The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1903, Page 6

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Club dinner in Chicago which | 1 used to attend has been and is t was attended by about three hundred | near far, and its theme was The speakers were Mr. Ed-| New York millionaire, who » and supported him in 1900; | i Cincinnati, who succeeded Olney | m Mr. Cleveland's second Cabi- | Bryan in 1896 and made no rec- | and Congressman de Armond of Mis- | a elf mostly to the tariff, ange in the tariff talke! He said he would | Democratic party propose not al “but instead oi introducing | t every business the party may well | hedules, in which, through practi- fortunes have been made.” Mr. ied-a bill of particulars. Is the metal | it that the home | revision, have imported nearly $30,- | in spite of the schedule? Un- | the monopoly and ering with a metal schedule that | importation in our his | All duty has been taken | and the people have discovered that the | > a ton has no effect whatever on | ese schedules, what ones? Is it tement there would not affect us inery makers for the other country can send us what we the mach are a monopoly of skill and capacity that by the tariff and cannot be destroyed nbered that The Call said recently arties would demand some such currency as is provided by the public demands it. it in his last message because opinion Roosevelt i the Republican party is committed to it In rt of our prophecy Mr. Shepard proceeded to Iroquois that the country will have to look | Demc atic party “to give the national bank ntry requires.” That is enough to Il down the back of a Bryan Demo- what rigors must chase themselves down t our national banks system is | poli He %aid: “Our present | not monopolies; anybody can | Unlike they .are subject to State taxation not consolidate except in the same city. | nued existence and usefulness these s been due to Andrew Jackson.” hat enough to make Bryan pinch himself to s awake? When he accepted the Populist are he same terms as all others. bank i banks, of nomina because you against the mational banks” On that his campaign was made. And now the same | large. | powerful and most prosperoiis on the globe. | . 2 | public service. n the supply | nd and normal elasticity which the | when Judge Harmon, who followed | CHARTER DAY ADDRESSES. C HARTER DAY at the University of Califor- nia was signalized by three addresses turn- ing upon various themes, but marked throughout by one common and dominant thought— that of thc relation of the university to society at Had President Wheeler, President Jordan of Stanford and Governor Pardee prepared their speeches after consultation with one another for the | purpose of presenting a single truth from different points of view they could hardly have made them more complementary the one to the other or brought them into greater harmony of sentiment. Among the duties of a university, said Doctor Jordan, “is to furnish instruments of social need, to furnish men that are wanted in a community in one way or znother.” Dr. Wheeler said: “In these days, when there is so much to be done in public service, when the State is becoming so great, its ac- tivities so complex, its problems so vast, there is a positive demand for the graduates of the university to go out and serve the people, even at the cost of personal sacrifice.” Covernor Pardee said: “I hope, as a loyal son of this university and as a citizen of this State, that the alumni of the State University will do every duty to the State, will uphold the hands of the Government and will see to it that everything that is possible to be done by them will be done.” It was not chance that brought the minds of the three speakers to the same thought and the emphatic teaching of the same lesson. The imperative need of a fuller and truer conception of the duties of Ameri- can citizenship is now a matter of universal recog- nition. It is published in the press, preached from the pulpit, spoken from the forum and discussed in the clubs. Hardly any observer of the life of the time fails to perceive the failure of our citizenship with respect to public political duties and the evil conse- quences of the failure. By virtue and energy in pri- vate busin€ss we have made our country the most By the lack of them in public life we have made our politics a reproach to democracy and our municipal goyern- ments the derision of the world. The lesson, then, to impress upon young Americans to-day is that of infusing private virtue into public service. With good right the people look to the universities to assist in developing a fuller sense of the respon- sibilities of citizenship in the minds of young men. It is imperative that such lessons be impressed upon the mind while it is still susceptible to ideals. When voung men_enter the activities of life they will soon | find temptations to shirk political duties. The pressure of private business distracts attention from Many highly cultured natures shrink fastidiously away from the strife of parties. Others less sensitive form a false conception of the relation of the individual to the State and pride them- selves on “attending to their own business.” The result is that a considerable proportion of the better educidted men of every American State neglect to take part in political affairs and do not even take the trouble to go to the polls except when a Presidential election with its excitements rouses them from their normal condition of indifference. The importance of inculcating @ better sense of citizenship was made clear by a statement of Gov- ernor Pardee, speaking from his personal experience. After referring to the education provided for young men and women by the taxpayers of the State, and the gratitude which the recipients of university train- | ing ought to feel towargd the people who furnished it, he said:* “I have asked men who ought to know, men whose professionsief faith in California are great. to serve the people and they have refused; some of them courteously, some gruffly, and others in a way for which the university spirit in them should be ashamed—they have refused to serve the people, to | whom they are indebted for all they have of intellec- tual ‘worth.” We are soon going to have in this city a proof of | that widespread lack of civic patriotism. A munici- | pal election is approaching and every citizen will be called upon to take part in primary elections for the nomination of fitting candidates for office. The press | will in due season begin iterating and reiterating ap- peals to all to attend the primaries. It is safe to say, | however, the vote will fall far short of the full | strength of the voting population. The gangs of the | bosses will vote, but a large number of so-called ood citizens” will not. ll:a\: this lesson of citizenship preached by every au- L(}mrily in the community, and the Charter day ad- | dresses at Berkeley ccme, therefore, as pertinent to | the State as to the university itself | The distinguished gentlemen who guide the desti- nies of Stanford and Berkeley universities secem to hold to the remarkable opinion that college athletes | must make at least some creditable showing in schol- arship. This seems to be a revolutionary age even in the cloistered homes of learning. FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS. ESPITE the frequent assertion that fairs and D expositions cost more than they are worth, | they continue to hold the interest of the pub- lic, and so far from dying out they are growing from | more to more. The success or the failure.of an ex- | position in any one city serves only to prompt an- other to try to do better. The rivalry has been gen- | erous, and while in most cases the results have not n at Topeka in 1900 he said: “I am for you, | been financially profitable the indirect benefits- have been looked upon as a sufficient reward for the mon- | etary loss to the-community. . It is, therefore, timely to| banks are lauded in a Demecratic banquet, and lhe} That view of the case has evidently been taken by fowers of Chicago stand, instead of falling like those | the people and the government of Paris, for a recent of Siloam on the sinners! | dispatch announces that the city purposes to hold It will be seen that it is now proposed that the a great fair every spring, making it a fixed annual fea- Democracy move up and occupy Republican ground on three main guestions, the-tariff and banks and an elastic currency, for the Republican party has experi- mented with the coal schedule as an object lesson. What is then left as separate ground? Democrats who have been come-outers since 1896 be go-backers on any such programme? Congressman de Armond, who followed §hepard and Harmon, acquiesced in their declaration, but in- sisted that the nominee in 1904 must be a2 man who supported the Chicago and Kansas City platforms! Now look at that! The new platiorm, if made on Shepard and Harmon lines, will be a distinct affirma: tion that the bolters of 1896 and 1900 were right and the supporters of the platforms of those years were wrong; vet Mr. de Atmond, while admitting this, in- sists that the mominee must be a man who was wrong, to reward him for being wrong, while those who were right must be punished for being right! Such fustian, hodge-podge and fal-lal will draw no one and deceive no one. — Carnegie's willingness to finance the Pan-American Railway scheme may be due to a desire to get out of this continent and let Morgan have room. Why should | | ture of her industrial and commercial life. Of caurse, no effort will be made at these annual fairs to draw exhibitors from all parts of the world, but when once the fame of the expositions has been established we may be sure a good many foreign manufacturers and producers will need no ‘urging to send exhibits | to that great holiday capital of the world. At the present time Europe has two great fairs, that have cbme down from the middle ages—one which has been held in Leipsic for about 500 years and another at Nijni Novgorod, whose origin is lest in the darkness of prehistoric time im Russia, Neither of those, however, will be a rival to such a fair as Paris can and will arrange when she starts her series. There will be then a new inducement to visit the gay capital, and it is almost a foregone conclu- sion that success will attend the enterprise from the beginning. It is, moreover, quite probable that fairs of the kind proposed at Paris may eventually take the place of the huge world expositions, which* cost so much money and entail so much labor to make a six months’ show. A spring-time fete of industry, pre- senting in an attractive form the new things of the | year and the novelties which art and industry have v to offer to the world, will be n easy enterprise to handle, and the buildings designed for it can be made permanent features of the city. Taken altogether, the Parisian enterprise appears to be an excellent one and perhaps we may eventually adopt it in San Francisco for the benefit of the Pacific Coast. The Whitaker Wright financial bubble, which has excited London and New York and interested the world, has served simply to illustrate again what most of us already knew. The supply of fools in the world is always equal to the demand of knaves. M ton Mail charges The Call with the commis- sion of a breach of faith to the Associated Press in publishing on March 21 a summary of some of the recommendations of the Anthracite Coal Com- mission when the full report was not to be made pub- lic. until the following. day. A charge of that kind, even from a mean source, cannot be passed without a denial, for it implies a violation of professional honor of which no newspaper can afford to be guilty, and therefore we take the trouble to refute it. The Mail says: “The commission’s report was given to the Associated Press in advance on the express understanding that the contents of the docu- ment would not be made known until authority was given for its publication. The honor as well as the rules of the Associated Press demanded. that that obligation be sacredly kept. It is possible that The Call derived its information regarding the two points of the report from some other source than that of the Associated Press, but it is just as reasonable to believe it broke faith with the great newsgathering association, without whose service The Call would cut a much more sorry figure than it does.” In that statement the apimus that prompted the charge is plainly revealed. Since it is possible The OVED by some idiotic perversity the Stock- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1903. Call could have obtained the preliminary report from | some other source than the Associated Press why is it “reasonable to suppose” The Call broke faith? As a matter of fact it was fairly well known weeks ago that the report of the commission was to be unanimous, and forecasts made_by- the staff of the Associated Press, as well as by other correspondents at Washington, intimated what the main features would be. The Call obtained its preliminary informa- tion from Washington by means of which any live newspaper could make use. As a matter of fact, the report of the commission given out through the Associated Press was not received in The Call officé until our preliminary report had gone to press. It is not easy to understand why* such a charge should have been made by the Mail unless the editor is suffering from idiocy. Of course it is possible the Mail may have been animated by some other motive, but it is just as reasonable to suppose the editor is an idiot and let it go at that. S ST ———— Lipton’s new yacht is the third leaf of the Sham- | rock and she was launched on St. Patrick’s, day, and now if there be any luck in old Ireland he may win; but still there is a superstition that it takes a four- leaved shamrock to make luck certain. ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART. HILADELPHIA has under consideration a P serious movement for the elevation of the stage and the improvement of dramatic art. The prop- osition involves the establishment of an academy in which students can be trained in the principles and the practices of the legitimate stage and thus fitted to maintain the best traditions of the classic drama. It is the design to found the institution on lines similar to those of the renowned Comedie Francaise of Paris, with an endowment of $2,000,000 to sustain it. One of the projectors, in discussing the plan, said: “The idea is to establish a school to coach and en- courage rising playwrights and painters, and also to maintain a theater for the production of English plays. Charlatanry is to be frowned upon and purity of theme to be insisted upon. One of the purposes of the proposed institution is to stem the drift of the drama toward immorality. - At the same time an ei- fort will be made to perpetwmate the purity of the English language.” Among the promoters of the movement are some of the richest men in Philadelphia: - Two of them, P. A, B. Widener and John M. Mack; have pledged them- selves to contribute $100,000 each to the in- stitution provided ~eight other men can be found to give a similar amount ,and thus assure the first million. Several other gentle- men have promised contributions varying from $25.- 000 to $50,000 each toward raising the second million. It appears, therefore, that the movement is fairly well launched, and despite the often repeated taunt that Philadelphia is a slow town the entire amount may be raised and the academy assured in a compara- tively short time. It is indisputable that such an institution is urg- ently needed, - The American stage is rapidly degen- erating into a mere sensationalism. The more preten- tious plays deal with what are called “problems,” that being the word used to signify what in former times was called vileness. Moreover, the free use of slang on the stage has corrupted the language in terms as much as the badness of the elocution has debased pronunciation.’ A’ school that would send out through the country. trained nmien and wemen fitted- to represent classic plays spoken with clear- ness and cortectness woiild be a distinct gain to the educatiofial"forces_of the time. Philadelphia, then, has started a good movement, and it is to be hoped she will speedily carry it toa successful conclusion. | e mrmem——— The startling candor with which Charles Clark, son of the multi-millionaire, admitted the other day that he had offered a bribe of $250,000 to a Judge sug- gests very forcibly that.certain phases of the educa- tion of the young man have been neglected. He should be sent to some correctional school: to be taught that bribery is not one of the domestic arts of the United States. 2 The Berkeley students who transformed them- selves into ‘rowdies the othet night and committed depredations which would shock a South Sea Islander have indicated to the public of California that the attendance at the University of California is some- what greater than it should be. Loafers may be edu- cated without the expense incidental to residence at Berkeley. : 3 2 I Nothing is more conducive to the circulation of money than the spur and inspiration of free institu- tions. Another important embezzlement of put funds has been discovered in the breezy affairs of our new Territory of Hawaii. 1 The Boston Transcript defines Democracy as “a leaderless party without principles,” -and there is nothing more to be said. | 1 il DIMMICK SAYS CASHIER COLE WAS NEGLIGENT Walter N. Dimmick was subjected to a searching cross-examination yesterday at the hands of Peter F. Dunne, the at- torney for the Government, which is pros- ecuting the ex-chief clerk of the local Mint on the theory that he stole $30,00) from the vaults of that institution. Dunne oceypled most of the day inter- rogating the witness on his manipulating the locks of the cashier's vault. mick underwent the examination unper- turbed. His answers were given coolly and without hesitation. Dunne would read from the transcript of testimony given by the witness at former exami- nations and compel him to admit things that would tend to forge the links in the chain of evidence the prosecution is an‘empting to draw around the defend- ant. Upon direct examination Dimmick swore | he never had a dress suit case. He also, by his answers, tried to show that Cash- ier Cole was his enemy and was anxious to sacrifice him in order that no blame might attach to himself. Beven witnesses also swore positively that the reputation of Night Watchman Cyrus E. Ellis, the man who swore he saw Dimmick with bags of gold in his hand at night, was bad, and they would not believe him under oath. BLAMES CASHIER COLE. ‘When the session opened yesterday morning Dimmick resumed his place on the witness stand. He denied he ever took any money from the vaults of the Mint. He swore that he was home on the evening he was supposed to have taken the two bags of gold from the Mint. The witness told of Cole’s negli- gence as cashier. He enumerated in- stances where Cole was short in his ac- counts. He said Cole was careless in his work and frequently paid out sums of money in excess of the amounts called for. the vault at the close of business and take $20 from the exchange fund and add it to his counter cash. Dimmick testi- fied he told Cole this would not do, and Cole replied, “But I must balance my cash.” “I told him,” said Dimmick, “he had no right to do this, afld I would re- port him to Mr. Leach. This exasper- ated Cole, and he told me to keep away from his office, as he would run it to suit himself. I told him I was directed by Superintendent Leach to look after things and if he (Cole) did not like it he could appeal to Leach.” The witness stated that there was en- mity between Cashier Cole and himself. This statement was made in order that | the jury might take cognizance of the | charges made by Attorney Collins that | Cole and Leach were conspiring to undo Dimmick. Attorney Dunne made some sharp objections to this line of question- ing. . Dimmick denied that he said to Secret Service Agent Hazen that he was fa- miliar with locks and combinations and that when anything went wrong with the vaults he saved the Government the ex- pense of calling in a locksmith, as he usually repaired the locks. He admitted having a conversation with Hazen, but denled he made the statements testified to by Hazen. % Collins devoted a greater portion of the morning session to reading extracts from testimony given by witnesses for the prosecution and having Dimmick deny their statements in whole or in part. ' “There has been some talk about a kit of tools in the cashier's office. Were there any there?’ asked Collins. ““There never was a kit of tools there, The only tool there was a small screw- driver, which was formeriy kept in the vault. There Is a large screwdriver fastened in the safe for unscrewing the screws in coin boxes, Those are the only tools inv the cashier’s office,” replied Dim- mick. HAD NO DRESS SUIT CASE. “I want to ask you in reference to a dress suit case. Did you ever carry into the Mint or take out of the Mint a dress suit case?” “I never did.” § “Did you in your life own or possess or have in your custody or control a dress suit case?” “I never did.” “You had some books in the Chief Clerk's office while you were employed there?” “Yes, sir.” At Collins’ request the witness wrapped the books up and it presented the ap- pearance of a dress sult case covered with paper. This was done in order to dis- prove the statements made by the prose- cution's witnesses who swore Dimmick caried a dress suit cas¢ to and from the Mint. It is alleged he carried the coin away in a dress suit case. ELLIS’ REPUTATION BAD. At the opening of the afternoon session Attorney Collins asked leave to put on witnesses who might testify to Cryus E. Ellis' reputation for truth, honesty and integrity. Permisssion being granted the defense put on James Wilding, G. Medau, J. M. Carr, W. B. Coffin, C. A. Hough, J. D. Austin and Samuel S. Batchelder, who said that Ellis' reputation was bad and they would not believe him under oath. Dunne was unable to shake these wit- nesses on cross-examination. All this tes- timony was offered to weaken that given by Ellis, who is a night watchman at the Mint and testified that he saw Dimmick: at night cross the upper hall of the Mint with bags of gold in his hands. Under cross-examination Dimmick tes- tified as follows: 1 commenced service in the Mint on the 20th of August, 1809. I was in the commis- sion business before 1 went into the Mint. Yes, I was in debt before 1_entered the em- | metime shortly v, 1901, Mr. ch spoke to me about my givihg up my position, but he did not ask me for my resignation. 1 have not been convicted of felony in this court nor have I been convieted of embezzling funds of the United States Government. In a gemeral way 1 have a knowledge of com- binations and locks. I first used combination locks In Callfornia sometime in 1877 at Santa Barl 1 was then employed In the bank. HAD BACK PLATE OFF. Attorney Dunne devoted a great deal of time examining the witness on his par- ticipation in changing the combinations of the vaults of the Mint. He would pin Dimmick down and force him to make damaging admissions by reading extracts from his testimony given in his second trial. Dimmick stated he had the back NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SOFTNESS OF SEALSKIN Is Rivaled by Human Hair Where Dandruff Is Eradicated. 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Dickman, will open at the Bo- hemian Club to-day .and will continue until Wednesday, April 1 | It has been decided to admit ladies to !the exhibition on the opening day from !2 to 5 o'clock, on Saturday, March 3 ! from 2 till 5, and on the closing day dur- | ing the same hours. The paintings of Peters and Dickmaa are always interesting and reveal pains- taking work, therefore the exhibition. f which will open to-day, is certain to| create an interest among connoisseurs e ‘Wagnerian Lecture. This evening at the Alhambra Theater Mrs. Charles W. Rhodes will delfver her first lecture on Wagner and the Bay-| reuth festival, assisted by Adolf Glose, an accomplished planist. The lecture is il- |lustrated with 200 beautifully colored sterecpticon views, showing scenes from Wagner's life, scenes in Bayreuth and the preductions from the operas. The entire | “Ring of the Nibelungen is covered, in- cluding the “Parsifal.”” Among the piano illustrations are the “Ride of the Walky- jries,” “Magic Fire Music,” from the same jopera; Liszt's arrangement of the “Bird rom “Siegfried”; the “Funeral from ‘“Gotterdammeruhg,” and numerous excerpts from the great tone | master. Complete programmes and syn- | opsis of lecture can be obtained at Sher- man, Clay & Co.'s, where the sale of seats is now in progress. —_—— Professor Friar on Japan. A very interesting lecture was delivered last evening at the South Park Settle- | ment Hall by Professor John Friar, head | of the department of Oriental languages at the State University, entitled “My Summer Trip to Nikko.” There was a | 8ood attendance. Professor Friar dwelt at length on the magnificence and beauty | of the tombs of Shagums Ieyasu and | | Iemitsar, situated near Nikko, Japan. | | He stated that they should be classed as among the wonders of the world. His | lecture was illustrated by about a hun- | dred stereopticon views of great beauty. —_—————————— Civil Service Examinations. | The Civil Service Commission will hold | | examinations for experienced clerks in | the departments of Elections and Health | | on April 18; for inspector of school bufld- | ings Saturday, March 2, and for promo- tions in the Fire Department on April 25. The examinations will be held | Girls’ High School auditorium. | @ ciriviniirinliis i @ | | plate off the lock of the cashier’s vault | | on three occasions. The first time was to | | change the combination; the second time | | was in"order to correct one of the figures | | in the combination and the third time was | for the purpese of ofling the bearings of | the lock-bolt. | “When you changed the combination | for Mr. Cole did you suggest to him any number or numbers from your own com- | | binations, which you were using at lhal‘ | time?” asked Dunne. | i ““1 did not,”ereplied Dimmick. | “Didn’t you tell him that 15 was your {last number?" reiterated Dunne. | “I told him that it would be necessary {In making the change to stop at the last | chungeable figure. In setting up the old | combination I stopped at 15,” evasively arswered the witness, | Dunne was relentless. He turned to the transcript of testimony given by Dim- | mick at his second trial and read the fol- ‘ |16wing answer made to a similar question: | | *‘1 told him, Cole, I stopped at 15; it | was my last number.’ Is that not correct, Mr. Dimmick?” { “Itis; yes, sir."” An adjournment was o'clock this morning. B o v RECEIVE THEIR FEE. enson & Schlesinger Will Be Paid 85000 for Their Services. The law firm of Denson & Schlesinger | was informed yesterday that the Depart- | of Justice at Washington | had allowed the full amount, $5000, |of thelr fee for their services as | special counsel in the matter of the prosecution of Walter N. Dimmick on | the charges of embezzlement, presenting !a false voucher and stealing $30,000 from | {the United States branch Mint in this | | city. United States Attorney Woodworth | was advised of the news early in the day | iand sent word to Denson & Schlesinger ! of the fact. | There had been some controversy be- | tween the special counsel and the De- pertment of Justice as to the amount to be allcwed, owing to the fact of the with- | drawal of Denson & Schlesinger after the second trial of Dimmick on the charge of | stealing $30,000. | The letter from the Departmelit of Jus- | tice states that the fee is allowed with- out deduction, because of the depart- ment’s high appreciation of the extent i and s=kill of the professional labors of | Denson & Schlesinger in the prosecutions and in view of the substantial results-at- | tained, they having secured two convie- tions of Dimmick in the United States | Distriet Court and having those convie- | tions affirmed by the United States Cir- | cutt Court of Appeals. * in the | taken until 10 | | ment | saction INVESTIGATING DEFALCATIONS IN HONOLULU Special Correspondence of The Call HONOLULU, March 17.—Responsibility for the recently discovered shortage in the Public Works Department lies be- tween Charles Wilcox, the disbursing agent of the department, and B. H-\‘~ wood Wright, late chief clerk in the of- fice. The shortage Is not a new one, but it only recently came to light when ex- perts appointed by the Legislature ber‘m their Investigations. The amount rvv.\lw‘l‘l.-' alleged shortage is said to be ST &, which corresponds exactly with an item in the Governor's recommendations as (o unpaid bills, which reads “Road board payrolls, $2337 5. = Charles Wilcox, brother of Robert Wil cox, ‘who has just completed his term as Delegate to Congress, is disbursing agent in the Public Works office, and as such all warrants excepting those paid directly from the Auditor's office g0 through him. He was appointed by James H. Boyd, recently acquitted on a charge of embezzlement, and his principal duty is to go over the payrolis of the depart- ment. Owing to the impossibility of is- suing payrolls In the outside districts it has become the chstom for road boarCs to send thelr payrolls to Wilcox, with request that he secure the amounts and remit to them the warrant approved by him, or in some cases where it is difficult to get cash to forward the coin. Last August Wilcox received from the Audi- tor the warrants for road boards in Kau, Hawail, Kawathau, Kaual and Kona, Ha- waii, and proceeded to cash them. Al- together they amounted to $2337 8 a for these Wilcox got the coin. Instead of sending the warrants to the Road Board, Wilcox put the money in the safe of the Chief Clerk, B. H. Wright, so he says, but the money has not since beea accounted for. According to the story that Wilcox tells be turned the money over to Wright upcn Superintendent Boyd's order, and claims to hold an “I. O. U.” in place of it: This “L 0. U.” Is said to be for $3900, but Wright claims to have paid it. The tran- is alleged to have occurred.-las August and the following month B. H Wright was put out of office by Treagurer Wright, who since defaulted. Wray Taylor may not be brought back to Honolulu. The House of Representa- tives tried to save him from all dang: even if he should be caught, by refusing to appropriate the sum of $1500 for ex | penses of the Attorney General's depart- ment. Attorney General Lorrin Andrews cabled to Special Deputy Lindsay, in- structing him to discontinue the chase after Taylor, and that if any mainland police make the arrest they would simply have to release their man. Lorrin Andrews sent a communication to the House asking for the appropria tion. In his letter the Attorney Gemeral stated that embezzlement wi on the increase and there was no fund at his disposal which he could use to trace em- bezzlers and bring them back here. John Gandall of Kaual, father-In-law of Willlam H. Wright, the absconding treas- urer, opposed the appropriation. He said that the accounts of public officlals should be examined before they went away and he was against any appropria- tlon for catching Wray Taylor. The ap- propriation was refused, but the bill was subsequently reconsidered and passed in committee of the whole. There is a belief among Taylor’s friends that his mind gave way under the strain of Illlness and business. This theory Is siven weight owing to the fact that his father and brother became insane and dled. His action in staying in San Fran- cisco so long and then disappearing so completely would tend to establish this as well, for he was 1ll shortly before he left, according to evidence at B&nd. As to the check agalnst the Chinese fund it is believed that this was drawn simply to meet the expenses of the San Francisco trip, the idea being that there | would be an appropriation for his depart- ment, which would enable him to repay the advance thus secured. It is probabie that a fund will be raised to protect the Government. Bishop Addresses Merchants. Bishop W. H. Moreland, D. D., delivered an address before a large gathering of commereial men at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. 7The occasion was the noon-day Lenten serv- jces arranged by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The subject of the Bishop' course was “Gambling.” The Rev. Fred- erick W. Clampett, D. D., will “address business men im the same rooms to-day on “Licentiousness.” —_————————— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* ———————————— dis- Townsend's California glace fruit and candfes, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched nice present for Eastern friends. Market st., Palace Hotel building. * — e — Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 23 Cali- forgia street. Telephone Mam 1042. . —_—————— We have the moderate priced as well as the high grade picture frames and moldings. 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