The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1898, Page 12

ped (&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FBIDAf, DECEMBER 9, 1898. W.F. HERRIN'S HONOR AND COL. BURNS’ RECORD An Effort to Drag the Name of a Philanthropic and Kindly Lady Into the Mire. A YOLO COUNTY GHOST Interesting Excerpts From troller—The Examin Behalf of Its Senatorial Candidate. Colonel Dan Burns has not yet taken | the public into his confidence with ref- erence to his wishes in the matter of the Senatorial plum. He is so busy di- | recting the efforts of his satellites who are engaged in the work of trying to| whip legislators into line for their | boss that he cannot find time to make up his mind as to what course he shall pursue with the public at large. To be sure, the general public cannot vote for | Senator, and legislators can, but this| fact probably with Colonel Burns. It will be remembered that some days ago W. F. Herrin, in burst of confidence inspired by circumstance that were to him somewhat embarra. ing, declared that Burns is the rail- road’s candidate for Senator. About | the same time Colonel Burns was inter- | viewed on the subject and declared that | e is not yet a candidate, though he| confessed, with a certain show of genuousness, that the only reason for | his hesitancy in accepting the position and si for Washington was his | inability to decide off-hand whether or This astonish- has no particular welght a h in- | not he wanted the job. taken with proper | seriousness, every one knows, | the colonel is fond of his little joke, | even when the victims of his rare hu-| mor happen to be the electors of great a State as California. | ‘While Colonel Burns has been toying | with fate and striving to forget the| past his friend Herrin has not been idle. | The political Pooh Bah of the Southern | Pacific Company has sent his agents and emissaries to every quarter of the State and used all of the available power of the great corporation that em- ploys him in an endeavor te pledge leg- islators to vote for Burns for Senator. With the fine sense of honor that led him to lie publicly in order to cover up & blunder into which he had been led, he has sought to strengthen his forces | and those of Colonel Burns by dragging before the public the name of a lady who is known and loved from one end of the State to the other. It is needless to say that Mrs. Stan- ford has not taken, and does intend to | take any interest in the selection of a | United States Senator, other than that | who has the welfare of | ing declaration for, a S0 of an onloker the State and its people at heart. Yet | Mr. Herrin, with a display of honor | and chivalry that would put a Sioux| Indian to the blush, has dragged this | lady’s name into the controversy, hop- ing, no doubt, to gain a temporary ad- | vantage by distracting attention for the | moment from the despicable and crimi- nal methods by which he is seeking to | dust in the éyes of the public | th an unspeak- throw and gain for a man able record a seat in the Senate of the United States. ; The Indian brave, who beats his squaw to prove his prowess as a war- | rior, appears as an honorable gentle- man when compared with a man who, in order to hid his own methods as a giver of bribes and a purchaser of power, drags before the public the name of a kindly and charitable gentle- woman, that he may hide behind her skirts and thus expose her to criticisms which he alone has earned and de- serves. Such a man is William F. Herrin, head of Collis P. Huntington’s political bureau, and chief promoter of the Senatorial candidacy of the aro- matic Colonel Daniel M. Burns, ex- Clerk of Yolo County, ex-Secretary of State, present horseman and mine- owner, one-time occupant of a prison cell in Mexico and would-be arbiter of the destiny and fortunes of the good people of the State of California. Colonel Burns is not a talkative man ADVERTISEMENTS. U. S. CONSUL CURED OF ECZEMA CUTICURA 1 had an attack of Eczema, and ordered a box of oxide of zinc ointment. The first application changed the Eczema to hell-fire, hfich seemed uquenchable, The druggist had used a rancid cerate and I was poisoned. A local physician did not help matters, and everything either failed to help, or made it worse, 1 was_becoming_desperate, when I thought of CUTICURA REMEDIES, and dis- tched my servant for a cake of CUTICURA AP and ‘a box of CUTICURA (ointment). ‘The first application relieved me and in three | the occasion of Colonel Burns' leave- | 5, 1880, to January 8, 1883. | amination shows Mr. Burns to be a | REFUSES TO BE LAID. a Report of the State-Con- er’s Latest Move in great many people are not aware that he once held the high office of County Clerk of Yolo County, nor the circum- | stances surrounding the relinquish- | ment by him of that office. A brief | reference was made to it about four vears ago on the occasion of a mass meeting at Metropolitan Temple. Cap- tain E. Blennerhassett was the speaker | of the evening, and it was he that made | public reference to this particular por- tion of the record of the man who is now trying to slip up on the blind side of the Senatorial situation. This is what he had to say, and it will serve for the present to indicate to the reader and therefore it is not strange that a | | | taking of the County: In the seventies Burns dropped | into Yolo County, a plausible fellow | who would pat you on the shoulder and tell you that it was “all right.” They elected him County Clerk. I will tell you what occurred. Dur- ing his administration of the office | of County Clerk, Burns of Yolo be- came a defaulter to the amount of, I and he was arrested and put in the jug and kept there until his bondsmen took him out. I can prove this assertion, and if Mr. Burns desires to arrest me for libel he can do so. I am not afraid of him. To those members of the Legislature who desire to know something of the merits of the men who will be presented to them as candidates for the office of United States Senator articular at- tention is directed to the following por- tions of the printed report of the State Controller, dated Sacramento, October | 3, 1884: Hon. E. C. Marshall, Attorney Gen- eral—Sir: 1 have the homor here- with to transmit to you the result of an Investigation of the oflice of Sec- retary of State during the incum- bency of D. M. Burns, from January The ex- tax-payers of Yolo | defaulter to the State in the sum of £31,789 59. As will be seen from the annexed appendix, this work invelved long, arduous and perplexing labor, ren- dered necessary by the large num- ber of books examined, and doubly so from the systematicany fraudu- lent manner in which they were kept. . That the law was intentionally violated and that a bellef was en- | tertained that the violation would escape attention is most clearly evidenced by the fact that not one of the books in which were entered the daily transactions of the office can be found, and the fee and cash book which were left behind con- | tained so many false and mystifying entries as to show that the deter- mination was to make detection all the more difficult. But through an inconceivable oversight on the part of Burns’ office, yet most fortunately for the State, some thousands of let- | ters were left on file from parties in this and other States, ordering work to be done, inclosing currency and money orders in some cases for the payment of the work, and in others requesting that it be sent C. 0.D. These letters furnished a clew which, when followed, developed a systematic embezzlement of the | State's money. . . . Subsequentdevelopmentshave sat- | isfied me that Mr. Burns' denials were mot true and that he himself participated directly in the embez- zlement. | . . . This system of patemt, unblush- ing fraud, begun almost at the hour of his incumbency, reaches in un- broken line to the end of Reynolds' deputyship and in less bold though scarcely less corrupt manner con- tinues to the end of Burn«’ term. The shameless mendacity of these | cmbezzlers outstrips in cunning the | harbor and other public robbers discovered by this office. Baut wnue the ~~nl of condemnation and pub- lic contempt should be stamped on thix new edition of “stealing made easy,” yet in the desert of regard and sympathy for its originators an onsis of admiration intuitively arises from the fact that they per- mitted the people to believe that the law requiring the collection of fees by the Secretary of State was not a dead letter, by magnanimous- 1y turning over to the State some of the money collected. In the interest of public justice, as a safeguard to the treasury and as a warning to =all others who might have an inclination to follow in their footsteps, it is proper that the garb of a felon should be fitted to the back of each one of the thieves who participated in this days 1 was well. PJLLSKI F. HYATT, United States Consul. Dec. 13, 1897 Santiago de Cuba. 8014 thronghout the world, PoTTar Props., Boston. ** Bow to ot Woss Bovemar’ o robbery. Controller’s report as being a defaulter to the State is Colonel Daniel M. Burns, the Southern Pacific Company’s can- didate for United States Senator. He is also the Dan Burns whose Senatorial candidacy has been espoused by the Examiner, the erstwhile champion of the rights of the people and the enemy of the great corporation of which Col- lis P. Huntington is the head and Wil- liam F. Herrin the tail. ‘“Not only hoisted, but nailed.” State Senator-elect Sig M. Bettman and the political writer of the Exam- iner left for Los Angeles Wednesday to promote Burns' candidacy in the South- land. It is confidently expected that there will “be something doing” in the “bridges and building account™ of the railroad company, to which was to be charged the funds expended in pur- chasing the favor of timid legislators. MR, COLNON 15 NOW SORRY THAT HE SPOKE His Harbor Front Roast Inspired. HE WOULD SHIFT THE BURDEN MANY OF HIS RELATIVES HAVE FAT PLACES. The Attempt to Besmirch His Fel- low Commissioners Falls Flat in the Face of “ Facts. The latest sensation among State offi- cials in this city is the remarkable ut- terances of Harbor Commissioner Col- non before the Senate commission now investigating affairs on the water front. It is the general opinion that Mr. Col- non, knowing that the work of the com- mission will result in bringing to light much of the stealing and rascality that has marked the conduct of affairs dur- ing his term of office, is seeking to draw his fellow-commissioners into dises- | teem in order to make a more equal distribution of the burden of guilt. To do this he is willing to convict himself, being satisfied if by so doing he can lead the general public into the belief that he alone is not to blame. As a matter of fact Commissioner Harney has held office considerably less than a year and Commissioner Herold was appointed to his present position less than six months ago. Neither gen- tleman was a member of the board of which Mr. Colnon is the president dur- ing the period when the State suffered from stealings and mismanagement, as is shown by the revelations that have been made from time to time before the Senate eommission. The purchasing bureau about which Mr. Colnon had so much to say and which he declares should be “taken out of politics”—now that his own term of office is about to expire in a fog of dis- grace—is one of his pet schemes. It was established at his earnest solici- tation and under his direction and has from its inception been a ready and convenient funnel through which the funds of the State were allowed to flow into the pockets of dishonest contract- ors and interested. though equally dis- honest, officials. Now that lur. Colnon is about to retire in disgrace, leaving seven of his relatives in the enjoyment of fat salaries on the water front, he wishes to have a system of civil service established for the purpose, possibly, of enabling the aforesaid relatives to con- tinue in the enjoyment of their present| sinecures indefinitely. Mr. Colnon also declared that the number of men employed on the water front was far in excess of the needs of the State. He even went so far as to declare that the greater number of those who have been given positions are irresponsible and incompetent, a fact which he sincerely deplored, but which was out of his power to remedy as he was only entitled to.name one-third of the appointees of the board. This was, of course, a direct slap at his fellow commissioners, and was delivered, ap- parently, without regard to the well- known fact that some of the men for whose appointment he is responsible are notoric sly incompetent. One of his appointees vas, before he was pro- | moted by grace of Mr. Colnon's favor to an easy berth on the State’s water front pay roll a banjo player in the saloons and low dives of Stockton. It is for such as he that Commissioner Colnon would have éstablished civil service rules that they may be retained in oftice. It is.generally conceded that Mr. Col- non’s left-handed “roast” of his fellow- Commissioners was partly inspired by the fact that they have refused to “stand in” and appoint Harry Scott, Colnon’s nephew, to the position of Chief Wharfinger now held by Supreme Court Clerk-elect George Root. By the grace of Mr. Colnon Scott now holds the position of Mr. Root's assistant, and it was the dream of his uncle's heart to advance him to the position that will be left vacant by the retire- ment of Mr. Root. The other members | of the board, however, decline to pro- mote the success of the family affair that Mr. Colnon is running in connec- tion with the State’s pay roll, hence the voluntary confession ‘of unworth to which Colnon gave volce before the Senate commission on Wednesday. The | canfession and accompanying denun- ciation had no place in the inquiry that was being conducted at the time. It would not have been listened to had it not been for the fact that the mem- bers of the commission are inclined to be amiable and were therefore induced to give the Commissioner an opportu- nity to relieve a consclence somewhat overburdened by shady acts covering almost the entire period of his term of office. The result has been that he is now coming in for a “roasting” at the hands of every officlal who is aware of the facts as they really exist and not as Mr. Colnun represents them. Restaurant Men in Trouble. United States Attorney Foote yesterday filed in the United States District Court informations against G. Pouchau d Louis Schlatter, proprietors of lhe.gt. Ser?nlnednss‘taurnnta for serving wine In nstampes ottles an ‘or usin; sam; stamp more than once. S 2 Child-Study Club. The Friday afternoon meeting of the Child Study Club will be held this after. noon at 3 o'clock in the Occidental Hotel. All, persons interested are invited to at- tend. The topics to be discussed will be “Reading Course for Mothers" and “Lit- erature for Children.” Dark gray, Flemish, with ivory orna- ments, and old Dutch oaks. High grade its superior in finish and design. Grace- ul oval gold frames and the nost beauti- The D. M. Burns mentioned in the ful line of framed pictures yet seen. l‘c%‘.bl. Chrmmn, mytl at B‘n“borno't 8. 000000000000 0000000000000000000000 Populists. Democrats and five fusionists: crat. branch of the Legislature. MEMBERS OF (4] (4] © [+] © © © © © (4] © © © (4] © © © © © © © (4] © (4] © © © © (4] (4] g © [4] ° [ [ [+] o o o (] o [ o o o o o [] ° o 1) 4 o ] o o A o [ o [} o Q © [ o Q o [ Ea s Q 9 Plu- § g NAMES. Party. P. 0. Address. rality Q [ S Sy I Q g 1| J. N. Gillette..... Rep. | Bureka ..... %) © 2 | James T. Laird Rep. | Alturas ..... 1,000 O o 3 ¥. Prisk... Dem. | Grass Valley. o o 1 Rep. | Corning .... 405 Q o =& Dem. | Greenwood . [+ o ¢ Rep. | Marysville .. 205 Q 6 7 .| Dem. | Yountville .. o © 5 | John Beges.... .| Dem. | Princeton . 256 & © 9 | J.J. Luchsinger.. .| Rep. | Vallejo ..... [ © 10 | J.C.Sims...... .| Dem. | Santa Rosa.. 156 ¢ © 11 | J. H. Dickinson .| Rep. | Sausalito ... (%] & 12 , Dem. | Sonora ..... 588 O S 13 . Dem. | Elk Grove o [ John F. Davis. . Rep. | Jackson 724 O o B. F. Langford. .| Dem. | Acampo . ) o Dr. Chester Rowell .| Rep. | Fresno . 249 © o S. Braunhart. .. .| Dem. | Sam Francisco.. © ° John A. Hoey.. .| Rep. | San Francisco.., 696 @ ° N T Fean .| Dem. | San Francisco. o o Frank W. Burnett.. .| Rep. | San Francisco. 463 O ° W T Wollte: T, .| Rep. | San Franelsco. o o Sig M. Bettman. ... .| Rep. | San Francisco. 942 ©Q o Stdney Hall.............| Dem. | San Francisco. o o R Porter Ashe . i ce .| Dem. | San Francisco. 25 © John Feeney.......... Dem. | San Franeisco. Q o Frank W. Leavitt.. .| Rep. Oakland ] [ F. S. Stratton.. .| Rep. | Oaklana o & E. K. Taylor. .. .| Rep. | Alamedsa.... 2,167 @ o D. H. Trout.............| Itep. | Boulder Creek..| o [%) Charles M. Shortridge...| Rep. | San Jose . 586 & & H. V. Morehouse........| Rep. | San Jose.... 5] o H. L. Pace. - A Dem. | Tulare . . | 867 Q o Thomas Flint Jr. : | San Juan.......| [5) o S. C. Smith..... : | Bakersfield ....| 67 © o J. J. Boyee. ... 3 | Santa Barbara..| 5] [*] C. M. Simpson. . i Pasadena . | 1,184 o R. M. Bulla.... i Los Angeles....| P o A. T. Currier... | Spadra . | Px) [+ T. J. Jonen . | Ananeim . i o [ A.E. Nutt...... | San Diego. | B g MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 3 8 C. B. Jilson........ .| Rep. | Hormbrook ....| 98 8 [+ G. D. Marvi sy .| Rep. | Blue Lake | 612 @ © Cyrus H: Boynton. . .| Rep. | Ferndale ......| 547 @ (<) W. H. La Baree.... .| Rep. | Weaverville | 145 @ o James H. Beecuer. . .| Rep. | Andersom ......| 285 [x) G. G. Clough....... .| Rep. | Quiney . cene| 022 @ ‘O Richard DeLancie. . .| Rep. | Oroviile cees| GVL [+ Charles G. Raup.... .| Rep. | Meridian ......[ 108 @ o J. B. Sanford....... .| Dem. | Ukiah . . 687 o F. B. Glenn........ .| Dem. | Jacinto ..... 027 § o G. W. Pierce....... .| Rep. | Davisville .. 200 @ o W. S. Robinson .| Rep. | Grass Valley. 891 @ o ‘W. B. Lardner..... .| Rep. | Auburn ..... 803 o R. S. Raw. . .| Rep. | Placerville . 104§ 5 A. Camine . .| Dem. | Jackson .... 270 @ o . . LeBaron..... .| Rep. | valley Ford. 881 @ o William F. Cowan.. .| Dem. | Santa Rosa.. 175 [*] Owen Wade........ .| Rep. | Napa ....... 204 @ o Alden Anderson.. .| Rep. | Suisun ..... 1,194 G 8 Grove L. Johnson.......| Rep. | Sacramento . 854 @ William D. Knight .| Rep. | Sacramento . 496 ¢ S Morris Brooke... .| Dem. | Oak Park... 61 Q o John W. Atherton.. .| Rev. | Novato ..... 222 @ o C. M. Belshaw. . .| Rep. | Antioch . 385§ [*] F. E. Dunlap... «| Rep. Stockton . 811 @ o | A. E. Muenter.. Rep. | Lathrop . 524 Q o | Harvey S. Blood Rep. | Ange! 63 O o Lawrence Hoey.. Dem. | San Francisco. 15 O o Charles F. Kennealy. Rep. | San Francisco. 258 o Louis A. Devoto. . 3 Rep. | San Francisco. 16 ¢ o Daniel §. O’Brien. . Dem. | San Francisco 55 o James M. Hanley. . Dem. | San Francisco. 447 8 1) Eugene D. Sullivan.... Dem. | San Francisco. 52 @ o J. J. Crowley...........| Dem. | Sun Francisco..| 200 ¢ o William H. COpp....... Rep. | San Francisco..| 151 ¢ o A. H, Merrill.......... Rep. | San Francisco.. 55 © 5] William E. White.......| Dem. | San Francisco..| 108 ¢ o ‘William H. Rickard... Rep. | San Franecisco. 520 © o Justus S. Wardell.......| Dem. | San Francisco. 13 O 5] Henry W. Miller........| Rep. | San Francisco, 447 Q o Henry C. Dibble....... Rep. | San Francisco. 855 Q [5) Lorenzo A. Henry..... Rep. | San Franeisco. 369 O o Fred Lundquist....... Rep. | San Francisco. 262 © Q M. H. Barry..... «| Rep. San Francisco. 151 O [>) | Eugene Sullivan........| Rep. | San Franclsco. 236 Q o William McDonald......| Rep. | Livermore .. o [+ Joseph R. Knowland....| Rep. | Alameda ... o o Joseph M. Kelly. “ Rep. | Oaklana o [+ A. A. McKeen...........| Rep. © o . ASBRERI Sl Rep. S o Howard E. Wright.... Rep. o o H. W. Brown... : Rep. o o George G. Radel . Rep. | Watsonville o o Walter Clark......... Rep. | Mountaln View.| 779 © [*] John D. Kelsey...... Rep. San Jose....... 559 O [+ M. E. Arnerich. Rep. | Frohm ..... o G. R. Stewart Dy 3749 . R. <. em. | Crows Landing.| 541 © o A. M. McDonald Rep. | Somora ..... 184 Q o C. G. Cargill... Rep. | San Juan... 24 O o P. H. Mack.... Dem. | Independence 15 Q o F. R. Feliz..... Dem. | Monterey . 382 © 5 John M. Grifiin Dem. | Madera . 53 O o John Fairweather Dem. | Reedley 52 Q o E. T. Cosper... ¥ep. | Tulare . 43 O [+ W. P. Boone. Dem. | Dinuba ... .| 314 & [+ R. C. Dale. Rep. | Bakersfield . 224 O o J. K. Burnett.. . Dem. o Robles. ... 31 Q o C. W. Merritt. . . Rep. | Santa Barbara..| 672 © o C. B. Greenwell.. . Rep. | Hueneme ......| 6711 @ o Walter S. Melick. . Rep. . 1,300 © o 0. H. Huber. ... . Rep. .| aes o o Joseph M. Miller. . Rep. .| 850 O o william Mea. . Dem. = w [x] L."H. Valenti . Rep. -l 1,518 O (%) N. P. Conrey... . Rep. . 77 O o H. W. Chenoweth..... Rep. | Anaheim ......| 421 @ o A. S. Milice...... «++| Rep. [ Riverside ......| 705 & o Frank P. Meserve..... Ind. | Redlands .. 237§ o L. R. Works... «+./ Rep. | San Diego. 822 O oo A. S. Crowder....c.coes Rep. | La Mesa... 590 © 0000000000000000000000000000000008 BUILDERS OF NEW LAWS FOR CALIFORNIA Official List of the Members of the Next Legisla- ture. ACRAMENTO, Dec. 8.—All the official returns on the Legislative ticket have been received at the office of tLe Secretary of State. They show that the next Legislature eighty-five Republicans, eleven Democrats, twen ists and one independent Democrat elected with the aid of the In the Senate there will be twentv-six Republicans, nine in the Assembly fifty-nine Repub- licans, two Democrats, eighteen fusionists and one independent Demo- This gives the Republicans a good working majority in each In the table below is given the names of the members, postoffice addresses, their party designation and the pluralities or ma- jorities by which they were elected. This year Senators were elected in the even-numbered districts only, therefore the pluralities given are those for the twenty newly elected members of the higher house. THE SENATE. will be composed of -three fusion- their WINE PRICES GOING TUP. Have Recently Adva;lced Six Cents Per - Gallon. The shortage in the wine crop OI‘ISQB and the fairly good demand that ‘has existed during the past year have re- sulted in advancing the prices of the vinous product during the past few weeks. In speaking of the sit- uation yesterday Secretary Hotchkiss of the Wine Makers' Corporation said: “Prices of wines have been advancing steadily for some time, and since October 1 the increase has amounted to 6 cents per gallon. Of course, this is good luck to the winemen who now have wine for sale, and we feel confident that prices will go higher. Our opinion is based on ‘the facts of the long continued dry weather, which will weaken the vines, and the ravages of the phylloxera. “Whether the condition of higher prices and reduced product will balance re- mains to be seen, but the producers are not much pleased with the prospect. ‘““The story that one of the big wine cor- porations ad cornered the cooperage market is not correct. It {s true that the price of cooperage has advanced one- gunrle'r of a cent per_ gallon, but that is ue to the floods in the Southern States, where the staves come from, and to the enormous demands of the Standard Ofl Company and the sugar trust. The con- sumption of the ofl company alone is 30,- 000 barrels daily. e there is some the wine for Eastern and forei - ment. Owing to special rates rggd:ml?y the railroad the winemen of the State are now buying Bastern cooperage ‘set up’ cheaper than it could be bought in this city.” —_—— Successful Church Bazaar. The bazaar now in progress at the Howard Presbyterian Church, under the auspices of the members of the Howard congregation, is meeting with encourage- ment and a liberal patronage. The attend- ance since the fair was formally opened last Tuesday evening has been unusually large. One of the most attractive feat- ures is the evening dinner, given from 5 o'clock until 8 o’clock. This meal will be given every evening until the close of the azaar. The decorations of the interior of the hall, where the different booths are located, are both elaborate and unique. A large variety of useful and fancy arti- cles are offered for sale and are recelvin, a far greater demand than expected. Every evening an enjoyable musical and literary programme is rendered under the direction of the talented members of the congregation. The bazaar will be con- cluded to-morrow evening. Thrown From a Car. Mary Harrigan, residing at 249 Minna street, was thrown from Mission street car number 1059 as it was turning the cor- ner of East street last evening and sus- Hae with possibly tnternal injuries, Sha neck, juries. tnsw_{ at the Harbor Hospital. L ADVERTISEMENTS. Qpen evenings undil nine Holiday r suggestions For men smoking jackets morning gowns bath robes dress suits tuxedos overcoats mackintoshes umbrellas suit cases valises neckwear silver buckle suspenders furnishing goods generally More now than ever do peo- say about Christmas time say: “I'm going to give a sensible gift.”’ There’s more sense in cloth- es-giving than anything else, more real enjoyment in wearing a suit of clothes which is a gift, more out jand out satis- factionin giving such a present A big assortment helps to make gift-giving easy. We can make it easy for you. For boys middy suits overcoats reefers ¢ tuxedo suits mackintoshes ulsters sailor suits famcy vests collars and shields sweaters caps hats gloves bathrobes The boy can imagine every- thing he would like in the way of clothes for Christmas and the store still has the best of him, so great is our assort- ment. We’ve a host of suggestions for the puzzied mother or the doubtful father. The boy will fare well if we help you. We’ve everything in cloth- ing for boys from the little fellow, to him who is almost old enough to be classed in the first column of this adver- tisement. We sell glove and hat orders Roos Bros. Kearny and Post \RT GCALENDARS, LEATHER GOODS - AND OTHER —~<— ~Lhrist A mas Bifts = 'ROCKERS- 227-229POST ST. 215-219 BUSH ST. GOLD NUGGET FOR THE HERD OF THE OREGON Captain Clarke Re- membered. THE CALL WILL SEND IT THOMAS R. MOORE BACK FROM A GOLD HUNT. He Went Into British Columbia Last Spring and in Six Months Found Much Precious Ore. Thomas R. Moore arrived at the Palace yesterday from Omenica, British Colum- bia, where for the past six months he has been prospecting for gold in the interests of the St. Anthony's Exploration Com- pany of California, of which he is a mem- ber. Mr. Moore does not talk extrava- gantly about his search for gold, in fact he is inclined to say nothing * all that will throw any light on the extent of his success. He went in last spring on a two years’ prospecting trip and in six months was so successful that he deemed it worthless to waste any more time looking for more claims, but decided to return to prepare for working those that he has lo- cated. . The St. Anthony’s Exploration Company is well known in the State. Last May Mr. Moore, with twenty-two pack horses and twelve men, started up the old Telegraph trail for the Germansen and Mansen Creek claims, which are now operated by his company. Since their discovery these claims have pald several millions of dol- lars. It was the purpose of Mr. Moore and his party to proceed farther toward Northeast British Columbia, in that por- tion of the country that is practically unknown, and attempt to ascertain if gold was to be found there. The party followed the old Telegraph trail to Stuarts Lake and thence took the trail to Germansen Creek, a distance of 315 miles. In and around the Germansen, Mansen and Ev- ans creeks Mr. Moore says that he found the richest kind of ground. He admits that it is far more profitable than Alaska. It has also other aavantages. The gold is of a much purer quality and the ground is sufficiently thawed out by May to admit of its being mined. So far nearly all the mining has been done onthe crudest and simplest lines, and yet the yields have been far more profitable than similar claims in Alaska. Arrangements have been made with the Hudson Bay Company to in from Victoria all the necessary material for the roper working of these claims. i largely by the hydraulic ayster{zt z‘yfl;‘é the claims will be mined. r. Moore has brought back with him many specimens of gold that he claims are of the finest quality, some of the ore assaying 20 an ounce. Large deposits of copper were also found by the party. Mr. Moore asserts that there are miles of the coun- try that have never known the presence of the white man that are rich in the precious ore. C. A. Thompson of Sierra, Cal., a well known mining man, and C. E, Perry, a civil engineer of British Columbia, were in_the party. Mr. Moore states that on the 2th of August the party received a copy of The Call containing the account of the de- struction of Cervera's fleet, and that then and there theyv determined that the next nugget of suitable size found should be sent to Captain Clarke of the Oregon, in token of the party’s admiration, y a unanimous vote it was decided that this olden trophy should be sent to Captain larke through The Call. Only a few days later Mr. Moore picked up from the dry earth on the Dr. Thorpe clalm a nugget welghing about eight ounces. This will be sent by The Call to Captain Clarke. Mr. Moore has it nmon? his other nug- gets. It is a very beautiful specimen. Mr. Moore leaves to-day for his home in Santa Barbara for a brief visit, AN ABUSED CHILD. A Little Girl Compelled to Stay Out in the Cold All Night. It was a pitiful case of cruelty and neg- lect that Mrs. Prescott of the Soclety forA the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in< vestigated yesterday. During all of Wednesday night a jttle girl had been compelled to stay out in a damp yard, at- tired only in a thin white dress. Joseph Bini, a baker, going to work early in the morning, heard the sob of a child, and looking around found little Jen- nie Briceno sitting on a small mound in a yard at 1620% Stockton street. The child was stiff and numb with cold. The kindhearted baker took the little one to his home, where he and his wife worked for over an hour to restore the outcast to her normal condition. Mrs. Prescott was sent for and she found that it was a case of cruelty on the part of Jennie Bri- ceno’s mistress, Pauline Fernandez. The couple live at 1825 Stockton street. There are two other children living with the couple, the man having been divorced from his wife. All complain of being abused, but_ the little one found out in the cold yard has suffered the most. Mrs, Prescott found that the little one’s arms and body bear the marks of many a beat- ing and pinches. The father returned home at 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening and was told that the child had run away. He notified the grandmother, who is the §2vhat had Bappened. e oo e ¢ ppened. e c returned to their guardian. o —_—— NO NEWS YET. Captain Payson Has Not Heard From the Santa Fe Stockho.ders. Captain Albert H. Payson, the second vice president of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rallway, when seen yesterday relative to the meeting of the s:.l’:im Fe stockholders in Topeka, Kans.. sald: i f‘wmt]l:ll have as yet had no advie rom this meeting of the stockh that is’ now being held, still lichaglede;: doubt that an option will be ac- cepted and satisfactory arrangements made for securing control of the Valley road. . The option is good until the first of the year and every share of the stock is worth at least its par value. Beyond this there is nothing that I have to say, Sxcept that T expect to hear the result ng o ckh s e stockholders at any