The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 4, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN FRANOISCO OALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1898, CHANCES FOR THE SUPERIOR -~ JUDGESHIP Gov. Budd Will Fill the Borden Vacancy. CLAIMS OF JUDGE LAWLER WALLACE, SCHLESINGER, FER- RAL AND FOOTE NAMED. Appointments for the Unexpired | Term: May Be Announced by Governor Budd To-Mor- d up a wide field re concerni the appoin iry and con- lection of his ted by Gover- Of Judge Slac! ed by the Gov- ppointment to fill a vacancy may be servéd out by L. C. Pistolesi, who re- found Mrs. Shore ll\'l{r)ké: on the floor, her face covered with blood. Shore was standing_over her with the revolver in his hand. The officers prompt- ly seized him and, after disarming him, took him to the t;uy Prigon, where he was formally charged. Fhe. Woman was taken to the office of a doctor who lives in the vicinity, where her wounds, which consisted of three ugly cuts in the head, were dressed. Shore ad- mitted to the officers that he had beaten his wife as he was jealous of Chapelle. “I'm sorry I did not kill him,” he re- marked. “He seems determined to alien- ate the affections of my wife.” apelle s he will also prefer charge against the indignant husband. ———————— ON THE PRESIDIO LINKS. H. D. Pillsbury Wins the December Competition for the Liverpool Medal. The December competition for the Liver- pool silver medal, eighteen holes with handicap, for men, was held yesterday af- ternoon on the links of the San Francisco Golf Club. A moderately northerly breeze, sharp but invigorating, blew over the course; the day was clear and the light good. Two or three new players went round the course, but their degree of skill not being known, received no handicap. S. L. Abbott Jr. was scratch man, and made the eighteen holes in rokes, or only two more than the lowest score yet made in tournament play, But H. D. Pillsbury’s score of 100, with a handicap of 11, mak- ing a net score of 89, was the best, and he was accordingly deciared the winner. The full scores are given below: a ‘3N punoy pz “deolpuTH | PLAYERS. | | H. Babcock... S. L. Abbott Jr *I. W. Byrne.. H. D. Pilisbury B. Goodwin. w. T No res ceived the h of votes for that position general election. Pistoles cannot secure commission unti e result of the tion is officially declared, and that decla- ration is likely to be made until a not bt re the begi The ore Mr, ning of the next | Pistolesi standz | aining judicial | E among the poli- | that Judge Wallace, | . xt to Judge Borden, the | mber of votes for the full term, | offl The did not | law)y he case. They ma‘n-! duties of the l;lctlluni ministerial and could not ex- | mere declaration ef the is not their function to inquire | he person voted for is Ui | ply to certify to the received. Budd’s mind in regard to this or question is ful made | the decision of the Supreme | case of Crawford Dun- | re shown that the person | g hest number of vates was | ineligible, yet the court decided’ that the jerson_receiving the next highest num- ber was not entitled to the office, although | s . Declaring his_own intentions, | or Budd “Next Mona. 1 or of Judge Borden term, and at the proper | ke an_appointment for t®0 | appoint a man to serve as | until the next general proclamation the unex- | Judge was not in- | friends t whether the officially ncies on the geship will, . be vacant on the morning of January 2, 1899, As the constitu- ies that the Governor shall hold four years, Governor Budd's will not expire until January i1, | He will, therefore, appolnt to fill the | ¥, in question. | ; aspirants already for | judi wors - and_ emoluments. | iends of Judge Willlam T. Wallace are neing his claims. is urged also that Bert Schlesinger should be rec Robert Ferral and H. S. Foote oned as deserving and capable law- | who are entitled to consideration. | opinion is expressed by the many W. P. Lawler that he is entitled ing for the service rendered 1o ocratic cause in 1894, 1896 and/| is claimed on Judge Lawler's be- | at he has given such as example | ¢ fealty to Democratic principles that | the administration should not fall to ac- | cord- him _recognition, as_ he pos: s | integrity and judicial qualifica- | | 1t b —_———————— JEALOUSY THE CAUSE. Bert Shore Arrested for Beating His | Wife With a Pistol. A well-dressed young man giving his | name as Bert Shore is locked up in the | City Prison charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Shore lives with his wife at 1046 Folsom street. Early yester- day forning she came home, accom- | panied by a young man named Chappelle. | Becoming jealous Shore struck her over | the head with a revolver and as she fell | unconscious to the floor he started atter | her companion. The latter, thinking he intended tg Kkill him, ran down stairs and | meeting Policemen O’Connor and Van Keuren told them what had happened. They immediately entered the house and ADVERTISEMENTS. TOBAGCO CURE, HOW A MOTHER BANISHED CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO—A HARMLESS REM- EDY THAT CAN BE GIVEN IN TEA, COFFEE OR F00D. Any One Oan Have a Fres Trial Package by Sending Name and Address. Some time ago a well known business man whose stomach and nerves were ruined by the tobacco habit was secretly given a re by his wife and he.never He concluded the weed had ally floored him and that his own deter- mination made him quit. She then treated her son, a_young man t 2. He was a cigaratte flend, inhanng the deadly fumes -almest constantl he, too, s made | sick of the “weed.” His mother enjoys a | quiet laugh to herself at the manner in -which the young man tells of how he came to the conclusion that cigarettes were “drigged and poisoned nowadays and not fit to smoke.” The remedy is odorless and tasteless, can be mixed with coffee or food, and when taken into the svstem a_man cannot use tobacco in any form. The remedy . contains nothing that could possibly do.| fnjury. It is simply an antidote .or the 20 of tobacco and takes nicotine out f the system. It will cure even the con- L-rn ctte flend and is a God-send to 0 have growing woys addicted o' the smoking of cigarettes.” The rem- edy is led Tobacco Specific, and a free - trial package of the remedy will be mailed prepald upon annlication to Rogers Drug and Chemical (‘(vm{)an)h 144 Glenn build- ing, Cincinnati, Ohio. This will help any Wwoman to solvé the problem of curing her | husband, son or brother of a habit that undermines the health, leaving the body - susceptible to numerous lingering and dangerous diseases. 809 MARKET ST. -PAINLESS DENTISTRY WORK GUARANTEED. TEETH WITHOU PLATES A EPE(‘IA{(“K‘!. Full Set of Teeth, ex- tracting free...84.50 up Gold Crowns, 22k Fillings, Se up ELECTRO DENTAL CLINIC, Buite 7, Flood Building, 809 MARKET ST. | armada. G. W. WILLIAMSON, M. D., Otfiee Hre.~f &.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun., 2 to 2 p.m, fhld 2 t Friday the ladies’ foursomes ladies” driving competition will be held on the Presidio lin! nd next Saturday a team of eight players from the San Francisco Golf Club wil t Oakland, where they will try conclusions with a team of eight of the Oakland Golf Club. Each player of the San Francisco team will be drawn against one of the Oakland eight; the player who makes a hole in the fewest strokes wir hat hole; at the end of the round the Ic score i subtracted from the winner’s, and the us counts | for the m. The team which has mc its credit wins the con- test. A g who beats another by three holes counts 3 up,” and § points are reck- oned to the score of his team. This method of reckoning by hole: ead of by the total number of strokes required to make the two round: the player who | a chance i UNCLE SAM AND HIS NEW POSSESSIONS IRVING M. SCOTT'S LECTURE BEFORE THE PRESS CLUB. Interesting Features of American History Illustrated—Accident to the Elevator. The pretty *jinks room” of the Press Club was crowded last night with mem- bers of the club, their fair friends and friends who are not usually designated as “fair.” The occasion was the first of a series of illustrated lectures. This lec- ture in particular was enutled “Uncle Sam and His New Possessions,” ana was delivered by perhaps the man on this coast best fitted to deliver it—Irving M. | Scott of the Union Iron Works. Mr. Scott opened the lecture by throw- ing on the canvas a number of historical maps. They showed that this Govern- ment had obtained, through purchase and conquest, a vast amount of territory. He also gave a short word painting of the history of this country. It was brief, concise and lucid. It told in few words of the early settlement of this country, the land grants given and ..e fact that not a single colony prospered until after the destruction of the great Spanish He also gave a brief detailed account of the sixty expeditions from this country to foreign lands, all of which ter- minated favorably, wil. the exception of the expedition to Canada in 1776. As is known, some Canadian territory was oc- cupied, but the occupying forces were eventually driven back. The speaker also gave an object lesson in territorial expansion by showing a condensed atlas of the Western World. On this all English fortifications were marked in red, and red dots controlled every important passageway from the British Isles to the Indies east. and an- other map showed them controlling every passageway to the west. Pictures of the American and Spanish navies were then shown. They were greeted wi.a applause, but when the Brit- ish navy was thrown on the canvas and Mr. Scott said, “Aren’t you glad we were not fighting with England?” he was greeted with a cordial “Yes, yes.” It told the story truer than words. Other pictures represented ships of the American navy, and particularly the Or- egon, In detail, from the laying of the keel to the final triumphant launching. The entrance to the rooms and the lee- ture were a complete success, but the exit did not merit g0 much approval, owing to an unfortunate accident. The lecture was held on the sixth floor of the build- ing, and the elevator had only made a few of the downward trips when the cable broke. Fortunately it is equipped with a mechanical contrivance which prevents fatalities when such accidents occur, and the only unpleasant feature was that a number of - guests were entrapped be- tween the second and third floors, and the rest of the guests had to walk down the five flights of stairs. 1he gentlemen in the stranded car finally managed to clams ber down to the next floor and assisted the ladies out of the predicament into which they were thrown, and the whole matter was looked upon as an amusing part of the evening—tne more amusing, / does not deprive v at one hole of perhaps, because it was unexpected. —_————— GRAND MASTER LLOYD. A Toast to Him to B. Offered in Every City in the Jurisdiction at Same Moment cu Christmas. ‘At the meeting of California Command- ery held last Friday night the Anights were informed that at the same time on Christmas day, in the jurlsdiction over which Reuben H. Lloyd presides as grand master of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, there will be a reunion in each commandery hall for the purpose of drinking the health of the new grand master. he time has been fixed at 12 o'clock in the city of Boston, Mass., and the time figured out in'every city in the jurisdiction where there are one or more commanderies, so as to make It corre- Slwnd with the noon hour in Boston. The time fixed for San Francisco is 9 o'clock in the forenoon. The time has also beén fixed for the Hawalian Islands and the Philippine Islands. There is a command- ery at the first named bBut none at the latter, yet among the soldiers stationed there are a number of Knights Templar, who will, at the time fixed for them, wish E}ng dme and prosperity to Grand Master oyd. Park Music To-Day. apsod| 3 Selection from *‘Lu Trombone solo, fantasia, ‘Warning" .. i v Pertormed by W. H. Colverd. Dance, “The Hours,” from “La Giaconda’ ..A. Ponchlelll ““The Arkansas Traveler’..Recves EB. Schmitz Humoristio, March... ——————— A Peek-a-Boc Chinaman. Customs Inspectors yesterday found a |’ Chinaman stowed away under a pile of hides in the hold of the steamer Queen, which arrived from Victoria. Deputy Surveyor St. John ordered the Mongolian | broken wire al locked up pending the deportation of the 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Take the Carbon Mon 1 Novel L a card: “My name is Carl Smith. I am 16 years old and don't want to live, so if I succeed, you ean do what you want with my body.” He placed the revolver to his tem- ple, but his courage failed him and he put it in his pocket. He wanted an easier way t¢ die, so he turned on the gas in his room and lay down on the bed to calmly await for the sleep that knows no awakening. The smell of gas was discovered coming from his room and the door was forced open. He was found un- conscious in: bed, and the patrol wagon was summoned to take him to the Receiving Hospital. Dr. Bun-~ nell soon brought him back to con- sclousness. Carl is a good-looking boy. For a long time he refused to answer any questions. He finally said that he was born in Salem, Or., and both his parents were dead. He came to this State about two years ago and worked on a ranch in the country for eighteen months. Then he came to the city. He was last employed as a messenger boy in Plunkett's employ- ment agency on Butter street. He became despondent for what reason he was sorry for attempting to end his again. A number of these books were found CO00V0C00CCO00COCO0000000000000000000000C0000 00000000 0000000000000000000000000000000092 A BOY TIRED OF LIFE. Carl Smith Bought a Revolver and Then Concluded: to ARL SMITH, a boy 16 years of age, being tired of life determined yes- terday afternoon to put an end to his unhappy existence. chased a revolver and filled each chamber. Then he went to his room at 29 Eddy street, locked the door and wrote the following note on ed to die. He had $2 75 and the revolver in his pockets. He declared he the boy had been living at 28 Eddy street for a week. were good, but it was said that he was addicted to reading dime novels. oxide Route—A Dime Case. He pur- X could not or would not say and want- life and promised not to be so foolish His habits in his room, CCO00000O0000000000000000000000002CC00000000000 DIGGING WILL BE STARTED TO-MORROW BALDWIN WALLS ARE NO LONGER DANGEROUS. ‘Wreckers and Other Laborers Paid Off for the Week Last Night. All the dangerous chimneys and loos- ened cornices on the Baldwin Hotel walls which have menaced street-car passengers for several days have been pulled down. Those portions of the walls standing are secure and not liable to fall, in fact the wreckers say they cannot be pulled down. To-morrow & gang of men will begin re- moving the debris, and in a day or two the buried bodies will be recovered, if they were not completely incinerated. In- side the walls the wreckage is piled as | high as the third and fourth stories, an this heap will be removed before any more of the walls are pulled down. On the Market-street side the wall is down to the first story in the center of the building, and on the other two sides the fifth and fourth stories have Veen re- moved. All the chimneys are down. Last nignt E. J. Baldwin paid off sixty | men who have been employed for severa days recovering furniture, marble man- tels and bath room fixtures, and also the wrecking gang. Two men who were en- gaged in removing mantels on the Powell- sireet side yesterday narrowly escaped ‘While they were in one of the Pulled down a large section of the top wall directly above them. | "The tmber crashed down through the | ceiling and the men in the room | most buried. When the crackin timbers warned them they ran to the en of the room near the outer wall and es- caped serious injury, though they were temporarily blinded 'by the dust. ————————— JOHN M. WRIGHT'S SPEECH. It Elected Benjamin Secretary of the Miners’ Association. One of the principal issues of the recent mining convention was the election of sec- retary for the California Miners' Asso- clation., The contest rested between Ed- ward H. Benjamin and R. H. Turner. Mr. Benjamin was finally elected and his election is said to have been due to the following speech, made by John M. Wright, which is for the first time pub- lished in full: T Mr. President: Thers is nothing that Walling has sald in favor of R. H. Turner that I would mot second, and I would prob- Ably go further than Judge Walling has gone. 1 Would say, after & long and intimate ac- Quaintance with him, that he is one of the oveliest young men 1 know and one of the best 1 kuow. But I do mot rise for the pur- ose of secondl s pomination. P ios b benal? of the county of Alameda, pose of placing in nomination for Secretary, another of the “'Old Guard,” Bawas H. Benjamin. (Applause.) I notice that when our .fr“‘dem read his address yesterday he called the attention of fhe “assoctation to the extreme importance of e s iaf Bacretary. He caretully described the high qualitles necessary for the filling of that office. '3t Gourse the way to ascertain whether a man will fill an office properly is to try him. W have fried Mr. Neff and he hgs been Slected eight times our president. We have how elected as our vice president W. C. R Ton, who capably served this assaclation as its Secretary i the early years of its existence. But I venture to say, and I think nearly every gentleman within the sound of my volce Wil agree with me, that mo pergon, excepting SUr president, has done more fo¥ the interests of this assoclation than has Edward H. Ben- . ‘(Applause. e fact 1s he meeds mo introduction, he needs no words of praise from me or from any one else, T recollect that a few years ago, when a rep- resentative was needed by th! sociation to o to the trans-Mississippi congress ‘the of- ce sought the man,” and Mr. Benjamin sacri- ficed his own business interests and went to St. Louls and accomplished for this organiza- tion all that was ed of him, The trans- Mississippl ““'”i‘h‘“i.?" all the resolutions t were advanced by him. ‘hl‘remember that since he has made the fight as leader of the mineral lands contes. —He bore the brunt of the abuse that followed un- til that fight became popular, wat{l no mancould be found in this association who would say a word against it. Mr. Benjamin is the man who fought the fight in the days of its un- popularity, and now the fight is won so far as the membership of this assoclation is con- cerned and so far as the people of this State are concerned. 1 remember next the services of Mr. Benja- min at the Midwinter Fair. You all remember its history. You all remember his work. 1 remember his work of last year. You all remember his services in connection with the Mining Fair_which was held in this city last vear. Mr. Benjamin was at the h and front, the life and soul of tI 1f there is anything in death. rooms the wreckers hat work. his faithful services Mr. Benjamin has earned a right to this of- fice. _(Applause.) As X(napld a moment ago it is unnecessary for me to say anything further about him. His Works speak for him, and if you will not elect him on the strength of what he has done no Poor words of mine will add anything to the Strength of his position. (Applause.) —_——————————— Advances made on furnityre and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. ——————— RAILROAD NEWS. The Wrecked “Sunset Limited” Will Arrive To-Morrow Afternoon. A railroad company has been organized and next summer it will build a road from Truckee to Tahoe City. N. K. Masten, president of the Phoenix and Maricopa Rallway and the financial agent of the Southera Pacific, is the prime mover in U i om Dot mn§° g? Stockton on the Blerra Railroad, which is being R]\Ilhed toward Sonora. It was originally intended to have the road broken within a lete by the first of the comi ear, f)?x?ptfit: l\’um rock encountered ny the construction of the road has made the work necessarily slow. J. A. Fillmore, manager of the Southern Pacific system, retm to the city ves- terday from an exts trip through the uth. G. F. Richardson, master of trans - tion of the Southern Pacific, state terday that the “‘Sunset Li was recently wrecked In ic] 't ‘fi which should have arrived here at 1: reac] gflfi::a a‘:ul‘]foun?nwn' :t‘t&:oo:n ab n - n ou 3 0’ On t! |k e R st | | present the wheat trade is A STEADY WEEK IN THE WHEAT MARKET ITS FUTURE DEPEND3 LARGELY | ON RUSSIAN SHIPMENTS. Barley Continues Dull, With Prices Far Above a Legitimate Basis. ‘Wheat prices have been fairly steady during the week for the more deferred futures, Liquidation carried maturing options quite a little lower. The chief factor in the way of speculative gossip ‘was Russia’s small shipment of about two and one-half million bushels less than for the same week of last ye Exports from the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts were 7,485,000 bushels as compared with 6,500,000 & year ago and 5,825,000 bushels for the week ending November 26. Roumania ex- ports were 5000 tons less last week than the previous week. Liverpool stocks of wheat are about 600,000 bushels, a compar- atively small amount, It is surprising that stocks abroad do not show greater accumulation. The only answer to be given is that millers’ de- mands are fully abreast with present im- ports. Home stocks continue ligh The visible supply is now about 0,000 bushels, no larger than at the same period when the crop harvested was con- sidered a short onme. Y¥armers are un- doubtedly holding back wheat, but just how much will not be known until an- other crop is assured, It is more than likely a 7,000,000 crop has been almost if not fully discounted by the trade. An old adage among wheat traders is that it is generally a safe proposition to bull the tail end of a big crop and bear the closing hours of a short-crop. Assuming that whatever may be the facts they have been discounted. It is more than likely the various estimates regarding last year's crop have been too high and will ere long show real conditions. The one great trouble with the wheat trade is “looking back.” During two other years of depression, not alone in cereals but everything outside of gold coin, prices for wheat were dropped to 50c and the trade can't wipe that from their minds. The conditions now are quite differenf. Farmers are out of debt, Money can be had at a rate of interest almost at the borrower's option. Securl- ties of all kinds are selling at prices never before seen and are owned by investors who can find no more safe way to em- gloy their money. There is now stability ehind this great mass of earning capac- ity which promises the United States the greatest prosperity of its existence. It would seem only fair that farm products should reccive at least a share of the pmsperl% now being in evidence. Wheat around cents per bushel is as cheap to-day as it was at 50c during financial de- gress on. Added to this argument is the ifference in_grade which was raised last vear from No. 2 spring to No. 2 red, the atter article belng a_ greatly superior grade to the former, the difference rang- ing from 10 to 20 cents per bushels, At ‘watchi Argenting conditions, whose harvest will soon begin. The country to be most closely watched this year will prove to be Russia, whose crop little information can be gathered about. Present indications point to a small erop in that country. It will take time to arrive at facts, but ‘Wwhen they do show up present prices will be wondered at. The time is fast ap- proaching when weather conditions will greatly influence prices. Tne crop killers are generallg at their best during Janu- ary and February. Conditions through- out California are very discouraging to farmers. Unless rain comes soon condi- tions will be equally as bad as last year. Conglderable Utah wheat Is coming into the State, keeping millers fairly well sup- Flled. Bxports from Oregon and Wa.sg- ngton continue on a fairly liberal scale. arley continues dull, ranging between $1 28@1 32 for December during the week, closing on Saturday at about $180. It looks now as if there will be heavy de- liverfes of barley during the month to fill contracts. Possibly a couple of thou- sand tons may be what is known as clear short, but will not he of sufficient quan- tity to pay any ome to go gunning for. It will be an exception to the general run of things if those who take the ‘‘real thing” will not get sick of their bargain and become sellers in the end. No one questions the fact that barley prices are above a leglumn!e basis. The end must show an adjustment to meet the laws of supply and demand, which at present are entirely ignored. R. E. MULCAHY. ———————— MASTER MARINERS. Give Their Regular Annual Ball at 0dd Fellows’ Hall. The Master Mariners’ Benevolent Asso- clation gave a grand ball at Odd Fellows’ Hall last night, and several hundred guests embraced the opportunity to enjoy a very pleasant evening. The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the music left nothing to be desired. The dancing was under the immediate direction of Adolph Bex;gmm assisted b; the floor committee—E., H’Ennx. gk H. B. Madiso! Haverside, Phillgflcahen J. H. Callahan, Mikal Olsen and M. Jor. gensen. The reception committee consisted o H. Birkholm, John Erickson, B. H. Cook and L. Foard. - Committee of arrangements—Adolph Bergman, J. H. Callahan, Mikal Olsen, John Erickson, B. H. Tietjen, J. J. Haver- kide, H. B. Madison and Philip ‘Cohen, The dancers did not adjourn until the early hours of the morning, and all were whly pleased at the success of the af- —_—— Wills Filed for Probate. The will of John G. McKenzie, who died on the 13th ult., was flled for probate yes- terday. The testator directs that an es- tate valued at $7000 be divided, share and share alike, among his children, Joseph H. chgma. Maria Harnes," Elmer E., Al- tr&% . ’nd Tillle MeKenzie, e will of Johanna Crane directs that | an estate consisting of mining stock and a lot in_Alameda County be turned over H. tet- CHEAP RIS FOR THE NEW YORK TROOPS Uncle Sam Drives a Good Bargain. RAILROADS SLAUGHTER RATES TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED MILES FOR $9 90. Low Transportation Prices That the General Public Are Not to Be Given the Benefit Of, The contract for the transportation of the 1200 men of the New York Regiment of Volunteers from San Francisco to New York has been agitating the railroad agents in this city for some time. These troops are to arrive from Honolulu dur- ing the next two weeks, and after a few days’ rest will be forwarded Hast. The particular feature of interest in this contest for the business of the Govern- ment is the remarkably low figures quoted for carrying these men across the conti- nent. It goes without saying that the Southern Pacific Company, with the short haul, gets the lion’s share, and the con- trast between what this company is will- ing to do and the voluntary propositions of the Eastern trunk lines is very strik- ing. For instance, the Southern Pacific charges $199 per man from San Fran- cisco to Sacramento, and $16 30 from that city to Ogden. This is a haul of 800 mil for $18 29. The Eastern lines take the soldiers at Ogden and carry them to New York City for $9 9. This is over three times the distance covered by the South- ern Pacific and about half the price charged by the latter corporation for the short service. - 'he competing railroad men take some satisfaction from the fact that their grasping competitor does not derive a great deal of pleasure from the contract, by reason of the fact that it receives only $1 99 cash out of the $18 20. The bal- ance goes on Uncle Sam's books to the credit of the Central Pacific Company on the big debt due the Government. The troops will go in tourist cars and the officers in Pullman Company's sleep- ers. This latter corporation did not bother about bidding for the trafiic.. It simply quoted a regular rate of $20 50 for each man who rides in their cars. Sol- diers who are too ill to stand the rough accommodations of the tourist sleepers will be transported in the Pullmans. The Burlington line will have the honor and pleasure of conveying the Empire State boys ta their homes, They will go over the Southern Pacific, Central Pacific, Rio Grande Western, Denver and Rio Grande, Burlington and Missouri River, Chicago, Burlington_and Quincy, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York Cen- tral. In addition to the troops there will be 200,000 pounds of freight transported, In connection with this battle of the rallroads for Government business, what will most interest the people of Califor- nia is the fact that while the general pub- lic of the East who desire to emigrate to California are required ta pay the highest possible rate that the rallroad people can agree upon, when it comes to carry- ing passengers eastward for Uncle Sam they quote a figure which if applied to westbound traffic would soon_result in thickly populating the State. Why such accommodations and service cannot be offered the plain people is a matter that is not explained by the powers that be. The railroad agents are now fighting each other for the contracts to trans- {;or[ the 8500 regular troops who are to be rought to this city in a few weeks on their way to Manila to relieve the volun- teer soldiers stationed there. It is pre- dicted that the company that secures the award will break the record in the mat- ter of low prices. The Alameda is due to arrive from Hopolulu on the 6th inst. with 550 men, and the-Australia and Scandia about the 14th with 350 each. —_—— REORGANIZATION IS AT A STANDSTILL MORE CANDIDATES FOR SOME OF THE HIGH OFFICES. The Standing of an Honorary Mem- ber in the National Guard to Be Tested. *‘As things are now,” said one of the officers of the National Guard yesterday, “it looks as if the reorganization will lag until well into the next year. The secur- ing of men tq fill the ranks has not been as rapid as was anticipated, and now there are many who before they join want to wait until the new administration gets in so as to discover what will be done. The Governor will certainly make a change in the office of adjutant general, and when that is done there may be an entire change in the present manner of procedure, Consequently it may be said that what there is of the guard is at a | standstill.”" At a meeting held last Friday night for the purpose of physically examining men for several of the local companies and Company I in particular, there was but a small attendance. The board of ex- amining surgeons had only twenty men to examine for Companies D, I, L and M. The next examination will not be held until the evening of Thursday, the h inst. It is believed that the attendance last' Friday was not a fair test of the number of the men who want to go into the ranks, but that the paucity was due in a measure to the fact that as this is the holiday season many young men are employed in stores that remain open un- til late at night, and are unable to leave their business to report at the armories, At division headquarters all was as quiet vesterday as if the place was closed for the day. There is nothing doing there just now but routine business. The military committees of the Legis- lature next year will be without the ad- vice of the board of officers as- to the needs of the guard, for the reason that there are no officers to compose the board, so they will have to fall back upon such advice as they may obtain from individual officers who were left be- hind when the mustering in took place. The Senate will have for adviser the ma- jor general of the State, who is a hold- over Senator, and who will probably be 4 member of the Military Committee of that body. The southern part of the State is pre- senting a number of candidates for the office of adjutant general. Among those named are Captain Seaman, Captain John Cross, J. G. Goster and C. T. Rice. Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Schreiber of Los Angeles and Major N. 8. Bangham of Pasadena are mentioned for the office of assistant adjutant general. An arrengement was finally reached in the Naval Militia by which it became possible to send Lieut nt Gunn to the convention of Naval Militia officers which opened in Philadelphia on the 2d inst. A subscription was made up from the sev- eral division funds and he reached the meeting-place in time to listen to the propositions to be offered and to take part in the debates. One of the principal matters to be considered will be the sug- gestion that the Naval Militia of the several States having such, shall be dis- continue as State organizations and made an auxiliary to the United States navy. The matter had been discussed in an Informal way in this city, and the proposition did not seem to meet with much favor. The idea of the local Naval Militia men is that the men should be sent on one of the modern men-of-war at stated periods and receive instructions from competent instructors of the United States navy; that they should be taken out on short cruises on Sunday, return- ing the same night or early the next morning, so that they would be thor- oughly instructed in what is wanted of men on a ship of war, and in that maW¥:. ner be ready to assume any duty assigned them. Instruction on such a ve Marion, while it is good In its way, does not come up to the demand made of men who have to serve on a modern ship. At the election held in the second divi- sion last week F. 8. Harloe was elected lieutenant, junior grade. £ John K. Burke, w.o joined the militia in 1894 and was known as the bugler of the second division—a good one .he is, too—and who was one of those who served in the auxuary navy, being quar- termaster on the Iroquois, elected ensign of the second aivision. The young man is a very energetic member of the division, and in whatever position he was he performed his duties with a zeal and correctness that won many words of com- mendation for him. His promotion is a deserved one, and there is every reason to believe that d officer he W will be as : was in-the lower grades. ; The officers of the second di decided to have officers’ mess on. Marion twice a month. The next will b on Tuesday evening next. 1wo of the officers of the Italian man-of-war now .in port have been invited to partaike of the. officers’ hospitality. = A case tnat will be of considérable in- erest to all who have joined the Nationdl Guard as honorary members will come before Judge Cook of the Superior Court during ‘the next few days. . Arthur A Smith of the firm of Freeman, Smith & Co. at various times for thirty » served as a juror in the courts of this ity Thinking that he ha done - his .. share of jury duty ne applied for perm sion to become and was accepted.as aff ard, and s nization hg as required honorary member of the gu 1893 he has paid to the Orga joined the 1m of $50 a vear, by law in such cases. The fact of being an hono v member exempted him froa jury duty; at least it did frem the:time he joined ‘the guard, but.since last weelk . he has had his standing in regard to. such duty somewhat shaken. He received a summons to appear in Judge Cook’s de- partment, there to serve as a_juror. e presented his certificate . of honorary membership, claiming exemption thereon, but the Judge told him that it did not vail him, as the law had been repealed Al I Eflhtnre. of 1801 Mr. Smith laid the matter before Colonel Dwyer cocate on the division staff, W e g up the law on the subject; fnformed Mr, Smith that the law has not been repealed. Colonel Dwyer will-appear before Judge Cook whem:Mr Smith is called upon to serve as a_juror. {DOLLS GO UP IN A BLAZE OF -GLORY BIG BETURNS MARK THE LAST OF THE SHOW. Arthur Spear Proves. an EfMcient Auctioneer and Gets Good Prices for Some Bisque Ladies. The doll show closed last evening in-a blaze of glory, Large and gratifying -as was the attendance during the other days of the entertainment, vesterday far sur- passed them in point of numbers. Sev- eral bundred dollars was taken in at the oor, ides some 500 tickets, which rep- resented a cash value of §250. During the | afternoon the sales weré so that only seventeen of the dolls remained to be 2uctioned off by Arthur Spear. Spear proved himself a model auctionger and handled the crowd so well that the dolls went quickly—and at good pr Among the purch were Charles Neal, who gave $20 for a doll; Al Dodge, whose purchase represented M Fai who paid $35 for the doll s Riley Grannan, whose bid amounted to $31, and Ed Purser, who paid $40 for ¢ bisque beauty. Among the small pur chasers were Mrs, Eddy, Mrs. Van Orde and Mrs. S. Knight. The raffling of th dolls was also a feature of the closin; evening, No. 147, held by Miss Nellie Mi ler of Oakland, won the mechanical doll, Louis Sloss captured the Hearst doll with No. 9, and Mrs. W. V. Bryan, who did such excellent work at the door, won the Schoenwasser doll with ticket No. 43. Fire, Smoke terday. to_her daughter, \Wyer, "The will of Margaret B, Bec i tributes er in B an estate valued at $25,000 among mediete relatives, \ Z ADVERTISEMENTS. INTENSE EXCITEMENT . THE BALDWIN CLOTHIERS’ GREAT FIRE SALE IN FULL BLAST. $100,000 worth of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods, slightly damaged by nd Water, must be sacrificed at once. NOTICE—We beg leave to tender our apologies to the many thousands who, owing to the great and unex- pected rush, could not be served, and beg to state that we have now put on an additional force of 100 salesmen, so that'we can handle a much larger trade than we did yes- Yours respectfully, ~ CLOTHIERS 924 to 930 BALDWIN Market St. ANNEX. ¢