The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1897, Page 32

THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 N0 FIGHT WITH THE ATHLETES Associated Cyclers Not Antagonistic to the Amateur Union, KEYNY'S SUSPENSION WARRANTED. The League of American Wheelmen Placed Them in a False Light, THE KRR AR RAA L AL AL A R e e e e T e T T AT O0NLY HERE. RACING NOT Association Men Say the A. A, U. Is Being Used as a Catspaw by the L. A, W. Contingent. Not being strong enough to fight its own battles on the coast, the League oi Ameri- can Wheelmen has called to its assistance | the Amateur Athletic Union in a final effort to regain the control of cycling which it has lost to the California Associ- ated Cycling C This is a new feature of the struggle which the C. A. C. C. will have to combat, and it proposes to do so The story in THE CALL vesterday about the underhanded attempt of the L. A. W. to regain power over the coast profes- sional racing men by false promises of po- sitions in the East has warmed up the e on dormant C. A. C. C. men and they ar tbeir feet now ready for an emerge: The Kenna incident has given the local | V. a weapon which they | eld against the C. A. C. C. he champion amateur rider of He is a member of the | elmen. Kenna, with all the y racing men of any impor- d the C. A. C. C. and left the The Academic League gave a v about a month ago at the Olym. pic Club grounds and among the events were three bicycle races. In one of these races Kenna rode in spite of tbe fact that | be was notified that he incurred the risk | of suspension by so doing, as the meet | was not sanctioned by the C. A.C. C. In| regular course he was suspended. A. P. Swain, president of the C. A. C. C,, Robert M. Welch, Charies Albert Aaams and other gentlemen prominert in the ad- ministration of its affairs, say on the sub- dut of this Kenna incident the League | serican Wheelmen is trying to create we have said we are of A the impression that going to fizht the A. A. U. Nothing could | be tariher is. _This is not the polic L We do not want to fight anybody. We are simply in control of the cycling affairs of the coast, and our rules will be | obey e as the union’s are.”’” M said in addition: “So far from ovposing the A. A. U., as president lub Wheelmen I was in- strumental in baving a resolution passed in tnat club aski the pareni body (ihe | Olympic Club) to apply for m:»memim { A s of the Olympic in the Pacific Coast branch of the 2 5 The general impression is that the 1. A. | ely using the A. A. U. for its | poses, and cares very little for 1t President Swain, speaking of the future of the C. A. C. C.,said: “While the racing situation here looks serious, it is not con- cerning us much. We are in control, and expect to remain there, as our ad ministra- tion of affairs seems to be perfec:ly satis- factory to the wheeimen of the State. “But the C. A. C. C. bas other and bet- ter objects in view which we propose to work upon during the winter months. We | :t out a new roadbook, and | have got to it will surpass anything of the kind ever seen here. There is much to be done in 1he good-roads movement, and we shall take up that branch of the work actively. A great many people think that all the C. A. C. C. does is to promote Sunday racing. There never was a greater error. In the good-roads movement there is a large field for endeavor, and racing will be but one of the many branches of the support we wili take care of.”” The local division of the L. A, W. has found trouble in securing men to take office for the coming year. The time for the annual election has long passed and still no ticket is in the field. Chief Consul Strong has tired of the unequal contest and will withdraw. 1t 1s said that he is trying to induce William Greer Harrison to take his place. But Mr. Harrison wants something more alive than a car- cass to take hold of, and the L. A. W. is surely dead here. IN NEED OF AS:ISTANCE. Three Hundred Dollars Will Save a Worthy Widow Her Home. To be turned out of one’s home for the lack of $300 in ready cash when there is about $1200 due you from an unsett'ed estate looks rather hard and unjust. This is the situation in which Mrs. Eva Shane, i t 2714 Bryant street, says she finds ccording to her story, a year ago last v Mrs. Shane’s husband died, leaving her nothing but the one piece of property, and that unknown to her was incnmbered with a mortgage of $3000 with some back interest due on it. On December 3 last the mortgage was forecliosed, and on June 50 of this year the decree was executed 1d & deed for the property given to the mortgagee. Yesterday Mrs. Soane re- ceived notification ihat the holders of the aeed would to-morrow make a motion for a writ of assistance to have her removed from the premises, The back inierest amounts now to $300, and this sie is tnable to raise. The estate of the mother of Mr. Shane has not yet been settled, ns one of the heirs is still under age. When this is settied there will come te Mrs. Shane and her son in the neighborbood of $1200. Mrs. Shane says that if she were not expecting tris money she wotld not feel hat she | nad any right to expect leniency, but with this in sight she thinks it a hard- ship to be deprived of her home. Mrs. Shane is a dressmaker by trade and has a crippled son whom she sup- ports by her work. If turned out of her home she does not know what she will or cando. While she can give no security to a kindly disposed person who might be willing 10 advance the money to her, she says that she can pay it back in install- nients of $50 a month until she receives the money coming (o her from the estate of her mother-in-law, wben she could mazke the entire sum good. — e HALE BROS SR AR LA DOMESTICS. Buying opportunitics that A breezy column saving store new cconomy. of mone F FLEECED BACK CLANNEL, & fine, 1600 Y ARDS O WRAPPK firm fabric full of wear, manu turer’s remnants of the 10¢ qua i 71 10 to 20 yards in each remnant. 2 S Yard Your pic| CRE OR WHITE BABY FLANNEL, all wool, & good qualizy. CREAM BABY F L, SILK EM- BROIDERED), big sssoitments—20 pat- terns aw 5Uc: comp ete lines at 75¢, $1.00, 5 and $1.85 yard If yon pay more pay for the privile, BLEACHED CANTON FLAN- NEL~—It paysto make it up; the eve lasting. ever-satisfac ory stan dard, aple 15c grade, 1o 50 on this week at. A BLEACHED 1URKISH TOWELS, closely woven, UCHES, WeArs wel d wipes. A suap, 191¢ Luch Two Specialties—Table Linens aud Elankets R ADY MADE, pure medi- y diapers, hemmed and ready DIAPERS caied, sani 10 use. 18x36 inches—1 dozen for.. 0x10 inches—1 dozen for: 4 s—1 dzen for.. ix48 inches—1 L for. 54 inches—1 do 80c 10 yards for 43¢ up. HALK’S FAMOUS ALL-WOOL CALIFOR- BLANKETS—Our stores dispose of the entire factory ou.put, loug once- aT-clip fiber, hu av; 2x84 inches BiN6 Inches 6xX8 inches 7888 Inches . 5POUND WHITE WOOL BLANKE very sma.l per cent cotton, wide s bon bound. 2x80 inches. $4.50 pair Full-sized _Sateen-covered Eiderdown Comforters—8$3 43, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50 each Assortments complete. CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES. WHITE TAMBOUR SWISS, preity for bedrooms—1 3 5 NEW NOTTINGH \M LACE CURTAINS, some late patterns in white and ecru. Just as well be stylish—it costs no more. 314 yards long... ......$1.25 pair 515 and 4 yards long #1.50 and $2 pair just p.aced in stock—$3.75 10 $7. 50 pair. CORPORATED). SAN FRANCISCO. appeal to your sober sense of | than Hale's prices you | © | & 90x90 inches. = | Yard | yoc | gy for onr Sanfiary Non-irritant Diaper | siik-ribbon bouid. | A new shipment of Irish Point Curtaius | 937-945 Market St., | I 000C00 00000000 | EXTRA. | == Fancy Glass Vases,814 inch, Clear or Col- ored Glass— 10c Each. ORPORATEN] 3 FRANCIsCO. 0000000000000000 EXTRA. Bleached Sheets, hand- | & torn, dry-ironed, ready to use, extra mushn, 43c Ea 0000000000 000000 LACE AND CHIFFON FRONTS. | | Assortments now complete. A few items to | e. V. T COLLAR LACE FRONTS. Lace | Jabot and Ribbon. As dainty as can | 1vet Coliar. | in Collar 1 trimmed and veniie insert | pleated, lace-trimmea bow, ends, $1.25 and v “QUERN FRONT, satin_stock collar, trimmed with silk chiffon, Queen ' Elizabeth ruche, long tlowing euds, neh i Blue. Cream. Pinz. | Lavender. Maise. EAPPLE CHIFF N FRONTS, pretuily trimmed g and botter-colored 1 . Maise, Cream. Prices np satin stock coliar, with silk mul lace. ... Blue, Pink, Lo $i. If you pay more than Hale’s price you pav for the privilege. | SOnE N .w | ARRIVALS IN DRESS i Were picked from the fountainhead | duces. NEW CHEVIOT SERGES—A late ar- rival in heavy diagonal twills; apopu- ~£C U price; black, all { Shae i i | BLACK FIGURED MOHAIR—Some swell designs 0 | & fancy black pebbie ground; as bright and lustrous asa /o C s1k: very fashionable; 44-luca The o) I ezl 7 Yard The black gouds stoc tion s at the zenith of perfec- See window displuy. | BLACK FIGURED SOLIEL, 8 heavy | cloh for winter wear. " Somle new de- qu1.00 signs on tancy Soliel ground: brighted)d — and silky. The price at Hale’s........ Yard CY BLACK REP~, as bright as a silk: an cavy dust-shieddinog fubric; a com. | ent 0f the newest designs, 43 inch, at Hale's $1 and $1 50 per yard. BLACK, ALL-WOOL, SK 50 inches wide, 6bc, 76¢, $1 and $1 25 per yard. [ AU ISR RR AR SRR TR R LR TR R AR R B R T bbb 937-945 Market Street, [ | Hoj of fashion HALE BROS I il ”}f?“;‘ i LACE COLLARETTES. A swell asgoriment of the latest creations. random hint t the prices. A LACE COLLARETTES, vet top, Oriental lace, saun stock coliar, four new arrivals totell about: Ribbon Y oke. . Ribbon Yoke. Deep Lace. .. Very cluborate. MILLINERY. ‘Thankseiving Day! the fail. prices ou We The Faster of about your hat trimmings? Hale > (w81 HOVel Assortments complete. nric eff Pointed Wings, shel Whiteseesasl iy ey Brown, Biack and Green Birds Fancy Shaded Birds..... Fancy Gray and White Birds. Bronze Coque Wings. ... Biras of Puradise, blue and biac ts d45¢c pair _.50c pair S and $1.00 < Complete assortments of the latest hat-ribbon | novelties. HANDKERCHIEFS. Assortments bubbling over in their complete- ness. Little o pay 1or such daintiness FINE SWISS NDKERCHIEFS, Val lace insertion and lace edge. . 12¢ SWIsS EMBROIDERED, lace edge.......... 150 ALL LINEN. s-alloped and hemsticched. ... 25¢ Prices from 2c to $15 GOODS. WIDE DIAGONAL CAMEL'S HAIR CHEVIOT—A 80-inch fabric, worth $1 25 yard, extra heavy quality, (wo- toned effect, a snap of a price. ... FANCY PEBBLE CLOTH, made of the finest wool, a special bU-inch two- toned fabric for winter gowns, worth £1 a yard, a suap of a price 3 A Typical List From Our Great Black Goods Departmen Biack Figured Brilliantine, 44 Inch Blacs Fizured Jacquards, Back Figured Black Figured Ciepe Black 1 igurvd Sicilian, 43 inch Black Figared Lizards, 42 red Broche, 4 zured Armures, 44 inca ured Gravites. 44 {nch ] inch . red Reps, 44 inch Figured Travers, 44 in A RN O OUR PATRONS.: This week Fancy Goods swing in line with Dress Goods and Cloaks to lead the march of autumnal completeness and stock p2rfection. Especially do we emphasizs th: Neckwear—Ruches, Chifions, Collarettes, Lace Fronts, Boas, etc. (1he crowning glory of months of careful fashion study and buying preparations). Novelties of the sezason in complete assorim2nts. And the prices? Always reasonabe! he best that the world pro- | | eonstant customers. HALE BROS N ‘\.‘\\\\\ Laces, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, Braids, For ©37-945 Market Street, HAL® BROS. | EXTRA. Ostrich Feather Boas, $2.00 up in ecasy steps to $12,50. If you pay more you pay for the privilege. 000000000 000000 (INCORPORATEN] 8A¥ FBANCISCO. EXTRA. Pillowcases, 2-in. hem: 9c Each 11k Each 14c Each mmings, Veilings, Notions and Tri ’tis the way at Hale’s. A RIBBONS. | : . | Lines comvlete in every detail. Oneline asan example. Spuce demands brevity : | e -STLK RIBBONS—AIl the newest autumn shadings, Saun Gros Grain effec'. 9c yard 1c yard c yard © yard Ya rd | TA MOIRE RIBBON, GLACE TAF No. 40, inches wide, all col ors. . BO HEMIAN GLASSWARE. The Holiday Stock in all completeness. Nothing more handsome, more serviceable and more reasonable as a mantel or shelf decoration. Vases of every shape and size, and for every use imaginable, from 10c each to §7 00 pair. Jugs. Cups and Saucers and hundreds of indescribable novelties—the re= sult of the inventive genius and wit of the Bohemian. Direct importation by Hale's Cali- fornia Stores. On sale and exhibit in the Art Department, rear of the store. SAN FRANCISCO'S NOST POPULAR Garments that fit, wear and satisfy— MOUS $5 PLUSH CAPE: down front; 2 all silk lined: rich. sty i all 8 z+s: none sold to ers; for our retall customers only OUR #10 PLUSH CAPES—Thibet fur around collar aud down front, 27 Q iuches deep, black sl lined, ae) beautifui cape, at Hale’s. : Lach | eas8tn, | OUR $7 50 KERSEY CAPE—21 Inches 1ong, empire back, siashed iniaid vel- | Vet lollar, 3 cloch’ straps aroand boi- qu | tom. fancy ¢ oth fastenings: tan, b'ack Q) | o: navy, at Hale's 5 Lo All alterations made iree of charge. NOTIONS. ivery little want in the notion line. Enough “ price snaps” to fill the “*ad.”” A few to talk for a thousand just as reasonable. 250 Eagle Pioson a Kid Curlers........ 3 Extra Lo )z Common-sense Hatr Crimpers.. Kob Roy Hair Pins. assorted in box Ideal Corset © 0.8.. Century Corset <hieids. 3-Clasp Placket Fasteners 300 Pirs on a cube ... 400 Sumson Pins on & pape 2 Ladies’ Bu:ton Clasp Gored Beli Hose St porter Button up- ... 1230 Hose ~up- 23 Gored Bel Duplex Hook~ and Eves, black or silver. si 3 and 4, two dozen on a card 8 Bustles and Hip Pads ard 5c and 30¢ THINGS TO ASK FOR. Onr great Dollar Glove. Our great ~even-fifty Silk Skirt. Our great Five Doilar Blanket. Our great Kast Iron School Stocking. Our great Five Dollar Jacket. Your money back if not vieased. e WRAP DEPARTMENT. ;arments that mike incidental shoppers SIRIPE SILK LINED PLUSH CAPES, an_eleg nt Marun fuc trimmed garment, 20 inches lons, braided ail over, we call particalar attention to the careful workmai ship, material and up-to-dateress.. $22.% Each SHAGGY BLACK BOUCLE JACK- ETS, one of our leaders. is a fiv front garmen. with a high storm collar, three b aided frogs on front, d back. comes in black or 9.50 $1 ir0; ing_collar and flag nobby iiitle sftair at Haie’ pockets. STRACHAN FUR COL BTTES, a swagger liitle nec ment, as £pic and span as can snap of a price. HAL®E BROS. UNDERWEAR. Flimsy, ill-fitting Garments are a poor investment. Un- derwear goodness is worth paying for. Your health is more than moncey: LADIES' E UNDERV. aged, Jersey ribbed, H. N. L. S., fleeced, extra heavy, machine 3 slips and_spots, don’c hur the HFC wear, a 50c_garment, on account Sb) of damage priced N LADIES' MERINO wear, natural gray, H Jersey ribbed. # P garment, at Ha . 298 re sanit GRAY SUITS, ¢ rib. buiton down NATURAL UNION MERINO Fleeced Jers: Qrc the front, a w |- pure, health-giving, col O:lt(l ing. SRS s | LADIE:! HR V]{AHLF: Woda SANITARY U wool, 14 cot- ton, fong or short sleeves, gray or white, a ull:nml:':; 7 DL able garment, o0 Garment scratch—at Hale DER- §’ PURE WOOL U t N of UNDER- ted win- st wor .3 Jers a spug and natural; a pure as gold; a healthful garment for appreciators of b rade merchandise EPERIag . NON-SHRINKING UN- natural, grav or came:'s hair;-woo! mixed; won't a scrat. b or shrink like Lwool B ()0 garment; a good honest garment ¢ for 75c; a: Hale's all week .. WOOL MIX*D SANITA- DE' W ble, - sent, snug and warm and preveniing, the $l kind, Hule's for. |e WOOL SANITARY R, un ideal wets weather garment, gray or red, Q] silk bound, the mos. underwear ¢ satistaction $1 can buy. Garment <00 Purity In UNDERWEAR is health assured. GENTS' NE SOFT-FINISHED 2 Gar- $1.50 AlL ORDER. Write for anything. You’ll re- | ceive the same treatment you would over the counter. An effi- cient, well-trained, conscientious corps of expert buyers to fill your orders the same day letter is re- ceived. (INCORPORATED), 1937-945 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. —— = AUDLDAURLDM BRI DL R RS i s GAPTAIN EDGAR LL APPEAL Judge Torrance’s Decision Creates a Queer Legal Muddle. Supreme Court Will Be Asked to Determine Federal Jurisdiction, Lawyers Say the Controversy Will Make New Law Concerning State Rights. Captain Elgar does not anticipate any serfous financial embarrassment over that $200 fine impo ed upon him by Judge Tor- rance of San Diego because he did not hang Murderer Ebanks on October 8. As a matter of fact Edgar does not believe that the penalty will be exacted, and his legal advisers are of the same opinion. What Judge Torrance’'s ideas on the matter are is not known, but he has the satisfaction of knowing that he has stirred | up the bizgest legal muddle that the State bas seen in many a day. Just by way of making matters interesi- ing Kdgar will apply at once tv the Su- preme Court for a writ of certiorari to have the judgment of the San Diego jurist re- viewed. Now it happensthatthe Torrance opinion, stripped of its legal verbiage, de- clares that the Federal courts had no busi- ness interfering in behalf of Ebanks, and of course this is likely to cause a ripple in bigh judicial ciicles.” But this is not all. Wuen the Supreme Court 18 asked fora decision in tne matter it will be called on to pass upon the exact limitationsofa Federal Court and the general opinion accoraing to the trend of matters lately, he scope of these courts about covers ng on the face of the earth. Not since the days of tiie Sharon trial has there been a conflict between the Cali- fornia ana the United States courts, and it is hardly necessary to add that the hon- ors were ail with the latter. The issues stirred up by the Torranc2 decision are somewhat similar to those of Sharon fame, but rather more complicated. In fact the Torrance decision promises to make some new law one way or the other before the last is heard of it. The case of Ebanks, as far as it is con- nected with the Federal courts, is identi- cal with that of Durrantand Worden. At the last moment his attorneys succeeded in making that now historical appeal to the Circuit courts, and upon it being re- | fused an appeal was tagen of course to the United States Supreme Court. At this point in the present controversy the mur- derer may be forgolten for all practical purposes. The matter of his ultimate faie of course becomes a separate matter as far as the tangle the Torrance decision has raised. Judze Torrance declares, in fact, that the Federal courts bad no jurisdiction when the application for the writ of habeas corpus was made, inasmuch as no Federal i-sue was made, and that the ap- peal to the Supreme Court at Washington consequently wasno jusiification for the ‘Warden of the prison refusing 1o carry ADVANCES made op urniture and pianos, with out the death sentence pronounced by the ©OF wiikou removal Nvonay, 1017-1078 Missiou | court in which Ebanks was tried. So the { prison authorities find ttemselves on a very unpleasant grill. Lawyers say that Judge Torrance will probabiy be reversed in the Supreme Court, but declara that if he is sustained they cannot sez the end of the contro- versy. Rule 34 of the Supreme Court reads as foilows: Pending an appeal from the final decision of any Judge or court declining to grant a writ of habeas corpus, the custody of & pris- | omer shall not be disturbed. But here, again, the very issue raised by the Torrance decision crops up. Does this rule apply to Federal procedure? It is generally believed that those courts | make rules for themselves, and it would be presumption on the part of the State | courts to apply their own ideas of pro- | cedure to higher courts. Again, tne State Supreme Court when asked to review the Torrance decision wili be placed in the delicate position of passing upon the question of the limit of jurisdiction of a court that is higher in authority, and to whom all decisions of the State courts | may ultimately be arpealed to, and of | course the Supreme Court might find its| | | own verdict reversed, and then there would be a problem that would beat the fifteen puzzie. One advantage of the present contro- versy precipitated by the San Diego di cision may be a declaration in unmistak- able.terms by the United States Supreme | Court of the exactscope of the jurisdic- tion of the Federal courts, a question that no lawyer seems at present to know. For | ten years the partisans of the doctrine of State rights have seeu it gradually wilting betore the ever-reaching arm of the Gen- eral Government, until there are those to- day who say that the idea is a mere myth in reality. = The recent labor strikes laid down some new law on the question of the jurisdiction of Federal courts. The Durrant case was an innovation thaat sur- ‘&vriled the lezal mind generally, and the 'orrance decision seems to have brought | forward an issue thai will probably call for a showdown. Deputy Attorney-General Carter, who appeared for Eagar in San Diego, returned yesterday. Hereiused to discuss the prob- able effects of the decision, beyond ad- mitting that the issue raised would prob- ably have to be uliimately determined by the United States Surreme Court. ANOTHER MUSIOAL FESTIVAL. Madume Generva Johnstone Will Ap- i pear in “Elijah.”” The second series of concerts under the | auspices of the California Musical Festival Association will be held in Metropolitan Temple on the afternoon of November 9 and the evening of November 10. The ororatio “Eliiah’ wiil be given, in which the famous soprano, Mme. Genevra John- stone-Bishop, who created a sensation at the last festival, will again appear. The other solo parts will be taken by Miss Anna Miller Wocd, contraito; Roys Thomas, tenor; and S. Homer Henley, bass. On the afternoon and evening following miscellaneous programmes of well-selected | vocal solos by those artists named will be i given, and in addiiion Aloys Werner will “ing some of Wagner's tenor solos, and Mr. Thomas will sing “The Requital,” by Blumenthal. Instrumental :olos will be rendered and a grana chorus will assist at both evening performances. The festival chorus will be made up of the SBan Francisco Oratorio Society, with the assistance of delegates from the Harmony Clubof S8an Francisco, the Oak- land, San Jose, Sacramento and Marys- ville Oratorio Societies, and probubly the Stantord University Choral Society, all under the direction of James Hamilton Howe, Mus. B. e May Not Purchase Lots. Mayor Phelan has vetocd a resolution of the Board of Supervisors providing for the pur- coase of an engine lot at £4000. The Mayor’s reason for returning the measure without his signature is that he finds no authority in the | Jaw tor the purchase of lots jor the use of the Fire Departmeut by the municipality. He finds authority for selling or exchanging lots, but none ior purchasing. GIVIL SERVIGE AND IT§ FAULT Collector Jackson Agrees With Collector Lynch’s Position. Responsible Subordinates Should Be Appointed by Their Principals. Bonds Demanded of Deputies Are Illegal and Cannot Be Col- lected. The interview published in yesterday’s issue of TuE CALL, wherein Internal Revenue Collector Lynch explained why the civil service regulations were in need of amendment caused no end of comment in political circles. On ail sides it was conceded that Col- lector Lynch’s reasons could not be gain- said; that where an official gave bonds for the conduct of his office he should be al- lowed to select the employes for whose acts he was to be held responsible on his bonds. Postmaster Montague, who is held on his bonas for a whole lot of employes, seemed pleased when the matter was broached, but declined to express an opin- ion, alieging as a reason that it wouid not be proper for him to unfavorably criticize the laws under which he had been ap- pointel to an office of s0o much import- ance as is the postmastership ot San Francisco. While he declined to speak he looked unutterable things, but whether the unutterability of his aspect was owing to his natural reticence or was expressive | of his aporoval of Collector Lynch’s re- marks history faileth to record. United States Sub-Treasurer Campbell | C. Berry is1n a worse fix than the rest. He has not even one appointment at bis command, yet there are at least five men in bis oftice who have the handling of the vast deposits of vold and silver under his clllarge. His personal bonds cover them al L. Butdespite the straitjacket in which he has been placed he daecilned to express any opinion in the matter. He is in the position of a man mired up to his armpits on 1he Chiikoot Pass, “I see you are mired,”” remarked a Desser-by. _ “Itlooks that way,"” remarked the man in the mud; “bnt I'don’t think it is deli- cate for 2 man in my position to call pub- lic attention to the fact. fersonian Democrat and I believe in the motto, ‘To the victors belong ihe spoils.” The fact that I have gone farther along in this swamp than have any of my compan- ions may give me a just claim to the vic- tory, but I would be satisfied with consid- erably less victory if the mud were only knee deep.” . Collector of Customs Jackson was found in 1is most affable mood. Tue evening paper of the day before had forgotten to say something disagreeable about him, and he seemed to be reaily heppy. He Wwas outspoken and unequivocal in his ut- terances. He said: “Referring to Mr. Lynch’s position de- siring the appointment of his most impor- - Lam an old Jef- | tant deputies, I wish 10 say thatIam in full accord with the propriety of his re- quest. The sysitem with which ne is con- tronted is an injustice which no man in private life would adopt or submit te. No man in a private business would be will- ing to bave the handiing of his money in- trusted to hands in the selection of which he bas had no voice or option. *In this respect the civil service laws must be ceriainly modified as to all public officers, because all heads of departments will naturally and very reasonuply insist that they should have the appointment of the men who are to handle their money. This is not alone necessary for the officer himself, but will prove a safeguard for the Government, because if a subordinate should prove unfaithful and defraud the Government by using ihe money for which the principal is under his bond held re- sponsible such prineipal will not tameiy submit to make the loss good withont re- ferring the macter to a cour! d a jury of | his countrymen. He will insist before | that jury that he had had no voice in the | selection of the subordinate and would not | have appointed him to the place if such | power of selection had been accorded to | him, and t.at therefore he should notin | equity be held responsible for his subor- | dinaie’s misdeeds. Itisa very reasonabie inference that no jury of twelve men wiil | ever be found who would hold a principal responsible for a misfeasance whica it was in no manner in his power to prevent. “A hung jury, if nothing more, would always defeat the claim of tne Govern- ment to recover the loss from the princi- pal. “If it be said that he can protect him- self by insisting upon taking a bond trom his supord te the answer to that state- ment would be that there 18 no such power | 1n tue law lor the principil to thus secure bimseif. It has veen already held that the demanding of a bond from a subordi- nate is the imposition of a burden upon | such subordinate not contemplated by the law and it cannot pe insisted upon. “A proper modification of the ecivil- service system would be to permit all heads of departments to appoint their cashiers and all deputies who have the right and the power under the law to ex- ercise a discretion that may compromise | the head cf the office for good or for evil. “I have no doubt that Congress at its coming session will modity the civil- service law to this extent.’” AGAINST THE DENS. Supervisor Sheehan’s Regulating Ordi- nance Will Bo Kecommended to the Board for Adoption. The newly appointed Committee on Public Morals of the Board of Supervisors met yesterday for the first time and de- cided to recommend the passage of Super- visor Sheehan’s ordinauce regulating the social evil on St. Mary's placeand Quincy sireet. ! Under the provisiors of the order it is | unlawful for any person, either the owner | or agent of any building on either of the streets named, to aliow any of the prop- | erty on any portion of the same to be rented or used for the purpose or prostitu- tion. 1 Violation of the order is made punish- able by a fine of §500 or the alternate of six monthsin the County Jail, and the | measure, if adopted by the board, is to go 1nto eifect on November 15. O ge i Kennedy & Shaw Lumber Co. Dissolve. Application has been made to the Superior Court by John F. Kennedy, A. W.Jackson, C. £, Hoimes, Charles Hanson and W.J. Adams for the dissolution of the Kennedy & Shaw Lumber Company. It is set iorth that all claims against the corporation have been paid and the court is asked to make a pro raie of the capital stock a :d assets among the share- holders, that the business be terminated and ! the corporation dissolved. . — — New Divorce Suits. Suits for divorce have Leen filed in the Su- perior Court as follows: Catherine Cruse against Ed Cruse for desertion; Caroline Bochnke against Arthur Boehnke for neglect aud desertion, 5 LL IT EVER BE FINISHED ? The Hall of Justice Again Worrying Property- Owners. | Their Rents Raised and Now Trouble Is Brewing for Them, North End Improvement Club Will Meet the Supervisors Next Tuesday. Why doesn’t the Hall of Justice go up? That's what the North End Club wants to know, and the reason for delay will be found if possible. On Tuesday next, at a meeting of the Building Comm:ittee of tie Board of Supervisors, representatives of the North End Club will appear and wail long and loud.. Jobn Shirley, president of the club, has issued the following circular: To Whom It May Concern: On Tuesday, the 9th inst.,at 11 o'clock A. 3, the Building Committee of the Board of Supervisors wilt investigate the delay in the construc.ion of the Hall of Justice. Please be present. JOHN SHIRLEY, President of the North Eud Club. 1t is rumored that the Supervisors wil! 1ake a hand in the delay themse ves, but at any rate the North-enders are getting warm. When the leases were procured by those who rent the buildings in the vicin- ity of the hall they were taken out with the understanding that the hall would be completed by tie 1st of October at the outside. Now the leases have been signed and the rents raised, but the wall of the new building bas not as yet raised its nead above the fence around the lot, and hence the disturbance. Ivis claimed by the irate members of the club that the contract has not yet been let for the terra-cotta work which is tobe put in_on the second story of the building, and that there will be another | delay of six months when the first story is completed. What the outcome will be is hard to determine, but ine club evidently means busine:s and has the sympathy of both citizns and members of outside im- provement club<. Those who will speak before the Super- visors are C. Shadburne, C. S. Frank- heimer, G. Becker, J. Gibb and other property-owners, whoare at present losing money because of the trade gradually working more toward the center of town on account of the delay in the construe- | don of the much talked-of Hall ¢f Justice. THERE WAS NO CONTRACT. End of a Fight for the Lighting of Santa Rosa's Streets. The Supreme Court has reversed the judgment and order of the Superior Court of Sonoma County in the case of Lhe Santa Rosa Lighting Company against E. F. Woodward and other Councilmen of the city of Santa Rosa. On November 19, 1895, the Judge of the Superior Court is- sued a writ of mandate to the Council commanding it to advertise, as required by law, for bids for the lignting of the streets of that city as v as its public buildings. The cause was tried and the judgment went to t e d | fendants dismissing the writ. From the | order denying a new trial an appeal was taken, which resulted as stated. Prior to July 31, 1895, the Santa Rosa | Lighting Company had a contract for | liguting the street, and this expired on { tune date named. In its findings the lower court held toat at all times since July 31, 1894, the city had a contract for the ligh ing of its streets witn the Merchants’ Lighting Compary, which contract was to run for three years, and that this contract was at the time of the hearing of the case still in force; also that the streets had been lighted and the bills 1or the same paid under that contract. The rival company attacks the validity of that contract, and further sets up that there had not previousiy been proposals for bids for lighting, as required by law. In the hearing of the case it was admit- ted by all parties that the Council bad at no time directed its officers to sign a formal contract with the Merchants’ Lighting Company, and that no formal specifications had been prepared. Lon o | | Didn’t Kill Little Pete. In Judge Carroll Cook’s department of the Superior Court yesterday a jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Woon Sing, charged with the murder of Fong Ching, alias “Litte Pete.’” The delense was con- ducted by General A. L. Hart and Colonel T. V. Eddy. who proved to the satisfaction of the jury that the accused man was not near the scene of the tragedy at the time “Little Pete’’ was shot. NEW TO-DAY. AR Ak Ak R Rk ok Ak kAR b R Rk *THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. *k HXAR AR R AKX A AIORRARAAAR A AR KA R NN NN NN ¥R A AR A AR Birch-Mahogany Cob- bler Seat Rocker—pic- ture shows the style of it. It’s made as well as higher-priced l 5 OUELS. e ovee o Triumph Folding Bed, biz @7.25 $2:45 enough for two. 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