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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900 OPEN HOSTILITY BETWEEN GOVERNOR GAGE | - AND ATTORNEY GENERAL TIREY L. FORD s | One Amendment Pro- posed at Regular and the Other at Extra Session of the Legis- lature. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 1—The long- on between the State ex- ecutive and law departments has ated in an open break. All sorts of rumors are in circulation the Capitol building. One report is to e effect that a facetious Jetter written vate Secretary Foley to the Attor- y from the law t rath of nor Gage and impelled him to =end rching communication to Attorney Ford. executive or a long rated R R T S L S AR kindly eered cutive office with any troller was able @ nevertheless nt up for him- for a certain foot down “The book shall not go If the Governor s him hunt it up for there has been cold- he It 1s the gossip of the Capitol that Treasurer Trumean Reeves and Governor g v cordial fe: their offic Secretary was of ¢ yuld not main- the writer. quite has passed between the Gov- a cor- ernor’s office and t department relative ection Foley deflined t giving as a book without the permiss c as been jgnoted GOVERNOR GAC 0. the fra proclamation. retary of State {s broug’ submitt! B ht { y Gen e election procla reason for his dec could not show the Gove Gage is _not desired permiss Deputy At ked to produ knowle in n F ad the let en tor neral be In' the procee rd of Examiners of the Ford ly ‘for the.pubHe, t e law department is stuffed with stat men, ce for good govel t without collisi iblic without the Gov- 1 Pro e+ 0 +9+Q 1 ! 0990999+ P- @+ et ebeieioiebe@ o Attorney General's of The Call )t the Gov- ¢ discoses the fact that the -Governor 'a many months State Atforney General said that Gover- It thap- nd while the executive office is fat lawyers. -If the situation. weére re- d the people w¢ have .a bdetter or govern- In the first place, | amendments, and he knew moreover that ' castic and highly facetlous, @ voe for the General Election. Two Constitutional Amendments Proposing to Reorganize Supreme Court Complicate Affairs, B T T AT AT A TR T AT A TR TR kD AR A Sk Tk 4 THIRTY-THIRD SESSION. CHAPTER XXXVIL Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 22—To propose to the people of the State of Californiv amending th> con- sttution of tha-Stwte of Ca'ifornia by am-:n-ling sec- tions one. two, three, four, ten, (welve, fourteen, six'zen, seventeen, ¢ighteen. twenty-one, twen'y-three and twenty-fourof artic’e six thereof, relating to the judi- ciary, and estab i:hins eour's of apn-a . (Adopted March 18, 1899.) The Legislature of the State of California, at its regular session, commencing o the second day of January, 1399, two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, hereby proposes that sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21 and 23 of article VI of the constitution of said State be amended so as to read as follows, and that section 24 of said article be and the same is S TS Tk Tt Lat TN I 3 ¥ H T N R S R L @ % hereby annulled: * 0 ARTICLE VI 0 * JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. * " EXTRA SESSION THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE. 0 L% CHAPTER X. * ¢ Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 1—Proposition to ¢ % omend article six of the consti‘u‘ion, relating to the * Y judicial depar:nyut. ¢ * (Adopted February 10, 1900.) P The Legislature of California, at its special session convened January ¢ 29, 1800, two-thirds.of all the members elected to each house voting there- X for, proposes to the qualified electors of the State the following amend- () [ ment to the constitution. That article VI be amended to read: * ARTICLE VI * JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. (') TETA T AT AT A A A TS AT A TES A AT AT AT AROAT P the Governot's_ office, people- elected a lawyer ‘to- fill: the and the Governor.ap- pointed lawyers toassist him,: selecting the best all-around talent that could be excused from service at his Los Angeles law office. The people elected to the office of Attorney Genera) a mining statesman. He sufrounded himself with statesmen from the vailey and other places. One of the statesmen graduated from the Burns academy, having atténded in early youth the Jack Wright Kindergarten School. When' the' trouble about' the election procalamtion began the lawyers in Gage's | office, and particularly : Lawyer Foley, of producing dire confusion in the Attor- ney General's office It would be the de- mand for the settlement of a law ques tion, so he asked Ford to prepare proclamation from start to finish, go that the Governor would have nothing to d but affix his. official autograph. In due time Foley's letter reached the law department and was referred to Dep- uty Abbott. For thirty days or more Fo-~; proclamation, but it did not arrive: Then Foley wrote the Attorney General a ‘et ter, and such a letter as only an attorney knew that a question of law was involved | trained in the Governor’s Los Angeles | posed a in._ the submission of the constitutional | law office could write. It was mildly sar- and 1@ +2+0004-64000-0-0-4 PO S P P S A S N Py (| receipt caused the usually mild and placid if anything in the wide world was capable | proposing the | from | The submissian and "rouble Caused by the Apathy of the Law Department in Preparing a Proclamation - & . i 2 R L e e e e S S S A R S S /S ATTORNEY GENERAL FORD. @i et eredebebeie@ what can be ascertained to-night was a RS T T P N PN T P T T R T .; bundle of good excuses for the fallure of the law department to solve a question of law. The Attorney General was not thrown off his balance and replied with statesmanlike dignity to the Foley epistie. Something in the reply must have nettled Foley and caused the Governor to declare himself in. The Call correspondent is in- formed that the Governor’s letter to Ford is anything but facetious and ironical. Its Attorney General to smort with wrath and declare openly that he could no longer hold any other than official relations with the Governor. Deeper inquiry into the underlying causes of the controversy show that the question at issue vitally concerns the peo- ple of California. It appears that the Legislature, at the regular session in 189, submitted a constitutional amendment to reorganize the Supreme Court and create three appellate courts Later on the extra session of the Legisla- ture took up the same subject and submit- ted another amendment. The extra ses- slon amendment contains several more cections than are embraced in the first mendment. The law question arises whether the L d together to legislate on could legis- late on subjects not embraced in the Goy- | ley awaited the arrival of the fixed-upl ernor's proclamation convening the legis- ative body. Again the law question arises as to what shall be done with the amendment pro- the regular session, provided the dfon amendment is submitted. adoption of both extra s | courts of the State. | does not know what to do. It i | ments. DR. EILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. | The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep- \ tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by S it —heart - disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the resuit of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is al- lowed to advance the _“ kidney-poisoned blood will attack the ow, Vital organs or the es break down and waste —— PrivateSecretaryFoley Declines to Show Let-| ter Book Containing the Sharp Letter to Ford. Bladder troubies most always result fr a derangement of the kidneys and a curs is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the ki can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kéimer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scald- ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that necessity of being compelled to n during the day, and to get up many ght. The mild and the { ffect of Swamp-Root is soon realiz: It stands the highest for its won= derful cures of the most distressing cases. Root ant to take and sold ggists zed bottles S PN would produce the wildest confusion in the The discussion of these questions bring the Secretary of State into the 2 if Governor Gage, with the all the lawyers connected with the execu- tive branch of the Government, knows just what course should be pursued to meet the requirements of law. It i doubt- ful if the Attorney General, backed as he | is by a group of salary-loving statesmen, can solve the question. Another element intervenes to compli- | cate matters. There are three Judges to be appointed for each of the three appel- late courts, making more judicial appotnt- The Governor is vested with the appointing power, and for the nine place there are already ninety-nine applican and yet the amendment has not even been submitted to the voters. Gossip goes that Judge Sweeney of Shasta, Judge E. C. Hart of Sacramento and Judge W. C. Van Fleet of San Francisco are aiready slated for executive favor. The other six may come from Los Angeles if Herrin con- sents and territorial limits do not inter- | 4 Quart Bmtles, $ The aspirants for office do not want any Express Charges Prepaid. stumbling blocks in the way. They are indeed anxious that only one amendment. IGHEST GRADE FOR MEDICINAL OR family use. We give you the it of the teed and presumably the one adopted at the xtra session, shall be submitted. | : middiemen’s profit; besides, you are the certainty of Great pressure has been brought to bear &S PURE WIISKEY upon the Attorney General to persuade Nothirg on case to indicate contents. Money him to adopt some plan of action to ob- tain an early judical determination of the refunded if not satisfactory. Twice the price could buy no better. Reference, any business question. It is stated to-night that steps firm and commercial agencles. Will be taken to enjoin the Governor and F, EPYRAIM & CO., Distillers’ Adents, tells all about it. both Home of Swamp-Root. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention this paper. Secretary of State from submitting to the people the amendment to reorganize the courts, which was adopted at the regulat 18 Montgomery St., S. F., Cal. session. Sole Agents French Colony Vineyard Co.. Ine. At the extra session of the Legislature Senator Cutter sought to have the actlon of the regular session in respect re- | scinded, but he was not able to carry his | E point. There was ntiment in the Senate again on matters == - : not embraced in procla- | mation. The majority of the Senators, however, intained that the work of framing an £ an amendment to the cons not legislation. It was also ad- vanced that a Legislature could do any- thing it pleased w the executive department. AUDITOR KLINK FAILS TO ENLIGHTEN THE BOARD OF EQUALIZERS AS TO SOME STRANGE THINGS THAT APPEAR IN REPORTS OF HUNTINGTON RAILWAY OF THE owned oy ip with RATE WAR IS ON AT LO3 ANGELES 1 Railway Cuts the Fare to the Beac and the Redondo Road Immediately Meets the Reduction. e Call ug. 1.—The Terminal -n the bull by the horns a rattling of bones-among | ny had not segregated its exxxxxxxxyxx¥ Special Dispatch to The Call - *rkkkkkkkkkx @ President Brown’s Advice. . Brown remarked that the tern after s its advantage Mr. attention to the fact that the e statement sho £100,000 in of _about $40,000 arcse from an -increase inded that the con more definite inforn it betterment cse been Mr. 3t .~ continued Toland; moved away. The| Auditor Klink admitted that the $2.000 d from | referred to was on account of new sidings ther railroad” and Toland in- mairitenance | Pan P d assenger in carnings com- of last .year, ted. it was ex- in ex- Klink, the auditor of the road; was | should have tion as to the d indebtedriess of | be permittéd to raturn to San Prancisco ' gific Railroad” Company-—taken. up Sep: = were no dividends| on_the afternoon train, :saying : that that the deficit nd -yét-there was | tions. asked by. the board when it came ' stock of .the new. Southern Pacific F and ccount apparently fakon | plied for at the general o the ; 14" have been reduced to. $30,000. | ne waiited information, . He beiieved. the | . and was, npt for replace- | Showing of . a . $52,000 defielt -was not a feor additions to! proper ome. 'He beélieved that a proper | P increased | classification would. show a handsomé traffic. | surplus’ of net earnings for the company. t > | The board, he said, was practically shut | $ Elastic Expense Charges. {out from testimony -since Klink said he} | “It sesims to be the ambition of the com- | Was going back to San Francisco. 1 clerks 1o keep charging up ex-{A Slight "Discrepancy: Un xplained.:| 1 ntl] ‘they can show a deficit,” aid | When the! Central Pacific was taken up | : 1 was discovered that the. report .wi 3 T TC SEKin king mads 1o the ™ drawn ‘up for the year ending June 2 i that much. of it -was on account-of te- |:18%9, instead of the year endink.December | !h]il]dh\g the Oakland mole. Toland. claim- f‘&.“ask 1h§ lnv;'flrequirml.» Toland reflflgded_g £ his ole..a n! that s attention was calle 1o} : i s e this last ‘yeéar, but. the Southern Pacific {'representative made no-answer.' - 1 | ‘or 724. miles of .road -§1,023.00 was | charged for maintenince of way and | 'structure, making a .chargeé .of $1371 per mile. - Klink: said that a ‘considerable por- | jand depots, ‘et | meént and repalirs: it wa i the. plarh made necessary . by ucture the company was not ineurrin Jegitimate running. expense. He sai that it would beé easy enough' to create a deficit every year by such charges. - Klink was asked for figures as-to the mole: work, b he u not' remember, The repre- cter of - these expenses. The law. enta o v W of 0ads] d: bee: ebuilt. - { sentatives of the company Were: direated |tion of the roadsheds had been r s that the amount of eapital Stock | 1o segregate the amounts. 1 making. up |- Next the :Southern Pacific report was pear in the report, but it d1d not | the maintenance of way charge:and have : considered. ‘Auditor KIink explained that.| and Mr. Klink could ‘nat re-|the statement ready for the hoard before | this year four roads—thé :Northern Pa-| next Monday: ¢ific Raflway ‘Company,: ihe Northern| ser soiirces the members learnad | When the Central Pacific was about to | Rallway Company, the California Pac | be called, . Auditor. Klink ‘pleaded that he | Railroad Compiny and.the Southern P: véar, had heen ere mow embraced in not know the capital Rafl- to all the line& of:the company. He said | road Company, ‘- The sinking fund .of $230 the information ‘would be provided: if ap- : M0 was for the redemption of ' certain ce; but it was honds. In résponse to a temark that the impossible to -anticipate So. many .ques- - surplis had fallen ‘off Gyér a-million, tions. : Kiink said :that the earnings had d he | Tately by the board Tast | consolidated and w ane:report. (He aid could not afford to-spend the timie ne: sary. to reply to the wide range of qu: s Tolind was obdurate, however.. He said.| creased $400,000 and ‘there had been an In- 1 would have in the expenses this year, the o & $9,417,000 against 746: ast ve: Klink Fails to Enlighten Toland. Toland -wanted - to know how it came about that there was such an increase in | the cperating expenses when there was a decrease in-the business. Klink replied that it was hard to account for all these particulars, since the lines had consolidat- ed; but_a portion of the expense was due to.the relaying of the ralls. Toland was .still unsatisfied. He colfld not sée why the land expenses of $65.269 should not.have been deducted and why instead of a. deficiency of $12,35 there hould not have been a showing of $52,914 surplus, The.$230,000 sinking fund, he said, should have been added and a surplus hown of $282.00, which with the $680.307 | charged . as expenses for _bel would left :’:gmnd surplus of §§20,221, | instend of a.deficit as reported -in the statement of $12,355. The interesting fact | was disclosed that at ieast ten miles of | new road in Ventura County had not been | Hsted: in the réport. | E. Black Ryan hasteried to explain that | the County Assessor had assessed this road, but Toland asserted that there were court documents: showing that it was claimed by the company as a part of its. main Hne. He gave notice that he would move to assess some thirty miles of road in operatjon the. first Monday-in March | which had not been included in the state- ment. | E. Black Ryan, replying to a statement hurch & Frier frer s of Je —— Oakland. OTHERS ARE SIZZLING, TOO. Reports s interesting. talk ovelset The wri: CANNOT | San Jonquin Tiver,"dnd o temporary in- were: Brockden, { Junetion was issue; n- favs ain- =%d W8 | DIVERT THE WATERS |4 finecfieiut actglon mages she'i :dy was conducted by C. H. | et | that thousand of acres of land irrigated f Oakland, pastor of the | The theme of the | ‘praise service the e was discussed | handed down an important decision in the | however, is a ruling that Miller's Tight to The heat in this powerful tempo- | e e o i ; ¢iving motice that it has placed | 27100 2 s Gy ;::s\‘e g a commutation Waddel! ; P Somtiepte % r addells Gulch, fif- A nd toips from | teen miles up the coast from this city, the tickeis to be | Intensified the heat jar month of issve. | , NAPA, Avgz 1—A hot wave struck Ndpa w « $2 50 on sim! to-day. The heat was intense, the ther- mometer regi at 1 o'clock 97 de- grees in the shade and 120 in the sun. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 1.—Big grass fires and the Santa | i The object of | | vas to cqualize if possible all | that 1t i n Tep 1 ) b What the ot 3 do was not | giver - t < expectéd that they wm‘ “ RICAN NOVELISTS” THE THEME AT TWIN LAKES Bev. A. P. Brown Discusses w / and Howells at the Assemb ‘ of Baptists, | €1 Dispatch to The Call i SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 1.—The Rev. A. Brown of Fresno was In charge of lterary department at the ‘assembly G444+ 4444004444044 04 4 E E g £ i i 4 the at The biggest fire is in nity of Lytton Springs. EARTHQUAKE IN UTAH DISLOCATES THE SHAFT OF SHAMMOTH MINE TINTIC, Utah, Aug. 1—The who'e of the Tintic mining district was shaken by earthquake this morning. The first shock occurred at 12:15 and was 50 severe that the people became thoroughly fright- ened. The shaft of the Shammoth mine was so thrown out of gear that it was impossible ta get the cage below the 1600-foot level. burning around the country, several miles away, made the he: unbearable here to-day almost the Another fire burning around Taylor Mountain. Con- siderable damage has been done to pastur- age and fencing. L RS aees Y] James from; diverting the waters of the | MILLER { . by the Enterprise canal, one of the larg- el Mew LT Ca‘," R | est In the county, will o without. water | unless the ruling 'is reversed. b .—Judge Webb to-day | :The most significant part of the dedision, | - FRESNO, Aug. | case -of Henry Miller of Miller & Lux‘éhe dwl\l'alcrg of flth(c] ,rn'er ‘lsr not | G | founded on prescription or prior ap- | against J. G, James. -The sult was one of | ropriation.: but because his lands j the most Important. eveér In the;re riparian. In his complaint the Z | county and the trial lasted over a morth. r From Interior and Coast|It was brought by Miller to restrain Points Regarding the Hot Wave. - SANTA G cattle king set up the claim that he had used the water uninterruptedly since 1572 CAPTAIN AL WILLIAMS SHOOTS AND KILLS _CONDUCTOR MARTIN Midnight Tragedy at Stockton Which Is Said to Be Due to the Jealous Rage of the - Steamboat Man. ST Sy STOCKTON, Aug. 2—1 a. m.—"Billy” der the heart and through the intestines. Martin, an old-time conductor on the| Willlams walked out of the room, and, Southern Pacific, but recently employed | Te-entering with a friend, walked up to R R RS | on the Santa Fe route in the valley, was | shot and probably fatally wounded last | night by Captain Al Willlams, a well- known steamboat man. The shooting occurred in the bar room at the Mineral Baths just of of town. There had been bad feeling between the men for several years, which started when Martin was a conductor on the Southern Pacific a'number of years ago. The men have not met often. but last night about 11 o’ciock, when Martin was stand- ing at the bar, Williams and another man entered the room. The story of an eye- witness is that Martin was standing with his elbow on the when Wiiliams passed him and sald ““Hello™ to one of the proprietors. Then he w. and com- menced shooting. He fired two shots and Ma One un-] of the shooting. 3 the bar close by the fallen man ai a drink. Williams then came lnu‘:d(;evor}f Officers are looking for him. Efforts are being made to get Martin's dying state- ment. There was a concert at the baths last night and a big crowd attended. Mrs, Williams, the divorced wife of the cap- tain, was there in the crowd, and it is sala’ Martin was with her, as he been friendly with her for a long time. Willlams had married again, but he never felt kindly to Martin, and it is believed he g e A e ere w! o “ititams 1 £ th eciigw ams is one of the owners and has been employed as pilot on the steamer H. E. Wfl&t recently, but for a long «time owned the steamer Ellen and barze Cricket. Martin has relatives in Oakiand s ‘"“m to all n.{};old men. himsel - o'clock this n!und.:. lt,-'z and_ was ‘therefore entitied to the -ex- clusive ownership of it. The court holds that the San Joaquin is a navigable waterway and that Miller is not entitled: to divert the water by virtue of prescription nor entitled to restrain -any- one else from diverting it. The fact that his lands were riparian, while James' { werc not, was the only reason the court granted the injunction. Henry and Burke Control the Road. SAN JOSE, Aug. 1.—The annual meet- ing of the shareholders of the San Jose ! and Santa Clara Railroad Company was | held here to-day. Owing to the transfers of large blocks of stock in the past few months there were doubts about who would coptrol -at - the meeting. J. T. | Burke, who is the Los Angeles Rallway | Company's secretary, and also secretary of the Coast Division of the Southern Pa- cifie Company, was elected place of “B. D. Murphy. directors elected J. H. Henry president, J. P. Burke vica president and Jackson Hatch attor- ney. This showed that Henry and Burke are still in control of the property. | R R INSULATES PETS: TO PROTECT THEM FROM ELECTRICITY » g 5 3 2 5 ) B | pany valued at $24, = — - ——— When say “‘rupture cured” we mean. it {for it is a fact that during the past 20 years DR. PIERCE'S MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CURED thousands of cases. Nothing eise Best retainer made. It does the' ate for yourself. EFCall for * 1" or send 2 cents in dress: MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CO., 620 Market St. San Francisco. Or 1145 Broadway. 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Send for free circular and test.ontals. ‘Address Davol Medicine Co.. 40 Ellls . San Francisco, Cal., Grant Drug Co.. N&4® ird st. DR CROSSMAN’S SPECIFIC MIXTURE rrhoca, Gleots, olaints Pacific statement was then postponed un- til_to-morrow. - The Board of Equalization has notified the Pullman Company- that it is equally subject to the law requiring railroad com- anies to file detaiied statements with the ard as a basis for their assessments. The Pullman Company's report to the State Board of ualization showed that there are operated upon the Santa Fe Pacific _and Southern California lines standard cars entirely owned by the com- 22 and tourist cars | valued at $6408 7; that' the company’s ! uarter interest in the cars on the Central | acific is valued at 325,328 51 for standard cars and $160 33 for tourist cars, and that the company's quarter interest in cars on the Southern is ued at 3028 for | For the Cure of Gomo standard and $1439 61 for tourist. re- | Stricturcs and analogous com: port upon the company's receipts and ex- | of the Oroans of Generation. penditures was given and the representa-| price §1 a bottle. For sale by druggists. tive of the company, J. P. Meehan, was Weak Men and Women old that this would be expected next ear. HOULD DAMIANA BITTERS, THE #reat Mexican remedy; gives health and ength to sexual organs. 'Depot. 333 Market. DIRECTORY CF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Pries Lists Mailat on Applieation. ATTORNEY. F. H. MERZBACH. lawyer, 8 Cal., Clunte Bg. COAL. COKE AND PI3 IRO™ 1.C WILSON & C0.. 30 B e CrPPER* MITH. Ship Plumbing. Steamboat and CW. SWITH. § ', Work a specialty. 3 aad 13 Washington st. lephone Main 5641 ELECTIRICAL. Electrical Engineer, 3§ Cast St. e oo oo o sl FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & CO. Shioowng, Puichers, w0 GALVANIZINT AND METALS. Wf's. & Dealer in Metals & Galvanizing. JOHN [ FINN METAL “’ORKE_ 315 ED_'II" st HAR -E~S DRESSING. “PALO ALTO.” t leather preserver on earth, 25c. Robinsan m. Co., 1180 Howard. A LITHOGRAPHING. Union Lithograph Co., 32 Sansome st., Artistio Lithographers and Printers. Government Li« cersee for Imprinting of Revenue Stamds. METAL. d_stereot: 1319 First D. D. WASS, Extra linotype | - Metal Works, ype metal. Pacific st. San Francisco. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO. Aug. 1.—Miss Sarah E. Evans, postmistress at Noble. in this county, was brought to Fresno to-day and placed in the County Jail on a charge of insanity. The voung lady had two .pet dogs and imagined they were in Jlanger of being killed by electricity. To pro- tect them she conceived the idea of insulating them with a mixture of lard and other greasy substances and was carrying out the experi- 4 /ment when her insanity was dis- 4 covered. She was formerly con- 4 sidered a remarkably clever wo- 4 man, one of her hobbies being the 4 study of science. + [ J RCE: EN 51SC R e e R e R R | ! Dr PIE | GOLD e R e R O e R R i Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cleanse the system and regulate the liver. M EDICAE OVERY. RIVER COLLIERIES, s the = market. Office and Yards—40 Maln OILS. LUBRICATING OILS LEONARD & EL- | LIS, 1S Front st, S. F. Phone Main 1719, PAINTS. Cylinder & Lubricating Oils, Schoeider's Mi: Candles. C. G. CLINCH & CO.. 3 Front. 8. . PRINTIN & 3 PRINTER, PRINTERS. BOOKBINDERS. 55 THE HICKS-JUDD, CO., 2 First st., San Francisco, SIATIONER AND PRINTER, Tetegrashic PARTRIDGE e Caittornta WHITE ASH STEAM COAL. DIAMOND COAL MINING _BY in e