The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1898, Page 32

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1898. MAY IMITATE OUR STSTEM American High School & Model for Eng- land. Professor Brown Traces the History of Secondary Education. | Adverse Criticism by a University | Peasgogue on Present Methods of Teaching Literature.® FOUCHT TWO EX-CONVICTS William Madden and Joseph Nablet, Alias Joulet, Arrested. They Attempted to Brain Po- liceman Barnes With an Iron Bar. Implicated in the Suspected of Being Recent Burglaries in ‘W estern Addition. In a lecture at Berkeley yesterday | morning to a class of active and pros- ! pective teachers, Professor Elmer E. Brown ventured tc forecast the de- lopment of secondary schools in Eng- land. “Our poor mother country,” he gaid, “has not yet risen to the idea of | the American high school, that is - a high schoal for each county, because in | the past England-has achieved such success with her town and city sec- | ondary schools; but it is more or less probable that England will follow in| our footsteps.” | Continuing his historical study of| gecondary education Professor Brown traced -the tranpsition from the old grammar school to the academy and college. - The movement was discussed | in ‘the -educational history of Mary- | land. The extending of State aid to colleges, and the rise of the university | idea, toward the close of the last cen- tury, marked a great change. For the first quarter of the present cen- tury, the greater part of this State did nwas given to the academies rather than | to the colleges. All the while a de- | mand was growing for the pushing of education still lower; this was the first indication of a demand for State sup- portéed primary education. This was Tiot fully realized, however, until many In Massachusetts a system of State | provision for academies began before the- old grammar schools had disap- peared -and continued until after the | establishment of the modern high | gchools. This temporary development, om ‘a4 system app imately similar to-the present system of public sup- | port, to a system of private initiative | constitutes an exception to the general course of -development which has pre- veailed in this country, from private | initfative to public support. The speaker summarized the his- tory.-of State aid to secondary educa- | tion- in the colonial times by stating | that only six of the original thirteen | York, Georgia, Virginia, ton dwelt upon the ne. ce: y of making a change in the present method of teaching literature in the schools. ‘““The best method of of Shakespeare’s, for d, “would be to take it played. Then a clese critical study of the play should be made ‘and after this is completed the class should see it played again. I° have been able on several occaslons to test this method by taking a class to ses .4 play acted by good actors, ana the results have been most gratifying. If this plan is impracticable the teacher should read the play, which is a matter-of no little difficulty. After a careful critical study, parts should then be-assigned to the pupils, and the play should be reread. The study of the play should be preceded by a brief outline by the teacher and a few question. aimed rather to arouse interest than t0-. obtain information. Too much xttention is paid in the high schools to flagraming and parsing, to analyzing figures of speech and trying to discover Just why Shakespeare did thus and so. Buch a method is entirely wrong. The magination of the child should be ap- pealed to, for literature appeals di- rectly to the imagination. At present n our schools we are appealing too | much to the eye, or rather too little to the ear. The nature study as at pres- ent carried on in the schools, while it pducates the eye, neglects the ear.” CANADIAN PACIFIC CASTS THE GANTLET Gives Notification That - To- Day It Will Start Cutting Local Rates. studying a play he en to see The Matter One of Retaliation That Is Likely to Invalve All the Roads. The war of rates which has been in| existence for several days In the territory of the three northern lines has at last | reached this city, and no doubt will soon | involve the Southern Pacific as well as | the other lines. | Thursday the Canadian Pacific an-| nounced that commencing on Saturday | they would make a $40 rate from San | Francisco to New York, via Victoria, | @rst-class, and $30 second-class. This rate | 18 $2 lower on first-class tickets than the fare to New York, via Portland, over | the O. R. and and Northern Pacific, | and $39 lower first-class and $37 50 lower second-class than the rates in vogue over the Canadian Pacific before the com- | mencement of the war. M. M. Stern, general agent of the Can- | adlan Pacific in this city, said that at the | inception of the war the Canadian Pacific! made a rate of $40 and $3)onthrough trav- | ¢l from Eastern points to its Puget Sound terminal This cut was met by the two other northern lines, and it was under- | stood that San Francisco was not to be | interfered with, but the war was to be | confined to the territory further north. | Tha Canadian Pacific, while retusing to | pdvertise a cut rate from this city, learn- | ed that the other lines were constantly | breaking their tacit agreement and sell- Ing tickets on through travel from this city to eastern points on the reduced | schedule pertaining on the northern | lines. As remonstrance proved of no avadl, | it was finally decided to take the present step In the way of retallation and cut everything all aiong the line. The $40 and | 830 rates, which will go Into operation to- morrow, will carry traffic from here to Victoria by the Pacific Coast Steamshi Company’s vessels, where connection will be made with the Canadian Pacific. Vice-President Stubbs of the Southern Pacific absolutely declined to express any opinion on the probable action that wiil | be taken by his company, as the meeting | of the managers of the various traffic as- | soclations which was to be held in Chi- cago was postponed till yesterday, and on the result of that conference depends the wltimate action of the road. He did say, however, that he understopd that the Southern Pacific was going to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to sus- end the long and short haul clause; and f that {s done the other roads will be given all the fight they want. —_——————— Chris Kirketerps Estate. The estate of the late Christian Kirke- terp has been appraised at $48,4%0 85. It consists of real and personal property, all situated in this city. | Policeman Barnes saw two men acting | motion was based was that the indict- Owing to the numerous burglartes in | the Western Addition the policemen lnl that district have been receiving spe- cial Instructions to keep a sharp look- out for any suspicious characters and to arrest them unless they could give a satisfactory account of themselves. About ten days ago Policemen Mul- cahey and Burkholder arrested Andy Johnson in the early hours of the morning, and when searched a murder- ous looking weapon was found in his possession. It consisted of a solid plece of iron about five inches long and two inches in circumference, nnd[, was bound with leather. Attached to it was a leather handle and a blow | from the weapon would have crushed | in a man's skull. He was convicted | of carrying a concealed weapon and is now serving six months in the Coun- ty Jail. About 4 o'clock yesterday morning in a suspicious manner in-the vicinity of Jackson and Devisadero streets. As | he approached them they began to walk rapidly away in the opposite di- rection. Barnes called upon them to stop and one of them wheeled round and threw a piece of iron bar at him. Barnes saw the missile’ coming and | dodged in time to save himself from being felled to the ground. Barnes drew his revolver and threat- ened to shoot if they did not stop. This had the desired effect upon them and they decided to come to a halt. Barnes covered them and managed to put the handcuffs on them. ‘When searched a “Jimmy” was found in one’s pocket and several skeleton keys in the other’s. They were sent to the City Prison in the patrol wagon and were put on the “small book” pending further investigation. | They gave their names as Willlam | Madden and Joseph Nablet. They were | recognized yesterday by several de- | tectives as ex-convicts. Nablet's true name §s Joulet, and he is considered a most dangerous crook. The- men will be detainied untjl it can be seen if some of the people whose houses have been enterd by burglars by the use 6f a “Jimmy” can identify thém. If not they will be charged. with having burg- lars’ tools in their possession. . : The police believe that Madden and Joulet are the two men who broke twice into the residence of Mrs. Han- | cock, 1836 Turk street, two -or weeks ago and carried off a large quan- | tity of silverware and other articles of | value. LAW AND JUSTICE: The Supreme Court Relcasés Mrs. Long and Her Daughter. The Justices of the Supreme: Court yes- terday gave a decislon in a case of habeas corpus by which they combined both law and justice. Some time ago Mrs. S. C. Long and her daughter, who reside in Riverside, were indicted by the Grand Jury, -the charge being perjury. When the case went to trial the defendants en- tered a demurrer by which they showed that the indictment was faulty and con- sequently inoperative. This was sus- tained by the Judge of the Superior Court, but the latter put his foot .into a muss by directing the prisoners to be re- turned to the custody of the Sheriff, to awalt the action of the next Grand Jury, The Judge did give them the privilege of depositing 3200 bonds each, which they were unable to give. The hardship this order worked upon the accused will be understood when it that the next Grand Jury will not meet until some time next fall, and there was nothing for | the two women to do under the ord B Order But | Jast week, cannot be measured by the to stay in jail for many months. Through “their_attorney they made ap- plication to the Supreme Court for a wrlt | of habeas corpus, and the Justices, on | learning the faots, immediately directed the Sheriff to release the prisoners. Here arose another difficulty, for the women had been brought to this city, and they were without means of getting back to their home. The Sherift was desirous of | having the order of discharge made out | at once, but those in the court, knowing | the helpless condition of the women, told | him that_the order would be mailéd to| him, and he was thus obliged to take the women back to their home. —_—— WALLER DID NOT PLEAD. Argument on the Accused School Di- rector’s Demurrer Will Be Heard Next Saturday. School Director Samuel L: Waller aid | pot plead yesterday ' to the indictment | charging him with having offered to ac- | cept a bribe from Ell T. Sheppard on the | understanding that In return he would appoint the latter’s daughter to a posi- on in the School Department. Whern tho case was_ called in Judge Cook's court Attorney Peter F. Dunhe, who represess the accused, moved the court to dismiss the indictment on the ground that it' was illegal. The point raised on which the ment was lllegal for the reason that Grand Jurors A. F. Price "and A. . Spear, who are not on the assessment roll, were present when fhe indfement was_found. “Under the’statute,” sald Mr. Dunne, “the participatfon of any per- son other than the lawful jurors and the District Attorney In the flnd!nfi of the in- dictment is fatal to the validity of the proceeding.” Judge Cool'said that Judge Belcher had already decided that Price and Spear were lawful members of the Grand Jury, and in consequerice he would overrule the motion. . Dunne then" took another technical tack and .flled a gen- eral demurrer to the indictment, alleging that it did not state an indictable offense, and that its terms were not ‘sufficlent to warrant a trial. A continuance was granted until next Saturday at this point and on that day. argument on the de- murrer will.be heard. g —_——————— TO STIMULATE INDUSTRY. A Representative of the Proposed Business League in This City. Charles Truax, the accredited repre- sentative of the National Business League, an organization called Into ex- istence immediately after the last politi- cal campaign by a number of merchants of Chicago for the purpose of instituting a department of commerce and industry at Washington, arrived in the city yes- terday on a misslon from the headquar- ters of the league, for the purpose of se- lecting three desirable husiness men to represent the proposed department in this city. 'lyhe main object of the organization is to effect the revision of the interstate commerce law 80 as to furnish better protection to shippers and prevent dis- crimination; the pgenlng of commerce with the South and Central American Statés and Mexico and the forming of three | *have proclaimed lans for better communication, including mgroved waterways between the. East Coughs and colds cured, Low's Hore- hound Cough Syrup; 10c. 417 Sansome st HALE BROS. Something About Hosiery. = The annual hosiery purchase by Hale’s California stores is a mer- cantile event of considerable note. Seven popular stores doing a lively and ever-increasing hosiery busi- ness calls for an immense annual hosiéry purchase. A combination order is made up each year and for- warded to our buying headquarters | Manufacturers are| in’ New York. then consulted, offers received, sam- ples examined, -a cash payment is made for the goods and a freight shipment ordered. Every discount is taken advantage of. the middleman and all intermediate profits are skipped. The manufac- turer makes a profit, we make the profit the jobber usually makes, and you buy of us at retail for the same price we would have to pay the wholesale jobber. We offer no poor hosiery at any price. CHILD'S BLACK COTTON SCHOOL = STOCKINGS — Good and tough for play, ribbed, seamless, spliced heels 'and toes, sizes 5 to $%; Hale's price. MISSES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE. Fine Maco cotton yarn, nar- row ribbed and seamless, high spliced heels, double knees and toes, sizes 5 to 9%; Hale's price.. BOYS' KAST IRON BCHOOL STOCKINGS—Tried and true! The most popular school stock- ing we sell; heavy, narrow rib, double knees, double heels and double_toes, tough as & pine knot; Hale's price ... i MISSES' FINE JET BLACK LISLE HOSE — A- high grade stocking, narrow ribbed and seamless, high spliced heels, double soles and toes, not nec- essary to ‘‘overpay” - Hale's price .. ES LADIES' COTTON HOSE—Fine quality combed Egyptian yarn, all black or black with white polka dots, double soles, double toes, spliced heels; Hale's price.. LADIES' IMPORTED COTTON HOSE—Made in Germany of se- lected and combed Maco cotton, the deep, rich, fast black Herms- dorf dye, high spliced heels, double ‘soles and toes; Hale's price ....... = LADIES' BLACK LISLE HOSE. The regular retail price Is 35¢ pair, fine quality, beautiful deep luster finish,” "high spliced heels, double soles and toes, an elegant stocking; Hale's price LADIES' FANCY COTTON HOSE—Black boots, opera col- ored tops,” a new lot bubbling over with fashion's latest foot fads; for Hale's customers at.. 10c 12ic Palr 15¢c 25¢ Palr Pair 19¢ Pair 25¢ Pair 25¢ Pair New Curtains for Housecleaning. Much less than you'd expect. Good, substantial Curtains, and every pat- | tern new. NEW “BORDER_DESIGN" NOTTING- HAM CURTAINS—The latest fad in cur- tain fashion, a deep border design in Not- tingham effects, with plain fishnet center. 3, ydsx30 inches . .. Tec pair 33 ydsx60 inches $1%5 pair TAPESTRY PORTIERES REDUCED!—A chance to save! Come early and you'll not regret. 33 portleres reduced to $4 portieres reduced to & portieres reduced to Half pairs sold if reque: L e (INCORPORATED) 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. The jobber, | Pair | 12ic| New reproduction of the unfortunate vessel. will be W, BLACK MERSERETTA CLOTH—A new black fabric similar to a pierola cloth, bright silky mohair figures raised upon fancy black ground, 10 kinds to pick from, from crepy effects to large, bold scroll patterns, one of the swell fabrics of the coming season. $1.75 Yard. BLACK BROCHE for elderly people—A rich, yet modest fabric, handsome mohalr figures stand out on an exquisite deep black back- ground, 42-inch. $1.75 Yard. Notion_ News. TAMBOUR DOYLIES —Washable openwork tambour muslin; neat as yox: pretty for bureaus, tables, eto. 11 inches square; at Hale's.. | 10c . Each TAMBOUR PILLOW SHAMS—82 fnch- es square; scalloped borders; open- work patterns; in the Art Depart- 38c Each TAMBOUR BUREAU SETS—Consist- ing of one 18x54-inch bureau !Cl&.rf‘ one 1ixil-inch doylie and two 7x7- inch doylies; the set complete........ 80c Set Visit the Art Department; rear of store. 18-INCH FANCY MESH CHENILLE DOT VEILING—Small or large dot a fresh lot in browns, navy or black, at Hale's .... B e 9c RIBBON ODDS AND ENDS—AIl silk; plain gros grains and satin edge gros grains: from i to 1 inch wide; slates, and grays in the wide; tans, browns, cardinal, old rose, heliotrope, sage, nile and dark green inthe narrow your choice until sold...... ceres 2ic Yard Tlfings for Your Kitchen. SAUCEPANS—G-quart; heavy retinned; S v 12¢ lipped; special . TIN PAILS—Fine for a lunch pa 8c quart size; with cover; speclal | Each GALVANIZED BINS—Very h spectal ... WASH BA- for the kitchen; Each | ENAMELED STEEL RICE BOIL- ERS—2 coats of enamel; very special ... ENAMELED DISH extra heavy; special PAN-14-quart; .....Each Black It is the Maine—made of handkerchiefs and dra; resented with an engraved photo, MOURNING FABRICS, which list is quoted P g e ask you al Trflvh of the Maine. belo w. HALE BROS. ] ress Goods. In a beautifully draped and decorated window of the richest fabrics from our Black Goods Department is a miniature battle. ped in black. This ship is 14 feet long, full rigged and armed—a faithful | 1to see it and as a memento and remembrance of the event each customer | We have arranged SPECIAL VALUES IN BLACK GOODS AND BLACK CORDOBA CLOTH—'Tis a sparkling gem In the dress goods line, 8o free from that somber hue of most black dress stuffs, clear | cut mohair figures in beautiful leaf designs | stand out boldly from the black pinhead grounds, 12 patterns make choosing easy. $1.50 Yard. BLACK MOHAIR REPS—This fabric shows an extremely pretty and modest corded back- ground with daintily raised mohair figures in small and medium designs, 15 new patterns and every one a weaver's masterpiece. $1.25 Yard. General Store Notices THE The bankrupt stock of J. Fo- gel, 1030 Market street, re- FUGEL cently purchased at 61 cents STUBK on the dollar, will be offered | to the public Wednesday nSALE. next. Look out for our ad- vertisement on that date. MISS HULIN, THE Miss Hulin, the expert corset fitter, will remain with us another week. She has made corset fitting, | form and comfort her pro- | GOHSET fession. We secured her EXPEHT services for your benefit | ' that you might consult her and get her advice and opinion on the fit and effect of your corsets. | She is at the corset counter demon- strating and advising. It is not necessary to purchase, and a five minutes’ conversation with her might save you years of discomfort. FREE PICTURES To every lady visiting the store this week we will present a neat little photo engraving of the OF THE Maine. . It will be a [ L1 MMNE. souvenir of much inter- est at the present time and well worth preserving for the future. FREE— March 10 we will issue our eighth annual spring and -summer THE NEw catalogue. It will be GATALUGUE'a beautiiully illustra- tei 120 page fashion book. Send in your address. It will be sent free to any address out of San Francisco. None distributed in the city. | isn’t necessary to * BLACK BEAUTIES FOR A DOLLAR—One of the greatest stocks of black dress fabrics at $100 we have ever carried, 5 new patterns just arrived, choosing almost —bewlldering, every yard imported, every yard new. Don’ fail to see this line. FANCY BLACK ARMURES. FANCY BLACK CORDS. FANCY BLACK REPS. FANCY BLACK GRANITES. FANCY BLACK BROCHES. 42 to 45 inches wide. At Hale's $1.00 Yard. Special. A fine Black 45-inch INPORTED FRENCH SERGE on special sale. As soft and fine as a cashmere. Every thread pure wool. On sale * 4O0Oc Yard. New Blouse Waists. Blouse effects in plaid and stripe desizns are to be the popular shirt waist combinations. We call attention to our window display. It| verpay' Hale's prices. LADIES' BLOUSE SHIRT WAISTS— Yoke back, detachable high standing collar, with turn down edge, full sleeves, laundered cuffs; a big iine of the latest patterns in fashionable percales. Hale's price.. 3 39c | Each | LADIES' PLAID BLOUSE SHIRT WAISTS—High laundered collar with turned edge, blouse front, gathered back, full sleeves, laundered cuffs, plaids or stripes. Hale's price........ 30c Each | BLOUSE EFFECTS IN DIMITY WAISTS — Laundered, separable standing collar, voke back, blouse front. The new patterns show added beauty to last year's master- pleces; just in. Hale's price 75¢c Yard Prices in Basy Steps Up to $3 Bach. Our Cloak-Buyer Just Arrived From His Eastern Buying Tour, And this is what he did: LADIES' TAN JACKETS RE- DUCED-—A" beautitul 312 & plald @rg 50 | silk lined tan jacket, with high' —_ collar, reduced for a specfal.... Each | You must see this jacket to appreciate it; an elegant affair. BLACK FIGURED MOHAIR SKIRTS —Thoroughly well made, seams lapped and bound, velvet faced, a$3,5o beautifully hanging skirt and In®e— perfect taste. At Hale's... .. Fach HALE BROS. OO What Are Wamsutta \Sheets? 1 Wamsutta Sheets are the highest- grade sheets on the market. Wam- sutta Muslin is a fine, close cotton | fabric containing 88 round hard threads ‘to the inch (Pequot con- tains 72 threads). These threads are carefully, evenly woven into the high-grade Wamsutta Muslin, sell- ing at 32%c per.yard for 90 inches width. Other widths in proportion. | Wamsutta sheets are made of this | muslin; 2-inch hem, full size, heavy weight; exceptionally well made by | the most expert workmen; smooth, even stitches, devoid of slips, flaws and breaks, making ripping impos- sible; thoroughly bleached, hand torn and dry ironed. We have nev- er seen a finer, more durable sheet. It pays to get the best, and it pays to buy at Hale’s. WAMSUTTA SHEETS, PLAIN HEM- MED— 72x90 §1x90 §1x89 90x90 90x99 inches. SIx$0 inches. 81x89 inches 90x90 inche 90x99 incher WAMSUTTA PILLOW - AMSU CASES, HEM- 45x36 inches.. 45x40% inches. 48x38 inche: 50x40% inches. B0x36 inches 84x36 inche: 54x40% inches. seees.20c each eeeeseewe.220 eaCH Domestic Newlings. The latest arrivals in Hale’s most popular department. 3 cases of FLEECE-BACK CASH- MERE WRAPPER FLANNELS, in dark colors, be closed out at .... erace NEW PLAID DRESS GING- HAMS—The fabric of the year; a brand-new line for walsts and dresses . GALATEA CLOTH — Something new in a heavy twill fabric; to take the place of ducking; fine for ladles’ and children’s dresses and boys’ sallor suits; the latest fashions in stripes and solld col ors; a big line to show you... will 15¢ Yard NEW SPRING PERCALES —7 cases just arrived; a full yard wide, “In red, blue and iight grounds; a bewildering assort- ment of this most popular fabric at 8ic Yard 31 Yard Goods, ALL-LINEN TOWELING—Every thread linen; 15 inches wide; red border; fine for the kitchen. Don’t fall to see the naw Wash Now is the time to buy. Two From Ribbons. T%c MOIRE TAFFETA RIBBON— Pure silk; extra_quality; %-inch wide; light blue, lavender, helio- trope, purple, 'greens, scarlet, white and cream. Special-..... CREAM MOIRE TAFFETA RIBEON, with picot or feather edge; all silk No. 7, 1% inches wide, was 10c yard; 5c yardl vard; e yard (INCORPORATED ) 937-945 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. as 12 NEWS OF THE MINES. The Mining Fair Sends Investors Through the State. Montana Company to Dredge the Trinity on a Large Scale This Year. The value to the mining industry of casual visitor. It cannot be measyred even by the mining men directly con- cerned in it and most famlllar with it. But its value will be great, and it will repay manyfold the time and money in- vested by enterprising citizens of mining counties, business men and others Inter- ested In the prosperity of the mining in- dustry. Its benefits cannot be directly traced any more than can the benefits of any sort-of advertising. When a man buys a bottle of pain killer in a drugstore the | enterprising manufacturers of it who its name and virtues will. never know what advertisement caused the buyer to call for that brand. The, man may have remembered it from boyhood. It is so with the special efforts that Southern California and other agri- cultural sectlons have made to draw homeseekers from the East. Population and property increase, but mnot many new homes and orchards could be pointed out as the result of this pamphlet or that exhibition or excursion. The benefits of the Mining Fair will be similarly lost in the growing mining boom which the fair is doing a great deal to accelerate. Hun- dreds of Californians have acquired a new and more. intelligent interest in min- ing, and will be more ready to join the thousands all over the State who are putting little or large sums of money into mining ventures. Many will most readily turn to the counties that have im- pressed them with attractive exhibits of their riches. A few. specific {llustrations can be easily found, however. One can hear at the fair of two men from Scotland who, after examining the ores in the Placer County exhibit and making" some In- quiries, boarded the train a week ago for a trip to Placer County. Last week an Eastern man became much interested in some samples of iron ore from Shasta County, hunted up the man in charge of them and started on a quiet trip to Shasta County. Some snmx;‘es of slate in the Calaveras County exhibit have result-| in G. W. B. McCarty giving a bond on a slate proposition near Copperopolis. “‘There is no question about the benefit of our exhibit,” s-vs H. W. H.- Penniman, who 1s in charge of the Calaveras County display; ‘“but it is hard to point it out. Every day men study over. the ores and ask questions, but do not tell their names or intentions. A great many nave quietly noted- the names of mines, their location owners from the cards on the .samples of ores, evidently with an intention to in- vestigate them; but when a man is look- :ng for a mine he doesn’t say much about o That is ‘the way with all the county. exhibits, -each of which is supplemented with attractive and conservative descrip- tive pamphlets and each of which has surely attracted the particular interest of many individual mining investors. One machinery firm has sold several engines of a particular style through having them on exhibition. But the bulk of the bene- | fits of the enterprise will be lost to de nite view. sunshine. - - " John C. Jens, the well-known mining ‘engineer and president of the Pacific Mineral Development Company, left -this city on Saturday, the 19th inst., for Bel- fast, Ireland, and London on business congected with the company. He will be the Mining Fair, which now enters on | They will be felt like the | absent about two months, and then he | will devote his time to the extension on | an extensive scale of mines in Calaveras County. Last spring William McKay, car ac- countant of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, at Fourth and Townsend streets, and Charles E. Snook, District Attorney of Alameda ~County, grubstaked three prospectors in These parties | made three locatic Yuma_County about 38 miles from Yuma, in_ which | McKay and Snook had a half interest. Recently McKay and Snook bought the interests of two of the prospectors, and started C. J. Clark to work developing one of the claims. A few days ago they received. an average sample of ore from a three-foot ledge, and had it assayed by Thomas Price & Son, and it assayed $111 68 per ton gold and a percentage in silver. The other two claims are equally grummng, This an Franc bu men are going into mining these da; The owners of the Bellefontaine mine at Grass Valley are negotiating for the urchase of the ten-stamp mill of the ederal Loan and contemplate moving it.to the former mine, A new pump, built in Chicago, having a capacity of T llons a minute at a depth of 1 , has arrived at the Al- lison Ranch mine, Nevada County. |, The following from the Trinity Journal | is one of the many indications of an ex- tensive development of river dredging in this State in the near future: “C. C. Gil- ‘man of Tows and G. McNell, president of the Montana Dredging Company, who have been examining the river at Low- | den Ranch with a view to putting in a | dredger, left The gentlemen | were thoroughl fled with the result | of their examination and will put in a | $30,000 plant this spring. They will put in | @ dredging machine near Poker Bar. The | first installment of machinery will arrive | next week. This will be the first time the river has been thoroughly worked by modern methods and we predict that the operationis will be successful and that the coming season will see this method of mining cohducted on a large scale. The opportunities are better here than in any part of the State.” The following from the Trinity Journal concerns one of the great number of Cali- fornia mines that are being slowly devel- oped on small capital: “M. A. Brady, one of the owners of the Lappin mine at adwood, was in town this week and in- forms us that that property is looking better than ever. The arrastra recently purchased by the company has been thor- oughly repaired and is now running with a capacity of one and a quarter tons a day. ‘{t IS the intention of the company ;o llll:i f the development of the mine pay or Itself and, when the mine is sufficient- 1y ‘opened, to plant.” €rect a suitable milling An important within a fow days on of claims on 1. has been made ays on the Mammoth group ittle Backbone Creek, Shas- ta County, owned by Redding men. The group is under bond to William Forstner of San Francisco, who has been driving a development tunnel. At a distance of 148 feet a deposit of native copper was struck, though the main ledge had not béen reached. A little further in sul- phides carrying gold and silver, as well as copper, were reached. The ore i§ re- ported to be of the same character as that of the Iron Mountain, and the de- posit is extensive. This development adds another to the promises that copper mines and smelters as extensive as the Iron Mountain enterprise will before long be added to Shasta County’s Industries. J. P. Hitchcock and F. E. Hudson have struck it rich in the Electric Light, near Simonf’s, two miles south of Shasta, which they lately leased from Harry Hill. They went in 30 feet to secure drain- age and then ran a 30-foot crosscut on the ledge. The vein is three feet wide, and the average assay is $100. One assay ®oes $193. Lowest assay, taken out in the dark and containing much wall rock, -went over $19. They have over fifteen tons of high grade ore on the dump.—Shasta Courier. The Marlposa Gazette hears that the Compromise mine of Mariposa has been bonded- by a representative of John W. Mackay. i Holsting machinery has been placed at the end of the 1200-foot tunnel at the Am- | ador Queen No. 2, Amador County. The hoist will be run by water power. Every- thing is about in readiness for the work of sinking, which will begin in a few -days. Petitions ave been filed in the Circuit Court by R. M. Yardley of Philadelphia asking authority to make sale of the| Bunker Hill and Mayflower mines at Am- ador City. For the quarter to. March 1 the Napa Con. Quicksilver Company earned $32212, against $19,161 Jast year, and surplus after dividends of $12,212, against $9161 last year. Aetna earned net $12,766 for the quarter | ending February 1, and surplus after div- | idends of §2 | A new ten-stamp mill has gone to the Slate Range, ninety miles from Mojave and forty miles from Randsburg, for the Meredith mine. The mine shows a ledge | seven feet in thickness, and part of it is rich, all paying for milling. | Holbrook & Hunt, who have recently ked the tallings at the Belden mine ¢ cyanide process at a profit, have mov- | ed to the Tierakoff mine. near the West | Point_bridge, owned by Mrs. A. B. Mar- | chand, where they will continue in the same profitable work. The cyanide pro- | | cess is comparatively new to Amador | County, and the above mentioned good | results ‘obtained therefrom should be an inducement to mining men to investi- ate.—Amador Republican. A company of San Francisco capitalists | | composed of M. Blaskower, J. Drosseur, H. L. Coook, A. Heynemann, L. Levison and others have formed the Consolidated Oden Mining Company with a capital stock of §1,200,000, to work the drift min- | ing_property near Grass Valley. It.is | proposed to sink an inclined shaft. i | & Harlow Kimball and others, who have | cen prospecting a gravel claim near the Magnolla mine, a short distance from | Goodyear's Bar, recently struck some | very rich gravel. We are informed that | from ninety-two carloads of dirt $1050 was | renlized, oversil a load.—Downieville Mes- | senger. | The machinery at the Alice mine has been sold and will be shipped to Mexico. After considerable experimenting it has | been found that this machinery is un- | suited to the reduction of the rich but | refractory Alice ore, which must be | treated by the cyanide process.—River- side Press. | 538 Bmpire, in sinking below the 2200 | level, has come into very good ore. This property has been a producer since 1857, | and its product is not diminishing with age. There are forty stamps in opera- | tion. The Orleans, adjoining the Empire, is running a drift, which has reached 360 feet, for the Rich Hill ledge on the S00 level. Three eight-hour shifts, air com- pressor and electric power are pushing the work. The property comprises elghty- three acres. At the Golden Treasure, a property on which after years of Idleness work was recently resumed, the shaft has been unwatered and crosscutting = both ways is going rapidly forward. The old tunnel has also been cleaned and is being driven on the ledge.—Transcript. The work of construction now on the new line of railroad from Daggett to the | borax mines, twenty-six miles away, is being pushed rapidly. The borax works are shipping forty tons per day and the road is a necessity. A thirty-two-mule train is at present hauling the product of the mines to the railroad. Since the new underground machinery was installed at the Providence mine, Nevada County, the work of sinking the shaft from the 1800-foot level has been going merily on. At a depth of 1930 feet Tun both ways on the ledge, which, by | the way, is large and of good quality. | The shaft is about twenty-six feet below | this level, and will be continued until the 2000-foot level is reached. In the first twenty-seven days after starting the Burleigh drills in the tunnel of the big Eureka drift mine above Forest Hill, Placer County, Felix Chappellet Jr., with his double shift of men drove 205 feet of tunnel. The greater part of the distance was ordinary slate rock and the was in 2355 feet at last accounts. F. J. Esler is a firm believer in the bright future of the Virginia Dale Dis- trict. He came in last evening, and with him came two little gold slugs. The most notable one contained §110. It represented with $40 one week’s work with a dry wash- er. lke Reed was the man who did it. He had a placer claim at Dale and an old dry washer. He shoveled his own dirt, -turned his own crank and cleaned up $150 in seven days. The ground covered in the time was 15x20 feet -of surface, the dirt being only one foot deep to bed rock. And Reed has a whole lot more just'such ground and there are lots of others yet leéllscovered.—sm Bernardino Times- ndex. Every indication points to the fact that Tuolumne County is on the verge of the biggest boom éver known within its umft&—’l\aolw! Independent. balance in very hard rock. . The tunnel | | WHIST. WHIST AS PLAYED BY EXPERTS. | We have beed asked from time to fime to | publish a few of the systems of whist play that are used by some of the leading clubs of the American Whist League. If we should at- | tempt or undertake to publish them all, it would tax our space beyond the limit for many months to come. No whist team of any num- ber of players can ever do themselves or their club justice without they thoroughly under- stand cne another in every particular, and in every play they make beyond the possibility of & doubt from the time they lay the first card on a table until the last. We are pleased to give our readers this week the system used by the great Albany Club team of Albany, N. Y. This team has made a record second to none in this country, and we take pleasure In saying the captain of this team was one of the original founders of and one of the old guard of the American Whist League.—E. Le Roy Smith. ALBANY WHIST TEAM SYSTEM THE ACE LEAD. The ace 18 led from the following combina- tions: A., K. and three or more others. A., Q. J. and others. A and five or more others with a sure card of re-entry. Note.—With ace and five or six small and no re-entry card, lead the fourth best. THE KING LEAD. The king is led from all the combinations given In the Trist system of American leads. THE QUEEN LEAD. The queen is led from the usual combina~ tions given in the tables of Amercan leads, except the queen, jack, ten. (From this com- bination the ten is led.) THE JACK LEAD. The Jjack is led from all the combinations given in the Trist system of American leads. THE TEN LEAD. The ten is led from the queen, jack, ten com- bination only—four or more in suit. (Note— | From king, jack, ten and others lead fourth best.) ‘WITH HONOR TURNED. Governed by the holding, any irregular open- ing lead is a positive ‘call” through the honor turned. THE DISCARD. The Drayson system of discarding as found in the “"Art of Practical Whist,”” fifth edition. CALLING FOR TRUMPS. Always “‘call for trumps’ with five or more unless developments show it unwise before “call” is completed. If completed partner must them unless fourth player has also “ealle ORIGINAL LEAD HOLDING FIVE OR MORE TRUMPS. Always lead trump if there is not an honor turned—reserving the right to stop after one round. (Note—This. calling for and leading trumps from the above holdings has been rigidly enforced-for ten years and found to be trick-winning.) THE TRUMP ECHO. On the lead of ace, queen or jack led orig- inally, or at any time when it is belleved to B el has been cut and drifts will be | be from strength from above combinations, echo holding three exactly. On the lead of a small trump, echo holding four or more. An echo in plain suit, with any trump led, says at least four. The Albany team has followed this line of | trump "leading and ‘‘calling’’ rigidly for ten years against all styles of play, and the team is unanimous in the firm belief that at least five tricks are gained by this system when three are lost. The captain of this celebrated team says in a personal letter to our whist editor: ‘“We lay the old-fashioned Trist, Cavendish, Pole, rayson game. We don't believe in ‘top of nothing,’ ‘common sense,’ ‘invitation,’ ‘Foster’ or ‘Howell' leads. In all of our recent matches, as well as from close observation for the past ten years in playing with and against all styles and systems of play, I believe the win- ning game is the rigid hard-and-fast number- showing leads, with no false card plays or at- tachments.’” . THE GREAT ALBANY-ST. PAUL MATCH. It is well to state here that one of the great- est whist matches that ever took place was between the St. Paul team, with the great John H. Briges as captain, and the Albanys at the midwinter meeting at Detroit, Mich., in February last. Up to the present writing these two teams have no superior—if an equal. For the benefit of our readers who are students of the game we intend in a few weeks to give several illustrated deals, with the play of Jlace in this match atter aul in writing to every card, as it took the defeat of the St. Captain John H. the Minneapolls Times on the St. Taul- Albany match says: *‘An examina- tion of the records shows that both Albany and St. Paul made the same, opening leads in thirty-five of the forty-eight deals. In four deals the same suits were opened, bui with different cards. In only nige deals were the opening leads from different suits. Nelther | side gained any advantage by the different opening leads. - Conventionally the games of Albany and St Paul differ very little. Albany leads the ten and St. Paul the queen from queen, jack, ten suit. From king, jack, ten suit Albany’ leads fourth best, while St. Paul leads ten. St. Paul often léads the ‘top, of nothing,” while Albany leads the fourth best. In trumps, Albany echoes with three trumps upon the jead of an ace, queen or jack. -St. Paul occasionally does the same. Albany al- ways calls_when holding five trumps, a play which St. Paul players think in the long run result disastrously. The play cost Albany nothing and gained very little for them. Al bany called on the first lead, with this hold- ing, trumps, nine, elght, seven, &ix, three: long suit, five cards to the Jack. They use the high card call- the eight or a higher card. After trumps were out 1 noticed that Albany echoed In an opponent's sult on two occasions, | When they had only two small cards of the | suit. Apparently the piay is an echo declar- | ing no more of that suit.” With the exception of @ few more minor points, the games of both teams are the same. “Now, as Albany did not gain by & different Ine of opening leads, nor by a different sys- tem, it must follow that they played a bet- ter game than their opponents. While I thinik that Albany was more favored by fortune than was St. Paul, the result was not dic- tated by it. Albany won because it played a steady game. I think that I can do Do one an injustice when I say the St. Paul players 2 out’ many a trick. 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