The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1897, Page 8

THE LAW SANCTIONS SLAVERT Inevitable Condition of the Annexation of Hawaii. CONTRACT LABORER HAS NO RIGHTS. The Workman Returned to His Master When He Seeks Freedom. FORCE OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST HIM. Nothing in the Constitution of the United States Which Would Change This Situation. BY WALTER MACARTHUR, Editor Cosst Seaman’s Journal, Y FVPRVRRY R RRERRRRF ¥R | (% Section 1419. If any person, lawfully bound to service, shall willfully absent himself from such service, without the leave of his master, any District Police Justice of the republic, complaint or upon under made, outh, by the master, or one in his behalf, may 1 before said issue a warrant to apprehend such pe:- son and br & him Justice; and, if tue complaint shall be maintained, the Jus- tice shail order such offender to Dbe restored to his master, 1 he shall be compelled to serve the remainder of the time for which he originally con- tracted.—Code of Hawaii. NAAAGRARA AREARES & S bl xim that ‘‘eternal vigiiance is the price of liberty” bas never been more apropos than in the question of Hawaiian annexation. The bistory of all time is that governments have always been neg- ligent and frequently traitorous in their | treatmentof the common interests. The | result has been that where the vigilance | of the people themselves has lapsed they have either sunk into a stats of complete subjection or they have been forced to re- | write their liberties in their own blood. Iuis also characteristic of history that no great encroachment upon the peonle’s liberiies ever succeeded in the open field; that where such has been attempted it has been in the insidious guise of a public benefit. ‘We are told that annexation will bea good thing for “Trade.” That talismanic word, the sound of which hasso often drowned the pleadings of humanity, is shouted on every hand, We are asked to risk the liberties of seventy millions of people in order to improve our trade with one hundred ihousand semi-savages in an ocean atoll! Tuis feature of the business recails the action of certain cattle-dealers during the Revolutionary War. la the critical period of that struggzie, when the treasury was depleted and even the veins of the Continental forces were running dry, these men demanded to be paid and even ravished the pregnani hour with their cries of *Beef! beef! beef!” Now, in another struggle, but equaily potentisl, the crv is *Trade! tradel trade A nother allurement of the occa- sion is the promise of miiitary power, This conceit mirrored before the Ameri- can people is better designed to expand the chest than broaden the view and may possibly result in the fate that befell the aspiring frog. The clzims made on behalf of trade and military power are baselesg, because in the first place the trade of the isiands is al- ready 1n the hands of the United States and will remain there just as long as that party offers the best terms and no longer, and secondly because the island will re- quire more military protection than they can give in return. But even if these claims were valid in tuemselves there is one objection that greatly outweighs them, namely the status of labor. In dis- cassing this phase of the question I as- sume that i’ annexation is accomplished the resuit, so far as labor is concerned, will be the establishment of a precedent to which labor in other parts of the United States may be conformed. The labor on the islands—thatis, the labor on the land— exists in a state of legal slavery. There is neither a public conception of individual liberiy nor a constitutional in- hibition of involuntary servitude. On th= contrary, labor is empioved under con- tracts specifically enforceable, as the fol- lowing will show. I quote from the Ha- wailan stetutes: Section 1419, If any person, lawfally bound to service, shall willfully absent himself from such service without the ‘eave of his master, any District or Police Justice of the republiz, upon complaint made, under oath, by the master, or by any one on his behaif, may issue a warrant to apprenend ~uch person and bring him be- fore said Justice; and, if the complaint shall be maittained, the Justice shall order such offender 10 be resiored to his mester, and be shall be compelied 10serve the remeinder of the time for which he originally contracted. Sec. 1420. [ any such person shail re- fuse to serve according to the provisions of the last section, or the termsof his contract, his master may apoly to any District or Police Justice where he may reside, who shall bo authorized, by war- | rant or otherwise, to send for the person so refusing and, if such retusal be per- sisted in, to commit such person to prison, there to remain at hard labor until ne will consent to serve according to law, ‘““‘And in case such person so bound as aforesaid shall have returned to the sery- ice of such master in and obedience to such order of such Justice, and shall again willfully absent himself from such sery- ice without the leave of his master, such District or Police Justice may fine sucn offender not exceeding $5 for the first coffense, and for every subsequent offense thereafter not exceeding $10, and in de- PRPRPRPO PRV RPN PR R PR YRR R BAAAAAAAAASAGAAAEAARSARAN > % i) H g H | annexation treaty, m | Toursion, one of the signers ot the t fault of payment thereof such offander shall be imprisoned at hard 1abor until such fine is paid, and at the expiration of such 1mprisonment such Justice shall order sucu offender to be returned to hi master to serve for the remainder of such original term of service.” The foregoing is of course a slave law, similar to the laws that existed inour own “Slave States.’” Supplementary to this are laws providing :mprisonment for debt and preventing any debior from leav- ing the islands. Thus it will be seen that even in the absence of a coniract to serve the laborer has no alternative of involun- tary serviiude, The advocates of annexation argue very plausibly that since tne treaty provides that no law of Hawaii which is contrary to the constitution of the United Siates shall remain in force, and since involun- tary servitude is proh:b ted by ti.e consti- tution, therefore the cbjsction to the con- traci-labor law is removed. Here two questions arise: Is the siave-inbor law of Hawaii contrary to the constitution of the United States? If it is not what will be the result upen the country at la from the annexation of a slave State or Terri- tory? The answer to the first question is contained in ibe decision of 1be United States Supreme Court in what is known as the “Arago Case.” This was agcase in which scamen were chiefly concerned, but it bears upon the matter now unde: dis- cussion by virtue of a significant allusion 10 the luw governing labor on land. In the Arago case four seamen of that vessel were arrested for desertion, v.z.: quicting work. They took habeas corpus procecdings on the ground that the statute under whch they were arrested was unconstitutional, inasmuch as it provided for servitude and was tk the thirte:nth amendm: denicd and an appeal was taken to (he Supreme Court. In deciding agans the seamen the court declared that service under a contract was noi iavoluntary serve itude as long as the contract was volun- tarily entered into; that the thirteenth amendment was not intended to introduce any *‘novel doctrine with resp:ct to cer- tain descriptions of service wuich bave always been treated as exceptional’’; that the seaman’s business was “‘exceptional,” apd that there misht be others” against whow the would operate. “Thus,’’ says the Supreme Court, “if one houid agree, for a vearly wage, to serve anotter in a particular capacity dur- ing his life, and never 10 ieave his estate without his consent, the contract might not be enforceabie for the want of a lezal remedy, or mighit be void upon grounds of pubiic policy, but the serviiude conld not be properly termed involuntary.” The court declared further that the thirteenth amendment was well under- stood at the time of its adup:ion to apply only to the negro of the South, tue Mexi- can pson and the Cbinese cooly. It wiil be seen that according highest judicial au ¢ servitude has been n pat- icular cases; in other w that con- tracts to labor may nforced, provided | I remedy” exists. This legal | consists in the case of the Ha- wa.ian laborers, Lere cited, nence of theisland tution of the United State That thi- system will be may be takeu for granted. Sherman, in b by virtue of the statutes he contract-labor system not contrary to the consti- continued creiary panying the the point that 1t leaves Con, fiee 10 deal with *‘such cspecial regulations of the c act-lu sysiem as circumstances m ‘What are the circumstan on bebalf of Hawaii, s.ys in a pamphlet recently issued by nim: *The people ol Hawail as a whole are energetic and in- dustrious. They are annually producing and exvorting more per capita than any other nation of the world. Moreover their chief export, sugar, is an article which hasio compete in the markets of the world on the smallest possible margin of profit, and can be produced only by a comvination of 1nd 1y, economy and keen business ability. Again Mr. Thursion says: “It may be claimed that Europeans and Americans can hold their own in competition with tne Japanese. The reply to this is that experience has demonstrated there can be no comietition between Europeans and Americans on the one side and Japanese or Chinese on the -ottier. The only possi- bie result is the absolute suuvstiiution of the Asiatic in place of the white m reason of the fact that the standard of civilization and lLivin wuc lower than the Western that the Asiatic can ex st and prosper on a margin of vrofit which means starvation and destitution to a man whoattempts to feed, clothe and educate a family in accordance with the American standard.” These, then,tare tue *‘circumstances which Secretary Sherman had in mind when he lett Conyress free to deal with “'such especial regulations” as they mignt require. it is acknowledged by a favorable au- thority that the chief product, sugar, can only be produced by a combination o: “industry, economy,” etc., and that the Asiatic can produce on a smaller margin of profit than the white man, Under these circumstances Congress wouid be bound to do everylhing favorabie to the retention of a system which would insure the cheapest production, and to that end the contraci-labor system is ihe only one properly adaptable. Tue probable resulits of such a system upon the United States at large are so wultiform that it is impossible to deal with them in the present articie. It is sutlicient Lere 10 say that the test of z free people is the poiitical power of tie agricultural ciass. Where these are en- dowed with an untrammeled franchise and theinteiligence to u-e it in their own be- haif we may safely rely upona strong and just government. The contrary is th case where the workers on the lana ars disfranchised orignorant. it is not pro- posed, even by the friends of annexation, that the Japs, Chinese, or even the Portu- cuese laborers of Hawaii shall be vestea with the franchise. A property qualification is necessary at present, and probably that will remain as one of the “especial reguiations” sug- gested by Sceretary Shermun. Accepting S permanent the apparent inevitable condition of cooly labor it follows that the islands will coutinue to be governed as now by the commercialists and politicians. Such a condition suggests an evil notony in its immediate eff-cts, but in its ex- ample to other States in which similar wuaustrial conditions prevail and should be avoided at all nazaros, OOL AFFAIRS. the -wuperintendent More Authority. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Oct. 16. — The special session to-day of the Board of Trusiees of the Presion School of Indus- try was an eXecutive one and, conse- quently, no report of the proceedings can be had. It hes leaked out, how- PRESTU. » Trustees Girve | o 1n ormation wiith regard to the action ils present reserve. ever, that O'Brien, the Superintendent, has been given a broader scope of an- toority and, in con-equence thereof, he wiil be held 10 a broader responsib lity in the management. The mreting was rather a quiet one and, although Secretary of S ale Brown has made & very severe criticism, but litue atiention was paid 10 his charge and the gen ral under ianding scems to be that the conduct of affairs up there from now on will be with less friction, et CORTE M iDERA RUBBEES STORY, Claim That 1hey Weve Only Begging for NMoney. SAUSALITO, CAr., Oct. 16.—The three men accused of holding up peovie near Corte Madera yesterday are stiil confined in the Savsaiito jail. They were seen to- day by THE CALL correspondent, They state Lhat they had been drinking ata Win-ry near Corte Madera and that they had no intention of holding up anybody. They admitted stopping acoaple of teams, but the purpos: they claim was only to beg some money. The men will be arraigned next Mon- day. Inthe meantime the: i 1n Sausalito’s jail, e THE GOLD STANDARD WILL HOLD Great Britain Decidesto Do Nothing for Silver. INDIA’S MINTS NOT| TO BE OPENED. No Change in the Bank of England’s Legal Re- serve. STRONG OPPOSITION FROM SIMLA. In the Fac» of This the Sallsbury Cablinet Decides That It Will Make No Change. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. Oct. 16.—The British Cabine: this morning held its first autumn meeting at the Foreign Officc. The Premier, Lord Salisbury, vresided and all the Ministers, except Lord James, Chane cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Visconnt Cross, Lord Privy Seal and Waiter Long, iient of the Board of Agriculture, The meeting lastea Itis understood the question mints for the LONDON, E pr were in attendenca. two Lours. of reopening the Indian | age of silver was not decided, but the discus-ed snd will shortly form the subject of further communica- tion between tue Chancellor of the Ex- chequor, Sir Michael Hicks Beach and the United States Monetary Commis-ion. In addition to « the silver question it is understood that the Cabinet Minis ers were in deliberation over the Augio-French :ituation in West Africa and in reviewing 1he Cretan army. In spite of the statement of the question of the opening of the Indian mints for the coinage of silves wiil form the subj:ct of further communications between the | Chancellor of the Exchequer and the United States Monetery Commission, it is | believed that the British Government has | reached the decision not to enter into an international monetary conference. Kur- ther meetings with the Americar Com- missioners will be held sumply because they were previously arranged, as cabled last week. In regard to India, it may be regarded as certain that the mints will not be re- | opened at present, or until the Indian au. thorities are fully prepared. Though the decision rests with Downing street, it is certain that the views of Simla will pre- vaii, and it isknown that the Indian aun- thorities oppose the step. No more cefinite information can be ob- tained wi h regard to the action of the Cabinet, but thers is every reason to be- | lieve that the Government is as before stated—that it wiil not enter into any iu- ternational monetary. conference. Messages received from the American commi-sioners say that they have received taken at the Cabinet council to-day, but they hear that a statement wi'l be issued next week to the effect that the Govern- ment will make no sargestion 1o the Bank of England as to any alteration of The Government can- notin any event do more than make a recommendation to the bank, so the state- ment that the Cabinet had decided the bank should maintain a full gold standard is incorrect, The Press Association sends out the fo!- lowing semi-official statement to-night: “The Cabinet considered the subject in pursuance of the piedges given iu their name by A.J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and 8ir Michael Hicks-Beach, C ancellor o' the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, wien the resolution favoring co-operation in securing a staple monetary par exchange between gold and silver was passed. Tue Chancellor of the Exchequer and his colleagues still main- tain the position then taken, that the Goy- ernment cannot alier the gold stanaard in the United K.ngdom. But they have in tue interval consulted the Indian Govern- ment with regard to the opening of the Indian min's and a reply has been re- ceived which it is understoud is strongly adverse to the provosal, “Owing to the difficulties raised in India and the opposition in other quariers, the Cabinet f+It that they are unable to give an immed ate undertaking to reopen the Indian mints, but they apparently are not indisposed to enter into furiher negoiia- tions, and it is expectea that as the out- com- of to-day’s Cabinet conncil the United Sta‘'es Comm ssioners wiil shortly have another interview with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and that diplomatic com- munications upon the question will ve continued with the foreign powers more immediately concerned in the rehabilita- tion ot silver.” In spiteof the above, it is generally believed that the Guvernment has fully ecided to say no to ihe proposals pre- senied by Mr. Wolcott. Mr. Stevenson left London vesterday for Rome, UTAH R.ILWAY DEAL. Combination by Which Two New Lines Are to Be Built Within Two Years. SALT LAKE, Uram, Oct. 16.—Negotia- tions between the officers of the Oregon Short Line and the Salt Lake and Los An- geles, which contemplated the transfer to the latter company of the Utah-Nevada rond and the Garficld Beac: property, and the building of two lines of railway, one from Ealt Air to Ophirand the otber from the Tintic terminus to Deep Creek, came to a satisfactory conclusion atan impor- tant conference held this morning. All the principal officers of the two corpora- tions were present, incinding President Carr, Over Ames and T. Jefferson Cool- idge of the Oregon Short Line. The result of the conference 1s the pur- chase by the locul company of the Utan- Nevada arfd the Garfield Beach property for $300.000 in bonds and the agreement to build a broad-gauge road from Salt Afr to Oplir within one year from the date of ibe transfer, which guarantees the com- pletion of a line from the Tintic terminus to Deep Creek within two years. amRrlis i Oakland Wi.s at Footbalil. SAN RAFAEL Caw, Oct. 16.—A lively contes ed game of football was played here to-day between the Oak!and High School team and the San Rafael High School Doy;. Tue visitors won by a score of 6 to —_———— ADVANCES made on farniture and planos, with ©orwithout removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission MISS ETTA BUTLER, the Charming San Francisco Soubrette, Who Will Sing in the “Mascot.” “THE MASCOT ACROSS THE BAY A Rare Musical Treat in Store for the Lovers of Operatic Airs, [ | { | The Valerga Company Will Ap- pear at the Oakland Theater i on October 25. i f | Miss Etta Butler and Other Sweet. the third course of tha day, when fleet- focted Royal Buck was defeated by the San Jose dog Wild Flower. Tipperary Luss, one of the dogs that were poisoned and not expected to recover, won the last course in handy style, and if ithe wise ones are to be followed to-day, many dol- lars will be placed in the pool-boxes on her runs. As many of the best dogs on the coast ered, the pool-boxes haito strain to hardle the money. The ties will ua off to-day. The rundown was as follows: Pasha kennel's Firm Friend beat E. Wilson’s Magnet; J. Quane's Princess Marie beat Ade- inde kennel’s Laska; tis & Son's Wild- flower beat Mira Monte kenne)'s Royal Buck; D. Shannon’s Sarcastic beat R. I. Baldwin’s Tod Sloan; Mira Mo at Mo na kennel’s Monte kennel’s Sam beat Tom Butler Kay & Trant's Magician beat Mira Monte nel's Minnehaha; Merriwa kennel’s t. Cloud beat Murphy's Lady Grace; Montezuma i's Magic beat Dillon & Reillv’s Queen; hompson’s Victor b:at Cronin & M Donald’s Dotile Dimpi ra Monte keunel's Mission Tip beat Cronin & McDon=1d's Fanny H; Grace & Dear’s nemara beat J. Tracey’s Speed; Cronin & McDonald’s Skybetl tLerkey & Rock's Myrtle; Kay & Trauts Diana beat Pasha kennel's C & Sou's Skyrocket beat E e kennel’s Satd Pa ha Mira Terron -3 away; J. J. Edmonds’ Move Ou beat W. Periy’s - £ T General Burnaby; D. Shannon’s Systemaiic Singers Will Warble—A Tivoli | beat Curts & Son’s Blackette; J. McCormick's | Biack Prince beat Sontezuma gunu} s Joy ils; y & s y.via beat Cox’s Hosdod Over the Bay, Clifion Lass; Di & Reliley’s Granuale beat J. MeDermott’s Lady Harkawa, The lovers of opera who reside across | the bay are anticipating with a great deal of pleasure the advent cf the Valerga ! Opera Company, which will wake its ap- pearance at the Oakland Theater on Mon- | day evening, October 25, in Audran’s pleasing comic opera, **Mascot.” The company has been carefully se- lected, with a view to gettingthe best re- | sults from the line of operas they are to | produce. There will be a pleasing ab- sence of the old stagy voices which the devotees of operatic music are so familiar with, for the company is composed of young people, whose rich, fresh voices will lend an additional charm to the | pretty airs with which *‘The Mascot” abounds. Prominent among the members is the youny: and vivacious soubrette, Miss Etta Butler of this city, whose sing- ing has won for her a great many encomiums. She possesses a well-trainea voice of much sweetness, and her periormance ‘has a finish and dash | which manifest that the careful tuition of Miss 1da Valerga bas been prolific of good results. She bas such a winsome way that she is sure to win the hearts of Oak- land’s brave men and fair women. Miss Helen Merrill, a bandsome, stately | blond, whose beautiful mezzo-soprano | voice has won for her much praise from the New York press, is aiso with the com- pany. Another young lady who will strive— and not in vain—to please her friendsis | Miss May Gooch. Sne is so well known and popuiar wit . the Oaklanders tuat it goes without saying that she will meet with an ovatiun, The management has been more than ordinarily fortunate in having secured such & sirong cast for the principal male voices. They are: Eddy Smith, late of the Monte Griffo Opera Company of New York; Louis Butler, a talented young com disn, who has won mauny laurels; O. W. Kyle, whose rich barytone vcice | made him a favorite of the Whitney Opera Company ot New York,and Frank Vai- erza, the sweet-voiced tenor, who h: thrilled many an audience, and whose acting has been pronounced superb. The choruses will bave plenty of swing and rhvihm to them, for the heautiful young girls and gallant young men have been carefuily selecied and trained for the work. The opera will be under the direction of Professor J. H. Dobrman, which is a suffi- clen: guarantee tuut the piece will be pro- duced in a manner upon which there can be no improvement. The only regret that the patrons of opera huve is that there is no building in Ouakland especially adapied to the pro- duction of operas, where the lovers of the sweei melodies of Verdi, Pinsuti and the | other great masters may go whenever the iancy moves them and listen to the im- passione.t pleadings of a Manrico or the lovelorn caroling of a Leonora. The need of a Tivoli for Oaklani has long been felt, unul at Jasi it has grown to be one of the necess:ties. Thereis a strong belief that the people of that city will not be without | such a plac: of amusement long, for there | are many ent:rprising capitaiisis who bave faith enough in the fuiure of the city to feel that the exnenditure of an amount sufficient to erect a splendid opera-hall would be ju-tified, ana it will | not ve a great whie before the wishes of the cuitured people of Qakiand may be gratified. GOOD DAY FOR THE HARES, Many Escape the Hounds at Ingleside Yesterday—Firm Friend Injured A Large Attendance. A large crowd witnessed the coursing at Ingleside park yesterday afternoon. The first course of the day, with Firm Friend | and Magnet in the slips, proved to be an exceedingly fast one, As tbe hare was slipped the dogs started, and when the score stood 12 points to 6 in favor of Firm Friend, the fleet English hound ran into the horse ridden by the judge and was shghtly injured. Although Magnet went on and made a kill, the cour-e was won by Firm Friend on points. Onaccount of the injuries to the dog, he was withdrawn fo tue day. The talent received a dump inx | Snowbird beat Linch & Mayer's Valley | Whitney’s Zoe beet Pusha kenne.! ity 8:ott; G Whitney’s Theron beat Merriwa ken- ue’s Waratah; Kay & Trant's Eciipse beat Mira Monte kenne!’sSportsman; John Farley’s 1 Dorado; D. ’s Beau Brumumel beat J. Murnane's Maid; M Tiernan’s Tom Hayes beat River & Nolaw’s Br.ght Eyes; J. S White Chief beat M. Michalik’s Firc Weleh’s Tipperary Lass beat Grace & Dean's Nelly Conroy BOARD WINS, Hoope HARBOR Its Powers Cannot Be Abridged by a Simple Judgment of Court. A decision was received from the Su- vreme Court, now sitting at Los Angales, in the.case of the Union Transportation Company against the Board of State Har- bor Commissioners, which was favorable to tne latter body. This case has practicaliy been before the courts for the past five years. In the fall 0i°1892 the Union Transportation Com- pany was running its large river boats to Stockton and carrying freight, principally produce from the farm ., and passengers ap and down the San Joaquin R.ver. It docked its steamers then at the Clay- street wharf, The old line, its rival in business, docked at the Washington-street wharl. In August, 189 sioners, by , the Harbor Commis- order, changed the place of landing of plaintiff’s boats to Mission- sireet wharf. The owners of the new line entered a vigorous protest to this change, and began a suit to enjoin the Harbor Commissioners from ecarrying this order into effect. The claim was made that the orier was made arbitrarily and without reason, save to discriminate against the new une and in favor of its competitor, the old line. In fuct, it was charged th the order was made in order to ruin the new company by ruining its busivess, which was sureto be the result if com- velled to land its freight so far from the commission-houses, ‘ . The lower couri granted a perpetual in- junction against the Harbor Commis- sioners, and in 1s findings held that the situation as set forth by the Union Trans- portation Company was correct. From this the Harcor Commissioners appealed, and the Supreme Court gave much con- sideration to_their assertion that the powers of the Board of State Harbor Com- missioners are defined by the code, and that the lower court cannot substitute its judgment for that of the board. After discussing the details of the case Justice | Hensbaw caused tbe judgment and order 0! Lhe lower court to be reversed and the ciuse remanded. The ovinion was con- curred in by Justices McFarland, Temple Van Fleet, Garoutie, Harrison and Chief Justice Temnple. ——————— WOLF TONE MONUMENT. An Eunergetic Local Committee Selected to Secure the Funds. For some time past the lrishmen of the world have had under consideration the proposition of erecting a monument to the memory of the Irish patriot, Wolfe Tone, which will also be a monument to all of those who sacrificed their life and liberty for the cause of Erin in the disas- trous upriging of 1798, Nexuv year will be the centennial of that event in Ireland’s history, and then the monument will be erected on irish soil. It is expected that in this city there will be large sums of money raised for the purpase, and this will be done under the authorization of a regu- larly organized body. This body has is- sued the aunexed notice 10 ail who desire to heip the cause along: The following will be authorized to recelve subscriptions for the '08 Ceniesnial snd Mon- umental Association, in the city and count; ol San Francisco: Jeremish Mahoney, pre-i- dent; J. Donovan, first vice-pres den Colouel Thomas F. Barry, second vice-pre dent; Daniel C. Deasy, financial and record- ing secretary; Charl Flinagan, corre- sponding secreiar; ohn Mulhern, treasurer; ‘atrick Bro eric Casey, Dr. C. A, Clinton, 1. P. Crowley, James J, Caniffe, John Deveney, M. J. Hert,” Capiain H. J. Meagher, P. J. Me- Cormick, D. 8. MeCarthy, Dr. M_C. O'Toole, R. C. O'Counor, W. F. Stafford, Thomas R. Ban- nerman, Richard Corbett, Hon. M. Cooney, J. Counoily, Jeremiah Deasy, b. H. Fi n. James R. Lelp. M. H. Mccufferty, William Mulvig, J. C. Nealon, R.J O'Reil v, Jeremiah Sheehy, General P. F. Walsh, Patrick Lyous. In addition subscripiions may be eftat the following places: John Mulhern, 124 Market l NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. ¥ THE MAZE Thinking, prudent people know that they can buy cheaper from a house that is retiring from business than one that is in business for profit. People who have confidence in THE MAZE and its selling out are saving money daily on everything they purchase, while those who have not are paying profits daily to other merchants. We will not be long with you, our lease expires shortly and TRE MAZE expires with it, and we will say « Thank God, Amen.” But before we surrender our store to our landlord we woulid like to sell out the remainder of our stock, and we will, for there are plenty of prudent housewives who know a good thing when they see it. We have nothing left but Bargains. Bargains in Furs, Bargains in Capes and Jackets, Embroideries, Hosiery, Bargains in Millinery and Bargain Bargains. 3/ POSHOSIX o o s z s L Domestics, Dowastairs. | I5c strived and Plaid Percal {5e Crochet Quilts..... 1oc Flece Back Flannels. “<0c¢ Linen Towels, 20x4’ 75e inch Tabie Linen.... 40¢ Tursey Roed Damask.. Gige Flannelettes, pnk and siripes....... 50c Combir Books..... 5> Roma 25c Fancy Ribbons for. .I5¢ These are No. 60, very wide and all the | v Roman Suipe combinations and Draperies. $7.50 Lace Curtains, 4 yards.. 65c 4-4 Cheuiile ‘lable Covers, $2.50 Chenille Portieres. ... Bargains in Lace Curtains. Hosiery. Ladies’ Black Hose 25¢, worth 50c and ¢, worth 50¢ & omprise the grandest and most in Lisle and Cotton you ever purchased or will s next (hree years. Cloaks and Suits. $10.00 Worth for $5.00 and $5.50. Elsborate’y Trimmed Black and Tan £5 00, made of fine Kersey newest styles, worth $10.00 L R SR ¢ and 20¢ % + & s 0. Heavy Ten Covert Jackets, shield front, half 1ii ed with brocaded s1.k, $5.50, worth 10,00, All our Percale and 1.00, fo AN you Lawn Wrappers sV rmerly sola as high as $4.00. Blue and All-Woci § mbroide Plush Cape ton and wool, greatei than you can buy any- s country for iess than red ¥ Beaded trimmed, for 4 $1.50 Flannelette Wrappers. 1.00. dow if they are You don’t have to come inside the store, but we have many more in the department. We are closing out everything, and are losing money on every article we close out. If this is of interest to you we will be pleased to see you to-morrow. “THE HAMBURGER CO., MARKET ST., CORXER TAYLOR ST. AND GOLD2N GATE AVE, street; Daniel C. Deasy, room 98, Flood tuiid- | ing; Mahony Bros., room 199, Crocker builde ing} Deasy Bros., 20 Six h stree'. REMOVAL OF REGENTS. Governor Fogers of Washington Takes a Hand in the State Univer- sity Fight. SEATTLE, Wasn, Oct. l.—Governor Rogers this afternoon took a hand in the State University fizht and removed James R. Hayden, John P. Fay and Rev. Clark Davis from the Board of Regents and ap- pointed as their successors Richard Win- sor, ex-United States Senator John B. Allen and State Senator Easterday of Ta- coma. John P, Fay, when apprised of his re- moval, said the Governor had no power A | Probate, Business and Residence PROPERTIES. MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1897, 25, at 12 o'clock noon, at SALESROOH, 14 HONTGOMERY STREET. W, cor. of Lombard. rehouse Prope th side of Lomba from Sansome to Battery— rebouse fronting scawall, knowo as | City Warchouse ; 275x137:6; as a whole or in subdivisions Downtown Folsom-Street Building Lots on Very Easy Terms. South side of anc ing fi ready for building cash balanee in 1, M Substantial brick w to remove him as his continuance in of- fice is based on legislative authority, Con- tinuing be said: *l shall coutinue to ex- ercise my duties as president of the board and I shall take such legal steps as are necessary to protect my rights in this mat- | ter. Tha Governor of this State waselected | to eniorce the laws, not to override them. This proves to my mind what I have long been unwilling to believe that Governor | Rogers is using his office for the sole pur- pose of placing himself in the United States Senate, and 1o accomplish this he F: Terms X to st at 7 per cent. ission Residence, No. 1623, e ‘olsom st., bet. 12th and 13th; 2.story residence Cozy Mission Cottage. 4, west side of Clara ave, bet. 1 Six rooms and bath; No 7th and 1sth ent $16.50; 28x1. would wreck every institution in this [liberal terms State.” Greenwich-Street Property. —_—— No 422, north sid of Greenwich st., bet. Dupont an y—Two-story brick house of 8 rooms} rent $15.0 4x70; to Telegraph place. Mission-Street Central Residence. No. 1032 Mission st., north side, bet 6th and 7t Two-story residence; 9 rooms and bath; 25x85. Mission Cottage. No. 406, north side of 15th st., bet. Hartford ank, Castro—Czy cottage ¥ casy terms. Richmond Building Lot. East side of Third ave., 125 feet north of P ave; BXL0ST; with an L 12:6x15. Lo Lobo8 Elizabeth-Street Buildin, g Lots. Two lots, soutiz side of Elizah { Douglas - oIl feot each; nige lomatio > 100" "0t o Call at office for eatalogues and further particulars, « H. UMBSEN & co Auctioneers, 14 Montgomary St. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY, OFFICE, 1004 Market §t., Near Powell, Tel.epl}one. Scuth 420 Pe Boy Missing From Hanford. e HANFORD, CAL., Oct. 16.—Joseph Col- yar, the 13-year-old son of C. J. Colyar of Goshen, is missing, and no trace of him can be found. He left home about three days ago intending to come to Hanford, but he never reached his d-stination. He was always fond of home, and his unex- plained absence has caused :is parents to think that some harm has befallen nim. XEW TO-DAY' THE OLD WAY Of Treating Dyspepsia and Indi~ gestion by Dieting a Barbarous and Useless One. ‘Wesay the old way, but really 1tis a very common one at present time, and many | dyspeptics and physiciaus well con- | sider the first step to take in attempting to cure indigestion is to diet, either by selecting certain foods and rejeciing othersor t greaty diminish the quuntity | usually taken; in other words the starva- tion plan is by many supposed to be the first essential. The slmost certain failure of the starva. tion cure for dyspepsia has been proven time end again, but stil! the moment vys- peps a makes its appearance a course of dieting is at once auvised. All thisis radically wrong. Tt is foolish and unscientific ‘0 recommend dieting or starvation to a masn suffeiiny from Dys- pepsia, because Ind:gestion itself starves eyery organ and every nerve and every fiber in the body. What the Dyspeptic wants is abundant nutrition, which means plenty of good, wholesome, well-cooke | food eni some- thine to assist the weak stomaeh to digest it. This 's exactly the purpose for whicn Stuart's Dyspensia Tablets are adajt d, und this is the method by which they cure the wor t cases of Dyspensia; in other words, the patient eats lenty of whole- some food and Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets digest it for him, In this wav the sysiem is nourished and the overworked s omach rested, because the ablets will digest the food whether the stomach works or not. One of these tabieis will digest 3000 grains of meat or exgs. 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