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BEHIND IN THEIR WORK
The Railroad Commissioners
Should Work All Day and
Every Day.
PROCEEDINGS OF A SESSION.
Time Is Frittered Away In Trivial
Discussions — Attorney Sulli
van's Ideas.
If it takes twenty men six months, work
ing every day, to accomplish a certain task,
how long will it take three men, working
two short half days each month, to accom
plish the same task?
This is not intended as a mathematical
problem to stump the intelligent reader,
but merely to give him a line on what the
Railroad Commission may be expected to
accomplish during the next four years in
the way of doing what it was elected for
and carrying out the pledges given by the
members prior to the election. Figure that
out and a clear understanding of the posi
tion the commission is in, according to the
estimates of one of its own members, may
be had.
The Railroad Commission took office in
January, to hold for four years, conse
quently forty-one months still remain in
which to accomplish what it proposes
to do.
It was pledged to reduce rates 25 per
cent and the number of freight classifica
tions by oue-half. In order to do this each
separate rate to each station on the com
pany's lines must be figured out and con
sidered and the entire volume of Western
classifications studied.
Dr. Stanton said yesterday that it would
take twenty expert clerks six months to do
the work.
If this is the case where will the com
mission — the members of which may fairly
be presumed not to be experts on figures
land, for one day per month? The fact of
the matter is the commission will have to
work earnestly ana intelligently, everyday
and all day, if it expects to accomplish
what it promised to compass when it ac
cepted the nominations tendered it. Those
who formulated the platform and pledges
under which James I. Stanton, H. M.
La Rue and William H. Clark we re nomi
nated knew the workwhica the pledges re
lating to rates and classifications had cut
out for the prospective Commissioners, and
that is why they also pledged them to give
up the vocation in which they were en
gaged and devote their entire time and at
tention to the business of the commission.
Thus far not a pledge made has been kept
and seven months of the four years for
which they were elected have passed away
almost without tangible results.
Could some of those who are being in
jured in their business by exorbitant rail
road tariffs and discriminating classifica
tions have been present at the last meeting
of the board they would have gained an
insight into the manner in which time is
killed and the afternoon worried through
by these Commissioners who are supposed
to be wrestling manfully with the question
of how rates and the number of classifica
tions can be reduced. The meeting opened
with the reading of the minutes of the
last meeting, which were approved amid
considerable enthusiasm. Then a few
communications were read and placed on
file, and the question of instructing the
railroad company to give a Southern Cali
fornia man a rebate of $3 on a freight ship
ment was discussed at length. When this
subject was worn threadbare Chairman
La Rue remembered that the commission
was supposed to know something of rates
and classifications, and the momentous
subject was taken up and handled about
as follows:
Chairman (turning leaves of Western
classification-book)— find here that the
rate on wheat from Minturn to Port Costa
is about twice that charged on flour. This
surely cannot be right.
Mr. Clark Urn. (Figures on writing
tablet while Commissioner Stanton holds
animated discussion with reporter on an
entirely foreign subject.)
Mr. La Rue (apparently to himself)— Here
is another place where the rate is three
times as great on flour as on wheat. I
wonder what that means?
Other commissioners are busily engaged
in practicing chirography on blank papers.
Mr. La Rue (brightening up)— Gentl
emen, we must — " . 7-
Secretary Newman Here are the bills
for the month to be audited.
Mr. La Rue relapses into silence and signs
the bills.
The matter of rates and classifications is
dropped and the meeting soon after ad
journs, Mr. La Rue returning to Sacramento
to manage his extensive ranch and vine
yard interests. Mr. Clark to Stockton to
take care of his business and Dr. Stanton
to his practice.
Dr. Stanton's explanation of the broken
pledges is as follows:
"The reason we have not reduced rates
25 per cent as we are pledged to do is that
we have not as yet received reports from
all the companies under our jurisdiction.
There is no doubt that in some cases the
railroad has been extortionate in its
charges, but we have not had a chance to
determine just where.
"As to the classification which we are
pledged to reduce 50 per cent in number I
can only say that it would take twenty
clerks six months to go over the books as
it should be done, and we have not gone
very deeply into that subject as yet. Will
we "hold more frequent meetings in order
to complete the work during our term of
office? Oh, I suppose so. lam willing.
"Now, as to the pledge to give up all
other business except that of the commis
sion. I think I have the right to keep my
office open and treat my friends when they
call on me. It would not be called prac
ticing, would it, if I should meet some
friend on the street and give him a pre
scription for a headache? Anyway that
J -ledge was put in the platform for a dif
erent purpose than is generally supposed.
I understand that it was only inserted to
keep me from accepting the nomination.
They thought I would not accept the office
if I had to give up my practice, which, of
course, is lucrative."
Dr. Stanton failed to explain why the
commission had not compelled the com
panies to send in their reports during the
seven months in which it has been in
power.
Attorney Frank J. Sullivan has had con
siderable experience with Railroad Com
missioners during the past twelve years,
and consequently his opinion should be
worth something in matters of this kind.
He was a member of the famous Railroad
Legislature of 1884, when a vigorous but
unsuccessful attempt was made to impeach
Commissioners Carpenter and Humphreys.
The people of California have not forgot
ten how John Daggett, then president of
the Senate and now Superintendent of the
Mint, voted with the corporation when the
vote stood 19 to 19, thereby defeating the
bill that would have retired these gentle
men to private life.
In speaking of Railroad Commissioners
in general and touching incidentally on
the work accomplished by the present
Commissioners, Mr. Sullivan said yester
day :
"I have not seriously troubled myself
with such matters during recent years,
though I have kept sufficiently in touch
with current events to form an intelligent
opinion of how things stand. The situation
to-day reminds me very much of the time,
_.. yen years ago, when an abortive attempt
was made to remove Commissioners Car
penter and Humphreys. These gentlemen
had been guilty of the offense now charged
against Messrs. Stanton and La Rue— that
is doing nothing. House bill No. 14 came
before the Senate, and a number of amend
ments were immediately tacked to it. The
one which proved its death-blow provided
tbat the present commissioners should be
allowed to remain in office until the ex
piration of their term. The vote was even,
and Mr. Daggett, as president of the
Senate, cast his vote in favor of • the ' cor
poration. His action created no particular
surprise, as that Legislature was practically
Controlled by the railroad. Since, then the
Southern Pacific have found it cheaper to
purchase Commissioners than to buy a
majority of the Legislature, though this
assertion is made with no reference what
ever to the incumbents.
"I think Dr. Stanton should have joined
forces with La Rue and done something to
benefit the State at large. If they had
acted at once our people would have* been
in far better fix financially than they are
to-day. As it is now, it takes all the pro
ducers can make to pay freight, and if that
be true they must go in debt for the neces
sities of life. I have long since determined
that the people can expect little or no re
lief from the Commissioners, but must
look for it in competition.
"It was this feeling ana this condition
of things that brought- about the San
Joaquin Valley road. The present Com
missioners doubtless intend to do what is
right, but it is an undeniable fact that up
to the present time , they have accom
plished absolutely nothing. Personally I
admire Dr. Stanton, but in common with
thousands of others I cannot help but feel
that he and Mr. La Rue have woefully
neglected the cause of the people."
A GLOVE -MARKE'S SUICIDE.
Jeremiah TV. Griffiths Jumped From a
Three-Story Window Yesterday.
Jeremiah W. Griffiths, a glove-maker,
committed suicide' yesterday morning.
He came over from Oakland 'about three
weeks ago and went to stay at the lodging-
house, 623 California street. He had
plenty of money and drank heavily. On
Thursday night he was under the in
fluence of liquor and took a bottle of
whisky to his room with him. Next
morning he crawled out of his window and
jumped into California street, a fall of
three stories. When picked up he was in
a dying condition.
Deputy Coroner McCormick investi
gated the suicide and found that there was
an imperfect lock on Griffiths' room-door.
The deceased probably attempted to open
the door while delirious, and failing in
that rushed to the window and jumped
out. He was seen to balance himself on
the window-sill and then dive into space.
MIZNER ANSWERS M'CABE
The Governor's Private Secre
tary Defends the Course
of His Chief.
Dr. Morse Disliked Mlzner Because
He Was a Graduate of Cooper
College.
Interesting episodes are developing in
the controversy over the appointments
of the Board of Health that has been going
on since Drs. Mizner and Levingston
failed to secure the coveted positions of
Quarantine and Health officers respect
ively, which those gentlemen maintain
were promised them by Governor Budd as
a reward for service in his behalf during
the last campaign.
Dr. Mizner was quoted in a morning
paper as making some very caustic
remarks concerning Governor Budd, his
! policy in making appointments and
the manner in which it has been
carried out. So severe was Dr. Mizner
in his criticisms of the Governor
and so compromising were the political
secrets he gave away, that Governor
Budd's private secretary, McCabe, took
occasion to make a statement in behalf
of his chief, which appeared as, a
dispatch from Sacramento in the after
noon papers. Mr. McCabe character
ized Dr. Mizner as having been so dictator
ial in his deportment toward the Board of
Health that he became a persona non grata
to the administration, and hence his "turn
down." The statements of Private Sec
retary McCabe roused the ire of the disap
pointed doctor still further and caused him
to give utterance to more uncomplimentary
statements about the Governor and his
associates. He said :
"I don't know as I am in any contro
versy with Mr. McCabe, the Governor's
secretary. I don't know how Mr. McCabe
stands with Governor Budd and don't
Know whether he is authorized to speak
for him on such matters. Ido know that
I don't do business with second parties. If
I have any business I go to headquarters
and transact it with the principals. If two
gentlemen differ in opinion it is not cus
tomary for one to go to the house of the
other and argue the matter with the ser
vants. If the Governor has anything to
say to me or any fault to find with my
statements in this morning's paper he is
thoroughly acquainted with the location of
my office.
"I made a simple statement of facts in
order that some of my friends might not
be jollied on indefinitely. Governor Budd
has not rewarded a single friend in the
past, and I don't think he will reward one
in the future.
"I attribute my overlook partly to tbe
fact that Dr. Morse, who ; dictates' the acts
of the Board of Health, is at swords' points
with the Cooper Medical College, of which
lam a graduate. This is made evident by
the turn down of four other graduates of
that institution. Morse is chagrined on
account of his dismissal from the faculty
of Cooper Medical College in 1889.. As to |
my being a candidate for any office how I
will say that there is no office in the gift of I
the administration that I would accept."
Open the Safety Valve
When there is too big a head of steam on, or you
will be in danger. Similarly, when that Important
safety valve of the system, the bowels, becomes
obstructed, open it promptly with Hosteuer's
Stomach * Bitters, and " guard against the conse
quences of Its closure. Biliousness, dyspepsia, ma
larial, rheumatic and kidney complaint, nervous-,
ness and neuralgia arc ; all subjugated by this'
pleasant but potent conqueror of disease.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1895.
THOMAS BLYTHE'S HEIR.
What Mrs. Fritz Hinckley Pro
poses to Do With Her ■...■..;
Wealth.
.■. ; '
PLANNING A TRIP TO MEXICO.
Will Hunt Hogs and Camp Out
While Fighting for the Mexi
can Property.
The happiest woman in California to
day is Mrs. Fritz Hinckley, who, accord
ing to the Supreme Court, so far is the sole
heir to the millions of the late Thomas H.
Blythe.
Mrs. Hinckley, together with her hus
band and also her attorney, W. H. H.
Hart, were seen yesterday in the latter's
office, talking over the future, its pleasures
and its prospects. 7 7~-7 7
"The first thing we will do," said the
little woman, whose face showed her con
tentment, "is to hoist the American flag
on the Blythe building when we take pos
session. There is no flag quite so dear to
me as that one, and it is a fitting emblem
to celebrate the occasion which represents
MR. AND MRS. x-RITZ HINCKLEY.
[From their latest photograph.]
such a long contest. After that we will go
to England, won't we Fritz?" turning to
her husband.
"I believe that's the programme," an
swered the young man who was addressed.
"We will cover about the same ground I
went over myself some time ago, and a
little later on we can go back and take in
France and Germany, with a little peek
I into the Holy Land and Africa."
"You know," resumed Mrs. Hinckley,
"that five years ago Judge Coffey decided
I was Welsh, and it now becomes almost
a duty to visit the land of my ancestors.
We will go through the British Isles by
the roadways and see all there is of inter
est. One can always get more satisfac
tion by taking plenty of time and stop
ping wherever it suits. Haven't:: we
I decided that such a course would be the
best, Fritz?" w - 7
"Well, yes, for a starter," responded Mr.
Hinckley, leaning back in his chair and
looking at his wife approvingly. "I guess
we will be gone about a year." _ ..-_
"Tut, tut," chimed in General Hart.
"How about that fight soon to come off in
Mexico? You know, my young friends,
that the heir must be on the grounds,"
and the attorney resumed his investigation
of some law books.
"Oh, well," laughed tbe heir, "the
general always has something necessary
to do or else we are held by the enemy, ft
seems now as though there was nothing
left but to cut our trip short and then go
over again next year. '
"Why not wait and do it all at once?"
inquired General Hart, without looking
up from his books.
"That would never do in the world. 'I
am a creature of impulses and it is hard to
tell just what will come into my head
next. Isn't that sot Fritz?"
"Yes, you are a little erratic at times,"
replied tbe young husband, twirling his
watch charm and smiling softly to him
self.
"Certainly I am. Didn't I suddenly
take a fancy to you?"
This time the general looked up from
his law and laughed a merry laugh, while
Fritz gathered up the loose ends of his
conversation and replied that the first im
pulse was generally the best.
"Have you settled upon doing anything
in particular since the weight of the case
has been removed?" was asked.
"Yes, I have, One thing above all
others. It has always been my desire to
be of some service in the world, and just
as soon as 1 get my business straightened
out so that I know the amount of my capi
tal I will try to do something for the cause
of charity. The world is full of deserving
cases and it is the duty of everybody to
attend to at least a few of them. Just
what the limit of one's charity is and
where it will be distributed is not always a
wise thing to discuss, but it is sufficient
satisfaction for me to know that I will do
all I can, both to satisfy myself and those
who deserve it.
"There is another thing 1 propose to do
and that is to build a nice home some
where out of the city, where we will be
away from the turmoil and noise. That
home, you can rest assured, will be in Cali
fornia. I know if I ever went away from
here that I would have the most insatiate
longing to get back, and I would never be
contented anywhere else. It was the same
way with Fritz when he was in Europe—
wasn't it, Fritz?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, dearie, I
would have given up almost anything to
get a glimpse of California when I was
over on the other side. One can never un
derstand the longing unless it is a part of
his actual experience. I was simply crazy
to roll into the green fields and through
the woods of this State on an overland
train."
"Good for you, Fritz. We will be true to
California, anyway," responded the
heiress with a great deal of determination.
"We were wedded in and to California, as
General Hart puts it, and I believe it is a
good place to use our fortune."
> "When you are in Wales you will prob
ably resurrect the family coat of arms?" 7
"No. indeed. I think it is the worst fad
I ever heard of— a * piece of foolishness.
What does the coat of arms amount to any
how? Why, Fritz can trace his. family
back to the— well, no matter. I have al
ways said I would never waste time talk
ing about ancestral affairs and I won't.
There is considerable satisfaction in being
contented while you are alive, and 5 we en
joy that feeling. There is something in
life besides drudgery, 5 and all ; you have to
do is to convince yourself of it. > 7. ; ■ , 7
"Now, for instance, we are going down
to the Algodones Rancho in Mexico in the
fall and rough it for, about a month. We
will take along guns, fishing tackle, bloom
ers and horses, together with all the neces
sary camping utensils, and if there is any
amusement to be had, we will have it.
The general has been there. Tell him
about the hog hunts we propose to have.
Won't it be delightful?":
■'Yes,*' answered Mr. Hart, who was
now thoroughly interested in Mrs. Hinck
ley's conversation. -'Some years ago Mr.
Blythe turned out about a thousand < hogs
on the ranch and they have run wild so
long now that they are as gamey now as a
wild boar. When I was down there last
the ice was overrun with . them, , and
there are 1,800,000 acres. It is great sport to
hunt them and Mrs. Hinckley is anxious
to try her hand with a rifle. j v "
"The Blythe estate claims nine-tenths of
the tract, and as the heir Mrs. Hinckley
has five years after reaching her majority
to comply with her father's contract with
the Mexican . Government, it looks as
though we would get. possession of the
Eroperty without much -trouble. They
aye threatened to go into the courts
about it, but I do not , anticipate any great
difficulty to get possession. We will com
bine business with pleasure and make the
trip a sort of summer vacation. It is abso
lutely necessary for the heir to be on the
ground and we will make the most of it."
"We will go to the City of Mexico, gene
ral, I hope. I want to see its historical
surroundings," interpolated Mrs. Hinck
ley. '■ ' '■•,'-.'- '•.• '----':.,' ;'
"Certainly. We will have to drop into
the city occasionally for a touch of civili
zation* because our main recreation on the
| ranch will be hog-hunting and fishing and
duck-shooting. - Let me tell you of the
j ducks down there. Millions of them. You
! can go in their midst and knock them
j down with a stick."
"Oh, general, how dare you tell such
things. Now, that report will get around
| and our duck record will amount to noth
; ing. Such duck-hunting requires no skill,
j and we cannot boast of records made that
• way. I am surprised at so little diplo-
macy in a man of your age, Mr. Hart.
You must do better than that or I will not
go."
The attorney took this chaffing good
naturedly, and Mrs. Hinckley was not
sparing with it, either. He agreed to de
sist on that point, and wandered off to a
discussion of the richness of the soil.:
"Do you know,-' resumed Mrs. Hinckley,
"that I will be delighted when we are
through with the contests that have arisen
from this case, although I am almost
used to it by this time. We are getting to
be very combative from so much litigation,
and I will be content to retire when it is
over. ._ . '
"By the way, I want to tell you a pecu
liar coincidence. When the bond was filed
July 30, it was the fifth anniversary of Judge
Coffey's decision in my favor and the
seventy-fourth anniversary of my father's
birthday. Isn't that strange?"
Just then another batch of legal papers
came in for Mrs. Hinckley's signature, and
she went at her pen with a vigor that seems
to dominate her nature. "7,
THE ESTATE TIED UP.
Mrs. Fritz Hinckley Cannot Yet Obtain Any
of Her Property, 7*7'
The Biythe estate is tied up for at least
two weeks more by an order issued by the
Supreme Court yesterday upon petition of
the opposing heirs, and Administrator
The Algodone Rancho, Nine-Tenths of
Which Belongs to the Heir- of
Thomas H. Blythe.
[From a photograph.]
Freese cannot convey any of the property
to Mrs. Hinckley prior to August 15. The
order is as follows:
On motion of 8. W. and E. B. Holladay, at
| torneys for appellants, Henry T. Blythe et al.,
j in the above entitled cause, and upon reading
: and filing the affidavit of S. W. Holladay, filed
i herein August 1, 1895, and upon the transcript
i therein mentioned.
It is- ordere . that respondent, Florence
I Blythe Hinckley, and A. C. Freese, admin
istrator of said estate, show cause before this
.court in bank on the 16th day of August, 1895,
I at 10 o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as the
j matter can be heard, why Florence Blythe
i Hinckley, pending said appeal, should not be
restrain ed or enjoined from interfering with
the possession of the property of the estate of
said Thomas H. B"y the, deceased, now in the
custody of said Administrator - Freese; and
from Interfering with his collecting the rents
accrued from said property ; and why the said
Administrator Freese should not be restrained
and enjoined, pending this appeal, from
surrendering to the said Florence Blythe
Hinckley, ' respondent, any part of money,
property or estate of said .• decedent, and .to
abide such other or further order as the court
may make after said hearing. "
It is further ordered that a copy of said affi
davit of 8. W. Holladay, together with a copy
of this order, be forthwith served , upon said
Florence Blythe Hinckley, or her attorney of
record herein, * and upon said A. C. Freese, ad
ministrator; and that in the meantime and
until the - further order of this court in, the
premises all | further proceedings and acts con
cerning a change of possession of the property
of said estate from the said administration to
the said Florence Blythe Hinckley be stayed.
7 The : order is signed by Justices McFar
land, Garontte, Van Fleet, Henshaw and
Temple. 77. .; ... - ; 7 ,7
7. Administrator Freese's third annual ac
count of : the Blythe estate . was settled
yesterday in the Superior Court.
For Injury in a Collision.
' Anson Long has begun suit . against the San
Francisco and San Mateo i Railway Company
for $5000 on account of Injuries sustained in
a, collision at Fifteenth street. .
NEVER SO PROSPEROUS.
President Martin Kellogg on
the State Univer
sity. - ' ■
CHANGES FOR THE COMING TERM
The Only Difficulty Which Berkeley
Has to Meet Is an Increased
Attendance,
The University of California will enter
upon the twenty-eighth year of its exist
ence on the twelfth day of this month,
under conditions not at all unfavorable.
Although the institution may be pre
vented, in a measure, from providing for
all those accessories which appeal to the
public eye, yet the departments of train
ing and instruction are even better pre
pared than ever to assist those who desire
to devote their time and attention to the
pursuit of higher education.
President Martin Kellogg, in speaking
of the outlook, said: "We never before
were so prosperous, and, on account of our
great prosperity, we are somewhat
straitened. */"";f_.:V'A. * .7;^;.* .7 7 ; -7
"This statement may be considered in a
measure paradoxical," said he, "but it is
nevertheless true. Last year there were
1100 students in the colleges at Berkeley
alone, and the prospects for the coming
year are mat we will have even more, al
though probably not so many more pro
portionately as entered last year.
"According to reports the graduating
classes in the high schools of the State
have not been so large this year as last,
doubtless owing to the action of the preva
lent 'hard times/ We are so prosperous
that our classrooms are crowded to over
flowing and the professors and instructors
are kept under high pressure in doing the
necessary teaching.
"We need more room, we need more in
structors and we need more equipment in
order that we may be better able to render
the highest quality of i instruction without
putting either the teachers or students to
more than ordinary inconvenience.
"These better facilities will doubtless
come in the due course of time.
"The most important appointment this
year." continued President Kellogg, "is
that of Dr. John Fryer to the chair of
Oriental languages. . . ■ ,
"The appointment has already been
confirmed by the board of regents, but we
have not as yet heard from Dr. Fryer
whether he will accept the position, as he
is in Shanghai at the present time, and
letters from him have not yet had time to
reach us."
The establishment of. the chair of Ori
ental languages was the idea of the late
Edward .Tompkins of Oakland, who gave
in 1872 a strip of land containing forty
seven acres to the university, which was
to be sold for not less than $50,000 and that
money be set aside as an endowment of
the chair.
Recently , the exchange was made and
Dr. Fryer was decided upon as being the
most competent man for the position.
The newly . elected professor is now in
the service of the Emperor of China and is
stationed at the Kiangnan arsenal, Shang
hai. He was call- d out from England to
Hongkong in 1861 by the Bishop of the
diocese to takeeharge of St. Paul's College.
It was then that he applied himself to the
study of the Chinese language as spoken
at Canton, Hongkong and the adjoining
southern provinces. Some of the Chinese
under Dr. Fryer at St. : Paul's have since
become famous. One has been Minister to
the United States, another Minister •to
Spain, and a third is the present private
secretary of Li Hung Chang.
After two years at St. Paul's Dr. Fryer
was summoned . to take charge of Tung
Wen College, a Governmental institution
established for the special education of
young men intended to represent China in
other countries. At Peking he found hi 3
Cantonese dialect of little use to him, so he
began the mastery of the mandarin dia
lect, and subsequently went to Shanghai,
where he schooled himself in another dis
tinct dialect. .•
At Shanghai he began the publication of
a periodical in Chinese and was so success
ful with his work that he received a call to
the imperial service as a translator of
foreign scientific works. Dr. Fryer has
also made an extensive study of Japanese,
and it is believed that he is well qualified
to give instruction in that language, as well
as the different Chinese dialects. It is ex
pected that if he does accept the offer
made him by the university he will not do
so unconditionally, as he is at present
under contract to do a large amount of
translating for the Chinese Government.
1 In reviewing the other departments of
study the president said that several men
of recognized ability had been appointed
to fill vacancies and to supply the growing
demand.
In the chemical laboratories the old
force will be maintained. In the mining
and engineering departments a few minor
changes have been effected. In history a
new instructor has been appointed in the
person of Clive Day. who will do a portion
of the work formerly carried on by Clar
ence W. Leach, who has been a fellow in
history for the past three years, and who
has recently been advanced to an instruc
torship.
The department of botany will suffer a
temporary loss by the resignation of Pro
fessor E. L. Greene, but the president is in
communication with several celebrated
botanists in the East, and it is expected
that arrangements will soon be perfected
with one of them to fill the vacant j chair.
W. M. Hart has been appointed to suc
ceed Mr. McGillivary, who has* been trans
ferred to the department of philosophy as
instructor in English.
During * the early part of the vacation
there was a rumor afloat that Professor
Howison, head of the department of
philosophy, was about to leave California
to accept the chair of philosophy at Ann
Arbor, but he has decided to remain in his
present position. , ■
The vacancy . in the department of
physics occasioned by the resignation of
Professor Whiting, who was lost in the
Colima disaster, will practically be filled
by E. . P. Lewis, ' Ph.G., and Dr. A. C.
Alexander, both of whom are Eastern
men.
Though the work of these newly ; ap
pointed instructors will extend over a
wider range than that of the deceased pro
fessor, yet the salary which '"' he alone re
ceived will be apportioned between the
two. " _•■' .;' .■■ •'■ 7-7.-.7 7- ".-;/:
Dr. Lewis has, for some months, been a
lecturer at the Bliss School of Electricity
in Washington, D. C. He also held at one
time the position •• of >an assistant in
physics at the Johns Hopkins University,
the institution which conferred : upon him
the 7 doctor's J degree. y He was recom
mended for the position which " ; he \ has re
cently accented by President Gilman of the
Johns Hopkins University, formerly presi
dent of the University of California.
Dr. A. C. Alexander, who is to be asso
ciated with Dr. Lewis, is recently from the
Sheffield Scientific ■ School, where ■ he has
won considerable distinction as a physicist
by his successful work along; the line of
original research.
The position as instructor in Latin, left
vacant by Leon J. Richardson, who is now
taking advanced work in classical philol
ogy on the Continent, ; has been filled by
Clifton Price, a graduate of Cornell Uni
versity. After teaching for four years :at
Wooster -University, Ohio, Mr. Price en
tered Yale, in 1893, as a graduate student^
and in the absence of Professor; Peck he
was appointed temporary instructor in
■Latin,; which position he held until his
call to California. .
.'These are the, 1 principal changes which
have taken place in the corps of instruc
tors, 7 nearly .; the entire 7 faculty 1 having
been retained. "What gives promise of be
coming a most useful work of the tuniver-^
sity has recently been inaugurated by its'
department of civil engineering, which has
equipped a laboratory with ' apparatus to
test ■ specimens of the various materials
used in engineering construction.
The list of apparatus includes an "Olsen
universal . testing machine" of 200,000
pounds capacity, a "Reid" lathe for
turning , specimens •of timber or metal,
a circular-saw, a handsaw, a large planer,
an emery wheel and a Riehle cement test
ing machine of .2000 pounds capacity, be
sides many small tools used in preparing
specimens, measuring and doing such
work. Another machine, for the purpose
of testing "road metal," building stone
and other substances, will soon be added.
A long and thorough series of experi
ments upon the various timbers of the
Pacific Coast will be made, with the pur
pose in view of bringing forward promi
nently their good characteristics and of
obtaining complete and reliable data con
cerning the best use of them in engineer
ing. .
All tests desired which are in the nature
of purely scientific experiment will be
made free of charge for engineers, archi
tects and others engaged in construction,
upon the delivery of the specimens re
quired at the ~ university, and an official
report of the results of the tests will be
forwarded as soon as practicable to the
owner.
All persons contributing timber, stone
or the metals, according to the directions
accompanying the bulletin, will, if so de
sired, be placed on the "mailing list" of
the laboratory, and will thereby receive the
official reports of all experiments made by
the department.
Residents of the Pacific Coast, and par
ticularly of this State, ara cordially in
vited to co-operate in making these tests
as extensive and as thorough as possible.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
through W. G. Curtis, assistant to the
general manager, will transport samples
for tests to Berkeley free of cost. '
But few changes have been made in the
courses of instruction, but it has been inti
mated by a number of . the faculty that
even better and more accurate work will be
required in certain branches owing to the
overcrowded condition of the university
and the desire to raise the standard of the
institution. Some of the professors have
already commenced to be more stringent
in the matter of entrance requirements, as
evinced by the examinations given in last
May, according to the statements made by
some of those who took them.
A number of valuable additions have
been made to the library during the past
year, and at present there are over 60,000
volumes on the shelves. Considerable was
done last term toward providine electric
lighting for the library building, so that
students could make use of it in the long
winter evenings, and it is probable | that
the original plan will be carried through
during the coming term.
The president has received word that a
portrait of Benjamin P. Avery, one of the
most stanch friends of the university in
its infancy, will be forwarded to Berkeley.
Mr. Avery was editor of the San Francisco
Bulletin during the regime of President
Gilman, and when he left the University
of California to accept the presidency of
Johns Hopkins it will be remembered that
Mr. Avery made a strong plea to the
people of California to strive to retain the
services of Dr. Gilman. 7- .
In reference to the statements made con
cerning the permanent closing of the
museum, President Kellogg said that it
was by no means the intention of the
board "to close that department from the
public, but they did propose to make some
changes in the management and in the ar
rangement of certain specimens.
It was intended to make a certain
amount of gymnasium compulsory for the
voting lady students, but on account of
lack of proper facilities that requirement
will be laid over. The course, however,
will remain elective with them, as hereto
fore. _ . - „ 77
Three hours a week of gymnasium work
will be required of all male sophomores,
one hour of which is to be taken on Satur
day, owing to the size of the incoming
class.
LIQUOR IN SANTA CLARA
State Temperance Women
Watching the Sanitary Dis
trict Act.
California W. C. T. U. to Convene
Here In October— Suffrage
Their Ambition.
: The Women's Christian Temperance
Unions in this State are awaiting the re
sult of what will be a test case under the
sanitary district act passed by the last
Legislature. ,
In Santa Clara County these sanitary
districts have recently been defined and
the Supervisors petitioned to call an elec
tion in each of the sections. The District
Attorney has pronounced the act constitu
tional and an election will soon be called.
By the provisions of the act any. twenty
five resident freeholders may define a dis
trict ana present a written petition to the
Supervis6rs requesting that the formation
of such sanitary district, together with the
election of a district assessor and board of
five directors, De submitted to the resident
voters. Within thirty days after receiving
such petition the Supervisors must pub
lish the date and place of polling, and the
date must be within sixty days of publica
tion.
A majority of those voting may form a
district, but should the measure be de
feated no repetition of the attempt to form
such district can be made for a year.
People of the better and steadier classes
occupying much valuable farm and fruit
land in Santa Clara County are the ones
who, it is expected, will vote for the forma
tion of the three sanitary districts, which
have been made to include their homes
particularly. . ... .
Several other counties in the State, and
among them San Joaquin, are awaiting
the favorable outcome of the attempt; in
Santa Clara County, that they may imme
diately follow the example. .
During the first week in October the
State convention of the W. C. T. U. will be
held in this City, and 500 delegates are ex
pected. Several Eastern speakers will be
present, and Miss Millard,: the 'world's
president of the union, may be here.
In the meantime, every union in the
State will be actively engaged in increas
ing the general membership, which is now
about 5000, and ' the largest organization of
women in California.
To be given the j right of suffrage is the
great ambition of the large majority of the
W. C. T. U. of this State, and to attain this
purpose every one of the 400 or 500 unions
in the State has begun the formation in its
immediate neighborhood of districts to fa
cilitate the soliciting and pledging of male
voters to support woman's suffrage at the
next election.
While ; this work is independent of a
movement for a similar purpose by the re
cently organized California constitutional
amendment campaign both organizations
will co-operate freely, : more . especially as
Mrs. Hester A. Harland, who is soon to
begin a thorough canvass of the State in
the interest of the .amendment campaign,
will of necessity be listened to ana sup
?orted by women suffragists :of the W. C.
.U. in every town that has a union. :
The women of the temperance unions
have learned that in order to be measura
bly successful they must have the ballot.
Their efforts will 'be directed toward suf
frage and lif the experiment is : successful
,tbe formation of sanitary districts, where,
in addition to maintaining general hygi
enic conditions, the; liquor traffic may be
controlled, limited or prohibited at the dis
cretion of the five directors of the district.
' — .'.'*'.*> ' .':
The Divorce Court.
Daniel J. O'Connell, the publisher of a small
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political paper, the Umbrella, lost his wife in
the divorce court yesterday. Mrs. O'Connell
charged willful neglect, and as no defense was
made Judge Daingertield granted the decree.
Mrs. O'Connell has resumed her maiden name,
Sarah Frances Noises.
Mrs.' Anna Josephine Layer obtained a di
vorce from Charles J. F. Layer yesterday, on
account of desertion and willful neglect. ; •'.;;. 7
MUST ANSWER FOR MURDER
Judge Campbell Holds Comerford and
Wellmann for Killing
Johnston.
The preliminary examination of J. J.
Comerford and William Wellmann, charged
with the murder of Daniel J. Johnston on
July 24, at the corner of Duncan and Do
lores streets. It will be remembered that
Comerford, who owns the saloon- on that
corner, and his barkeeper, Wellmann, were
closing up at 12 o'clock that night, when
there came a violent hammering on the
closed door. As the saloon man has been
troubled by boisterous gangs of hoodlums
he concluded that it was some of these
characters, who were desirous of entrance
in order to wreck his place.
In order to intimidate them, as he said
when testifying yesterday, he told his bar
keeper to assist him in protecting the prop
erty by frightening the men away. ■ To do
this they each fired several shots through
the two doors giving entrance from either
street. Wellmann's bullet hit Johnston,
who, it appears, was not one of a gang of
hoodlums, but was taking an intoxicated
friend home, and had stopped at the sa
loon to get a drink and a tamale from the
saloon man. The wound was a fatal one.
Both Comerford and Wellmann were ex
amined yesterday and said that when the
firing was done they were excited and
thought that their lives and property were
in serious danger. W. _".•'
--x Police Officer Heafey was called by the
Erosecution to show that there never had
een trouble with hoodlums in the saloon,
but he was compelled to admit that he
had often been called in to eject men and
once Comerford told him to put out a
gang, which he did, although he did not
see that they were causing any particular
trouble. : .77**
With the closing- of the evidence Attor
ney Farrell asked that the men be dis
charged, as there was no evidence that
they had committed willful murder. The
killing was an accident. Judge Campbell
! denied the motion and held the defendants
j to answer for murder. * Ho thought there
j were mitigating circumstances which war-
I ranted admitting them to bail, so he fixed
I the price of their temporary liberty at
• $30,000 each.
SPRY AT SIXTY.
THE i REMARKABLE VITALITY OF AN
AGED CALIFORNIA!!.
Stands To-Day Unscathed by Disease*
How He Conquered Rheumatism.
His Story Will Interest and
Benefit All Old Folks.
From the Examiner. San Francisco, Oil.
There is at least one happy man In San Fran
cisco to-day one man who can enjoy, despite
the fact of "his being 60 years of age and of cor
pulent build, the full and free use of all the
powers of mind and body.
James Keenan is a prominent liquor-dealer
at 256 Brannan street, and it is he who is now
lauding those who have restored him from a
bed of pain to his former youthful activity.
Mr. Keenan had, to within a year ago, been
blessed with the enjoyment of almst perfect
health. He had never known what it was to
be confined for weeks at a time upon a couch
of painful disease, nor even to lose the vigorous
action of mind or limb which had enabled him
through the many years of his business life to
perform his daily tasks unaided and unad
vised.
It was a year ago that Mr. Keenan first suf
fered the hand of disease to take hold upon
him. At that time he was stricken down by
an aggravated attack of rheumatism, which
robbed him of the use of his lower limbs and of
both his hands. For fully six weeks he lay
on his couch a helpless victim of the
dread disease, and all the time he
suffered intense pain in the affected por
tions of his body. He could not move
himself upon his bed, and all that he ate had
to be fed to him by those in attendance. He
had about despaired of ever gaining release
from the clutches of the frightful disease, when
one morning his attention was drawn. to an
advertisement, in a morning paper, of a rem
edy for rheumatism. The story of what suc
ceeded this casual glance at a medicine adver
tisement can best be told in the words of Mr.
Keenan himself, who, when asked for an ex
planation of his seemingly miraculous cure,
gave the following account:
"It seemed to me that after all the weeks of
terrible suffering that I had endured there
could not possibly be a relief. I had no faith
in patent medicines, and when I saw in a paper
the advertisement of Williams' Pink Pills I was
Induced to try them only in sheer desperation.
I did not feel any relief until I began taking
the second box of the pills, but then the pain
began gradually to leave me, my appetite be
came better, and I could sleep soundly through
out the night without experiencing any of the
jerking pains that had before kept me awake.
I continued to take the pills and it was only a
short time until the rheumatism had entirely
left my hands, and I haa so far recovered the
use of my legs as to be able to walk about the
house without assistance. In about two weeks
more I was entirely free from the disease, but
I took two more boxes of the pills as a precau
tion against a return of the rheumatism. From
the time that the last trace of the disease left
me I have not felt the least sign of its return,
and I can truthfully say that I now enjoy as
free use of ; my limbs as ever I did before the
rheumatism attacked me.
"I have taken the pains to recommend Wil
liams' Pink Pills to a number of my friends
who are suffering from rheumatism. I think I
know of no other remedy that will afford such
quick and permanent relief from rheumatism,
as do Williams' Pink Pills, and I only hope
that many others may be brought to see and
feel the high curative powers that the pills
possess." .
- The foregoing is but one of many wonderful
cures that have been credited to Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. Diseases which
heretofore have been supposed to be incurable,
such as locomotor ataxia and paralysis suc
cumb to this wonderful medicine as readily as
the most trifling ailments. In many cases the
reported cures have been investigated by the
leading newspapers and verified in every pos
sible manner, and in no case has the least
semblance of fraud - been discovered. Their
fame has spread to the far ends of civilization,
and there is hardly a drugstore in this coun
try or abroad where they cannot be found.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain in a con
densed form all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing
specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
aftereffect of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms
of weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price (50 cents a box, or
six boxes for $2 50— they are never sold in
bulk or by the 1001 by addressing Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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