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DAIRIES OF CAMBRIA.
Boom in Butter-Making
in San Luis Obispo
County.
ONE MODEL CREAMERY.
Gratifying Success of "The
Home" on San Simeon
Creek.
...
PRAISES FOR ITS PRODUCT.
In a Few Short Months This Insti
tution Has Won Its Way .
to the Front.
CAMBRIA, Cal., Aug. 2.—Creamery
building is receiving a boom in this sec
tion. New plants are being put in, and
those established in the past are gaining
new patronage daily.
One of the most successful of these is the
Home Creamery, on San Simeon Creek,
four miles north of Cambria. Its site on
the Van Gorden ranch, at the mouth of the
San Simeon, was formerly occupied by the
old adobe ranchhonse of the Peioche
Grant, and the crystal -yater and cooling
ocean breezes amply justify the choice of
the old Spanish pioneers. The creamery
G. Van Gorden, President. J. H. arts, Separator Man. Martin, Secretary. G. N. Arbuckle, Butter-Maker.
building is a story and a half high, well
finished and of ample proportions. Inside
the appointments are thoroughly modern
and of the most approved designs.
The milk is received in the weighing
room on the upper floor, weighed and
turned into the receiving-vat, which has a
capacity of 1000 gallons. From this vat
the milk runs into the temperinp-vat,
where it remains for a short time at a
temperature of 49 deg. It then passes into
the Russian Sharpies separators, which
perform 8000 revolutions per minute.
These separators carried off the first prize
at the World's Fair at Chicago. Notwith
standing the great speed at which they are
run the milk leaves them several degrees
cooler than when it entered.
Tbe cream, passing over a cooler, runs
into vats, where it remains twenty-four
hours to "ripen." It is churned in a 400
--gallon churn, and after passing through a
National Butter-worker, which is tbe very
acme of butter-working machines, is
molded into squares and packed for ship
ment. The power for all these operations
is furnished by a 20-horsepower boiler and
a 12 -horsepower engine, and is transmitted
by overhead shafts to all parts of the
building.
This creamery company was organized
and incorporated in December, 1894, with
Gilbert Van Gorden as president and B. F.
Martin secretary and a board of directors,
consisting of Gilbert Van Gorden, B. F.
Martin, Amos Smithers, Antonio Luchessi
and Ira Whitaker. The plant was erected
during the winter months of the present
year by Baker & Hamilton at a contract
price of $5400. The directors, not being
satisfied with the plant, expended $2000 in
giving it a more thorough equipment.
The manufacturing of butter was begun
on February 12, with 5000 pounds of milk.
HOME CREAMERY* AT CAMBRIA.
The receipts of milk increased rapidly, and
during the month of May, the average
daily receipts were 23,000 pounds. From
the commencement to the end of May it
required from twenty-one to twenty-two
pounds of milk to produce a pound of but
ter. Since then the average has been less
than twenty pounds of milk to one of but
ter. Till the end of May. the piices re
ceived for butter ranged from 18 to 13%
cents per pound as the market varied.
Since then, owing to the reputation which
this creamery has made, its butter has
sold readily at from 18 to 20 cents per
pound.
These gratifying results are largely due
to the liberal policy of the directors, who
always considered quality before expense,
and were anxious that the creamery
should be equipped with everything neces
sary to success. In the choice of J. H.
Bwartsas separator man and Mr. G. N.
Arbuckle as butter-maker, thejwisdom of
the directors was apparent. •. > 7
The advent of the creamery into San
Luis Obispo County has infused the dairy
ing interests with new life, and this section
will soon rank as the first in dairying of
the State.
T. H. WILLIAMS JR. RETURNS.
The Bay District Track to Be Purchased
at Once.
Thomas H. Williams Jr., the well
known turfman, returned from the East,
where he has been enlisting capital to buy
and equip the Bay District -Track with
modern racing appliances, yesterday.
Mr. Williams stated that he had found
all the backing necessary and that he had
i secured an option on the track for sixty
days, the purchase price to be $650,000.
While in the East Mr. Williams talked
with nearly all of the noted horsemen and
was assured that there will be no lack of
entries when the track opens. Mr. Wil
liams denied the story that peace had been
patched up between himself and Ed Corri
,-:ui, who is interested in the track now
being built at Ingleside. 7'^-77
He said that the rivalry was merely one
of business, but that it was still on and
would continue so for as he knew.
Among those who will be associated with
Mr. Williams in the venture are Pierre
Lorillard, J. B. Haggin, ex-Mayor Nolan
of Albany, N. V., Dave Gideon and Phil
Dwyer. ___ _
USE OF THE WORD BANK.
The New Banking Law Explained as to
Collateral Concerns.
According to an opinion just submitted
by Attorney-General Fitzgerald, the use
of the terms "investment bankers or
brokers," or words of like import, by
money- loaning institutions, collateral
banks and pswnbroking establishments
incorporated prior to the passage of the
new bank law, does not come within the
scope of the prohibitory provisions of sec
tion 26 of the act. ,7 -.7 ; sw iy ; -'-'
He also says that a bank having begun
steps to reduce its capital stock previous to
the enactment of the law, but not having
completed those steps when the law went
into force, could not go on and carry out
its intentions afterward.
The Bank Commission put two questions
to him, namely: ;>.
Do corporations incorporated prior to the
amendments of the bank act, approved March
26, 1895, which have such terDis as "invest
ment bankers and brokers," or other term? or
words of like import inserted in their articles
of incorporation, come within the prohibitory
provisions of section _*> of said act?
Could a bank, incorporated prior to the pas-
sage of the act referred to, and which, prior to
the passage of the act, took preliminary steps
for the reduction of its capital stock, but had
not completed the steps necessary when the
act became a law, complete the amendments to
its articles diminishing its capital stock after
the law went into force without violating the
provisions of section 24 of said act?
The Attorney-General's reply is:
First— l am of the opinion that, where such
j terms as "investment bankers and brokers," or
I other terms or words of like import enter into
and are a part of the name of a corporation
' organized prior to the passage of the act re
| ferred to, the ifee by such corporation of its
i corporate name, including such terms or words,
j does not come within the prohibitory provi
i sion of section 26 of the bank act. A construc
j tion that would bring such corporation within
! the provisions of section 26 of the bank act
•would be in effect a dissolution of the corpora
tion, for a corporation" can transact busi
ness in its corporate name only, and a law pro
hibiting it from using that name would render
it powerless to carry out the objects for which
it was organized.
Second— l am further of the opinion that a
full compliance with all of the provisions of
section 339 of the Civil Code as amended in
; 1893 (Stats. 1893, 191-92), is a condition prece
j dent to the reduction of the capital stock of a
corporation; that there is no reduction until
i the final step— the filing of the proper certifi
j cate in the office of the Secretary of State— is
j taken; that, therefore, if the bank act went
into effect while proceedings for the reduction
; of the capital stock of a banking corporation
were pending, and if by those proceedings it
; was sought to reduce the capital stock of such
I corporation below the amount prescribed by
j section 24 of the bank act as a prerequisite for
i a transaction of, a banking business within
this State, such ''Proceedings could not be car
•' ried to completion, and the capital stock of the
! corporation could not thereby be reduced after
, the bank act became a law, so as to make it
• lawful for the corporation after such reduction
. of its capital stock to do a banking business
I within this State.
BELVEDERE'S PETE.
Everything in Readiness for the Water
Carnival To-Night.
The committee of arrangements for the
festival of "A Night in Venice" at Belve
dere completed their labors yesterday, so
that everything was ready for the celebra
tion.
The programmes of the Fifth United
States Artillery band and the American
Concert band were made public. While the
soldiers will discourse a selection of popular
music at the north end of the cove on the
Alice Stolen, the Concert band will fill the
air with sweet sounds from the Ethel S at
the south end. The "Belvedere Polka,"
specially written for the carnival, will be
rendered by the military band, and upon
the illumination of the American flag both
organizations will , unite in playing "The
Star-spangled Banner."
To make the grand event as complete a
success as possible the ladies of Belvedere
have united with the men in decorating
the cove and arranging for beautiful dis
plays of fireworks. Besides they have
made lavish preparations to receive their
friends, and the social aspect of the fete
promises to be most delightful.
The Labor Council.
At the meeting of the Labor Council
last night quite a heated discussion took
place under the head of "good and welfare
of the council" on the action of Labor
Commissioner Fitzgerald in supplying
Chinese with white working girls.
His action was generally adversely crit
icized, but no formal resolutions were
adopted. The position taken by most of
the speakers was ,- that the. action of the
Labor Commissioner was a virtual encour
agement of ; "scabbing," as the white
girls were to take the places of striking
Chinese.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1 895.
WHITEMAN'S ABLE PLEA.
The Young , Man , Who Was
Worth a Million Asks for
a New Trial.
: ■
STORY OF A NOTABLE CAREER.
*7<-_f.
An Address Before Judge Wallace
by a Prisoner Convicted
of Forgery.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, an ex-Senator of
the State of Minnesota, the son of a mil
lionaire lumber king, was in Judge Wal
lace's department of the Superior Court
yesterday to receive his sentence for the al
leged forgery of a $500 check. He was
given an opportunity to speak on a motion
tor a new trial and in the address he deliv
ered he impressively told the story of a re
markable career.
The prisoner is the young man who was
tried ami convicted six weeks ago on the
charge of forgery made by J. D. Maxwell,
who had cashed a $500 check bearing the
signature of Frank Dixon. He was at one
time worth a million dollars in his own
| right, but he lost the money by speculating
and gambling. "While a resident of Du
luth he was elected to the State Senate and
was a candidate for Congress. He was
prominently mentioned as a candidate for
Congress, but failed to get the nomination.
For several years he was chairman of the
State Central Committee. He has been the
vice-president of a bank, and yet he is not
over 36 years of age. He was educated at
Yale University and the Columbia Law
School. ! 777
In his address before Judge Wallace the
prisoner said:
May it please the court: I have only a few
words to add to what my attorney has said in
support of his motion for a new trial. That is
to request that you will give it the considera
tion that the importance of the case deserves.
If I have committed a forgery and have been
proved guilty of that offense, I deserve no sym
pathy or clemency, for I have enjoyed all the
advantages that wealth and education give.
I graduated with honors from an Eastern
college and afterward from Columbia Law
School. I served four years in the Senate of
my State, and was a member of the Judiciary
Committee. At the expiration of that time I
received the unanimous nomination of my
party for Congress, and was elected Chairman
of the State Committee and a delegate to the
National convention. I have been a director
in three National banks and vice-president of
one, and if a man of my antecedents and ex
perience has been guilty of the heinous crime
of forgery there is nothing that can be said in
extenuation or in mitigation, but, if through
over-confidence in the justice of my cause and
in the consciousness of my innocence of this
charge, I allowed my case to go to a speedy trial,
and was unprepared for the admission of ex
traneous matter in evidence, I humbly submit
that I should have an opportunity to prove
my innocence beyond a reasonable doubt.
Your Honor may recall that in a letter which
I have written to the District Attorney, and
which was admitted in evidence, I requested
an immediate or speedy hearing, and 1 stated
in that letter that if I was guilty of this charge
I should be on the road to San Quentin, and if
I was innocent 1 should have my lioerty at the
earliest possible moment. But then I did not
know where Frank Dixon was.
I did not know he was in the employment of
a reputable firm in Chicago ana I did not
know that there were reputable men in
Chicago who were familiar with his hand
writing and his signature, and who were will
ing to testify to that effect; but I did know
that Dixon had sent me that check in good
faith, and I also knew that he had had an ac
count at the bank on which this check was
drawn, and I knew that if any witness came
on here from that bank to testify in that case
he would be obliged to admit that such was
the fact and that the check was in the hand
writing of Frank Dixon.
In other words, I knew that the corpus delicti
of this charge could not be proved; at least I
thought it could not. Relying on that fact I
went to trial, confident of acquittal. No man
ever was so surprised at the verdict of a jury
as I was. During the six weeks that have
elapsed since that trial, by continuances which
your Honor kindly granted me, I had this
check photographed and I sent it East, and I
obtained the affidavits of Dixon, after finding
out where he was, and other reputable men of
Chicago who knew him.
Now, I have not referred In these few remarks
to the determined effort that has been made
and will be made to send me to prison. I do
not wish to pose as a persecuted man. I _ *»h
to speak of the matter solely on its merits;
but you will remember that the prosecution
was taken out of the prosecution's hand and
conducted by one ot the leading criminal
lawyers of the State.
It is unusual to grant a defendant in a crimi
nal action a new trial, but I believe that the
circumstances which have been called to your
Honor's attention are worthy of the serious at
tention of the court.
Your reputation as an able jurist and as an
impartial, upright and fearless Judge is not
bounded by the confines of your State. There
is not a student of jurisprudence in Now York
who is not familiar with your name, and the
decisions of the Supreme Court of California
during the time your Honor adorned the bench
are second in weight and importance to those
of no other State in the Union.
Therefore, I submit the issue with the abso
lute knowledge that it will be decided on its
merits, unmoved by sympathy or unswayed
by prejudice, and also with the firm conviction
that you would not put the brand of a felon
upon a man who had not been legally con
victed of a crime.
This address followed a motion made by
Attorney Hinkle for a new trial, and at
the conclusion of it Judge Wallace" con
tinued the matter to August 16. An affi
davit from Frank Dixon, whose name was
signed to the check, is promised by the de
fense, and Carroll Cook, the special coun
sel for the prosecution, says he will move
for dismissal if the affidavit is genuine.
THE IROQUOIS CLUB.
The Patronage of the New Board of
Health Was the Subject of a. 7
Lively Discussion.
The members of the Iroquois Club are in
a state of uncertainty ; as to whether the
newly appointed Board of Health is aware
of their existence, and a heated discussion
on that subject formed the chief interest
of the club's meeting . last evening". " It
seems that there are several members of
the club who consider themselves available
for positions in the gift ;of the \ Health
Board, but coupled with the belief is the
seemingly well-founded fear that this fact
has not as vet occurred to the Democratic
members of the board itself, and positions
do not seem to be hurrying in the direction
of the Iroquois Club.
Impelled by. these facts a motion was
mace last evening that a committee of
three be appointed to confer with 7 the
Democratic members of , the Board of
Health to see about positions for the Iro
quois braves. This caused a heated dis
cussion at once.^SUßSUUo^oiS^§:^ *.
Charles Giidea remarked with force that
the Iroquois Club had its dignity to keep
up, and that it was a shame to oner such a
resolution. "What do you hope for? What
do you want? and what do you think you
will get?" expostulated Mr. Gildea. "This
club should not go a-begging. Then we
couldn't get anything if we did. Why,
I'm told that the Governor of the State,
who appointed that board, has no in
fluence with them. -If this be true, what
can this club get."
Fred Raabe excitedly protested that the
members deserved places and he favored
the committee facing that Board of Health
at all events. A lull in the discussion was
caused at this time by yarioiis calls for
points of order, motions to lay the question
on the table and so on. :
Louis Metzger suggested that it was
rather late to appoint a committee to con
fer with the Health Board, as the appoint
ments were to be made next Tuesday. He
thought that the committee would only
receive a snub and the c/ub would be
humiliated as a result. There seemed to
be some fear in his mind that the whole
club would get turned down by the newly
appointed doctors. The subject finally
dwindled into a discussion of parliament
ary rules, the original question was side
tracked, and the matter laid on the table,
much to the relief of those who were not
seeking the places under debate.
ENOCH ARDEN UP TO DATE.
The First Husband Turns Up
Alive and the Second Hires
a Lawyer.
A Superior Court Romance, With
Real Estate Involved In the
Tangle.
Lone lines of hard luck are recorded in
a complaint filed in the Superior Court
yesterday by Jose Guillermo against Mary,
his wife and also another man's. - ...
It is another case of Enoch Arden, but,
as might be expected nowadays, some real
estate became tied up in the matrimonial
tangle, and that is causing trouble.'
Several years ago a man named Manuel
Bamondes went away from home. He did
not come back at night, and when he had
been away for months without even writ
ing, his wife concluded that he was dead.
Jose Guillermo then courted the young
widow. He had long known the family
and was a friend to Bamondes, it , may be
assumed, as the courtship began about as
soon as the husband was concluded to-be
dead.
In May, 1892, there was a quiet little
marriage, and Mrs. Bamondes, the widow,
was declared to be the wife of Guillermo.
Supposing the young woman to be legally
Mrs. Guillermo the second husband de
cided to give her his property. Some land
at the corner of Union and Montgomery*
streets, 22:6x68:8 feet in dimensions, with
the improvements thereon, and more par
ticularly described as a portion of the 50
--vara lot No. 186, was conveyed to the wife
on October 12, 1894.
Likewise was deeded away a lot on Sixth
street, Oakland, 150x120 feet, the aggregate
STREET SCENES IN THE SETTLEMENT OF "DUMPVILLE.'
[Sketched by a " Call " artist.]
value of the two pieces of real estate being
upward of $10,000. 77 'v: >**
By these conveyances, as is frankly ad
mitted, the plaintiff intended to provide
for the support of his wife in the event of
his own death, and "in case his creditors
should levy execution."
The deeds were never formally delivered
to the wife, but they were recorded.
This arrangement of the property was
satisfactory to both the man and the
woman until last May, when the first hus
band returned. Bamondes did not stop to
peer through the window nor to reflect on
any unhappiness or embarrassment that
he might cause. He went home, found
bis wife and claimed her. The explana
tion of the second marriage was "accepted,
and the second husband was permitted to
pack up and move out.
Still th. property "remained in the
woman's name, though Guillermo held the
deeds. Recently, however, it was discov
ered by the second husband that * the mu
tual wife had mortgaged the property
without his consent, borrowing $600 from
"one Wilma McNab" at 2 per cent a
month. 77-7
Right there the first trouble began, and
Guillermo is now suing to get the property
back and to have the romantic marriage
annulled. ! , .
CHINATOWN QUIET.
The Tongs Awaiting; the Result of Mock
Tai's Examination.
Everything was quiet in Chinatown yes
terday, and the special officers and extra
policemen had nothing to do. The streets
were deserted and every Mongolian in the
City seemed to have disappeared. The
storekeepers had nothing to do, and the
Sam _ tips and See Yups were not to be
seen. The only Chinese who did any busi
ness were the Young [W OS. and they moved
about as if nothing was the matter. .
Not an arrest was made during the day,
and the See Yups seemed to be resting on
their oars. Not one of them purchased an
article from the Sam Yup merchants, but
there was no gathering and no demonstra
tion. All were apparently awaiting the
result of the trial' of Mock Tai, which will
come up next Monday. .-If -the .latter is
heid to answer for the murder of Chong
Wai the fighting may begin.
PROPERTY-OWNERS OBJECT.
Dispute Over the Lowering of a Street
Grade.
A number, of property-owners in the
vicinity of Fifth avenue and L street south
are protesting against the lowering of the
grade at the crossing of these thorough
fares on' the ground that the required
number of feet was not represented in the
petition for this work, which i had r been
favorably reported • upon by the Street
Committee.
As last Thursday's meeting of the com
mittee a petition was presented purporting
to represent 1618 feet, but it really repre
sented only 1563 feet.
... The total number of feet in the district
affected by the proposed work is 3200 feet.
- To make the work legal 1601 feet should
be represented on the petition.
Looking for His Sister.
- Thomas Feunelly, who is employed in the
Fashion stables on Ellis street, has for several
weeks past been carrying on an active search
for his sister Marguerite, who arrived from Ire
land on the 22d of last June. Upon her arrival
she had an expressman deliver her trunk from
the Pacific Transfer Company, but it is not
known where it was taken. All ; the brother
knows is that she is in the City somewhere,
and probably looking for I him.' He has noti
fied the police regarding his search. -,
LIVE ON CITY GARBAGE.
A Settlement on the Dumping-
Ground of the Munici
pality.
FIGHTING FOR DECAYING FOOD.
The Town Council Goes to Pieces
Over a Wagon-Load of De
cayed Oranges.
. A strange collection of human habita
tions is "Dumpville," the garbage settle
ment at the foot of Sixth street. The
name is no misnomer, which, by the way, '
was chosen after an animated discussion
covering a period of some i weeks and
punctuated by brickbats, cobblestones,
beer bottles, tin cans and other articles to
be found handy on the City's dumping
ground. It all came about this way :
A faction led by "Brick" Peters, de
scribed by powers now in voeue as "that
red bum," insisted upon calling the settle
ment "Bumville." This was enough to
arouse the ire of the working element
that is to say, the men who stole forth
from their miserable huts with the rising
of the sun to look over the garbage for
bottles, vegetables and bits of meat, and
who would work if they could find any
thing to do.
In Dumpville the working element in
cludes all those who are averse to begging
and stealing. The; two factions collided
frequently, and blood flowed. .
■ The workingmen held that it would be
an everlasting disgrace to the, camp to call
it "Bumville," while the opposing faction
argued with owl-like gravity that all who
did not work for wages were bums, and
hence the appellation was highly appro
priate. Finally a vote was taken. The
labor element won, and the town was duly
christened "Dumpville." "King" Foley
was chosen Mayor. There was a council of
five and three policemen swore on a por
tion of the third chapter of St. Luke, which
was fished out of the garbage-pile, to main
tain the peace of the town and to promote
its prosperity by every lawful means.
All this happened live months, . ago.
Since that time the municipal government
in "Dumpville" has undergone many
changes. The Mayor so far forgot the
dignity of his office as to steal a dozen
j bottles from the cabin of "Sandy" Smith,
which he proceeded to exchange for coin
of the realm at a junkshop on Third street.
With his ill-gotten wealth (60 cents) he
absconded, and a month later was killed at
Port Costa while stealing a ride out of
town on a brakebeam. „7
The town Council disagreed over the
sharing of a load of rotten oranges that
had been taken to the dump by a smil
ing Italian, fought, and finally dissolved.
The Chief of Police was "broken" for
showing an Examiner reporter through
the town and communicating to the scribe
municipal secrets of great "import. The
other two officers seem to have lost their
prestige, and nobody pays any attention
to their orders. Some time ago the settle
ment was invaded by a predatory horde of
thieves from beyond the Rockies, and the
townspeople combined for mutual protec
tion aud defense. The intruders were
beaten off and warned never to cross the
Sixth-street bridge again at the peril of
their lives.
"They came near ruining the town,"
said Henry Watson, an old settler, in
speaking of this raid yesterday. "They
would not hunt grub, nor do nothing. I
never seen such a lot of bums."
"Dumpville" has a fluctuating popula
tion. It comes and goes, nobody knows
how or why. At the present time the pop
ulation numbers about 175. and a more
wretched lot it would be hard to find.
Their huts are made of old pieces of car
pet, or straw matting stretched over four
uprieht poles, in height about four feet.
Inside there is usually to be found a pile
of straw, a brick oven and a few cooking
utensils. The food of the settlement comes
principally from the garbage pile, that the
city dumps each day into an adjoining
pool. Bones, bottles, etc., are exchanged
for luxuries— bread, spoiled meat,
with now and then a can of foaming steam
beer. A few of the men have work now
and then, but it never seems to last long.
Most of them, when not out watching for
the garbage wagons that come and go all
day, lie in their filthy hovels, bitterly curs
ing the State, the City and the existing
order of things in general.
AFRO-AMERICAN SESSION
The Spirit of Dissension Again
Develops in the Last Day's
Session.
The Congress Denounced, but Pro
ceeded With Business and *
Formed a State League.
Some of the spirit of dissension that
predominated on the opening day of the
Afro-American League ' Congress cropped
up in the afternoon session of the closing
day yesterday. The proceedings, with the
exception of an address by Congressman
Maguire on "How to Make Emancipation
Effective," were devoted to committee re
ports and the presentation of resolutions.
President Morton, however, took time
to inform the . congress of rumors that 'he
said were afloat condemnatory of both the
American League and the congress.
These rumors had it. that the Woman's
League had received money : from the
president for feeding the delegates from
the interior, and that he had received it
from some white political boss. 7 President
Morton branded this as a lie and a slander.
He ? produced a receipt purported , to be
signed by one W. A. Butler. •
Quiet was subsequently ; restored after a
statement .; by ; President" Morton that he
ROYAL: Baking Powder.
Highest of all in leavening
_. Strength.— U. S. Government Report
did not believe either A. L. Dennis or .V.
A. Butler wrote the receipt.
R. H. A. Johnson of Sacramento offered
a resolution ' deprecating on behalf of * his
constituency the predominance of politics
in the congress. There was' an effort to
table: his resolution, but the chair firmly
ruled that it should go to the committee.
On the subject of leagues, the committee
recommended that the secretary of the
State organization open correspondence
with reputable colored men in the several
States for the purpose of formation of new
leagues.
It was recommended by resolution that
the chairman of each delegation in this
congress call a Dublic meeting at his home
in a practical effort to aid the Old People's
Home Association. „ 7 ■■'<'*"•'' .
The Atlanta* Exposition was indorsed,
and the delegates urged to gain the sup
port of their constituents. s -
The committee on State population and
statistics reported: Population 36,500,
voters 7500, real estate holdings $9 420,000,
persons engaged in professions 324, stu
dents 5000, merchants 213, farmers 526,
churches 53, civic societies 12, newspapers
4, mechanics 620, electricians 12, capitalists
9, mine-owners 81, civil engineers 3, Fed
i feral officials 6, civil service 5, artists 130,
transportation and express 293, miller 1,
manufacturers 2, musical bands 15.
7 The evening session opened with the ad
dress of J. A. Hackett on "The Negro
Business Man's Barrier," which was well
received ; but when William Prince spoke
upon "Our Duty to the Colored Papers"
the cloud of dissension again rose and
A. A. Collins objected in strong terms to
what he considered an effort to cast asper
sions on the Budget, the Outlook and the
Eagle to the glorification of the Elevator.
Mr. Collins and a dozen or more of his fol
lowers left the hall and were joined outside
by some fifty more, representing ten coun
ties. They called a mass-meeting in the
east hall. ."" -
The meeting was called to" order by Mr.
Collins, who . made a vigorous speech de
nouncing the A fro- American Congress.
A temporary organization was speedily
formed, with A. A. Collins, chairman; A.
L. Dennis, secretary ; Robert Thomas,
treasurer, and Ed Burns of Oakland, E. A.
Clark of San Francisco, B. A. Johnson of
Sacramento, Mr. Drisdon of Colusa, George
.V. Dennis Jr. of Alameda, and Eugene
Jackson of San Francisco, vice-presidents.
After some further speech-making the
committee on' platform and resolutions,
composed of A. L. Dennis, E. Burns and
E. Clarke, was appointed and reported
a set of resolutions expressing dissatisfac
tion with the usurpation of authority and
misrepresentation made in : the so-called
Afro-American Congress and protesting
against being used as political ! chattels of
notorious bosses and being denied voice
and vote in the congress.
* They repudiated the presentation before
Congress of the resolution demanding the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment, osten
sibly to punish the South for its treatment
of the negro.
A. L. Dennis, E. A. Clarke and C. A.
Jamison were appointed a committee to
draft resolutions to be sent to Washington,
requesting speedy examination ot the
charges against Consul John Waller, con
fined in a French prison, and his immedi
ate release if possible. The meeting ad
journed, subject to the call of the chair.
Meantime the congress was in progress
and a good deal of warmth of language
was indulged in.
That clause of W. T. Henderson's re.o-
lution .on the treatment of • the negro
in the South demanding the repeal
of the fifteenth amendment to the consti
tution of the United States met with vig
orous opposition and was substituted by
the words: "Give us the power and we
will protect ourselves."
A resolution by J. J. Neimore of Los
Angeles, denouncing the last Republican
State , Convention at Sacramento for fail
ing to keep its promises to colored voters,
stirred up considerable feeling, and after
motions for tabling and amending and
other efforts to kill it the resolution was
finally referred to the State League.
The Afro-American State League was
organized with T. B. Morton president, J.
W. Rodden secretary, James F. Summers
corresponding secretary, W. E. Henderson
State lecturer.
The Congress adjourned subject to the
call of the president.' 7 1 v 7
SUSPICIOUS CONDENSED MILK.
Cheap Brand From Nobody Knows
Where on Sale Here. r ■ "-..'
A Marin County condensed milk manu- -
facturer has complained to the Manufac- '
turers' Association that a retail grocer ig
putting upon the market a suspicious brand
of condensed milk at $2 50 a case of forty
eight cans.
The usual price for California brands is
$4, and that of Eastern brands of good
standing* in the commercial world from
$4 25 to $4 50. The label on the cans of tbe
brand complained of does not state the
place of manufacture nor the name of the
maker. Samples of the brand have been
secured by the association and will be sub
mitted to the Board of Health for analysis
and examination, as it is believed that the
article is unfit for consumption.
fi peEentage
%=ssj PHARMACY,
,J^§JL 953 MARKET ST.,
yggi B^ > SOUTH SIDE,
one of our Bet. Fifth and Slxtb,
Customers. Five doors above Hale Bros.
GUT PRICES
—IN
Eyeglasses and Spectacles !
We sell you Glasses at
One-half Opticians' Prices.
Don't Pay Fancy Prices for
ELECTRIC BELTS!
OL'R PR1CE................ $5.00 to $15.00
TRUSSES . :-. ...... . •. . ....... $1.75 to $5.00
SILK STOCKINGS... *...' $3.50
OBESITY/ BELTS. -.$2.25
NOTARY PUBLIC.
CHARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY- AT
■. I w , and Notary Public. 63« Market St., oppo-
site P alace Hotel, . Residence 1620 Fell st. Tele-
phone 570. ■:-:.- ,•••••■:..-, -■..--:*.'.,■_», .^ ;
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COMMENTS.
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fact, to tell suffering humanity, that they can
get relief, and get cured, if they will put them-
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wonderful doctors of the Hudson Medical
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at one time to 150 pounds. I now tip
the scales at 180. Write to me, any one, who
wants to know more about the doctors. ♦
L. M. CHRISTIE.
Mohawk, Plumas County, Cal.
For twelve years I have been afflicted with
nervous prostration and general debility to
such an extent that I was unable most of the
time to work. My sufferings were terrible. I
was discouraged, despondent and melancholy.
* * * A few months ago I placed myself
under treatment with the Hudson Medical
Institute. At first I was skeptical, but now I
can't recommend the Institute too highly.
C. C. FAIRCHILD.
Stockton, Cal.
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in fact, the tortures of the damned * * *
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W. F. Timms of Petaluma says: "Life was
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Advice is free. Call and see the doctors cf
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Stockton, Market and Ellis streets, San Fran-
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lost or impaired manhood, spinal troubles,
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Stockton, Market and Ellis Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAI,.
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In the mountains— camping, . .
Fishing, rusticating, tramping—
It's good for you— others fair, •
STANDARD OUTING SHIRTS to wear.
I
Good for you because they are the big-
gest moneys worth of any; fair to others
because they are a home product and fur-
nish employment to your fellow citizens^
All styles and grades— and boys'.
Ask your dealer.
COME QUICKLY.
OUR FIRE AD
HAS DOUBLED OUR SALES.
DESKS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN
FIGURES AND
SOLD .A-T COST.
This offer will hold good only a few days.
GEORGE H. FULLER DESK CO.,
638 and 640 Mission street,
mm *w ■■■
TS THE V BEST ONE TO EXAMINE VOIR
J. eyes and fit them to Spectacles or Eyeglasses
with instruments of his own invention, whose
superiority has not been equaled. .My success has
been due to the merits of my work.
Ollire Hours— l 2 to 4P. M. *- '
AUCTION SALES.
SPECIAL AUCTION SALE
7^_____ 55* __»
AT GRAND ARCADE HORSE MARKET,
327. SIXTH STl*____*T,
THIS DAY,
5aturday.........:.. ...August 9, •'*>*_.
\'. At 11 o'clock __, we will sell '•''.'
By order of J. H. MOR. . 40 head of A _"«. 1
Horses and Mares, weight from 1100 to 1300 lb*,
from 5 to 7 years old; all broKe and guaranteed eg
no sale. No reserve or limit. Come and see them
before sale. .; • ■-;... •
Also, at the same time and place, we will sell 20
head of all-purpose Horses and Mares, Wagons,:
Harness, -tc. '•
SULLIVAN *& DOYLE, LivestocK Auctioneers