The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1897, Page 14

§ i i { 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1897. _ SAYS HE KILLED PRESTON Butler at Last Tells a Little of His Crimes. DECLARES IT WAS SELF- DEFENSE. Claims He Fears a Forgery Charge More Than That of Murder. THE TALE TOLD BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS. M de Apprehensive Over His Coming Departure, Butler Attempted Suicide I xilled Arthur Preston, but Idid it in seli-defense,”” is tbe startling confession that Murderer Butler made to a Deputy Sheriff in the County Jail on Thursday nightt, It was the first time he had admitted that he was in any way concerned in the killing of the unfortunate men whose deaths are laid at his door, and the con- fession was all the more startling because it came unsolicited from theé lips that have, ever since the iron clutches of the law fell on Butler on the Swanhilds, maintained their owner’s innocence. Butler has told many tales to explain the deaths of those who went out into the Blue Hills in his company and were seen no more until their decomposed bodies were found in shallow pits, where they were delving for gold when the murder- er’s bullets found their vitals. Sometimes bhe said that there were three or four In the party and that otters mur- dered the unfortunates while he was oui prospecting, and that for fear of his life he was compelied to keep silent and flec when the search for the victims was be- g At other times he has denied that be knew of the death of the men, and oiten declared that they were alive and e could prove it. X At no time would he admit that his steady hand and cruel eye directed the fatal baullets that ended their lives. His st regarding Arthur Preston has been, since he heard of the finding of the young man’'s body and up to the Thursday night’s contession, that his com- anions murdered Prestou and that they had hidden bis dead body. He had taken a portion of Preston’s effects because at the time he thought Preston had left the party and gone off by himself. Now that the day of his departure has arrived he has weakened, and admits one killing. The guards who have been with him in the loneiy watches of tne night have noticed "that he seemed anxious to tell something but seemingty feared to do so. Often he has started to discuss the deaths of Weller and Preston, but has broken off without giving the information that eager . ears were waiting for. On toe might mentioned, while he sat on the edge of his bed gazing into va- cancy, the strain seemed to become too great, and when the subject of his ue- parture to-Gay was mentioned he blurted out the words, “I killed Arthur Preston,” The deputies sat silent, for their expe- rience with criminals has been that wnen once the ice 1s broken the whole story, whether true or false, will be told if the criminal is allowed 10 go on witkout in- terruption. “Yes, I killed him,” resumed Butlei, “but I had to do it to save myself. I ad- vertised for a mate with mining experi- ence, and Preston answered it. He clzimed to have done some work in the mining business, and I did not ask him many question *‘We went into the Blue Hills and pros- pected fora while in a locality 1 thought ought to produce something, and then moved to another place. “Here we had no better success, and Preston began to grow impatient. I had found by this time that iie knew nothing whatever about prospecting, and when he proposed to move turther north I refused, because I knew that there was no gold in that d.rection. Then he became angry and said he would leave me and goon his own hook. ‘1 was perfectly satisfied, for he was no use to me, but I was angry, too, at the way be talked and told him that he had deceived me about his quaiifications as a miner. ““We parted that night to search in dif- ferent_directions for gold, and were to camp together at night for the last time, When we came together again at dusk he was ugly and wanted to know why I had brought him 10 a place where there was no gold: I told him to go back if hedid not like it and he grew.furious. +Oae word led 1o another. and then he reached for his gun. My rifle was siand- Ang close at hand and 1 grabbed it and - fired hastily at him. 7 3 *‘The bullet struck him in the nose and .went through his head and he fell dead. I was very much irighiened at the re- sult'of the quarrel, for though I knew that 1 was justified 1 had no witnesses to prove my innocence of murder. I conciuded that the best thing to do was to hide the body and leave the couniry, which I did, digging a hole the next morning and plac- cing it in the position that it was found. AsGod 1z my witness I fired in seif-de. lense, and would not have done so had he not tried to draw his gun on me. “As to Weller, I do not know just how NEW TO-DA' PIMPLY FACES Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red, rough, ofly, mothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dry, thin, and falling hair, and baby blemishes prevented by CuTicURA Boar, the most effective skin purify- ing and beautifying sosp in the world, as well a8 ‘purest and swectest for toilet, bath, and nursery. (Uticura I Bole Props., BLOOD the world. Porrer D.. C. Corr., " How o Bexutity the Skin, o6 HUMORS curreowinEiEbads. he died, but I feel sure he committed sui- cide. He was one of a party in which I was traveling, and he was very gloomy over the death of his wife, who had died a short time before under peculiar circum- stances. He kept apart by himself most of the time, and one night when he did not return 1o the party we staried out to search for him. *“We found the body on a hillside with his revoiver beside it and a bullet-nole throngh the head. I wanted toreport the case to the authorities, but the rest were against it, saying that it would only re- sult in our being detained as witnesses and prevent the prospecting tour on which we had juststarted. It was finally agreed to bury the body and divide his effects among the party. The articles that were found on me and in my baggage when I got here on the Swan- hilda represented my share. I thought it was time to leave the countrv because of these deaths that might lead to my arrest for Preston’s killing, but I had another motive that was far more to the point. “I knew that Icould clear myself of any charges that might be brought against me growing out of the case of Preston and Weller, but a short time before { had forged a check on a Melbourne bank for £5000 and I felt sure that I could be con- Victed of obtaining money on it. It meant twenty years if I was found guilty, and 1 fled more from the fear of thatthan for anything else. “I can and will beat the murder charges, but the forgery case is a bad job and I will get a beavy sentence. These detectives know of this matter and that it is the strongest case against me, but they are keeping it in the background for fear that 1t will not be so easy to get me back to Australia.” Boon aiter Butler had reached this point in his story the puards were changed and be relapsed into silence. Those who heard the tale were not im- pressed with the Butler version of the Preston killing, for it has long been a set- tled conviction in their minds that both Preston and Weller were murdered by the sailor, but it removed any hingering doubt in their minds that he was the culprit. His air while confessing was a mixture of earnestness that impressed the depu- ties, and fear that made them think that he had an idea that they were incredu- lous. weary of the prospect of the gallows in Australia, and fearful of the added cer- tainty of conviction in he had said, Frank Butler, the accused | et Tired of the annoyances of prison life, | view of what | A GREAT COMBINE OF MILLM Will Build Joggins Rafts and Float Them Bere_. BIG MILLS AND CREO- SOTE WORKS. Logs to Come From the Sound, tbe Columbia and the Redwood Forests. THE FIRST RAFTS REACH HERE SOON. WILL San Francisco to Become the Head- quarters of Manv Ships Engeg:d in Foreign Exportation. W. E. Baines has sold out his interest in the Joggins raits, including the plant which for some time has been on the Washington side of the Columbis, and BUTLER READING IN HIS CELL. murderer of the Blue Mountains, at- tempted suicide at the County Jail at an early bour yesterday morning. In lieu of voison or weapons, the des- perate and despondent prisoner tried to sever the right temporal artery with his right thumb nail. He was lying down at the time and might have sutceeded had he not flinched and shuddered visibly several times in such a way as to attract the attention of the guards. He was lying on his floor cot wrapved in blankets, and worked lor nearly nalf an hour before he was discov- ered. When the guards found that something was wrong they made him sit up. Though he tried to conceal his face it was seen at once that the prisoner was covered with blood. “What's the matter?” asked Guard Kisling, in reply to which Butler said he bad accidentally scratched himself with a ragged thumb nail. The wound was at once cleaned by the deputies, and Jailer Satler closely trimmed the man’s finger and the nails to prevent a second attempt along the same lines. Butler refused to show himself to re- porters yesierday, but he answered some questions in a suilen way as be crouched in the corner of his cell, fearing, he said, that artists might get his picture. “‘How about the report that you tried to kill yourseli?” he was asked. “T don't want to talk about it.”” “Shall we deny it?"” “Idon’t care a — what you do.” Finally the prisoner's manner became slightly more courteous, though he wou!d not come forward and speak in his former sociatle way. *You may deny the story,” he finally said. “For what occurred was only an accident.” Butler denies that his true name has yet been published, and he pretends that he is keeping it from the world because of a sense of duty to his family. Those who f.ave been with the prisoner continuously and studied his manner closely, say he is losing courage and be- coming nervous. Owing to a delay in the English mails the Mariposa will not sail until 5 p. M. to- day. Butler's cell is near the cabin on the second deck, and not far from the dining- room. Itisbuilt in such a way thatit will be impossible for him to escape. Camilla Urso ewell. Mme. Camilla Urso, the great violinist, will make her flual appearance at Golden Gate Hall at 2:30 this afternoon. Mr. Douglass, the tenor of tne company, has been taken sudaenly ill and his numbers on the programme will b replaced by selections by the Colonial Quartet, consisting of the Misscs Florence Doane, Ivy Gardner, Mery Mann and Clara Heyman. Mme. Urso will play & suite by Rust; Andante Cantabile, Sgambati; Etude by Paganini and Rigaudon, Suint-Saenis, and her charming so- prano, Miss Minnie Methot, will sing the aria irom Linda and ““Hesrt's Dalight,” a ballaa by an American composer, W. W. Gilchrist. —————— Telephone/Bid 3ccepted. On the report of ‘its expert the Finance Com- mitiee of the Bourd of Supervisors has decided to recommend the acceptance of the Pacific Telephone Compauy’s bid o1 $7 50 per montn for each of the telephones.used in the City offices. This 1s & rate and will save the City $2800 per year, 2 ———— Our own make Ladies’ French Kid Button or Lace Shoes $2; elsewhere $3 50. Leaser’s, 1308 Mkt only a few miles up from the mouth of that river. The purchasers are a powerful syndi- cate, comprising all the leading lumber- men who have their officés and yards in San Francisco. H. R. Roberison, who launched the original Joggins rafts some ten years ago on the Atlantic coast, and who has since the inception of the cigar- shaped rafts on this coast been with Mr. Baines, remains in the company. Mr. Baines, it 1s suid, made a handsome sum by his sale, but it is probable that the profits of the mew combine will go into bundreds of thousands, if not miliions. The lumbermen are satisfied the ciga r- shaped rafts will revolutionize the lumber business of the Pacific Coast. It has been proved that they are a success— that is, that tbe big rafts can be safely and successfully brought here from points on the upper coast and from Puget Sound. More than this, not alone are pile tim- bers brought as’ iformerly, but logs for maging all kinds of lumber. Here, too ere long are o arise extensive lumbe: mills, employing probably many thou- sands of men. Nor does this stop here. The refuse of the mills is to be utilized in many differ- ent ways, as -the biood, hoois and bones are from the great beeiand pork packing establishments in Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City. J. F. Kennedy, the extensive mill an1 lumber msn of ihis City, bas been made president of the new syndicate. At his office yesterday he told of the organ tion of the bizg company and its object. His story fu.ly bore out all that rumor had ascribed to the enterprise. He said that some years ago, when Man- ager Donohue was yet alive, he had con- tracted with H. R. Robertson, the proprie- tor of the Joggins raits on_ the Atlantic coast, to come here and buiid and float rafts to this City. Soon after Robertson’s arrival Mr. Donohue died, and as Mr. Rob- ertson_was by contract tied up with the estate be could not immediately carry out nis purposes. “He and his associates, however,” said Mr. Kennedy, “finally launched a'raft in October, at a time of the year when the most experienced lumberman thought he could not possibiy reach this City wich it He was unfortunate in striking bad weather, but besides this the towage was insufficient. “When the next raft was ldunched, however, the Mineola, loaded with 4000 tons of coal, was used as a tug, and the rait came through safely. Every other effort was also attendea with success. “We, the lumberman of this' City, at once saw that it was hopeless for us to tempt to compete with the new method by bringing logs here in vessels, as for- merly. They could so undersell us that we couldn’t do business at all, The old | method was a thing of the past. **As a resuit there has been a very strong company formed here, composed of ali the leading lumbermen. ani we will go into & general rafting business. Iwas on the Colnmbia two weeks ago. and arranged for 1,000,000 feet of logs. Mr. Roberison is there. now; and we will at once proceed to build a great raft, and will bring two at least this year—one in June and one in August. Our cradle there is capable of holding 10,000 sticks, averaging fiity feet in length. or 500.000 linear feet. I pelieve there are about measurement. “All the principal importing lumber- men are in_the company. I would not like to mention their names, for some of them might not like it, but these details itis just us well perhaps that the pubiic should know, . “We apprehend that the business will increase and grow into great importance. It may be that we will put up maiils here. They will probably be on the peninsula, but it may be that we can_get more here. The peninsula would be better for han- dling the refuse. This refuse, by the way, is very important. On Puget Sound at ‘the mills probably a third of the lumber is wasted. They make huge fires and burn enormous quantities of slabs. “‘We will save everything and utilize it in some shape. The siabs, bark, sawdust ana every hing else will have a use. We may erect creosoting works. =By having the logs here we can furnish mixed cargoes. We expect to bring down redwoods in raits. We will need several very large plants. The chances are we will build another cradle on the sound also and bringdown lumber from there soon.” The combination of all the leading im- porting lumbermen to erect mills here and furnishi lumber 1o foreign ships will mean a good deal for San Francisco. The sav- ing of the refuse as indicated by Mr. Ken- nedy will also mean a great deal. WATER FOR THE HEIEHTS 7,000,000 feet, iumber A Suitable Site Has Been Bonded, With a Pro- vision. The Real Estate and Development Cempany Favors the Residents in Their Waants. At last the residents of Southern Heights are in a fair way to be provided with an adequate water supply. For years this section of the City has been without a pruper supply of water, the pressure being so light that in the day time no water could be obtained, and the residents were forced to draw water at night time and store it in buckets, tubs or improvised tanks in order to have a sup- ply for the ‘oliowing day. Within the past week the Spring Valley Water Works has bonded a site for a reservoir, being the northerly 200 feet of New Potrero block 194. is at an elevation of more than 300 feet above the City base, and fronts on Twen- ty-second (formerly Sierra) street, between Wisconsin and Carolina. The Real Estate and Development Com- pany, who are the owners of this block of land, have, together with the residents in this section of the City, been endeavoring for a number of years to get the Spring Valley Water Works to locate a reservoir or tank on this location, and fer the past two years there has been a greater effort than formerly to have this water supply, as about that time Sixteenth street, from Harrison, was regraded to a lower grade, and the water mains leading to the Potrero were taken out, leaving only about half the former supply of water. Mr. Schussier at the meetiug of the Board of Supervisors on Thursday night stated that his company had bonded the reservoir site and would complete a reser- voir or tank during the present year. They | have already begun to secure data as to the construction of a tank or reservoir and the laying of pipes. On Tuesday last a party of their surveyors made a survey of the site. and immediately a force of labor- ers were set at work in_different portions of the block, making slicht excavations in order to test the character of the founda- tion so that plans can be prepared for a reservoir or tank. The Real Estate and Development Com- pany has owned this and the adjoining blocks for a number of vears, and while the price is not definitely given, it is un- dersiood that they have sold the site to the Spring Valley Company at about 30 per cent less than they originaily paid for it, in order to have a reservoir located thereon. The deed to the Spring Valley Water mpany has been bonded with the im- plied understanding that the location is 10 be used for a reservoir, and thatit must be completed during the present year. This news was the theme of general re- joicing at the meeting of the Southern mprovement Club last night, when Pres- ident Pengelly stated the above condi- tions. Secretary James Gluskin annouced that since the last meeting of the club over fifty more names had been added to the roll. The question of additional lights and the laying down of a sidewalk on Nine- teenth street, from Tennessee to Minne- sota, was recommended by the street committee of the club. LOCKING FOR THEIR FEES Justices of the Peace Want Pay for Sitting in Con- tests. A Protest Against the Payment of the Allowance in the Code- Mahoney Case. Justices of the Peace Barry and Groe- zinger have grown impatient at the non- payment of their fees for sitting in the election contest case of Code against Ma- boney and have filed a protest with Weils, Fargo & Co., who hold a power of attor- ney for the collection of the amount allowed by the Legislature, against the payment until the claims are satisfied. P. D. Code, the Republican candidate or the Assembly from the Thirty-fourth District, contested the right of Frank E. Mahoney, who was declared elected, to the seat and County Clerk Curry appoint- ed Justices Barry and Groezinger to hear the testimony. The Legislature allowed Mahoney, who successiully defended his seat, $607 38, and his opponent $384 92. The amount allowed for the Justice fees was $114 from each side. Two years ago, in the. contests in which they sat the Justices did not receive a doliar of their fees, and the troubles that ensued caused scandais in which a number of prominent attorneys and politicians were implicated. This year the Justices do not intend to fose tneir money and have prepared for any kind of a fight to obuain it. The jurists were informed that Mahoney had had the warrant for his allowance drawn in his own nawe, ani thatif they did not get in when the money was coi- lected it mignt all be paid out before their share was apportioned. Then Justice Barry filed the protest mentioned, and the two Justices will be present to protect their rights when the money arrives. A like state of affairs exists in the case of the Hoey contest, in whicn Justices Kerrigan and Groezinger sat, and pro- ceedings will be taken to see that thev are protected in this manner. Justice Kerri- gan says that the money will be paid or some one will bave to stand a criminal prosecution. e S A 4 A Dividend of 3 Per Cent. The airectors of the People's Bank met yes terday and declared a dividend of 3 per cent, payable after May 5 ————— BRIEFS and transcripts printed reasonably; rapid and reliabte. aysell-Rollins, 22 Clay. * srsesiaciasirsieisirelrniasrelesiaciastrshrafrefrsiroratesiasirsirnieniasrafenesiasirefray This site is the | top of the highest hill in the Potrero, and | AFTER THE MATINEE SHE WENT TO HALE’S, i BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE COULD GET < NEW TO-DAY. 2 CHILD'S REE “RS—Empire ef- CRILD’S JACKF1S—Empire ef- GLOVES AND RIBBONS AND LACES AND VEILS, ke v’r AR, A5 STOCKINGS AND ’KERCHIEFS AND EMBROID’RY AT HALE'S, ,% P o ALL TYPICAL THINGS FOR SATURDAY SALES. G 1;‘" SHE KNEW *TWAS A FACT THAT HERE NEVER FAILS.” - "?? Hund S i Saturd: for their Sund; nts. We make a specialty of Satur= 2 day Saren e e e, ibbone, Hostery. ete. SPECIAL PRICES TOSDAY- = g 2 2 2 euosgostoofosts doofort o | cHILD'S RE 3 g RS—All wool, ERS—Tan ouly, fect, trimmed with com binati fect, with saior collar, Eton | VHILD'S BE 11 ) k, age tan or cadet biua See cut| ChIvr green, all wool See |- I wBMe SOV BEiVes 4 to [+ 8 to 14&' A mobby aftair, as above. cok. o shown in cat. . $8.00 Each. $3.50 Each. $2.00 Each. $5.00 Each., ! CERC 1 HOSIERY! HANDKERCHIEFS | HOSIERY'! LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE ——AND—— CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTOX 1214 a heavy seamless st g with ] 4C HOSE, narrow ribbed anc Zz high-splicea heels and toes. seamless, Hale’s price......... Palr highapiicas el VEILINGS! * LADIES' BLACK COTTOY HOSE BOYS CORDUROY RIBBED fine maco brown or fas an, s TWO SPECIALS TO-DAY | We purchased 300 samples of Embroidered and BLACK COJTON HOSE, an exird heavy 25c school stoc ing, all sizes. ~ Hale's price MARKET | ST. | St s ifsifs s oo o s s s s fe oo siosfosfso s s s dsfsfosio s i o e, 0000 M55 4 S s B S8 .51 b MARKET | ST. 3 S i 2 3 % = e 2 Z Lace 't rimmed Handkerchief{ of the im porter, By % LADIES' FRE OSE no two a'lke, on the i U display rds, 5 ' P> tan shades o fast black. Kiche- =C | vaiues 85c and 40c. Your plek Pars ' | MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S 2% leu ribbed, apliced heels, &0 LCOTTON HOSE, black, tan or { ‘E? etc. Hale's price.. 4 Pair 25c¢ Each. bronze, double knees, doul D5C ,} soles and double toes, b 2 ¢ <% LADIES BLACK (OTTONHOSE FANCY MESH VEILINGS, with chenilledots, 18 | spliced heels. Hale's price. Palr % superlor quailty, all white or inches wide. On sale to-day at— 3 <S¢ solit whit- foo, ‘highspiced ©)=C B { Beels. double soles and toes. 25 15¢ Yard. BOYS' BLACK COTTON BOSF, T $ Hacsprice. Pair s an exira beavy narrow-ribbed 3 AR EMPIRE FANS. school stocking, @ labor.saving 3 & A | okl tueina you never - 3 | We show a goodly variety of Palnted and Span- | DAVe t0 darn, acuble knees, ¥ \ : URKISE e prices run lrnmflu h. % TOW 20x45 inches, more RC CHILDREN'S FINE COTTON <z £00d towel for the money than 15 | TWO GLOVE ITEMS. ‘ o yarn, % € Gsusl ‘lodsy theyar e modlu heavy, black o tan. ga1c | e 5 . | BALSAM’'S BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, c doubie knees, soles and toes, 03 ‘Ef BLYACHED DANMASK AP 5o | ORI ORI Al U 1s €9 Iban tae T e o B N, 34 size, all pure flax, ¢ > i Alliahialeas 3 S KiNu el pore fix o o8 | ing shades, 53 to s Halo's price Pair =X LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE . We are showing some very swell Velllngs ct thing fer Wash Dresses, | "“made of extra combed maco % in double deux tous mesh snd large chenilie e or natural, 2-clasp. fan-y q l.ll | yarn, high-spliced heels, etc. c o} <% dots, In all the new colorings. Perhaps you ed Paris point embroldered WP Lo | A 50¢ stooking forsale at Hale's O e $ Deed a vell. Come here and geta sty.1sh one. s Hale's price AT T B e ety Pair : .% 045 045 2 TRADE 15 A GREAT SCIENCE Hence It Should Be Taught in the Univer- sity. Arthur Rodgers Advocates the Establishing of a College of Commerce. His Reasons Why the Project Should Be Considered as Onme of the Greatest Importance. At their nex: meetiug the Board of Re- gents of the State University will discuss the subject of the establishment in con- nection with the university at Berkeley of a College of Commerce. The project was evolved from the fertile brain of Arthur Rodgers, a member of the board. While traveling in Eufope some years ago Mr. Rodgers became convinced of the necessity for such an institution. At the last meeting of the board Mr. Rodgers introduced a resolution calling for action toward that end, and the matter was laid over until the next monthly meeting. There never has been and is not now a coliege of commerce in the world, and it remains for California to pluck the honors for being the pioneer in the movement. A college of commerce is practically a college for the graduation of merchants— not the ordinary merchant of to-day, but the merchant who knows everything con- nected with the laws and operations of manufacture and trade all over the world— in short, the merchant who is now only one in ten thousand. “We are entering apparently upon a new province in education,” said Mr. Rodgers to 8 CALL reporter yesterday. “There has been- 1instruction given in many branches of business, but there has been no co-ordination of subjects so as to constitute a college of commerce. The collation of materials and the classifica- tion of principles applicable to commerce have not been formulated. There has been no satisfactory statement of the prin- ciples of transportation; there has been no analysis of the different elements of even simple exchange; the 'racing of the product from the soil through all its moai- fications of form and cost, inciuding its transportation, the persons handling it, the manner of its distribution to other countries and its adoption to the demand in those countries. “There )s not even any satisfactory his- tory of commerce in general, the commer- cial treaties, systems and policies of differ- ent nations. Itis irue that we have his- tories of wars and political changes, but we have no histories of the conquests which have made civilization—the con- quests of commerce, which bave made civilization possibie. We have no collec- tion of statistics and materials which may be said to indicate the general prin- ciples of commerce. All these will have to be created, and they will follow the es- tab:ishment of such a college. “The university has for its purpose not only teaching, but original investigation. y In ‘the college of chemistry this is done in the laboratories; in the college of min- ing in laboratories and actual work. The original investigation in the college of commerce will include the collection and classification of general facts relating to commerce, which will gradually result in establishing the laws of trade. “That department of original investiga- tion would imply many other things, such asa bureau of statistics. Such s bureaun would be valuavle, not only as a matter of theory leading up to the establishment of the .Jaws of commerce, but would be of great practical value to all persons en- gaged 1 trades or vocations concerning which the statistics themselves would be gathered for the purpose of deducing gen- eral principles from them, “‘Such a bureau would be practicable and useful, not only for the trade, but for every one else who has to do with those departments of trade from which the sta- tistics were collated. They deal with matters in which the world is chiefly in- terested—business, finance, etc. “If a young man getsinto the mental habit of considering principles with a view to their application he acquires the same habit which the successful merchant or manager of business acquires afier years of training in his vocation. Not so much to consider the details of the facts separately as to consider them compre- | hensively. “‘There is another advantage in sucha school. It will attract men who will ve- come leaders of business in the couniry. It will educate leaders as distinguished from mere bookkeepers, clerks, eic., and it will bring to the university a class of | men who now refrain from going to col- lege. Asan evidence of the importance of stich an institution as the one proposed, it should be remembered that business in some department or other occupies at lesst one-ualf of our population. But there is no geueral collegiate course pro- vided now to educate that class. If such provision couid be made we will develop such a grade of business men as have not yet been known in this country—broad- minded, fair-minded men and managers of commercial affairs. ‘How many business men can be named who look upon their respective vocations in the broad comprehensive way oi inter- national trade? How many can give you the elements or the reneral principles ot any business transaction extending be- | yona their own affairs? I have not spoken of the practical aa- vantages of such - college. They should | be apparent to every one, but when we consider that we are many days from the | leading muarkets of the United States and fcom the markets of Europe on the verge of the Pacific we appreciate the necessity | of a scientific system of exchange or of | commerce in order that we may be repaid for our efforts in producing products <o various and to such a great extenz all in | our own State. We cau truly say that the commercial vroblems are the leading problems to Californians. | “We have aiready proved some. of .the capacities of our soil and our ability to produce unlimited products in quantities and in values, and we must now find mar. kets. Commerce, Lherefore, becomes the leading study for our people.” SA R adiiay i For lots in beautiful Belvedere inqul E. McGill, agen:, 405 California scroet. e P INSPECTORS' REPORTS. Board of Health Employes Tall of Their | Past Month's Work. The laundry and bath inspector of the Board of Heaith reported y:)glemny lhlls during the past month he had made the | first inspection of sixty-one laundries and batus and the second of fifty-eight; only three establishments were in good con tion; filty-eight were in bad condition and three were condemned and ordered va- cated. - The condemned laundries are located as | follows: Glasgbw and Ellis streets; Fol- STRONG AGAIN | steady nerves and clear bran. som street, near Fourth; 210 Tehama street. 4 All were Chinese laundiies. The chief food inspector’s report shows that 15,531 milk wagons, carrying 860,602 eallons of milk, passea the inspection ta- - tions during the month. All was tested and found to be pure. The bakery inspector visited sixty bakeries end abated fifteen nuisances. . Veterinary Surgeon O'Rourke inspected nine dairies and testea 984 cows, of which 150 exhibited symptoms of tuberculosis. 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