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HIS CAREER CLOSED
Death Comes Calmly to
Ex-Secretary Hugh
McCulloch.
LEAVES A FINE RECORD.
Eminent Services of the Noted
Statesman for the
Nation.
SAVED THE COUNTRY'S CREDIT.
The Only Man Who Served Two
Terms as Head of the Treas
ury Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 24.— Hon.
Hugh McCullocb, formerly Secretary of
the Treasury, died shortly before 2 o'clock
this morning. Death was calm and peace
ful, the patient being for some previous
time in a comatose condition. Mr. Mc-
Culloch was over eighty year 3of age.
Hugh McCulloch was born in Kenne
bunk, Maine, December 7, 1808. He en
tered Bowdoin in 1824, but leaving on ac
count of illness in 1826, taught until 1829
and then studied law in Kennebunk and
Boston. In 1833 he went to the West, and
settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1835
he was elected cashier and manager of the
branch at Fort Wayne of the State Bank
of Indiana, and at the expiration of its
charter in 1856, he became the president of
the Bank of the State of Indiana, which
post he held until May, 1863.
He then assumed the office of Comp
troller of the Currency, which was ten
dered him by Secretary Salmon P. Chase,
undertaking the organization of the newly
created bureau in putting into operation
the National banking system. His own
reputation for conservatism promoted the
conversion of the leading institutions of the
commercial cities into National banks.
In March, 1865, on the resignation of Wil
liam P. Fessenden, Mr. McCulloch was
appointed by President Lincoln Secretary
of the Treasury, at which time the Govern
ment was in grave financial embarrass
ment. It was still incurring enormous
expenses, and heavy demands were press
ing upon a nearly empty treasury. Hi 3
first and most important duty, therefore,
was to raise by further loans what was
needed to pay the large amount due to
500,000 soldiers and sailors, whose services
the Government was in a condition to dis
pense with and meet other demands.
This was successfully accomplished and
in less than six months from the time of
his appointment all the matured obliga
tions of the Government were paid and the
reduction of the debt begun. The next
important work was the conversion of
more than $1,000,000,000 short-time obliga
tions into a funded debt. This was quietly
effected and in a little more than two
years the whole debt of the country was
put into a satisfactory shape.
In his annual reports he advocated a
steady reduction of. the National debt, the
retirement of the legal-tender notes and a
speedy return to specie payments, urging
that permanent public debt might be dan
gerous to republican institutions.
He "believed, also, that it was not the
business of the Government to furnish
us with a paper currency, that it had no
power under the constitution to make its
own notes legal money, and that the paper
currency ot the country should be fur
nished by the banks. His views upon the
subject of the debt was sustained by Con
gress, as were also for a short time those in
regard to the legal-tender notes. Secre
tary McCulloch held office till March 4
1869.
In 1871 till 1878 he was engaged in bank
ing in London. In October, 1884, on the
resignation of Walter Q. Gresham he was
again appointed Secretary of the Treasury
and continued in office until the expiration
of President Arthur's term, March 4, ISBS,
being the only man who had held that
office twice. Since his retirement lie has
resided in Washington, D. C, and on his
farm in Maryland. Mr. McCulloch has
contributed articles on financial and eco
nomical questions to the magazine' 3 and
public journals. A series of letters written
by him in London for the New York
Tribune in were extensively copied
and were used by the Republicans in 1875
for political purposes.
STAPLES GETS THE MINE.
An Important Decision in the Bassick
Property Dispute.
DENVER, Colo., May 23.— 1n the suit
over the celebrated Bassick mine at Quiride,
near Silver Cliff, in Custer County, in the
United States Court, Judge Riner has found
for plaintiff, Joseph Staples, and held that
the defendant, Dennis Ryan of St. Paul,
now in possession, was not entitled to hold
the property. The mine formerly belonged
to the Bassick Mining Company. The last
year it was in operation it produced over
$900,000. The stockholders became in
volved in a row among themselves, and
the result was that in 1887 the property
was sold under executions. The plaintiff
in the suit, James Staples, claimed the
property under one judgment, and the de
fendant, Ryan, now in possession, under
another judgment. Judge Riner's decis
ion places the title in Staples' name. The
mine is now under 1900 feet of water, and
it is estimated that it will cost to put the
property in operation between $100,000 and
$150,000. The decision leaves the property
still in the hands of Mr. Ryan upon his
filing a bond with the court, which will be
done as soon as possible. The case will be
appealed.
UXIOIf PACIFIC .JEAItXIXGS.
A. Statement Showing a- Great Decrease
in Profits.
NEW YORK, N. Y M May 23.-A pre
liminary report of the Union Pacific sys
tem for the year 1894 shows:
Gross earnings, $ 23,234,054; decrease,
$4,605,991; operating expenses, $16,758,128;
decrease, $1,126,078; net earnings, $6,474,
--927; decrease, $3,479,913; total net income,
$6,389,169; decrease, $3,308,607; charges,
$10,397,393; decrease, $324,179; deficit,
$4,008,226; increase, $2,984,428.
The percentage of operating expenses
and taxes to gross earnings was 75 per
cent, against 68 per cent in 1893. The
gross earnings per mile decreased $926 in
1894, operating expenses decreased $297,
and net earnings decreased $629 per mile.
J.i:ulSLATOi:s GET AXGRT.
Xoisy Men In the Missouri House Disgust
the Speaker. . ■ . , ;
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 23.— A
disgraceful incident occurred in the House
to-day . when a resolution was introduced
I censuring the ■ citizens of ; Jefferson % City
i»s Uit> fc» jjws tf vii i jtiu yuas& w fco gave ,
a banquet last night to invite the members
of the House in a body. The discussion
waxed hotter and hotter until Speaker
Russell in disgust ended the scene by
putting a motion to refer the resolution to
the Committee on Roads and Highways
and declared it carried. The objectors
would not down, however, and appealed.
The appeal was laid on the table.
The disturbance was caused by the
failure of the Jefferson City Club to invite
the members of the House to a banquet
given to a few friends.
SCHOfIELD DEXIEB IT.
Reports Indicate He la After the Presi
dential nomination.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 23.— The special
representative of the Journal sent to
Houston to report the Confederate re
union wires the Journal that the visit of
General Schofield has developed a political
sensation. It is stated at Houston that
General Schofield will be a candidate for
President, and his visit first to the mili
tary encampment at Memphis and his
going thence to the Confederate reunion at
Houston is in the interest of his candidacy.
Generals Wheeler and Joe Johnston, free
silver leaders of Alabama, are said to have
planned this affair. It is said to be a
scheme to capture the soldiers' vote and
will result in General Schorield's nomi
nation on the free-silver ticket. This is
denied by General Schofield, but talk in
Houston has become so open and general
that there appears to be much foundation
for the report. It is now believed that
Speaker Crisp referred to General Scho
field when he alluded to the "Western
man with a war record."
MONUMENT TO JEFF DAVIS
Confederate Veterans Collect
Considerable Money
to Build It.
Dr. Jones, the Fighting Parson of
Virginia, Declares That He
Never Was a Rebel.
HOUSTON, Texas, May 23.— At the en
campment of Confederate Veterans to-day,
General Stephen D. Lee, chairman of the
Committee on Constitution, reported a new
document similar to the old Jackson Con
stitution. This was unanimously adopted.
General L. W. Campbell made the report
of the committee of the Davis monument
fund. It stated that despite hard times,
good progress had been made, and the cor
nerstone would be laid in Richmond, Va., in
the spring of 1896. The cash balance on
hand was shown to be $13,081, with thou
sands more promised.
Rev, Dr. J. W. Jones, tne righting parson
of Virginia, made a rousing speech in favor
of the monument movement. In conclu
sion he said :
"Let us make sure of this monument be
fore we pass away. We fought for prin
ciple; we thought we were right then; we
know that we were right now. Now, don't
anybody go away and say I made a rebel
lious speech. lam no rebel: I never was
a rebel. George Washington was a rebel,
for he fought against constitutional au
thority and if he had failed he would have
been executed. We fought to establish
constitutional authority. If there were any
rebels they were north of Mason and
Dixon's line."
Gamps were called upon to subscribe to
the monument fund. Robert E. Lee Camp of
Richmond headed the list with $1000, and
in a few minutes $10,000 had been added to
the fund. It was derided to hold the next
encampment at Richmond. Officers will
be elected to-morrow.
HII.LEIi BY THE OFFICESS.I
An Escaped Murderer Fights His Last
Battle.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 23.— A battle to
the death occurred at the farm of Fritz
Knute, near Rockport, this afternoon, in
which James Owens, an escaped murderer
under sentence of death, was shot
to death. Owens escaped from the
St. Joseph jail on New Year's morning
at the time Rob Crow, the notorious train
robber and bandit, liberated two murderers
and a half dozen other criminals. Owens
murdered Seneca Noble in cold blood last
fall. His wife lived at Knute's house and
he made his way there last Wednesday
night. He was betrayed by a neighbor
and when five deputies surrounded him he
opened fire and only stopped when riddled
with bullets.
HYPNOTISM HIS DEFENSE.
Brusseau Compelled to Commit Murder
by the Victim's Hifc.
DETROIT, Mich., May 23.— A jury was
finally secured to-day to try the case
against Mrs. Nellie Pope, who is charged
with the murder of her husband, I)r.
Horace E. Pope.
The doctor's skull was smashed by a
hatchet while the victim was seated at his
home on the night of Febrnary 2. William
Brusseau, who lived with the Popes, con
fessed that he himself actually dealt the
fatal blow at Mrs. Pope's instigation, and
the theory of hypnotism will enter into
Brusseau's defence. Over 300 talesmen
were summoned before a jury was secured
in Mrs. Pope's case.
SHOT HIS OWN SON.
Fatal Mistake of a Wealthy Farmer in
Indiana.
LEBANON, Ind., May 23.— Thomas Irv
ing, a wealthy farmer residing three miles
west of here, upon hearing footsteps in the
adjacent room to-night, secured his revol
ver, and without saying a word, shot the
supposed intruder, inflicting a fatal wound.
When upon examination he discovered
that he had killed his eldest son he at
tempted to kill himself, but was prevented.
Women Cannot Be Ordained.
MERIDIAN, Miss.. May 23.— The woman
question, which above all others troubled
the Cumberland Presbyterians during the
past several years, was finally settled in
the general assembly to-night by the de
cision that women cannot be ordained into
the ministry of the church.
To Investigate Bribery.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 23.-Judge
Shackelford of the Cole County Circuit
Court to-day charged the Grand Jury to
investigate the charges which have been
made as to members of the Legislature
having accepted bribes.
Death of Dr. Thornton.
BOSTON, Mass., May 23.-Dr. William
Thornton, widely known as the author of
a number of works on medicine and allied
sciences, died at his home in this city to
day, aged 49.
Committed Suicide in Jail.
OTTUMWA, lowa, May 23.— Guy Archer,
an insurance agent, was taken to jail last
night, charged with embezzlement. He
committed suicide to-day with morphine.
The Sicilia Did 3Tot Arrive.
U NEW YORK, :N. V. t May • 23—The re
ported I arrival last ; night of the steamer
Sicilia • from Hamburg was a . telegraphic
error. ■,-/ '. - ■ ' : . . ■ ..
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895.
MAKE THE MAD RUSH
Wild Scramble for the
Rich Kickapoo
Lands.
HOT RACES FOR CHOICE.
Twenty-five Thousand Men Go
After Four Hundred and
Fifty Claims.
BOOMERS BUILD A BIG TOWN.
During the Opening Two Whisky
Peddlers Are Killed by Fed
eral Officers.
OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., May 23.—
Sharp at noon to-day at least 25,000 men,
with a large number of women, made a
grand rush from all sides into the Kicka
poo reservation for 450 odd claims open to
white settlement. In less than an hour
there were scores of contestants on each
of these claims, in addition to sooners
who had already taken possession of the
lands.
Sweeney's bridge, on the north fork of
Canadian River, in township 12, was one
of the principal points of entrance to the
new land. There were three hundred men
gathered and just before noon there was
suppressed excitement as the minutes
ticked off nearer and nearer the hour.
Watches were held in one hand and the
lines tightly grasped in the other.
The scene that followed the shout "Go"
was intensely exciting. The first man to
dash across the bridge was in a little buggy
drawn by a pair of bays. The driver
brought his whip down, shouting at them,
and the horses bounded across the bridge
and off up the road with a good start, run
ning away. Following eight horsemen
jostled one another on the narrow bridge,
trying to pass one another. They whipped
their horses and struck at them, and at
each other, and at last got across and
scattered, racing like mad.
The recklessness of the drivers whipping
their horses down the bank and across has
seldom been equaled. Horses would go
down to be dragged to their feet again.
Men were hatless, their faces set and their
foreheads wrinkled with the strain.
As the yard became clear the wagons
and horsemen in the road came on behind,
rushing pellmell, and in fifteen minutes
the last wagon had passed over. The air
was full of dust, and the sound of shout
ing men and the rumbling wheels got
fainter and fainter np the road.
About half a mile northeast from Swee
ney's the road passed through a narrow
lane of trees. Here an awful jam oc
curred, delaying the racers for ten min
utes. The jam was finally straightened
out, however, and the men were off again.
Last night it was evident to many of the
boomers that all could not get claims, so it
was resolved to organize the towns. About
midnight a big crowd left Sweeney's for
Dalefand as this procession went along
large additions were made to the ranks.
Two towns have already been projected —
Olney and Aurora. A council was held,
but tbe projectors of both towns were in
terested in a consolidation of interests.
The new town is to be called McLord, in
honor of the general solicitor of the Choc
taw road. The procession, 5000 strong,
then took up the march to Douglass Mills,
at the section on which McLord was to be.
At the head of the enterprise is Dr. J. W.
Gillett of Perry, who was chosen Mayor,
(ireen R. Raum Jr. of Washington, son of
the ex-General Pension Agent, is a leading
member of the town organization. The
site of the town is a sandy bank, covered
with cactus and underbrush.
At noon the crowd passed over the ford
in a very quiet way and drew lots for posi
tions on the town plat. A corps of sur
veyors were on hand and at once laid out
the town. Wagons with liquors, groceries
and cots came in, tents were erected and
soon stores, restaurants and hotels were
opened and a new town had been born.
The Kickapoo opening was much in the
nature of a huge farce. At 12:10 o'clock
nearly all the claims had from ten to
twenty claimants on them, and those far
thest from the line were reached from the
border in thirty-five minutes. In one sec
tion 100 claimants who had run in from
both borders are fighting for their claims.
At Shawnee the crowd got restless before
the noon hour arrived. At three minutes
to twelve by some watches and precisely
noon by others there was a break here and
there in the line, a waverirtg, and then all
broke into a run. The race across the
level plateau was a very pretty sight.
WHISKY PEDDLERS It AIDED.
During a Battle With Marshals Two of
Thetn Are Killed.
i GUTHRIE, O. T., May 23.— Late last
night half a dozen deputy United States
Marshals raided a camp of whisky peddlers
on the line of the Kickapoo reservation,
four miles north of Shawnee, and in a fight
two peddlers were killed and two wound-
cd. A special to the Kansas City Star
from Oklahoma City says:
All last night the road to Sweeney bridge
on the edge of the Kickapoo country was
crowded with horsemen and vehicles. The
dust was stifling as the horses dragged
through deep sand and stumbled over
roots of trees in the rood.
The crowd had filled up the yard at
Sweeney bridge road house and extended
back a mile. When day broke every one
got out to cook coffee, and hitched to
await the race at noon. Down the river
for miles the boomers were camped on
the edge of a bluff leading down the North
Canadian River. The rush was most
dangerous, down an eighteen-foot em
bankment across the river, in many
places too deep to ford, and up the
bank to the opposite side through a belt
of timber and then across the famous
Kickapoo flats for the claims. There are
many wire fences around the allotments,
which will have to be cut or jumped. Be
fore noon many crowded over the river
and entered the country and their names
were jotted down by honest home-seekers,
who obeyed the law and waited.
Governor Renfrow this morning issued
a proclamation offering 80,000 acres of
school land in the Kickapoo reservation
for a lease for five years from October 1,
1895, bids to be received until June 10.
This will give the disappointed boomers
a Chance to get some fine land.
MIX MS X.OSJS: THEIR BIGHT.
Leaders Advise Them to Return to WorTt
at the Old Sates.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May ' ; 23.— The min
ers' officials gave up - the strike to-night
and advised the mea to gp to WQXk fox the
60-cent rate if they could get it. In the
Panhandle district a mass-meeting was
held of 2000 miners. They were divided
on the matter of continuing the strike for
the 69 cents rate, and the officers then told
them the strike was lost ana that they had
better return to work before they were
forced to sign ironclad agreements such as
were made on the Wheeling division.
Aa a result, all the mines within a radius
of ten miles of Carnegie will resume to
morrow at the 60-cent rate. About 8000
men are employed in that district.
A BIQ SAIL RAY DEAL.
Three Eastern Linen to Gain nn Inlet
Into Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 23. — The
Times to-morrow will say: One of the
biggest deals in railway circles consum
mated in the "West in years and of the
greatest moment to Kansas City ie to be
completed to-morrow when articles of in
corporation of the Kansas City and North
ern Railway Company will be filed in the
Recorder's office.
The new company is being organized, it
is claimed, for the purpose of securing an
inlet into Kansas City for three Eastern
railways, two of which are believed to be
the Baltimore and Ohio, Southwestern, and
the Chicago and Northwestern.
HAJiQED BY A MOB.
Punishment Swiftly Dealt to a Fiendish
Segro.
HENDERSON, Kt., May 23.— Claude
Thompson^ colored, tried to assault Mil
dred Gray, a 13-year-old white girl, at De
Koven, Union County. The child's
screams brought assistance and the negro
fled. He was captured, and at 12 o'clock
last night was hanged by a mob.
WAS DUE TO TREACHERY
Jose Marti, President of the
Cuban Party, Killed by
a Guide.
At the Time He Was Addressing His
Followers, Revolver In
Hand.
NEW YORK, N. V., May 23.-The
World's special from Havana says: Jose
Marti was shot by a Cuban guide named
Antonio Olivia, who was with the
Government troops. Marti at the moment
was addressing his followers, revolver in
hand. He was hit by two bullets, the first
wounding him in the chest, the second in
the neck.
General Gomez and Marti had set out
with 700 men to attempt an invasion of
the Camaguay district of Puerto Principe
Province. The rebels had charged the
Government troops fifteen times with
machetes and when the guide, Olivia, shot
Marti, they made desperate efforts to se
cure the body.
Gomez fell off his horse. The rebels car
ried him off. Fourteen rebels were killed.
One was an American. The Government
losses include one sergeant, one bugler and
five private soldiers killed and six wounded.
WASHINGTON, D.0., May 23.— Official
confirmation has been received here of the
death of General Marti, the Cuban leader,
in a battle with the Government troops.
Marti's death is regarded as the most im
portant event since General Campos be
gan h«s campaign. Marti is personally
known throughout the United States, as.
he had long served as president of the
Cuban party in thia country. He passed
much of his time in Washington, his last
service here being as a delegate to the
Pan-American Monetary Congress.
WILVE'S BECOXD TRIAL.
Marquis of Queensberry and Son Are
Hoth in Court.
LONDON, ENQ.,May23.— The old Bailey
Court was again crowded to-day when the
trial of Oscar Wilde was resumed. Wilde,
loosing haggard, stood some time at the
foot of the jury-box conversing with Rev.
Stewart Headlam, one of his bondsmen.
They were joined by Lord Douglas of
Hawick, wnose eye is still discolored as
the result of his encounter with his father
in Piccadilly.
The Marquis of Queensberry was also in
court, looking jaunty and confident. He
watched Wilde closely and paid great at
tention to the evidence. Wilde, it was no
ticed, carefully avoided the gaze of the
Marquis. The evidence given at the pre
vious trial was given in detail.
Sir Edward Clarke, counsel for Wilde,
reviewed in full the evidence furnished by
his client when the latter was examined
upon the occasion of the trial of the Mar
quis of Queensberry on the charge of libel.
This occupied several hours, at the expira
tion of which time Sir Edward addressed
the jury on behalf of Wilde. At the con
clusion of the day's proceedings the trial
was adjourned until to-morrow.
PEKHiG WAS MEXA.CEV,
China Oivea Her Beaaonf for Yielding
to Japan.
LONDON, Eng., May 23.— A dispatch
from Tientsin to the Times says that an
imperial proclamation has been issued an
nouncing the ratification of the treaty of
peace between China and Japan. It is de
clared that the Government deeply pon
dered the advice which has been offered to
it to continue the war rather than surren
der, but the crisis demanded a decision, as
no victory had been obtained on sea or land
owing to the incompetency of the leaders,
who had only been able to recruit the rab
ble. The enemy, the proclamation Bays,
were menacing Peking. The country was
in a terrible condition. The proclamation
then goes on to say :
"Could we permit alarms to disturb the
dwelling of her sacred Majesty? Heaven
had not withheld his augury. The sea
overflowed the coast and the camps were
submerged. ):
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 23.-It
is stated that the Russian Government has
declined to agree to the military occupa
tion of Korea by the Japanese forces and
demands that the Government at Toklo
recall the garrisons st ationed there.
CIXCHIXG HER SUBJECTS.
Colombia Collecting Money to Bay for the
Jtecent Jtevolt.
COLON, Colombia; May 23.— exclu
sively cabled to the Associated Press to
day, the Government of Colombia is pre
paring to set forth iin detail the claims of
this republic to the Mosquito territory. .
* Under a royal order of the King of Spain
in 1813 his • Majesty annexed the Mosquito
coast to 7 Santa Fe de Bogota, and 4 when
Colombia gained ,her independence, in
1810, she became the rightful possessor of
the Mosquito coast, assigned to her by the
principles of possidetis, and exercised do
minion over that territory up to 1824. ,'. .
Even 'in the treaty between Colombia
and the Central American States the for
mer did not relinquish i. her; claim to the
Mosquito territory. -
The Colombian Government is busily oc
cupied in collecting a forced loan of $1,000,
--000 to cover the expenses of the late politic
i C4i troubles and toj^jepaie Jot emergencies.
THE STREET COMMITTEE
Dohrmann's Interesting Report
on the Art of Sweep
ing Clean.
WRESTLES WITH ASHWORTH.
Appropriations for Paving Folsom
Street and Sweeping the
City.
President Dohrmahn of the Merchants'
Association appeared before the Street
Committee of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday and gave an account of his
stewardship as an apostle and guardian of
clean streets.
Mr. Dohrmnan reminded the committee
that the time was approaching when ar
rangements must be made for keeping
the streets clean for another year, and
that the merchants must not be depended
upon to pay for the work by personal
subscriptions. In other words, sufficient
provision must be made for it in the tax
levy to be made.
He explained to the committee how the
Merchants' Association in an effort in be
half of cleaner streets had undertaken to
experiment in the work of cleaming them ;
how they had secured the contract by bid
ding lower than cost, relying upon a" fund
to be raised by them by subscription ; how,
without any practical knowledge or data
they had induced the preceding board to
postpone the letting of the contract until
they had worked out their problem ; how
they had prepared specifications on a basis
of square yards instead of lineal miles,
and that the streets were not only to be
cleaned but kept clean.
To do this— the system in vogue in six
teen out of eighteen cities with which they
had corresponded — hand labor had beeh
introduced in a great measure, and the
men were kept employed all day. As a
result of their experience of these seven
months it was found that the cost of clean
ing the streets in this way would be about
|450 a day.
Unfortunately, the city had been unable
to meet the obligations involved, even by
the low bid, and they had been able to
work only five days a week in consequeuce.
They had also been compelled, upon the
Street Superintendent's advice, to neglect
certain portions of the city.
Now the time had come to report their
experience for the benefit of the board.
If the City desired to improve and perpet
uate this system it must appropriate suffi
cient money for the purpose.
The Merchants' Association had lost
money on their bid, as they expected to,
and if it was to be let to a contractor who
hoped to make anything by it not less
than $500 a day, ojr '$150,000, must be pro
vided to meet the expense.
The City had enjoyed the greatly im
proved condition of the streets and would
not tolerate the old order of things, but
the Merchants' Association, organized
as it had been to co-operate with
the City officials in advancing the
interests of the City, and successful
beyond its best expectations in that line,
would nevertheless not again attempt to
subsidize the City to secure the contract.
The fieure given of the cost of their work
was, he said, exclusive of superintendence
and the interest on capital invested — it was
simply the cost of doing the work.
He explained, further, that their experi
ence had produced some astonishing re
sults. Their bid had been 30 cents a square
yard for the less frequented streets; double
that in Montgomery and other streets in
that district, "and treble that for Market
street. They had depended in this bid on
$30,000 to be subscribed by citizens.
Their estimate had Deen so close upon
the cost— had they got all that the City
agreed to pay, which they had not— that it
would look like a nxed-up job if he named
it. But thia was a net result and not an
average following of the bid. For while
they had made a profit on Market street,
they had lost greatly on some other
streets.
For instance, three cleanings of Ken
tucky street, at Railroad avenue, had coat
$272 30. They had removed from the
street — it had never been cleaned before —
268 loads of dirt. For this work they were
allowed under the contract price "s4l 67,
their loss being $230 63 on this one street.
A number of similar instances |were cited.
The all-day sweeping was found to re
duce the cost greatly, for the street once
thoroughly cleaned it became easy to keep
it clean. The corps of sweepers numbered
about 211.
"We have not employed the best men for
the work, either." explained Mr. Dohr
mann, "but rather have taken those who
seemed most to need the work. Our fore
man has often said that if he could select
his men with a view to their capacity, he
could get better results at less cost."
Superintendent of Streets Ashworth here
began to state some views on the matter.
He thought $150,000 was a big sum to de
vote to street cleaning. He thought $100,
--000 was above the limit.
"It can be done for that Bum as good as
you do it," he said. "I have seen men
sweeping on the streets where it was per
fectly clean, and we have to pay for that
labor. 1 don't believe in this system at all.
1 believe in having the streets swept by
the mile, then you know what we are get
ting. There is a lot of machine work done
now and I don't see that it is done a bit
better than it was before; besides it will
take half a dozen deputies to go after these
sweepers under this system.''
"The difference between the two sys
tems," said Mr. Dobrmann, quietly, "is just
the difference between the streets as you
see them to-day and the streets as they were
a year ago— the difference between cleaning
40 miles and 140 miles. I have been act
ively engaged for seven months in keeping
the streets clean. Am Ito be told that I
know nothing about it? We : never had
clean streets before. Under our system
they have been measurably clean. You
talk about sweeping by the mile. By that
plan Market street is subjected to the same
treatment as is Minna street. If you can
not understand or appreciate this differ
ence or the difference between the streets
as they were and as they are, there is no
use arguing about it.
. "But I • have ■• this to - say, that the mer
chants of this City and the people at large
will not stand it. • Our system is that em
ployed in almost all the cities of the coun
try. We have been behind all other cities
in this matter and it is time we were catch
ing up. You have seen in the figures that
I present here how much it has i cost to
clean up streets : that have never before
Known a sweeper, and yon ought to know
how much, these stoop-shouldered old
sweepers look like angels to the people
who live on these streets. You have said
that the City is paying for sweeping streets
that are already clean.
; "That is the strongest argument in behalf
of this system. We want such streets.
We want our men, although constantly on
guard; to be practically idle in the middle
of the day as evidence that they are really
always at work. Take the men off Market
or j Kearny street for half a day and see
how the street looks."
Clerk John A. Russell dovetailed one -of
his timely and telling remarks ; just here.
The difference between the old system
and the new is just this: The specifications
in the : one ; required that the \ streets be
swept and cleaned ■ in the other that they
be cleaned and kept clean "- •
.'-Exactly. What are the standard objec
tion n forever urged against San Fran
cisco?" resumed Mr. 3 Dohrmann. "They
are the fog, the 1 winds, Aid the dust. We
are helpless :as against the fog, but if we
can remove the duet— and we ; can and
should remove then the wind, instead
of being a plague, will , be referred to as a
blessing that comes to Ban Francisco in
summer. - Now, I say that- this » is : . some
thing that . San Francisco should : do, and
that jit \ should i therefore : prepare to meet
the expense, ; %h& Merchant/ Association.
has presented the City with $30,000 in this
experiment and demonstration, and the
City should be willing to pay its own way
in the future."
Superintendent Ashworth — Is this
money represented in the daily reports
submitted to me by the association ?
"Yes, sir."
"I cannot discover it — never have seen
it. I have the figures here,"
"That is because you don't understand
them. They are * there, nevertheless.
Would you like to go over the items with
me?"
"I have them here. I will just read
them to the committee," and he began to
doit."
"What is the purpose of this, sir?" in
quired Dohrmann a little hotly. "Is it to
show that my figures are not correct?"
"Oh, no, not at all," and the Superin
tendent dropped his papers and tried to
yawn.
g3"Now," continued Mr. Dohrmann, "I
simply want to advise the committee that
the City must be prepared to take charge
of this work on June 31. The Merchants'
Association has no more money. I have
to say that the Superintendent of Streets
has given us full latitude in our work. He
has said that he would not interfere with
us, but that if he was doing it he would not
do it our way. Now, wittTthe first of July
he will have* to take charge of it. We have
still a month to work, and I will make
this proposition. He may conduct the
work for this month with ourcordial co-ope
ration. Where he tells us to go we will go ; we
will work under his order," with only the
stipulation that the City shall pay us our
contract price of 30 cents' which it has not
done heretofore. If there is a profit at the
end of the month the Merchants' Associa
tion will give the City double — yes, treble
— the amount. Now is his chance. There
seems to be an impression that the Mer
chants' Association has been making
money. We have been hard at work for
seven months at this thing, and we think
we know what we are talking about. When
we bid 30 cents a square yard on this con
tract, the bid next nearest to it was 52}^
cents."
"And you have discovered that that bid
was nearer the mark than your own?"
said the man who offered it, who was sit
tingby.
"To our sorrow, 3 r es," said Dohrmann,
"but we counted on that."
Ashworth puffed a cigar and was silent.
"In considering this contract it must be
taken into consideration that the law
fixes eight hours as a day's work," re
marked Clerk Russell.
"There is nothing of the kind in our
contract," said Dohrmann. "Our men have
worked ten hours."
**It is the law," said Russell.
"I begin to feel that we have been out
laws all the time," said Dohrmann. rue
fully.
Ashworth now undertook to show that
while the association lost money on some
parts of their work they made it up on
others.
"The figures here show that, besides con
tributing $30,000 to this fund," said Dohr
mann, "we have donated $5000 outright,
which the City|has not paid on the contract
price, and it seems very strange that the
superintendent seems incapable of under
standing that, in order to save the City
$8000. it has cost us over $4000."
"Then the Merchants' Association must
be out of pocket on the job," said Ash
worth.
"Exactly. We have been trying to make
it plain to you for seven months that we
started in with the idea of losing money.
Everybody in the City knows that. The
papers have been full of it."
"What you want," said Mr. Benjamin,
"is to see that enough money is appropri
ated to pay for cleaning the streets under
specifications that will secure it. Is
that it?"
•'That is just it."
"And you won't bid ?"
"We don't want the contract; we only
want clean streets, and will bid only if we
feel that it is necessary. It is not our
business and we want to make no money
out of it. If we don't bid we may exercise
such supervision as ia deemed advisable by
the association."
The question of sprinkling was discussed,
and it was deemed best to recommend that
it be separated from the cleaning contract.
Clerk Russell remarked that if a levy
waa made for $150,000 and all of the sum
was m>t used the remainder would serve as
a fund for the inproveinent of streets, and
money was needed in that direction, so it
■was unanimously agreed that $150,000
would be called for for street cleaning.
The petition for the paving of Folsom
Btreet came up early in the day, and was
assented to with a rush. The proposition
is to put down the best possible bitumen
pavement from East street to Nineteenth.
Estimates of the cost of the work were
submitted by A. B. Maguire and by the
Superintendent of Streets. Maguire's esti
mate was $71,8GG and Ashworth's was
173,768 82.
Masjuire appeared on behalf of the prop
erty-owners, and set forth tha necessity of
the improvement, which necessity is very
well understood. He was supported in his
remarks by George D. Rhadbourne and
George L. Center.
It was also understood by the speaker
that there is no money to proceed with the
work at once, but what they wanted was a
provision for it in the tax levy to be made,
and it was agreed that it would be recom
mended to the sum of $80,000.
Ex-Supervisors Dundon and Denman
and others occupied a large part of the
afternoon in an appeal for the granting of
the right to the property-owners to cut down
the grade of Beale and Harrison streets,
at their junction, twenty feet. The com
mittee decided against the petition, but in
favor of paving and sewering the street.
The petition for the extension of the
franchise of the San Francisco and San
Mateo Railroad, which had another of itß
occasional hearings, was not acted upon,
tne matter being postponed for another
tnree weeks.
THE TAXATION 01 BONDS.
Judge Dalngerfield Decides an Impor
tant Point for Holders.
Judge Daingerfield yesterday rendered a
decision in a case of taxes paid under pro
test by the estate of Theresa Fair, involv
ing the return by the City of about $19,Q00.
About one and a half or two years ago
suit was commenced by the estate of
Theresa Fair, deceased, aerainst the City
and County of San Francisco to recover
about $30,000 of taxes paid to the City and
County under protest as provided and per
mitted by act of Legislature of this State.
The assessment was on some bonds be
longing to the estate. The bonds were
issued by a corporation incorporated in a
State other than California, the company
OP AND DOWN THE COAST.
... ' V ' -' •. -
On Land and Over Sea It Flies With Heal-
ing in Its Win gB.
From far away Peru/where the soft, benignant
itars beamed on the bronze-faced Incas and
their ingots of glittering gold; where Pixarro
founded his city of Lima and stocked it with
hU treasures of yellow ore (but overlooked the
greater treasure of Peruvian, Bark), has come
to us the wonderful Cinchona Bubra which,
combined with other rara Ingredients— prin-
cipal among them ,Pli re eld California Brandy
—becomes the well-known commodity Peru-
vian Bitters. These have gone up and down
the coast and aUor«r the United States for
w£u'Vw 3l erfo i J curBs tiiat ' without it,
would have been deemed miraculous.
Peruvian Bitters are not a physic, btit a pleas- i
ant, invigorating drink-a fine, effective tonic,
and excellent appetizer, producing healthy
regular digestion and «ound refreshing seep.'
iLlh, a i« U . re "# Own remed y against 5 colds,
coughs loss of appetite and energy and re-
stores disordered vital functions to a vigorous
u^p\™° ndlt , i f n - W " ted "Tgies are g by its
acV Y °J^? n -t y re . stored » n( i lost vilalltv and
»d.HI), B m y give place to and are guper-
fcrui-i*, 7 , wl lian , cy and youthful enthusiasm.
wStTJSI? "i er " ne up th « "omach and pre-
rl«r in , di 5 c » n. thereby rendering the brain
SS •"■ ™ V 1! intelUctual faculties at their
«f£ii«J?J ?« Warm ' oumld ol in»ate of Peru, so
SSSJi!, °« WB>Beeina to have been wisely
prov ded by nature with an | antidote for those
P«w l^ r . ments an «* diseases incident to a
ta&t? oi ?* , rllturei and the unerring cer-
Lv p7r. W < . a \ hTch similar d i«eases are cured
•2n?J f ru 7 o ian Bl "ers on this coast accounts in
r»™ * m a £- lr Or the ' Wlde demand for this
SaWM& 1Ch < ha . , now become a household
Ma« Vr? i ami i y on thQ Pacifl o Ceast.
4MCX * Co., eaa Fraauisoft,
issuing the bonds doing business in the
State in which it was incorporated. The
bonds are what is known as mortgage
bonds of a railway company.
The legal representatives of the estate
contended that those bonds being bonds
of a corporation organized in another bta"te
could not be taxed in the .State of Cali
fornia. After the assessment the btato
Board of Equalization raised the assessed
value of all property in the City and County
of San Francisco 20 per cent. The repre
sentatives of the estate also contended
that the taxes flue on this increased value
made by the Board of Equalization waa
also illegal.
Judge Daingerfield held that the bonds*
owned by a resident in this City are part oi
the property of this State for purposes of
revenue, and consequently were assessable
in tiiis State, and that inasmuch as the
constitution of this State provided for tax
ation purposes that a bond should be as
sessed at its face value the Board of
Equalization had no power to make the
raise of 20 per cent on such character of
property when the assessment was made a 9
the constitution required at its face value.
Consequently, the bonds being taxable in
the State the taxes thereon could not be re*
covered by suit against the County, that the
raise of 20 per cent being unauthorized and
in conflict with the constitution was il
legal. Judgment was accordingly rendered
for plaintiff for the amount of the 20 pel
cent raise, about ?ly,ooo.
An Independent Barber.
Here is an interesting story about a
Frenchman who was too proud to do
things which were against his principles.
The story is vouched for as an actual fact
by the man to whom the incident happened.
While traveling in Europe he stopped ovet
nisrht at Caen, and noting that nis hai»
was unduly long, he went to have ii
cut by the local barber. He told the
barber to take off very little, but before
the scissors had been at work many
seconds, he noticed a favorite lock fal.
on to the calico jacket in which hi
had been arrayed. Whereupon he re
proved the barber for not following his
instruction?, upon which the man observed
in mingled tones of reproach and dismavi
"Monsieur must permit me to do my
work in the way which seems best to me,
and what is more, I shall take off some
more."
"Not at all," said the traveler; "I tell
you I want very little taken off, and must
insist on your doing as I direct yon."
The barber, however, was not to be puj
down in this way and said: "Monsieur, it
is possible that this is how things may bQ
done in England, but here in France w$
are"not slaves. I shall cut off as much aa
1 please." — Harper's Round Table.
TAKE STEPS £&-. o^\
in time, if you are a »lS«t^t^l
sufferer from that VglJ* ft vi^*£
scourge of humanity 3Hfc '<
known as cousu:np- /sj^gg?tßMWaigm
tion, and you can be f A ~^ft^M *
is the evidence /?^TNC^''^^^S
of hundreds of
living witness- fifv&SW 7a>>U?K
es to the (wtffiFfy/ / fwQ&<9
that, in all its / / pSfeftS
consumption 13 \-—*f~"f{ r J Jw« j
a curable dis- j Lr^ ft&V
ease. Not every case, I I /y. law
but a large percent- \ \yffl ////l£c/
age of cases, and we \\ ''%//. A^t
believe, fully 98 per Vfyftr'' fjSpr
cent, are cured by Dr. *^
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, even
after the disease has progressed so far as
to induce repeated bleedings from the
lungs, severe lingering cough with co-
pious expectoration (including tubercu-
lar matter), great loss of flesh and ex-
treme emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such
cases reported to us as cured by " Gold-
en Medical Discovery" were genuine
cases of that dread and fatal disease ?
You need not take our word for it They
have, in nearly every instance, been so
\. pronounced by the best and most ex-
fe perienced home . physicians, who . have
no interest whatever in misrepresent-
ing them, and who were often strongly
prejudiced and advised against a trial
of "Golden Medical Discovery," but
who . have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod-
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions " and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all
these cases and had either utterly failed
to benefit, or had only seemed to benefit
a little for a short time. Extract of
malt, whiskey, and various preparations
, of the hypophosphites had also been
faithfully tried in vain. The photo-
, graphs of a large number of those cured
of consumption, bronchitis, lingering
coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh
and kindred maladies, have been skill-
fully reproduced in a book of 160 pages
which will be mailed to you, on receipt
of address and six cents in stamps. You
- can then write those cured and learn
their experience. Address for the Book.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
HOME FOR THE
CARE OF THE IHEBRIITE
(Incorporated 1863).
2000 Stockton St., S.F., Cal.
A HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OB>
-ex. inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drag
Habits and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom:
also for tho temporary care and observation of
persons suspected 01 Insanity. Terms $10 to f23
•per week. . .
Extracts from the report ox the Grand Jury, filed
December 8, 1894: "While not a public lnsttt.iv-
lion, in consequence of complaints made to us by
the press and others, thorough examination was
made of the conduct of the lome of Inebriates,
and as a result of our investigations we are satis-
fled that the same has been and is being properly
managed. The charges made to us of improper
treatment of the patients were not sustained.' 1
Trustees-H. J. BURNS (President),
TVM. Alt TIN (Secretary), K. D. SAW-
YKR, WM. O. BAIMJKR, J. K. COOI'KK,
JOHN I>iSNSMORE. J. W. KUTTKB-.
WO/KTH.
* or further information address
The Superlntfinrient and Resident Physician,
Downtown office — Room 13, sixth floor, Mills
building, 3 to 4:30 p.«m. dally.
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