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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Transfers of Teachers Are
Practically Agreed
Upon.
MOULDER AND THE DEFIdIT.
He Has Facts and Figures to
Oppose a Reduction in
Salaries.
The question of teachers' salaries did not j
have a full hearing at yesterday's meeting i
of the Board of Education, for the reason !
that Messrs. Clinton, Carew and Stone,
constituting the standing committee on j
this subject, failed to submit a schedule,
report, and asked for further time. Incident- \
ally the matter came up in the discussion I
of other subjects, but nothing like a general j
expression of opinion as to the necessity j
of the threatened reduction was given. |
Speaking on the adoption of the Finance |
Committee report Pr. Clinton said that in j
his opinion some scheme could be devised
whereby salaries could be maintained at
the present figures.
Superintendent Moulder announced
thai he had discovered a method by which I
about $28,000 would be realized in excess of j
the stated allowance, which, it is claimed,
will show a deficit of some $35,000 at the !
end of the fiscal year if the present rate of j
expenditure is adhered to.
Mr. Moulder says that the assumption is
reasonable that the State apportionment I
to San Francisco will be $17,000 in excess I
of the amount given in the Auditor's state- j
ment. Secondly, that the Lincoln school j
lots will yield 36 per cent more than here- |
tofore, an increase in ten months of about
$11,000, making a total of $28,000.
The Superintendent was not invited to j
explain his plan, as outlined above, for
raising funds, ami there seemed a disposi- I
tion on the part of the Directors to avoid j
the subject altogether. It will be consid- !
ered at a future meeting.
The report of the Finance Committee
recommended the following apportion
ment of funds for the fiscal year:
Teachers' salaries 9 860.000 OO
Janitors' salaries 48.000 00
Office salarirs S.iiOO 00 '
Shop salaries 6,200 OO |
Bents 3.0H0 00
School census 4,200 00
Committee on Buildings and Groonda 20.000 00 ;
Committee on Supplies 30.000 00
Committee on Printing 4.000 00
Committee on Finance 29.732 71 '
Total amount, subject to the provi
sions of the one-twelfth act $1,013,332 71
Special fund for payment under ex
isting contracts for erection of im
provements and school buildings,
laboratory apparatus, etc $51,600 00
Grand total $1,064,932 71 j
Revenue for year 1895-96, appropria
tion by BoaYrt ot Etopervtaon 81,000,000 00
Purplus"from fiscal year 1894-95 33,032 71 i
Receipts from'rent of Lincoln School
property for ten mouths, from Sep
tember 1, 1895 51, 900 00
Total 91,064.932 71
Dr. Clinton moved to lay the Finance;
Committee's report over for one week, and i
in the meantime to make some readjust- 1
ment of the funds, with reference to the
salary question. The motion was lost and
the report adopted as read.
The Committee on Classification submit- |
ted a lengthy report in whicli a number of
transfers and "promotions among the j
teachers were recommended. Among :
others the report asked that Mary Magner
be transferred as principal of the Sutro
Primary to the Harrison Primary in the j
same capacity, and that Louise McElroy, j
now assistant teacher at the Hawthorne j
Primary, be given the vacant place. Now
Miss McElroy is the daughter of Director |
McElroy. himself a member of tne Classiti
cation Committee making the recommen- ;
dation, and several members of the board I
strenuously objected to the appointment. ;
Dr. Clinton wanted to see the place oc
cupied by one of the older teachers. He
could not see the justice in allowing a very
young lady of limited experience to be pro
moted over many worthy applicants who !
were fairly entitled to the place by reason j
of long and faithful service. He held that
such a system of promotion as that in
cluded in the report was discouraging to
teachers and detrimental to the service |
generally.
Director Carew also thought that it was
time to eliminate politics and pulls in the i
matter of promotion.
The report was finally adopted, and then
Dr. Clinton got on his feet, and, in a ter- ,
pestuous mood, gave notice that at the I
next meeting he would move to recon- j
sider.
A report from the Committee on Salaries !
was adopted without debate. It provided
for the readjustment of the salaries of j
about a dozen persons— teachers and jan
itresses. In some cases the pay was in- \
creased slightly, and in others decreased. ;
The Superintendent wanted to amend
the rule relating to qualifications of ,
teachers by making eligible all those who
hold first grade certificates with two years'
successful experience. The amendment
was lost-
Directors Henderson and Barrett had a
tifl over the removal of the janitress of •■
Laguna Honda school. Henderson asked j
for her removal, giving as his reason that
She lived in a saloon. Barrett denied this, j
and the matter went over.
A petition from Miss Jessie King, asking j
tor salary from July, 1894. to July, 1895,
during which time she was under suspen- :
slon for incompetency, was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
One of the important transfer of teach- J
ers recommended was that of R. D. Faulk- j
ncr from the Potrero to the Franklin i
Grammar School. The principalship of I
the latter, since the transfer of J. G. j
Kennedy to the Normal School, has been
in special demand and many candidates
have been named as likely to gain the
position.
R. D. Faulkner, the new principal of
Franklin Grammar School, has already
made a reputation for himself in this City.
Less than ten years ago he arrived a grad
uate from the University of Illinois and
has served as vice-principal of the Lincoln
Grammar, acting principal of the Horace
Mann Grammar and principal of the
Potrero Grammar School. In the latter
position he made many marked improve
ments, especially along the lines of tech
nical instruction, which he will be enabled
to follow out at the Franklin.
Miss Harriet M. Fairchild, who was tem
porarily suspended and then given the La
fayettesctu ol principalship, will tak-> Mr.
Faulkner's place at the Potrero Grammer
School. . .
Another transfer of interest is that of
Miss Earle, vice-principal of the Clement
Grammer School, to be principal of the
new Haigbt-street school.
MOULDER ON THE DEFICIT.
The Superintendent of Schools Sees
No Necessity for a Reduc
tion In Salaries.
"What do I think of the proposed plan
to reduce the salaries of the teachers?" re
peated Superintendent A. J. Moulder last
evening. 'I have been busy to-day on
these computations, which show what I
think."
Mr. Moulder produced a formidable
array of figures, saying that they repre
sented his investigations, made yesterday,
in regard to the deficit.
"The Auditor's estimate puts the
amount for expenditure by the City
schools for this fiscal year at $1,000,000.
His recommendations may or may not be
adopted by the Finance Committee of the
Board of Supervisors, but in this instance
tbev were adopted. The expenses for the
school year will aggregate $35,000 more
than the amount named by the Auditor. I
expected that the Committee on Salaries
would submit the customary schedule fix
ing the salaries of the teachers this even
ine, and I prepared this statement, which
I intended to make in connection with the
discussion of that rep >rt.
"The Auditor estimates that the City's
share of the State School fund will be
$<iOO,OOO. The school ta^es for the year at
the rate levied by the Supervisors will
amount to $390,000. From other sources,
chiefly rentals of school lots, we get $10,800
annually. These sums will aggregate a
trifle over the $1,000,000 allowed in the
estimate. Now, I contend that the deficit,
if deficit there be, is $7000 instead of
$35,000.
"Last year," said Mr. Moulder, "the
Auditor estimated our portion of the State
school fund at $600,000. It proved to be
$(>l»i,S77 90, in round numbers $17,0<wi more
than was estimated as our share. I claim
that there is every probability that we
will receive an equal amount above what
is estimated this year. Thus we may
count upon the alleged deficit being re
duced by that means from $35,000 to
$18,000.
"Now for a further reduction of that de
ficit. There are eleven lots of twenty-live
feet frontage on Market and Fifth streets
belonging to the school property of the
City. They have been leased for twenty
years, the fast five of which the monthly
rental Has been $3190. That rental was fixed
twenty years ago, and the lease will expire
in September. Advertisements will soon
be made for a new lease, and considering
the increased value of the property, which
has come and will come with the'erection
of five magnificent business buildings
within two Blocks, there is no doubt but
that tha rental of the lots will be in
creased.
"Heal estate agents estimate that in
crease vaiiously, their figures ranging from
25 per cent to 100 per cent. Choosing the
conservative rate of 33}^ per cent of increase
I calculated upon an increase of one-third
over the present rental. That would be
$1063 a month, and $10,«30. or nearly $11,
--000 during the ten months ending with
the close of the schools on June 00. That
sum added to the $17,000, which is the
probable overplus of the State fund above
what istimated, makes a total of $28,000,
assuming that there are no other sources
from which to make up that deficit.
"I know from my experience with them
in past times, when there was a threatened
deficit, which has occurred a half-dozen
times during my four years' service as Su
perintendent of City schools, that the
teachers will willingly teach a month at
reduced salaries, or even for nothing,
rather than have their salaries reduced.
It is a wise policy on their part, too, for
they know that if "a reduction is once made
it will be hard to get saleries back to their
old status.
"But I believe there will be no occasion
for such a sacrifice on their part. There is
a strong probability that the increase over
the past rental of the Market and Fifth
street lots will amount to more than one
third. It would not take a much higher
per cent of that value to make up the
remaining $7000. I believe, however, that
our pro rata of the back railroad Wixes to
be paid this year will go far toward
making it up. Another source to be re
lied upon is the tax on bequests which is
required by the recently enacted law and
which was first complied with in the pay
ment of the tax on the Wilmerding estate,
made on Tuesday.
"Taking all this into consideration I claim
that at the worst there is only a $7000 de
ficit, and that can be made up by a 10 per
cent reduction in the June salaries. The
monthly payroll amounts to $74,000, and
you can see that that can be easily accom
plished."
The Anti-Bloomer Dog.
S. Korper, the owner of the anti-bloomer dog,
again appeared in Judge Oonlan's court yester
day without the dog. He declared that the
animal did not belong to him, but the Judge
insisted that he knew where the dog could be
found and gave him until Saturday to produce
it in court. If not produced, the Judge inti
mated he would inflict the severest penalty.
Convicted of Vagrancy.
James Kellcy, a well-known petty thief, ap
peared in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday
to answer to the charge of vagrancy. It was
stated that he was the friend of Katie Kelley,
a woman who committed suicide about a week
ago and who left a letter that she had been
driven to it by Kelley's continued abuse. The
Judge sentenced him to six mouths in the
County Jail.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
GRAND HOTEL.
Mw T Turner. Modesto Mrs Spencer <fe s, Livrmr
Miss E Turner. Modesto F L Burk, Santa Rosa
Miss L Coombs. Mo iesto G Turner <fe w, Modesto
Mrs Coombs, Marysville Miss Turner, Modesto
J H Farnum. Chico W A Crowle, Auburn
H Duncan, Coifax L Trnmveruson, Jrsy Ctv
D Hn'lister, Courtland A McCoy Af. Red Bluff*
J W Bowen, Los Angeles W Francis A «r, Rd Hiurt's
3 Robers. Sacramento J L Sharp, Rtd Bluffs
S P Dobbins, Yacaville A M Dunran, I'ktah
E Lord, llanforct W I) Kntuhr, Sacramento
T BvOtt, Livermore W Campbell, Los Angeles
< M l'arker, Cal D J Lon? <fe w, SactO
M Dilp nbroch, Sacto H C Bell, Oroville
C O Perry, Cal X Christy, Folsom
O Bayitss. Cal A L Hart. Sacramento
W KRaukin. Los Gatos F Mattison, hanta Cruz
.1 r, Hermann, Fresno LA -p izer. San .lose
II Alexander, Cal W W I albot, Butte. Mont
3 II bevy. San Jose J W Searles, .^alt Lake-
Mrs D C Kttel.Escondido T Mortry Jr. Idaho
J M Hughes <fc f, Folaom R Forbes, Cal
F A Walker &w, Auburn M Kolter. B V
W I. Bryant. Seattle Mrs 1- WM.rriek.Taooma
O Merrick, Tacoma \V S Jordan. San Jose
Mrs Buckwater. Tacoma E J Cahill, San Jose
J W Breen, Tacoma T W Hawkins, Hollister
A a Yance <fe w, Sacto H Cooley, Suisun
R A Green, Cherokee WCMontgomf-ry.Vacavil
W T Brush, Cloverdale J Antonio. (Jonzales
B Bonny, Mazatlan JKChllberir.San Salvador
J 1) Hicks, Frpsno CMcCormlck.snSalvador
KM Hane&f,l.osAngelesH Byron. Guatemala
G C Hyatt, Stockton J H Anthony, San Jose
J C Hoxie, Fresno C Faulkner & w, Chico
I. 8 Wllcox <fe w.Chlcago T R Jones, Sacramento
T Lyons. Salinas J R Brown, Klmira
(' '. Kaub. SutterCounty It E Scott, Cincinnati
hindler, Sacto I T Smith, ClDcinnati
J A Northey, Nevada Cy F Kollicker <fe w. Sacto
R J Hook Aw, Fresno J V Warner. San Jose
RUSS HOUSE.
J II Sherer, Arbuckle I A Fonch, Williams
J X Rrayglm <fe w, L Ang O N Ellery, Los Angeles
TBea'er. Ukiah M A McLaughlin<& w, Cal
<; N shaw, Fulton CFLancasier.Santa Cruz
M s Morris, Oakland R E Gibson, Robins
J H Harriin. Chico J E Whitrel, Oakland
W G Riehardsoi., Sacto DHS Pace & fm, Tulare
C M Macy A fm, Tulare F Macy, Tulare
31 Creden, Tulare G Wilson. Portland
j J T Card well <tfm, Sacto E J Enwoldjer, Chico
S Orumn & bro, Los Ang A A Silver, Redwood
D C Bull *w, Spartor C J Willis, Or
MrsC J Mills 2 c, Or Miss A i-uncl, Wash
J Osborn, Cal \V H Sutton A w, X V
E H Smith, Wis J C Priichett <fe w, Term
W R Brown, Eng E C Llnder, Watsonville
T Berkley. Chico J N Rogers. Chico
L M Compton, Chico A Wartt, Chico
J Ciardenhui, Chico D Waynn <& s, Minn
Mrs L I Winnlck, Sacto S Malibang, Salinas
Mies X Sanchos. Cal L II Willy, Soledad
Mis J Smith, Cal G Abbots, Pa
PALACE HOTEL.
F A Barber, Auburn L B McFarland&wf.Tenn
J Byrnes. NY MR Murphy. Omaha
X P Bassford. St Paul C L Shaw, Glasgow
F H Wells. Portland Mrs J P Marshall, Portld
A W Keating <fc fy, Vctra Mrs W McGuire, Portlnd
R II Atkinson, Victoria W R Dinmore A wf, Cal
Mrs W A Lewis, PetalmaC H Ritchie <fe wf.Tornto
F B Fielding, Nev J W (iunn, Nev
MrsMKAll<uA«n,Canton J H Ralph, Bradford
M Lubrlski, N V s E Rali)h, Bradford
B W Rnnvon. Red Bluff J George, Bradford
(i B Wilson <fe wf, Phlla Rev W H Myers, Heading
Florence Wilson. Fhila W H Baker. Chicago
G D Wilson Jr, Phlla Mrs R C Gregg & d, N V
C H Hastings, N V G Gautler, I'aris
A C Smith, Portland wj Hollier, Guatemala
J T Tobln A wf, Brlngme J W Farrell, N V
LICK Horse.
C T Singlet ary. San Jose J R Irvin, Woodland
L A Pressley, Sta Rosa F j Kiesel, Ogden
C Decker Grand Pass G Simmons. Grand Pass
X May, Portland F E Judd dt w, lowa
D p Wood A w, Portland N Bullock, Eureka
C E Gartside, St ix>nla (irace Nlggerman.B Louis
W N'iggerman, St Louis F Decle, st Louis
TBB; >«-n & w, Seattle J Healy, Portland
A J Paxn.>»r, XJ P Mcßae, Hanford
C Wright A w, San Jose T S Ford A w, Nev City
p Johnston. Grass Valley T C II erder, Sonora
Capt A Colby, Sonora T M Wells, Sonora
Mrs M May, San Jose R Oracey, Merced
A Markham, Santa Kom Mr* >i c de Manin.Costa
Miss de Martin, Costa R Rica
J A Daley, Uaywards M S Sayre, Lakeport
NEW WESTERN HOTEL.
R Owin 4 f, N V W A Buckhout, Phlla
J Hlnes, Sac J M Barr, Saratoga
j W Kliswortb, Cal W N Brlzgs, Gait
D J Keohane, Alcatra* JII Stroged, Akatraz
P McGlnley, Alcatraz J H Angell, Brooklyn
A 8 Castlnel. Victoria Mrs Caatlnel, Victoria
J Hawkins, Chicago M B French, Nashua
E J Thomas, Marshall F Olson, Seattle
j X Roberts, Wenatchee F M I arr, Little Rock
G D Grant, HoustOD A J Emuierson, Uiljyard
BALDWIN HOTEL.
j H Davis A w, Clovrdle J W Vail, Chicago
J A Brown, Oakland A L Jacobs. Salt Lake Cty
J H Harrison, Great Wai- K. White, Marysville
luce Shows J w Kerrlck, Stockton
NS Wright, Mok Hill C Ward, Mok Hill
WE Fuller, Great Wal-H Plumnaer, Gilroy
lace Shows J 0 Truax, Chicago
T A Work A w, Pac Grve J H Todd. Sacramento
S. W Uaon, Oakland Q Ui^Uavaca, apa
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895.
SOCIETY SUMMER GAYETY
The Wheeler Musicale and
Fete in Sausalito for
Charity.
GREENBEEG-FRANK NUPTIALS.
Movements of People In the Swim.
League of the Cross Cadets
Entertainment.
The wedding of Miss Estelle Frank and
Charles Greenberg, a successful business
man of New Whatcom, Wash., took place
last Monday evening in the parlors ad
joining the banquet hall of Delmonico's
restaurant and was witnessed by about
Hirhty friends of the contracting parties.
The rooms were handsomely decorated,
and the couple stood under a floral canopy
while the Rev, Dr. Jacob Nieto read the
service of the Jewish church.
The procession was led by little Miss
Mabel Arendt, a niece _of the bride, who
carried the ring on a satin cushion. She
was followed by Leon Rosenshineand Miss
Jeanette Greenauer, carrying baskets of
flowers. Then came the bridesmaids, Miss
Carrie Frank, Miss Alice Voorsanger and
Miss Lena Lanzet, accompanied by the
groomsmen, A. Greenberg, A. Hoffman
and I. Haekman. The maid of honor
was Miss Maude Frank, a sister of the
bride. The bride was accompanied by her
father and sister, Mrs. A. Rosenshine.
The groom and his best man, Mitchell L.
Frank, met the party at the floral canopy.
Congratulations were offered after the
ceremony, and then all proceeded to the
dining-room, where an elegant supper was
partaken of. Mr. and Mrs. Greenberg will
leave to-day on their wedding tour to the
south, and in about a month proceed to
their future home in New Whatcom.
The wedding of John Dobson and Miss
Eliza A. Ward took place at the residence
of Mrs. Manning, 1819 Adeline street, Oak
land. The ceremony was performed by
Bey. Mr. Williams, acting pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Oakland.
Miss May Manning acted as bridesmaid
and Malcolm Lamond as best man. The
happy couple will be at home to their
friends in Fitch burg on Sunday next.
Miss Sarah Williams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Williams of San Leandro,
and G. Vivian were united in marriage on
Saturday afternoon last at the home of the
bride's parents on Dulton avenue. After a
wedding tour the couple will take up their
residence at Angels Camp, where the groom
will resume the management of the semi
weekly Voice.
The* marriage of Dennis J. Coyne and
Mary MacNamara of Oakland will take
place Sunday, August 25, at Father King's
church. Mr. Coyne has been a conductor
on the Southern Pacific for the last twenty
years. Miss MacNamara is a highly accom
plished musician. Tne young couple will
take an extended tour through the south
ern portion of this State and upon their
return will permanently make their home
in Oakland.
Receptions.
A musicale was given at the residence of
Mrs. Wheeler, Sausalito, on Saturday af
ternoon for the benefit of the Congrega
tional church. The programme was under
the direction of Rev. John Rea, pastor of
the church. Those who took part were:
Baroness Anna Meyerinck, Mrs. V.
Small, Mrs. Frances Edgerton, Mis*s Bart
lett, Miss Hulda Anderson, Miss Gertrude
Wheeler, Miss George. A fancy table was
presided over by Miss Rose Miller and Miss
Gertrude Wheeler. In the Japanese-tea
booth were Mrs. McCullough and Miss
Adelia Berthea, and in the candy booth
Miss Olive Hamilton and Miss Clara Hard
ing. Ice-cream was dispensed by Mrs. and
Miss Shoemaker. The reception commit
tee was composed of Mrs. Mills, Mrs.
King, Mrs. Hungerford and Miss Hunger
ford. Among those present were:
Rev. J. and Mrs. Rea, Mr. and Mrs. John Mor
rill and daughters, Mrs. and Miss Button, Rob
ert Oxnard, Henry Bothen, Mrs. J. \V. Stetson,
Mrs. and Miss Margo, Mrs. Tharp, Mrs. Fred
Green, Commodore and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
and the Misses Wheeler, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. J. E.
hlinkey, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Warren, P. F.
Butler, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hungerford, Miss
Anna Hungerford, Mrs. Mills, Mr. and Mrs.
King, Miss Gecrge, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Mrs.
and Miss Shoemaker, Charles Bussey, Mrs.
Small, Mrs. Edgerton, Miss Bartlett.
Light refreshments were served during
the afternoon and evening. The grounds
were illuminated with Chinese lanterns.
The affair was a social and financial suc
cess.
A pleasant surprise party was given to
Mrs. H. Schlamm at her residence, 25>£
Shotwell street, last Monday evening. The
evening was spent with music and dancing,
followed by a supper. Among those pres
ent were:
Mi's. H. Bchlamni, Mrs. R. Coleman, Mrs.
Hudson, Miss A. Hudßon, Mrs. C. Pratt, Miss D.
Pratt, Mrs. L. Scharkkart, Miss N. Scharkkart,
Miss I. Pierson, Miss E. Smith, Miss I. Smith,
Mrs. Lenzinsky, Mrs. Goldman, Miss M. Jarvis,
Miss Scharkkart, J. Coleman, F. Pratt, J.
Scharkkart, S. Goldman, C. Pratt, J. Huntrip,
E. Coleman, C. Coleman, J. H. Hudson.
A pleasant surprise party was tendered
H. Englander at his residence, 1009 Golden
Gate avenue, Sunday evening last in honor
of his twenty-third birthday by the ''Five
Brownies. ".Among those present were the
following:
Mr. and Mrs. Englander, Mrs. D. Leavy, Mrs.
D. Blum, Miss C. Harris, Miss C. Steinhart,
Miss A. Harris, Miss D. Arron, Miss G. Berliner
of Berkeley, Miss H. Joseph of Berkeley, Miss
M. Blum 01 Stanford, Miss M. Jacobson, Miss J.
Isaacs, Mies R. Plato, Miss B. M. Mendelsohn,
Miss. E. V. Mendelsohn, Miss E. Englander, Miss
L. Englander, Miss M. Roth, Miss H. Harris,
Miss R. Michaels, H. Englander, J. Berliner, W.
Berliner, E. Besby, B. Joseph, L. Joseph, J.
Lasky, t. Bernstein, L. Plato, L. Marks. C.
Stockwitz, L. Mendelsohn, J. G. Townsend, H.
B. Hertz, J. Englander, A. ». Jackson, J. White,
W. Allen, W. Kramer, J. Fass, C. Greenbergh,
J. Leavy.
Society Personals.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Keeley leave for
Europe on Sunday lor a year's rest and
study. Mrs. Keeley has been teaching
here for the past ten years; Mr. Keeley
has been solo tenor at St. Luke's Church
for five years, and they are both interested
in organ and oratorio music. Most of
their time will be spent in London.
Mrs. John F. Merrill has returned from
Summit Soda Springs.
The Misses Eva, Lena and Ballie Maynard
have a number of young ladies visiting them
at their uncle's ranch near Mountain View.
Among them are Mrs. McAllister (nee
Decker), Miss Harriet Mason and Miss Mellis.
Mrs. Hyman and the Misses Sadie and Agnes
Hyman of San Francisco and Miss Rose Stett
heimer of New York have returned from a trip
to the Yellowstone, and are at the Hotel
Vendome for the remainder of the summer.
Mrs. H. E. Boyes, wife of Dr. H. E. Boyes, left
on Thursday for a visit to her former home in
Toronto, Canada.
Hugh Hamilton, his daughter, Miss Mar
garet Hamilton, and his niece, Miss Bessie
Burnham,-who have been traveling in Eng
land and Scotland, have found it necessary to
give up their plan of visiting the Continent,
and will return to America at once.
Judge and Miss McKenna leave this week for
Del Monte.
Mrs. James Dunn and the Misses Dunn have
returned from their trip to Alaska.
Mrs. William Deming Smith has returned to
San Francisco, accompanied by her sister, Miss
Helen Jo'dan, after having spent four months
with relatives in the East. They will be ai
home to-day at 816 gutter street.
S. Silverstein and family have moved from
416 Golden Gate avenue to 513K Oak street.
Mrs. W. W. Ackerson, Mrs. W. L. Whelan and
Miss Loretta Cahill have returned from their
visit to Woodside.
Mrs. Charles Caro has returned from Santa
Cruz and has moved to 1412 Buchanan street.
D. Kunstlich, M.D., has returned from the
East aiter completing a post-graduate course.
Company G, League of the Cross cadets
of St. Bridget's Parish, will give a compli
mentary entertainment, to be followed by
a drill, at the Rational Guard Armory oa
Ellis street, near Polk, on Friday evening,
August 30. Some of tb^e best local talent
will assist. Cards of invitation may be
secured from members of the company.
This evening the Alcazar opens for the
Lyceum School's second public perform
ance. Rosella La Faille will be seen as
Marco, supported by Louis R. Levey as
Volage and Dudleigh Stanhope as Raphael
and the Lyceum School in the cast.
FOR THE STATE'S BENEFIT.
The Half-Million Club's Letter to the
Interior Press.
A short session of the executive com
mittee of the Halfm-illion Club was held
yesterday and it was decided to send cir
cular letters to the editors of all the news
papers in the State, explaining the aims
and objects of the club; also to invite the
co-operation of the editors in improving
the condition of the State. This step was
taken because the entire press of the State
is not fully informed as to what the club
desires to accomplish.
A letter from Secretary Filcher of the
State Board of Trade was read, in which it
was stated that notwithstanding all of the
counties have not appropriated any money
toward defraying the expenses of sending
a California exhibit to the Atlanta Expo
sition the Board of Trade is going ahead
in this direction.
If there is money enough the board will
stand the expenses of the illustrated lec
tures, but if not the Half-million Club is
requested to take up the matter and carry
it through to success. This feature has
been practically in the hands of the club,
which has offered to provide nearly all the
stereopticon slides.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC FROST.
A Little Comedy on the Ferry
Which Did Not Enrich
the Company.
Amateur Musicians Who Were Ap
preciated by All Except Gum-
Boys and Deckhands.
An amusing, although for the chief ac
tors not a particularly joyous, little com
edy was enacted on the 4 :30 broad gauge
boat from Oakland yesterday.
The macaroni band has not been in evi
dence for some time past, and was not yes
terday. The boat was crowded, a good
headway was on and the lemon-drop boys
had started in on their missile-flinging
round of the decks, when four children
carrying musical-instrument cases and
music-stands appeared. They made the
round of the deck, seeking a sheltered
spot, but the wind was blowing pretty
fresh, and they finally took refuge in the
saloon. They were pretty children, all
girls, English evidently, with faultless
Trilby profiles and fresh* English complex
ions. The eldest might have bo«n 16, the
youngest could not have been more than
8. They set up their stands, arranged
their music, opened their cases and took
out the instruments—two violins, a cornet
and a French horn. "
There was a minute of preliminary
tuning and then they began to play, tim
idly at first, then, gaining courage, with
more emphasis and verve. The news
spread through the boat; the passengers
thronged in until the saloon was crowded.
The gumdrop boys, their occupations gone,
leaned against the door- jam b» and lis
tened. Everybody was enjoying the novel
concert.
But aoparently something was up. Pres
ently, in every doorway, appeared a deck
hand, first, second and third ; they gath
ered, from the chief bugaree to the hum
blest swabber. They consulted together
and began to grow big and portentous
with prophecy of coming storm. When
the boat had passed Goat Island and was
nearing the San Francisco side the concert
came to an end, and the two younger chil
dren, caps in hand, began to circulate in
quest of stray nickels. The passengers
were in generous mood, but not more than
two or three coins had fallen into the caps
when the storm burst. One uniformed
officer captured each of the little cap-bear
ers while others addressed the violinists.
There were hurried whispers, expostula
torv gestures and two very red-cheeked
maidens sank back in their respective cor
ners, while two decidedly subdued little
girls fled to them for refuge. Tne passen
gers, nickels in hand, waited for an oppor
tunity to bestow them, but none offered.
Finally one lady beckoned to the little
cornet-player to come forward and make
collections, but a wary deckhand waved
her back, and then explained to the lady
that under no circumstances could they
allow the audacious children to collect a
nickel.
The lemon-drop boys grinned, and one
of them, resting his hand affectionately
upon the shoulder of the stern deckhand,
wandered with him down the saloon.
The passengers began to grasp the situa
tion. A young man came forward and
dropped « dime into one drooping cap.
That was the signal, and in a moment a
string of commuters was filing down
the saloon and dimes and nickels
were dropped fast and furious into
those waiting caps. Of course the offi
cers could not interfere. The travelers
had as much right to toss nickels in the
children's laps as the lemon-drop boys
have to toss questionable confections from
unquestionably dirty hands into the faces
of those same travelers. But it went hard
to see the silver drop and to know that no
percentage of it would, in all probability,
flow into the Southern Pacific's coffers.
The officers looked sad and the lemon-drop
boys wandered disconsolately out upon the
deck, and not a single passenger received
another tissue-papered insult that trip.
"We did not mean any harm," the old
est girl said in answer to a query. "We
thought we could make a little money, but
they tell us it is not allowed."
RIVAL SOCIETIES QUARREL
They May Ask the Courts to Settle the
Affair.
The California State branch of the Chi
cago National Children's Home Society,
which has its headquarters in Los Angeles,
and the International Children's Home
Society, which is also a branch of another
charitable institution which originated in
Chicago, are having an interesting war of
words.
Rev. W. H. Bravton of San Jose, who
was one of the members 01 the National
society, tendered his resignation last Sep
tember. It was promptly accepted and
nothing more was thought of the action
until a few weeks ago, when it was learned
that Brayton had made arrangements with
the international institution to establish a
branch in this State, with the object of
running opposition to the Los Angeles
home, and a friend of Brayton's, Rev. J.
W. Daniels of Sacramento, also severed
his connection with the home society and
joined the international.
The former society, fearing that the lat
ter would encroach too far upon its field,
promptly issued circulars to the press,-say
ing that as Messrs. Brayton and Daniels
had severed their connection with the
Children's Home Society of California
their places would be speedily filled
with other persons and any persons using
corporate titJe which was an infringement
ot the rights of the home corporation
would be immediately prosecuted, as the
Children's Home Society was incorporated
under the laws of this State.
Rev. Mr. McGregory says that Rev. Mr.
Brayton resigned because he expected an
appointment in the northern district and
was defeated.
Held for Robbery.
Robert Morrissey, alias Billy Cahill, or.c of
the two men who held up Frank Jovica, a
restaurant-keeper at 1434 Turk street, and
Mrs. Leventhal, corner of Ellis and Scott
streets, a few nights ago, was yesterday held to
answer before the Superior Court by Judge
Conlan on two charges of robbery in $5000
bonds on each charge.
Mines
and Mining
Jacob H. Neff, president of the California
Miner's Association, and William C. Rals
ton, secretary of the same organization,
will both leave for the East on Monday
next.
The big smelter for the Iron Mountain
mine, Shasta County, is to be erected on
the Skiilen place, a couple of miles from
Shasta. The site is now being graded.
The mineral paint works near Healds
burg is now milling six tons per day with
its new stamp mill.
Forest City, Sierra County, is the center
of one of the richest gravel deposits in the
State. These are the Bald Mountain,
North Fork, South Fork, Ruby, "Wisconsin,
Bald Mountain extension and many other
good gravel claims.
Work is rapidly progressing on the Bar
ker Flat cyanide plant at Bodie.
The old Browns Valley mines in Yuba
County, from which millions were taken
years ago, are being once more looked into
by mining men.
The Yreka Journal says that the water
supply in that region for hydraulic mining
is getting short owine to continued hot
and dry weather. The miners are now
cleaning-up along the bedrock with its
light supply so as to finish bekrre the
ditches and small streams are completely
dry.
Leadville, Colo., is now turning out
about 1000 tons of ore per day.
James McHaney's Desert Queen mine
yielded him recently ?4416 in four days'
run with a rive-stamp mill.
An increased force of men has been put
on at the Rush Creek granite quarry of
Marlerson Bros. Several carloads are be
ing shipped to Redding.
At Minersville, Trinity County, in ad
dition to the property now operating under
the auspices of the French company, there
are other properties which, in all proba
bility, will sooner or later be worked on a
larger scale.
Some men have filed on 1400 acres of
coal land along the north folk of Scott
Creek, six miles from Lakeport, Lake
County. The coal is said to extend nearly
to the Mendocino boundary line and to be
of fairly good quality.
In the Gibson ville-La Porte section of
Plumas County a few large properties are
being worked and most of the holdings in
that neighborhood are on the hands of
poor men, who are unable to properly de
velop them.
The Slate Creek Company, a few miles
east of La Porte, Piumas County, are
handling their tailings by means of hy->
draulic elevators. Packer and Rendel, on
another part of Slate Creek, have forty
men at work and wont two hydraulic ele
vators.
Work has lately been resumed on the
Gold Kluff mine, on the north fork of the
Yuba River, a mile above Downieville.
Up to 1890 the mine produced $250,000,
when it was sold to a New York company,
who went to work in an extravagant
manner and failed. John Costa of Downie
ville now has the mine and has set twenty
men at work.
If the Union copper mine at Low Divide,
Del Norte County, is purchased by Eastern
parties, ag anticipated, after the tunnel
and shaft are cleaned jjut for inspection, a
revival of old times may be expected in
that section. There was once a very thriv
ing mining camp there, and in its im
mediate yicinity are good deposits of
chrome and copper.
From the new discovery of cinnabar ore
at New Kiver. Trinity County, much is
expected, though facilities for transporta
tion are very bad in that section.
Some men from Red Rock, Kern County,
who have been prospecting about ten miles
north of Mojave have found a small seam
of coal.
Coulterville, Mariposa County, is not
quite so lively just at present as it has
been, a few large companies having tem
porarily reduced their working forces.
J. B. Moore of Oakland has a dry -washer
fn successful operation about three miles
above Cool, El Dorado County, near the
Georgetown road, on what has been known
as "Five Cent Hill," in Greenwood min
ing district. It is run by hand and works
one ton of gravel per hour.
A fine set of hoisting works is being
made for Bullard & Neviil of the App
mine. Tuolumne County.
The ore from the Blazing Star mine,
West Point, Calaveras County, is worked
in several ways. That of high grade is
shipped to San Francisco, the medium free
milling is worked at its own five-stamp
mill and a good quantity is treated by the
cyanide process.
The old Sciefford mine, a mile north of
San Andreas, Calaveras County, has been
bonded for $20,000 by a San Francisco com
pany. Phil Deidesheimer, formerly of the
Comstock and of Sierra County, and of
other mining sections, who is well known
to the miners of this coast, is to take
charge of the development work to begin
at once. Mr. Soiefford has worked his
mine off and on for the past thirty-six
years, but has been unable to develop it
satisfactorily.
Mariposa County mining men expect to
have ftOO stamps at work in that county by
the first of the year.
A great many new mining locations are
being recorded in Mariposa County.
The mining interests around Volcano,
Amador County, are said to be decidedly
looking up. There are many small veins
of quartz as well as marble, granite and
cement rock in that section of country,
though much of the resources are unde
veloped.
This time it is a Los Angeles man who
thinks he has solved the question of work
ing the rebellious ores of Meadow Lake
district, Nevada County. Mining men
from all over the West have "had a hack"
at the proposition.
The resumption of work at the Gover
mine, Amador County, is an important
event in that section. Development will
be vigorously pushed.
At the Bogard mine, Amador County,
Alvinza Hay ward is putting up buildings,
machinery, etc, to open the property on a
large scale.
While there is no "boom" in Amador
County the mining interests there are in a
good and prosperous condition.
Senator Perkins and Captain Goodall
have thirty-five men at work on the Golden
Summit mine. Butte County. They are
working a rive-foot vein and have ten
stamps running.
The Stockton people who have been pros
pecting on Peter King's place, Butter Creek,
Amador County, have struck a ledge of
good free gold ore.
Mason & Griesbach of Pioneer District,
Amador County, have just completed a
crushing of 150 tons of ore from the
Madrone mine, which cleaned up $20 per
ton. They still have 250 tons on the
dump.
At the Mahoney mine, Butter District,
Amador County, ten more stamps have
been started crushing. To this time but
ten stamps have been in operation.
The ledge in the Anita mine, Jackson
District, Amador County, has been encoun
tered within a few feet of where the calcu*
lation of Mr. Storms of the State Mining
Bureau . located it. The ledge is about
three feet thick where it was encountered
and prospects well. The discovery has
greatly encouraged the owners, who will
soon resume sinking, says the Amador
Ledger. . >
Reports from the Goler fields in Kern
County show that enough gold is being
found to keep all the men at work. Pumps
are being put into some of the claims.
The Golden Rule mine, below James
town, Tuolumne County, is said to be turn
ing out some wonderfully rich gold ore.
The Comstock payroll for July was
$57,718, an increase of $6000 over the previ
ous month.
The Grasshopper Mining Company began
work five years ago in Grasshopper Gulch,
near Bannack, Mont., and have expended
large amounts of - money, bull last week
commenced to take out the gold — the first
from the mine.
The Carson River Dredging Company
will soon put up cyanide works to work
its concentrates ,that are taken out of the
river by the dredger.
The Carson Tribune says that the $75,000
plant being erected by the English owners
of the nickel mines at Lovelock is nearly
completed.
The preparatory work going on at the
Summit smelter and Old Timer mine,
west of Pioche, Nev., means much for
that town. The intention is" to work the
Old Timer, Halfmoon and probably some
of the mines in the vicinity, primarily for
the gold in the ores, with the lead and sil
ver to be extracted thereafter. The cyan
ide process is to be used and tanks to work
ten tons a day will be placed in the Sum
mit smelter works of the Pioche Con. Min
ing Company.
The Green Mining Company has started
operations in Silver City, Nev., under the
management of David Crosby.
The Silver King mine, Ariz, expects
to add thirty stamps to its present ten
stamp mill. "
Phoenix, Ariz., wants a mining exchange,
!soas to help develop properties. The fact
is, however, mining exchanges as gen
erally conducted do not develop proper
ties. They are more on the line of selling
stocks.
Two men dissolved partnership in a
mine in Phoenix the other day in a queer
way. It was worth about $7000, but they
could not agree on the value. Finally
they shook dice to see which should own
the whole mine. One was a miner and the
other a merchant, and the miner won the
mine.
The mining region about Wickenburg,
Ariz., is developing some very fine mines.
The Utah representative of the Gilson
Asphaltum Company of St. Louis has re
ceived orders to shut down the properties
in Utah for an indefinite period. This is a
serious blow to the miners and freighters
who have been dependent on the St. Louis
trust.
A rich striice has been made in the
Nina Rica mine at Pichacho, San Diego
County, and the miners there think they
have now found the original source of the
gold found in the placers of that section.
Some men are trying to get gold out of
the sand 3 along the banks of the Uma
tilia River, near the town of Umatilla, Or.
A number of Colorado miners are
already arranging for an extensive mining
expedition to Alaska next spring.
It is understood that the Kansas City
Consolidated Smelting and Refining Com
pany has decided to erect a large smelting
plant at Nakusp, in West Koot«uay, B. C.
The War Eagle mine, Trail Creek, B. C,
has declared another $50,000 dividend.
With the completion of the railroad it is
expected that the Sloan country, B. C will
be very active and prosperous next season
and that a number of mines there will soon
be paying dividends.
The mining boom in the Slate Creek
region on the Cascades is over, the Mon
tana syndicate having drawn out. There
is plenty of mineral, but it is too low
grade.
About 1000 men are prospecting, in the
Trail Creek country. B. C. Over 3000
miners' licenses have been issued thuß far
this year.
Everything is done with a rush at Trail
Creek, BC. Even the strikes are con
ducted in short order. The men were out
before the camp had time to realize that a
strike was on, and back again at work be
fore half the population realized that there
had been a strike.
A new coal vein has been tapped near
Newcastle by the Oregon Improvement
Company, and about 600 tons a month is
being mined. The mine is called May
Creek, and three veins or openings are
being worked. The coal is an entirely
new one, much like the Newcastle, and the
location is between the town of Newcastle
and Coal Creek. Chables G. Yale.
ITALY'S CELEBRATION
Twenty-Fifth Year Since the
Conquest of Rome by
Garibaldi.
J. Ft Fusrazl Is Elected to Represent
the Local Italian Colony at
Rome.
The twenty-fifth annual celebration of
Italian unity will be held in Rome Sep
tember 14 to September 29.
The members of the Italian colony in
this City held a mass-meeting in Garibaldi
Hall, on Broadway, presided over by the
Italian Consul-General, Francisco B.
Grimalde, on the evening of the 15th inst.,
for the purpose of electing a citizen to
represent San Francisco at the celebration.
About 360 members of the colony were
present, and J. F. Fugazi, general agent of
the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Steamship Company, was elected to repre
sent the local colony. He will leave" for
Italy on September 1, by way of New
York and Havre.
The column at the Porta Pia, where the
Italians entered the city of Rome at, the
time of its conquest, on September 20,
1870, and the monument to Garibaldi, its
conqueror, will be dedicated on Septem
ber 20. The monuments to Cavour and
Minghitti will be dedicated on the 22d;
that to the Caroli brothers, at Villa Glori,
on the 24th, and* that to Pietro.Cossa, the
great Italian dramatist, on the Ponte Um
berto, on the 26th.
RESULTS OF TWO INQUESTS.
A Verdict of Suicide and One of Acci
dental Death.
"Suicide"' and "accidental death" were
the verdicts rendered by the Coroner's
juries in the cases of William Gregory and
James T. Thompson respectively yester
day.
Gregory wag found dead in the room,
203 a Powell street, on the 7th inst. The
gas was turned on.
Thompson was the carpenter who fell
from the scaffolding of *be building at
Twenty-first and York streets on July IS
last. The jurors held that the contractor
was to blame, as only one nail was found
in the scaffolding, which, gave way and al
lowed Thompson to fall.
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