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A SHIP STICKS
IN THE DRAW
Why a Tunnel Is Wanted
Under the Oakland
Harbor.
Beard of Trade and Merchants'
Exchange Unite in Work
in? for It.
la Foggy Weather It Would B3 a
Safeguard Agjin-t Narrow-
Gauge Accidents.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,}
908 Broadway, Dec. 9. |
The need of but one bridge across the
estuary was clearly demonstrated to-day
when the bark Les Adelphes stuck'in the
draw and had to be towed back from the
norih channel at Webster-street bridge
ajid be pulled through the south channel.
This caused a delay of over half an hour
on a failing tide and delayed the narrow
gauge train for one trip.
During November an average of eleven
vessels a day passed through the draw,
and yesterday seventeen passed, while to
day twenty went through.
k The Board of Trade has decided that the
'most serviceable method of disposing of
the estuary is by a tunnel, which would
dispense with the necessity of 'the new
steel bridge that is now being planned by
wie railroad in conjunction witu the War
Department and the Supervisors.
At Ja^t night's meeting of the Board of
Trade a resolution was passed that a
petition be circulated to have the South
ern Pacific build a tunnel under the !
estuary. Colonel Bridges and Secretary
Siiarpe will go before the Merchants' Ex
cQange and seek ttieir co-operation in the
matter... The Good* Roads Association
will also be asked to assist.
In foggy weather the value of a t'.innel
is very manifest. Last night the engineer
uf the narrow-gauge train did no-t see the
signal, but he stopped the train about a
block from (he bridge. Ii was sta;ed in a
report of the affair to-day that the train
crushed through the gates and nearly ran
info t c ratnary. There are no gates to
crash through and the bridge was closed,
so that had the train not stopped there
would have been no danger.
A GENERAL REVIVAL
The Central Churches Will Unite Under
.Rev. L. TV. Mmiliall, the Evaneilist.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 19 —The first
effort at a general revival in this city since
tl»e Mills meetings of four years s»gois to
be .inaugurated January 28- and continue
for several weeks. The meetings will be
under the ausDices of all the central j
churches of the city and every effort will j
be made to have them as successful as
were those under B. Fay Mills. -vV
The*services of the Rev. L. W. Munhall,
the famous evaneelist, nave been secured. I
He conies here direct from Philadelphia, \
where he is now engaeed in" one ot the \
greatest revivals that city has ever .'een. [
■He is a man <■. much experience and has |
held meet in > in ail the principal cities of j
tie North i*•:s a very spiritual man <
■aticTboi'ts hi" .'.mile nee by his wonderful j
personality -. v.iv is a . very agreeable
"speaker. . - - -
'•••The churches and the pastors interested
in.this meeting :<re: First Presbyterian,
the Rev. R. F. Coyle, D.p. ; First Meth
odist, the Rev. Alfred Kummer, DD.
First Co;isre2«'ional, "the Key. Charles R. j
Brown; First Baptist, the Rev." C. H. Ko- i
bart ; First English Lutheran, the Rev.
J. E. Bushnell; First United Presbyterian,
the Rev. J. M. French; Asbury Methodist,
the Rev. H. M. Knight; Market-street
Congregational, the Rev. E. S. Chapman,
i>. D. ; First Christian, the Rev. J. M.
Small; Central Christian, the R3V. C. Ed
%jtrds Davis. . ; '-.'■? J-Z*:
ALL TO BE PUBLISHED
One Book Every Year for the
Berkeley Phi'osophical
U.iion.
London Publishers Will Continue to
Issue Berkeley Papers and Dis
cussions in Book Form.
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 19.— Professor
G. H. Howison of the Philosophical Union
ha"* Announced that the London publish-
ing house of Macmillan & Co. has agreed
to .publish every year the discussions of
, the Berkeley philosophers and their vis
itors. ':';
It is not true, as baa been stated, that
' a book is, to appear containing the papers
presented at our three last annual gather
ings," said Professor Howisoni "The ar
rangement with Macmillan & Co. is a per
manent one and there will be -separate j
volumes for the different annual meetings.
' "The first book of the series has already
appeared. It contains the paper read' in
Berkeley by Dr. John Watson or, Greek
0 and Roman Ideals of Life,' with addi
tional remarks by him and other/discus
sions Dr. Watson baa entitled the whole
work, 'Christianity and Idealism.' It
is a comparison of Christian ideals of hie
with the Jewish ana Greek. ■-■ (
"The second book in our series will
' appear In a short time and will contain
the discussions held era in connection
with Professor Royce's address on 'The
Conception of God,' with a new article by
Professor Royce. Our last paper by Dr.
Harris" with discussion that is to follow
will provide the material of j the; third
volume." / ....:.: •'■ ■ ■'■-■'
•- ' ; The Blind Musicians. : .
BERKELEY, Cal.. Dec. 19.-The an
nual sacred concert of the blind pupils of
the State Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and the ; Blind will take place to
morrow afternoon in the: assembly-hall of
the institution, beginning at 3 o clock.
Miss Gnssie Most will .-ing. - Pupils will
take part in the conaert, assisted by Henry
Heynian and Otto Flei3sner. " :■'
■ ..Officers? Installed. .'• .
BERKELEY, - Cal., r Dec. • 19.-Durant
Lodge No. 286, F. and A. M., last night in
stalled the following officers: John Mar
tin, worshipful master: F. If. Berry man
senion warden; E. U. Bridgeman, junior
warden; J. T. Morrison treasurer;
. Robert Edear, treasurer; Rev. H. a.
Dobbins, chaplain ; Robert Craig ■ and -B.
' P. Bull, marshals; E.D. Thomas, senior
deacon; W. H. Waste, junior deacon; J.
C. Kierneff and C. J. McClain, stewards;
J. C. Jens.n, installing officer. An^elat
. orate entertainment arm banquet was
given in honor of the installation. - ■:'■'
''" Christmas Music >
• BERKELEY, ca£., ' Dec. 19.— special
procrammes of Christmas music, will be
rendered to-morrow morning and evening
in the First Congregational Church. -1 he
regular choir, consisting of Miss Gertrude
Moon, Miss Kowena Robb. O. R.Morse
and J. S. Mills, will be assisted by Mrs.
Dr. F. R. Woolsey and Miss Thorndyke,
sopranos; C. B. Mills and T. A. Smith,
tenors; <J. S. Merritl and Dwight Hutch
inson, basso?. C. R. Morse will be the d:
rwtor.
Brief News Items.
The troubles of the Lorin Fire Company
have been adjusted and all members will re
main.
The pastors of Berkeley have adopted a pro
gramme for a "week of prayer," beginning
with Sunday, January 3.
A successful entertainment and bazaar was
jriven yesterday by the ladies of St. Matthew's
Episcopal Mission at Lorin.
A grand ball and supper will be held on
Monday evening in American Hall, lor the
benefit of the Saij Francisco Children's Hospi
tal.
The closing exercises of the term at St.
Joseph's Convent were held to-day. An in
teresting programme of exercises was presented
by the children.
Dr. William T. Harris was the guest of Pro
fessor Brown to-day at dinner and was enter
tained by President and Mis. Kellogg ths
evening. On Monday he win bo the guest of
Professor and Mrs. Gayley.
the League of the Cross of Berkeley has
elected the following officers: President,
Thomas F. Gregory; vice-president, Patrick
O'Keele; secretary, M. Connelly; treasurer,
John Lloyd ; Eergeani-at-«rms Joseph Frick
and Jouu Ryan; first lieutenant, Gerald Ken
ner.
«—« — •—•• — •
Wendte's Masterstroke.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 19— The reli
g?oU3 controversy being engaged in re
garding the periodicals furnished the read
ing publ c at the Free reading-room look
a new turn by the publication of the fol
lowing letter:
To the Board of Trustees of the Oakland Free
Public Library— uentlkmkn: Permit rue as a
citizen to express my approval oi your cour.-e
in excluding from your reading-rooms all
publications whose tone is objectionab.e from
a moral point of view and whicii tend to em
bitter and embroil our people with each
other, disturbing that social concord, mutual
charity mid religion! amity in which they
ought'to live together.
There arc. however, many religious news
papers, bo:h Protestant and Catholic, which
are ever mindful of the decencies of daily in
tercourse and the amenities of religiuus dis
cussion.
You have allowed me in times past to place
on your riles certahi publications of my own
denomination, \vi>icli are. f trust, of this char
acter. 1 now a>k the privilege oi contributing
to your Central Reading-room a Roman Catho
lic orewn, the Catholic -News, published In
New York City, lhis j: urnal announces itself
us -'recommended by the Catholic hierarchy,
the clergy and the leading periodifcals as a
model fumiiy paper." and clnims to have "the
largest circulation of any Catholic journal iv
America."
I am myself a reeular subscriber to this
journal and read it with interest and with
profit, although not always with agreement.
Trusting you may accept my offer, I remain
yours with re si cet, Charles W. Wendte.
TRAP OVER A DUNGEON
And a Policeman Under the
Trap to Catch Failing
Rcbbers
Alameda's City Treasurer Devises a
Scheme Which H s All the
Merit of Or sinality.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 19.— The pres
ence ot thieves and burglars in the city
has caused some people to worry about
the cash iv the City Treasurer's safe. At
present he is prepared for a hold-up with
an electric alarm which he can set off with
his foot if his hands were in the air.
George J. Foster has conceived a novel
idea which he is anxious to have the
Board ol Trustees adopt for the prot ction
of the vault and capture of any burglar
who should attempt to make a raid upon
the treasurer. As the office is directly
aoove the police- station, Mr. Foster be
lieves that a trap dooi in front of tbe
Treasurer's counter could be so arranged
as to enable Mr. Wheeler, the treasurer,
to drop the hurglar downstair?, where he
would find himself in prison with an
officer on guard. This nvght astonish
both tbe would-be robber and officer, but
would certainly relieve Mr. Wheeler of
any danger of & deficit for hia bondsmen
to stand good for.
"Now, is not that a feasible scheme?"
asked Mr. Foster to-day. "You see,
when Mr. Wheeler steps on a button to
alarm the officers below he could with the
same movement send his antagonist into
the presence of the officer. He would be
too surprised to offer any resistance,
I hence hecou d easily be handenffed."
AlHineda Police May Ride Free.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 10 —The new
rule of ti.e Alameda, Oakland and Pied
mont Electric Streetcar Company has
been rescinded so far as it applies to this
city's police officers and Officer Curtis of
Oakland. This seems to be a discrimina
tion in fnvor of this city.
Early in the week the company posted a
notice that all officers not on duty and in
foil uniform would be required to pay
their fare. To the public this would only
seem U be the proper thinp, but the Chief
of Police here did not look upon the new
order with any degree of pleasure. When
he made application to the company the
modification was made in lavor of his
men. No application has been made by
the Oakland officers for a rescinding of
tbe order on their territory.
The Electric Club Ball.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 19.— The em
ployes of tne Alameda, Oakland and Pied
mont Electric Railway Company gnve
their third annual ball to-night in Armory
Hall. The programme consisted of
twenty-two dances and two extras, dedi
cated to all the terms known ir railroad
parlance.
The reception committee consisted of
Harry L. Boyle, J. \V. Henderson, James
j Potter and Thomas Moses; floor manager,
Peter H. Smith; assistants", William R.
Parker; floor committee — J. J. Smith, J.
H. Young, Thomas Moses, William
Bones, H. Hammond, A. Wharton, J.
Deveraux and F. Nebeker. A prize waltz
was held just before midnight, which was
participated in by a large number of dan
j cera.
Verein Germanla Officers,
ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 19.— The Ala
meaa Verein Germaniu elected the follow
ing officers last evening for the coming
year: President, «\ Frank; vice-president,
Al Kaehler; corresponding and recording
secretary, W. Brtimmer; financial secre
tary, C. Usinger; treasurer, L. Dureln;
singing teacher, H. E. Kaehler; superin
tendent of singing, L. C. Buslach; director
and teacher of gymnastics, L. Bnbr; en
tertainment and amusement committee —
Chares B^uck, M. Horwinski Jr.; refresh
ment committee —G. Schumacher, O.
Bechtle, Ed Horwinski, J. Faessler, W.
Schmack; hail director, O. MeyseL
Kncinal City Notes.
A broad-gauge locomotive was derailed at
6:15 o'clock yesterday morning on Railroad
aveaue, between Park and Oak streets. An
irofl nut was found in" the switch, which
caused the accident.
William H., the eltven-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. YV. S. Watson, who was awarded to
the custody of his mother after a struggle in
tbe courts, died yesterday lrom heart and kid
ney troubles.
William Rigby, a vestryman of Christ Epis
copal Church, hat received a telegram from
the Rev. Thomas J. Lacey. in which that gen
tleman reiterate* his acceptance 01 the rector
ship In Atameda.
A large number of the "Old Guard" of Com
pany G have applied »or re-enlistment. The
boys who enlisted in Company A of Oakland
have signified their intention of asking for
transfers to the home company.
Ail the books of the library are now in place
and the painters will Begin work Monday. It
will be New Year before Librarian Harbourne
can receive any books that are now out.
A new method of stopping hiccough is
said to have been accidentally discovered
in a French hospital. It consists in thrust
ing the tongue out of the mouth and hold
ing it thus for a short time. ,
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1896.
TRREE YOUNG MEN
STEAL A RANCH
Found It Untenanted, Moved
in and Refuse to
Vacate.
The McCoys Return to Their
Home in Redwood Canyon,
but Cannot Enter.
A Trio of Squatters Take Advantage
of a GcoJ House Furnished
by O-hers.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.)
908 Broadway, Dec. 19. j
Three bold young fellows have stolen a
big ranch in Redwood Canyon. They live
in the house, feed their horses on the pas
ture land and makf good use of the black
smith-shop.
The man who has asked the assistance
of ,the Constable and Sheriff to oust the
intruders in vain Is James McCoy, who
now resides near Haywards. He has
finally decided to place the matter in the
bands of United States Marshal Baldwin.
The McCoy ranch is one of the best
known in Redwood Canyon. It has been
the cause of much litigation, and for years
there was a dispute as to its ownership,
but the McCoys lived on it till recently,
when they moved to Haywards, Intend
ing to return witn the approach of sum
mer. The ranch Has not been very profit
able during the past year and the family
desired to move away for a time and run
an express business. One of toe McCoys
went, to the ranchhouse a few days ago
and found three young fellows in posses
sion.
"They absolutely refused to acknowledge
my right to enter our own house," sai<i
McCoy yesterday. "I told them who I
was, but they said they knew better and
would not move until put out by the
Sheriff. They told me that they found
the place all ready for Deople to live in
and they proposed to stay. They even
hinted that there was still a doubt as to
its ownership and that I tnitrht have
trouble in proving; my right to the place,
and that so long as its title is disputed
they might as well live there as let the
place remain idle.
"They have a very comfortable place,
but I could not get them to tell- their
names, so I ao not know who my guests
are. They are evidently very bright fel
lows and I have a job to get rid of them.
'"I have applied to Constable Gallet, but
be says he can do nothing without an or
der of court now that the youna fellows
are in possession, and the Sheriff has told
mo the same thing. I am now going to
/.pply to Marshal Baldwin, as I consider
the fellows are sauatiers."
The case is a very interesting one. and
before the McCoys can oust the interlopers
they will have to prove their ownership.
This may cause them much trouble, and
the squatters will meanwhile enjoy life at
their pre-empted ranch. The place con
sists of several acres of land, a ranch
house, barns and a blacksmith-shop.
4MB - Was a Batcher's Bunt.
OAKLAND. Cal., Dec. 19.— The boat
found in the etiuiary yesterday ha 9 been
claimed by a San Francisco butcher as one
stolen fiom him. Messrs. Richards and
Harmon, who, it had been feared, had
lost their lives while out in the fog, have
been heard from ana will be home to
morrow.
Kindergarten Work.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 19. — About
twenty kindergarten teachers from around
the bay met State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction Black and his deputy, Mr.
Seamens, to-day, and considered a pro
posed law requiring such teachers to pos
sess credentials of equal grade to teachers
in the grammar schools, and also to have
special training in the work. The senti
ment was favorable to such a law.
ANOTHER BONUS ASKED
This Time a Cycling Company
Would Like to Be Boomed
Free.
As Other Efforts of a Like Nature
Have Proved Abortive This May
Fare No B:tter.
Oakland Office Pan Francisco Call,)
908 Broadway, Dec. 19. J
A cycle manufacturing company from
tbe East has written to* the Board of Trade
asking what Oakland will give in the way
of bonus, site, etc., if said company will
establish a branch here. Such applica
tions are now regarded as being in the
nature of seeking lree nct.riety, and to
such an extent has this been carried that
they are no longer regarded as being made
in good faith.
"This company may be in earnest and
they may no f ," said a prominent member
ol the Merchants' Exchange to-day, "but
if they think that they are going tcfuse us
a-s free advertising mediums they have
made a mistake. Some time ago a gun
agent came here and made all kinds of
pronjises. The Mayor called a meeting of
representative merchants at the council
chamber and for a few weeks everybody
was talking of the new gun. Ii was a
splendid lree advertisement for tbe gun
and that was the end of it.
"The next, agent to come here was the
representative of a glass firm who were
anxious to locate on this coast. He did
very well. He bad the Oakland merchants,
the Livermore League of Progress and the
Martinez people all interested nt once and
his firm was well boomed. Then came a
cycle man and the same resuli followed —
nothing was dene. Now comes another
message of the same nature.
•'lf these people find they can establish
these industries on the coast they will
come, and if they cannot succeed the gift
of a piece of land will not bring them.
This bonus proposition is a good one, but
we 'need to make sure that we get the
value for our money." .
Soule* Divorced.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 19.— Judge Og
den to-day grunted the prayer of Ella
Bacon Soule fora divorce from Professor
Frank Soule, the head of the civil engin
eering and astronomy department of the
University of California. The ground
wa<« simple desertion, and there was no
contest, although the husband was repre
sented by an attorney. T c mother is
given the custody of the two minor sons-
Beach, ace 20, and Henry, age 7 years —
and $75 per month alimony.
Miss Carrie J. Bacon, &• sister of Mrs.
Soule, was appointed guardian for Henry
D. B. Soule during the day by Judge
Greene.
Schwartz Would Retire.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 19. — Willinm
Schwartz, the husband and guardian of
Carmen Peraita Sonwariz, has petitioned
to be relieve.! >>f the latter duty and sug
gests C. F. Weiden as bis successor.
Mrs. Schwartz, although married nnd a
mother, has as little knowledge of affairs
and intelligence as a child.
1 •fu»«!d Medical Attendance.
OAKLAND, Cat.., Dec. 19.— Ben O'Brien,
the colored boy who broke a show-window
so as to get in prison to have medical
treatment, has been refused admittance to
the Receiving Hospital on oruer of Super
visor Church and he is now in the City
Jail anrt is being treated by Health Officer
Bradley. Dr. Johnson of tDe Receiving
Hospital fays it is a case that cannot be
treated there, as it lequires isolation and
is not at all an emergency one.
Overtures for Harmony,
OAKLAND. Cab., Dec. 19.-The Walsb-
Pulcifer ia<ction of the Young Men's Re
publican League has selected a conference
cotnmit:ee to confer with the Stetson
wing with ths view of restoring harmony.
The two committees are to select the
seventh man and then agree on a plan to
reconcile all differences. It is hoped that
this will bring the two wings together for
effective work in the spring campaign.
A STEEILE-JACK
He Has ; Been in the Climbing Business
for Many Years.
The great success of the Trafalgar day
celebration this year was largely due to
the striking and appropriate decoration of
the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
sqnare. The plucky steeple-jack twining
the mighty wreath round the column was
witnessed by thousands and for many
days the achievement was the principal
subject of ponversation throughout Lon
don if not throughout the country. The
result was that, although over ninety
years have passed since Nelson breathed
bis last on the Victory, the anni
sary of the day on which the
oattle oi Trafalgar was fought and won
lias never been celebrated with so much
popular enthusiasm as was the case this
year.
W. E. Harrison, the steeple-jack who so
successfully carried out the work of de
coration, has been for several years
famous as a darine and reliable member
of his risky profession. He is a Sheffield
man by birth, and his father was a
steeple- jack uetore him. Soon alter he was
10 years of age Mr. Harrison used to go
with bis father to the top of the highest
chimneys, urged not by any necessity, but
by the mere spirit of adventure. His
parents did not intend him to be a steeple
jack, however.
. He vas sent to a good school, and when
he was 15 his father was arranging for his
further education so that he might qualify
lor a situation in some business tirm.when
he took his future into his own hands.
He appealed to his parents to be allowed
to begin work as a steeple-jack. In re
sponse to his repealed requests he was
given a trial, ami he has been at the work
ever since. He is now 38 years of age.
His lather died in 1887, and since then
he has carried on the business and made
his name famous in many parts of the
country.
Although the decoration of the Nelson'
monument is perhaps the most interest
ing work he iuis done it is by no means
the most dangerous. Some of his feats in
examining insecure chimneys and the
like are enough to make the blood of the
ordinary man turn cold. Personally Mr.
Harrison belongs to the best ty\>e of the
Yorkshire gentleman and business man.
He has only had one serious accident, but
ibis might easily have proved fata!. In
repairing a chimney he fell a distance of
seventy feet and escaped without perma
nent injury by a miracle. A man who
fell at the same time, although a less dis
tance, was killed on the spot.
LIND'S AMERICAN DEBUT.
Never Has a I'liinu- I 'onna So Charmed
Her Audience.
Hon.. A. Oakey Hall writes of "When
Jenny Lind Sang in Castle Garden," for
tho Ladies' Home Journal — the first of a
series of "Great Personal^ Event3 #> de
scribed by eyewitnesses for that maga
zine. Of her first appearance — her first
song — in America, and the unprecedented
enthusiasm she aroused, Mr. Hail enter
tainingly and graphically writes: "Haric
to the voice! It is beginning the first bar
of 'Casta Diva,' irorn 'Norma.' The silence
in the audience is intense. She has sung
only a lew bars of the matchless cavatina
before all music lovers recognize thai
while other artists have endeavored to
mnke something outof 'Casta Diva' Jenny
Lind is embodying it. There is the grad
ual growth of sostenuto, then rhythmic
undulating, now high notes, as triumph*
of pure expression and not of merely
physical marvel and finally bird-like
ecstasy of trills. Before her is an abyss of
bust), into which she pours that voice, the
very soul of song.
"She ceases and timidly— not proudly —
Dows, and is retiring wnen the audience,
not content with making the usual Amer
ican demand for an encore, arises en
masse and repeats with fourfold energy
and spirit the almost frantic demonstra
tion with wh'ch it greeted Jenny Lind
upon her entrance. Tbe audience is liter
ally wild. . Never had a singer so stirred
up listeners before. The thunderous ap
plause keeps up for many minutes, until
the audience seems exhausted. * * *
Trained musicians are praising the flu
er.cy and precision of Jenny's chromatic
scales. One is emphasizing what he terms
'the inspired vitality of Lind's voice,' and
the unanimous verdict seems to be thai
never before were heard in concert-room
sweeter tones. Even white-haired vet
erans, who have listened to Mali bran
and tier sister, Viardot, or to Grisi, or to
Adelaide Keruble, all pronounce Jenny
Lind the superior of those oldtime sodg
angels in realms consecrated by Saint
Cotelia."
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"PRISON PRODUCTS
FOR PRISON USE"
To Confine Convict Labor
to State Institu
tions.
Bills and Amendments to the
Codes for Regulating Felon
Competition.
Manufacturers' and Producers' Asso
ciation Moves in an Important
Matter.
and Producers'
sceiation is exerting itself in the important
matter of preventing ruinous competition
between free &nd prison labor. Yesterday
the following letter was sent to Governor
Bodd:
San Francisco, Dec. 17, 1896.
Hon. James H. Sudd, Governor of California,
Sacramento, Cal.— Dear Sir: I hßve the honor
lo present some facts to you on behalf of the
Manufacturers' and Producers' Association,
which in view of the coming session of tne
State Legislature no doubt will prove of in
terest to you.
Firstly, 1 would call your attention to the
constitutional amendment which will go Into
effect January 1, 1897, in the State of New
Yorlt and titled Constitutional provision
abolishing competitive labor iv prisons, peni
tentiaries and reformatories (constitution,
article 111). This provision you will see vir
tually abolishes convict competition wiih free
labor, with the exception tnat it allows the
urn' of convict labor. by the State and matters
projected by the several counties.
Secondly— lnclosed plea.se find a copy, of a
report made by Thomas J. Dowling, Commis
sioner of Prisons for the State of New York,
and one particular clause in his report I would
kindly call your attention to, and that is
where it refers to the principles that have
been carried out. in the Slate of New York and
also other States of tbe Union, and why the
State Board of Prison Directors of California
should endeavor to now compel the manu
facturers of the Slate of California to again
come iv competition with con vet labor, after
having proven to them the disastrous effects
which convict labor had upon our manufac
turers in San Francisco some years back is, to
say the least, somcwhr.t surprising to the offi
cers of this association. One thing must be
said, that the manufacture of goods in the
prisons necessitates the purchase of a consid
erable amount of machinery, involving the ex
penditure of hundreds of thousands of dollar*,
and while we are endeavoring to foster our
interests we hope that the officers of the differ
ent State institutions, more particularly the
Board of Prison Directors, will be patriotic
enough to endeavor lo employ prisoners so as
not to compel them to come in competition
with free skilled labor.
The manufacturing interests of Calitornia
amount to $156,000,000 invested capital, and
we leel confident that we voice the sentiment
of the mannfacturers of California when we
state that employment should be found for
convicts solely in the manufacture of jute
bags and the breaking of stone from quarries,
or else permit them to be employed on high
ways to better the roads of this Bta c. While
upon this subject I have the honor to submit
for your consideration a copy of the south
wick Dill, which is now in the House of Repre
sentatives and which this association is en
deavoring to have passed. From the testi
mony presented durlug the time that the
Southwick bill was in the hands of the com
mittee it h»s been proven that 900 convicts in
the New York penitentiary were successfully
employed in the betterment ot roads. This
association fully appreciates the kind atten
tion that you have given their suggestions
Irom time to time, giving preference to the
manufacture of home products in the State
institution!), and we ieel that if we can pre
sent these facts and figures to you, tiiat you,
as tbe highest executive officer of the State,
will t;ive our appeal and the presentation of
facts by us citreiul consideration.
In concluding, I desire to submit to your at
tention the testimony of Mr. Pllsbury, super
intendent of the penitentiary on Blaekwell's
Island, New York. As to the importation of
convict goods in the State of California, we
have met with many difficulties, it is not the
interest of importers of convict-made goods to
spread thu information, and we have en
deavored ior the past year to get data, but we
have not been as successful as we expected.
I herewith also inclose copy of section to be
added to the Penal Code of California, and
also new section to Political Code, in reter
ence to convict-made goods, which have been
submitted to the Code Commissioners of Cali
fornia, and no doubt will be incorporated in
their report. Yours very truly,
Julian Sonntag, President.
Of the inclosures referred to the follow
ing are selected as being specially perti
nent:
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION ABOLISHING COMPETI
TIVE LAEOR IN PRISONS, PENITENTIARIES AND
REFORMATORIES (CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 111).
Section '29. The Legislature shall by law pro
vide for the employment of prisoners sen
tenced to the several State prisons, peniten
tiaries, jails and reformatories in the State;
and oa and after the first day of January, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven, no person in any such prison,
penitentiary, jail or reformatory snail be re
quired or allowed lo work while under sen
tence thereto at any trade or industry or occu
pation wherein or whereby his work or the
product or profits ot his work shall be farmed
out, contrßCted, given or sold to any person,
firm, association or corporation. This section
shall not be construed to prevent the Legisla
ture from providing that convicts may be dis
posed of to the State or any political division
thereof, or for or to any public institution
owned or managed and controlled by the
State or any political division thereof.
Section — . A new section to be added to the
Penal Code to read as follows:
Auction Baies
ART SALE !
At Auction.
M. STRAUS, Artist,
' Has Instructed Us to Sell His Entire Collee-
• ■ tlou, comprising -.
125-125-125-125
! Oil ; Paintings . and Sketches.
IN THE MAPLE HALL,
On the First Floor of the Palace Hoiel.
AUCTION~SALES :
i TUESDAY at 2:30 and 7:45 o'clock P. 11.,
■- December 22J. ' :
WEDNESDAY at 2:30 and 7:45 o'clock
P.M., December 23d.
FREE EXHIBITION
' MONDAY, December SO, 1896, from 9:30
< a. m. to 9:30 p m. —r. W. Straus hn* a
i prominent standing among the artists of this
Slate He is a very honest arid faUtiful de-
1 llnentor of nature, and is very pleasing in :an
♦ extended variety of sul'ject-, extending over
.^Landscapes, Fruit, still Life, .Marine, Anl-
. lunls, etc. :.- ■. > i .
\ : fi Do not forget ' the days aid ho-irs of the
! , auction sales. Catalogues at Maple Hall,
.Palace Hotel, and at our'Offl-e. This collec-
J tion presents an elegant opportunity from
< which to select Lhiistmas tokens.
EABTON, EIiDBIDGE & CO.,
; 638 Market St. Auctioneers.
'BMGIiIArS
TURKISH RUG COLLECTION
All Kinds of Oriental Goods at Pri-
vate Sale
:•:'*:.• — —XT- — ■
Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter St.,
Until Chri«tina« Only. From 8 A. H. to
10 P. V. Doily. G«M>n>n« S:>cr fi>»» Sale.
SEC. — . PENALTY FOR DEALING IN CONVICT-HADE
GOODS WITHOUT LABELING.
Sec. — . A person having in his possession for
the purpose of sale, or offering for sale, any
convict-made goods, wares or merchandise
hereafter manufactured and sold, or exposed
fot sflle, in this State without the brand, murk
or label required by law, or who removes or de
faces such brand, mark or label, is guilty ot' a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceed
ing $1000 nor less than $100, or by imprison
ment for a term not exceeding one year nor
less than tea days, or both.
An act entitled an act to prevent the manu
facture in penal institutions, of other goods
than jute bags and broken stone ior roads
and highways, and of materials consumed
in the State penal institutions.
Thepeop.eof the State of California repre
sented in Senate and Assembly ao enact as fol
lows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person
confined or employed in any penal iusiitution
in the State of California to engage or be em
ployed in the manufacture of anything what
ever thpt ie mi article of commerce in this
State except jute bags and brokeu stone for
roads and highways.
Sec. 2. This ace shall not apply to the manu
facture of any article consumed in the penal
institution where manufaciur.'d.
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act snail be in force from aDd
after , A. D. 189^
A letter embodying the same facts was
sent by the association to the State Prison
Directors, the general suggestion being
ttiat, outside of jute bags and stone Jor
highways, prison labor ought to be con
fined or directed into such manufactures
as can be used in State institutions, thua
rendering them largely, if not entirely,
self-supportinz.
Didn't Know the Hopes.
General Morgan of Illinois, who com
manded a brigade in Davis' division, was
one of those men so slouchy in his appear
ance that a stranger would never have
picked him for an officer of high rank.
One day a raw recruit of his brigade who
had lost some books asked a veteran
where he might be able to find them. The
veteran saidthe only thief in the brigade
was Jim Morgan, who occupied a tent
near the blue flag. Thf recruit hastened
to Morgan's tent, shoved his head through
the flaps and asked :
"Does Jiru Morgan live, here?''
"My name is James Morgan," answered
the general.
"Then I want you to hand over those
books you stole from me!"
"I have none of your books, my dear
man."
"That's a lie," cried the soldier. "The
boys say you are the only thief in camp.
Turn out them books, or I'll grind your
carcass into apple sass!"
General Morgan appreciated the joke,
and laughed heartily, but when the re
cruit began pulling off his coat to make
good his threats, the officer informed him
of his relations to the brigade.
"Waal, blast me if I'd take you for a
brigadier!" said the man. "Excuse me,
general, but I don't thoroughly know the
ropes yet." — Harper's Round Table.
The secret marks on Bank of Enziand
notes by which forgeries are so rapidly de
tected are constantly being changed. The
microscope wiil reveal many such pecu
liarities to an observant eye.
A wealthy gentleman of Vienna stiDU
lated in his will that an electric light
must be constantly burning in his tomb,
and another inside iis coffin, for twelve
months after his death.
CREDITORS' SALE!
-A.T AUCTION 1 !
Tuesday .December 22. 1898,'
At 11 o'clock a. m , at ■
PACIFIC-AYE. CLUB STABLES,
1618 Pacific -A-ven-ue, ,
Between Polk street and Van Ness avenue,
By order of creditors, we will sell
3O Head A No. 1 Draft, Driving and
Business Horses,
4 Fine 6-Glas* Laundalet Carriages; 3 Coupes; 3
24-Passenger 'Buses; 1 Depot Bus; tension
and Canopy Top Kookaways: Latest Styles
Open and lop Koad BucfKie.s; several A .No. 1
Business Bul-klps, Phaetons, Carts; Open and
Top Delivery- Wagons: 300 Sets First-class
Single and Double Harness; 100 Robes, Blan-
kets, Whips, etc.
N. B— The above stock will .positively be sold
rain or shine, without reserve or limit. ~v
SULLIVAN & DOYLE.
Office— 327 Sixth st. Livestock Auctioneer*.
THE GREAT
Christmas Bicycle Sale.
One Hundred Hi^h-CJrade Wheels
FULLY GUARANTEED,
WILL BE SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
REMEMBER
THAT ON DECEMBER 22
You Can Purchase a Wheel at Cost.
WILL E. FrsHER & CO., Auctioneers,
- - 33-36 ' alii St.. m»i Francisco. Cat.
FORT BLUNDER.
It Was Built by Mistake on Canadian
Land and Thus Won Its Name.
General Miles has recently recom
mended the fortifying of a number of our
seaports and the enlargement of some of
the posts along our frontier. One of these
is Fort Montgomery that stands at the out
let of Lake Champlain. The mentioning
of this long- forgotten old fort recalls a
queer fact connected with its beginning
and long ago forgotten. In 1841 it was
decided to build a large post at the en
trance to Lake Champlain and worK was
begun on Fort Montgomery, as it wa3
called. After a good deal of work had been
done it was found that the walls of the
fort were over the lines dividing the United
States from Canada. Work wa-s stopped
and a survey made and part of the work
was torn down.
Later on it was ascertained that part of
the walls of the post were stiil over the
dividing line. An agreement was made
with the English Government which gave
to the United States that part built upon,
and the outline of the old fort was com
pleted, but as these mistakes had caused
so much trouble tbe post was nicknamed
"Fort Blunder." Work was stopped on
the old post at the breaking out of the late
war, and since that time it has been under
the charge of an ordnance sergeant. Soon
work win be resumed, and if the recom
mendatons of General Miles are carried
out the old poat will be converted into tbe
largest and most strongly armed poet in
tbe country, as it is the intention of tbe
general to have a large number of the
largest guns made by our ordnance de
partment to protect tbe entrance to the
lake, on which, a few miles below, is lo
catel Piattsburg Barrucks, one of the
most important posts of our Canadian
frontier. — Cincinnati Enquirer.
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