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q ! ! o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1897. the store.” He could give no detailed de- scription of the other man. L K ated his story, as already published, about passinz the establish- ment of Hoffman, Rothchid & Co. at about 6:30 ». 3. on June 1, and seeing two men standing in front of it, with one of the iron doors open. He was sure toat it was not earlier than 6:30 P. M. In auswer to questions by the Coromer he said tbat he did not know any of the members or emploves of the firm of Hoff- man, Rothchild & Co., nor Theoaore Figel. At the time he e of he was accom- anied by Herman Roos, who is employed 1 the saloon back of where the witness keeps a cigar-stand. L J. Aubert, exchange clerk of the Lon- don, Paris and American Bank, testified to the deposit of the draft on the Chemical Bank of New York to the credit of B. Joseph on the aiternoon of June 1. It was indorsed with Joseph’s name, per Figel. This is the draft for $1452 75 that was sent to Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. by Minor & Co. of Heppner, Or., and which Ach claims eposited to Josepn’s credit by Figel, to vay a debt of the Jatter to Joseph. Aubert, ¢ ng placed upon the stand and asked about the transaction, said that ne had been instructed not to give his tes- timony unless he was r questad to do 80 by the Coroner, s the bank had no right tray anv of the business of its depos- The Coroner promptly swept away s by asking him to teatify. ym this time on Chief Lees held the boards until the inquest stood adjourned During this part of the session the Chief exhibited the pistol with which the shooting had been done, and while he was manipulating it Mrs, Hoff- man se-med to be unable to keep her eves rom the instrument that had made her a low. Among other things be testified to the cartridges used in the pistol being of the biack powder variety, and that when the pistol came into his possession it had blood stains on the right side of the handle. None of these are visible, how- ever, on the weapon now. Ach claims that there never were any, and that this s to show murder, as Hu.ffman's were all covered with his blooa. fman’s and Figel’s xeys were placed r the day. band He in evidence and marked as exhib'ts, ana there were indications that the keys of the bookkeeper would play a prominent vartin the proceedings before they were over. There is a dispute between the Chief and Ach as to bow they leit the possession of Figel. Figel said he forgot them in the store, and Lees seems inclined to believe this explanation. Ach claims that Figel sent them to Gellert with a messenger. Chief Lees’ men. All the articles found on the body of Hoffm including his watch and chain, $5 45 in coin, an order- book and a bundie of letters, were then | submitted as exhibits. The Chief re- marked that he :kought that the clothes of the deceased should have baen placed in evidence to explain the blood-stained condition of some of these things. The new pistol ana cartridges bought by Figel were also made part of the exhibits. The | cartridge-box had never been opened and | the pistol never used. It was now considerably past 12 the Coroner had nearly reached the of his patience. 1 “‘Yes; enough to keep you going for a week,” answered the Chief in siow delib- | erate words, “but I don’t desire 10 intro- | duce them at this moment.” “ | | | 30 and imit | * Anything else?’ he | “The inquest will be continued at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning,” quickly re- o nded the Coroner, and happy over their release the jurors quickly took their departure. NEW LETTERS. They Disclose Additional Facts, but Still Further Involve the Situation. ““Those letters will cut a big figure in the case,” sententiously remarked Chief Lees, after the inquest had adjourned for the day. He referred, he explained, more partic to the letters found on the body of Iseac Hoffman, after he had died at the Receiving Hospital. Eome of these leiters had been seen by no one ex- cept the Chief since they had been taken from the deceased. Not even Ach had been permitted 10 peruse them. During the afternoon the Coroner de- cided that he would look them over. Most of them related to business and social matters, but two were of peculiar interest and are thought 1o L'ave some bearing on the case under investigation. It has been repeatedly asserted by the attorneys for the widow that the family dissensions were of a trivial characier and that they were of old standing and had all been healed. The following letter from Mrs, Mamie Levick, a cousin of the de- ceased, bears on this matter: MARYSVILLE, May 1, 1897. Cousin Ike: Ever since Sol came home chtand tld me what & dreadful state ible you are in I have been constantly z 6f you. It does not hardly seem hat such a state of affairs cai exist. Ifeel terrible sbout it, and do hope that in some way you can smooth affsirs over and set- tle everything pesceabl. 1 wish you could matage it here for a day. Can’: vou try and come up a week from to-morrow? I think you would feel better if you could talk things over. Now, Ike, if you think my writing to Dora would 7 weight, or do any good at all, 1 ¥ do so. You understand, not that I wi-h to interfere in anytbing, but only o heip you in sny way possible. I can't k that Dora wouid be so cold or bave so ltile feeiing thatshe would willingly do you to come up and her children so great s wrong. 1 write in haste, therefore in pencil. If possible write & few lines. Affectionately, MaMIE. Dora is the name of the widow of the deceased merchant. Another interesting missive that in great part explains itself was among the batch of letters handed to the Coroner by Chief Lees. Itreadsas follows: 1113 Eighth avenue, | EAST OAKLAND, Jan. 23, 1897, Mr. Hoffman—DEAR SIR: Very unexpectediy I find 1 elf in great tronble, and I have thonght of every oue I have ever met with, and finally thought of you as a good and wise per- 501 10 eail upon. Mr. Hoffmnn, I find myself very unexpect- ediy in need of $100 immediately. 1 don’t know which way 10 get it, and final:y thought of you. This matter wholly concerns myself and children. I wish to keep it from my pres- ent husbaind for the time being. Now, Mr. Hoffman, can you and wiil you do me the tavor ot loaning me $100 at any inter- est you may swate from the date of the loan? In a sbort tjme myseli and daughter come into a little that wws leit us, and | would pay back at §5 a mouth for four months, aiter Te whic monk 2 pay more, say from $5 10 $10 & nichever would suit you best. Hoffman, if you will only do the this great favor, believe me it would be one of the greatest you have ever did 1will give youa mote to my husband, in case anvthing neppens to me betore I get it piid. When I tell you that I would rather die tihan have nim know it you may be sure of your money. When I was wondering whom to eall upon Addie thought of you. She said that yoR seemed like such a good man. So finally I thought it would do mo harm to ask you, trusi- ing you to be a gentleman, as I aiways found 701 1o be when 1 iived in your family. You may have thought it strange that I did not cail at the house after Mrs. Alexander discharged me. Sne 1old me they had got to rcdace expenses, and so would have to do their own work. ' That is all right, but I knew that two days aiter 1 lett she had some one in my place, but 1 would rathor have had her tell me the truth, and tell me what she discharged me for. 1 deariy love your children, espe- cially Carl, and would dearls love to see them, but never can on that account. Now, Mr. Hoffman, I hope you will do this greatiavor. I hupe to hear from you soon. [Signed Mgs. Lori After Ach had perused the entire lot of letters he remarked : . “If that is the slender thread he hangs Form No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 21,000 OFFICES IN AMER This Comnany TRANSMITS and DELIVERS m Errors can be guarded agaiust only by repeating a A0 transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages. @fter the mes is fued . b with the Company {or transmission. Thistsan UNREPEATED MESSAGE, a0d is deliy THOS, INCORFORATED e i the CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. ; ¥ ability. which have been assented to by the sender of the fc comparson. and the Compant . 0or in auy case where the Cllm 18 Bt prasuted 1o WRtiOE Withid 8Kty b s ‘will not bold itself liable for r RECEIVED at the-WESTERN UNION BUILDIKC, 135 Broadway, . Y. W 594 CH SANFRANCTISCO CALIF 2 E.S.ROTHCHILD MG GN 43 564 BROADWAY NEW YORKw 40P JUNE ¢ Piygtg 0@(/1’ 3% % e, Q. %0, 10y, "% %%, s 0. VU (¢ FAMILY CONNECTIONS NOW SEEM BITTER AGAINST ME BUT NOT & ) FTRST I AM ENTIRELY INNOCENT OF ANYTHING CONNECTED WITH THIS VERY UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR AM POSITIVE COULD SATISFACTORILY EXPLAIN MATTERS TO YOU PLEASE WIRE I¥ YQU STILL BAVE CONF1- * DENCH - IN ME AND IF YOU ARE GOMING. THEO AFIGEL Fac-Simile of the Dispatch Sent to Rothchild by Figel, his suicide theory on, we won't have much trouble in snappingit.” The “he” he referred to was Chief Lees. sz LEES IS SORE. r From Satisfled With the Man- ner In Which the Inquest Was Conducted. Chief Lees last night did not seem at all satisfied with the manner in which the Coroner conducted the investigation, and thought that the exhibits submitted by him should have been read to the jury, so that they, as well as the public, could know their contents. He insianced the “Mamie’’ letter from Marysville that binted at the embittered domes.ic rela- tions of Hoffman and his wife. “I simply want the whole facts to be known,” said the Chief, “and, as the Cor- oner has tie written stalemenis of the e 5 | witnesses I have subpenaea, I expect him They were obtained from Gellert by one of | o "get out of 5 them all’ the material points.” st UNREVEALED LETTERS. | Two of Them €Sald to Be of Great Importance in the Coroner’s Hands. A peculiar point was referred to by Chief Lees last night. Two letters sent from Colorado Springs by Charles Hoff- man to his brother Isaac reached here after the latter’s death. Chief Lees accidentally learned that a friend of Charies Hoffman bad received a dispatch from him to get the letters and return them to him unovened. The Chief, accompanied by Coroner Hawkins went to the office of Hoffmaa, Rothehild & Ci and asked to see the two letters, but was toid that they bad been turned over to Rothehild & Ach. The Chier and the Coroner went to Rothchild & Ach’s office and were told that the two letters had been locked up in their safe, “'The two letters have been prolucea,” said the Chief iast night, ‘‘but I observed that one of tuem had be:n opened. 1 drew their attention to that fact and Roth- child xaid they were just as he had got them.”’ At the time the other envelope was opened officially it was found to contain besides a business letter a private note to Isaac to the effect tuat h day 10 think over his (Isaac’s) domestic troubles. The letter that Cuief Lees dis- covered as having been opened was writ- | ton on the following day, but unlike the other it contained no private note to Isaac about his domesticaffa.rs. These two letters are now in a sealed en- velope in the Coroner's hands. He says they will be opened in due time and reaq 10 the jury during the inquest, e FRAGMENTS OF LETTERS. The Mystery Surrounding Them Solved by Their Restoration by the Coroner. Two envelopes, containing fragments of letters introduced by Chief Lees as exhib- its in the Coroner’s inguest, have been ex- amined and the mystery surrounding them has, in consequence, vanished. The bits of paper, which the detectives be- lieved contained a key to the Hoffman mystery by revesling a motive ior sell- destruction or murder of Hoffman, proved to be, when pasted together, two letters written to Mrs. Hoffman by some riend or relative. A perusal of ihe re- stored leiters served 1o establish the fact that they had no bearing on the case and they were cast aside as incompetent, ir- relevant and immaterial, - — IN FIGEL’S FAVOR. Strong Testimony. However, That a Murder May Have Been Committed. Chief Lees still refuses to divulge the name of the third witness who will testify 10 seeing two men in front of the Batters- street entrance to Hoffman, Rothenild & Co.’s store, corroborating the testimony of Rice and Ko-n. The reason for this secrecy is that the Chief promised not to give the name, as the gentleman shunned notoriety. He will, of course, be produced at the in- quest. He is an elderly gentleman employed in alaw office in the Mills building, and his testimony in effect will be that he was in wonld take a | (Oakland on June 1 and returned to the ) reported that 100 boys had been cared for City on the hoat arriving shortly before 6:20 7. . He went into a restaurant on East street, ate two sanawiches and drank | two glasses of beer and then commenced to walk siowly westward on the south side | of Market street. | When he left the restaurant he looked at the ferry clock and saw thatit was 6 P. M. On reaching Battery street he crossed Market street, walked along Bat- tery to Bush and alon: Bush to the Miils building, arriving these about 6:40 P . He would only take two or three minutes | 10 walk from Hoffman, Rothchild & Co.'s corner to the Mills building. As he passed Hoffman's store he saw | two men standirg in front of the Battery- <treet entrance, with the door open. One man was a little taller and stouter than the other and he stood in the open door- way facing the sidewalk. They seemea to be talking in an animated manner, and just as the old gentieman passed them the iarger man said, “Come inside ana I'il settle with you” He did not know if they went inside. as he continued his walk and tarned the corner. - | MORE CARTRIDGE TESTS. | | Coroner Hawkins Makes Some Experiments With Pleces of Human Skin as Targets. Not satisfied with the tests he made some time ngo, using paper as targets, Coroner Hawkins bas made some new and more interesting experiments with a re- volver, black powder and smokeless pow- der cartridges and human skin. The results of his tests convince him that even smokeless powder cartridges will leave unmistikable signsof powder stains on the human skin when fired irom us great a distance as twenty inches, about the limit of the range of a person shooting at himself. But there is no | question in bis mind, judging from the | | results of these last experiments that biack | powder cartridges, such as were in the pistol with which the kiiling of Hoffman was accomplished wouid disfigurs tne caticle. e MRS. LUTH WENT AWAY.i | But Her Husband’s Sister Explains | What Was Meant by | the Letter. | OAKLAND, CaL., June 15.—Mrs. Luth | left for the East on May 31, and will b- away some monthe, Her husband is em- ployed at Wells, Fargo & Co.’s in San Francisco, and resides with his mother at 1114 Seventh avenue, but was not home to-night. “I guess I can do more toward explain- ing that letter than any one else,” ssid { Miss Luth to-night. “My brother does | not know anything at a1l about it, and I | am sorry now that he does not, because | things look so different from what they realiy are when they are dragged out in this way. It was my sister-in-law’s de- | not sufficient money, and she did not like | to draw too heavily upon her husband “She told me that she wanted some money, but did not tell me she had writ- ten to Mr. Hoffman, She did teil me that <he bad written to a friend of mine, mak- ing the same request, and I told her I did not think 1t was just the proper thing to do. She must aiso have written to Mr. | Hoffman. It was not an unnatural thing | sire to go East early this year, but she had | wood burl table top. during the year. Treasurer Bates reported the principal receints during the year as follows: Subscriptions and donat ons, $1706 50; Mary A. Crocker trust, $1500; State aid, $1566 18; from San Francisco County under section 1388, $12,900; board of chii- dren, $579 50. ‘The iarge expenditures were: Food, $3692 17; payroll at home and commissions for collectine. $9528 95; repairs and improvements, $1166 21, The cuildren’s savings bank contatned June 1 a balance o: $495 8L There is a balance to the credit of the general fund, which fund, including a $15,000 legacy from the estate of Dr. Wash- ineton Ryer, amounts 1o $22,876 2 Senator George C. Perkins is president; 8. C. Bigelow, vice-president; Charles R. Allen, secretary, and D. C. Bates, treas- urer. ' The trustees, besides these, sre: L. H. Boneste!l, Charies E. Green, Louis T. Monteagle, Charles A. Murdock and A. A. Watkins. ATHLETES WILL RACE The Builders’ Exchange Offers Prizss for To-Morrow's Picnic Bunker Hill Day to B: Cb erv.d in Niles Canvon by the Lovers of Sport. The annusl outing of the Builders’ Ex- change Association will be held to-mor- row in Niles Canyon as a holiday and pic- nic festival. The following programme of games for prizes has been prepared by the com- mittee: Race for boys under 10 years—First prize, football; second prize, baseball and bat; third prize, pocket-knife. Race for giris under 10 years—First prize, large do 1; second prize, doil’s teaset; third prize, pocket handkerchief. Race for boys under 15 years—First vrize, set o dumbbeils and Inaian clubs; second prize, 1ootball; third pr z, basebali and bat Race for girl: under 15 years—One dozen em- broidered hanckerchiels; second prize, half- dozen embroidered handkerchiefs; third box assorted candy s race, open 1o all—First prize, 1000 brick and 5000 shingles; second prize, 1000 brick; thizd prize, case of wine, Race for siugie Iadies—First prize, an slumi- num_ brush, comb and case ana two wash- boa:ds; second prize, salt box and 100 vis- iting cards; third p washboards Race for members of the exchange—First prize, four rolls P. & B. paper; second prize, 5000 shingles and 500 fect of lumber, and also an electrical door set. bronze trimmings; third orize, two gallons enamel paint; fourth prize, 500 feet of lumber. Race for carpenter contractors—First prize, 500 feet of kiln-dried flooring; secona prize, cuse of assorted wine and a waking canc: third prize, two gal'ons enamel paini; third prize, 300 cedar shingles; fourth prize, red- Race for brick mason contractors—First prize, | 500 pressed chimney tops: second rrize, 1006 bricks azd one iron wheelbarrow; third prize, 2000 red bricks; fourth prize, 4000 hard bricks, Race for plasterers and plumbers, contraci- ors—First prize, five barrels ot plaster and two barreis of lime; second prize, ten barrels of lime; third priZe, two loads of sand and one washbowl. Race for millmen—First prize, five gallons 1CT her to do, as she was empioved up to | & ey, o) econd prize, one galion 0. 1. ighteen months ago as COMpPanion to Mrs. |~ Race ior members, representatives—First Hoffman. | prize, 1000 bricks; second prize, five pattern she was anx'ous to go East and to | screens; tuird prize, three and's half dozen place her daughter mn school and was short of money. She told me taat she had Jet her husband know of it. two weeks from last Sunday Mi. Hoffman was founs dying the follow- | ing Tuesday evening. not be home till late to-night, but ke | knows nothing about that letter, and I | wish now that he aid. ‘ “While Mrs. Luth was with the Hoff- mans cvervthing was pleasant and agree- able in the family, and Mr. Hoffman seemed very fond of his wife. Itisa pity that the letter was ever written.” | BOYS' AND GIRLS' AID. One Hundred Boys Were Cared For During the Last Fiscal Year. The annual meeting of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society was held yesterday | afternoon, and the reports of the officers iwens very promising. Secretary Her husband will | five yards, steel iath; | bottles of wine. Thre lerged race—First prize, 1000 bricks; tried to make a loan, and that she d d not | “§ond Prize: two cases of wine, Running broad jump—First prize, three bar- She left bere | rels of cement; second prize, one-half dozen nd I believe | Kiesling wine. Standing broad jump—First prize, twenty- cond prize, one metal eaele and one meat safe. Standing hop, step and jump—First prize, 3000 luths and one grllon of mixed paint; second prize, one stepladder and two camp 5100 Tug-of-war between carpenters and brick- Iayers—First prize, case of champsgne and box of cigars; second prize, one sase 0% O. P.S. whisky and box of cf; Tug-of-war, free for all—First prize, one case of whisky; second prize, box of cigars. Oven race ior ladjes—First prize, one photo- graph wlbum; second prize, one camp stool, four window screens and salt box; second vrize, one doub.e washboard; thi-d prize, one camp chair and double washboard. ————————— " Statistics prove that nearly two-thirds | of the letters carried by the world’s postal services are written, sent to and read by Allen | English-speaking people. 20 INCHES - 1} [ \ 10 INCHES Results of Tests Made by Coroner Hawkins With Black Powder and Smokeless Powder Cartridges on Human Skin at the Various Distances Indicated. The Portions Marked “B” Show the Results of Flack Powder and Those Marked “S” of Smokeless Powder Cartridges. SINCHES ze, camp chair aud iwo | BLARD CF TRADE ACTIVE Its First Success in Opening the Free Market on the Water Front. Christian Endeaverers Against Men- ticning Wine in the Beard’s Souv pir. The regular meeting of the State Board of Trade was held at 16 Post stree, & large attendance being present. The board will publish 10,000 copies of a beau- tiful and instructive souvenir for the Christian Endeavor convention for free distribution. Articies upon all matters of interest have been accepted from thirty or more of the best writers of the coast, and the whole has been edited by W. H. Mills. The purpose of the State Board of Trade in going to such a great expense in getting out this souvenir is to advertise the State in a legitimate and fair manner, and in this endeavor Editor Mills ran across a stumbling block. One of the best articles, in his opinion, was upon the wine industry of the State, 1ts past, present and future, and its bene- fits as one of the principal Californian industries. When the “dummy”’ souvenir beok was presented to the local commit- tee of Christian Endeavorers that article raised a rumpus whicn re-ulted in the edict that the article in question must_be stricken out of the souvenir, for the En- deavorers would not Tecognize as their . ficial souvenir any book in which wine, its product or consumption is favorably mentioned. E litor Mills was up a stump, so to speak, and for once in his life was oblized to take water, and it was decided by the board to issue 10,000 copies of the souvenir in which no favorsble mention is made of wine. In fact it will be strictly speakinz a cold-water edition, nothing sironger than mineral water receiving favorable mention. When this agreement is complied with the board will issue a sec- lond edition uron which there will be no | strines and tae wine men will have a ciance. The special committee, composed of B. | N. Rowley, Mark C. McDonald and Craigie Sharp, whose mission was to ascertain why the progress of establisbing a iree market on the water front as permitted by 1aw, made its report. It was, in sub- stance, that Harbor Commissioner Col- nom, the principal worker for the free market, has been ill. Upon tbe other Commissioners has been brought to bear all the large infiuence of the commission men and draymen. The latter’s drayage at present amounts to nearly $1000 a day, and much of ths would be saved to the community at large by the establishment of a iree markel. The interest of the preduce dealers may be easily compre- hended. Aiter some effort, the board's committee got the Harbor Commissioners to take action,and Jackson-street wharf was set as for the free market. Tuere are only five acres of space on this wharf, which is noue too much for the purpose. The Harior Commissioners also dele- gated to the Board of Trade the right to ko ahead and start the ball in motion. The committee was instrucied to prepare avplication blanks for tho-e who want space in the new free market. It is not expceted that the next venture will ba a brilliant success on the start, but thai in time the people and producers will grow into a closer business relationship. SACRED HEART, Commencement Exercises Held at the Presenta- tion Convent. The commencement exercises of the Sa- cred Heart Presentation Convent School took place yesterday afternoon. Tielarge ball of the conven: was packed to the doors. Archbishop Riordan was present | and presented the prize-winners with the little gifts that had been prepared for them. Many of the clergy were there, and the Vicar-General, Father Prender- gast, read all the names of the successful | scholars. At the close of the exercises the Archbishop made a short speech, in whica he told the children to always remember the many Kindnesses they had received at the hands of the sisters. Following is the complete programme rendered, together with the names of the prize-winner. Chorus, “To Jesus’ Heart ail Burning”; duet | (three ptanos), “German Triumphal March”; salutatory. Miss M. Byrne; vocal solo, “The Spanish Gypsy,” Miss M. ‘Barry; duet (iwo pianos), *'I: Corricolo”—galo) citation, “Be a Woman,” Miss A. Cotter; erenade Es- agnol 1o, mandolins. Cantata, “Spring "—May Quecn, Miss K. Ryan Miss E. Ibotson; Spray, Miss E. Drady bow, Miss K. Johnson; Suushize, M ter; Schoolmaster, Miss Montgomery ; Miss A. Maguire; Georgiana, Miss M. Burry! Charlotte, Miss C. Baretta. Group of eirls and dewdrops. Duet (two pianos), “The Witches' Fligh”; music (original), Miss M. Cavanagh; trio (three pianos), “Listen to the Bird”; recitation, “Spring Housecleaning, Miss L. Gallagher; solo (two pianos), “Graund | lse de Concert”; dialogue, “*A Christian's | Misses E. Montgomery, M. Scana- pisnos and maundolins. Gradu- ating honors, diplomas and gold medais cou- | ferred on: Miss M. Power, Miss J. Duffy, Miss Kearney, Miss M. O'Bri¢n, Miss J. Coakley Closing nddress, Miss X. Johnsou; “Te Ame, pisno and mandolins. Distribution of pre- miums. Following was the list of prizes: Com petitors for a gold medal douated by his Grace Archbishop ordan tor Curistian doc- tr Miss Jennie Duffy, Miss Anastasia Mc- Mahon; winner, Miss Jennie Duffy. Competitors for a gold medal donated by Very Rev. Fatner Prendergast, V. G., for gen- eral exce! Miss Evelyn Drady, Miss Gussie Why Anasiasia McMahon, Miss Maud Fitzgerald: Winzer, Miss Evelyd | Tady. Silver medals for Christian doctrine awarded to Miss Ella Devine and_ Miss Addie Brickley. Certificates were awarded to the following young ladies for progress in sindies: Miss Frances Madden, Miss Ella Devine, Miss Maud Fitzgerald, Miss Mty Gorham, Miss Annie Fiynn, Miss Gussie Whyte, Miss Maggie McCluskey, Miss Jennie Saunders, Miss Annie Conne!l, Miss Edith Kenneaiy, Miss Laura Mansfield, Miss Annie Sheehan, Miss Cassic Creely, Miss Carrie Gallagher, Miss Alice McGuire, Miss Loretto ¥lynn, Miss Loretto Gallagher, Miss Mary Gallatin. Piemiums were awarded to the gradu- at-s as follows: For shorthand, Miss Macrena Power; for bookkeeping, Miss May O’Brien and J. Coakley; for typewriting, Miss Jenule Duffy for composition, Miss Nellie Kearney. Midd gradustes—Deporiment, Mliss An Mahon; diilgence, Miss May Byr attendance, Miss Anastasia McMahon; pen- manship, Miss Monigomery. Junior clas Christian doctrine, Miss Fanuie Robinsor diligence, Miss Josie Creem; penmanship, Miss Julia Doody; shofthand, Miss Evelyu Drady; regular aitendance, Miss Elia M- Grath. Ninth grade—Deporiment, Miss Maud Fitagerald; diligence, Miss Gussie Whyie, regular attendance, Miss Maud Fitzgerald; penmanship, Miss ‘Alice McGuire. Eighth rade—Christian doctrine, Miss Addfe Brick- ey; deportment, Miss Alice Beady; ditigence, Miss Christina Barr; roguiar atiendaice, Miss Agnes Slatiery. Premiums for musical composition, Miss May Cavanath; for music, Miss May Byrae; for crayon drawiog, Miss May Barry. A TRINITY OF THIEVES. P. Ross Martin Lectured the South Park Political Fconomy Club Concerning It P. Ross Martin delivered last evening an address before the South Park Poiitical Ecoromy Ciub, having for iis title “A Trinity of Thieves.” As a socialist of the most pronounced order, Mr. Martin arraigned the three thieves in caustic fashion. The name of the first and most potent of the trinity he calied the land monopolist, te second the middleman, or tne man who lives on the profits aceruing from the ramifications of trade, the third the usurer. Having reviewed and scored the “‘capi- The spring, Rain- | fringed ends. talist system” from the socialistic stand- point, the speaker said: ““The profi-mongering thief, unlike the land thief, who simply and unbiushingly sits at the door oi nature and collects toll, is as busy as the devil and twice as mis- chievous, “None of the thieving trinity is half so enterprising. On the shallow but deceiv- ing plea of exchanging the products of labor, and thus, as the argument goes, aidinz production, at least nine-tenths of his time and labor is devoted to the pre- vention of exchanges. Living by the Drofits shaved from goods in transit, bis ingenuitv is strained to the utmost and | nis efforts to the breaking point to keep the goods in constant transit, and thus pre- vent the products of labor from reach- ing the consumer until they are loaded down with unnecss<ary debls, thut oblige "the producer to deliver up four-fifths of bis product before the thieving circle is | compiete. “The entire capitalist system is based upon the plunder of the working people and the entire plant of sfo er land, the tools of production bought with the prod- ucts from sto en land and the surplus values called capital, which are the stolen proceeds of stolen iand, and stolen ma- binery operated by the robbed for the beneflt of the robbers is worked know- ingly and consciously to the end that idieness may live in luxury and sensuality and toil tremble belore its masters, beg- ging permission to work on terms of pinching penury and soui-effacing misery and sorrow, crowding our jails with crim- inals and the potier’s ficld with the corpses of workiugmen aud working- women.” Mr. Martin will deliver the seme lecture at Washingten Hall, Eddy Street, tuis evening. It was announced that Rev. William Rader will deliver a lecture at the Turk-street Temple this evening on “Economic Revolution.” CAST SHORE BY THE T The Body of William E. Vaughn Was Yesterday Re- covered Hs: Sailed to H's Death on the Futed Yacht R-gina Several Weeks Ago. The body of Wiliiam E. Vaughn, one of the crew of the wrecked pleasure yacht Regina, was washed asiore yesterday and is now at the Morgue. The body, which, ac far as features are concerned, is past recognition, having been in the water for several weeks, was identified by the cloth- ing and a small fob-anchor found in one of the deceased’s pockets. A. J. Vaughn, a brother of the unfortunate young man, read in the evening papers of the finding of the body and hurried to the Morgue. He was shown the fob and other effects found on the body and identified them as those of his brother. After giving instruc- tions to the Coroner's deputies and ai- ranging for the removal of the body, Mr. Vaughn returned to his home, sad at heart, and told his family, which had been Euénug against hope, of the finding of the ody. e PIRATE OR VICTIM? Strange Tale of a Chinese Quarter- mustei—Water Front Notes. S8am How, a Chinese quartermaster on the British steamer Hupeh, shows two wounds on his head whic he says he got while fig! ting pirates on a Chinese man- of-war. One scar was evidently made by a bullet that struck him a glancing blow on the right temrle and gouged outa piece of the bone. The other is a scar on the back of the head which m ght have been produced by a club. How, however, usserts that the bullet went ciean throneh his brain and came out at-the back of his head. Leong Sam, another Chinese on board, tells another siory. He asserts that Sam How was a pirate, and received his wounds when a Chinese man-of-was swooped down on bis boat. The British collier Welimngton arrived from Nanaimo, B. C., on Monday in diffi- culties. Part of her machinery broke down and she had to make port under a slow bell. She will be towed 10 the bunk- ers to-day and the work of discharging wiil bexin atonce. The Dunsmuirs have secured men to take the place of tke strikers, but as trouble is expected the .gollce will be on hand 10 preserve order. trange to say this is a case where the trouble is the 2mplovment of an; in the palace 0! non-uion engineer: Chiei Wharfinger Root and 4sststan Chief Wharfingsr Scott had an adventure with a derel:ict and half-sunken lighter Monduy afternoon. They were out iy the State tug Governor Irwin when they saw the lighter driftng down on the sopst. | defense boat Monterey. They ran up | alonuside of it and one of the grew jumped aboard tomake a line fast. The iighter began to sink with bis weight anq he was only rescusd with difficuity, He had made the lin- fast, however. ang when his weight was removed the lighter | came to the surface again. After conn erable difficaity she was towed sid- to the | mud fats and there securely fasiened to x | pile. Had the derelct struck the wa; ip | considerable damags would bave been IRROVETION FAOLKNER'S | Dalivers a Pointed Address to i Parents on Commenc:- ment Day, Reasons Why Boys Are Tak:n Away Frcm Schoo Bef re They Begin to B> Educated. | ! R. D. Faulkner, principal of the Franklin | Grammar School, introduced an innova- ’ tion yesteriay in the school exercises by | | | | | | | inviting the mothers of the pupils to at- tend. One of the objects of the meet was to make tenclior acquainted and to make the pupils feel that though they all might not be able to get to the head of the class, their efforts in that direction were ap ed. It was a departure, as Principal Faulkner said, from the time-worn custom of hold- ing eraduaiing exercises in which the | brightest of the pupils declaimed for the | admirstion of the visitors and in which | the rest showed by appropriate exercises | | | the progress they had made during the year. All these exercises were prearrancel | and rehearsed over and over again with- out, in the greater number of cases, g ing s fair indicaiion of the work of the pupils during the year. Principal Faulk- ner made an address to the parents, im- pressing upon their minds the evil effects of taking the children away from school | before their education had f beg This was more often the case with boys than with girls, and the girls are leit to continue their studies. Such a course, he said, would soon tolve the suffrage problem, for the women would possess all the education, leaving the men to be the common drudges—with little or no ability to cope with the gentler sex in the easy 10ads of life. To the 200 mothers Mr. Faulkner ex- plained the system of manual instruction given in the school. One of the most im- portant branches was cooking, 1 which the girls were given forty minutes’ in- struction each week. The boys got ninety minu-‘es at the tocl benches each week. | Heconcluded by saving that the com- puisory school law should be enforced and not allowed to remain a dead letter. An additional section should be added pro- hibiting the emp'oyment of children be- tween (he ages of 7 and 14 years. Boys were teken out of school to take the places of men at er wages’ and this was not @ desirable state of affairs, be- cause it not only injured the boys but the fatbers of lamilies whose wages were needed by them for the supportand educa- | tion of iheir families. Boys helieved tnat | ihey should be incependentand earn taeir own living, and this was one of the rea- sons why boys left school before they | were properly educated. Another was the | greed of the parents to have their children | assist them in the accumulation of money, | them indepen- refractory spirit which would also make dent. Then there was a | 1n some boys, and they wished o get out |into the world free from parental con- [ "Fhe school bas been very popular and successful, as more than 200 pupils have been added to | year. the roll during the past NEW TO-DAY. THAT B TOWEL E GIVE IT AWAY—ONE LARGE BATH TOWEL, 20x46 INCHES—ONE towel free with each purchase of 20 bars at $450. Towel and Soap are both desirable goods for family use. Turkish bath, camask, plain, hemmed or line of Towels in cotton or linen, huck, Linen goods with us are a s bars of Poor Woman’s Soap at $1 or 100 A big trong feature. | Carrant Jolly, home made - - - 15¢ s jars, and 100 wiinesses puri y of ihe a ticls. For s 1t These are gl wil confirm the convalescents and the sickroom. Jars paid for if returned. |Orange Jelly . - - . . - - lb¢ This and our Lemon Jelly made under ourown roof. Phvsicians recommend them for purity and quality. Everybody who tries them recominends them. Quart Fruit Cans, dozen - - - 43¢ ‘Tin In gross or half-zross lots we make reduetion: hese ate for family use. in %4y et and are good trom year to Hero Jars. - . - . . . . ‘Tl is the same or about the same Jghthing. | FIX ures are a I tie rust offer any size to close at 5 ceuts. We Ammonia, pints, strong - - - - [0s ‘¥nis will commend_itself to any family tha uses it for cleansing purposes. It is doule sirengih. Oysters, Is. dozen - - - . . - 95 Onr standard packs at 95 cents this year are a temptation to all who vaiue good shellfish. Same In 2s, 15 cents. |Giteloth - . - . . . . . This s the best grade of standard w | Blankets- . . . . - - . . 60e | Either for our pretty fawn color or white price from 60 cents up. Carpets, ingrain - - - - . - 2 | Many patter s at this price. all one yard | all comers almost. Shawl Straps - - - . . . .20 “ Leather Shawl and Satchel Straps from wool. 20 cents up. No big profits charged st the big store. Sample Bags- - - - - - . .43 'sce our list of Sample Traveung Bags. Sazonels and Hand Ba.s on staif@s from 45 cents or less to $14. Every pricf) every kind—enough for everybody. | Men's Wool Suits - - - . - $8.00 ‘ Not the Sheap-builtshoddy satinet grades, but gennine All-Woo: Suits sold special days at many piaces for $12.50. Bee Hives—we have about balf a car left 10 close the season’s supply. Ice Cream and Cake every day at demon«tration counter. Plain Home-made Cakes and Pies st d. Itis the best. elicacy counter, first floor. Flage, Lanterns and Fireworks for Fourth of July ready for delivery. Little Shoes, little Stockings, little Bo nnets for litsle people at little prices. Coal Oil Johnny Soap—well, we want you to try it, that's all. their ITH . CASH STORE Weaim to give every one a welcome and to make pleasant as possible. We are always ‘wiiling’’ to sell, but make no effort to force goods on our patrons at The Big Store at the Ferry—25 stay, whether for a moment or a month, as 1’0 not feel that you must buy. 27 MARKET STREET. FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, bootblacks, bath- houses, billiard-tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy.makers, canners dyers, flourmills, foundries, laundriés, paper- bangers, printers, painters, shoe factories siaole men, tar-roofers, tanners, (ailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers. 609 SacramentoSé. { EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO. } European plan. Kooms 50¢ to $1 50 per day, 34 ‘ NEW WESTERN HOTEL, 10 $8 per Weekk, $5 Lo $3U per moncn: fres Ouihs: hot and cold Wwater every room: ire sraled & ®very room; elevaiof runs allnigat. and parents better )