The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1901, Page 2

(&} THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1901 e — FOOTE ACCUSES TRUMAN OF THE THEFT OF WINE AT PARIS 'FUNDS FOR ASSEMBLY | IMPOUNDING DISTRICTS ~ OF DEBRIS SenateApportionment Senate Passes the Committee Reaches | Substitute Min- Agreement. | ing Bill. < e Favors Taking One Leuis—§R0well the Only Member lator From Sacramento | Whose Vote Is in the iCountu. ‘ Negative. | e MAPS OUT Special Dispatch to The Call. HEADQLU , Jan ARTERS, SACRA- he Mining Commit- Tyrrell (of Nevada) ssed by the Senate of tion will was urge Sacrame: ate. The vote was 28 to 1, Roweil alone voting in the negative. The substitute bil! appropriates $150,000 for the fund for the debris impounding m on the Yuba. Its counterpart in Assembly is Irish’s bill, which is now fore the Committee on Ways and Rowell spoke against the bill, declaring that dams were a temporary expedient, dangerous to the pecple below them and that money expended on them was thrown Cutter defended the bill. He recounted | the history of earlier appropriations and rred to Colonel Heuer's statement | | Marysville is doomed unless the | | be constructed. He sald the tax- able value of Marysville property is $2.- O nd that it would be $5,000,000 1f all | from debris were removed. The | | proposed system has the approval of Gov- ernment engineers who have made a care- ful dy of the problem. of Nevada emphasized the im- wce of rehabililating hydraulic min- In the past, he sald, great injury b en inflicted ou the valley below. | | rred also to the Governor's favor- | ommendations in his message. | supported the bill. He said that | | aulic mining could not be carried on 5 ably if the miners were obiiged tc | | s rain the debris. He emphasized the | ortance of maintaining the Sacra- | » River as a waterwa and improv- Ere Lardner and Shortridge also spoke < r of the bill £ General Ford appeared before £ Ways and Means Committee of the | b s afternoon in advocacy of c 1 of a similar character. No | p was taken by the cowmmittee. | BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE TWO HOUSES EBatches of DMeasures Given Their | First Reading and Assigned to Committees. ACRAMENTO, Jan. 20.—The following - have been introduce@™in the Senate: | | a w owed her eighth 2 £l a lowed her eightl B. 352, Flint—Appropriating $9920 to pay - - of Monterey and San Benito | g SEERTDAN FPRESENTS Muenter—Appropriating $5000 for an A DIVORCE MEASURE |t manufacturing plant at the Stockton Hos- pital S. B. 384, M propriating $8000 >ckton Hospital uenter—Ap| for =% 1 ERS AD SACRA- g at Stockton Hospital. To amend section 36 of | | ment act, relating to officers Assembly was . Lukens—To provide for a segre. ital bullding, and appropriating further equipping the Deaf and d Asylum at Berkele: g from k all s—Confirming and ratifying y any officer or boards of of- amend section 2324 of the to the San Francisco Amending_section 2921 of relating to Boards of Super- g the construction of plers, enable steam railroad raiiroads, and f raliroads the State Harbor Tejon road in | To amend the mct to pro- pduced two zation and management of $51,000 Kern—Appropriating f Louise Rienzi. elson—To prevent the dumping of navigable waters In the State 400, Smith of Kern—To reduce the ex- se of transporting felons and insane persons. B. 401, Devlin—Amending the Political relating to text books. B. 402, Dev —Appropriating $8000 for an Pro- | air’ compressor and turning lathe for use at | the Folsom Etate Prison. wnme amAn A. B. 54, Johnson—Amending the Penal Code making the running of nickel-in-the-slot ma- | chines a misdemeanor. A. B. 505, Cowat\:Defining what moneys constitute the contingent fund of the Cail. ™ »rpe for Feeble-Minded Children .lr;}n: for the expenditure thereof. e A D Tor BILL PROVIDING FOR STATE TAX ON SALOONS | 506, Greer—Appropriating $9000 to n air compressor and a turning lathe State at Folsom. A By Wi Amending the Political Code, re- — . lating to election of Toad overseers. DQUARTE SACRA-| "A. B. 508, Schillig—Amending the act licens- o ing_ land furveyors, relating to their moral Senator Nelson has in- iding for a State tax where liquor is collected by the « t His bill provides s or corporations carrying on vinous standing_and fitness. B. 505, Stewart of Amador—Amendin, Lo Civil Procedure, relating to Pflél‘?:‘ ewart of Amador—Amendin; the ivil Procedure, relating o petsons v.mn-’d to administer upon the estates of de- censed persons. A B. Cromwell —Amending the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to meiarn eni G i Givin, P & attachments by . T B. B2, Cro um, which Jicense shall be | gonis From ravases ot dog, POt domestic erly in advance 3 3, Greer—Repeal! ed that the Tax Collector | ing the Commision ot Toiat chg St cre »er cent of all =mch taxes 514, Gans—Appropriating u7'm"(or A B coyote scalp bounties for Tehama County, TLere is no such thing as happiness without health. Wealr merves destroy health. They make the stomach weak, the heart weak, the liver and kidneys weak and the lungs weak. The man whose appetite is gone, digestion deranged, sleep disturbed, who is nervous, restless, irritable and who lacks energy and ambi- tion can find sturdy health if he only goes about it right, “‘My nerves were badly shattered by an attack of La Grippe which left me in a very bad shape. I had conges- tion of the liver and lungs and the pain kept me awake night and day. I was confined to my bed, and hearing of Dr. Miles' Nervine I sent for 2 bottle and began its use. In a few days I was able to return to my work a well man.” D. F. CovL, 2043 E. 9th St., Canton, Ohio. & Miles’ Nervine soothes and strengthens weak and firritated - stimulates the appetite, gives tone to tg:ddlur:iev"r organs, nourishes brain and builds up sturdy g&u Bold by druggists on 4 guarantee. D=r. Mires Mepicaw Co., Eikbart, Ind PYROTECHNICS MARK THE FIRST DAY'S PARIS COMMISSION INQUIRY SENATOR EYRNES.OF SAN MATEO, LOOKED ON. COMMISSIONER ' RUNYON THoUGHT OF THE TIMES TSAY PAREER ~ ns SASKILL. SOME OF THOSE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN THE PARIS COMMISSION INVESTIGATION $600 % VARNEY ASSTMBLYMAN -~ STEVART, OF AMADOR ONE OF, "HI: INVISTIGATING COMMITTER: ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2).—The vouchers will show and Gaskill can tell anything the Assembly committée wishes to know about the Parls| Commission. This was the sum of the tes- | timony given to-day, with many delays | and many promptings, by Commissioner Runyon and Commissioner Foote. So far as Runyon was concerned the proceedings were quiet. With Foote they were stormy; and through much of it all the audience laughed and joked and envied the men who had been such good fellows at such lavish expenditure, Grangers' Hall had been selected by th: committee, so there would be room for visitors, and right gladly did people avall, themselves of the opportunity. '-Mingled with the general public were Assembly- men and Senators, who dropped in to see and stayed to hear. The hall was dingy and draughty and uncomfortable, and jts floor was covered with'sawdust, as if in preparation for a political meeting; but:it was filled all through the afternoon, and some of the Assemblymen did not hesitate to take standing room along the wall. Gaskill seems to have attended to all the business of the commissién and to have handled all of its monéy. Runyon. coula not name a single man {n California, ex- cept himself, who received a medal a prize of any kind from the exposition. He! did not know what it cost to fit up the headquarters 'n Paris; neither did Foote. The vouchers would show. He did not, know how the distribution of the medals was arranged; neither did Foote. 7 Gaskill could tell that, and while 'Run- yon was willing to assume some re&ponsi- bility for the acts of the secretary, Foote was not. He disclaimed absolutely hav- ing had anything to do with the distribu- tion of the medals except to suggest that a letter be written to those who had been awarded prizes. Runyon was positive about nothing, but Foote was certain of two things—one that the advertising the commission had given California was worth all the money that had been spent, and the other was his opinion about various persons with whom he had officlally associated. Truman, he sald, got drunk and stole wine; Herget was' crazy, and for Mills he would not give 2 cents. He roasted Melick for hav- ing distributed coples of the Western Graphic,and he roasted the author, to him unknown, of the_article which appearea in the Graphic. Then he turned again to Melick and threatened him with a *‘circt lator” that had been sent around the south. When after the adjournment Foote Tas lll:tmd;ced' fo the committeemen and elick came forward .wi palm Faste turned his back. :“m"'c"“’ “‘I don’t shake hands im,” nr}lgh wallfied awa;;s AR Do, e only nuestion whicl is that of the medals: There 1 oMeia} 1o formation to the effect that silver medals ‘were issued by the expogl!uon people at 18 francs, or $3 60 aplece. There is Gaskill's signature to letters offeri these medals for $20. and his name is signed as secre- “Re sm"' fin the exhibIL, the C el ing the exl the Commission- ers declare that it was od o1 best one possible and full fvgorth 3;9‘12 cost. There may be testimony direc against this, but still it becomes onlyu{ question of opinion after all, and no on can do more than question the good fait! of the commission. And as for the mol expended, there will be vouchers to 'w_for everything, and Foote declares that he h: .&pp‘d $14,000 of his own into the muddle; so no from the inv one ex any re estiga- tion of the expenditures e J ‘haps, | some racy items and the reco! of some good times. And as for charges and coun- ter charges about personal conduct, the committee will hardly go into them, and the Commissioners will not force matters. Runyon was the frst witness called | after the resolution ordering the commit- | tee to hold the investigation was read. ! There were present Chairman _Bliss, Treadwell, Stewart of Amador, Melick, Irving, Hasson and Brady, the full mem- bership of the committee. Treadwell and Melick did most of the questioning, as- sigted hy Stewart of Amador. Foote's statement was long and strong and comprehensive. He wanted an inves- tigation, he said, and he had told the Governor so. The Governor had letters to show this, letters that any one might see, he declared, not realizing that the Governor had been keeping these same letters very quiet. If there had been any- thing wrong In ‘the management of the commigsion he wanted to know of it, and if there had been any misappropriation of the funds he was as anxious as the committee to find out who had gone Wrong. ’ “1 want charges made here,” he de- clared, “‘definite chafges, and not anony- mous Gnes, and I will send the man who makes them to the genhemlsry for per- ury.. I have never been accused of dis- onesty, and sn" one who accuses me now lles. ‘Every dollar the commission ever spent can be accounted for by vouchers, and I can account for $14,000 more of my own money that has gone with it. I didn't want to be a Parls Commissioner. I vanted to go to Parls as a private citi- zen, and if I had done so it would not have cost me as much as it has. I de- clined the appointment, but under pres- sure I took It. I have done what I thought best, and now to have dirty, filty, vile slanders 'heaped upon me, anonymous. and maliclously, is something I will not stand.” There was more in a similar vein, and finally Foote stopped,more from lack of breath and rising rage than from, any ucity of adjectives or invective. Then eadwell, who had been trying for some time to get a word in edgeways, said he did not think the committee should listen to such language, as the members were only doing their duty and should not be compelled to hear themselves Included in such denunciation. He sald if there was any more of the same kind he would take it as a personal insult. Foote quieted down and excused himself in this way: “If you had been away doing what you could to carry out the plans and serve the interests of the State, and came home to meet such a reception as this, you would not blame a man, when he had his first chance to get back at those who were slandering him.” This apology was accepted and then the committee got down to business. Mr. Foote described the public entertain- ments they had. “On the Fourth of July," he sald, with growin enthusiasm, “‘we thought it Would be a _good plan’ to have a big cele- bration—a Fourth of July celebration in the heart of Paris; so we hired Sousa’s band to play for us all the afternoon n.fld until late at night, and we paid the Dand $1000 for it, too. This money was made up by subscription among the Californians. en, in the evening, we had a supper and ;poechu and singing, and we had four or ve thousand men in the rooms and 25,000 crazy Frenchmen outside cheering the ‘Star Spangled Banner.' It did more to advertise California than anything else that was done. Why, there are thousands of those Frenchmen who think the United States s in ‘Cu.‘l{‘turnh.:h i n answer to the question, you re- main in Paris all the time?’ Foote re- plied that he had made the tour, visi among other places Monte Carlo, where he won mon«{ enough to pay for the . He also visited the battl £ trlrw e efield of and had a long argument an n?'lhhmn wn‘not ug:‘ "3 lln apol sufficlent credl! = t_Gi 'S got to Paris as not willing to o’ missioners had agreed to raise it from $250 to 3300, and so he agreed. He told of the banquet to Mr. de Young, which he said was altogether in the hands of Tru- man and Gaskill, and he told of a lunch- eon he had given to Mayor Phelan, which “‘was paid for out of my own pocket, too.” 'He said he thought the act crea: ing the commission allowed the Commis- sioners to entertain. but when he was asked what these entertainments cost ‘he sald the vouchers would show. In regard to the awards, Foote said tha French style was to issue a certificate en titling a man to a medal, and then if he wanted the medal he could pay for It. He suggested that Gaskill write to those who had received awards and inform them of this and procure medals for them if they wanted them, and Gasklill had done this; but Foote did not see how the com- missioners were copcerned in the mat- ter, nor did he wish to be bothered with it. ‘It was not his business, he said. The names of those who received awards were taken from the official list, and among those names was that of N. P. Chipman, who made no exhibit. Foote said he "did not know how Chipman's name got there, but it was there, in the official list, so he was written to as were the others. Foote said he did not know where the money from those seeking med- als went to. He did not know_anything about the money and did not hold him- self responsible for it. As to the exhibits, he did not understand | that any of them were to be returned, and when he was shown a receint for a number cases of wine. held by the Southern California Wine Assoclation and slgned by Gaskill, agreeing to sell the wines receipted for and to make return therefor, he sald it was the first he knew of any such understanding, and he could not explain it. But it was when he got down to Tru- man that Foote became really interested, ““Why not call Truman and ask him how much ‘wine he took away,” the lawyer shouted when he was asked how much wine was taken from the headquarters to the Commissioners’ rooms. ‘“‘“Truman used to take it out under his coat—his coat ail buttoned up to hide it. I have seen him do it fifty times, stealing wine like that, and ice too. He used to load his pockes up with ice until they leaked all over his clothes. don’t know how many times I caught him stealing wine. I was not spy- ing on him. He could have taken it open- ly if he wanted to, as I did. Whenever 1 wanted to take any wine I just callza a flacre, or a flaster or a flasco, or what- ever you call it, and told the boy to load it in and make out a bill. I paid for all the wine I got and more, too. I paid for some for man. Here 1 have the re- celpt, 54 francs for three bottles of Pom- mery” at 18 francs a bottle. I paid that because 1 didn’t want any one to think any one of the Commissioners was drink. ing wine he would not pay for, and I saw ‘yruman_drunk in ‘Henry's' and helpless, too, and he was drunk one morning at breakfast and had not been to bed the night before at all. I had trouble with him all right. I soaked him three or four Hunee hmd B o “::fit ut here the committee sto; line of temtimony. T BUae, that egarding stav " erget’'s that the committee owed him monagl.gl:rl a book, Foote made explanation of the whole transaction, starting and ending with . the statement that ‘He; 3 TRet iy Regarding the medals, Foote sai. if they were sold for ‘when theydect)?;fi have been had for 33 60, or 18 francs, then some one was stealing. He did not know anything about the matter. Runyon’s testimony brought but Jtt1. light_on the tangle. irman Bliss be- gan his examination by reading his ques- tions, for theé most part fromya prepared list. After several question: rding the organization of the commission, Bliss .—Is it customary to acknowledge the colpt of exhibits? AN, T think net. N 16t PATRONAGE IS AGAIN TO THE FORE . siders the Vexed Question, Stenfiacher. Delehanty and Geary Probably Will Get Places- PRSI Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL FHMEADQUARTERS, SACRA. MENTO, Jan. 28.—The Republican As semblymen caucused again this afternoon on the question of patronage, of which the over-zealous San Francisco members made such a mess last week. As a re- sult of to-day’s deliberations, Jacob Step- pacher, Thomas Delehanty and Major Geary probably will be given places, but the question of the four “‘unattached” porters is still in the air. | Some of the members complained that they had not obtained appointments up to the limit of their patronage allowance. Among these was Hourigan, who has the fifty cents yet coming which he refused to | give away or risk in a dice game against a like amount of patronage. The problem (was referred by the caucus to the old patronage committee, with instructions to report to-mortow afternoon, when another caucus is to be held. If it is found that there remain enough scraps which pieced together would give the four porters of the sergeant at arms’ apportionment regu- |lar positions on the payroll, all will be | well. Otherwise there will be trouble | among the faithful. This reference to the | committee was made after a statement by Chairman Kelley that all apparently had voted understandingly in the former cau- cus on the appointment of Steppacher. Geary and Delehanty, and that the only misunderstanding had been in regard to the four porters. | Fisk objected to the fact that the news- papefs got so much of the inside on the | caucuses. He felt particularly aggrieved that the 8an Francisco delegation had had increase in the salary list. He thought it | the duty of the country members to stand by the caucus action and not make a ecapegoat of the San Francisco dele- | gation. N e ot e e o i o e | ters were written from Parls for that pur- | pose. | P @ —Have you returned_all the exhibits to | théir owners? A.—No. Thers are twenty-six boxes that have not yet arrived containing come of the exhibits. Q—What was the cost of collecting and In- stalling the exhibits? A.—I can't say off band, but the vouchers will show. | "Q.—What was the amount expended In sal- aries of attaches? A.—Really, 1 can't say. | The vouchers will show all that | "@.—Why did you not have a collective ex- | nibit of California products? A.—The French | Government would not permit it. | was allowed to make a collective exhibit. | attaches On what basis were your 2 A.—On the ground of their fitness to chosen | itions. { to pay for the medais they receive? A.—I un- | derstand it is. & | Q. —HoW' were mhe -m] s made af Paris? “By jurors of the nations. 1 AQ.—%\‘!{‘:n attaches of your commission were | discharged did their pay always stop? A.— The vouchers will show. STANFORD BILL PASSES ASSEMBLY | ' AssemblyCaucusCon- | Confers Full Corpo- ' rate Powers Upon | Trustees. Committees Report on the | Cost of Their Junket- “ JIng Excursions. 'f Special Dispatch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2.—The Assembly this morning passed ten bills, some of them measures of considerable importance. As- sembly Dbill 191, conferring full corporate powers and privileges on the trustees of | Stanford Universi a dissenting vote MeNeil's bill appropriating 32000 for a steelhead trout hatchery on Eel | Humboldt County also met no ¢ Others that were pa: 2 Atherton’s bill, 2 payment by the State of t! of a convict for crime Whittler State School School of Industry; prevent the drugging ¥, was passed without >{ horses | other animals, except for medic poses; Assembly bill 167, by sembly_bill 42, by Foster; As 34, by Clarke; Assemb bill 145, n; Assembly bill 8, by Melick bill 187, by Stewart of San Die The Committee on State Hof Asylums re rted t it Agnews to be 3223 20, The Committee on State Prisons and Reformatory tions presented a bill of $214 penses of its trip to San Quen Resolutions of sympathy for man Oscar Sutro on account o of his mother were adopted by a risi vote. ANOTHER CONFERENCE ON CONFERENCE RULE | — | Assembly Will Again Attempt to | to bear all the burden of obloquy of the | No nation | Reach an Agreement With the Senate. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 20.—Brown of San Mateo reported in the Assembly this morning that the Committee on Free Conference {on the joint rules had been unable | agree with the Senate committee, and on his motion the committee was discharged. Brown asserted that such a rule as the Senate in ed upon if In force in Con- gress would stop the wheels of legislation: and that if unlimited free conferences were prevented the Senate would be in a position to dictate to the Assembly In matters of legislation. Ralston said the ferred to as the steerage of the shi state, and the Senate was inclined to embly had been re—( & Tookc upon the Assembly as a body of secondary importance. He contended that the As- sembly was under no obligation to rescind a rule upon demand of the Senate—a rule to which the Senate had agreed two years ago Johnson moved that a new committes on free conference be appointed. James of Los Angeles opposed further attempt for the present to confer with the Senate in view of the Senate’s refusal yesterday to appoint a-new committee on ler- ence. Johnson said in reply that the ap- pointment of a new committee would put the Assembly on record as being willing to continue the attempt to reach an agree- ment. The motion for the appointment of a free conference committee was Treadwell took the Commissioner in hand. He asked: —Did you elect a secretary before the date of formal organization? A.—Yes. 2 Q—What salary did you allow him? A.— | $250 per month. | ¥Q.2\What rent did you pay for your head- quarters in the Ocecidental Hotel in San Fran- disco? A—T don't remember, but there are | the vouchers. Q.—Of what did your headquarters at 8 Place de I'Opera consist? A.—Of an office, two re- | ception rooms, two rooms for exhibits, an en- | trance hall and l:‘\;u rooms in the rear, where | the secretary lived. 2 Q.—What rent did you pay? A.—We had to | take a lease for three vears. Minus a rebate | the cost was about $550. % Q.—When_did ll;,e exposition close? {dale of November. T ivhen did you return? AT came back about the middie of August. I hgd worked about six months getting the exhibits together. Q.—-Did you raise Mr. Gaskill's salary? We did—to $300—about the time I left Paris. Q-—Why did you give him the increase? A The cost of living was high in Parls—eve | thing had advanced—and he could not live as | became his position on the salary we had first B. KATSCHINSKI A.—The him. | “Q.nR‘u! he had his apartments free at the | headquarters? A.—Yes; he was to get his liv- | | ing expenses and a salary. | & —Was there a limit for his living ex- | penses? A.—Yes. The minutes will show the | amount. skill volunteered the information that | ,(9:,,}‘ z]u first $125, then $150 per month. Q.—But_why did you Increase the salary in- stead of the allowance for expenses? A.—Well, for efficlency. | Stewart of Amador asked some ques- | | tions, directing them mainly to the wit- ness knowledge of exhibits of mlnmq | specimens and oranges, which are alleged | not to have been returned to the exhibit- | ors, but Runyon had returned from Paris | | foo’ early to have personal knowledge of | atters. | B ihe Visitors' books. Runyon continued. | would show how many people had called | at the headquarters, but he had no idea, | himself what the number was. | To questions by Melick, Runyon told how a collective exhibit was the desire of the commission, so that California could | compete with the world, but they were | cempelled to scatter their exhibit through | the United States exhibit. Regarding the | expenditure of the $116.000, Runyen saia THANKS THE PUBLIC! MR. B. KATSCHINSKI, proprie- tor of the Philadelphia Shoe Com- pany, 10 Third street, San Fran- cisco, returns thanks to his many friends and customers for thelr patronage during the past year and he hopes to merit a continuance of their patronage in the future. His alm will be to supply the best shoes for the least money; sSnappy. stylish up-to-date shoes that can be guaranteed to wear and yet be bought at a reasonable price. Union stamped shoes for men, | the money passed through Gaskill's women and children will be a spe-- hands, but everything he did was passed | clalty and they will be sold as upon by at least two of the Commissior® | ll cheap as shoes that do not bear the ers. and they signed every draft or check. |l union stamp. The fact was then brought out that the | commission has an expert working on the | books; that there remains of the $130,000 | $19.000, and against this there are charges | that will bring it down to $16000. This sum will be turned over to the State. | A letter from Mr. Emlay, one of the em- | ployes of the commission, offering for a eertain sum to take dharge of a certain | exhibit, was read, but Runyon said he | knew nothing of that, and that the em- | ployes of the commission were expected | to care for the exhibits without extra pay. | This evening the Governor, Commission- er Foote, Commissioner Runyon, Secre- | tary Gaskill and Mr. Bliss held a long conference in Mr. Foote’s rooms In the Capital Hotel. After the conference it was announced that it was merely a discussion over the affairs of the commission; that the Gov- ernor is very friendly, personally, with | the Commissioners, and he was only hav- ing a friendly talk with them. It was not explained why the chalrman of the in- \'el[’lkxlln‘ committee was Included In the conference. To-morrow, it is understood, Gaskiil will refer the whole subject of the medais to Emlay, who will show receipts from those issuing the medals for all sums he received in response to letters. That money was sent to Gaskill personally is explained by the fact that the commis- sion, not being a corpération, could not keep g deposit any bank and there- fore financial business had to be trans- acted in the name of some one—in this instance in the name of Varney Gaskill, the sccretary. Ross Will Testify. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.—Robert E. Ross, son of Judge Erskine M. Ross of the United States Circuit Court, left for Sacramento to-day. Mr. Ross was one of the assistant secretaries to the Paris Exposition Commissioners, and is sub- penas the legislative investigatthg committee to tell what he knows concern- ing the action of the commissioners in their official capacity. —————— To Prevent the Grip Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the cause. * rogressive movement re- cefi’e:ry hll,s indorsement and he therefore closes his store at 6 p. m. on week days and 11 p. m. on Sat- urdays and will continue to close at those hours, provided all other shoe stores will do the same. He car- ries the most complete stock in this city. Cheap, medium and fine Shoes are offered for sale and the manufacturers of the finest shoes in the country are only too pleased to sell to him. He_also takes pleasure In thank- ing_his country patrons for their teade, but he wishes to Im- press on them the fact that the so- called Philadelphia Shoe companies throughout the State are branches and they are fakers they claim to be. Coimiry Orders Soficited. Address all communications to B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 10 THIRD ST., San Franciseo. DR, MEYERS &CO. Specialists, Disease and weakness of men. Established 181 Consultation and private book (r«l at office or by EotSiree? telovator entrance), San