The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1897, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1897. HALE BROS. 0000 OOCOROO0; THE THEORY OF THIS SALE. The seasons of the year at Hale's are 2 At the beginning be gone. s and ready for the new stocks. The ob- | ject of a ciearance sale is to prepare these stocks for the new season, and to sell the novelties at whatever price is | necessary to insure a spzedy exit. The | mand is greatest, and that time is now. With three months ahead to wear these | goods no prudent woman should pass this sale without her careful considera- #11114$10000-0000000€-00000:000000009 | tion. DOMESTICS. ‘ ROYAL INDIGO P a3c | width, sripes 91 | Clearance Sule (Limi COTTON TOWELING. durab! le, 18 CROCHET c| med an 44| inches. Each 5000 yards of CANTON FLAN- an extra heavy un- mc ei flanuel, our 10¢ line. { Cltarance Sale price T Yara SCOTCH GINGHAMS, dress patterns lipe. Cleara FINE mos linen ance DIMITIES, of them sh Saie price... % § § § § : ;; ODD LOT OF DIMITIES, plain nine different lines, were from ~1C price.. 3 =) 4 o by Yard DRESS SATF , & z00d variety of patteras on dark grouunds ”~C CUliearance Sa.e price Yard SILK STRIPE CHALLIES, the i dainties: fabric them” all, | 1 lin Clearance Sale i FORTER: 50 Each | ;k l 50 | 1= Pair / (INCORPORATED) 937-945 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. 6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 HALE BROS. HALE BROS. U HALE BROS ! HALE BROS ICCOCOCOCI000000I0000000CIC0000Q0I00000000C0C0COCC000COCON0CO000C0000C0000C0C000000000C0 000 Ca00C0 00000000000 OO0l oCoCColcocoos HAL®T BROS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS ASKED TO THE DETAILS OF THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. HOW CLEARANCE SALE AFFECTS READY-MADE SUITS. It is unnecessary to detain you by useless argument. your attention to the items, prices and reductions quoted below. We ask your confidence in our advertised statements. time to close such lines is when the de- | Some reductions seem unreasonable we assure you an inspection will prove that they are as we advertise them, and that the goods and descriptions are exactly as we say they are. We guarantee to give you even better values than you more! would expect. We call | Although Yes, we promise DI 2 50 CANVAS CLOTH SUITS, Eton effect, jacket thor- ouzhlv lined with silk and gilt braid LA trimmed, ntly made and per- fect fit, colurs p um or green: this suit sold for $22 50 cut for th clearance sale. Clearance Sale p LADI 1850 CHE(K COMBINA- | TION SUITS, one-button cucaway style, jacket silk-lined, skirt trim- med with straps o plain clotn; s0ld for $20. Clearance Sale price. . ' ETON SUITS, with high col- LADIES' GREEN AND BLU OM- aid all over jacket and down INATION SUITS, cutaway jackes frout of skirt, jscxet iined with 811 Q50 silk lined_throaghout, the swellest biack, navy. blue or green. R O Jittle outfit thai can be made duced trom $12 50 to suit | sult sold for $20. Clearanc | price | e LADIES' JERSEY CAPES, plum or LADIES' $18 50 ETON SUITS, large green, 16 inches long. slashed col- | scalloped collar, irimmed with gilt | )ar lined with changeable silk, Km- .50 ik lined brown. pur @] ()98 | pire front aud bucx, embroidered all == Reduced from $15 50 0 Sl | over. Reiuced from $10 to = Each | 3-BUTTON CUTAWAY | wool mixtures, | LADIES’ BLACK FIGURED SKIRTS, a3 neat as wax. q:Q.r,n\ thoroughly lined aud seams all @u©).00 perfecly up to date. Reduced from C— lapped and bound, a pertect fitting @ &— | $18 50 (o close at s Su skire. Clearance Sale price. . acl DOMESTICS (Concluded). |CLEARANCE SALE IN THE SASH CURTAIN NET—White or ecru, ! BAZAAR. taped and bordered on bob sides; 30 ] 910 ineh; our 15¢ live. Ciearance Sale 12 — SO 7% 1479 Rolls of CREPE pAPER—AIl col- 5e T e ors; 3 yaras iu a roll; our 8c paper. . TAPESTRY PORTTERES — 314 yards Tt S lon:z by 50 inches wide; 8 colors; .00 | Clearance Sale price seeeees Roll fringed top and bottom. ' Clearance e — | iz Sale price & S Pair 100 dozen DAMASK TOWEL > inches, all pure linen, knot ed fringe, colored bord ance Sa.e pri Each 700 yards TABLE ASK — Thor- oughly bleached. 2 vards wide; sl £)C flax: our 65c line. o e price.. Yard ND DUCK_ SUITINGS—Plain blae and lght grounds: our (:C line. L) regular i2c Clearunce pri : CHENILLE TABLE COVER 27x27 inches reduced to.. 45x45 Inches reduced to Sale WHISK BROOMS to be closed out i 0 Whisk Brooms each 5 FRENCH VELV FACE POWI I SWANDOWN —5 gross on sale at AVY WIRE BOAP STANDE AMEL TOWEL RAC HE E NICKEL-PLATED SOAP BOX BOX OF WRITING PAP R4 sheots C and 24 envelopes; 1000 boxes for . Clearance Sale at Box CHARACTER OF THE GOODSs. The merchandise offered at this sale is col- lected from the best manufacturers of the world. Every vard and every article is made by well paid labor, working under the best conditions as to facilities and cleanliness. Thoughtful women can purchase ¢ with confidence that they are getting value and not dissatisfaction for their money. Maco vara, narrow ed heels, double knees, double toes, our -dc_line, onty a few, 50 come early, sizes 7 0 9. Ciearance Sale Price. oDp LOT DRE AND CHIL cotton or lisle s Black Cotton, sizes y; Ladied ian Ribbed Lisle liose. Ladies’ Coiton and Ladi Extra Luré Black Cotton Hose—all worth 25cand 3.c vawr, the eutire 102 (45 dozen) to be closed ou 3 ODD LOT OF LADIE CH FREN LISLE HOSE, plain or fancy ribbed, solid_colors 1i tan, brown or gray, OF LADIE HOUS others with black boots and fancy ORC tops, 1ull finis th s is a 50c stock: ) ing. Clearance Sale Price. .. 5 Pair ODD LOTS OF COTTON T 11 dozen in all, broken sizes, ribbed, pink avd blue, cro- rC chet neck and armiets, wor.h 2dc. o Ciearance Sale Pr 2 Each ODD LOT OF CHILDREN'S s ecru cotton, H. N. L. ~., Swiss or Jer- sey ribbed, summer weight, broken ] GO sizes, our 2oc line. Clearance Saie < Price, = s Each ODD LOT OF LAD1 AND UNION :UITS, L. Swiss or Jersev ribbed. ecru or 2,’(1 sitk stitched, our 35¢ and 50c lines. 2 . . Each 0DD LOT: COTTON EQUES- TRIA , that sold tor 7dc pai ‘Wool Vests, that s0ld’ for $1: Ladies’ White Merino Drawers, that sold for 50c, broken ur pick from the plle. A 39° aiice Sa esnap Each 50 LADIES' FRE V-shaped neck, broz 50°¢ doliar vest. The small iot left wil —© be closed out for Ciearance Sale. Each ©DD LOT OF BOYS BLOUSE W AISTS, percal-sand iswns. ali trimmed with rufies and embroidery, sizes 5 to 8 acs, our 7oc aud $1 lnes. Clear- 59°¢ ance Sale Price. i Each | GENTS’ BROWN AND TAN COTTON | SOCKS good quality, mediom weight, 1C seamless, worth 10c. Clearance Sa e 3 Price . 3 Pair SUMMFR WEIGHT WOOL D UNDE:WEAEK, natural xray and camel's hair, siik bound, drawers in sizes 30, . 40, 42 an 44, all sizes in shirts. On sale. 39¢ Each Many lots are small, so come early, before they re closed out. Prudent money.losing is oft styles over their original season. Clearance Sale. HOW CLEARANCE SALE AFFECTS DRESSGOODS. We never carry fancy augurate our The entire establishment has trembled at the mighty slashes of the clearance knife, but Dress Goods, with its | hiindreds of fancy styles, fairly quake at the jabs King Clearance has given them. This department above all others has felt the blow of positive loss, and the prices mentioned here to-day are but samples of the sacrifice that will be carried on in this department. en wise. To-morrow we ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTS— thread in the fabric pure wool. & good firm cloth fn light and ] 7C medium colors, 37 inches wide, or- iginally marked 85c. Clearance price Yard ALL-WOOL SERGE-Sirictly all wool, ] ()C myrtle. olive and tan,, reduced from ¢ 25¢. Clearance price Yard FANCY MOSAIC SUITINGS—An ele- gant 38-inch fancy novelty, light and medium shades, a splendid fabric, flim and durable, was 33¢. C.earauce price.... FANCY CHECK SUITINGS—A heavy worsted checke! fabric, 36 Inches wide, 1ight and medium shades, was 50c. ' Clearance price Yard ODD 1OT OF FANCY NOV- ELTIES—All wool avd sikk and ool effects, the onigiual prices were 4 4O 75¢ and 1. The entire line for clear- ance at. Yard FANCY MOHAIR SUITINGS—One of this season’s most popular produc- tions, this is our doliar line. Cle ance sa.e price e HEAVY TAFFETA SILK—Fancy col- ored stripe effects with a zigz.g figu & woven over the surfsce, 19 in h, this OO 0000000000000 CO000000000000000) 50°| we s0.d aL 85¢. Clearance sale price. Yard CHANGEABLE JACQUARD SILK— Every color a g00d one, an elegant roc fabric, 19 Inches wise. this is our 5o¢ O line. Clearance sale price..... Yard FANCY SILK WITH DISAPPEAR- ING SATIN SIRIPE—Neut littie floral de=igns, a splendid, heavy 50L fabric and \ery stylish, 19 1nch, ou: 75cline. Clearance price............. Yard FANCY JACQUARD FIGURED SILK— This 15 & guaranteed reduction from $1 50 yard, 2. incl. 4 c carance sale bargaln a: 7 9 FANCY STRIPED TAFFETA—With smal jacquard figures, a splendid grade, 19 inch, was $1 25. Clearance RC Yard 75° sule price. . . Yard FANCY PLAID SILK—An extra heavy plaid Io small eflvcts, neat and mod- 750 e t, all govd colors, thoroughly sa [ factory. Reaucea from $1 -5 to.. Yard THREE CLEARANCE SALE SNAPS FROM RIBBONS. SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN and PLAIN GROS - GRAIN RIBBONS—Noi 5 3¢ and 7; 2250 yards in all; odd colors. « Clearance Sale price. R e SATIN AND GROS-GRATN and SATI B¢ EDGE GROS-GRAIN, in odd color Nos. 9 and 1 Clea ance price.. Yard ALI-SILK NECK RIBBONS — Molre and Plaln Taffeta: short lengths, but 2004 assor ment of colors: 4 10414 inches wide. Ul:arance Sale price... 25° Yard -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-O 53 15 855 153838 388888848222.0-0-0-0-0CHO-O-O -O-O-OO-O-OO-O-OO-O-O FOUR CLEARANCE SALE SNAPS FROM VEILINGS. FANCY MESH VEILING — Brown, Re navy or cream. Clearauce price. J Yard FANCY MESH VEILING—Chenflledot, ~—1C brown, navy, tan or cream. Clew (5 ance price... e Yard REGULAR 25c CREAM GRENADINE 191¢ VEILING—Black dots. Clearance 1Z2 Drice. Yard CHENILLE DOT VEILING—Fancy mesh, 27 inches wide our 50c iie: rC black, brown or navy. Clearance o) price SR VR HALE BROS. HOW THIS SALE IS PREPARED. Many days before clearance the chief of each department carefully overhauls his entire stock. He separatesthe goods 1o be closed out, arranges them in lots of | like value and tacks on a price that in- | sures a speedy exit. No record of the oo | cost is consuited, the one object is to oJo | clear the shelves of summer stocks re- o(o gardiess of their value. This semi- annual event is looked forward to by hundreds of shrewd shoppers. The preparations we make are extensive, the o result is anaccumulation of merchandiss ol at prices that insure the largest shop- o(o | ping crowds that evar assemble in 5. 1. oo el oo ( o NOI'IONS. ! e oo | LADIES’ WHITE AND (OL- oo ORED CHEMISETES, wi oo stuading or turndown collur e ocd lot of abo 0, good siz:s, ]n(f oo our price was Clearance oo | sateprice....... TR Each Y2 ODDS AND EN OF AILOR ]I AND CROCHE. BUITTON Your pick.......... Dozen i | PLAIN SILK ELASTIC, 7 inch, RC red. white. orange. hel J or blue. Clearance ~ale pri Yard | LisLE E 74 inch, extra [ red, yellow or ) sule price Yard | FANCY SILK WHALE. | RC CASING, 0dd shades, 9 s J t0a piece. Ciearance Sw'e price Piece VENISE LACE COLLARS bu- ]Q1C ter color, deep vandyke poin Lz Clearance Sale price Each WHITE SWISS, embroidered all | 5C over, 32 inches wide. Clears ) ance Sale price.. % Yard ‘A WONDERFUL CLEAR- ANCE REDUCTION IN CHAMOIS GLOVES. THREE-CLASP AND FOUR-BUTTONED CHAMOIS KID GLOVES, natural or white, all sizes. warranted 10 wash. A plece’ of Manton’s Chamois Cleaning £0ap with every palr. Our regular 85¢ glove will be closed out at SOoc Pair. [A J (INCORPORATED] 9387-945 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- 1438 | § The State Printing Office muddle is affecting the work of the State Mining Bureau and the mining industry as seriously as any institu- tion or interest in the State. Itis the wish of State Mineralogist Cooper to publish promptly in the form of bulletins the work of the field deputies as iast as results are obtained instead of waiting twi rs for the publication of the blennial report, ana in this time of mining activity this shoula be done. Special Field Assistant J. H. Meaus has completed a survey of the geology, mineralogy and mining opera- tions of the famed Randsburg district, and a map is being prepared under his direction. If this report could be published now as a bulle- tin it would be of widespread interest and great value, but if it must slumber for nearly two years it will amount to little or nothing., Epecial Fi stant Herold Fairbanks has just comp & similar survey of a large coast region in Santa Barbara and San Luls Obispo counties, ana amid the present active oil and mineral development of that region report would be of cxceptional value if published now in the form of a bulletin. Other field sssistants who are at work in the gold- producing regions are compiling important in- formation that seems likely to stale in pigeon holes for a year or two until out of date. Mr. Cooper has planned special bulletins on the oil resources of the State, its natural water power (with maps), and so on, but the troubles of the State Printing Office bar the way. If the way is cleared for the State Printer to re- sume his normal functions the State Mining Bureau will publish some important bulletins tnis year. 8 There are premonitions of a new oil boom in Southern California, There s great activity in prospecting, a great deal of development work is going on, and actual production is in- ereasing so that predictions sre being made that this vear's product will exceed 2000 gallons. Field Assistant W. L. Watts is busy atexplorations, and the State Mineralogist 18 constantly being asked for his services by men and corporations who want oil fields explored. The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe com- panies both want him to explore fields they hnve acquirea and which they will develop as sources ot fue! supply if expert juagments warrant extensive explorations. The Southern Pacific has 0il lanas near Fullerton, and the Sania Fe, which used oil as fuel on its engines in that region until the price went up some little time ago, is conducting borings on lands in Los Angeles County. Circuit Judge Ross and Ben Porter, who is a large land holder in the San Fernando Valley, the Puente Oil Com- pany and the Chino sugar refinery people, are among the number who have recently been auxious to have Watts come and juage the oil indications on lauds they own. The Sugar Refinery Company has lensed iands on which there are promising surface indications, and is anxious to develop a fuel supply. It may be noted that several people are just now nosing a great deal among the undeveloped oil fields of the bay counties, and & big development | of the oil resources of Central California is & thing of the near future. The Christian Endeavor people have been swarming into the rooms of the State Board of Trade this week, as well as & great number of those who have merely teken advantage of the cheap rates to make a trip to California, and a great many of these visitors have made special inquiries about the mining resources of the State. They have heard of the mining revivel in this State, the romance of Califor- | nia’s gold is with them, and some of them have ideas that they would like to own gold mines. Anyway they want to know about the mines. Great numbers me visiting the State Mining Bureau, but more naturally get to tte State Board of Trade. This is & re- minder of what THE CALLurged some time | 8go, With the backing of J. A{Filcher, then the | secretary, that the mining counties should place and sustain in the rooms of the State | Board of Trade attractive mineral exhibits al- luring the attention of visitors and illustrat- ing the mineral resources of the mining Tegions with ores, maps, photographs, relics, curios and so on. The State Board of Trade is visited by thousands of strangers yearly. The present mineral exhibits are paor and obscure. The county boards of trade of the mining region should advertise their mining re- sources as well as their big fruits, and the | new and active secretary, Charles S. Mont- gomery, will welcome any such exhibitions of enterprise. A great deal of quiet development is going on in Mariposa County, and when the Sierra Ruilroad reaches the county & big boom at the lower end of the mother lode is going to fol- low. Lest week at the Westminster mine, five miles northwest of Hornitos, & very encourag- | 1ug strike was made that will stimulate devel- ment in that region. This mine, which is owned by the El Progreso Mining Company, displayed at the surface & narrow vein of six inches running from $6 to $7 to the ton. With development it showed a 16-foot vein at fifty feet. The shaft is now down sixty-five feet | and the vein is thirty-eightinches wide, A tunnel 174 feet long hat been run to tap the vein, and there is a drift of fifty feet. A few davs ago an ore-chute assaying $28 was dis- covered at this slight depth. Two shifis are at work and a small stampmill will be erected stonce. This is typical of what is being done with hundreds of prospects that have been taken hold of by men of & little faith and of the bulk of the quiet operations that are in- creasing California’s gold yield. Four miles from this mine the Mount Gaines Mining Com- pany, composed of George Crocker and asso. ciates, are developing a property recently pur- chased for $10,000, and are now shipping machinery toit. It was in this region that Hamilton Smith and his associates recently bought the Red Banks and Crown Lead prop- erties from San Francisco people for about $225,000. The projected smelter at Stockton is greatly | | | | £520,000 interesting the miners of Tuolumne, Cala-! veras and Mariposa counties, for a smelter | within easy distance and the Sierra Railroad | to cheapen transportation charges would make possible the working of a great many ciaims producing low-grade ore whose owners have not the capital to erect milis, P. A. Buell, the promoter of the smelter enterprise, says that the money is promised by Eastern capitalists, who will be here in a few days. Tne Sierra Railroad will make Stockton an important depot of supply to a large mining Tegion, and a smelter would make it quite a mining town. Last week 150 men at the Iron Mountain covper mine in Shasta County struck against an order 1o work ten hours instead of nine, and their demands were conceded. At this big mine 325 men are now constantly em- ployed, and about 400 cars of ore are taken out daily. The miners working the mine are paid §2 60 per day. Most of the hydraulic mines have closed down on account of lack of water. The season has been much shorter than usual, There are more men employed in and about Coulterville than at any time in ten years, and the same may be said of most of e mining districts of the State. he Anaconde miue at Butte, Mont., is pro- ducing the enormous outputof 6000 tons of ore daily. In Colorado Mine Inspector Lee has ordered the owners of 120 shafts to meke repairs or improvements for the safety of the men. Many will be interested in knowing that topographic maps of a large partof the mining distriets of the State may be secured from the Director of the Geological Survey at Washing- ton at the cost of 5 cents each. Mavs of the following regious have been published: Alturas, Banuer Hill, Bidwell Bar, Big Trees, Camp Mojave, Chico, Colfax, Downieville, El Cajon, Escondido, Genesee, Grass Valley, Honey Lake, Indian Vailey, Jackson, Lassen Peak, Lodi, Markleeville, Marysville, Modoc Lava Bed, Nevada City, Oceanside, Placerville Pyramid Peak, Red Biuff, Redlands, Sacra- mento, Shasta, Sierraville, Smartsville, So- nora, Taylorsville, Truckee, Wellington, sev- eral sheets from Los Angeles to San Berna dino and the San Luis Obispo sheet. Yosemite | is in press. The United States Geoiogical Survey has is- sued a statement of the mineral products of the United States for 1896 and corresponding figures for each year since 1886. The total velue of all minerals 1s placed at $621,969,- 943 for 1896, against $622,687,668 for 1895, hé non-meiallic miverals for 1895 were valued at $339,774,029 and for 1896 at $334,- 187.374. Metuliic minerals for 1895, $281,- 913,639; tor 18¢ ,781,570. The great- est iucrease in value of the metals was in cop- p'r, which for 1895 was valued at $38,682, 347 and in 1896 at $48,694,267. Next came d with au increa e from $46,610,000 to 3,08%,000. Silver increased trom $7! 051, 000 1o $76,069,236; zinc from $6,278,020 to $6,519,920; aluminum from $463,600 to #ntimony from $68,000 to $84,- 290, and kel from $3091 to $4464. There wasa decrease i ironfrom $105,198,550 to $90.250,060, lead trom $11,220,000 to $10,- 472,000 and quicksilver from $1,337,131 to #14075_449. While there was, generally, an increase in quantity in most of the non- metallic minerals the decrease in price made the value somewhat less. More Deputies to Go It is rumored in Federal circles that orders have been received from Washington direct- ing the dismissal of several of the elerks in the Iuternal Revenue Office, and_ that the or- der originates with the neting Commissioner of Interuai Revenue at Washington. The sup- posed cause is thal in some way they were connected with the defalcation of Isaac Nor- ton or the embezzlements charged to ex-Col- lector Welburn. Aecting Coliector Bert Thomas denies having received any order for the re- moval of any of the subordinates. To Be Sentenced for Life. In the Criminal Department of the Superior THE DOME 1§ NOW COMPLETE Last Touches on the Orna- mental Portion of the City Hall. The Whole Structure to Be Completed in About Five Months. The Great Dome Just Finished the Tallest on the Western Continent. The New City Hall dome is completed. The finishing touches were put on vester- day and to-morrow afternoon the con- tractors will have a little celebration in honor of the event. A programme for ex- ercises in the evening has aiso been ar- ranged and a band-platform has been erected in the rotunda. With the completion of the dome, the work on the once new City Hali araws near to & close. It isalmost a quarter of a century since work on it was commenced, and all that remains now is to complete the roof of the hall. When this is done the new City Hall will be turned over to the Supervisors. The New City Hall Com- mission will pass serenely out of exist- ence, labor unions will cease to petition, discommoded City officials will cease to grumble—then, indeea, will the wicked cease 1o trouble and the weary be at rest. The Commissioners formally accepted the dome of the contractors a week ago Friday, but the last few finishing touches were not put on until yesterday. The grand rotunda can now be re:n in_all its glory, and the visiting Christian Endeav- orers will have to put on their programme of local attractions in addition to such sights as our world-famous Chinatown and Golden Gate Park, *‘the tallest dome on the Western continent.” From the sidewslk to the tip of the “‘Goddess’” torch is 330 feet. The only two domes in the world higher than this are St. Peter’s at Rom , 430 feet bigh, and St. Paul’s, London, 365 feet in beight. " There are towers and monuments on this conti- nent that are higher. The Philadelphia City Hall tower is 531 feet and the Wash- ington monument 555, but no dome so tall. “The dome of the Capitol at Wash- ington is shorter by over thirty feet. rom the base of the glass dome, which is fifty-six feet in diameter, to the top of the ‘lantern” is thirty-six feet. Then commences the tower dome proper. The highest attainable point for snecta- tors is the circular porch or walk, 266 feet above the sireet. Higher still, twenty- eight feet, is the foot on the statue of the goddess. The top of her bead is twenty- two feet higher and still ten feet above is the tip of the lightless torch which she patiently holds aloft. The gleaming roof of beaten copper makes the dome the most conspicuous Court yesterday July 16 was set as the day for sentencing to life imprisonment Chin Ah \\"-h, Who was convicied of murder a few days since, landmark in the City. The polished mar- ble floors and wails, veined and tinted in a variety of beautiful colors, make the in- 1 | the beams and girders to superintend the terior one of the most beautiful of any building in the City. Around the flrit‘ floor or lower rotunda runs a polished wainscoting of travertine marble thirteen feet high. The 5000 feet of this traver- tine marble was quarried in Mono County and cost in the neighborhood of §16,000. Tha sieps and flooring of all the galle- ries and platforns ar- Iaid in white-veined marble quarried in Amador County. The wainscoting in the secona gallery, five and a half feet high, is of a beautiful green shade. Above the great dome, which is composed entirely of ornamental art glass, is an immense lantern, from which many electric lignts will illumine the rotunda below. ‘Work on the dome just completed was begun less than two vearsago. A num- ber of designs were offered at the time, and the one accepted has heen known as the “Ellert design,’’ it being the favorite of the thenacting Mayor of the City, who was an ex-officio member of the New City Hall Commissinn. During the terms of his successors, Mayors Suiro and Phelan, the plans have been carried into effect and the statue of the goddess added to the original desien. The present commission consists of Mayor Phelan, Auditor Brode- rick and City and County Attorney Cres- well. S. H. B-ckett is the acting secre- tary of the commission. Commissioners Broderick and Creswell have been mem- bers of the board ever since work on the dome was begun, and the iatter, Attorney Creswell, has taken an especial pride in the building, climbing almost daily among work in its various sta «s of progress, TO LIGHT THE LAMPS. The Elegant Bronze Columns About the City Hall to Be Put Into Use. The handsome bronze lamps which stand as so many sentinels surrounding the new City Hall and which were placed there at a cost of §800 each and which have | been chiefly devoted to accumulating dirt for many years, may some of these days be lighted up. At a meeting of the City Hall Commission yesterday Commissioner Broderick made the suggestion that the electric lights be substituted by gas through the means of these lamps for illuminating the outsida of the hall, and the matter will probably be put to the test. A resolution was offered by Commis- sioner Creswell providing that the electric light and telephone wires leading into the building be buried within two weeks, the corporations interested being given notice that any left above ground after that time will be cut down. Excellent progress was reported as be- ing made on the City Hall roof. ——————— Licenses for a Year. The report of License Collector Lees was filed yesterday, showing the work done by his office last year. The number of City and County licenses issued were 34,398, realizing to the general fund $378,323, to the special fee fund $34.398: mnnicipal licenses 18,684, renlizing $86,041 25; Street Department ii- censes 6492.'Tealizing to the Street Depart- ment funa $1502 50; stock certifie te tax 31684, realizing to the mining fund $3168 40. Exempt merchandise licenses were issued to the number of 1262 and exempt restaurant and lodgine-house- 208. The amount paid to the City Treasurer \was $526.122 75. - The amount paid to the State Treasurer was $3168 40. — - Violent Deaths of a Year. According to the report of Coroner Haw- kins filel yesterday the violent deatbs upon which he took action last year numbered 766. They were very evenly distributed througn- out the y umbering by months as follow July (1896) 69, August 62, September 46, No- vember 57. December 68, January (1897) 783, February Marc 76, Anril 50, May 5§ June 54. Of this number 178 were suicides, of which 171 were whitesan-l 7 Chinese, 142 male and 36 female, 80 married, 70 single, 1 widow, 11 widowers and 16 unknown, i N ONE GASE TW0 DEGISIONS The Supreme Court Yester- day Handed Down a Dual Judgment. Granting a Motion and Rebuking an Attorney in One Breath, Reasons for Disqualifying a Court Should Not Be Indelicate COriticism, It is seldom that the Supreme Court, whose usual courze along the well-marked lines of the question at issue is as immu- table as the orbit of a planet and whose inattention to matters extraneous is aptly typificd by the bandage over the eyes of Justice herself, hands down from its au- gust tribunal a double judgment. This exception may be noted in a decision ren- dered yesterday in the case of a San Diego water company which had applied for a change of venue in its suit against the city of San Diego. The corporation had appealed from an order overruling its mo- tion for the change, the motion being based on the ground that the trial Judge was a taxpayer of the city, and conse- quently disqualified. The appellant filed a brief containing matter which respondent contended was | scandalous and impertinent, and the lat- ter made a motion to strike the brief from the files. The matter objected to was a statement by appellant’s attorney couched 1n exceedinglv plain and vigorous terms that the Judge was not only disqualified, but it was injustice to hims If 10 try to decide the case. And notonly unjust to appellant, but indelicate on "his part to insist. “It is an unpleasant task,” runs the brief, ‘for an attorney to take the posi- tion that a judge bas violated the doctrine 80 jealously gnarded by law that no man shall sit in judgment on his own case. This is vsually taken by a jud.e as a per- sonal reflection on himself and it ie a se- rious reflection when the judge hus know- ingly and willfully asseried his right to sit in the case.” The Supreme Court in its decision treats the dual question of qualification and in- sinuation in terms as plain as those used by appellant. With every disposition to put the most favorable consideration on the language of counsel (it says) we cannot avold the con- clusion thrt he bas 1n this instance over- stepped the bounds of legitimate argument and criticism. Counsel has no right to sug. gest that there are matters outside of the record whbich would show that the Judge of the Superior Court has been guilty of gross impropriety in scting upon this view that he was not legally quaiified to try the cause. The ounly question to be decided on the appeal is the question clearls presented by tae record— whether a tax and water payer of the city of San Diexo can a:t as Judge in this trial of the controversy. 1 he is uot legally disqualified the order | KINRNININNNR NI RIKNARE KKk must be affirmed; if he is disqualified the Judgment must be reversed, and the question whether he ought or oughtnot to nave de- clinea to sit in the case as & matter of deli- cacy, although not technically disqualified, is one which could by no possibility be litigatea in this court. The charge, therefore, of im- propriety and indelicacy on the part of the Judge of the Superior Court, which is cer- tainly insinuvated if not directly made in the passages above quoted from appellant’s briet, should not have been made, especially as there is nothing in the record to sustain it, The motion to strike out is granted. An Accounting Desired. William M. Neilson, as assignee of the estate of N. Neilson, an insolvent debtor, plaintiff, brings suit against N. Neilson, Clara A. Mc. Farland and Agnes Ellen Brock, defendants. It is alleged in the complaint that the de- fendant N, Neilson, witn intent to defraua her creditors, executed & deed to certain lands in Solano County to Clara A. McFarlana for no consideration. 1t is further sst forth that Clark A. McFarland deeded the property without consideration to Agnes Elien Brock. The court is asked to adjudge the transactions fraudulent and to require the defendants to account for the properiy transferred to them. —_—————— A new combination walking-stick and umbrella has the cane hollowed out so the umbrella can be placed inside when not in use. The cane telescopes so that it can be carried in the pocket when the umbrelia is in use, A4 kdeddedohok ek deokodek ko Rk Ak ok “THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. | | Rest Here s For 11 Corduroy covered Dongola Couch—latest and most styl- ish shape, as well as most com- fortable. 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