The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1899, Page 6

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ANOTHER BURNS CONVERT. | Bintracht Hall-Mssguerade Ball to-morrow night. to-day. ~HE fifty-third ballot for United States Senator, T t at Sacramento yesterday in the joint can- | vent brought forth another legislator pos- sessed of nt Dutch courage to defy public e his pledges and vote for the Mexi- To what extent Senator Simpson's | due to his physical condition yester- need not be discussed; if he required alcohol to | s.nerves for the ordeal he is entitled to have s ion, re n W it said that had he remained sober he would probably | runk from the foul pit of political filth into The -reasons Simpson assigns for his act resemble those giver by | cessors in infamy, Wright and Jilson. - They ‘are: irrational, illogical, and upon their face ‘bear the. impress of falsehood. He ~was | pledged: to: support a southern man to the end; he | | tuents are unanimously opposed | kriows that.lifs. consti lacy-of Burns; he has defied them and | ny to"wallow in the mire of | and - corruptionists who surround ‘the - Mexican eandidate and who are force Him-down the throats of a dis- | and -a dishearteéned and disgusted :party. The list-of Burns voters to-date shows three addi- tions ‘to’the: eriginal:band—two. double-dealers who ok Grant ‘money: fitst, and a weakling whose vote. d a - purely ‘alcohalic: origin. = It is enator Simpson’s ultimate excuse will be al In any ‘event -his constituents ought to be-proud of him, and he himself ought to. be proud of the company. which he has chosen. The people ‘should memorize these names. Their | owners are making-a record which will: have to be considered by -and by SENATORS. Bettman, $an Francisco. Burnett, San Francisco. Hoey, San Francisco. Laird, Shasta. Leavitt, Alameda. SIMPSON, Los Angeles. Shortridge, Santa Clara. Wolfe, San Francisco. e.cant rikers olism, ASSEMBLYMEN. ~Arnerich, Santa Ciara. Barry, San Francisco. Beecher, Shasta. Cobb, San Francisco. Devoto, San Francisco. Dibble, San Francisco. Henry, San Francisco. JILSON, Siskiyou. Johnson, Sacramento. Kelley, Alameda. Kelsey, Santa Clara. Kenneally, San Francisco. Lundquist, San Francisco. McKeen, Alameda. ‘. Miller, San Francisco. Pierce, Yolo. Rickard, San Francisco. . Eugene Sullivan, San Francisco. WRICHT, Alameda. Hints are thrown out that Aguinaldo would be willing to settle on a cash basis, but he would have to give sufficient ‘bonds to insure that he would remain settled. - He has an undue facility for' getting himséii displayed on. the bargain counter. Some fresh correspondent criticizes General Miller for not baving landed at Iloilo sooner; when the. fact is- that he kanded as quickly a3 his orders would per- niit. here is never anything lost through' being 1317, A-San Rafacl ‘capitalist has - been: -fined ~ $10: for. cruelty to: an animal. - The court erred on the side of rercy to the capital At this figure he can afiefd to be cruel right alon R ‘San- Francisco’s lateést tragedy of murder and sui- cide is chiefly to be deplored because several-6f the gang ‘were permitted: by a mysterious providence to surv l\'c.} . —_— To be énr'c,:chnner_\"s contest cost -the taxpayers. a prefty sum. ~ Yet:let.us take comfort, for the result of it was that Dennery did not get the seat. : Tl;e’:‘z’dministmtion tells the Filipinos of a.scheme | serve the purposes of its creation is common knowl- | which have wrought intolerable injury to depositors | and stockholders. Perhaps the most serious evil that | The Call amendments to the present law that demand 1 all the banks in the State is impracticable, and that { frittered away. | ministering the law in San Francisco? Even. when the | | siich. publi BANK COMMISSION REFORMS. HE Bagk Comimission of this State was estab- T ished by law in 1878. - The general scheme of the act was the selection of three persons by the Governor; each of whom was to be free from con- nection, as officer or employe, with the banking busi- ness. and whose compensation and expenses, he_id within fixed limits, were to be paid by the banks in return for annual licenses by a pro rata assessmert on deposi Semi-annual reports were to be made to the Commissioners, who in their turn were to submit an- nual reports to the Governor, and each of wh?m was invested ‘with the right of visitation and examination. 1e subsidiary powers: supposed to insure the iree evercise of this principal authority were conferred upon the Comimissioners, who, in the event _?E vio- Jation of law by corporations or persons, if - pre- fiminary cautions proved unavailing, could invoke the aid of the Attorney General and of the courts to sus- pend and close any banking business thus illegally and unsafely conducted. Under the original act the Bank Comm organized and its operations continued for nine years, | when certain amendments were adopted by the | Legislature, supposed to embody the results of prac- tical experience, and the essential points of * which were to broaden the class of incorporated banks‘ within the control of the statute, so - as to avoid technical evasions of its terms, and to supply a cum- bersome method of liquidation under. the supervision of the commission. - In 1893 other amendments . were made, embracing more detailed ‘requirements and | increased comiplications, and raising the salary of | cach Commissioner from $3000 to.$3600 per annum. | There have been honest men and some who were competent on this commission, but its failure to sub- ion was edge, and notably in those cases of dishonest man- | agement and diversian of banking capital and funds the commission was impotent to arrest was the inter- mixture of commercial banking, which includes lcans upon personal credits, with the ordinary func- | tions of savings banks. The accumulation of the net profits of industry into these institutions and the earning of moderate interest by safe investments, when adequately restricted and protected, is one of the most beneficial iniventions of modern times. Pro- moting thrift and economy in the individual, it also benefits the public at large by supplying capital for legitimate enterprise. But the grafting upon the ab- | solute security of loans upon ‘real property or un- questionable collaterals of the special features of | commercial banks, and as in this State in instances discarding ~even their conservatism, has; given recklessness and fraud a free scope that has | brought - thousands of citizens to poverty and dis- tress. The history of the Capital Savings Bark, the | People’s Home Savings Bank and the Fresno. Loan | and Savings Bank, now emphasized by the failure of | the -Union Savings Bank of San Jose, are sad illus- | trations of the suffering and the loss produced by this unnatural combination. Mr. Evan J. Coleman, president of the first Bank. | Commission, whose conipetency and whose integ- rity have never been questioned, has suggested in | many | prompt consideration by the Legislature. He pro- poses that the number of Commissioners be increased | to. five, without which “the proper examination = of | the salary of cach be reduced to the original sum of | $3000 per annum. The increased expense will be almost covered by the reduction of unnecessary out- | lays, such as the printing of enormous reports, that | are simply unintelligible, because mainly composed of | bewildering labyrinths of figures. Instead of col- | lecting the cost of the commission on deposits alone, he suggests that it be levied pro rata upon the entire ; resources of the banks. Eight cents or thereabouts on the thousand dollars would cover the amount necessary, and the difference in yearly expense would ‘ be only $4200. The absurd provision of the existing | law that no gentleman having business of his- own | should be appointed a Commissioner, which invites | the selection - of mere politicians ~or business | failures, is eliminated in the new amendments. | But the most important changes have ‘ yet to be noted. The first sure sign of embarrassment in ‘a| bank is the transfer of its securities, usually concealed | ntil it is too late to. ~save depositors and stock- holders. The public will agree with Mr. Coleman that all assignments of mortgages or deeds of trust | by savings banks should be recorded and certified | copies furnished the Bank Commission, and that their validity should depend upon compliance. with' these conditions. © A still greater safeguard would be the requirement of notice to the Commissioners from all banks of transfers or hypothecations.of securities ‘held | by them. This would include collaterals the record- ing of which is not authorized by law and would impart no notice. Such information supplied to the Bank Commission would insure the stoppage of in- solvent or unsafe institutions before their assets are 1t is also indispensable that the prac- tice of lending money on overdrafts and on personal notes, indulged in by some of the savings banks, be permanently stopped. These amendments should be substantially adopted by the Legislature ‘during the.present session, for | within the ensuing two years.they would prevent a repetition of the disastrous record of the Union Savings Bank of San Jose. - At the next session the entiré scheme of the Bank Commiission should beé re- cast. - Tt should be completely withdrawn from the influence of party. Able and experienced men, versed in the banking business, but from the time .of their appointment free from all interest in existing. banks, should be kept in office and not subjected to political raids or to the vicissitudes of gubernatorial patronage. | Instead of being a’ quasi-independent -adjunct; the | commission -should: be so reorganized as to. become an-integral part.of the State government. ~ Within these outlines a legislative measure is practicable that would supply- all the deficiencies ~of 'the 'present system. 2 A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO REFORM HE platform put forward by the Merchants’ 'TAssociation the: other day may safely be sup- ported by all good cifizens. Some of its features; | especially thosé-intenided for.the entertainment. of the ‘Legislature, ought to receive the attention ~of the press, if for no-other purpose than to educate the law- makers up-to a realization of their duty to the people. | - But liow are main sewers, salt-water- pumping sta- tions for- fire protection and - sewer - flushing, new school buildings, hospigils,. police stations and boule- vards'to be attained under the present systerii of ad- ‘new: charter .goes into -effect, . if a spirit is not in- jected into-the Board of Public Works different from: that ‘which n_vow'»_govfefr'\s the Street: Committee and Street. ‘Department; it- will be useless ‘to undertake . public improvements. - . - o Ul What San Francisco must -have before. the reforms for. “beneficent assimilation.” The- lion might ‘have- made similar remarks to the lamb. : i, |realized. is'a man at the héa_d: f the government who ‘suggested ‘by the Merchants’ .Association. can | be | and dishwashers should be competent. | men who follow those occupations. | such organizations should be-encouraged. will disregard politics in conducting public business. Just so long as pothouse politicians continue to man- age departments which require the services of ex- perts, just so long will we have slipshod work and faulty construction. At the present time Kearny street, which a few years ago was. paved with bitumen from Market to California, is slowly going to the dogs. In’ places the bitumen has been worn through to'the bed of cancrete, but no one has yet suggested that the holes be filled up and the rocky bed beneath saved fram destruction. “On Bush street, between Kearny and Stockton, where the late “ghost” railroad tracks were taken up, there is a gaping space which is rapidly converting the street into hog wallow. These are not isolated cases of municipal neglect. We could within an hour gather the names of a- hundred other streets in_\vhich the same character of workmanship is con- spicuous. It is idle to talk about parks, boulevards, public buildings, sewers and other improvements so long as this kind of management prevails. The suggestions of the Merchants’ Association are excellent, but they can never be safely adopted until they have been sup- plemented by a plan which will eliminate office- seeking, politicai chicanery and bossism from public improvements. . What the association should do is to find a patriotic, intelligent man, possessed of suffi- cient courage to dispense with politics in carrying on municipal -business, and place him at the head of af- fairs. ‘But if such a man were found and so placed would our people keep him at the head of -affairs? THE QUESTION OF PATERNALISM, O who supports the bill creating a State board of horseshoer examiners with an argument which possesses some force, should not misunder- JR esteemed correspondent, ‘“Horseshoer,” | stand our position with respect to that legislation. We do not object to according to the mechanics who follow the occupation of shoeing horses any protec- tion which may be necessary to elevate the standard of their trade or keep out of it disqualified ar in- competent operators. Our point was that there is no stronger reason for invoking the sovereign power of the State in behalf of that occupation than in be- FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1899. half of the occupations of building houses, carrying | | hods, setting type, writing shorthand, or, in fact, any other trade known to our domestic economy. Doubtless it is important that horseshoers should be competent. So it is important that cooks, waiters, But no sane person would propose bills requiring the Governor to appoint boards to examine and issue licenses to It is, indeed, | better for the people that all professions should. be left to work out their own destinies, since interference with them tends to convert them into close corpora- tions and restrict and stifle their development. We are opposed to all paternal legislation on this ground. We stand solidly for the utmost freedom of speech | and occupation, believing that it is only by allowing nien to do ds they please within the law that the best civilization will eventually triumph. There is no objection to horseshoers combining for the improyement of their craft.. On the contrary, Unionism is defensible principle . when . administered = by rational men for the good of themselves and the pub-~ lic. Strikes usually prove failures because they are precipitated either to accomplish unreasonable ends cr to turn aside the overpowering stream of progress. But no sensible person can deny that the: bane of labor is an oversupply of men, and any rule of action which will regulate this supply, elevate the standard of work, -dignify the occupation and maintain “the scale of wages, is of benefit to a community. The foundations of a state are said to repose upon the muscle of its working classes, and those founda- tions must be more stable when the men who labor are comfortable, happy, capable and prosperous. But while all this is admitted, it is not conceded that laws should be passed to interfere with freedom of contract or to restrict or stifle the development of any trade or occupation. The horseshoers may or- ganize and -adopt rules for the regulation of their business with perfect freedom. The Master Horse- shoers’ National Protective Association should be encouraged, and it has our good wishes and support. But it does not need and should not have a State Commission appointéd by the. Governor, with a salaried clerk, janitor, messenger and stenographer attached to its organization. We now have boards of horticulture, viticulture, silk culture, labor statis- tics and public works, besides railroad commissions, bank commissions, medical .commissions, dental commissions and -other similar devices for- expend- ing the people’s money, which are quite sufficient to show that the policy of regulating private affairs by law is all wrong. _Inst:ad of more boards being cre- ated, some of ‘those already in existence should be abolished. A Pacific Coast and International Exposition, to be held in San Francisco in 1901, is not within the “national policy” or the “internal policy” of the Examiner. This “blunderer and -egotist” is equally opposed to military or civil enterprise that fails to recognize its impudent and silly pretensions. Among other things, it has recently interviewed fifteen la- borers, of whom it says eleven were *‘flatly against the proposed fair.” To vary the monotony. we sug- gest that it interview fifteen hundred laborers and publish their opinions on the expansion project in the Philippines. It would be interésting to learn how many of them would favor the competition of the Filipinos with American workmen. Perhaps there has been'in local journalism a more silly’ attempt than that of the Examiner to -create a sensation out of nothing, but if so the record has been lost. . A-woman. at a restaurant drank more than was good for her, fell down and cracked her pate. Upon this.circumstance the egotist and blunderer has built a weird tale of a shooting which never occurred, and which nobody thought had ‘ever occurred. We. re- gret to have to state the belief that the Examiner is lying with more than its usual stupidity. 5 il ol J Nansen does not pose as a joker, but when he says Andree would not have taken the course ascribed by news acounts he gets near the borderland of josh. A man in.a balloon takes such a cotirse as the. wind permits, ‘and the wind, we have on: excellent author- ity, bloweth where it listeth. e b The $30,000 bribe money. capttired in the Montana Senatorial contest is likely to be sent to the volun- teers of that State'in Manila. This disposition of it would be satisfactory to all ‘concerned. - The boys over there really earn more than Government rations and pay. * There are prospects that a new. hospital will not be provided for the indigent of this city and- county. It may be argued that the present one is good enough to-die in, and tends to reconcile the patient to the ex- perience. 7 - M SrRe Congress has done no more graceful ‘act this ses- sior. than ‘to ‘thank Helen Gould for her generous interest in the welfare of American soldiers | In" good condition KYTKN HOLDS THE MURDOCK NOTE A FORGER' Opinion of the Well- Known Expert. CORROBORATED BY TURNER LEES WITH THE DEFENSE IN THE PENDING SUIT. Letter Is Also Held Which Bears Out Assertions That L. S. Meggin- son Was the Prime Mover to Collect $500,000. The deposition of J. F..Turner, in ‘which he charges one L. 8. Megginson with hav- ing ‘forged the big. note now amounting to $600,000 against the estate of the late millionaire and rancher, William Mur- dock, was signed yesterday and IS ow a part of- the suit in which the genuine- ness. of ‘the note is to be determined. Turner’s . deposition, telling how the big forgery, or alleged forgery, was executed, has been published: In addition to this invaluable evidence placed in the posses- slon of the defense in the action by Tur- ner, there are other points held by Chief Lees, which, together with the opinion of Expert Theodore Kytka, who is conjident that the instrument is a forgery, will doubtless prevent the collection of the note, which stands without a precedent, if it is a forgery, as alleged, for amount and clever execution. The only troubie with the note is that it is too cleverly exe- cuted. It bears too much resemblance to the handwriting of Mary Helen Murdock, from which the body of the note, it IS contended, was copfed, and the signature has been declared by Kytka, as alleged by Turner. to have been traced in part and copied in part by a clever hand. Chief Lees has long been in possession of many of the facts testified to by Tur- ner. When the existence of the famous note first became known Lees was taken into the casc by Attorney Lusk of Chico, who is aerociated with E. 8. Pillsburv 0 rosecute the interests of the dead mil- fonaire’s. estate against the nolders of the instrument. Lees immediately de- tailed Byram and Esola to interview 'Tur- ner, who gave the officers a portion of the facts and placed in their possessicn a let- ter written by Megginson substantiating Turner’s allegations. This letter, it is held by counsel for the estate, will prove Megginson’s complicity in the wlleged for- gery and will win them their case. The letter reas e D, Cal., Sept. 2, 1802 “Friend Turner: ‘After thinking matters over 1 have comie to the conciusion that we must look out fcr the note and the collcetion of the same, and 1 do not wish to be placed in a position that would leaa to perjury in'any way. Now one thing. When “my brother_comes back, why not let him aSsign to Mrs. Murdock and count on all the past as borrowed money. rald ba fter a while we will the same and put it in good shapa. Rebinson's attention to this. I am scop ing at 96 Washington, Sacramento fouse. “Will come over to-morrow eve, Call at your office. S, s e L. 3. MEGGINSON.” s statee y Turner, Megginson, { - dér to make it appear that he had pald @ consideration of $%0,000 to Mary Helen Murdock for. the note, had sent to his brother; Willlam Megginson, who resides in Ohio, and procured several thousand dollars which he paid Mary Helen Mur- dock, taking her receipt therefor. Mary Helen: would then return the money, L. 8, Megginson would return it to 'his brother and when the time for aqother Bayment came. the money would again e shipped to this city and another pay- ment. made. In this way it was made to appear that a consideration was being Fmd for the note, but finally Megginson ost hreart and determined that this course would necessitate his committin, i Jury. . Hence he wrote the letter t?) S;» ner explaining his fears, and this letter, it is contended. will result in his down- | fall. It is. being closely gua will b -until the end of th el ac is _a declaration from the pen of Meg- ginson confessing criminal connection in the case, and with it the attorneys for :’r‘m hdeclfcnsfet;:re‘ con&dcnt of saving for e heirs of the late Wil Tound. sum of samoi0n. - Murdock the Turner, as stated, did not facts in the e ossession of Chief Lees af that time. Megginson had locked :xl‘m; with P. Frenna, the Italian barber, and they were scheming as to how Tur- ner could be jailed for good. Turner re- fused to tell the entire story at the time, nor would be agree to give any further information until they promised him that he would not be called upon to give his deposition in the matter, until he had fought the charges they had made against him to the end. ~Turner said he would never make any statement to any Oile Or any newspaper until he had beaten every charge they had made or could make- against him. At the time Turner would have had Megginson and Frenna arrested for perjury, but he knew that i ‘weuld be of no-use for him to have them arrested at that time, as 1n his opinion the District Attorney’s office would dis- miss any. charges against them on the geound that Turner was try:ag to destroy and break down the people’s witnesses, ‘Turner now says his time has come, though it has “taken him_almost five years to beat his enemies. He has ilved up_to his former resolutions, and as the end has now come for which he has so ler.ig waited he will bring his persecutors before the people and give them the hard- est fight they ever had to save them- selves from a life {n prison. Knights of Honor. Supreme Dictator Goheen has issued a circular under date of January 2 from which it appears that during the year 1898 8000 new members were admitted into the order; that the death rate decreased one per thousand, and that the death claims were 160 less than the previous year. He concludes by announcing that the order was on that date in better con- dition than It has been for years, and that the prospects for the future are ex- tremely favorable: Yerba: Buena Lodge will have an in- crease meeting and smoker on next Mon- day night, and an excellent has charge of the matter. A. M. McPher- son_has been elected representative and Arthur Logan alternate to the Grand Lodge. This lodge has initiated sixty members during the past twelve months. and will endeavor to get a greater num- ber this_year. The fifth reunion of lodges, when Eu- reka was visited by Ivy and Tancred last Wednesday, was well attended and a good grogmnme was given. There were songs y ‘R. E. Franklin of Eureka and M. L. Crowe of Yerba Buena Lodge, and talks by. L.. W. ‘Seely, dictator of Tancred, and George €. Berg, flnancial reporter of Ivy. The sixth: reunion will be on Friday next, when Polar Star Lod{% will be visited by Occidental and Far est lodges. Pro- fessor -Phillip Prior will give a reading. Grand Dictator Archibald has returned from visits to Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Healdsburg, and regorts the lodges there W) increase. In consequence of the nearness of the session of the Grand Lodge, the Past Dic- tators’ Association will meet on ‘the 18th inst. On the 6th of March it will visit Liberty Lodge. The Junior Order. Abraham Linceln Council has.appointed .a committee to confer with like commit- tees from other councils to arrange for the holding of an entertainment in each -local council once a month with a view to bringing the membership in closer touch and to better acquaint the several | councils with the needs of the order and the members. i After the last held meeting of Abraham Lincoln Council the recently appointed good of the order committee held a meet. ing and discussed a number of propesed changes to the by-laws, It has been de- ‘ycided that in order to save time in council I committee | th prospects ‘of largei I meetings matters requiring long dis- cussion be referred to this commiitee, { which shall present a report for the coun. efl to act upon. It is thonght that by this course the meetings will be made more interesting and that the membership will be able to return home earlier. — ——— AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. R. R. More of Los Angeles [s at the Russ. A. H. Crook, a merchant of Irma, is at the Russ. ; A. R. Townsend of Chicago is located at the Palace. N. Bullock, a Eureka banker, is regis- | tered at the Lick. . R. C. Burtis and wife of Michigan are guests at the Russ. C. E. Church and wife of Grass Valley | are at the Occidental. { ‘W. E. Btevens, a hotel proprietor of Se- attle, is a guest at the California. Mrs. J. P. Sargent of Monterey. has taken apartments at the Oceidental. | James F. Peck, a Merced attorney, registered at the Lick with his wife. James J. Farraher, a prominent Yreka | atterney, is one of the arrivals at the | Grand. F. C. Field and wife of Seattlé and Leon A. Riester of Buffalo, N. Y., are at.the California. H. M. LaRue, former Railway Commis- sioner, is registered at the Occidental from Sacramento. Joseph Scott and F. C. Robertson, who have large cattle interests in Montana, are at the California. J. J. Hebron, a cattle raiser of Salinas, | and H. E. Adams of the Stockton Gas | Company are ‘at the Grand. William G. Uridge and wife of Fresno and George Gillespie and wife of Vietoria are some’ of the guests at the Occldental. Max Gundlach of Bakersfield, who came here to attend the obsequies of his de- ceased wife, is at the Lick with his son. | Albert Bordeaux of Parls and E. M Dyce of London, who are on a pleasure trip to this continent, are guests at the Palace. Sheriff R. J. Langford and wife of San Jose, I. C. Carrle, a Placerville mining man, and H. F. Geer, a Turlock rancher, | are registered at the Lick. A. C. White, a Stockton attorney; D. K. Minor, ‘an Arcata merchant, and J. H. Dockweiler, the Los Angeles politician, are among the arrivals at the Grand. J. Eppinger, with his wife and son, Maurice Eppinger, and Mr. and Mrs. T. Ferguson have engaged apartments at the Palace for the remainder of the win- ter. Leonard I. Carleton and wife, who were married last week in Rockford, Ill., have come to this coast on their honeymoon and have engaged apartments at the Russ. Chief Clerk Frank Cummings of the Palace is confined to his home by illness. ‘While not serious, his condition will keep him indoors and it will be a few days before he Is seen at his post again. N. P. Wallace of Detroit is a guest at the California. He is here to visit L. A. Manzer of San Jose, who came up to meet him and is staying at the same ho- tel. They will leave for Mr. Manzer's home in a few days. | A large contingent of Los Angeles resi- dents are registered at the Palace. Among , them are J. 8. Chapman, Ben Goodrich and T. S. Fuller, with their wives; Mrs. | William M. Friesner and her son, Miss | Helen Reilly, 8. G. Marshutz and A. L Maginnls. C. C. Hughes, a capitalist of Omaha, ar- rived yesterday in a private car and is | now at the Grand. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter. 'With them are C. H. King and wife of Wyoming. The party is visiting the principal cities throughout the United States. —_— e | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. JOHN L. SULLIVAN—B. P., Los An geles, Cal. John L. Sullivan was at one time champion of the world. McKINLEY—C. C. C., City. There is no | | foundation for the statement that ‘“Pres- | ident McKinley ever killed a person.” THE ITALIAN CAVALRY—C. R., City. The pay of lieutenants of cavalry in the Ttalian army is 2200 lires ($440) per year, with an allowance of half that sum for maintenance of horse. PEOPLE’'S SAVINGS BANK—E. 8. M., City. It is impossible to state what may vet be realized out of the People's Sav- ings Bank, as the affairs of the bank are | still in liquidation. This department can- not advertise the names of those who gurchase bank books. There are a num- er of brokers who are engaged in that business, ANTIMONY—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. The extraction of antimony is attended with some difficulties owing to the vola- tility and affinity for oxygen. The pro- cess consists in heating the crude ore covered with charcoal on the bed of a furnace, when the sulphide of antimony fuses, leaving unmelted the earthy im- purities; thereafter the liquid is drawn off into iron molds, where it solidifies into cakes or loaves. The latter are reduced to coarse powder, placed on the bed of a reverberatory furnace and heated with access of air, for the oxygen contained therein, when the sulphur passes away gaseous sulphurous acid, leaving behind the antimony as the teroxide. The roasted mass is then mixed with one-sixth of its weight of powdered charcoal, the whole mois- tened with a solution of carbonate of soda and raised to bright redness in cru- cibles, when the metal antimony trickles to the bottom and the impurities are left above in the spent flux or scoria, which is known in the arts as crocus of anti- mony. GUESTS AT A DINNER TABLE-J. D. P. T., City. The rule of etiquette pre- scribes that, arrived in the dining-room, the host places the lady whom he has taken at his right hand and the gentle- man of the highest rank sits at the right hand of the hostess. All the other ladies | seat themselves at the right hand of the gentlemen who have escorted them. All these things are like the rulés of the | Medes and Persians, and never alter, so | there is no occasion for a lady, however unused to company, to feel doubtful as to what she should do. At all well reg- . ulated dinner parties the guest card Is placed on the table of the gentleman, who | seats the lady to his right. In case there !is mo host, but a hostess, that lady marches to the head of the table and al- | lows the gentleman who accompanies her | | to take the place that would be occupied | | by the host, and she assumes her seat at his right, so that there may be a gen- tleman to her right and a lady to his left and not break up the pairing which piaces a gentleman between two ladies. If the hostess has a sister, her place is at the foot of the table, vis-a-vis with the host- ess and her escort. THE POUND LIMITS—A. O. S, City. | The pound limits of San Francisco com- mence at & point on the northeast cor- Iner of Nebraska and Channel streets, ! running thence in a northwesterly direc- is | | | | as | easterly corner of Ninth and Channel | streets, thence along the easterly line of | Ninth street in a northwesterly diréction to the mortheasterly corner of Ninth and Bryant streets; thence at right angles in a southwesterly direction to the corner of Bryant and Channel streets; thence i a westerly direction to & point on the west side of ling Street; thence in a soath- erly directlon to a point south of Nine- téenth street, on a line parallel with the south line of Butte street; thence at right angles in an easterly direction to_and across Harrison street and along. Butte street to the southeast corner of Butte and Florida streets; thence in a norther- :x direction along the east side of Flor- a street to the southeast coruér of El Dorado and Florida streets; theace In an easterly direction along the south side of El Dorado street to the southeast cor- ner of Nebraska and El Dorado streets; thence northerly along the east side of Nebraska street to Channel street and point of he‘flnnlnx. Streets pamed in the ordinance defining the limits have since been cha from Neébraska to San Bruno road, Channel to Division, Butte to Nineteenth, El Dorado 0 Fifteen a2 | urge the committee to | tion across Channel street to the north. Were indeed wretchedly poor. TRANSFER FUNDS 10 THE STREET DEPARTMENT Aid Given Superin- tendent Fragley. WILL KEEP HIS LABORERS MODERN ROAD FOR THE NORTH END OF THE CITY. Supervisors Grant the Market Street Railway Permission to Operate Lines by Electricity Under Present Franchises. Superintendent of Streets Fragley ap~ Deared before the Street Committee of the Supervisors yesterday and placed before its members the condition of his depart- ment, showing where the street funds had been exhausted by his predecessor, thus leaving a deficit. He sald that under the ‘conditions that now exist he will have to discharge his laborers. on Saturday night. Upon the showing made by Mr. Frag- ley, the committee was unanimous in its decision to transfer money now in the street light. fund to the street fund proper. . There is $40,000 in the former fund and of this it was decided to ap- portion $35,000 to the fund for the repair of the streets. The matter will be pre- sented to the board at its meeting on Monday. It is expected that the Finance Committee will raise no obpection in the premises. The resolution transferring the money as drawn by Clerk Russell of the board reads: Whereas, It is important that many im- provements should be made on our streets to_facilitate traffic; and Whereas, The condition of the money available in the Street Department, over- drawn by our -predecessors, precludes and prevents urgent repairs as contemplated being made to our public streets; and Whereas, The condition of the ‘street light fund indicates from the expenditures here- tofore made and the limit of the amounts to be paid monthly for such service that there wil be a surplus of at least $40,000 unexpended in said fund at the close of the fiscal year; therefore Resolved, That the board pledges it pur- pose in the month of Jume aiter all de- mands on the street light fund have been met and provided for, to transfer from the Street light fund to the Street Department fund the sum of $35,000 to enable said de- partment to proceed with and presecute the performance of necessary repairs to the public_streets. Resblved, That the Auditor is hereby em- powered and required to credit the proposed transfer as an addition, as it will be, 1o the Street Department fund end on audit- ing demands on the Street Department fund to give the credit of said amount to the Street Department fund, so that the money which wiil be to the credit of and transfer from the street light fund may be utilized in’ making much needed improvements on our public streets. Resolved, That the Treasurer's attention 18 hereby called to the. provision: of. this res- olution and he is further authorized and empowered to pay a)l demands on the Street Department fund allowed by this board and audited on the additional amount procured for the Street Department. fund. Superintendent Lynch of the Market- street Railway Company was present to grant. permission for the use of electricity on:the proposed road across the city, It is to run on the following streets: Sixth street, from Brannan to Market; to- Taylor, to Geary, Geary street, from Taylor to Kearny; Montgomery street, from Market to Jackson; Sansome street, from Jackson to Market; Jackson street, from Momgomery to Sansome; Washing- ton street, from Montfi)mery to Sansome. Delegates from the Merchants' Associa- tion and North Central Improvement Club urged that the request be granted, as it would not only afford easy transporta- tion facilities between the northern and southern districts, but would also . tend to enhancefroperty values. The request was granted with the proviso that work be commenced at once -and compléted V] a year. Overhead wires strung on ornamental poles will be used, the un derground system of wiring being pro- nounced impracticable. C. S. Tilton, City Engineer, surprised the members by informing them that the curbs on the north side of Market. street, from Polk west, are from six inches to two feet above the official grade. - This discrepancy developed when the street was being surveved for = the bitumen pavement now being laid. The Engineer said the time would never come when the curbs will bé relaid to official grade. Be- fore action is taken by the board ths property-owners interested will be noti- fled. Royal Arcanum. Golden West Council of the Royal Ar- canum had a red letter night last Monday in Mission Masonic Temple. It had a pub- lic installation of its officers in celebra- tion of moving from down town to the Mission District, and that was followed by an entertainment, a dance and a colla- tion. There were present a large number of ladies and gentlemen as well as a good representation from Argonaut Council. The new officers who were installed by J. B. Whitney, D. D. 8. R., are: H. D. Hutt, R.; W. M. Young, V. B: G. E. Carlson, S. P. R.; T. A. Kirkpatrick, C.; R. Stone, collector; T. E. Hodgkius, G.: John Sachs W., and W. E. Cole, 3. The orator ane treasurer were not present for ‘installa- tion. An address on the growth and pros- erity of the order was dellvered by Dr. "~ D. Kergan. Past Regent Thomas Banks called attention to the fact that the su- reme trustees had recently invested $100,- EOO in what he deciared are first-class se- urities, which .have been deposited with the State Treasurer of Massacuhsetts to meet obligations of the order. The in- come from this favestment, he said, would be used to pay assessments, and_in that wiy prevent as increase above the pres- ent scale. e TLadies of the Maccabees. The meeting of San Francisco Hive on the evening Of the 3d inst... under the new officers, proved to be a most. enjoyable one. Theré were present a large number embers of the hive, and visttors o he N hives in the city. A committes has been appointed to arrange for a So- cial to re given at an early day. The oficers of Phebe Hearst Hive were that tie of Thursday night. It is_expected be installed next Wednesday night. flicers of California Hive will — Cal. glace fruit 60c per Ib at Townsends.* P —— gpecial information supplied: daily to pusiness houses and public men b; the press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 m’:t— gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. —_— e “Can we afford,” he faltered sadly, “to ndave a skeleton in our closet?” As for the woman, she weg‘fit‘gl:e "‘:‘;{ not, therefore, altogether unresourceful. “{ve might keep it in the hail and use it- for a hatrack,” exclaimed the bride; for her mind was giving way under the constant offort to practice economy,—De- troit Journal. —————————— «“Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. 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