The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2 1899, APRIL 22, 1809 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts, S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS 21T to 921 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. DELIVERE! Coples, B cents. Mall, Including Postage: DAILY ing Sunday Call), one year. _§6.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 8 months. . 3.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), 8 months. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Sb G5e SUNDAY CALL One Year . 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year.. 1.00 All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. ple coples will be forwarded when requested. AMUSEMENTS. tobin Hood.” Hot Old Time.” Opera House—"'Ermini im—Vaudeville. Bad Lot.” “The Little Trooper.” es Zoo and Free Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon nE. a—Corner Mason and Ellls streets, Specialties. erstate Panorama Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat- tie of Manila Bay. Recreation Park—Baseball )n Coursing Park—Coursing to-day. olitan Temple—Moving Pictures. El Campo—The popular bay resort. Amusements every on Park—Misslon Zoo, Sunday. ——————— e T AUCTION SALES. at 2 and § p. m., at 3 s 12 1ge April 35, &t at 635 Marke '}HE MORALS OF THE CITY. as reason to feel no little gratifica- Its of the efforts it has re- y the city of some of its Pool- corruptir elements. ck has been suppressed, and the rious trade That 1 yester- blers have been forced to ply a ne king about the streets and sa oons. reover, was exposed in The C re can be little doubt the exposure will ession. stable has been the victory gained by vicious “phonograph g up the ype parlors” which have so long been an ot only to depraved men but even to As was pointed out by The Call at hildren new law or or- The have furthermore, if they are y will on the ¢ penalty of e was made, no such offenders. i the so-called “‘parlors” nd fined, the courts t he offense tt pool-selling cent pictures in places acces- were much more pernicious able amount of gam- None was y conce noking in Chinatown. im of the Chinese depravities the downward path nd the vile pictures, | almost vict y far gone etrack a tations which reached a home was safe from their in been d suicides the racet evil its, defalcations d, while that of the ret to be traced, it is been too s been widel corrupting. en checked at least Of course as soon as the police cease be revived in one form or of the gamblers in arranging shows how craity and Eternal clearly the price of morality, as well as ) s been eved, however, is t morality can be upheld and law enforced isco whenever the police are active and the performance of their duty, and ncouraging to all good citizens. ibooks" are the violators of the law. a proof in San F SALINAS AND THE NATIVES. I once said of Jay Gould, it “is little but large.” large enterprise of Salinas, however, is not to be the making of a corner to cinch lambs, but that of throw- ing wide all the doors of her hospitable homes and giving welcome to Native Sons. One of the happiest customs adopted by the Na- tive Sons and Native Daughters is that of holding their annual gatherings at the different cities of the State by turns, showing no partiality for the large cities over the smaller towns OR the time being Salinas is the capital city of the State, the metropolis of its hospitable ac- tivities and the Mecca of its natives. The By reason of that cus- tom the young men and young women of California are brought into contact with the people of every section, and their local prepossessions are subordi- nated to genuine State patriotism. The benefits derived by the members of the two associations from the custom are not greater, how- ever, t y confer on many of the commu- nities at which they assemble. Towns which are not notable as commercial centers nor as tourist resorts are by these meetings given a temporary prominence which awakens public interest in their attractions, their industries and the value of the resources around them. In that way the advantages they offer home-seekers or for investors of capital receive an those th for a liberal advertising and the progress of the community is thus materially promoted. Salinas will be able to show to her visitors much that will surprise many of them. It is the center of a rich industrial section, and the beet sugar industry has there reached proportions th: justify a feeling ornian. The Na- tive Sons will see in what has been accomplished abundant promise of the coming of a time when California, if the enterprise of her people be not crushed by the competition of the cheap labor of the tropics, will be able to supply sugar enough to meet the whole demand of the United States. The industrial features of the city and its surround- ing country, we may be sure, will not be overlooked by the Native Sons, notwithstanding the strong at- traction of the various entertainments which the hos- of pride on the part of every pitality of Salinas has arranged for their pleasure, It | is safe to say the meeting of the Grand Parlor will be an instructive as well as a pleasant one, and bothi Salinas and her guests may be congratulated on the o« casion. — A headline in the morning papers is to the effect that Miss Jane Hodge of Oakland has sued John Nicholl for fifty thousand dollars for “burning kisses.” The mystery still remains how did John manage to get combustion on such an ephemeral thing as a kiss. o As was | ANOTHER REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH. HERE have been five Senatorial deadlocks in T:hc United States this year, two of them in Cali- fornia and Pennsylvania, in each of which the deliberate attempt was made and inexorably pressed to substitute the will of corporations for the will of the people, but in each of which, also in the face of such concentrated influence as has never been pre- viously equaled, the integrity of the Republican party has been vindicated. The analogy between the protracted contests Pennsylvania and in this State is incomplete in two particulars, one of them discreditable to each com- monwealth. In personal qualifications for the Fed- eral Senate, omitting the moral element, Matthew Stanley Quay is immeasurably superior to Daniel M. Burns. Mr. Quay has served in the Senate of the United States and he is a man of strong intellect, of fair education and of diversified experience in heavy business, which brought him into contact with able and strong men. In all other respects than integrity, though far from great, he is qualified to hold his | own in the discussion and solution of national ques- tions. On the other hand, Dan Burns possesses very | moderate intelligence, and during his whole life, so far as known to the public, has manifested no ca* pacity that would raise him above the level of an or- dinary Supervisor. His range, even in boss training, | has been narrow and mainly .confined to municipal | politics, and in other respects he has been identified | not with large rings or heavy operations but with the | demoralized racetrack and with other kindred degra- | dations. | As between these two favorites of monopoly and | corruption, therefore, Pennsylvania had the advantage | of California. In one other particular they were sub- stantially altke. Dan Burns had been tried for mal- }\ersaxiou in office and acquitted by throwing the _‘ blame on his deputy, who in his turn secured his own | freedom by making his principal responsible. Matt Quay was actually on trial for the fraudulent use ot State funds deposited in a bank while his partisans, the representatives of every element that insulted and derided the people, were steadily voting for him. His acquittal by a jury, though a technical exoneration, | will not remove the unfavorable impression from the | peaple. Throughout the entire struggle, however, the Re- publicans of this State stood higher than the Repub- licans of* Pennsylvania. Matt Quay started with 113 votes and ended with 03, either number constituting a majority of the representatives of the party in the joint convention. Here Dan Burns began and closed with a minority, and at no time had more than hali | enough votes to elect or more than or thereabouts of the Republican legislators. If there could be degrees, therefore, in party honor California holds the post of vantage, from which it is unlikely that she could be dislodged, even by an ion, if the fatuous subserviency to the rail- road of Governor Gage should lead him to that sui- cidal extremity or though he should imitate the mple of the Governor of Pennsylvania by assum- ing the right to appoint when the Legislature failed to elect. But the central and dominating fac in extra se: which deprives the Bryan Democracy of their chief | slogan, is that in both & other corrupt political manipulators were beaten by the voice of the people, expressed by incorruptible | Republicans. The result has proved that, though sometimes deceived, the Republican party as a body can be trusted, and that on all public matters it re- fuses to submit to corporate dictation. This outcome of the Senatorial deadlocks is recog- | nized not only in the United States but in Europe, where, for example, referring to those States, cluding California, which, through party honesty and firmness, have been temporarily deprived of half their | representation in the Federal Senate, so influential and well-informed a newspaper as the London Daily Chronicle say “They are probably better without Senators than with men of the class who try to bribe themselves into office.” This passage was written be- fore the legislative defeat or the gubernatorial success of Matt Quay, and the same paper, not anticipating the possibility of the combination in his favor being beaten, added: “In other States—notably in Penn- sylvania, still under the sway of Boss Quay—Sena- torial elections have of late been a disgrace.” The successful disregard of public opinion by Big | Boss Quay and by Little Boss Burns is over, and the | outlook for 1000 against the rag-tag and bobtail | Democracy, representing every un-American element | in the country and led by William J. Bryan, is pro- pitious for the Republican party. in- | FLAX GRAIN BAGS. | TN the rural notes published in this paper we re- l cently commented on the report of a Belgian ex- pert on the fine quality of flax fiber produced on | this coast. It was worked up in the great Belgian linen factories and was found to be the best quality, outranking any American fiber that had been tried. there is much land in California that can raise heavy crops of flax, it is of sufficient importance to be | thoroughly experimented with, even if its production | be only to add another to the many exported articles produced on our ranches. | Since t publication was made information is at | hand making flax of more immediate importance than | before. The State of Washington has a jute plant in | its penitentiary engaged in making grain bags, fol- | lowing the example of California in San Quentin. The jute for this purpose is imported from India. Some plans have been laid to domesticate jute cul- | ture in this country, but no progress has been made. | The growth of ramie for its fiber has also been made | the subject of experiment, but the cost of decortica- | tion by ordinary process is so great that the industry | has not been found suited to our wage scale and in- dustrial conditions. | While we have been looking to these exotic fiber plants it would seem that we have neglected to de- velop the possibilities of flax fiber, about the produc- tion of which there is no doubt, and which is easily processed by methods that are in line with our wage | scale and the American labor system. i In the Washington penitentiary experiments have ibcen made with flax tow, grown in Oregon and California, as material for grain bags. The Review i of Spokane says that the test proved an unqualified success, and that the jyte machinery, with some in- | expensive alterations, can be used on flax tow with profitable results. Bags made of flax in the test * stood 30 per cent more strain than the jute bags. Representative farmers have highly approved the | flax bags. The farmers of California make use of the prison I'jute bags, and, when the law is rightly administered, | they are saved much money in the sacking required to carry to market their crops of grain, potatoes, onions, carrots and beans. The State pays out much money every year for the Indian jute fiber used in this manufacture. If it be a fact that flax tow can be used instead of jute this money will be kept at home and the rural industries of California will get a double profit out of the business. for they can produce the one-third | has | ates the corporations and the | A raw material and have an additional ¢rop with which to further diversify farming. In another view of it very important results may follow the successful substitution of flax for jute in sacking. The Belgian experts found our flax equal to the celebrated Coutrai product, which is the finest flax fabric in the world. While tow goods may be made of flax in almost any locality, the finer qualities of linen require certain favorable conditions that do not exist everywhere. Ireland and Belgium are noted for their fine linens because of local conditions which were discovered empirically. But the ancient Egyptians made very fine linen, so fine that it was an article of luxury used in the vest- ments of the priests. The linen used as cerements for their dead is preserved on Egyptian mummies and is of excellent quality. Its modern imitation, called “mummy cloth,” is evidence of its high class. Now the climate of Egypt is not unlike that of California, and if the ancients could, without our modern machinery or knowledge of the chemistry of retting the fiber, produce linen of a quality that would find favor now, why may it not be done in California? It is remarked that manufactures take hold here slowly. One reason is that California is not a pro- ducer of iron ore, so that throughout the range of iron and steel manufacture the material has to be im- ported; the same is true of the hardwoods used in vehicle manufacture and cooperage. We are richer than any other part of the world in coniferous timber, but are deficient in hard timber. This handicaps the vast variety of metal and wood manufactures here and makes us in a measure dependent upon others, The most successful manufacturing is carried on either where the raw material is produced or where there are exceptional physical conditions favorable to its manufacture. Nearly all manufactures of the great staples which are the necessaries of life had a rude and crude form in the beginning, as the modern Sheffield cutlery began in the rude “whittle” ad- mired by the Saxons and Angles. It is quite possible that water may be found in California as suited to retting flax as that of the Lys in Belgium, and that beginning with the coarsest use of flax tow in making grain bags we may domesticate not only the crop of raw material but its use in the highest and finest DT The authorities should inaugurate experiments at the jute plant in San Quentin like those carried on at Walla Walla, in Washington, and, if equally success- ful, a sufficient breadth of flax should be planted here | to experiment on a large scale, to secure proof that will warrant the required amendments in the ju(e‘ machinery to adapt it to flax. We are not informed whether flax can be permitted | to ripen its seed and at the same time afford a fiber in | condition for use. If the two can go together the | crop capable of this double use wotild surely be safely | profitable. The farmers of the State should commu- | nicate with the prison officers, and the agricultural | department of the State University should collect and | distribute information on the subject. As far as the | matter has proceeded we have the conclusions of the Belgian linen manufacturers and the result of the prison experiment in Washington. can be reached with our flax fiber abroad we may surely hope to produce them at home. ‘he recent addition of the sugar beet to the list of profitable farm products is held to be of great signi- | ficance to the rural prosperity of the State. If it can | be promptly followed by the introduction of profit- able flax culture the addition of two new crops will greatly add to our rural wealth PRIMARY ELECTION REFORM. ENATOR STRATTON, author of the new S primary election law, writes to The Call to say | that according to his reading the ncwspapcrs' of the State do not seem to understand the fact that the statute would not be constitutional if it embodied the right of challenge for party affiliation or included a test as a qualification for voting. Mr. Stratton is | probably correct in this conclusion, for the comments which have followed the Stockton election indicate | that the people generally regard the omission of a test as a serious defect in the law. The Call, however, is not included among those who do not understand the difficulties with which Senator Stratton contended when he drew this atute. When the bill was brought before the Legis- lature we called attention to the decision of the Su- preme Court in the case of Spier . Baker and | mildly counseled an abandonment of any attempt to | ]cgislugc upon the subject. We did not then see how Senator Stratton would be able to frame a practical | primary law without including a test, which the Su- preme Court had decided to be in all its phases un- constitutional. But the Senator did the best he could and has produced a law which, if it is not the | success anticipated by its friends, will fail mainly be- cause the Supreme Court has placed in his way an insurmountable obstacle to a working statute. We think the machinery of the new primary law would work satisfactorily if a test were provided. As it is there is but one substitute to the qualification, and that will be an endeavor on the part of the peo- ple to keep track of the politics of those who vote at primary elections and, as far as posible, separate the Republicans from the Democrats. At Stockton the Democrats had no contest, and so they generally voted with the Republican factions, thus aiding the latter to elect a choice lot of machine delegates. However, the absence of a test need not much longer obstruct the work of the primary election re- formers. Senator Stratton succeeded in getting through the Legislature a constitutional amendment conferring the power necessary to prescribe a voting test at such elections. This amendment will be sub- mitted to the people next year, and if the new pri- mary statute is even a qualified success it will be easy enough to secure its ratification. Certainly the people will be in favor of the enactment of a strin- gent primary law when they find that Senator Strat- ton’s creation has embarrassed the political bosses. That the new law is going to embarrass these bosses is already quite apparent, for in various portions of the city preparations are being made for the election of independent delegates. [ — Governor Gage is justifying the prophecy of his friends that he might be expected always to do the unexpected. The Governor is becoming polite—that is, he says so. He refused politely last night to be interviewed. His Excellency may find it expedient before his term expires to ask politely to be inter- viewed. v .Thc officials of Nevada County, according to the dispatches, have three theories as to the whereabouts of Murderer Moore. The other is that he is still at large. The worst has come to the worst. Other people have been roasted, but it remained for President David Starr Jordan to be “Fryed.” By a woman at ‘that. Why don't the Berkeley boys be good to Stanford? Give 'em the ax. If such results | 9900000000000 WHY MAGUIRE WAS DEFEATED. Organizer Norton of the Democratic .Clubs Thinks It Was Because Those Bodies Were Ignored. Organizer M. G. Norton of the California Division of National Demo- cratic Clubs thinks he knows why his party was defeated last fall. He gives his reason for the overthrow in the following circular letter addressed to the clubs throughout the State: As your experience in politics of work which this office ganization, you will doubtless pardon my fore this. When it is considered that we 25,000 pieces of mail, and conducted a correspondence of hundreds of letters daily, you will hardly blame us will enable you to appreciate the vast has been compelled to handle during the work of or- April 19, 1899. amount neglect in addressing vou be- £5ut in the neighborhood of involving the preparation for devoting our energies seeming have sen to other localities than those in which we were represented. As one of the gentlemen representing the fact that you have demonstrated the ways, T think it but right that you shoul us on our committee, and by reason of sincerity of your co-operation in many d be fully informed of the status of our organization at this time and the principal obstacles which have presented them- selves. ‘We started upon our work on the first of January, n ing the destruction of the Maine and the war with Spain which ensued, which diverted public attention from all 1808, and notwithstand- both of other channels, we were much gratified with the letters of congratulation and the offers of co-operation which poured in upon us from every part of California. one hundred members, was fully decided upon, ceived similar Instructions to those sent you, with the request that the diately comply with the rules and reguia: Our State committee, consisting of and the gentlemen ‘appointed re- mme- tions governing our association, among which was the payment of an initiation fee of $10. About this time we were advised by the secretary of the national association at Washington that efforts to oust me from my position were being made by arties in the city of San Francisco who had no desire to allow an organization 0 exist whose principal object was to foster the formation of permanent Demo- cratic clubs and societies throughout the State of California, and to insure their active co-operation in disseminating Jeffersonlan principles These people realized that such an organization would prove an obstacle of government. to “ring rule” and the methods of controlling conventions which have hitherto pre- vailed. To prevent our succs necessary to_mention w: sociation at Washington. ful organization a_ gentleman whose name it is un- detailed to visit the authorities of the national as- TUpon his arrival there he immediately proceeded to accomplish the purpose of his visit; but to his astonishment he was Informed that the management of the California division was being conducted in a manner which had received the strongest approval of the Washington office and that a change was not only ill timed but woul for a moment. Since that time these San Francisco harass and annoy us under cover. receipt of communications of such a character that, notwithstanding Hundreds of our correspondents were d under no consideration be considered people have used every opportunity §0 n the fact that we represented the National Association of Democratic Clubs, they became discourage and the feeling of enthusiasm changed to that of indifference. Less than one dozen of the members of our State committee sent in their in- itiation fee, upon which we had entirely undersigned the_expenses incurred up to this time. depended for our running expenses. The has, therefore, been compelled €6 bear practically 9 per cent of Notwithstanding this condition of affairs we still looked forward to the re- cent gubernatorial campalgn with the hope that the same would be mutually beneficial. of literature expected that thousands of correspondents and large quantities hich we could have furnished wouls prove of incalculable value to the Democratic ticket; and on the other hand we hoped that our participa- tion in the campaign would tend to perfect our organization. To our astonishment our candidate for Governor, Mr. Maguire, and the vari- ous committees laboring in his behalf totally ignored us, notwithstanding our repeated offers to assist in_every way. Probably a dozen letters in all from this office directed to Judge Maguire remained unanswered, and nothing was left for us to do but remain spectators while a contest in which we should have been an important factor proceeded. Is it any wonder that Judge Maguire was so overwhelmingly defeated? The same combination existed in 1896 and 1898, for instance Los Angeles County. The Republican party confronted and Populists, all under the same management throughout both campaigns. stance of the combined Democratic clubs of this county Mr. by a majority of barely 500 votes; while In 1898 without in 1896 with the as Bryan was defeate and against a_weaker candidate than President McKinley overwhelmed by a Republican majority of This result, you are aware, obtained in have communica Take the combired Democratic, Silver Republican Yet us Maguire was We Judge 4000. nearly every county in the State. ed these matters to thenational officers at Washington, and have informed them that until such a time as we are furnished with funds to properly prosecute our work we shall be compelled to rest on our oars. : be expected from those who have S0 magnanimously ard finances. and [ have reached the limit so far as 2. N. Rector of Merced has been appointed our_secretary, and Mr. D. H. sa has been appointed our treasurer. Mr. E. Arnold of Colu Further aid could contributed to our am personally concerned. No further work, however, will be undertaken until we can secure the necessary funds to completely perfect the St organization. Trusting to hear your views upon this subject. and with kind regards, I am, very truly, 3 > B California Divis! MOYE G. NORTON, Official State Organizer, jon National Association of Democratic Clubs. EORCRCRORORORCRORORCRCRCRCRCR Rak 2% 4 - @ ®| ¢ THE BEE'S DEFL 2 & ' @ s ® @ Sacramento Bee, April 20. ® ® Yesterday the Bee furnished an & issue to its readers which was in- & tended as an object lesson of the & absolute idiocy. asininity and in- & | famy of the Morehouse signature law, Introduced by Senator Hotspur Valiant Morehouse, the Senator from Santa Clara County with the unceasing jaw. To-day the Bee appears with no article signed, but in all its pristine vigor of thought and outspoken expression of opin- jon. As it stated yesterday, when it signed its articles, it has a thor- ough and hearty contempt for the Morehouse signature law. It is a law-abiding journal, and it believes in upholding the laws of the land. But when bad laws, pushed to the front by men who would trample on the rights of the people, disgrace not only the statute books of the State, but as well call ip question the common sense of those who make our codes, it is the province of wis- dom and of loyalty to good govern- ment to so act as to force the issue into the highest court. “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”; and to combat an unjust and an unconstitutional law is the highest example of good citizenship. Therefore, to you, Henry Theophi- lus Gage, Governor of the State of California, morituri salutamus! Have at thee, Hotspur Valiant Morehouse! Unto you,Grove Lachrymose John- son, again the renewed assurances of our most distinguished consid- eration! To each and to all of the More- house contingency in the late un- lamented and unwept Legislature, gut Heil—or go to —, —our Ger- man is much tangled. Our feet are upon our native heath, and our names are at the top of this page. PPO0O0POOQ® To the first person who correctly guesses the cognomen of the writer of this bit of idiocy will be given a letter of introduction to Hotspur Valiant Morehouse. POPPPPPPOPPODPDD Po900006060000006006900000900000P0PIGPPHOGPPOOHIOIOOHOH GG Sehsossrscosssecis AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Henry Schuebert of Taos, Missouri, is at the Russ. L. 8. Green, a druggist of Oroville, is staying at the Grand. John Howell, a surveyor of Merced, is a late arrival ‘at the Lick. Dr. Thomas Ross, a well-known physi- clan of Sacramento, is a guest at the Grand. Mrs. M. F. A. Beckwith of Cleveland, Ohio, is registered at the California with her daughter. George W. Reed, a large coffee planter of Guatemala, is at the Occldental, ac- companied by his wife. Mrs. N. Goldsmith will leave next Sun- day evening for Charleston, West Vir- ginia, to visit her sister. A. Levy, a merchant of Pescadero, is spending a few days in this city with his family and has apartments at the Lick. J. K. P. Thompson of Rock Rapids, Towa, a representative of the Cedar Rap- ids Republican, is registered at the Occi- dental. Lewis Seasongood and Alfred Season- good, two bankers of Cincinnati, Ohlo, are registered at the Palace with their families. F. H. Goodyear, a capitalist of Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting this coast with his fam- ily and has engaged apartments at the Palace. He is accompanied by Dr. 8. S. Mitchell. ——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Aprii 2L.—George C. Jame- sen of San Francisco is at the Marlbor- ough. e Academic Baseball League. The Mount Tamalpais Military Acad- emy and the Polytechnic High School basebull teams will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock the grounds at Sixt h and Folsom streets. b 5 MORE EVIDENCE THAT NEALL WAS IN GOOD HEALTH Testimony of the Post Surgeon. |A DISSERTATION ON THE GRIP | IT WOULD IMPAIR A MAN’S CA- PACITY FOR WORK. Major Moseley Did Not Believe Neall Was Any Worse in February Than He Was in December. There was more medical testimony at the trial of Lieutenant Neall yesterday, but it was not of the kind that will do the accused much good. Major Edward B. Moseley, post surgeon of the Presidio, was the principal witness, and his evi- | dence related mostly to the condition— physical and mental—of Neall just before | he disappeared from the post. Major Moseley was on the examining board that passed upon Neall's physical condition at the time he was examined for promotion. He said that at the time | Neall was examined he was in good health and was physically sound. The witness referred to the certificate Neall had signed and said the board did not and does not take notice of such certificates to any extent, for they do not consider an officer capable | of passing upon his own physical condi- tion, except to the extent of “calling at- tention to a blindness in one eye or the loss of a limb.” Then followed a long dissertation on grip and its effects, the gist of which was that if a man was so ill he could not properly keep books he could not prop- erly command a company, which was precisely what the sergeant said Thursday—that Neall seemed at the in- spection to be well able to attend to his military duties. Keeping books, the wit- ness thought, required no more exercise of will and intelligence than to command a_company or troop at drill. Beyond Neall's statement that he had the grip Moseley had not noticed any material change in the appearance of the accused from last December until he disappeared | lnRFebrléary. egarding the dividends from the post exchange to the post hospital, ngur Moseley said they should have been turned over to him. He had not received any div- dends from the post exchange from Oc- tober last until this month, when Lieuten- ant Slavens, who succeeded Lieutenant Neall as post exchange officer, paid him the dividends for the months of Novem- ber, December, Ja.nua?', February and March. He made no demand for these dividends when they were not forthcom- ing, for he had no knowledge of when they had been declared, and anyway he never had any trouble about them. When they were due the dividends had always been brought to him and he receipted for them, and that ended the matter. Mr. Thornton submitted a hypothetical question to the witness which embraced many of the conditions of the case, and the answer contained the aan ray of light for Neall that appeared in the day’s pro- ceedings. The many dutles for which Neall was responsible were recited to_the witness and he was asked if an attack of the grip would impair an officer’s efficien- ¢y in all those duties. The answer was ves, in all his duties his efficiency would be lmraired." Rep] yufi to further questions from the defense Moseley said he did not consider that Neall's health was nanorse in Feb- ruary than it had been in December. The only other witness of the day was Her. man Roth, hospital steward of the post hospital, who came to the stand to tell of certain_prescriptions prescribed by Dr. die. He was not certain there were any for Neall, however, and he was excused without cross-examination. The_trial is now awaiting the return from Honolulu of Colonel Compton, com- mander of the Fourth Cavalry, who will be the last witness for the prosecution. Captain Dan Haskell Improving. The wife of Captain Dan Haskell reports him as stead!lzl improving in health. From resent indic: h - Bttt by ot b dtend on | TEACHERS MAY NOW LOSE THEIR APRIL SALARIES Auditor Declines to Approve Them. [ MUST KEEP BOOKS STRAIGHT NO EFFORT MADE TO ADJUST OLD DIFFERENCES. November and December Warrants Allowed to Stand as an Offset to Money Illegally Paid and Due the City. The troublous times for the schoolteach- ers are not yet at an end. From present appearances their April aries will be withheld until such time as the differences between the teachers and the city shall have been finally adjusted. Auditor Asa R. Wells, acting under the advice of his attorney, General John H. Dickinson, has decided to take a stand in the matter and have settled before it becomes too late the accounts of the teachers. Speaking for him yesterday General Dickinson said: ‘“When Mr. Wells audlze»d the January salaries of the teachers it was with the express understanding that they would take immediate steps to un- ravel the tangle in which their accounts with the city were found. The courts had held that they were illegally paid $100,000 last June and that they could not draw any money from the city treasury until that amount had been returned or offset. The teachers took no steps in the matter, and when February came around we stretched the law out of all recognizable shape in order that the teachers might secure their pay for which they were clamoring. “Within a few days it has been an- nounced that the teachers and the mer- chants have come to an agreement. Tha merchants take the $35,000, an unexpend- ed balance from the first half of the pres- ent fiscal year, and relinquish_all claims to share the money set aside for the teachers in the second half of the year. This is all very well in its way, but thera are other parties at interest. “At the end of the fiscal year, in June, the Auditor’s books must balance and all the accounts over which he has control must be closed. The teachers and the merchants have pald no heed to this. It is to force the issue that we have taken the present stand. “My suggestion has been that suit be brought against Auditor Wells. It can be taken to the Superior Court and he can be ordered to audit the demand in ques- tion. This he will refuse to do. He can be cited for contempt and the matter can be taken at once to the Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus. With all partie to the suit seeking to expedite it a de sion should be handed down within thir day: The settlement of these affairs has lagged too much. The attorne representing the various parties at int est have never met at one time and s tled matters definitely. There has been a lack of concerted action, which would have resulted in something definite long ago” Persons familiar with the fight being made by the teachers for the money due them affirm that they do not know what they want or what is best for them. TIhey | have lost every suit they brought, hesides having adverse rulings handed down re- arding matters material to their cause. he present stand taken by the Auditor is expected to result in clearing the situ- ation. Both Mr. Wells and General Dick- inson have done everything in their power to help the cause of the teachers. In the | present instance they are providing against possible confusion in the future. They want to protect the bondsmen of the Auditor from any suits that might re- | sult from his failing to take due precau- | tions in handling the business of his office. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. POSTAL INFORMATION—R. W., Sheep Ranch, Cal. Fourth-class postmasters are appointed by the Postmaster General. 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