The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1897, Page 14

| 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1897. RICHMOND PROTESTS riages were performed by Spiritualists, the first by Mrs. J. J. Whitney of this City and the second by Mrs. Watson of Srn Jose, BALDITO WAS INJURED. He Will Make Charges Against Officer Poters, Who Beat Him With a Club. The charge of dis ng the peace, pre- ferred by Police Officer J. Peters against | Andrew Baldito, of 504 Broadway, has | been dismissed in the police court. Her Representatives De- mand the Removal of the City Cemetery. I RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. i STRONG To Prevent the Spreading Broad- cast of Contagious Dis- eases. REASONS THAT CANNOT B:| GAINSAID. Executive Committee of tha Improve- ment Association Appeal to the Supervisors. At a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Richmond District Improve- ment Association the tfollowing resolu- | tions, etc., were unanimously adopted : WHERE. ws come for action in removing ty the City cemetery the gr er progress and the b gious diseases, which fac from puild- | ing and improvi at Chinese, paupers and all who die of Coi tagious such as smalipox, leprosy, rred, and it s also & fact that he Chinese dead, no matter death has been, if of any etery employes and sold or given awa: dealers and others, | and meany of the b are now teamsters and others for hor is v thoroughly most _loathsome dis- disease through- | ¥ it1s caused to be spread; an cemetery lies | just west of R winds from the | ocean biow d this pest-breeding | Kpot, carryin; rms over ail the | homes of ¢ Lives of over enaangering the ¢ half of which | is an appalling and | ngs to bealiowed toexistina | Francisco, and should | whereas, as_ihe lives | ilies ¢ | e Board of i f Health San 3 0 moral right to maintain a | , commanding the n nd view of the Golden Gate and en trance to the harbor, a marine view that c not be surpassed. ~Also the folly of lg er | continuing the temporary burial of more bodies, which must be removed at great ex- pense, sooner or later, is seli-evident: also the | barbarous practice of scraping the fiesn from | 1hs bones of the dead Chinese, which is ob- | ized community, | microbes of in- | d &5 the presence of th. preciates the value of iand over tnis depreciation entsiling the loss to City of over a quarter of a million dollars an- nually in taxes on the property thus affected; | snd whereas. the Bo f Supervisors is em- | powered under the law to exchange for other | property, under the provisions of the thirty- fifth_supplement to the consolidation act of | the City and County of San Francisco, con- firmed by the stat 1 this State dur: session of the Legislature in 1867-68; there- | fore, be it Resolved, That we petition the Honorable the Board of ors of the City and County of Bt ©o_to immediately exchange | the City cemetery for property outside this | County, and prepare the acquired iand for | burisl purposes and haye ali bodies removed thereto; and that we elso earnesly petition the honorable the Board of Health for their co-operation in this important matter. C. H. HuBBs, President, J. 8 MALONEY, Secretary. it was decided to call a mass-meeting of property-ownersand othersin the West- ern Addition, to advocate this matter, on Wednesday evening, May 19, when emi- nent speakers will address the meeting. | TO BOOM BUILDING TRADES. Union Carpenters Holding Monthly Meetings for Mutual Benefit, The carpenters’ unions of this City are holding a series of monthly meetings open 1o the public. The object is to ex- cite among the outside members of the craft s keener interest in the cause of or- | ganized labor, with & view to bettering | the conditions of the trade. The first of | these mestings was beld last evening at | 1159 Mission street, under the auspices of | Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union No. 304. | The attendance was very large and ad- | dresses were delivered in the English and | German languages. The speakers were }. H. McCarthy of No.22, Henry Warnecke, | P. Ross Martin, Mr. Hutchings ex-presi- | dent of No. 483, Henry Behnke of No. 304 | and otbers. Next month the meeting wil, | be held under the auspices of No. 483, and No. 22 will follow. The third montn’s gatbering will be under the auspices of | the Italian Carpenters’ Union No. 95. | A meeting of the Sandstone-cutters’ | Union was beld last evening and it was | reported that business is very dull at pres- | ent. A delegation from the Building Trades Council was received. The mis- | sion of this_committee was to induce the union to affiliate with the council. It is likely that representatives will be sent to the council. P Stanley, the Bigamist. Ira N. Stanley, the engineer, charged with Dbigamy, appeared bofore Judge Campbell yes- terany morning. Both wives were in court, but as a difficulty presented itself the case was continued till to-morrow. The second marriage was consummated in San Jose, and | it was pointed out tiat as he was arrested there he should be tried there. Both mar- NEW TO-DAY: Blood ‘Humors ‘Whether itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply, or blotchy, whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, from infancy toage, speedily cured by warm baths with CUTICURA Soar, gentle anointings with CUTICURA (oint- ment), the great skin cure, and mild doses of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. @ticura e sold thy Coze., Sole Props., Bost Blood Humor," free. 0. 8~""How to Cure | An Unknown Colored Man A The defendant, through his attorney, Thomas Graham, proposes bringing charges before the Police Commissioners: against the officer, who, when making the arrest, beat him with a club so that it was necessary to take thirteen stitches in his scalp at the Receiving Hospital. e J}WILL BE A PURE FOOD FAIR Plans for the Nex: Mechanics’ Expo- sition in September. The next Mechanics’ Fair, which witl be held from August 17 to Septemver 18, will be largely devoted to exhib.ts of pure food. The Pare Food Congress recently held at Pioneer Hail passed a resolution requesting the Mechanics’ Institute trus- tees to specially emphasize the pure food | feature of the fair, and the trustees have J. H, Gilmors, lso ypted the suggestion. e superintendent of the fair, will have charge of soliciting the exhi Arthur Seymour will be assistant solicitor. Henry Raschen will be superintendent of the art department. An artdrawing will be held similar to the one at last vear's fair. “ Itis contemplated having a road race of the horseless carriages which wili be ex- hibited. he admission fee will be kept at 25 cents. The cash awards for the best exhibits ready on opening night, for which there was S0 much competition last year, wiil be awarded as follows: For mschinery exhibits $100 and $50, and for general | exhuibits $100, $90, $80. $70, $60. 'WORTH A HALF MILLION, W. B. Carr Had His Business Affairs in Excellent Shaps. A Complete Ssttlement Was Made With Haggin and Tevis Two Years Ago. Prrominent men of San Francisco who were intimately acquatnted with W. B. Carr do not entertain for a moment the idea that his death was other than acci- dental. Speaking of Mr. Carr’s business affairs yesterday M. M. Estee remarked: “You can make the statement public as coming from me that Mr. Carr did not owe, all told, $5000. He haa an appoint- | ment to meet me to-day and secure $1000 | on a business transaction. He owned val- uable land and lots, unincumbered, and was not in any sense financially embar- rassed. People who knew Mr. Carr inti- | mately knew him to be a man of his word—a man of honor and strict integ- rity. 1knew him well for forty years. “Yes, he made Mr. Sargent United States Senator in 1872. I was secretary | of the Republican State Committee that year when Newton Booth ran for Gov- ernor. It was understood in that cam- paign that Booth should be Governor and sargent Unitea States Senator. No agree- ment of that kind was made, but that was the understanding and the campaign was conducted on that line. Booth was elected by the voters of the State, and | when the Legislature convened Sargent was elected to the Senate. Carr managed | the Senatorial campaign in a masterly manner. 5 “Mr., Carr did not take an active part in the contest at Sacramento when Gov- | ernor Stanfora defeated Mr. Sargent for the United States Senate. Mr. Carr did not take much interest in the framing of the new constitution in 1879. He made some suggestions, but they were not car- ried out. Subjects pertaining to irriga- tion called him to Sacramento frequently during the session of the Legislature of 1895.” Another lawyer of this City who was reckoned as one of Mr. Carr’s ciose friends predicted yesterday that the Carr estate, { when probated, would approximate $500, 000. Commenting on the Kern County land investments, he said: “The interests of Haggin, Tevis and Carr in Kern and Kings counties were enormous. The propertv at one time was valued at $15,000,000. There were twenty-seven immense ranches, each em- bracing so many thousands of acres that I dare not give figures. In 1895 Carr had a settlement or segregation of interests with his partners, Haggin and Tevis. He re- ceived then some money and lands, and after that settiement conducted his enter- prises on his own account. I know that | he regarded himself as released from the activities and vexations of business, and he told me that he was planning to enjoy life, as his aifairts were in such shape he could take a rest. He seemed to be as happy as a bird.” Funeral ceremonies over the body of Mr. Carr will take place to-day. Among the pall-bearers selected are: M. N Estee, W. W. Foote, Smith Brown, E. A. Heacock and Mr. Drumm. The directors of the S8an Francisco Soro- sis met yesterday and appointed a com- mittee to prepare resolutions expressing the sympathy of the society with Mrs. W. B. Carr in her bereavemeni. The committee was composed of Mrs. George J. Bucknall, Mrs. Jobn Conness Jr., Mrs. Estee, Mrs, Irving M. Scott and Mrs. George Law Smith. DRINK DROVE HIM ORAZY. ulted a Citizen and Is Arres . A big colored man is being detained in the padded cells for the insane at the City Receiving Hosvital. No one knows who he is or whence he came, but his actions have been such during the past twenty- four hours as to make him a proper person to be held under strict surveillance. Officer W. P. Dalton of the Seventesnth- street station was called to the home of Jonn Leonard, at Sixteenth and Caroline streets, at an early hour yesterday. Mr. Leonard, accompanied by his wife, had been stiracted by noise in the back yard, and when they investigated they were met by the colored man, who imme- diately showed battle. Leonard was hardly a match for his as- sailant, but Mrs. Leonard went to the res- cue with what was left of hot water in the kettle on the stove. The colored man surrendered under the scorching and submitted quietly to the policeman who had come in answer to the cries for help. The prisoner has been booked on charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace. e D G— Will Appoar for Charity. The benefit periormance to be given at the Baldwin Theater on Thursday afternoon, May 18, in aid of the free ward of St. Mary’s Hos- pital will, from all appearances, be & success. De Wolf Hopper and his entire company will appear in tue second act of Souse’s brilliant opera ‘‘El Capitsn.” Mr. Hopper is also down for a_seciaily, as are Joe Cawthorne, Ferris Hartman and others. The Tivoli Opera-house company and Denis O'Sullivan will sing an actof “Shamus O'Brien.” In the castof this plece will appear Fhosa McAllister, Goorge Bosworth, Frances Jolliffe, Mr. Cavanaugh, Anna Daly and Frank B. Robinson. — e———— CHRISTIAN Endeavorers are coming, there- fore have your paper-hanging and painting done now. ‘M. Merigan, 1302 Webster street, NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. NEW A RESISTLESS AVALANCHE - GIGANTIC Il REDUGTIONS Il ‘)\ | To say that the GREAT UNLOADING SALE OF OUR GIGANTIC OVERSTOCK has swept everything before it but faiutly portrays the TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING of buyers that last week responded to the advertised announcements of the SWEEP- ING CUTS IN PRICES with which this wonderful i NLOADING SALE BARGAINS NECES PREVAL [ In presenting a few samples of the still greater inducements with which it continues, we beg leave to again remind intending buyers that thisis nota sale of old, out-of-date styles, but is an oifering of NEW, FRESH, CLEAN COODS OF THIS SEASON’S IMPORTATION, which have been marked down re= Il _FACE HUMORS fersurest v Soim is highly recommended for good and cheap work. Latest styles of paper 4¢, ingrains 9c. sale was inaugurated. gardless of sacrifice to force them out. RIBBONS! 81 —No. 16 2-INCH ALL-SILK COLORED SATIN AND 36T GROS-GRAIN RIBBOY, in assorted colors, value 1214 will be offered at 8%5¢ a yard. 10 —No. 22 214-INCH ALL-SILK, COLORED SATIN AND C GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, in assorted colors, vaiue 20c, will be offered at 10c a yard. No. 30 314-INCH ALL-SIL. will be offered at 124c a yard. 1" —No. 22 214-INCH ALL-SILK COLORED TAFFETA 61 MOIRE RIBBON, value 2ic, will be closed out at 15¢ a yara. 90 N0, X, 34:INCH ALLSILK COLORED TAFFETA 2UC MOIRE EIBBON, value 3¢, will be closed out at %0c a yard. 25¢ yard. SHADED TAFFETAS. 9()¢—%ISCH_ALL-SILK SHADED TAFFETA MOIRE C in assorted colors, value 30¢c, will be closed RIBBON, out at 20c a yard. 95¢—+INCH ALLSILK SHADED TAFFETA MOIRE DC™ RIBBON, in assorted colors, value 45¢, wili be closed out at 25¢ a yard. 3(¢5INCH ALL-SILK SHADED TAFFETA MOIRE € RIBBON, 1 assorted colors, value 60c, will b closed out at 30c a yard. SPECIATI,! Our stock of Cream and Leghorn Ribbons is now comnp! and comprises all the latest novelties; also in Satin and Grow Grains from ¥ inch to 5 inches in width. RIBBONS ! 121 — , COLORED SATIN AND 10 GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, in assorted colors, value 2c, —No. 60 4-INCH ALL-SILK COLORED TAFFETA MOIRE RIBBON, value 43¢, will be ciosed out at 25¢ a $1.0 $L.5 $§2.0 $2.50~ lete | LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS. We have JUST OPENED A NEW SHIPMENT OF ) THE LATEST AND PRETTIEST STYLES AND NOV- ELTIES IN LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, which will be offered this week at the following MARVELOUSLY LOW PRICES: 7,30——150 dozen LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, DU detachable coilars, in new designs and figures, will be vlaced on sale at 75c. —150 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collars, in fancy figured materials, will b placed on sale at 100 each. $1 95—100 dozen LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS, latest style D L. patterns in all desirable colors, will be placed on sale at §1 25 each. —100 dozen LADIES’ LAWN AND DIMITY SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collars and soft rolling cuff, will be offered at $1 50 each. $1 7530 dozen LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, + D in lutest style patterns, fancy dimities, will be offered at $175. —50 dozen LADIES' FINE DIMITY SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collars and soft rolling cuffs, will be offered at $2 00 each. dozen LADIES' FINE DIMITY AND LAWN HIRT WAISTS, handsome new pattern: placed on sale at $2 50. EXTRASPECIATL! 3 ()()—LADIES' SILK WAISTS, lined throughout, in $ 3 good quality silk, reguiar price $7 50, will be closed out at $3 00. 35.((—LADIES' PANCY SILK WAISTS, in handsome DA patterns, best quality silk, regular price $10 00, will be closed out at $5 00. 37.5()"LADIES' HANDSOME SILK WAISTS, beautifully | S «OYU trimmed, lined all through, regular price $15 00, will | be closed out at §7 50. sale at 124 pair. pair. pair. 3314C pair. s, will be DRAWERS, 50¢ i sale at 5 956—100 dozen LADIES' G $4.a dozen, will be pl LADIES' a0 MISSES' HOSIERY 12l@—200 dozen MISSES' RIBBED HOSE, warranted fast 2V black, regular v|uma $250 a dozen, will be placed on ¢ a pair. 93 ¢~ dozen MISSES’ RIBBED ROSE, all sizes, fast dye, U regular price $4 a dozen, will be placed on sale at 25¢ & 1507130 dozen LADIES’ ¥ULL-FINISHED BLACK HOSE, regular price $3 a dozen, will be placed on sale at 15c a 9% 180 dozen LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, fast dye, D0 silk finishec, high spliced beels, regular ‘price $4a dozen, will be placed on sale at 25¢ a pair. 381100 dozen LADIES' IMPORTED BLACK HOSE, reg- 5C ular price $6 a dozen, Will be placed on sale at 33i4c a OX-BLOOD HOSE, regular price ed on sale at 25¢ a pair. 95 ¢~ doren LADIES' BLACK HOSE, Richeliou rib, regular 9C price $4 a dozen, will be placed on sale at 25¢ a pair. 331~ dozen LADIES' LISLE THREAD HOSE, Richalieu 30 rib, regular price $6 00 dozen, will be placed on sale at LADIES’ VESTS. 2')'(5—100 dozen JERSEY RIBBED COTTON VESTS AND regular price $4 50 dozen, will be placed on sale at 25¢ each. EXTRASPECIAL! —100 dozen JERSEY RIB VESTS, bigh neck and lon3 sleeves, high neck and short sleeves, in natural whits and pink, reglular price 75¢ and $1, will be placed on c each. —————See Hxaminer an Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. Murphy Building, . Market and Jomes Streels 3 Chronicle for Forcing-Out Prices From Other Departments— Market and Jones Streete. GIVING MEDALS IN THE SCHOOLS They Lead to Political Con- nubiation, Says Mr. Faulkner. Teachers Discuss the Philosophy of Gauging Merit Deci- mally. Superintendent Webster Favors Re- turning to the System of Medals and Reports. “Rewards and Ranking in the Public Schools as a Means of Encouraging Good Work and Deportment” was the subject of atalk last night before the San Fran- cisco Teachers’ Club by R. H. Webster, Superintendent of City Schools. The subject was all the more interesting because'of the fact that the retiring Board of Education had made a rule that no medals should be awarded in the =chools this year, the board having been impelled to that action by the request of a large majority of the school principals. The abolition of rewards, marks and ranking in schools had been suggested by many teachers, while others earnestly ad- vocated the continuation of the system, said Mr. Webster. One of the principal objections to the system was that stud- enis worked for marks and rank her than for learning. But the speaker con- tended that this objection was trivial and without any logical foundation; for whether a student studies for the marks or the knowledge be certainly cannot gain one without the other. The practice had been to multiply scholarships and re- wards in the universities, it baving been found that they acted as a salutary stimu- lus. By a system of credits or gradesa pupil’s work was kept under strict observance and a check was imposed upon idleness or bad behavior. There was no doub: that such checks were needed. To determine the fitness of a pupil for promotion to a higher grade it would be necessary to be guided by the credits gained by the pupil in the grade in which he might be at the time. It stimulated effort, because there was competition; it checked egotism and made the pupil ambitious and self-reliant. It was this competition and rivalcy which developed such men as Demosthenes, Cicero and Daniel Webster. By it, men were measuring their strength in the arena of thought, and by it they are spurred onward to greater effort. 1t was now proposed to abolish this sys- tem of credits and rewards which kept alive enthusiasm, and by wkich the pupil gauged his progress in_his studies. It had been argued, he said, that pupils should study for the love of study, but it was not natural that they should. Cred- its and rewards inspired them to acquire the habit of utndz, which they took with them into life as they grew older. Study for the love of study could not be incul- cated in the mind of the pupil. e most eminent educators in the country had de- clared that percentages and rewards were necessary to induce pupils to study. Therefore the system should be continued and encouraged. Silas A. White asked whether Mr. Web- ster had not found it difficult to keep the record of proficiency of pupils in recit tions or vral work, ana Mr. Webster re- plied that he did not use figures, but made | private marks in the corners of little squares in the register used by him. Mr. White calied up the subject of the announcement by the Board of Education that no more medals should be given out, and of the doing away with the monthly Teports to parents. Since those two changes, he found that his pupils were losing interest in the work and were fall- ing behind, He never had 30 poor a class before. Mrs. Woods took issue with the position of the last speaker. She had found by ex- periment that the abolition of the credit system was productive of much improve- ment in the class. The pupils were not envious or jealous of one another, and they got into the habit of asking ques- tions of the teachers, wnich they would notdoif credits were given. Two other lady teachers said that they had abolished the credit system and had put the pupils on honor. Lhev were | taugh: to attend to their studies as a mat- ter of duty. Miss Connell was of the opinion that without creditsthe pupils would not know whether they had been doing well or poorly. Miss Hodgkinson told how she had heard Professor David Starr Jordan tell of nature’s bribes. For instance, nature be- stowed an appetite in order to bribe peo- ple to eat. Now, if nature offered bribes, why should not teachers offer the same in they way of credits and rank and promo- tions? she asked. The question was greeted with applause. Miss Conklin spoke against the working of percentages as closely as 91, 92 and 9 Her idea was to rate those pupils who had zained over a certain per cent as “‘excel- | lent”” and those who had not attained to a certain minimum percentage as ‘‘poor.”” Thus the best as well as the poorest pupils would not stana alone and would not feel their position so keenly as they would un- der the old system of percentages, Richard D. Faulkner, principal of the Franklin Grammar School, said that he was 30Ty to see that the Superintendent and many of the ladies present were directly opposed to him in his attitude toward the system of marking credits, an attitude which he had maintained ever since he graduated from the Illinois Uni- versity twenty years ago. His son, who was going to the Lincoln School, had brought home a report-card naming him as No. 1, and his boy was very proud of it, but he, the father, knew that the boy as not No.1in many things, and the report-card was meaningless to him. He would rather know how his boy would stack up alongside of the rough-and- tumble boys and how he would turn out twenty years from now. He had charge of a night school in this City a short time ago, and he sent report- cards to the parents every day. Some of these reports announced that the pupils whose names they bore had been absent on the evening before, and that he had seen them on a corner smoking cigar- ettes. Then he would ask the parents to help him, and they would do so. The consensus of opinion among the most prominent educators in the United States was against those who supported the system of rewards and credits, Pu- pils don’t need to be marked down and they should not be given medals. He added: “Some of the most disreputable things that have ever happened in this City have been in connection with the medais—po- litical connubiation and other disrepu- practices. These medals caused much hard feelings, and placed the prin- cipals in an uncomfortable position.” Mra. L. X. Burke said that notwith- standing Mr. Faalkner's assertions he seemed to follow the same sysiem as the rest of the teachers. He might have sent more notes to the parents concerning the conduct of the pupils and he might not have sent reports of their standing so often as other teachers did, but his prac- tice was about the same as that of the rest of the teachers, Professor M. E. Blanchard said that the exiremes in the dispute seemed to be be- tween a decimal system of grading and a more general system of rating. He did not think it possible to rate intellectual ability mathematically. It consumed time and did not decide very much after all. Grown people are not rated that way, JUDGE MAGUIRE 1S HOME AGAIN The Postoffice Likely to Materializz in the Near Futare. He Is by No Means so Sanguine About the San Pedro Harbor. The Tar f Bill Will Scarceiy Be AdoptedBefore the Middle of Ju'y. Hon. James G. Maguire arrived home ast night direct from Washington and at { the end of the swiftest journey he has ever made across the continent. There met him a: Sixteenth street in Oakiand quite adelegation of his friends, among them Joseph Legeett, Registrar Hinton, J. L. Gallagher,W. D. Joyce, his brother, E. H. Maguire, and his sister: Judge Maguire was in the best of spirits and reported himself to be in excellent health and very glad to get home again. Those things at Washington that interest him bave been accomvlished or areina position beyond his help, and he, there- fore, felt privileged to come home. “Ithink the tariff bill will not get through the Senate earlier than the first week in July,” said Mr. Maguire last even- ing in a brief interview. “The fight on the tariff between the East and West has been very sharp, but I believe the bill which may be passed by the Senate will be speedily adopted by the House.” Speaking of the Postoffice matter Judge ‘Maguire said : “I understand thatthe sole occasion for delay in this business arises from_the delay of the enginsers of the ‘War Department in filing their report with the Secretary of the Treasury. That, how- ever, has been done, and there isnow no further reason for postponing the begin- ning of work. The fact that the tenants on the proverty have been given notice to vacate indicates at least that there 1s nothing 1n the re-examination of the site recently made by engineers to justity a rejection of that site. Therefore, as there is no good reason for delaying the work, we may reasonably hope that it will be speedily inaugurated, and that the build- ing itself may at last become a fact rather than a dream.”’ ‘With_regard to the San Pedro harbor Judge Maguire was not in a sanguine mood. He said Secretary Alger is dls- vosed to hold off, despite all the needs of the case that have been represented to bim and the influence that has been brought to bear by !bw;eaple of the Btate. ““The Secretary of . said Mr. Ma- guire, "is disposed to refer the whole mat- ter back to Congress on the ground that the appropriation already made will not complete the work. As you know, a pro- vision was made for the expenditure of $2,900.000 to construct a breakwater. Bouthern Pacific engineers have repre- sented to the Secretary that the work can- not be done for a less cost than $5,000,000, and that representation has been made a pretext for delay. At firat it was said that General Alger had discretion in the the language of the bill used m, the Secretary ‘may,’ in- manifest that this interpretation and the | reference back to Congress under it would defeat the whole intent of the bill that it has been abandoned and is no longer urged. Now, as I say, the Secretary is standing exclusively in his objection on the ground tha: the money provided will not complete the work, whil+ the assur- | ances of the engineers ara lo the effect that the work can be done for the sum | provided. Just now long this may stand | asan excuss for doing no work at all is uncertain.” Governor Budd and Attorney-General Fitzgerald came down from Sacramento on the same train with Judge Maguire. ROLLED DOWNSTAIRS. Mrs. Keating of Tennessee Streot Has a | Fortunate Escape From Serl- ous Injury. Mrs. Keating, 1106 Tennessee street, had | a narrow escape from death yesterdsy afi- ernoon, and as it is she is nursing a | sprained wrist and ankle. | 'She lives in the upper flat, and about 1 o'clock was standing on the porch in the rear hanging out some heavy clothes on a line to dry. The weight of the clothes forced out the pulley to which the rove was tied, and Mrs. Keating, who was lean- { ing upon the rope, lost her balance. Al- most by a miracle she did not fall over the balustrade, but staggered back and rolled down about twenty steps. She was considerably shaken up, and Dr. de With was hurriedly summoned. He found that she had escaped with a sprained wrist and ankle. She is a big, heavy woman, which heiped to save her from having some bones broken. If she had fallen forward and over the balustrade sho would have dropped a dis- tance of about thirty feet with serious re- sults. CHINESE MUST GO BACK United States Commissioners Can Enforce the Exclu- sioa Act. Judge Morrow Decides That Judge Heacoek’s Interpretation of the Law Is Correct. terday handed down an opinion snstaining the position taken by United States At- torney Foote and United States Commis- sioner Heacock in the habeas corpus pro- ceedings in the matter of Wong Fock, a Chinaman found in Arizona without the necessary papers entitling him to land. Commissioner Heacock decided that the judgment of deportation rendered by United States CommissionerJ. H. Carpen- terof the Thira Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, which order was approved by United States Judge Baker of that district, was valid and should be carried ont. Counsel for the Chinaman contended that Commissloner Carpenter's order was illegal and invalid, and that only a United States Judge has power to examine witnesses and make orders in Chinese deporiation cases. in his opin- ion Judge Morrow says: Itis unnecessary to consider at length the question involved. The whole matter was criti- caily discussed and considered by the special referee (Commissioner Heacock) in his opiu- ions and findings. filed May 3, 1897. Iaeree with him that section 3 of the act is to be read in connection with section 6. Section 2 of the same act is also consistent with and fortifies the interpretation to be given to the expression, “A United States Judge.” That Congress intended that United States Com- missioners should have the power to deter- mine whether Chinese persons were lawfully within the United States and to make the ap- propriste order of deportation if they were lound to be within the United States in vio- lation of section 6 of that act is, I think, Patent from a reading of the act of May 5, TUnited Btates District Judge Morrow yes- | amended by the act of November 3¢ , in its entirety, and also from previous upon ihe subject. The expression A United States Judge” found in section 6 of the act of May 5, 1892, isin my judgment a general one, and’ refers to those judicial officers, viz.: “Justice, Judge or Commissioner,” previously and specifically enumerated in sections 2 and 3 of the same act. A United States Commissioner {s cer- tainly a judicial officer, and exercises, it is true within very narrow limits, the functions of a United States Judge. * * * One of the sirongest reasons for the appointment of & United States Commissioner in certain locali- tlesis because distance or the difficulty of travel render the court ana the Judge thereof difficult of access. The prisoner was remanded into the custody of the Marshal and will be sent back to China. In the cases of Tsu Tse Mee and three other Chinamen found illegally in Texas, the Commissioner ordered the prisoners remanded for deportation. NO MONEY TO PAY. City Employes Must Go to the Brokers for Two or Three Months at Least. It is quite possible that the City em- ployes whose salaries are to be held out until the new fiscal year in order to pay the demands of coutractors may have to wait a much longer time than the mid- dle of July. 1t has developed that there will be no money to pay them for about three months. The reason of this is that the perscnal property taxes, out of which it is 1mtended to pav them, will not be appor- tioned until September, and that there will be very little momey available until then. The money received from fees and other sources before September 1 wi!l not be nearly sufficient to supply the demands. The brokers will reap a harvest, for in any event, whether next month's pay is forth- coming or not, the July and August sala- ries will not be paid out of the City trea- sury. ———— That *“Loaded " O1gr Balthazar Zofi, the cigar-maker, charged with assault to commit murder by giving Henry Tripp, & boy, a “loaded” cigar to smoke, appered in Judge Low’s court yester- day morning. The Judge on learning the iacts reduced Zopfi's bonds to $500, and tie was released. The case was continued till Friday. NEW TO-DAY. YOU NEED EXERCISE Bicycling is the best. Good health does not come in bottles—throw away your drugs—take exercise for your medicine—it is the best tonic. \ 1/ 5.‘ o icycles ARE STANDARD OF THE WORLD. $100 to an atike. HARTFORDS, next best, $60, $50, $45. Cash or on Easy Payments. A Few Good Second-Hand Bicycles at Attractive Prices. POPE M'F’G CO. San Francisco Branch— 344 Poss Street. Golden Gate Park Branch— 1970 Page Street