The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1898 : ] unyielding friends of the people in the gle and they can be relied e a report which will be a water strus presentation of facts in the The action which the Council took to-day could just as well have been | taken a r ago. It is simply in di- rect line with the pledges all political parties made to the people prior to the last municipal election. The re- port which this committee will make will disclose to the people of this city the fact that no matter what the out- come of the pending litigation is as to the head works site or as to the Cr tal Spri water rights the munici- pality is in a position of independence as far as the present water monopoly is concerned in the matter of the con- struction of a new and independent | plant. Be it said to the credit of the presi- dent of the Council, Herman Silver, that he has appointed a committee to investigate the matter in which the people have faith, and there s a gen- eral feelin confidence that they will make a report, full investigation, which will in no way be dictated by Counc n cll, chairman of the Water y Committee, says the water company has not indicated - one single solitary in contemplation now t alone closing up to the com city to take pos- at the expiration ites that heyond " Ag0 1O S the ion dollars, two 1 it is worth, the com- 8 laced since then any price upon lant. The company; Nickell says, has never in any way in- vhat it would do as to arbi- dicated chairman of the ttee and shows us of the a the from - as pre- r the city e story of the ation to defeat the L policy of delay, the Council and r Supply Com- carry out that doing he re- oval of the syndlcated sthers Mr. Nickell is being account. A commun tion sed to him which is pointed and which a position either - people or on the »any's side. communi- igned by Telfair Creighton, the Democratic City Cen- »; Milton Carlson, chair- s party City Cen- W. M. John- ecutive committee. By ion of political parties s elected nunication recites the plat- s elected and asks him to stand by the or repudiate ther hown a copy of th d to be inter- viewed upon it until he had had time zest it. It calls him to to read and d time in v rp words and if will probably ome time before he di- ersonian Soclety met to- tion t rse the ac- City Central water = question 1&g was laid _on > of 10 to 9. This reent work from the for be- in the not unex- put in te S0 that there alignment of forces. It 1 best to 0] i soon o i at interest It wa possible the men who could be de. pended on to stand unalterably with the people in the water struggle. The desired Infor tion was obtained and a change of one vote would have re- sulted in the adoption of the resolu- tior WHAT IT WOULD COST LOS ANGELES TO ACQUIRE A NEW WATER SYSTEM. Carefully Prepared Estimates on the Ex- pense of Utilizing Mountain Streams. LOS ANGELES, Jan. —As indica- tive of the fz that the people of Los Angeles are thoroughly aroused on the ion and that they have been question inall of its bear- ails, the subjoined valuable report as to the water supplies of Los Angeles is given It is a thorough re- view of the situation and the facts, and Milton Carlson, a High School. In opening the ort Mr. Carlson | states that he looked into the sources of mountain water supply that might be at the command of this city a domestic water supply, and determined the prac- bility and cost of each. lity, The report 3 It should have been the duty of the perform those labors, but y not seen fit up to the . We have attempted best we could. Being without of an engineer, and with- out the means at our hand to secure re- from scientific sources, we have compelled to resort to such pub- hed literature as we could find, to the aps of Los Angeles and adjoining coun- ties, to our personal knowledge of the country and to such information as we could ‘collect from informal talks with engineers, water company owners and persons familiar with the mountains and streams. The data which we furnish in this re- port concerning other cities are taken principally from the Manual of American WVater Works for 1597. This work is oub- lished by the Engineering News, and fs strictly scientific and reliable. It is not the province of this committee to discuss the general matter of municipal owner- ship of water works; but we trust it’ will be & matter of interest to submit a few figures and remarks at the outset. The People’s party is ordinarily accused of advocating theories and experiments. Even if this accusation is correct in some respects, it is entirely wrong so far as the municipal ownership of water works is concerned. present time to do to do th as well as Continental tles and towns are sup- piled by municipal works, hile in Ca.g- out of a total of 145 cities and towns ng complete water works, 109 3 by the municipalities, while only 36 are controlled by private corpora- tions. And even in the United States it- self, where corporations and trusts are securely enthroned, out of 319 citles and towns that have a full supply of water, 16% are supplied by the municipalities. while only 1489 are controlled by private corporations. It is also interesting to mote that since the birth of the People’s party the muni- cipal ownership idea has made wonderful Progr ‘When the pioneers of this party met #n convention in Omaha in 18% and adopted the first national platform and gave birth to this party, the municipalities of this country owned only 43 per cent of their water ‘works, while at present the mun- cipalities of this country control o4 per cent. We believe that this rapld growth is largely due to our advocacy of these principles. The good that a party does are ow is not always gauged by the number of votes it casts. A party may wield a mendous influence in molding public sen- timent and yet be a minorical organiza- tion. If the present rate of construction and purchase of private plants by muni- cipalities goes on, it will not be long be- fore private monopolies will cease so far as water systems are concerned. It is also interesting to note the progress made in the large cities. To-day of all the cities in the United States hav- ing a population of over 100,000, only six +have water-works in the. control o - s doing absolute- | pri-| vate corporations, and two of the six are in California. Let us hope that very soon | these remaining six will be along the line followed by the others. So the history of the present shows us that we are not | experimenting or theorizing in our ad- | vocacy of a municipal water plant | It is the duty of this committee to In- vestigate, as far as it may be able to do | 80, any sources of mountain water that it | may be practical to use for this purpose | in the city of Los Angeles. There are numerous streams which rise in the ad- | | jacent mountains which find their way | either into the ocean beyond or sink in | the sands of the valleys. In order to de- | termine what would be practical the chief | and foremost question is, “How far from | the city of Los Angeles will it be prac- tical to go to find a water suppl. The | distance is only a matter of c | altitude and other circumstances are | vorable. "Consequently it becomes a ques- | tion of important interest at the outset | to determine how much money the city | of Los Angeles ¢an afford to invest in a water system. In this connection it would be inter- esting and perhaps very useful to see what other large cities have invested in | such plants. We have compiled a table all those cities of the United | States having a population of over 100,000, giving the cost of the water plant, the cost per capita, the gross income for 1595, the cos pense and maintenance for said wear, the net profit to the city (ex- | cluding any interest on bonded debt, the | rate of interest which the plant is pay- | ing on the Investment less the interest on bonds, the present bonded debt of the city for water purposes, the rate of inter- | est which the last bond issue bears, and also the family rate as near as may be there prevailing for a seven-room house, | with kitchen faucet only. This table is nnexed to this report as appendix A, | nd is submitted for your in ation. The tables of population are based on the census of 1890, except the population of Los Angeles. which is based on the most This calculation may not but it is the best that > could arrive at, and when we take into consideration that the country has not grown largely since 159, and that the data concerning the systems not altogether of the most recent date, it | may be a more fair statement than would appear at first gla At any rate, how- | ever, It is all t e could do and we | submit it accordingly. ! By this table it will be seen that the average per capita cost of all the water | systems of the United Sta in cities of | if the fa- palities s When we add to our calculation the of the plants as given in the citi Denver, Indianapolis and which ' are ape i by private companies, and again calculate the grand total of per capita cost of water works in the United States in cities of over 100,000 ation, we have a per capita cost of There is a very great diversity in the per capita cost of the various sys- tems. The lowest cost of any system in the United States belonging to a munici- pality is that of the city of Pittsburg, where the per capita cost is only $14 83, while in Boston we find the highest at . It may be contended, and perhaps correctly, that the larger the city the less the per capita cost should be, and if the city of Los Angeles should build works to accommodate a city of the future size the proportionate cost would be less. This may be true, and would certainly seem reasonable, but the experience of all the cities in the United States which we have considered does not prove the truth of this assertion. The city of All gheny, which is the smallest in popula- tion ‘of any of the municipal ownership cities in our list, has expended per capita in the construction of its water system $21 24, while the city of New York has ex- pended $50 per capita. or is this a soli- tary instance, but a careful study of the table we submit to you has failed to show us in any manner that the size of the city has any effect in actual experience upon the per capita cost of the water works. The cost seems to depend more upon cir- cumstances and construction than otk wise. The city of New York has construct an immense and adequate water supply It 1s taken from gravity sources and is probably the grand. system in the world. S capita and the city of Chicago, ranking second in population. quite on the con- trary pumps its water from Lake Mi gan ‘and has constructed a_cheap the cost being only $21 S1 NWhile the city of Chicago struction of its system has_encountered a less debt that the city nevertheless the magnificent s | the city of New York is not without Its advantages. The cost of operation of the New York plant is only 42 cents per cap- ita per annum, while that of Chicago is 3130 per capita per annum. Thus, while the city of New York has expended a | much larger sum in the construction of | its plant, its citizens not only enjoy a s perfor system. but the annual tax for op- | eration, which goes on forever, is thus | in favor of the city that has based its | system upon the sure foundation, al- though the cost was large at the outset. If the city. of Los Angeles desires to construct & system for a city of 103,000 people, its present population, upon the basis of the ayerage per capita cost of all the municipal systems of the United | States that are located in large citfes, the city will expend the sum of $3,399,000. If it desires to expend an amount equal to the average per capita of all the cities | of the United States given in the accom | panying tables and based on the presen population, it will expend $3,662,000. If it | expends the per capita cost of New York | it will expend $5,150.000, or if it equals that | | of the city of Boston the amount will be | $5,950,000. | All these calculations are based upon | | the present population of the city of Los | | Angeles. If, however, we are to build a | | system for the future and are to con- struct such a system as is recommended | | by, Mr. Dockweiler in his report of last | | March, based upon a city of 247,000 people | | and the per capita average of all the cities having municipal plants, the ex | penditure would amount to $8,160,000; | while 1f the system to be constructed was upon the basis of 247,000 people and | the expenditures per capita were to be | equal to those of New York or Boston, | the sums would be so large that we fear | the people of Los Angeles would be frightened. | The present net income of the Los An- | geles City Water Company pays 4 per | cent interest, according to their state- | ments, on the sum of $7,825,000. The build- | ing of a water system is no small task, | and we earnestly urge you to consider | | well the cost of the water plants as com- | plled and furnished in the tables we pre- | sent, for by the careful consideration of | | the table you will be able to understand | | the large amounts that have been ex- | | pended by other citles in the construction | of water works and will be prepared for | the expenditure on your own part of an | adequate sum. The city of Los Angeles has a credit at the present time of about $1,500,000. However, if the school bonds and fire department bonds are voted, this credit would be extinguished to perhaps a trifle less than $7,000,000. (N. B,—These bonds did not carry.) It is not to be said that we shall ex- pend as much as other cities or as much as the average, or in any manner that our expenditure is to be gauged by that | of other cities. Our expenditures should be gauged according to the circumstances and according to the cost of what an ade- quaté system would be, but we believe that the publication of the tables of the costs of the various systems will encour- age our people to believe that an ede- Quate system can be constructed for the | city of Los Angeles on a more reasonable | basis than they have been formerly led | | to_believe However, let us revert to the main sub- | Ject of our inquiry, that is, mountain | Wwater sources. The city of San Diego, with a popula- tion one-sixth that of the city of Los Angeles, brings its water for a distance of Bty -seven miles. This 18 by conduit | fine, the air line being much less How. ever, for purposes of considering the feasible sources of mountain supply with | reference to distance, we have concluded | to mention all those streams of any im- | portance flowing from mountain sources that come within a radius from the city of Los Angeles equal in distance from the center of the city of San Diego to its Cuyamaca reservoir. hese streams are eleven in number, the Piru, Elizabeth Lake, Soledad, Little Tujunga, Big Tujunga, Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel, 'San Dimas, San _Antonio, Dry Creek and Lytle Creek. We have ob- tained whatever information we could concerning them all, though in many cases our information simply consists of the county map and talks with persons who have been over them. Piru Creek has its origin_in Ventura County, flows thence into Los Angeles County, easterly of Antelope _Valley, thence ' again re-enters into Ventura County and empties its waters into the Santa” Clara River. It is said that the water could be diverted and brought t the city of Los Angeles. Above thc point of diversion where it would be necessar: 10 maintain a sufficlent altitude to reach the city of Los Angeles we would havc in the neighborhood of 300 f dralnage area. This is by all means lie largest stream within the radius of our city which we have assumed. It is said that there are reservoir sites along the stream, though we do not find any reec- ord -of any private ownership.. The dis- st ‘municipal ‘The cost s | purposes by more than | would MILTON CARLSCN. € stance would probat tructed, cost hew b if properly cons pressure even at its very source. We must have i mountain supply in order to provid fire pressure. Of the three political parties which nominated candidates in the last muni- cipal election all platforms agreed that in ‘the neighborhood of $1.0 We we must have a system of sufficlent pres- would recommend that this source of |sure for fire purposes. This i Impossi- supply be investigated bie with the Los Angeles River. Conse- T f supply Is that of | quently there should be perfect unanim- Elizab ake " lles to the ity among all parties in this mattbr. No east of an alti-| city official can refuse to support a tude of above s 1t b of about miles and pre; nificent rese (‘l:'n‘lmzl y of s Angeles for all time. This system would be about s most equal distance from the city of Los Angeles. Our next source of sup) be that from the Soledad. the | headwaters of the ly Fhes and while the drainage ares | large, the mountains are not high, the | stream is not large and the distance, | while less than the former Systems men- tioned, is quite great. there are no good stora stream, and from th learn it would not be a reasible & of supply. | Next “’T would m e @ It < , and the fact that it is.a partly consumed would rendcr it Inefficient for the city supply. Next we would mention the Big Tu- 3 Here we find a drainage are: f square mile uply | which is a clent tor all nec i It a pipe line leads fr plying Monte Vista with a small qu { water, bul that the sum thvs utilize cut no material figure wich larger use. Otherwise this stream { is located only u Los Angsles, znd| we told wo miles by surveyed ii t this s quantity of w. that there are some good along it. We find from the record the Hamilton Irrigation Com 1o be the owner of nine valleys aiong the stream, which were acqul from the Government as stated for reservoir pur- poses, together with a right of way down the entire canyon for such use. We understand 2 Hm s been city, are not found in other propositions we have consid- ti . drainage area, its nearness to the present features which any t we find the Arroyo Seco, with a | nage of twenty-seven square miles which, however, is thoroughly consumed and S used to supply the city of Pasa- dena. Following our course to the east on the Sierra Madre range we next come to the San Gagriel which, with 200 square miles of drainage area, Is the largest stream of the range. However, we find here the waters are utili ed for irrigation e hundred own- ers and the cost to acquire the water would simply mean the purchase of the ranches and orchards of the San Gabriel Valley, which would be impossible. We also find from the records that three pri- vate power companies have attempted to secure themselves along this _stream and we presume that they ha’ succeeded in establishing proper claims to the water for power purposes. The water being both “used for irrigation and owned for power purposes, we do not see how the city of Los Angeles could avail itself. There seemed to be no ciaims for reser- volr sites along the stream and it is said that none of consequence exist. Next east we find San Antonio Creek, the waters of which, however, are used for irrigation at Ontarfo and the power of which is developed and used for el tric lighting and other purposes in On- tario and as far east as San Bernardino. Beyond this we find Dry Creek with a comparatively small drainage area, but which supplies a_good stream of water the entire year. This water, however, is | entirely consumed for irrigation at Roch- ester and Etiwanda and the land along the stream is said to be entirely private property. Next east, and the last stream which we shall mention, is that of Lytie Creek. Lytle Creek has a large tlrafnu e area and reaches to high altitudes. Its per- ennial flow is good, but is all utilized and owned. It supplies the City of San Ber- nardino, the settlement of Rialto and other sections with water for domestic and lrfl%auon purposes. The Lytle Creek Reservoir and Power Company claim to be the owners of two reservolrs along this stream that will impound in the neighborhood of 4000 inches of water, which would be sufficient for a city of half a million people. If the ecity should construct a system on Lytle Creek it would necessarily be an exclusively stor- age system, and the distance is about sixty ‘miles. The cost would be very great, but it ils possible and the supply ample. Thus we have reviewed all the moun- tain streams which come within a radius of Rixlg miles of the city of Los Angeles and which are of sufficient consequence to be mentioned in connecgion with the city supply. 5 It is not'our purpose to recommend any particular supply but only to have ex- amined in this casual way and to deter- mine which streams were of sufficient importance to receive a proper investiga- tion and after looking over the ground as carefully as we have been able we submit this report and make the recom- mendation that the source of Supply from Piru Creek, Elizabeth Lake, = Blg Ta Junga and’ Lytle Creek recelve an In- vestigation at’ the hands of our city of- ficials. ~ Our City Engineer could de. termine with very little . investigation Wwhich of these systems were feasible and which were not, and for the clty of Los Angeles and for those parties which have committed themselves to a mountain source of su;g;ly to lie dormant and make no investigation and no determination as to which are feasible and which are not is in violation of our trust and should not be permitted. There is one other matter which we would like to submit In connection with this report, and that is in regard to the protection afforded against fire by a sys- tem of ample pressure. There are many cities in the United States which maintain no steam fire en- gies at all and depend absolutely upon the pressure maintained by the water system. The fire department of the city of Los Angeles costs us. $81,00 per an- num. It is confidently predicted that more than half of this sum could be saved if a proper water system with a ir:w pressure was constructed. The s Angeles River is too low for fire | ner have done a S | mountain water proposition and go be- fore his constituency and tell them he has not been false to the provisions of his platform. We append to_this report a list of cittes | of the United States of over 10,000 popu- lation that use their system for fire poses without the agency of steam fire engines. Some of these citles use fire engines in portions of the city, some at large fires and otherwise, but this com- prises a list of cities which in some man- with steam fire en- gines—by the construction of water sys- tems of sufficient pressure to enable them to_be utilized for that purpose. We mark this appendix “B.” fully submitted. Respect- MILTON CARLSON. speaking of the interview, pur- | Ottawa, Ont Leadville, Col. 10,374 3 24,558 Toronto, Ont MRS. CLARK VISITS THE MURDERER Continued from First Page. “I won't say anything my attorney tells me not to.” Mrs. Clark continued to plead with | him until her daughter said: “Never mind, ma; don’t ask him any more.” Clark shook hands with his sister-in- law and with the child, saying: “Good-by, Bertha; be a good girl.” ‘Which is good advice, even though it came from a murderer. Mrs. Clark and her daughter went back to St. Helena, Clark back to his cell told her,” he said later, when “that we might meet again, something might happen. Life is so uncertain. You can never tell from one day to another. That's what I have always said.” Sheriff McKenzle fears that the pris- | © oner may resort to suicide, and it| wouldn’t be hard to imagine this mel- | ancholy, miserable man driven to des- | peration. | “I never thought of suicide,” he said, when the Sheriff's precautions were mentioned. “Why, I ain’t even thought of it. I ain’t afraid to go up to St.| Helena. I ain’t afraid of there being | a mob.” But Sheriff McKenzie is. He re- members a preliminary examination in St. Helena some years ago that was never concluded. There were so many witnesses to be examined that court | adjourned over night and a St. Helena mob took the prisoner from the law’s | custody and hanged him. Sheriff Mc- Kenzie doesn’t propose that his prede- | cessor’s experience shall be repeated during his term. | Clark will be taken to the little town | where the crime was committed in a | wagon If the weather is fine, with an | extra deputy to guard him. Should the | examination be prolonged beyond train i time (there is but one train from St.‘ Helena in the afternoon) Clark will not | be trusted for a single night to the doubtful security of a St. Helena jail. The Sheriff will drive back again to Napa at whatever time the examina- tion may conclude. The murderer is worried about the financial affairs of the Clark family. “People up there,” he said, complain- APPENDIX A. Q 9681 ‘auroouy ++gopwindog CITIES. wdeo 39d 360D Ip *Brooklyn *St Louls . 108,204 10,000,000 105,436)... . 105,287 103, 000, 416,721 Rl B B B e B gs | 8 s |g2|g 2 H 2 8 L GR e RR 83 ex | 8 2 |& °8 | 8% ‘11 & jfe_iQ B o2 | g e |22 |¢ S -4 o [ £ b1 2 | 8 - 33 | < SEval o af ol aad |85 g | o8 |9l %s | Bidaes o &4 bl e g R | &z S SR S 7B 413.000( 411,000 1,153,000 3200, 000| 683,000, 00, 000 _* Pulic Private. *** Withhel APPENDIX B. The following is a list of the larger cities in the United States, with the pop- ulation of each, that utilize their water system for fire pressure, in some manner without the intervention of steam fire en- gines. In some cases no steam fire engines are used; in other cases only in the higher s of the city; in some, in cases of alarm and occasionally in parts of the city where inferior pipes that have been laid In past years are not of the proper quality to withstand a press- ure for fire purposes. The following is the list: Population. 10,527 ewport, R. Woonsocket, K Meriden, Con: New Br Kingston, R Oswego, N. Y. Poughkeepste, N. Schenectady, N. Syracuse, Yonkers, N. Y. cKeesport, P Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Petersburg, Va. Roancke, Va. Huntingdon, W 0, Raleigh, C 12, Wilmington, N. 2, Atlanta, G Montgomery, Al 21 Meridian, Miss. 10, Vicksburg, Miss 13, Covington, Ky 3, Lexington, Ky Newport, Ky Paducah, Ky. Canton, O. Chillecothe, Findlay, O BREER LECE R PEEEERH R SR n, Zanesville, O Evansville, Ind Indtanapolis, Ind New Albany, Ind. 21, Richmond, Ind. 16, 21819 2. 22, i, 19, 15, Galesburg, Il 15, Peorta, 1l Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wiy Madison, Wis Burlington, 1a. Cedar Rapids Clinton, Ce RS ] Winona, Minn Kansas City, Kan Leavenworth, Kan i 28 B s b5 LRl FR PR R HE R Cheyenne, Wyo. Helena, Mont . Kansas City, M 8t. Joseph, Mo. Springfield, Mo Little Rock, Ark. Austin, Tex .. Galveston, Tex Houston, Tex .. pugpepEas | rant issued for Clark's arrest. ingly, “appear to be kind of down on her. She says she will do anything to support the children. She wants to take in washing, but I don’t know whether she’ll git it. I told her to be patient, and I guess she'll live it down. She told me all about the moving and that.” “Shall you see Mrs. Clark if she comes again?” “O yes; I'll always be glad to see her and the children,” he answered, with that half-grotesque, half-pathetic, but wholly sincere regard for the younger Clarks. “But I won't talk to her or to any one else about my case. I've talked too much already, and I won't see anybody to ta‘!’k to without my at- torney’s there. When 1 go on the stand T'll tell all the truth.” It is quite probable, too, that he will. seorge Clark is too weak, too dull even to lie well The Sheriff has in his custody a let- ter written by Clark to the husband of Mrs. Clark's eldest daughter, G. W. Dax, whose name is signed to the war- It is a pitiably ignorant letter that would disgrace a boy of 10. It is kept that the handwriting acknowledged by Clark may be compared with that of the notes which in his confession he says he wrote, signing his brother’s name. These notes are nearly illegible now, so they have been photographed. They are written on dirty scraps of pa- per with a lead pencil. The following letter, written the same day Clark con- fessed his crime, shows the intellectual caliber of the man: The prison walks are dark and dreary but the lite comes through the little win- dow so bright and cheering. The Lord is with me in this cell an to him I chant. George, I am not guilty, and God knows it if you will come down I would like to talk to you. I am well I do be- leve I will come out all write are you all well. From G. W. Clark to G. W. Dax. Old residents of Pope Valley remem- ber the burning of the house in which the Clark family lived, and recall their suspicions at the time. The whole fam- ily, with the exception of William Clark, who was hard at work up at the Aetna mines, lived in a three- roomed structure on a ranch for which they never succeeded in paying. Willlam Clark toiied to keep that great family of his, and paid part of the _— NEW TO-DAY. Dyspepsia Cured First Bottle of Hood’'s Sarsaparilla Gave Relief. “My mother was troubled very much with dyspepsia and began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. The first bottle gave her relief, and since taking three bottles she has nect been troubled with dyspepsia at all.” EARL AKERS, Kelseyviile, Cal. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills cure indigestion, biliousness. | murder of her husband. debt. When the man to whom the money was owing suggested to George Clark that he work in exchange for part of the sum owed, George degungd. saying that he could not leave his sis- ter-in-law alone on the place. The scandal of the relations existing be- tween George Clark and his brother's wife was public property in Pope Val- ley vears ago. This afternoon Henry Hogan, who with Attorney Beerstecher will take charge of Clark’s case, was closeted with the prisoner. Mr. Hogan refuses to say what the defense will be. “But we've got a wase,”” he said, stoutly. “And you've actually hope?” “Yes, sir,” he answered. “For one thing, that confession will never be admitted as evidence. I'll fight that. T'll show that it was extorted from this man while he was in durance vile; that the man who got it assured Clark, with an arm about the poor wretch’s neck, that he would do everything for him if he would confess, and that if he did not he would be hanged within sixty days. “T'll put District Attorney Bell upon the stand and have him swear as to whether he did or did not question this man. Clark did not confess without hope of reward or fear of punishment. The confession should not stand. The man is half an imbecile, anyway. Any one can make him do or say anything. He is like one of those masses of clay that the man at the Orpheum molds into the likeness of a man's face, which be- comes merely a mass of clay again.” All Clark expects of his attorney, he , is that the latter shall ‘“‘save his neck.” But the saving of that neck becomes more and more doubtful to rybody but Clark and his attorney. The murderer is cheerful. He re- ceived with pleasure a lot of religious books brought from his littie cabin on Dr. Osborne’s place in St. Helena, and he developed a surprising degree of reticence when questioned about the hat he wore in covering the distance between the old Clark house and his own cabin the morning of the murder. The pri ution is laboring to make the identification of Clark as the man eve seen running along Pine street posi- tive. It is said that that link in the chain of evidence corroborating Clark’s confession is not as vet complete. Clark aided the Sheriff when the lat- ter came ostensibly to improve the ap- pearance of his room, but really to search the place carefully and to make sure that there shall be no possibility of suicide. Everything, including the mattress, was changed and the mur- derer’s clothes were searched. Then, in the housewifely way a single man knows who has “batched” for him- self, Clark set to work to sweep out his cell. Clark’s father, Joseph Clark of Pin- ard, Tryame County, IlL, which is just ninety-six miles from St. Louis, has been communicated with. The father is as yet wholly ignorant of the terri- ble tragedy which has deprived him of one son and made the other a mur- derer. The prisoner was loth to let his old father know of his crime. “Tt will kill him,” he said. There are rumors in Napa to-night that the defense is planning a sur- prise. It may not improve Clark’s chances of escaping the gallows, but there is a possibility that Mrs. Clark may be arrested as accessory to the The course of events at the preliminary examina- tion will probably decide the matter. Before cooking vour steak or chop, dust it with Omiah Meat Flavoring. - —_———— Scavangers Protest. The Scavengers’' Union, the members of which collect the garbage from the houses of this city, has filed a protest, through its president, against the manner in which the Sanitary Reduction Works is carrying out its contract and franchise to cremate the garbage of this city. The claim is made that the management of the works does not measure the garbage and that the scavengers are compelled to NEW TO-DAY. Hunyadi Jinos BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER, ——FOR—— CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINTS & HEMORRHOIDS, **The prototype of all Bitter Waters.” Lancer. “'Speedy, sure, gentle.”" British MedicalJourna CAUTION ture of the firm. “See that the label bears the signa~ Andreas Saxliehner. han 20 cents per cubic yard, Py T alied for by the franchise. the price cal To Cure a Cold in One Day tive Bromo Quinine Tablets. All gr.uk;gxsxf:x;r;nd the money if i* fails to cure. %c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. — e The ballet is said to hava been vented by the Duchess of Maine in Paris. < NEW TO-DAY. CHEAP TREATMENT Is a great mistake. When you are ill you want to be cured, and the only successful way is to apply to a competent physician who thoroughly understands and has made a life- time study ot his special line. WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT N DOCTOR SWEANY, For the speedy and permanent cure of all NERYOUS, CHRONIC AND PRIVATE Diseases, even in their most aggravated forms. There is no one man in the world who has performed so many permanent cures in both Men and Women of trou- bles which other physicians of acknowl- edged ability had given up as hopeless as this eminent SPECIALIST. DO YOU KNOW ;l‘h:n S0 per cent of e unhappy and for- lorn who fill our madhouses are victims of seminal weakness and nervous de- bility? That out of every ten cases of Con- sumption six can be traced back to and their origin found in seminal weak- ness? If you are suffering from the ef- fects of this terrible disease cast aside all false modestyand consult Doctor Sweany. He restores lost vigor and WEAK MEN [ restores o5 men: B gans of the body which have been weak- ened through disease, overwork, ex- cesses or indiscretions are restored to full power, strength and vigor through his new and original system of treatment. Cured by his new method, RUPTURE {ircd, P 1S Miones o o tention from work—a painless, sure and permanent cure. Hydrocele, swelling and VARICOCELE {rireccls, Sl glands treated with unfailing success. SYPHILIS In any of its stages thor- oughly eradicated from the system. ‘Will receive special attention LADIES for all their many ailments. If you cannot call. No mail. A valuabla book, “Guide to Health,” free of charge to all applicants. Address F. L. SWEANY, D., 737 Market st., San Francisco, Cal. B o -+ DYFA FOR —AND-— SKAGUAY. The Elegant Fast Steamer HUMBOLDT ‘WILL BE DISPATCHED FEBRUARY lIst. ..... For passage and freight apply quickly to J. A. MAGEE JR., 810 CLAY STREET. BRUSHES FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, bootblacks, bath- houses, billiard-tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy-makers, canners, dyers, flourmills, foundries, laundries, paper- bangers, printers, painters, shoe factories, stablemen, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, ete. UCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers,809 SacramentoSt. VESSELS WANTED. Leading men engaged in transportation say more vessels will be wanted to carry the people to Klondike ports when the season opens—just now we want folks to carry away some of our bargains lots turned up in stock-taking. These are not as bad as they | might be, nor as good as ydu have | seen. They are boy’s knives and | good enough to lose. CLARK'S 0. N. T. THREAD. . . ....2% This is a salable size of the 200- yard 5-cent spools bought of a house going out of business at less than half price. ENVELOPES, WHITE, PACK. Ie These are good size for letters and fair quality; worth 5 cents in most stores. TENNISFLANNEL. .. ......... .5 This is all good quality and winter colors for general family use. LADIES’ FINE SHOES. . ....... .35 These are out of style, C. S. toe, cloth-top, kid foxed, sizes 214, 3, 3% only, for house or Sunday wear; other sizes cost $1 00. i Klondike goods of all kinds c Try our foods at the free counter Our dining-room on sixth floor is Goods delivered free in tow: Girls and boys can earn premiums in overstock and short You save half or more. BOYS’ KNIVES...............Ic| DIAMOND C SOAP This is a 5-cent cake, known all over the world where soap is used; we make it a leader this week at this price. BAKING POWDER. ............5 This is the ordinary 15-cent can (small), we shall not put up more of the size and close stock on hand at once. Best in the world. BUSSIAN SARDINES, KEGS. ... ..T5c They are fine; about $1 40 at other places; we supply you at the right figure. COLGATE'S FINE PERFUMES. . . . . 10c These are the small two-bit bottles all over the world. We close stock on hand at less than half price. KNIVES AND FORKS, 6 Each.. . . .35 To use at home or in camp. We ought to get more for them, but will be pleased to sell at this price. ' heaper and better than anywhere else. on the first floor. open for guests all day. n or across the bay. sending in orders. Ask for price lists of family supplies or Klondike goods. CASH STORE, | 25-27 Market St., San TELEPHONE, MAIN The only Gracers who made an exhibition of Pure Foods at the Mochanics’ Fair and received a DIPLO) CERTIFICATE OF PURITY IN EVERY ll'l’lv!.l,n - Francisco. 1840.