The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCiSCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1898. HE THOUGHT HE WAS WHOLE WORKS School Director Burns Sharply Disciplined leagues. He Gave Out Contracts for Repairs at Will. Drucker Quickly Resigns From the Building Committee. I have shown enough to call attention to the rank ex- travagance that prevails and to the further fact that the chairman of the Building Committee, Director Burns, is proce:ding in an entirely ille- gal manner, and that he has grossly mismanaged the af- fairs of his committee. I be- lieve he should b2 requested to resign.—[From the report of Chairman E. J. Gallagher of the Finance Committee of the Board of Education.] 0000000000000 00 000000 OO00O0000 There was another upheaval in the Board of Education at a special meeting Jast evening, called by that body to con- sider the charges of gross mismanage- ment brought againstf the committee on buildings and grounds by Chairman E. J. Gallagher of the finance committee. ‘While the meeting was very quiet, and no harsh language used, it terminated in a shocking rebuke to Chairman Burns of the accused committee and his members thereof, which brought not a word of denial or protest from Mr. Burns, but so excited Director Drucker that he not only averred that he had been made a victim of misplaced confidence in sanc- tioning the work of Chairman Burns, but he promptly handed in his resignation as a member of the troublesome committee. op fellow | THE by His Col- tracts on flle anywhere for whitening or tint- ing the above schools, and 1 would recom- mend that this work be stopped. I kave not the time to Il the attention of | the board to every particular plece of work | being rformed by the Building Committee, ve shown enough to call attention to ank extravagance that prevails and to the further fact that the chairman of the Build- ing Committee is proceeding in an entirely ille- | gal manner and that he has grossly misman- | aged the affairs of his co it and I be- | lleve be should be requested to resign. 2. J. GALLAGHER. The reading of the foregoing was fol- lowed by the report of Chairman Burns | of the unhappy committee. Then Direc- | tors Gallagher, Derham, Armer, Waller |and Drucker 'proceeded to dissect the document. It set forth work accom- | plished, but not paid for; work in prog- ress and work contracted for. *1 know nothing about these matters,” sald Mr. Drucker, hotly, after. running through the report. “I did not know it was ordered, and never signed or saw a contract for it. These things have never | come before the board, and I_will mnot stand responsible for any such actions. 1 therefore now tender my resignation from that committee. Why, look at it! There are acts of the chairman of the Building Committee in which he has con- tracted for over $150,000 worth of work, and in no instance has he either called a committee meeting or consulted me re- | garding the business passing through the hands of that committee. This won't do.” The investigation throughout showed that Director Burns had instructed In- spector O'Brien to write the contracts, and Burns signed them. Of the work fin- ished, In course of completion and nece sary to be finished at the earliest possible moment before the opening of the schools there was some $14,000 worth, of which A BOARD UN School Director Thomas A. Burns Accused by His Colleagues of Unofficial TO HIMSELF. Conduct. This leaves Mr. Burns alone in the em- barrassing position. Mr. Drucker, in defense of his attitude, stated: “There has never been a meet- ing of the committee on buildings ana grounds since I have been in office ex- cept that held last wee He had signed bills and _contracts brought to him by Inspector J. J. O'Brien on the statement that they were “all right.” Now that he had found that these acts wi improper, but llegal, he de ronnect himself from the disagreeable combination. The reading of Director Gallagher's hot report was listened to very attentively. It was as follows: To the Hon Sentlemen: At the last re ting 1 submitted a re- port upon th ing performed by the bullding comm e board decided at that | time to take atter up at a speclal meet- ing to be held t ¢ to hear a report from the bullding comn on the work now being done and we buildin mittee was in- structed not to begin work th At the last meet he board the chair- man of the building committee stated that the work mentioned in my report was being done by day's labor, by men sent him by different of the board. I took the trouble to , but the work at the Agassiz and chools 1s being performed by per- e no connection with the depart- 3 h authorized by the board or any f the board to do this work. I say this advisedly because both Mr. Drucker and Mr. Carew, members of the building committee, assure me that they have not at any time been consulted by the chair- man of the committee and they have never given their consent to the work now bejng | done. During the week I visited the Park Primary. Extensive alterations are being made there and they are ili-advised in the extreme. These alterations are not being made by any one connected with the department. The peo- ple of Richmond are crying loudly for addi- tional school accommodations, but they want something substantial—not makeshifts. 1 also visited the Clement urammar. The men em- ployed by the building committee have torn down the closets and some one else is engaged in_rebu.uing them. There are no contracts on flle either with the secretary of the board or at the office of- the inspector of bu....ngs for any of the work I have mentioned. The only contracts I could find on record are ten agreements with L. G. Young for cleaning vauits. I also found a contract for bullding a bow window on the principal's office at the Humboldt School, as per specifications, for $193, contract dated June 12, 1898; also contract with same party to build a ‘school 16x30 as per present shed, tnke down back, plank yard, fix fortv feet of side fence, amount $169; contract dated June 3, 1898, copied these’contracts June 2. As the work mentioned in these contracts 18 unnecessary I would recommend that the contracts be can- celed. Further investigation revealed the fact that the committee intends to_whiten or tint the following schools: Grant, Le Conte, Richmond, Sutro, Buena Vista, West End and Mission Grammar. The first-named school was fin- ished June 29, 1568, The action taken by the Building Committe at the last meeting was, I presume, gufficient to have the committe hold the others in ance. There are no con- — ate and found that this statement is rely true. The laborers employed by e are working at the Winfleld | over $4000 was for vault work. Director Gallagher said much of this $14,00 worth | of work was entirely unne and | there was no e e for doing it, ept to spend money. He moved that these contracts be canceled and that the b d order the completion of the work being done at Starr King, Clement, Winfield Scott, Park Primary and Washington | Grammar schools. This motion was | adopted, and after further examination of | the peculiar methods of Chairman Burns, | in which the board failed to get any in- formation whatever from that gentieman, Director Drucker called particular atten- tion to the fact that Director Burns had | ignored the orders of the board of the | last meeting and proceeded on the same old policy. € This brought about more protests from those members who took an active part in the expoce of the building committee, which Chairman Gallagher offered to prove that he could get some of the work ordered by Burns done for about half the | amcunt that gentleman was proposing to pay. There was no denial of this allega- tion. | During the proceedings Mr. Galiagher | | by questioning the inspector brought out the fact that these invisible contructs were kept In a “private receptacle” in 1he office of that official, and that was wh: Chairman Gallagher had been refused the right to examine them. However, he was now welcome to do so. After a prolonged and painful sesston Director Derham moved that all the other contracts and orders embodied in Chairman Burns’ report be canceled; that the work be advertised In the legal way: | that future contracts and _propositinns pass through the board, and that in fu- ture the building committee be held 1o | observe the law, which requires that such committee shall not incur an expense ex- ceeding $50 without the order of the board.” This was carried without a dis- senting vote, Mr. Burns not voting. | Director Drucker’s resignation from the committee was held to be acted upon at | the next regular meeting of the board. It | was rumored that Burns, having bheen shern of all his arbitrary powers, mignt follow Drucker’s example. What redress the contractors will have to secure pay for work performed under contracts with Director Burns remains to be seen. | —_——— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS., NEW YORK—Sailed July 2—Stmr Geos for Liverpcol; stmr Servia, for Liverpoors soece Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for Bremen: stmr hampagne, for Antwerp. Arrived July' 2—Stmr Arizona. for Stettin. GENOA Arrived July 2—Stmr Fulda, for New ork. SOUTHAMPTON—Arrived Jul; 65— Chester, from New York. % M BREMEN—Arrived July 5—Stmr Dresden, L L Arrived July 6 Trive uly tmr Ef for New York. ., MARSEILLES—Arrived July 5—Stmr Califor- nia, from New York. REWARDED FOR FAITHEUL SERVICE. Herbert P. Thrall Now Superintendent of the Lighth Division, Railway Mail Service. sume the duties of his new pos Ala; star routes, PEEOREEE®® of inspecting the star route service. On July 1 the new four-year mail service in May, 1883. offe: since filled mos] creditably. gone conclusion. Francisco, including ontracts to carry mail over the most of the star routes in this division went iuto effect, and the work of super- vising this branch of the service, properly adjusting the schedules and se- curing the best possible results is a very important one. Superintendent Thrall entered the postal service as a clerk in the railway His principal run tween this city and Ogden, and to Los Ange ed and accgpted an appointment as postoffice inspector, which he has He is an active, energetic and conscientious worker in whatever he undertakes, and success in his new position is a fore- With two exceptions, all of the branch postoffices in San Station D in the ne under the supervision of Mr. Thrall. [SXCIOROXCYOROROROROXOJOROROJOJOROJOROROJOJOROXOROROXOXOFOXOROXORO YO Herbert P. Thrall, the well-known postoffice inspector, has received the ® appointment of superintendent of the eighth division railway mail service, with headquarters in this city, to succeed Samuel ition on Thursday, the Tth inst. division of the rallway mall service, embracing California, Nevada, Oregon, ka, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and Washington, is one of the largest and most important in the United States. has greatly increased of late years, and the necessity of a larger force to supervise the work of the division has long been apparent. The appointment of Mr. Thrall simply shows the desire of the Postoffice Department to inject new blood and energy into the service, and its confl- dence in and good will for Mr. Flint have been shown in his appointment to the position of assistant superintendent, assigned to the responsible duty and he will as- The eighth Flint, The mileage, both in railroads and were on the Overland be- In August, 1890, he was ferry building, were fitted up CREEERIPREEPEIPNEOPEPOREPOPEOEO®® WOULD FORCE OUT A WIDOW Seeking Possession of a Coursing Park. COURTS MUST NOW DECIDE EFFORTS TO DISPLACE MRS. DALTON AT INGLESIDE. Her Late Husband Placed the Leash- man’s Sport on the High Plane : Which It Occupies at This Time. Unless an angel of peace appears on the scene forthwith and reconciles the va- rious parties at interest contending for mastery in the matter of the possession of the Ingleside coursing park the es of that institution will be closed temporarily. It is affirmed by the friends of Mrs. John P. Dalton that a number of men are en- deavoring to force her out of the park di- rectorate. “Jack” Dalton started the Ingleside park two years since. At that time there was a park at Ocean View, but the sup- port was on a low plane owing to the scandals regarding the ‘‘fixing” of dogs and complaints as to the judging. Dal- ton had been one of the most prominent of the dog men in the country for years and enjoyed a reputation for honesty and for being a thorough sportsman. From the day on which he opened the gates at Ingleside the park attracted the best class of leashmen, and with them the best dogs. It was soon evident that Dal- ton would conduct the sport on the high- est plane. Old coursing men who had re- tired in disgust were again attracted to the sport and commenced to import the best dogs of the East and England. The crowds increased at every meeting, and there was not a suspicion of crookedness in the sport. Dalton had the entire man- agement and no subordinates were given authority to dictate as to the handling of the sport. All this time M. J. Donovan was a silent partner. Matters went on smoothly until the death of Dalton, when trouble began for the widow. Donovan assumed the management at this time. “‘Should Mr. Donovan and Mr. Grace retire from the management of Ingleside Coursing Park,” sald Harry Brennan, when discussing the situation yesterday, “the business will not be permitted to suffer.”” Mr. Brennan is rs. Dalton's brother. ‘“Two prominent horse racing and coursing men stand ready to go on with the park, making material changes that will render it one of the finest places of its character in the world. It has the natural advantage of location, bein easy of access, and with a perféct feld for the coursing. It would then be con- ducted on the original lines as laid down by Mr. Dalton. “Mr. Grace, the judge, has tendered his resignation, claiming that Mrs. Dalton has made statements against him, the substance of which, however, he will not disclose to her. This, when taken in con- junction with the statement of some dog men that they will not co-operate with the widow of Mr. Dalton as a stockholder in the park, gives the resignation an ugly look. On the surface it looks as though he was playing a part for them. I will present either Mr. Grace or his informers with a $500 check if they can prove that Mrs. Dalton ever made any statements derogatory of Mr. Grace's character. “The resignation of Mr. Grace will not affect the park. There is a man in this city now who is fully competent to take up the work of judging whenever he lays it down. This man is Mr. Jerome, the noted Australian judge, who comes here with an international reputation for abil- ity and fairnes; “The must come soon in the contro- versy over the park and my sister, Mrs. Dalton, will make a firm stand for her rights in the matter, The old and stanch friends of her late husband have proved themselves loyal to her in this matter. People who have left the park because of past troubles have proffered her their support. The persons who started Union Park and divided the coursing men were friends of ‘Jack’ Dalton, and have al- ways been friends of his widow. They did not withdraw their support from In- gleside through any acts of either Mr. or Mrs. Dalton, and are still loyal to the lady. They speak well of her business abiiity and of her rightful claim to the business and sport that was built up through the energy and ability of her late husband. 1 am sorry I cannot say the same for the Ingleside people, who owe all their success to her husband. If mat- ters are not settled soon the gates of the park will be closed tightly until a settle- ment is reached. I will make a fighting stand for my sister's interests and am backed in the struggle by the right peo- ple.’” Dalton’s estate is in course of probate in Judge Coffey’'s court, and it is under- stood that the widow’s plans are to force a settlement with her business associates through those proceedings. She will probably call for the appointment of a receiver. ——————— CAPTAIN ROTTANZI'S WOES. Thrilling Description of Hardships at the Powder Mills. Captain-Doctor-Supervisor Rottanzi, handsome and debonair, marched into the office of the clerk of the Board of Supervisors yesterday afternoon, garbed in the natty fatigue suit of a captain of the army, brown as a San Joaquin farmer and delighted to be absent from his dan- gerous post. “I tell you, my friends,” said he, “it is a great relief to get.away from that confounded Santa Cruz powder mill Why, I am just beginning to take long breaths again. It is a fact that I don’t dare sneeze down there without putting my head in a blanket. “If the military authorities want to keep Captain ‘Billy’ Barnes from out- growing himself, .they should send him to my post for about six weeks. He would, If he survived the mental strain, come back here a mere phantom and could have his clothes made over and get two suits out of one. “Talk about mental anguish.© Why, my tent is only forty paces from a silent hor- ror in the shape of fifteen tons of pow- der; a short distance away is another sleeping volcano. and up the hill a little further is a nightmare that haunts my sleeping and waking hours worse than a guilty conscience. It is only a little matter of 200,000 pounds of concentratea death. Woo! It is horrible to think whay would happen to me if that stuff shoulaq conclude to expand without giving due notice. “The Coroner might find only an as- sorted lot of fingers as a result, and my friends might mourn over and bury the dlffls of Corporal Casey or Mr. Schultze, th“nklng it was my beloved remains. The other day I got some left-hand encoura%‘ement from an old employe at the works. ‘* ‘How -long have you been here? I asked. ‘Twinty-wan years,’ he replied. ‘So long and not killed yet?” ‘Sure, there's no danger. Av coorse we had a little exploshin’ a few wakes ago. It was only six tons av powther, though, and it made a swape here as clane as a pace av paper. There was three harses over there a short ways and it was very funny, sure. The powther blowed thim inside out and we niver found a hair av them left.’ ‘How-did you escape? ‘Oh! that was aisy. . I hid in the wather trough and only got wet. Now be aisy, captaln; ate and schlape well, for I've been here, as I tould fim' twinty-wan years and never was lled. There's no danger.” ‘‘ *You say six tons blew the whole place clean as paper and there Is no danger with fifteen tons of Fowder under my nose and a train-load a few wods away?' ‘' “To be sure, sor; bekas ase that axplo- HOW MR. CURTIS KNEW THE PRICE Cross-Examined by the Attorney General. BOOKS AIDED HIS MEMORY MADE A TRIP OVER THE ROADS FOR EVIDENCE. Progress of the Investigation Into the Cost of the Property of the Railroad Company in This State. The cross-examination of Engineer Curtis of the Southern Pacific Com- pany was resumed yesterday afternoon before United States Commissioner Heacock. Attorney General Fitzgerald and Robert Y. Hayne appeared on be- half of the State and Willilam F. Her- rin, head of the Southern Pacific law department, took care of the interests of the company. Railroad Commission- ers La Rue and Hinton attended as spectators. The cross-examination was conducted by Attorney General Fitzgerald, re- lieved at times by Mr. Hayne. Its ob- Jject appeared to be to break the force of the testimony on the direct examina- tion by showing that Mr. Curtis did not rely altogether upon his memory cof facts and that if he did he was not in a position to know absolutely the things of which he spoke. The following sam- ple questions and answers will give a fair idea of the scope of the examina- tion and the net results of the panning out of Engineer Curtis: “Can you give us the names of the railroad officials from whom you ob- tained the information which you gave on the direct examination?” asked the Attorney General. “It was furnished by the subordi- nates under my direction to a consider- able extent,” answered Curtis. “Then if this data was derived as you say your testimony was not based upon your personal knowledge but from the records of the company?”’ “It was based on my personal knowl- edge because I know that those things are there. But for the purpose of mak- ing myself certain I made a special trip of inspection over the road for the pur- pose of making this estimate. The trip was made entirely by daylight so that I could see everything. The trip was made at the instance and direction of the Southern Pacific Company in ac- cordance with an understanding with Mr. Herrin that my testimony was wanted in this matter.” “If you had personal knowledge,” asked the Attorney General, “where was the necessit for your obtaining this data from the books and records of the company?” “It is a pretty large property,” replied Mr. Curtis. “Some men may be able to retain all those things in their minds without the aid of the books, but I cannot. I wanted to make sure of the data. I felt that it would be safer and surer to check my personal knowledge with the records.” “It is true, is it not, that you never found any prices marked on the prop- erty?” N There were a good many sign- boards, but the cost of the signboards did not appear. I got my information from the books and the bills. The bills for the material purchased pass through my office and through my hands constantly and I knew from those original bills what those things cost. My answer appertains to current prices.” “Then you have no personal knowl- edge of the purchase price of the ma- terial used in_ the construction of the San Joaquin Valley road?” “I saw the original bills for the ma- terial.” “If the road was built by the Con- struction Company the original bills or invoices must have been made to the Construction Company and not to the railroad company. How then did you come to see them?”" “I saw them in the office of the en- gineer of construction in the office of the company at Sacramento. They were all for ties and rails. The other bills were largely of materials made in the company’s shops in Sacramento.” “Is it not the fact that the bills from the shops covered a profit over the | actual cost?” “The bills from the shops are made to show cost without profit, with a line below ‘add for superintendence and tools, 10 per cent.” The intention is not to make a profit out of those things. The shops at Sacramento Lelong to the Central Pacific Railroad Company. I think they sent their bills to the Con- struction Company at actual cost after taking this 10 ner cent.” “If that be the fact the railroad com- pany must have done this work for the Construction Company for actual cost?” “Undoubtedly.” The remainder of the cross-examina- tion was devoted to an explanation of the duties performed by Engineer Cur- tis while acting as superintendent of construction of various roads. The cross-examination will be resumed at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ———— A Butchertown Joke. Robert Fernandez, an engineer in the employ of Miller & Lux in South San | Francisco, received a severe powder burn in the breast as the result of a practical joke. He was dozing in a chair in the | engine room on Monday, when some | friends, disguised as burglars, entered the room and, placing a pistol loaded with blank cartridges at his breast,‘ awakened him, expecting to see the| sleepy engineer scared almost to death. Fernandez, however, did not scare and to carry on the joke the pistol was dis- charged. The powder burned through his clothing and scorched a good-sized patch | of skin on his chest. Fernandez saw the | joke after the Recelving Hospital physi- clans applied balms to his wounds and eased the pain, and laughingly told the police that it would not be manly to pros- §cut§ his friends for the fun they had en- oyed. —_——— For the Boys in Manila. A speclal meeting of the Native Daugh- ters’ Red Cross Aid was held in Portola Hall, Native Sons' building, last night, to arrange for an entertalnment to raise funds to provide luxuries and comforts for the California soldiers now in Manila. Miss Ida Kervan was chosen chairman, Mrs. Theodore Lunstedt secretary and Miss Mary B. Wilkins treasurer. About 100 ladies were present. It wae decided tso invite the co-operation of the Native ons. The Native Daughters have been work- ing most industriously with the ladies of the Red Cross Society, but it was consid- ered by them that some token of their re- gard should be got up for their big broth- ers now in Manila. More mature plans will be arrived at when the society meets again, on next Tuesday evenin, —_——— Hit by Flying Iron. John Haley, a laborer employed at the shin was jist an accident!’ ———— THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS. Physiclans recommend the Crystal warm sea | water tub and swimming baths, North Beach. | Union Iron Works, was severely injured renterday afternoon by a fiying plece of ron, which struck him on the left le; below the knee, causing a compouns fracture. The wounded man was taken to the City and County Hospital. ADVERTISEMENTS. (URTAIN DEPARTMENT! Special Offering] We will offer, commencing Tuesday, July 5th, a special purchase of 650 pairs EXTRA QUALITY NOTTINGHAM, GUIPURE and FISHNET CURTAINS in a splendid variety of new patterns. G $1-5O PAIR. The above Curtains are in both white and ecru, are full 3, yards long, are also extra wide, and at the above price are the best values ever offered by us. and figures We will also offer this week 2 cases WHITE SCOTCH LAPPET CURTAIN MUS- LIN, 36 inches wide, in dots, fancy stripes 10c Yard 1 case 36-inch PRINTED ART DENIMS, new designs and new colorings -121¢ Yard COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS W. R. Carithers of Santa Rosa is at the Lick. ‘W. Murray of Pleasanton Grand. S. S. Bradford of Sonora is stoppln.g at the Russ. Drury Melone of Oak Knoll is stopping at the Palace. Robert Barton of Fresno is staying at the California. Judge J. M. Mannon of Ukiah is stay- ing at the Lick. F. Horstner and S. Lee Allen are regis- tered at the Baldwin. Major George K. Scrivener, U. 8. A, is stopping at the Palace. is at the Mrs. E. B. Willis and son, of Sacra- mento, are at the Russ. S. Migliavacca, a wine merchant of Napa, is at the Baldwin. C. H. Lux and wife of San Jose are reg- istered at the Occidental. Thomas H. Thompson, a fruit grower of Tulare, is staying at the Lick. Captain C. Du Pont Coudert, U. S. N., arrived at the Palace last night. F. A. Hihn, the capitalist, of Santa Cruz, is registered at the Occidental. C. A. Hopkins, one of Boston's very wealthy men, is a guest at the Palace. 0000000000 The Red Cross o O Soclety is inde- o THE CATERER o fatigable in its 5 AND. o efforts to satisty the appetites of g THE LADIES. O 40 ineoming sol- diers. Let the 5i0la o oloiajaiokE LIS e clined ladies who wear the badge of the society hear of the prospective arrival of troops and the caterer engaged for the supply of viands for the soldiers is imme- dlately notified that he must prepare food for them. The caterer and the ladies have had many misunderstandings, which the former charges to a superabundance of zeal on the part of the latter, and the latter to a slowness of intellect on the part of the former. The time for the ar- rival of trains is the rock on which they most often wreck. Misled by-the notifica- tions of the society the caterer deter- mined to take a little authority unto him- self, and he has made special arrange- ments with one high in authority in the Southern Pacific building to get accurate news concerning the incoming of troops. And all this news is transmitted over the telephone. The other night the man who looks after the stomachic salvation of the blue coats called up the Southern Pacific official and inquired about the trains. The usual formula was gone through, but one question the caterer forgot to ask, that was the number of soldiers on board. Before this information could be imparted to him he hung up the telephone and was disconnected. A large dinner was pre- pared at once, as is the custom. Just one soldier arrived, and now the ladies are all saying, “I told you so.” Todd C. Woodworth, a prominent min- ing man of Center Creek, is a guest at the Grand. William M. Breyfogle of Chicago and ‘W. H. Pierce of Baltimore are registered at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of London and Lady Reid of Vancouver arrived at the Occidental last night. A. E. Osborn, superintendent of the Home for the Feeble Minded at Eldridge, is registered at the Grand. W. Wines of Truckee, well known as the owner of several stage lines in that part of the country, is at the Grand. Georgé T. Gosling, a liquor merchant of San Antonio, is staying at the Palace. H. M. La Rue of Sacramento is at the Occidental. Andrew Hamilton of Albany, N. Y., ac- companled by his two daughters, has ar- | rived in this city, and I8 staying at the and | HNRVRRIRB: 8888&8388838388&92:2&&‘823@828{835382!332553383228?395?2283853233!3&29 m, u3, 15, U7, 19, 121 POST STREET. Palace. They will make a complete tour of the coast. Father Lorenzo Waugh, the oldest Methodist minister on the coast, is stop- ping at the Russ. He will soon celebrate. his ninetieth anniversary, in honor of which a reception will be tendered him at the Howard street Methodist Eplscopal Church. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, July b—James Sim- mons of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt House. Albert Lyser of San Francisco is here attending the Teachers’ National Convention. A $4,000,000 INCREASE. Enormous Profits of the Southern Pa- cific for the Fiscai Year. The auditing department of the South- ern Paclfic Company has issued the financial report of the fiscal year. An in- crease of $4,000.900 in the profits of last vear shows the flourishing condition of the company. 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