The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1898. CHARTER ESTIMATES VERIFIED Citizens Will Be Bur- dened With Heavy Impositions. Threatening Outlook for City Rule Under the Proposed Law. Fire, Police, School and Other Departments Are in Danger. PHELAN FIGURES AS HE HEFTS. Cyril Willlams Punctures Mayor's Expert the Erratic Criticism. In attempting to explain' the figures submitted by Cyril Williams, expert of the Supervisors’ Finance Committee, showing the probable expense of con- dueting the government under the new charter, Mayor Phelan has drawn ex- tensively on his imagination. The Mayor consumes just as much space in his newspaper organ as Mr. Williams devotes to his estimates, but his results are so inaccurate that there is a grim suspicion among the audit- ing officers of the city government that he employed for the work a man who dealt with facts very much as the Mayor deals with politics. When asked to reply to the Mayor's figures Mr. Williams was very much disinclined to grant the request. He does not relish a controversy with the chief magistrate of the city, but in de- fense of his estimates he said that they had only been reached after a most exhaustive and careful digest of the provisions of the charter, and he was willing to go on record as saying that they were reliable. He added that they had been thor- oughly inspected by Clerk Russell of the Board of Supervisors, and had passed his criticisms. They had also been accepted by Auditor Broderick, who said that they substantially agreed with the results produced by his clerks, who had gone through very much the same process employed by Mr. Williams in reaching his conclusions. “I do not desire,” said Mr. Willlams, “to get into any wordy CONtTOVersy con- cerning these estimates. They were compiled at the request of Mr. Russell and Chairman Rottanzi, and were orig- inally made, not for publication, but for the guidance of our department in case the charter is adopted. But since they have been questioned, I think it is no more than proper for me to give you some additional facts tending to support them. “Mayor Phelan says that the Chief of the Fire Deparrment is authority for saying that under the charter he will not require an additional appropriation of more than $100,000. He thinks this at once disposes of $138,500 of my esti- maied increased expense. Since the Mayor said this I have checked off my figures with Mr. Maxwell, secretary of the Fire Department, and have found them correct. 1 have computed the salaries of the department officials as they are stated in the charter; have al- lowed the department a fire boat to cost $22,980, and have figured the ex- pense of maintaining a fully paid Fire Department, according to the ideas of the firemen themselves. “Under the charter each engine com- pany will cost $12,390 per annum, each hook-and-ladder company, $14,640, each water-tower company $5040, each fire- boat company $22,980 and each chem- ical engine company $5040. The addi- tion of all the expenses of maintaining a fully paid Fire Department under the charter, without taking into ac- count any increase except that author- ized, produces a total of $612,280. An additional fireboat brings the total to $635,260. The appropriations for the Fire Department for 1897-98 were $396,- 000. The increase, therefore, is $239,000. “Police Department salaries have been omitted entirely by Mayor Phelan. After thoroughly revi 1 have made a reduction in the amount first estimated for the reason that the law allows sixty-six sergeants and as many corporals as in the judgment of the commission may be advisable. I estimated on_sixty-six corporals, but Chief Lees informs me that twelve will be sufficient, and I have made my fig- ures to agree with his. The cost of the park police is in doubt, and I have not changed them. “The total expense of maintaining the Police Department under the char- ter will be $992,330 per annum. The appropriation for the current fiscal year was $714,948. The excess author- ized by the new charter is, therefore, $277,432. The charter provides for re- taining all of the members of the pres- ent police force in good standing. Chief Lees says that the park police will come under his jurisdiction, though It is not clear, but the charter intends that they should be controlled by the Park Commission. The expense of maintaining them last year was $18,116. The only change in my figures, therefore, is made by taking off fifty- four corporals. “The Supervisors are authorized by the charter to provide for a special fund to be used In the construction of a general system drainage and sewer- age. I think it is not unreascnable to say that $50,000 will be a moderate amount to_allow for this purpose. “Mayor Phelan says nothing about annual elections, which will cost at least $180,000 each year. The Mayor also scouts my idea that $60,000 addi- tional will be required to keep the streéts clean under thecharter. Hesays there s no reason for this estimate whatever. The City Street Improve- ment Company, the present contractor for sweeping the streets, gave me the following figures for the menth of March: Expense of teaming and haul- ing, $4500; salaries of inspectors, $500; wages of sweepers, If paid for at new charter rates, $11,650; total, $16,650. The street sweeping bill for March was $11,- 36248. This shows an increase in one month of $528752. I have, therefore, estimated the increase for twelve months at $60,000. “Mayor Phelan rigures the poll tax commissions of the Assessor as a credit of $10,825. This is a State matter and has nothing to do with municipal af- fairs. Mr. Herzer, Chief Deputy As- sessor, says that Mr. Siebe would de- cline to part with his fees, and I do not see how the State law regulating the collection of poll taxes can be by the charter. The same may be said of the collateral inheri- tance tax fees. “My estimate of $100,000 loss on li- censes is also objected to. Mayor Phe- lan says that the loss will be $78,506, but he omits to include the fees paid into the special fee fund on 20,234 mer- cantile licenses, which amount to $20,- 34, and which bring the loss up to $98,- 740, which is my estimate. I do not es- timate on the court stenographers, be- cause 1 do not think the charter can interfere with the Superior Court in this respect any more than it can in- terfere with the Judges. They are not municipal employes, but State officials. I do not calculate on anything coming in on Sheriff’s fees, because the city will be compelled to employ a keeper in each attachment suit, and there will be no profit. “With regard to the schools, I am certain that my figures are correct. The department is now costing in teachers’ salarfes $1,081,191 40—adding the officials paid out of the general fund, whose salarfes amount to $27,400, and the total salary account of the department s $1,108,591 40. The total appropriation possible under the new charter for the current fiscal year—when the average attendance of pupils was 33,531—would amount to $1,089,757, or less than the department salaries of the current year. This amount available for salaries for the current fiscal year at $28 per pupil would be $938,868. There is here plain- Iy a deficit in salaries of $169,72340. I have not considered in this estimate the salaries of Superintendents of Con- struction and other officials who may be appointed by the School Board un- der the new charter. “I think, after a careful revision of the estimates originally prepared by me, in view of all the objections that have been made to them, that I am bound to reaffirm their accuracy.” BASEBALL IN PROSPECT: Games That Will Be Played on the Various Diamonds Next Week. The officers and managers of the Pa-| cific Coast Baseball League were in s sion at the Baldwin Hotel on Tuesday. Every club in the league was represented. The schedule, although not adopted last night, will be adopted at a meeting to be held next Monday evening. The games to be played on Saturday and Sunday are as follows: On May 21 at Recrea- tion Park, the Santa Cruz and San Fran- clsco teams; on Sunday, May 22, the Stockton nine will come here to play the Athletics at Recreation Park; the Santa Cruz_team will travel to Sacramento to try the Gilt Edges; Oakland will play the Fresnos on the home ground, while San Franciscans will take a trip to San Jose in order to down the Garden City team if they can. FAMILY TROUBLES OF C. . JOHNSON Accuses His Wife’s Relatives of Conspiring Against Him. A Suit for $28,000 Filed Against R K. and J. J. Malcolm and M. M. Struve. The troubles of Charles Freaman John- son, his wife and wife’'s family seem to be daily on the increase and growing more | and more complicated. About a month ago he filed a suit for divorce from his | wife on the grounds of cruelty, alleging that she was partially demented and had made unkind remarks regarding him. In the answer she filed a cross-complaint, in which Mr. Johnson was accused of doing many things which would not look well in print. Yesterday, through his attorneys, Messrs, Beatty & Sanderson, he brought suit for 325,000 against Robert K. and James J. Malcolm and M. . Struve for alienating his wife's affections. The Mal- colms are Mrs. Johnson's brothers, and Struve is her brother-in-law. Johnson claims that while his wife was suffering from puerpal dementia her relatives dur- ing his absence visited the Johnson hous on Butter street and induced Mrs. John- son to accompany them to Struve’s ranch flear Watsonville. to see her while she was there, and he claims that they influenced her to bring | suit for divorce with alimony against him, in order that he might be compelled to support the whole Malcolm and Struve families. They also refused to allow him to see either of the two children. He says that his wife has for some time been partially demented and that her relatives suggested that she bring the charges of cruelty against him. It is said that Mrs. Johnson and the children are now at the residence of R. K. Mal- | colm in this city. et e Postal Contracts. Postmaster Montague was notifled yes- terday by the Postmaster General at ‘Washington that the following contracts had been let for carrying the malils in California. persons living in the djstricts affected by the new contracts: Pacific Coast Steamship Company to carry the malils between San Francisco and Eureka, a distance of 232 miles, and back once a week, or as much more fre- quently as the boats may run. The con- tract price is $6000 for the year. The mails will leave San Francisco every Wednesday, and the trip to Eureka will occupy twenty-seven hours. The mail will leave Eureka every Saturday and will arrive In San Francisco in twenty- seven_hours. C. J. Wilder, $6000 per annum. From San Francisco to Sacramento, 105.8 miles, by way_of Collinsville, Rio Vista, Isleton, Ryde, Walnut Grove, Trask, Courtlan and Clarksburg. Round trips to be made six times per week by steamer leaving this city daily, except Sunday, between 1 p. m. and 5 p. m., and arriving at Sacra- mento between 4 a. m. and 10. a. m.; leaving Sacramento daily, except Sunday, between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., and arriv- ing at San Francisco between 12 a. m. and 6 a m. Charles E. Dugan. Between San Fran- cisco and Crescent City, 274 miles, once a week, from March 1 to October 31, and about three times per month_ the rest of the year. Contract Price, $15 per round trip.” The price was $10 last year. Ig S. Smith, Washington—$328 per an- num between Station D of this city and the Presidio, 4.68 miles, thirteen times per week, leaving Station D dalily, except Sunday, at 8:30 a. m. and 2 p. m., and ar- riving at the Presidio daily, except Sun- day, at 9:30 a. m. and 3 p. m.; arriving at Station D at 10:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. Leav- ing Station D on Sunday at 1 p. m. and arriving at the Presidio at 2 f m.; leav- ing the Presidio Sunday at 2 p. m. and arriving at Station D at 3 p. m. Taber Loses Against Marceau. That the art of embossing photographs is not original has been officially declared in a decision by United States District Court Judge Morrow. The decision was handed down yesterday in the case of the Taber Bas Relief Photographing Com- pany vs. Theodore C. Marceau. This was a sult in_equity for infringement of let- ters patent issued to Freeman A. Taber for “improvements in methods of produc- ing embossed photographs.” Judge Mor- row said that neither of the patentees is the pioneer of the art of producing photo- graphs in bas relief. The same method is substantially covered by United States letters patent issued to Willlam H. Guil- leband of Hoboken, N. J., dated May 31, 1881; also to Mario Russo of Rome, Italy, 1894} and to_Savillion Van Campen of Jersey City, N. J. ———————— ) Struck by an Engine. A jury was impaneled in Judge Hant's court yesterday to try the suit brought by Thomas B. Broderick against the South- ern Pacific Company to recover $3000 dam- a%es for injuries received on May 24 last, while crossing Townsend street, near Sixth. Broderick, who was riding along in a buggy, claims that an engine ran into gu.n,t ‘{‘h thn}‘ the mi(sh;p was entirely ue to the negligence of the engineer, wh aid not Ting & warning bell. - 2 —_———————— Try our §1 eyeglasses. 710 Masket & 11 Geary, He was not permitted | The list will be of interest to | HER LOVE FOUND A NEW WAY How Mrs. Viola B. Scott Drew Relief From Missouri. She Wanted a Divorce, and by Woman’s Wit Secured More. Discovered That Her Husband Had Been Technically ‘Wedded Before. HER MARRIAGE ANNULLED So Once Mors, ss a Lovely Widow, She May Essay Hymen's Perils. The different marriage laws in the various States open a way for those who wish to enter into matrimony or to get out of it. It is an old story about couples going to Nevada to get mar- ried, but quite a new one to the courts of California for one of the parties to avall him or her self of the laws of Missouri to get unmarried. In Judge Belcher's court last Mon- | day such a case came up, when Viola | B. Scott begged the court to annul her | marriage with George P. Scott on the | grouna that he had a wife living in | Missouri from whom he had never been divorced. The testimony showed that Scott | had never been married to the woman | living in Missouri, but that they had simply lived together as man and wife. ago last January, and after living to- gether for two weeks he went to Cen- tral America as representative of a large firm in this city. rather Perry, as she and her husband preferred to be band’s absence posed as a widow, and as such she is known at the present time to her friends. She became tired of having a hus- band away off from here and for other reasons she decided to get a divorce. After diligently having the laws searched for due grounds, it was found that the laws of Missouri would give her one. | It appeared that some time before | her marriage to her husband he had been living with a woman back in Missouri as a husband, introducing her as his wife, and giving the public gen- been married. In the State in which | they were living a man and woman | doing this are as legally married as |though a ceremony had been per- formed, and if the man marry an- other woman he can be prosecuted for | bigamy. This afforded Mrs. “Perry” a means to throw off the bonds that had be- come irksome, and she prayed the court, on the constitutional grounds that a law which makes a man and woman husband and wife in one State is binding in another, that her mar- riage with the plaintiff be annulled. The affidavits of several people liv- ing in Kansas City, where the defend- | ant had lived, proved that Mr. Scott ‘lnlrl‘rdu(‘Pd a woman as his wife. Clar- ence L. Partee and C. P. Palmer were | two of the most important witnesses In | | the plaintiff’s behalf. Mr. Scott, or ‘“Perry,” is still in Cen- tral America, and offered no defense. Mrs. “Perry” is residing at 920 Van Ness avenue. Judge Belcher ordered | the marriage annulled on the ground | | on_ which the plaintiff asked it. Rumor has it that Mrs. “Perry” is lawyer in this city, but when seen Mrs. “Perry”” would not affirm it. one knew that she was the plaintiff in the strange divorce case. Her friends, she said, thought that she was a widow. BATTLE SURGES T0 OUR VERY DOORS Fighting Breaks Out Crowd Reading War Bulletins. Somebody Terms General Merritt a Coward and Straightway Gets Thumped. There was battle yesterday in this city. It was directly the outgrowth of the war with Spain. Lest history, ever prone to overlook details, fail to make record of the engagement, a brief account is here appended. It is from The Call's special commissioner, and it is all right, because special com- missioners are invariably selected for their probity, their love of truth and their honesty and fairness. Thus it happened: The wind blew s0 hard around the corner of Third and Market that the spectators lingering there to scan the bulletin boards got all mixed up. There were sudden col- lisions, hasty apologies. stand thoughtfully reading the bulle- tins on the Market-street side when a zephyr would whirl him to the Third- street side, and he would have to be satisfied to read something else. Prob- ably also he would come down on the foot of another spectator who did not happen just then to be hurtling through the air. In this manner ac- quaintances sprang into being and quickly ripened into familiarity. Two men were standing on the Third- street side, One was an American and the other imported. The foreigner de- clared that General Merritt was a cow- ard. “The regulars,” he continued, “are no better than the volunteers. Merritt wants to back out. He's sim- ply a coward.” The American did not think this proper language, and explained at some length why. He did not know who the other fellow was, and did not care, but he did not propose to hear any officer of the army abused. At this point the American began a series of rapid maneuvers, at the end of which observers noted that he had shed his coat and had signals up for the open- ing of hostilities. But the crowd rushed in between them. The excited American was induced to resume his raiment. He did so, butoulyasatactical | The plaintiff and defendant in this | action, it seems, were married a year | Mrs. Scott, or | alled, during her hus- | erally to understand that they had | now engaged to marry a prominent | She said | that she did not want publicity, as no | in the A man would | ruse. All the time he was edging near- er to the foe. ‘“Any man who says an officer of our army is a_coward has to fight,” he re- marked. With this he let out his right and his left. By the time the left was withdrawn the right was on duty again. Far from having to fight, the foreigner did not have a ghost of a show to fight. All he could do was to looked pained, and before the honor of the army had been sufficiently vindi- cated his face was a map of the Manila affair. A picture of it will probably be used as such by a loathed contempor- ary, whose special commissioner ar- rived after all the danger was OVer. There was in the crowd an elderly lady whose prejudice against fighting ‘Wwas so marked that she had hysterics, When she found that woman's gentle touch did not cut much figure in bring- ing the dove of peace upon the scene. Other people were greatly agitated, this appearing mostly in a celerity of motion to get somewhere else. A few tried to stop the affair from being pulled off, as the technical expression is, but they got n.owed down like a Kansas corn field before a cyclone. The episode demonstrated anew that the police of this city are out of sight. The wounded went one way and the chap with the bruised knuckles the other. Bither will be fit to fight again in a day or two, and attention is called to the fact that for a spectacular scrap, cutting and shooting barred, there is not a finer corner ih San Francisco than the one utilized yesterday. The special commissioner, who used to be a mere reporter, declines to give the names of the combatants. Such specific exposures might hurt their feelings. Besides, he doesn’t know the names himself. NUNTINGTOY 0N S METTLE Lively Proceedings at the Hear- ing of the Robinson Case. The Rallroad Magnate Squelches the Attorneys on the Opposite Side. | _collts P. Huntington was evidentlyon‘he | warpath yesterday afternoon, and this | fact served to relieve the doleiul monot- | ony of the proceedings at the meeting of the Raflroad Commissioners, who had gathered to hear the complaint of John R. Robinson against the Southern Pacific | Company and numerous other defend- ants. Just before the meeting was called to | order Huntington made his appearance, | and Robinson, the plaintiff in the case, ac- | costed the railway magnate and in urbane accents said, “I am Mr. Robinson.” Hun- tington gazed at him for a moment and | said, “‘Oh, ves; you wrote me some let- | ters the last time I was out here.” He | referred to some interesting communica- | | tions he had received in regard to stop- | overs. Robinson replied, “I don’t remem- ber having done s0.” “‘Oh, yes, you do,” replied Huntington, “and you are ashamed | to own it.” Robinson gracefully retired | and the incident closed. | Those present felt that Huntington had his war paint on, and from the steely glit- ter in his eye an explosion was looked for | at any moment. The old gentleman had become tired of the eleven days’ examina- tion to which he had been subjected, and | it was clear to see that he had reluctant- | ly answered the summons of the Com- | missioners in the Robinson case. | When the hearing began, E. 8. Pills- | bury appeared for Huntington, while | Robinson was represented by George W. | Monteith, assisted by Horace W. Phil- | brook, the disbarred attorney. J. M. Bas- | sett was there in the capacity of outside | adviser to the latter. Mr. Pilisbury mani- | fested the plan of defense by objecting to | Huntingion belng sworn on the ground | that the Railroad Commissioners had no | | jurisdiction in the case. The point was | | taken that Robinson in his complaint did | | not state that he had a personal griev- | ance, nor that he had been charged too | much, and that such complaints were the | only ones hearable before the commission. They could only hear cases where their orders had been violated, and they | could not inquire Into any general com- | plaint, like the one of Robinson, on tha | part of everybody. Huntington Could bo h ept here for the rest of his natural life, e sald, by getting up one complaint after | another and causing him to be subpenaed. | The commission had announced that they | | were through with him as a board, and | | Pillsbury argued that it was not right to harass him and that his client would de- | cline to answer on those grounds. Then it was that_another little scene enlivened matters. Monteith replied that | it was the right of every citizen to come | | before the board and make complaints, as | it exposed the frauds of the railroads, | and to bring these frauds face tofacewith | the railroads. At this Monteith turned around and looked full at Huntington. | The latter with unruffled countenance | said, “I admit that I am face to face with & fraud,” and Monteith, too, subsided. La Rue rebuked the attorney and said that Mr. Huntington as a witness was en- titled to due respect. The whole question was settled by the commission referring the matter to the Attorney General for advice as to the Jurisdiction of the board, and they will meet on Thursday at 10 a m. It is expected that by that time the opinion Wa.. be rendered. At adjournment Philbrook made some suggestion about appearing before the Attorney General, Bassett interposed with the remark, “All we want is to pro- | ceed according fo law,” and turning _to Huntington said, *Is that not true, Mr. Huntington The railroad potentate, flushed with his two previous victories, replied, “Anything you say cannot be true; there is no fruth in you!" and grasping his cane with a firm grip he seemed ~about to bring it down on the head of Bassett if the latter made the least move. The blow, if one was intend- ed, was not struck, and the session closed without further incident. —_— e Attorneys on the Rack. There are two persons in the legal pro- fession who are very likely to be pro- hibited from following their chosen call- ing. One has already been placed where he s not in a position to practice law for a few years. He is J. J. Crouch of Stock- ton, who was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to serve a term of three years in San Quentin. Proceedings for his disbarment were begun yesterday in the Supreme Court. The other case is that of Edgar B. Haymond, one of the attorneys for Albert Hoff, who while the case of the murderer was in progress in Superior Judge Cook’s court tried to sell an alleged confession of his client to a morning paper for $2000. His case was | brought before the Bar Association and by that organization taken before the | Supreme Court for the disqualification of | Haymond. The hearing of both cases was set by the Justices for June 6. — s The Rose Carnival This year at Santa Rosa, May 2, will surpass anything which has yet been given in the State. In the grand floral | parade there will be an exact reproduc- tlon of the United States cruiser Newark and two monitors, from whose guns will belch forth roses’ and bouquets. There will be many new features and roses ga- lore. The Uniform Rank, Knights of Py- thias, which is in camp there, will be in the parade. For this occasion the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway will make a round trip rate of $1. ve Tib- uron ferry at 7:30 and 9 a. : ————————— Lectures to Amateur Photographers. Charles W. Benjamin will give a lecture on ‘“Mexico” at the meeting of the Photo- graphic Art Club this evening at the Mer- cantile Library building. The lecture will be illustrated by a number of photo- graphs. On the evening of May 25 ti club will hold a photograph art exhibit. ibbons as prizes will be awarded. Com- mencing on the evening of May 22 lectures will be given nightly by expert photog- raphers on the phu ic BARBERS HAVE A GRIEVANCE They Object to Eight- Week Graduates Ply- ing Razors. ‘Will Appeal to the Legislature for Needed Pro- tection. Are Strongly Opposed to Schools for Barbers—Want « Commission Appointed. Barbers who have devoted years to learning the many difficult phases of their trade are very much wroth at the large number of alleged competent ton- sorialists that are being turned out like grist from a mill by the so-called “bar- ber schools,” and are making every ef- fort to do away with them. With this object in view, over two hundred knights of the razor and strop met at 115 Turk street last Monday night to discuss the situation, and the best way to meet it. For more than two hours a heated debate was held and at its conclusion a vote was taken. It was the almost unanimous opinion of those present that the only way to ob- viate the nuisance was to petition the next Legislature to enact a law similar to that which is now in operation in Minnesota and other Eastern States, compelling those who wish to follow the business to show themselves com- petent to do so. During the discussion it was sug- gested that a commission composed of three competent barbers be appointed and it wouid be their duty to examine into the qualifications of every candi- date, and if he proved satisfactory to them a diploma or license be issued to Lim. Anrsotaer object of such a com- mission would be to visit barber shops daily and examine into their sanitary arrangements. The law could be so worded as to make it compulsory for the head of each establishment to see that the brushes, razors and other ar- ticles be treated with a slight solution of carbolic acid or some other disin- fectant, after the day's work was fin- ished, thus insuring their customers from contagion. - The most important result to be achieved by the proposed law would be the doing away with the so-called “bar- ber schools,” thus preventing the city from being overrun with incompetent graduates who have spent but eight weeks in learning the trade. The reg- ular craftsmen say the novices have proven a detriment to the business in more ways than one, such as opening 6-cent shaving establishments; working for cheap wages; keeping open all hours in the night, and, in fact, doing many things to lower the dignity of the trade. A committee of fifteen was appointed at the close of the meeting to visit the different shops throughout the city and get the signatures of the workers to the petition, which will be presented to the Legislature. It was also decided that the meeting formulate an organization and meet on the 6th of June for fur- ther consideration of matters of interest to their business. An interested participant in Monday evening’s debate appointed himself a committee of one to visit one of these “‘colleges” and assure himself that full- fledged barbers could be turned out in such a short period, knowing that he had devoted a year or more to learning the ins and outs of the business. He was greatly surprised to learn that an apt pupil could learn the business in less than eight weeks. He was hand- ed a contract by the “professor” in charge, in which was stated that for $35 cash the institution guaranteed to perfect the student in the trade and would furnish him on graduation witn a complete set of tools, consisting or two razors, two strops, comb, hone and case. With such a splendid induce- ment, many have been attracted and the college was doing a tremendous business. The “professor” further en- lightened him by saying that from 9 o'clock in the morning to 8 o'clock at night there was a constant stream of customers who were willing to trust their faces to the trembling and awk- ward fingers of a beginner, thus af- fording the students ample opportunity for practical experience. The head of the school stated that some months he made money and other times he was a Joser, but when the year came round he was ahead of the game. Material for the workers is attracted by a promise of free shaving and free haircutting and there is a constant stream of men entering and leaving the school. There are a few barber shops in the vicinity, but their business is hurt by the insti- tution. PRINTERS' ANNUAL OUTING. Mirabel Park to Be the Scene of the Typesetters’ Festival. On next Thursday, May 19, the Printers’ Mutual Aid Society will give its eleventh annual pienic at Mirabel Park, Sonoma County. It will be for the benefit of the sick fund, and several features will be introduced. There will be a number of rizes offered to be competed for in dif- crent games, and each child who attends will receive a package of candy. The excursionists will leave the Tiburon ferry at 8:45 a. m., and returning will leave the plenic grounds at 5:30 p. m., landing everybody back in the city at a season- able hour. Tickets for the round trip will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for children, and may be had of any mem- ber, or at the wharf on the morning of the excursion. Henke's band will accom- pany the excursionists. These picnics are always the most enjoyable outings of the season, and the one this year promises to be unusually entertaining. —_—————————— Divorce Court Still Busy. Judge Bahrs has granted Lottie E. Barto a divorce from Fred O. Barto on the ground of neglect. The following new suits for divorce were filed yesterday: Emma Martin from Peter Martin, crueity; Nellie Forrester from Thomas Forrester, failure to provide; Ma! . Vanier from Diogene C. Vanier, cruelty; Clara L. Arguella from Julius J, Arguella, failure to provide. Judge Hunt has granted Leah Weyle a divorce from Ernest Weyle on the ground of neglect. e Valley Road Directors Meet. The directors of the San Joaquin Valley Road met yesterday afternoon. Vice- President Watt presided in the absence of. Claus Spreckels. The directors decided to take part in the celebration at Bakersfield to commemorate the opening of the road, which takes place on the 27th inst. It was further ordered that the company pur- chase four passenger coaches and one combination coach of the latest pattern at a cost of $4000 each. CASTORIA ou&ra hic art. These mt;:q will be l’tm- gmnoflt of e f ama- niau& ml dark room has recently been com rooms of the club." For Infants and Children, e P o every Wrappen. SPECIALS YOO THIS WEEK! 150 pieces French Wool Serge, standara quality, in all the latest colorings, warranted pure wool and 42 inchesin Price, 35¢c Yard. width. 35 pieces 52-inch Scotch Wool Cheviot, in stripes, checks a wool. nd mixtures, all pure Price, 35¢ Yard. 200 pieces Printed F rench Organdies, full 32 inches wide, all elegant designs. Price, 15¢ Yard. 4 cases Scotch Madr some plaids, bayaderes. stripes, as Zephyrs, in hand- checks and Price, 15¢ Yard. REMNANTS. During this week we will place on our Dress Goods counters, than half price, all PLAIN and NOVELTY marked down to less SHORT LENGTHS of DRESS GOODS. ° 1892, £ ’ G m, u3, us, U7, 19, 121 POST STREEf. YOUR DECORATION DAY SHIRT, collars and cuffs should vie with the | lilies in color and perfection of finish. | To attain such results they must be | laundered at a high grade establish- ment, where satisfaction is aimed at, and always guaranteed, as it is at the United States Laundry Office, 1004 Market street. Telephone South 420. GREAT SACRIFICE BOOKS! HISTORY, T, TRAVELS, BI- OGRAPHY, FICTION, THEOLOGY, LITERATURE OF ALL KINDS. RARE OPPORTUNITY. No Reasonable Offer Iefused. ODD FELLOWS' LIBRARY, Seventh and Market, Must Be Sold Out by June 1, 1898. BUSINESS DIRECTORY and PURCHASERS’ GUIDE To Responsible Merchants, Manufacturers, Brokers, Im- porters, Wholesale Traders, Jobbers, Insurance and Real Estate Agents. In Corresponding With Any of the Following Firms Please Mention “ The Call.” ART GLASS. California Art Glass, Bending and Cutting Works, 103-105 Mission St., cor. Spear. Embossing. Staining, Beveling. Wm. Schroeder, Pres. Telephone Main 868. BELTING. M e { L. P. DEGEN, o e *105:107 e sion St., cor. Spear. Telephone Main 562. Agent for Rubber Belting and Packing. BOILER MAKERS. W. J. Brady's Patent DETACHABLE MUD DRUM & for Steam Boilers, Manufactured by EUREKA BOILER WORKS __W. J. BRADY. Proprietor. Bpecial Attention Psid to Repsirs and Ship Work. Office and Works—113-115 MISSION STREET Telephone Main 5045. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANT, 342 to 350 Geary Street, Above Powell, Periodicals, Books and Stationery. BOOKBINDERS. * J' B' MEINTYRE, Bookbinder and Printer, ake 0 other. Refuse dangerous substitu- | Hons and fmitations. 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McNAB & SMITH, Draymen, Mercantile Warehouse. Stands—205 Davis St. and Corner Fifth and Bluxome Sts. Telephone, Main 1872, DRUGGISTS (WHOLESALE). REDINGTON & 00, SccondandStevea. 1y son Sts. Tel.— FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS BOYES & Co Shipping Butchers, 108 . Clay. Tel. Main 1294 HARDWARE. ALACE Hardware Co.,Intporters & Dealers P A rdware, 603 Market. Tel. Main 752, TIRON FOUNDERS. Western Foundry, Morton & Hedley, Props. 234 Fremont St. Castings of Eve = Scription Made to Order. Tel. Black 1501 PAPER DEALERS. w".LAMETTE PULP AND PAPER CO., 722 Montgomery Street, G. B, LUCY & C0., 220 53" Srast S L BETTER THAN:PILLS. SOAP. ‘WAREHOUSEMEN. THE HASLETT WAREHOUSE CO., Forwarding Agents and Public Weighers. General Storage. Free and Grain Warehouses, orage. General office, 210 California st. Tel. Main 1914 Tenth Floor, Room 1015, Claus Spreckels Bids. 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