the Helvetia mine at $1 25 per ton. The Diestelhorst dredger, now operating in the Klemath, near Osk Bar, Siskiyou County, is meeting with good success. The river bed 1s somewhat “spotied,” and the machine oc- casionally runs for a Gay orso without getting 8 color and at other times a rich deposit in the river bed will be encountered and several hundred dollars taken out in a day. The Dies. telhort & Barton Company contemplate put- | ting in more dredgers next spring. | A biil has been introduccd in the Idabo Legislature providing that two-fifths of the gross output of the mines sball be assessed and taxed asany other property. Hiram 6. Maxim of gun fame bas patented & | increase in the number of | ds, and the present year will see greater | new process of extracting gold from refractory ores by subjecting the ore to the action of molten lead in a reducing ges in which the gold and lead unite, The mineral lands bill is dead, at least for this session of Congress. The Utah Legislature is considering the creation of a State mine inspector. Below the Comstock mines several placer claims have recently been made along the course of the Washoe on Galens Creek, below the Ophir, and several other abandoned millsites. Salmon eggs constitute the latest practicap mining difficulty. Several dredgers are at work on the Fraser River in British Columbia with indifferent success. There is gold in pay- ing qualities, but successful schemes to get it outattend the dredging operations thers as elsewhere. One of the troubles just now is that the enormous quantities of salmon eges in the water make things greasy and also choke up the riffles. The Provincial Secretary has reported on the mineral output of British Colnmbia, show- ing that it has increased from 8,608 in | | . mineral production to date has been over $100,000.000, ot whicn placer gold has ylelded §67.704,855; lode goid, $2,177,869, and coal and coke, $33 934,427, | In 1896 the lode mines yielded $4.257,116. { Itissaid that the Clondyxke placers, the lat- | est big discovers in the Yukon reglon, are found to be over the line In Canadian terri- tory, and the American miners are as pleased as are her Majesty’s subjects because they know that the fostering care of the Pro- vincial Government will be promptly shown, while Uncle Sam does nothing for any part of the Territory. The Alaska Scarchlight says: “For years the Yukon has been s lar; gold-producing re- #ion, butnot §1 hes our Government expended in building trails or assisting miners in any way. ALl it has ever done has been to give these people Deputy Collecto:s of In- | ternal " Revenue and Customs, and & | poor mait service one season. Now there is to be & radical change. The Canadian Gov- ernment will doubtless pursue its wise and liberal policy, build trails, provide courts, etc. It is a lamentable fact, but nevertheless true, that the Yukoners, before another year has rolied around, will sing ‘God Save the Queen’ more heartily than ever they sang My Country, *Tis of Thee.' " In January the copper product of the United States was about 39,500,000 pounds, the same amount as was produced in December, while | foreign mines produced oniy 14,784,000 | pounds, a decrease of 2,664,000 pounds. |~ The Surveyor-Generat of Nevada, in his an- | nual report, speaking of the question whether Nevada is rot a gold rather than silver pro- ducing State, says ihat the increase in produc- tion of gold and silver combined in 1896 over 895 was $1,121,499. This was all due to the | increase in goid production, for the silver pro- duction fell off from $1,051,992 in 1895 to $938,505 in 1896. Salt Lake capitalistsare negotiating for the purchase of the onyx deposits recently die- | covered on the Brumeau, morth of Elko, | Nevada. The river bed dredger will be & success if the late persistent efforts to that end keep up. One of the latest types is & steam dredger which operates a scoop through a big slot in the middie of the vessel. On the Similkameen River, Wash., a stern wheel steamer pumps gravel from the bed of the river at the rate of 150 cubie yards per hour. The material passes through a grizzly. ABOUT" SKILORS" RIGHTS, Novel Point Raised in the Suit of Silviera Against Iver- son and Others. Are the Owners of a Vesse! Liabl for Injuries R c:ived by Oae of Their Seamen ? Judge Bahrs has another problem con- | cerning *sailors’ ‘rights”’ to settie. The | question has arisen in the case of Sil- | viera against Iverson and others, where the plaintiff is an able seaman | brought an action to recover damages | against the owners of a ship for personal | injuries received while on duty. He was hauling in on aline when it parted, by | reason of being old and roiten, and Sil- viera was precipitated to the deck, break- | ing his shoulder and disabling him for life. Attorneys+ Gunnison, Bartnett and Booth, representing the defendants, en- ered a demurrer, claiming that such an | action cannot be maintained in any event, | and moved to dismiss. | There is no statute in California touch- |ing this question, and the action is | brought under the common law, tiue pro- ceeding following the course laid down in | similar matters, when the subject of the ation is called the action on the case. Tne defendants assert that under the English law there is no implied contract as between the owner of a ship and a sailor as to_the seaworthiness of the snip or in regard to the absence of delects in the appliances or construction of the rig- gine. In other words, they hold that when aman goesaboard a ship he must take his chances and that if be is injurea the owners of the vessel are not liable for dam- ages. ‘Attorney F. J. Castiehnn contended that the relation of master and servant is presumed 1n this cass the tame as in any oiher case where one person works for another, and that if there is to be any ex- ception made because the servant is a satlor on the high seas it is incumbent on | the defendant to show affirmativeiy that this plaintiff comes within that exc- ption. Attention of the court was drawn to the tact tuat the Supreme Court of the United States has recently decided that a sailor, when once engaged for a voyage, is practically a slave and that he cannot abandon his employment under any eir- cumstances. Under such a rule it would appear_oppressive 1o compel a man to proceed in the discharge of duties when ne believed there was peril to life or limo because of defective app'iances, and then bave the law step in and declare that he could not maintain a suit for damages on account of injuries resulting from such de- fective apphances. Mr. Castlehun explained to the court that he could understand a motion to transfer this case to the United States District Court on the ground that it was 2 matter for admiralty jurisdiction, though even that motion he would fight, because this is an action in persona. He could not, however, see what legal basis there was for the motion to dismiss. Judge additional authority on the question and continued the case until to-morrow morn- | ing for further argument. OENTURY OLUB ART LOAN. Fifty Culifornin Artists’ Work. The Century Club gave a reception Friday nigbt in its quarters on Sutter treet. A special feature of the entertain- ment was an exhibition of works of all the California artists. It was the opening of an artloan ex- bibit, made possible by the kindness of many private owners of canvasses and drawings, representing the best work of over filty artists in oils, water colors and in The walls of the differant rooms were covered with iandscapes, portraits, char- ucter studies, and 2lso with representative | original pen and ink drawings from T | CaLy, the Chronicle, the Examiner, the | Post, the Report and the Overland Mon'thly. Great green brakes and branches filled with delicate peach bios- soms were used effectively in the added decorations of the rooms and hallways. — e The Scilly group consists of forty islands; five only are inhabited, and they contain abous 1800 people. in Nevada | who | ahrs intimated that he desireq | Recep tion Last Night and Exhibition o | | strung. FROM GREATER NEW YORK Budget of Interesting News and Gossip About the Galifornia Golony in the Eastern Metropolis NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb, 22.—Farewell Cleveland, welcome, McKinley, are the murmurs which are sounding softly in every State of our great Union. Oaly a few more days and the murmurs will have developed into one grand shout of en- thusiastic welcome to our new President, William McKinley. Foreign nations wiil watch us with interest, and mayhap heave asighof envy to see us iaunched safely into a new administration which promises continued peace snd renewed prosverity. Thousands of New Yorkers will run down to Washington to witness the inaugural demonstration. From the present out- look it will be the most brilliant and en- thusiastic inauguration Washington has known since 1869, when the soldier-Presi- dent, General Ulysses S. Grant, received the oath of office. Prouder than kings or queens, emperors and sultans should the President of these United States feel when Le accepts the grand and gracious trust of the most advanced and powerful Nation under the sun. Vive le McKinley! Next week there will be a little group of Californians who will meet at an uptown apartmenrt, well knownamong the colony, and the business of tue group will be to talk over and arrange for forming a Cali- fornia Club in Gotham. It is their inten- tion to make the club protective as well as social, and it will undoubtedly be a suc- cess from the start, because a number of most prominent Californians here ure per- sonally interested in the movement. More anon. The Hoffmman House has presented a lively scene during the past week. In fact all the leading hotels have been crowded, many of them being obliged to turn arriving guests away. What with the lagging visitors from the cycle show, the iilustrious members of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association and the regular visitors that crowd New York during the montns of February and March, the theaters, hotels and even the churches have been filled to their capacity. The American Newspaper Publishers’ Association had a most enthusiastic and satisfactory reunion during the past week, and brainy men representing every State in the Union assembled here todiscuss old and new business, and make new rules for the protection of employer and | employe in the newspaper publishing world. On Friday night they partook of a ban- quet at the Hoffman House, and Satur- day found them bidding adien to New York, and like good honest citizens re- turning to their homes and firesides. Colonel Harrison Gray O.is of Los An- geles was a prominent figure during the week’s convention. He anticipates re- maining in New York for a week or cen | days more, and then hie away to the golden-poppy land of California. Edgar B. Carroil has been & welcome visitor to Gotham during the past week. W. 8. Hook is a guest at the Imperial. 1 met the manly though always juvenile Joseph Redding Friday afternoon, and his countenance was a study. He wasin com- pany with five or six people, three of whom were very pretty and handsomely gowned women, but somehow the urvane Joseph lookea dissati-fiel and like a harp un- 1 may be mistaken, but somenow I fancied that our giited musician and composer, our dignified lawyer and trae- hearted Bohemian, had at last succumbed | to the subtle influence of surroundings | and assumed as a matter of course the bored age New York club man seems to revel in and consider the proper caper. Even around at the Lambs’ Club, the home of true, big-bearted Bohemians, they are learning the stiff-necked bow of the mod- ern “jackanape.” Anyway, Joe Redding looks well, and it will make happy the friends who love him to know that he still retains the trim. athletic figure which has made him the envied among the envied for the past twelve years. W. B. Collins, a prominent citizen of Sacramento, is remainiug in the city for a few days on business bent. Frank W. Leland floated into town on Monday. George Palmdr, who was for many years engaged on the Examiner, and served in the capacity of assistant manager, special writer and artist during the first years Senator Hearst owned the paver, is now the manager of the art dspartment on the New York Journal. Mr. Palmer has his family here with him, and their home is at Bensonhurst, a seaside resort over on Long Island. He declares that a “summer resort” is as charming in winter as it is in summer. liar freaks that wind and wave and tide work on the watery main which stretches away toward the b.ue-green horizon is intensely intaresting. Great blocks of ice came floating up into the little cone-like bay on which his home looks out, and sometimes they are carried in in such great quantities that they form an almost smooth surface for many yards from shore. At other times old shoes and bali-decayed vegetables float upon the sandy beach, and they are made marvelously beautiful by thin coat- ings of ice which have formed in the cold waters of the bay. ‘‘Shoes a la glace, I term them,” says Mr. Palmer. Eastern weather agrees with him, for he is the picture of health and good spirit. Dr. R. Eugene Payne, late of San Fran- cisco, has settled down permanently in New York, and has already established himself firmly in the profession of dentis- try. His offices, at 68 West Thirty-fifth street, are a charming rendezvous for visiting Californians. Dr. Payne will be- gin a course of leciures on irregularites of the teeth at the New York Dental School, beginning the first week of March. E. M. and John M. Ledden of S8an Fran- cisco are late arrivals in New York's busy thoroughfares and will continue as guests at the Marlborough during their sojourn here. A. L. Wismer arrived on Wednesday and was greeted with genuine spring weather. Apropos, we have been having glorious weather during the past eight days, sunshine has made the daytime as beautiful as a sparkiing topaz, and the silver moon has converted the nights into soft, pale mystery of linked pearls. A few threatening flakes of snow bave flut- tered down and a few sprinklings of rain have dampened tho pavements, but not enough bas fallen to bring discomfort to the gay, pleasure-loving Gotbamites. J. D. Hammond, the weil-known min- ing expert, has been in the city since last Tuesday. Miss Fiora Meyers, who bas been visit- ing friends and relatives in New York nd blase exvrassion which the aver- | To hear him describe the pecu- | during the past year, has concluded to re- turn 1o her home in Ban Francisco some time during the month of March. Miss Annie L. Stone, who is a native San Franciscan and a young woman of remarkable business capacity, has aaded another waving plume in her heimet of wisdom by opening one of the handsomest millinery-stores on Fiith avenue. The large plate window bears the gorgeous crest and coat-of-arms of France, while be- low, in black and gold script, is the word ‘‘Adoiphe.” That is the name of Miss Stone’s man-milliner, who is a true Pa- risian, with ‘all the exquisite teste of an artist, and what loves of hats and bonnets be can make, too! Miss Stone returned from Paris two weeks ago, and anticipates reaching San Francisco the latter part of March. She is naturally nervous over her venture here in New York, but, as she cheerfully ex- presses it, “They say we Californians | always succeed because we have so much | erit and perseverance. I don’t want to prove the exception, bacause I am very | proud of my native State. I must and | will succeed.” And she will. C. H. Heywood has been a very busy man ever since his arrival in Greater New York, several weeks ago. He will prove | of exceptionable value to that very capa- bleand enterprising gentleman, E. Katz, who is one of the most popular men in New York’s advertising world. Miss Minnie Williamson, the charming granddaughter of dear old ‘‘Uncle” George Bromley, has boen having a very enjoyable visit in the East during the past few months. She will probably re- turn to the coast in the early spring. Colonel M. H. Hecht strolls up the avenue on fine afternoons, looking well and contented with the wuole world. His headquarters are always at the Holland House. Afrs. J. Coughlan and Mrs. E. Casewell are cosily installed at the Everett House, overlooking Uniun square. Mrs. M. Price uas been visiting at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, during the past ten Qays. TrewrA Forrz Torann. 34 Park Row. {JENNINGS' DISBARMENT, Byron Waters’ Accusation Presented Eefore Judges Seawell, Slack and Hunt. Judges Seawell, Hunt and Slack. sitting in bank yesterday, listened to arguments in regard to the application of Lawy Byron Waters, claims agent for the South- ern Pacific Company, to have Attorney Cassius M. Jennings disbarred for unpre- fessional conduct. The accusation alleges that Jenning: | bargained with a young man named Ali- | son, employed as a clerk in Mr. Waters’ | office, for the purchase of reports of the agents of the Southern Pacitic Company upon accidents. It is allezed that these reports contained a complete statement of | the circumstances surrounding the various | claims for damages against the com pany, and indicated the nature of the liability of | the corporation. Jennings demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts suf- ficient to constitute a cause of action, the contention being that the reports were not privileged communications and that it would not be unprofessional to divulge them. Attorney Dunne urged the court to sus- tain the charges and to exclude Jennings | from the profession of the law® Mr, Dunn said that an attorney was supposed to be possessed of common Lonesty, and that it was dishonest to try to prevail upon the confidential agent of an adversary to vio- late the confidence of his employer. He contended that the reports in the posses- sion of Mr. Waters were privilezed com- munications. | 1o him by his clients and wers in the na- | ture of a statement of his client’s case. He would be guilty of a breach of pro- fessional conduct should ne divulge the | information in Lis possession, and any at- torney who attempted to persuade him to divulge such information was guilty of a similar breach. He also argued that if the reports were not privilezed they were at least confidential, and that it was un- pro‘essional to negotiate with Allison for the possession of them. Dunne szaid that if Jennings were “a bizh-toned man’’ he would have censured | Allison for making the proposition to him to violate the confidence of his employer. | He would have told the young man that | be was doing wrong, and "if he were of a | penerous character’ wouid have forgiven bim and warned him not to engagein | such a nefarious enterprise again. Jen- | nings saw fit, however, to sit down with | him and discuss the value of the repor:s |and agree to suare with him the profits of the shady transaction. Authorities were cited by Mr. Dunxe in support of his position, and at the con- ciusion of the argument the case was sub- mitted, the attorneys beinz allowed to file briefs. —_—— The average attendance places of public worship in England and Wales is computed to be betw-en 10,000,000 and 11,- 000,000 persons. There is a place of wor- ship for every 500 individuals, takine the country all through, and a stated minister for every 700. About 80,000 sermons are prenched evary Sunday. XEW TO-DAY FREE T0 EVERY HAN. THE METHOD OF 4 GREAT TREATMENT FOR WEAKNESS OF MEN. WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVERY- THING ELSE FAILED, Painful diseases are bad enongh, but when & man is slowly westing away with norvous weskness the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most severe pain. Thers isnoletup to the mental suffering day or night. Sicep Is almost impossible, and under such & strein men are scarcely responsibie for what they do. 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Do not try to study out how I can afford to pay the few postage-stamps necessary to mail the information, but sead for it ana learn that there are a few things on earth that, although they cost nothing to get, ar worth & fortune to some men and mean a life- time of happiness to mostof us. Wriie to Thomas Siater, box 2283, Kalamasoo, Mich., and the information will be mailed in & plain ‘caled envelope. : They had been submitted | XNEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS FIRST INSTALLMENTS O NEW SPRING STOCK ON SALE THIS WEEK! Bought under the most advantageous terms during the recent great depression of all manu=~ facturing industries we are enabled to introduce the first instalments of our PEERLESS NEW SPRING STOCK by figures that doubly enhance their attractiveness, as witness the following SPECIAL LINES FOR THIS WEEK! COLORED DRESS GOODS! 114 pieces 40-INCH FANCY MOHAIR SUITING, elegant assoriment of shades, will be offered at 25c a yard. 25¢~ 85 ¢ 2L pieces 40.INCH ALL-WOOL . LYONETTE CHEVIOT SUITING, latest 90 Spring shades, will be offered at 3¢ a yard. 5() ¢S5 pieces 40-INCH ALL-WOOL CHECKS, in two-tone and fancy colorings, BUC will be offered at 50c a yard. 5()¢—72pieces #-INCH HEAVY ALL-WOOL ENGLISH COVERT CLOTH, in UG tans, browns, gray and navy, will be offered at 50c a yard. BLACK DRESS GOODS! 85 ¢—Iwo cases 30.INOH FIGURED ENGLISH MOHAIR, extra good value for 9C ™ 50c, will be offered at 35¢ a yard. 35— pieces 35INCH ALL PURE WOOL GERMAN JACQUARDS, worth 50c, D0 will be cifered at 35¢ & yard. 5()¢—20 pieces 52 INCH ALL-WOOL STORM SERGE, worth 85c, will be sold at 9UC soca yard. SILK DEPARTMENT! < a—30 pieces BLACK BROCADED SATIN, small and medium designs, good )€ value for 75c, will be placed on sale at 55¢ a yard. —20 pieces BLACK BROCADED GROS-GRAIN SILK, medium designs, good value for 75c, will be placed on sale at 55¢ a yard. —80 pieces CHANGEABLE TAFFETA SILK, latest combinations, heavy qual- ity. good value for $0c, will be piaced on sale at 75c a yard. LADIES’ TITUSLIN UNDERWEAR! 35 @~ LADIES' CHEMISES, made of heavy muslin. D€ ffered at 35c each. 55¢ 75¢ finished with cording, will be —LADIES’ GOWNS, made of heavy musiin, yoke of tucks and insertion, will 80C be ofteroa ato0c eadn, 31 OO—LAD[ES' MUSLIN GOWNS, Empirestyle, yoke of tucks, finished with QL. insert.on and ruffle of embroidery, extra fine, will be offered at $1 each. 5()¢—LADIES' MUSLIN DRAWERS, yoke band, finished with tucks and ruffle of AUC embroldery, regular price 75¢, will b offered at 503 each. LADIES’ OUTING SUITS! 27 LADIES’ OUTING SUITS, consisting of double-breasted jackets and skirts, slightly soiled, former price $7 50, will be closed out at $2 45 each. —38 LADIES’ OUTING SUITS, consisting of jacket and skirt, slightly soiled ; tue jackers are eitner box or tourist styie; former price $10, will be closed out at $1 95 each. OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS! 82 OO_S{I'E‘“::OSTPJCH FEATHER BOAS, extra value for $2 73, will be sold at D& 2 each. $4.95 —REAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS, extra value for $3 50, will be offered at $2 50 each. LADIES’ KID GLOVES! ¥ n—125 dozen 5 and 7 HOOK GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES, black only, 99C all sizes, former prices $1 25 and $150. On special sale this evening at 55¢ pair 75¢—197 dozen &BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID OC ™ GLOVES, in dark and medum tan shades and slates, exira good value for $125, clearance sale price 75¢ a pair. —90 dozen 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in tan and mode shades, extra good value for $150, will be offered at §1a pair. LLACE DEPARTMENT,! to 50c—BUTTER AND IVORY ORIENTAL LACE, extraordinary values at 10g, 15¢, 20¢, 25¢, 35¢ and d0c per yard. 10¢ 15¢ 2' 1o 83.50—-NOVELTIES IN POINT ’ARAB AND CROCHET LACES, IN 9 C "SERTIONS and ALL OVERS, at Zc, 35¢, 50c, 75¢, $1, $1 50 to §3 50 per yard. LATEST NOVELTIES IN RUCHING, NECKWEAR, BOLEROS, COLLARS, CUFFS, Etc,, at extremely low prices. NEW WASH GOODS! LARGE ASSORTMENT:— ‘We have opened up a superb assortment ot Wash Fabrics, and almost everything stylish and fashionable in foreign aad domestic makes is now exhibited and on sals at our usually low prices. HIGH-GRADE PRINTED ORGANDIES, in the stylish '97 colorings 1210 E 15¢ 12 yard 30C S 250 A case of GOOD, FULL WIDTH PLAIN BLACK 10 SATEEN yara 1UC to 75¢—POINT APPLIQUE LACE, in Butter and Ivory, latest designs, at 15¢, 20c, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢, 60c and 75¢ per yard. ‘yard THE NEW LAPPET EFFECT LACE WEAVES, a new fabric an colorings o A GRAND VARIETY OF HIGH-GRADE PERCALES, the 36-inch English makes, navy, garnet and light grounds. ...yard IMPORTED HIGH STYLE ORGANDIES, fine weave. d high style BEST FOREIGN DIMITIES, colorings that are equal to hand painting SPECIAL! MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Corner of Joneg, San Francisoo.