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GOVERNOR BUDD'S VISIT
The Chief Executive Will Name
the Board of Health on
Monday.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
He Believes the Law Constitutional.
More Trouble for the National
C uard.
Governor Budd was in the City yester
day and returned to the capital last
evening. His business was in regard to
the new Board of Health which he had
intended to name to-day. He may do
that yet, although his last words on leav
ing the City wore that the appointments
would be held over until Monday. The
reason of this, he explained, was that he
had not had time to consult with the
Mayor and several medical gentlemen.
Mayor Sutro and the Chief Executive
had a conference, though, just before the
Governor left. It is generally conceded
that Doctors Morse and Williamson will be
on the board, but Governor Budd would
neither deny nor affirm the report re
garding the latter gentleman. Before he
left for Sacramento he added the names of
Pr. Charles A. Clinton and Dr. Joseph O.
Hirschfelder. He did not see either of the
gentlemen, the former being out of the
City and the latter unavailable at the
time. Both physicians stand very high in
the profession, and the Governor paid
them pretty compliments, but was dumb
v.- to their appointments.
"J expected to get all through with the
Board of Health to-day," said the Execu
tive, "but 1 could not catch the people I
wanted to see. I was going to name the
board, but 1 will now defer action until
Monday, when I will come to the City to
attend the meeting of the Yosemite Com
mission in the morning and sign the China
Basin lease in the afternoon.
"Dr. Morse will be one of the new board,
but as to the others I have not made up
my mind. Williamson? I don't know,"
and the Governor smiled as if he did know
all about it.
••What do you think of the questions
which have been raised regarding the con
stitutionality of the Election Commission
■ect?'' was asked.
"1 have not given that matter the con
sideration to which it is entitled, but off
hand, I would say that I think it is entire
ly constitutional. When I signed the bill
there was nothing occurred to me in it the
constitutionality of which could be oues
tioned. I don't want to see any jangle or
discord over this law because it is a good
one. The people wanted it and they still
want it and it should be carried intooper
ation. If the enactment of the law can be
construed to be special legislation, it seems
to me that there are a number of other
laws in the same category.
'•Regarding Mr. Hinton, I think I have
explained my position. I did not advise
him to keep his seat or to give it up. A
prominent attorney said to me in the
Registrar's presence that he did not think
the law repealed his position. I merely
wanted to see Hinton as to what he intend
ed doing, and the rumors began to flv."|
Some day next week Governor Budd will
call a meeting of his staff, at which will be
present Adjutant-General Barrttt, Briga
dier-General Warrield and the colonels of
the various regiments. The meeting will
be full of dire import to the National
<^uard, for it will probably result in the
mustering out of more companies. The
Governor was asked what steps would be
taken in this direction.
'Well, we are going to meet to see what
can be done. One thing which will be
done will be this : We are going to keep
■within the $2'hJ, ooo appropriation made by
the last Legislature. lam not in favor of
any deficiency. The reason it costs more
to maintain the guards than it ought to is
that a fixed monthly sum is paid to each
company independently of what it costs to
pupport it. If it could be so arranged that
each company could draw only what is ab
polutely necessary for its maintenance we
could keep up the National Guard and
keep within the $1100,000 appropriation."
< Governor Budd returned from Klamath
Springs a week ago, and he says that he is
in better health than he had been for a
year past. He has had no rheumatism,
except an occasional twinge, since he re
turned. He will be very busy for the next
two weeks, after which he will return to
the springs.
BIRDS Of THE PACIFIC.
Professor I>. M. Loomis Publishes an
Interesting Treatise on the
Subject.
The birds of the Pacific Coast have never
been scientifically classified. Professor
rett M. Loomis, the distinguished
ornithologist now of the Academy of
.' es, has just published the first part
of a treatise on the subject.
Professor Loomis before receiving the
appointment of curator of the department
of ornithology of the academy was associ
ated with the American Museum of New
York. He was especially employed to in
vestigate and classify the bird life of the
coast— a task that will take years of inces
sant work in the field and collection-room
for completion.
Already the ornithological collection in
the academy includes 500 species and 9000
specimens, several thousand specimens of
desert bird life having recently been ob
tained by purchase from the Stanford Uni
versity.
The first part of Professor Loomis'
treatise treats of California water birds.
Professor Loomis writes that the birds off
the Monterey coast migrate just before
■winter as far south as the southern
hemisphere, and that the winter season
depopulates the Arctic seas of sea birds.
A species of long-tailed jaeger, never pre
viously reported from California, is de
scribed, and several pages are triven over
to a description of great "rafts" of cor
morants discovered off the Monterey coast
in last June by the professor.
In all forty-four species are mentioned,
the number including various species of
the oyster-catcher, black turnstone, surf
bird, killdeer, snowy plover, curlew, coot,
phalarope, sandpiper, willet, tatter, blue
heron, harlequin duck, scoter, pelican, cor
morant, shearwater, fulmar, albatross, gull,
tern, jaeger, California murre, auklet, puf
iin, murrelet and grebe.
The Royal Baking Powder avoids all de
composition of the flour as caused by
yeast rising, thereby saving a large per
centage of its most nutritive elements,
making the flour go one-fourtb further.
CALIIOENIA BIMETALLISTS.
"Widespread Interest Manifested in the
Coming State Convention.
There is every indication that the State
Rilver Convention, called to meet in this
City on August 19, will be largely attended
and will result in important action being
taken to promote the cause of bimetallism.
The call was issued by the executive com
mittee appointed by the meeting of citi
zens held in this City on June 20, and
already letters of inquiry have been re
ceived from all but three counties, to all of
which instructions were given for securing
representation at the State convention.
As each county is entitled to five dele
gates at large and one delegate for each
600 votes or fraction thereof cast in said
county at the last general election, it is
t-stimated that there will be from 500 to
1000 delegates present when the convention
ii)f-ets.
It is not proposed to create an independ
ent State silver party, but Dimply to organ
ize the bimetallisms of California into a
branch of the National Bimetallic League
and use the power of the present organiza
tion in inducing one or the other of the
two great National parties to insert a free
coinage plank in its platform. Failing in
this, however, it is proposed by the
National Bimetallic League to place a
candidate of its own in the field for Presi
dent.
All the subcommittees appointed at the
meeting of June 20 have been actively at
work, the main effort just now being to
raise sufficient funds to meet the expenses
of the coming convention. In this work
the finance committee is meeting with
very fair success.
It is reported that the three counties
that hare not yet been heard from will
swing into line before the convention
meets.
TO BOOM THE STATE.
County Supervisor* All Over California
Falling Into Line Relative to the
Atlanta Exposition.
Secretary Filcher of the State Board of
Trade returned yesterday from a trip to
Lake County, where he went to induce
the Supervisors to place exhibits of their
county products and resources in the
Board of Trade exhibit rooms on Market
street. He is much gratified by the en
couTagement he received, and he expects
that before long the -'Switzerland of Amer
ica," as the county is called, wiil have a
line display on the way to this City. While
there he learned that several of the Super
visors will respond to the call of Governor
Budd and be present at the Atlanta Ex
position convention that will be held in
the Chamber of Commerce in this City on
July 15.
Mendocino County will also send a dele
gation of Supervisors who are in favor of
sending a tine exhibit of California prod
ucts to the great fair in Georgia.
A letter was received from the County
Clerk of Solano County stating that many
of the Supervisors will be present at the
convention.
Robert Nixon of Siskiyou County wrote
that he had discussed with the Supervisors
the advisability of sending delegates to the
convention and adding to the iiresent ex
hibit in the Board of Trade rooms. Both
matters were favorably considered.
Elwood Cooper, the Santa Barbara hor
ticulturist, appeared beforel the Super
visors of that county for the same pur
pose. He was successful in both matters.
THE COIN IN THE MINT
Annual Settlement Between
Mr. Daggett and the
Government.
The Latter Represented by an Agent
While the Money Is Being
Counted.
Superintendent Daggett of the United
States Mint is now making his annual
settlement with the Government, and
Chief Clerk Robert Barnett is kept pretty
busy in consequence counting the coin in
the vaults. The Government is repre
sented by J. Farley Wilder of the New
York assay office.
Altogether there is about $53,000,000 in
coin on hand, nearly all gold. No silver
has been coined at the Mint since May.
Up to that time seigniorage amounting to
about $100,000 was coined monthly. There
are 11,000,000 ounces of silver on hand in
bars, which was purchased while the Sher
man act was in operation. Mr. Daggett
says he has no orders to coin any of this
silver just at present.
The Mint has been closed since the mid
dle of June. On Monday it will be open
again, at least to depositors.
The work of counting gold coin, as might
easily be supposed, is a tedious and very
particular process. Two methods are used,
the one serving as a check upon the other,
viz. : counting and weighing. It must not
be thought that in counting the bright $20
gold pieces they are gathered up with a
scoop and shoveled into a tray and then
shaken into piles from which they may
afterward be taken in stacKs of $500 worth
at a time. No; the fact is they have
already been counted beforehand, and
were neatly stacked away in boxes when
coined and in that shape packed away
into the vaults.
Each box is weighed, the avoirdupois
of the wooden case being deducted, leaving
the weight of the coin of the realm as the
net result. Then the stacks of yellow
disks are gone over carefully. It does not
take much of a box to hold* |40,000, but it
is no easy lift.
The Government i 3 very particular as to
the exact weight and quality of its coins
and nothing is taken for granted. The
whole system of coinage is such that one
branch or department serves as a check
upon another.
Every means is taken to prevent a defal
cation, shrinkage, leakage or robbery. Of
course, if the executive head of a mint is
not himself imbued with the spirit of this
Bystem, he may be swindled and the result
would be a shrinkage ana an expose. An
unscrupulous depositor might palm off
alloyed metal— and even base metal— upon
him" in exchange for good Government
money. The investigation into the Carson
mint shrinkage shows that something like
this was done in a systematic manner,
owing to the loose way in which the mint
was conducted, if there was really no col
lusion.
Yet the system i§ not perfect. It works
all right so long as an honest and capable
man is superintendent, for a dishonest
one could easily enough take advantage of
the confidence reposed in him by the
Treasury Department. By collusion with
swindlers and the making of false returns,
if not by actual thievery itself, he could
"feather his nest" as the saying goes; but
the annual examination and settlement
would come along in its time, and a rep
resentative of the Government would be
present to make the damaeing comparison
between the existing facts and the ficti
tious reports. The burden of honesty
would then fall upon the Government's
representative. It might prove too Jate,
though.
The San Francisco Mint has a pretty
clean record. All the metal is carefully
assayed, and a sample of each lot of coin
made is sent to the Assay Commission to
be tested. Reports are made to the Treas
ury Department daily.
As Mr. Daggett saya: "The whole sys
tem, with its numerous checks of one
branch or department upon another, is
purely a matter of business, and not of
sentiment, and an honest man doesn't
mind being watched."
ASSOOIATLD CHARITIES WOKK.
Relief for Victims of the Fire—" Coun-
try Week."
The week closing yesterday was a busy
one for the Associated Charities. Many
families whose homes had been in the
burnt district were provided with new
quarters, and their members have re
sumed work.
Correspondence in reference to a
•'country week" has been opened, and
is already productive of good results. The
first benehciary, an anemic child, goes
to Petalurna to-day for three weeks of
country air, sunshine and wholesome
food.
The registrar yesterday made the follow
ing report for the week just closed:
New cases, 17; recurrent cases, 13; total.
30. Investigated and referred to: San Fran
cisco Benevolent Society, 5: Sisterhood
Eraanu-El, 4; Fruit and Flower Mission, 4;
Kan Francisco Polyclinic, 3; church missions,
3; individuals, 3; German Ladle*' Benevolent
Society, 2; Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, 2; Central Methodist
Church, 1; personal, 5; applications from fire
sufferers, 29.
Because of its much greater strength,
the Royal Baking Powder is more econom
ical than any similar leavening agent.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895.
THE TREASURER'S BOND
Mayor Sutro Is Disposed to Go
Very Slow in Approv
ing It.
AN OLD aUESTION REVIVED.
Does the Consolidation Act or the
General State Law Apply in
This Case?
When the time-lock released its hold on
the big doors of the City and County
treasury yesterday Mayor Sutro and
Auditor Broderick, with the Treasurer
elect, swung them open and made the
formal count of the funds nnd placed their
official certificate to the amount— sl,2oo,ooo.
Treasurer-elect Augustus C. Widber riled
his bond yesterday morning. His bonds
men are : Harry N. Morse, I. W. Lees, H.
N. Crane and K. J. Techau.
With the exception oi Techau, this is
the composition of the surety of the de
ceased Treasurer— J. J. O'Brien occupying
the latter's place on the elder's bond.
Each of the individuals represent $50,000
on the bond, save Morse, who stands for
$100,000. The amount of the bond re
quired is $100,000, but the bondsmen must
represent twice that amount in real estate
values.
The bond was approved by Judge
Murphy and Auditor Broderick. Mayor
Sutro, however, the other of the trio
whose approval is required by law, wanted
some time to think it over.
Taylor Rogers, his clerk, raised the
point that the consolidation act stipulates
that no man could become surety for a
public officer whose property was not situ
ated in this City and County.
The general law of the State made and
provided for such cases permits the
bondsmen's property to lie in an adjoining
county.
If the conditions of the consolidation
act are applied Mr. Morse will have to be
rejected, as his property is chiefly in Ala
meda County. It is on this that the Mayor
pauses to consider.
Auditor Broderick, however, declared
yesterday that the general law was good
enough for the City and County in this
instance, especially as its conditions had
served in the case of a long line of
Treasurers and other officials, and had
been raised, discussed and disposed of in
the case of Mr. Morse himself with rela
tion to J. H. Widber's bond.
The court had at that time approved
that bond and Judge Murphy approved
this one. City and County Attorney
Creswell had looked the matter up and
given an opinion in its favor. With all
this Mr. Rogers was not inclined to insist
upon his objection, and so telephoned the
Mayor last evening.
"It is simply the old, old question
which keeps coming up at every turn —
whether the consolidation act is the law
for this City and County, or whether we
are conducting our affairs under the
general laws," said Mr. Rogers. "The
thing we need most is a charter, and I
hope we will soon get one."
"That is very true," said the Auditor,
"and the thing for us all to do is to work
our best toward securing one at the earliest
possible moment. A charter with some
faults is much better than no charter. In
the meantime we have worked under the
general law right along in the matter of
bonds. Under the consolidation act we
could not accept a corporation as surety;
under the general law we can and we have
accepted bonds and bonds with corpora
tions as surety.
"It is necessary that this matter should
be settled as quickly as possible, as the
funds of the City are tied up in >o mean
time and there is an anxious army of em
ployes waiting to have their warrants
cashed. The regular course of business is
also interrupted."
Pending the opening of the vaults to
business City and County Assessor Siebe
has been compelled to keep the daily col
lections of the personal property tax in his
own care.
Mayor Sutro last night said he would
probably approve the Treasurer's bond to
day, but he wanted to be sure he was right.
He would try to secure a judicial opinion
on the matter this morning.
Food raised by the Royal Baking Pow
der may be eaten hot, even by dyspeptics,
with impunity. Hot bread, biscuits, hot
cakes, muffins, crusts, puddings, etc., are
made by its use perfectly wholesome.
OFF FOR FIELD SERVICE
First United States Infantry to
Leave for Camp This
Morning.
Other Notes of Interest to the Regu
lars—Several Furloughs
Granted.
The First United States Infantry, with
the exception of one company, will start
for Monterey this morning to go into camp
for about a month's field service. The one
company is Company H, which is now at
San Diego. A start wili be made from
Angel Island at 6 a. m.
Light Battery D, Fifth United States
Artillery, will go into camp on the Bth
inst., and Troop B, Fourth United States
Cavalry, on the day following. Troop C
is already there.
An initiation into active service, without
the accompanying unpleasantness of real
war, will be given to Uncle Sam's regulars,
and it will be in a way a practical field
school for them, so far as actual military
science goes. There will be combined exer
cises and maneuvers, particularly for the
cavalry and light artillery. Brigadier-Gen
eral Forsvth is to be in the field himself in
command.
It is expected that the men will make
the 125 miles to Monterey, after being
landed on this side by the steamer Mc-
Dowell, in about nine to ten days, averag
ing about fifteen miles a day. * They will
remain in camp about a month and expect
to bo away about six weeks in all.
What gives unusual interest to this year's
outing is the fact that the men will for the
first time be drilled in maneuvering on the
bicycle, a number of wheels being taken
along for this unique practice. Few of the
men nave ever been astride of an iron steed,
and great sport is anticipated by the more
fortunate ones who can already ride.
First class Private Patrick tfillroy of the
ordnance department, recently court-mar
tialed for aiding a sentinel to avoid his
duty and making a false statement to the
sergeant of the guard and "winding the
watchman's watch to cover the failure of
tht sentinel to perform said duty," has
been sentenced by special order No. 85,
just issued, to two months' imprisonment
at Benicia arsenal, and a forfeiture of $20
pay.
Patrick Kelly, also a first class private of
the ordnance department, has been fined
$50 for being drunk on duty and leaving
his post. The court was lenient on account
"of the long and faithful service of the
accused." He has been ordered released
from confinement.
Private George Martin, Company B, Fif
teenth Infantry, is to be brought from San
Diego barracks to Presidio for court-mar
tial.
Upon the recommendation of the medi
cal directorof the department Private Pat
rick B. McLaughlin, hospital corps, will
be assigned to Angel Island for temporary
duty upon the expiration of his sentence
at Benicia barracks.
Recruit Winn W. Brown has been as
signed to Company C, First Infantry.
By special orders 88 furloughs have been
granted as follows, of three months each,
previous to the honorable discharge of the
men from the service:
Sergeant Ferdinand Oulette, Battery X, Fifth
Artillery. Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., on
July 7, 1895.
Private William H. Eley, Battery A, Fifth
Artillery, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., on
July 20; 1895.
Private Edwardt Fredrifcsen, Light Battery
P, Fifth Artillery, Presidio of San Francisco,
Cal., on July 1. 1895.
Private Jacob t-chnitzler, Battery E, Fifth
Artillery, Alcatraz Island, Cal., on July 11,
1895.
Major John S. Whitcher, Day master, will
pay the troops stationed at Fort Mason,
Cal., and Troop C, Fourth Cavalry, sta
tioned at Monterey, Cal., in addition to the
payments assigned to him in paragraph 4,
special orders 82.
Leave of absence for one month, to take
effect about the 23d inst., has been granted
Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson V. D. Middle
ton, deputy surgeon-general.
FIREBUGS ARE AT WORK
Repeated Attemps to Burn
Houses Discovered by
Marshal Towe.
In Both Places Coal Oil Was Used
Liberally— Fires After the
Fourth.
Fire Marshal Towe is busily engaged in
investigating what he thinks is a deliber
ate attempt to burn a lodging-house at 150
Fourth street, which is kept by A. Dau
phin. On last Wednesday night two efforts
were made to reduce the place to ashes.
About 9 o'clock on that evening the pro
prietor, while in the kitchen, heard the
sound of crackling flames which appeared
to be within the walls. He immediately
began an investigation, and discovered a
blaze on the second floor. It was promptly
extinguished, but had it not been discov
ered when it was the house would have
been destroyed.
A short time after that another fire was
discovered in another part of the building,
and in connection with that a strong odor
of kerosene was detected. A pile of news
papers saturated with coal oil was found in
the room where the blaze was.
No further attempts have been made, but
the Fire Marshal is convinced that a delib
erate attempt was made to burn the house,
iie fpent all yesterday searching for clews,
but up to last night had found none.
The fruitstore at 217 Scott street was set
on ttre at 1 :15 a. m. yesterday and an exam
ination of the premises showed that it was
saturated with ooal oil. A man whose
clothes and hands were covered with oil
was caught by tue Fire Marshal, but as yet
no arrests have been made.
The alarm from box 385 brought the fire
department to the fruitstore kept by Jos
eph Ferris at 217 Scott street. It was a
quick blaze and came near burning down
the whole neighborhood. The flames were
put out, but not before the tire had spread
to the adjoining house, owned by Hugh
Keenan and occupied by Joseph Berry.
When the Marshal looked over the half
burned store of Joseph Ferris he found the
contents saturated with coal oil. He at
once became satisfied that the fire was of
incendiary origin. Ferris was questioned,
and the odor of kerosene was noticed as
coming from his clothing. Towe asked to
see his hands and he refused to show them.
They were forced open and found to be
covered with coal-oil. He explained the
presence of the oil by saying he had got it
when attempting to save some of his
property.
About an hour and a half after the Scott-
Btreet fire an alarm was turned in from box
275 for a blaze at 1210 Twenty-third street.
This was far and away the most disas
terous fire caused by fireworks. The house
was unoccupied. It was owned by P. Mc-
Devitt. Owing to the distance from the
engine-house and the scarcity of water the
entire house was burned down, and the ad
joining building, owned and occupied by
McDevitt, was damaged to the extent of
$400. The loss on the" other building was
$1200. A blazing stick from a skyrocket is
supposed to have started the fire.
The San Francisco Gas Works on the
southwest corner of Howard and Fre
mont streets had a narrow escape. There
was a leakage in one of the pipe connec
tions in a workshop, and when a light was
put near it an explosion nearly wrecked
the place. The building caught fire and
was damaged to the extent of s3oo. One of
the workmen was burned, but not seri
ously.
Firecrackers were the cause of the alarm
from box 42 at 6:28 a. m. A smoldering
piece of paper sot fire to the roof of the
house at 306 O'Farrell street, owned by
Mrs. Hampton and occupied by Mrs. A.
Tcpken. The damage to the building and
contents was very slight. The same story
covers the fire at 2233 Geary street ai 10:29
a. m. The place is owned by Ernest Dam
mas and the damage was only $10.
The alarm from box 49 lastnight was for
a fire in a laundry at 429 Sutler street,
caused by firecrackers. The damage was
slight.
AN OLD SUIT EEVIVED.
The Order or Judgment of Dismissal
Had Never Been Made in the
Circuit Court.
An old suit, in which nearly all the in
terested parties are dead and gone, was
revived in the United States Circuit Court
yesterday. Of the attorneys who repre
sented the plaintiff and defendants only
one is livinp; the Judge and the clerk of
the court and the plaintiff and defendants
died long ago.
The suit is entitled James E. Mnnford vs.
Solomon Higgins and William N. Weeks.
It was begun on March 20, 18<J0, over the
block of land bounded by Folsom, Howard,
Sixth and Harris streets. Munford had
been living on the land for years, but Hie*
gins and Weeks, according to the com
plaint, drove him off at the point of a gun.
His attorney, Tully R. Wise, therefore
brought suit for the recovery of the land
or $2000 damages and costs.
The defendants were represented by At
torneys Crockett and Crittenden, and later
Joseph H. Moore was substituted for Wise
on the plaintiff's side. On December 19,
1860, a stipulation to dismiss the case was
tiled, but no judgment or order of court
was ever made until yesterday, when Mr.
Moore appeared before Judge McKenna
and asked that the necessary entries bo
ordered made in order to perfect the title
to the land. This was done, and the own
ers now have a title without a cloud.
Hall McAllister was then Judge of the
Circuit Court and Cutler McAllister was
clerk. Joseph H. Moore, who made the
motion yesterday, is the only one left
alive oui. of all w ( ho were in any way con
nected with the case.
Arrested for Forgery.
A young man named Washington Frank was
brought down from Nevada City last night by
Detective Ross Whittaker and charged at the
City Prison with forgery. Frank, although
a member of the Salvation Army, led a
rather gay life in this City, and being short of
funds, made an effort to raise money by means
of a forged check. He used the nameof August
F. Dubois on a check arawn on the First Na
tional Bank for $50 and secured $25 on the
tame from Thomas Pamy. When the latter
discovered the fraud he caused a warrant to be
Issued for Frank's arrest.
Ader Says He Was Hypnotized.
Jean Lipuque was arrested yesterday and
booked at the California-street police station
on a charge of felony embezzlement. He is
accused of stealing a watch from Jean L. Ader
of 513 Bush street. Lipuque put up $100 cash
bail and was released. Ader asserts that the
prisoner hypnotized him and so managed to
secure the watch.
BLOODHOUNDS FOR BRADY
The Big Dogs From the South
Failed to Find the
Outlaw.
HE IS CLOSELY FOLLOWED.
The Fiasco That Was Reported as a
Desperate Encounter With
Firearms.
George E. Gard, chief special agent of
the Southern Pacific Company, returned
yesterday from Redding, where he had
been hunting Jack Brady, who is wanted
for train-robbery and murder committed
recently in that vicinity.
He said that the two bloodhounds taken
tip there by himself had failed to find
Brady's trail, though they had been run
all over Happy Valley and the country
where the outlaw was supposed to be hid
ing. Since the hounds were tried Mr. Gard
learned in the course of his search that
Brady had succeeded in getting away from
Happy Valley and was probably working
toward the mountains.
"I have men following Brady, who is be
lieved to be accompanied by one of his
pals," said Gard, "and I'm quite confident
I will hear very soon from them where
Brady is located."
The veteran outlaw-hunter stated his be
lief that had the pursuit of Brady been
properly conducted when virtually sur
rounded near Redding he could not hrcve
escaped. In this connection a new story
is told of the fierce encounter between the
highwayman and Deputy Constable Martin
and a saloon-keeper named Rogers, at An
dersonyille.
Martin and Rogers, having heard of the
offers for the arrest of Brady, went out in
search of him. They knew that Brady
was on the road over which they were
traveling in a light cart, Martin with a
shotgun and Rogers armed with a big re
volver. When they rounded a turn in the
road near a creek they saw a horse eating
oats from a bag and a cart standing near
by, about 200 yards from the roadside.
B'rady lay under a little knoll, resting
while his horse was eating. The two
sleuths, still sitting in their cart, drove
over to where Brady lay.
"I am an officer." said Martin, "and I
place you under arrest."
Brany turned half around, lifted his
head and fired at them with a shotgun.
The constable's horse received one charge
of shot in the shoulder and dashed off just
as Martin jumped from the cart. Then
Rogers was thrown over the opposite side.
While this was happening Brady got be
hind his horse. Martin hid on the lee
side of a bank while Rogers fired his pistol
at the outlaw's legs and succeeded in
hitting the horse. Presently he ran out of
ammunition, whereupon he scurried off in
hot haste for shelter. Brady had also ex
hausted his shotgun ana took to his heels,
never stopping until he disappeared in the
brush.
Rogers and Martin hitched up Brady's
horse and, after gathering his blankets and
other traps together, drove into town,
while the outlaw had to tramp off through
the brushwood.
This was the skirmish in which Deputy
Constable Rogers had a thumb shot off — in
the telegraphic reports. But Rogers'
thumbs are still on his hands as large as
life. It was stated at the time that Rogers
got Martin's gun and fired at Brady, but
the weapon was found in the livery stable
at Redding with a shell in each of its bar
rels.
While on his last visit to Siskiyou
County. GarS was informed that Brady
was seen with two other men near Red
ding a few days before the crime was com
mitted, and that fact putß an end to all
doubts about the identity of the desperate
robber.
PLEASED THE IROQUOIS.
Mayor Sutro's Action in Ap-
pointing Two of Its Mem-
bers Indorsed.
Debates on the Gold and Silver
Question to Be Continued In-
definitely.
The unfeathered braves of the Iroquois
Club convened last evening and in testi
mony of their appreciation on the appoint
ment of James Denman and P. M. Wellin,
members of the club, as members of the
Bi-Partisan Election Commission by
Mayor Sutro, the following resolutions
were adopted and a copy was forwarded to
the Mayor:
Resolved, Hon. A. Sutro, Mayor of this City,
having displayed good judgment In selecting
Messrs. James Denman and P. M. Wellin to
represent the Democratic party upon the Bi
partisan Election Commission, we of this club
feel particularly well satisfied that his Honor
the Mayor chose two honorable and respected
members of this, the Iroquois Club of San
Francisco. These gentlemen are well known
to us to possess the requisite qualifications to
fulfill the duties appertaining to the manage
ment of elections, not alone to the members of
our party but all citizens, irrespective of party
affiliations.
They have invariably given evidence of dis
charging their duties to the public free from
dictation, but acting independently with satis
faction to the people.
Resolved, Should it be deemed necessary to
correct the constitutionality of the law cre
ating the Election Commission, we pledge this
club to extend its support to have the same
upheld by the courts, as we deem it absolutely
necessary to have a Bi-Partisan Election Com
mission to manage and conduct elections to be
held under the new primary election laws.
The debate on the money question
which has been going on for some time in
the club was continued. John Heenan
argued for the gold side of the question,
condemning the acceptance of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1, but if the lack of demon
stration on the part of the members is to
be considered Mr. Heenan's remarks found
but little favor among them.
The last Friday in each month was
specially appointed as the day for the dis
cussion of this important question.
llow Federal Officials Spent the Fourth.
There was an exodus from the Federal build
ing the nipht before the Fourth. Assistant
United States District Attorney Knight went to
Castle Crags, Chief Deputy Marshal Farrish
went to Capay Valley, Frank D. Monckton,
clerk of the Circuit Court of Appeals, went to
Napa, Assistant United States District Attorney
Bert Schlesslnger went to San Jose, Clerk
Bouthard Hoffman of the District Court went
to Santa Cruz and District Judge Morrow re
turned from a six weeks' trip to Alaska and
Puget Sound. This being the last day in the
term his Honor will hold court at 11 A. m. and
dispose of a few minor matters.
Tyndall Was Fined.
Professor Alexander Tyndall, the alleged
hypnotist, who disturbed Kcv. J. Q. Gibson of
Emanuel Baptist Church, when the latter was
delivering his lecture upon the "Crime of a
Century" in Metropolitan Temple several
nights ago, was find $5 by Police Judge Joach
imsen yesterday. He paid the fine.
To Address Young Men.
To-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock John L.
Speares, State secretary of the Young Men's
Christian Association of California, will deliver
the address before the young men's meeting at
Association building, Mason and Ellis streets.
The serviec will be exclusively for young men.
Though sold at the same retail price,
Royal Baking Powder is of far greater
value than any other baking powder. It
is absolutely pure, and of highest leaven
ing strength.
NEW TO-DAT-DRY GOODS.
ITEEimfpl
In connection with the Clearance Bargains that have drawn
such crowds this week we offer the following special lines to-day
At an Extra Sacrifice!
LAD I HANDKERCHIEFS!
At 5 Cent.3 ISaoh.
200 dozen LADIES' WHITE HEMSTITCHED AND TUCKED LAWN HAND-
KERCHIEFS and COLORED EMBROIDERED HEMSTITCHED LAWN
HANDKERCHIEFS, regular price 10c, will be closed out at 5c each.
| GLOVES! GLOVES!
At. 4O Cent*?.
55 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID
GLOVES, in fancy shades, extra good value for $1, will be closed out this day for
40c a pair.
At 7 5 Cents.
90 dozen LADIES' 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large buttons),' in dark and medium tan
shades, black and white, extra value for $1 25, will be closed ou6 this day at 75c
a pair.
| CARRIAGE PARASOLS !
At 75 Cents.
! CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in black only (lined and unlined), will be closed out this
day at 75c.
| SUNSHADES!
a+. *ft l .00.
24- INCH BLACK GLORIA SUNSHADES, in natural handles, paragon frames, will
be closed out this day at $1.
At S5 I.QO.
24-INCH BLACK GLORIA SUNSHADES, in silver and Dresden handles, will be
closed out this day at $1 60.
LADIES' WAISTS! ,'
At 35 Cents.
40 dozen LADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy stripes and figures, full
sleeves, regular price 50c, will be offered at 35c. , :
At 7 5 Cents.
100 dozen LADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in white and colored, extra full
sleeves, in fancy stripes and figures, regular price $1 50, will be offered at 75c.
MEN'S m BOYS' NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS !
At a 5 Cent".
75 dozen MEN'S AND BOYS' NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made of fine quality fancy
striped duckings, extra good value for 50c, will be closed out at 25c each.
Two Extra Specials From Our Dress Goods Department!
At BO Cents.
157 pieces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH MELTON CLOTH, mixed effects, former
price $1, will be offered at 50c a yard.
A* 75 Centi.
. 110 pieces 56-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL TAILOR SUITING, newest mix-
tures, former price $1 50, will be offered at 75c a yard.
FIVE BARGAINS IN BLACK DRESS GOODS!
At SS Cents.
3 cases 40-INCH EXTRA HEAVY IRON FRAME ALPACA, worth 50c, will be closed
out at 25c a yard.
" .At 5O Cents.
3 cases 46-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL IMPORTED FANCY WEAVES, in a variety of
designs, worth 85c, will be closed out at 50c a yard.
At SO rents. v -
-20 pieces 40-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FRENCH CREPON, worth $1, will be closed
out at 50c a yard. Cents.
At 5O Cents.
20 pieces 47-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH CASHMERE, former price
75c, will be closed out at 50c a yard.
; At SO Cents.
20 pieces 48-INCH EXTRA HEAVY ALL-WOOL SERGE, former price 85c, will be
closed out at 50c a yard.
/W/&H^^ MURPHY BUILDING, /
(/(/ nrbt- Street, corner of Jones, /
CAN OPEN ANY SAFE.
An Expert Says He Can Do It in Three
Hours With a Satchel Outfit.
One of the most expert "save-blowers"
in this country, or any other fo? that mat
ter, is William C. Clark, now a resident of
Chicago. Some foolish friends of Mr.
Clark have been claiming that fie is the
only man who knows anything about blow
ing open a safe, a statement which Mr.
Clark himself promptly refuted yesterday
in conversation with a reporter.
"How did you gain your experience in
opening safes?" was asked.
"Legitimately." answered Mr. Clark,
smiling. "When a boy I learned the
machinist trade in the 'Providence (R. I.)
locomotive works. When about 21 years
old I entered the service of my present em
ployer. For three years I was associated
with Professor Charles E. Monroe of Co
lumbian University, Washington, D. C.
He was the expert on explosives selected
by the commission appointed by act of
Congress in 1890 to determine by actual
tests of safes of various manufacture what
would be best for the proposed Govern
ment safe 9 and vaults. These experi
ments, lasting three years, were conducted
at Newport, R. I. Lieutenant Rodman
was appointed by the Government to assist
Professor Monroe, and I assisted in every
test that was made."
"How do you proceed to force open a
safe?"
•'lf the idea is to do it quickly I usually
bore a four-inch hole in the safe — that is, a
hole four inches in diameter. Then a little
nitro-glycerine does the rest."
"How can you drill such a hole in a har
dened steel safe?"
''With a compound blowpipe in twelve
minutes I can heat red hot a spot six
inches in diameter. This draws the temper
of the steel ar<d leaves it as soft and easy to
cut as iron. Then with a 'cat-head' drill
we cut a groove an eighth of an inch wide
around a spot four or even six inches in
diameter. I once cut a four-inch hole
through a steel vault door three and a balf
inches thick in the Mercantile National
Bank of New York in an hour and fifty
eight minutes."
"What tools do you use?"
"In addition to the blowpipe and drill I
have a small pocket battery, a coil of in
sulated wire with detonators, a few wedges,
a hammer, and a half-pint of nitro
glycerine mixed with alcohol. I carry the
entire outfit in a small satchel."
"Do you always use nitro-glycerine?"
"Yes, it is the best explosive for many
reasons. Put in a bottle with some alcohol
it cannot possibly be exploded, yet in ti ve
minutes' time it can be made ready for
use. All that is necessary is to pour water
in the bottle. The alcohol unites with it
and the nitro-glycerine settles to the bot
tom. It doesn't make any report to speak
of; it can be introduced where nothing else
could and it always does its work."
"How much is required?"
"From two to three drops to half an
ounce for each explosion, depending en
tirely upon circumstances. Burglars al
ways use too much. The most nitro
flycerine I ever used on a safe, and
'ye opened hundreds of them was
four and eight-tenths ounces. I have
opened every known make of safe, ex
cept one, and will wager any reasonable
amount that there is no safe made that I
cannot open within three hours without in
jury to the contents."— Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Westminster Abbey's external appear
ance will soon be greatly improved, as the
persons holding leases of the houses in
Old Palace Yard, which hide the view of
Henry Vll's chapel and the chapter-house,
have all agreed to give them up. The
houses will t>e torn down this fall and the
space covered with turf.
THE MAN WHO
WANTS SHOES
Should not fall to take advantage of the unusual
big reductions In the price ot men's shoes that will
b« found at our big shoehouse for to-day,
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Only.
JUST FOR A DRIVE
We will sell shoes that usually retail for $2 80, 93
and S3 60 at the low price of
TWO DOIjXjA.II.S.
IX TAN OR BLACK.
These shoes can be had in any style toe In heavy
or light grades, and they will be sold on the days
mentioned above only.
Country orders carefully filled by return mail o»
express. Our new catalogue sent free to any ad-
dress for the asking.
SULLIVAN'STHOE-HOK
18, 20, 22 Fourth Street,
Just Below Market.
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