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OWNERS OF
ORCHARDS
IN SESSION
Fruit-Growers' Conven
tion Opens at the
Capital.
PRESIDENT COOPER'S
ADDRESS.
Declares Strongly in Favor
of an Interstate Good
Food Law.
DELEGATES TO ORGANIZE
FARMERS' CLUBS.
First Move for the Formation cf a
State League of 'I has*
Scc.'etlos.
fcpacial lJ:ir»tcb to The Call.
EACRAMENTO. Not. , -If the iruit
prowers now in convention in the Senate
caan.ber a.-» fair samples of the men en
gaged Id the fruit industry, California
has reason to feel proud. . I! the future i
renown of California depends upon those ,
ELWOOD CCO. ER cf Santa Baba a, Pr.siient of th; State
Ecard oi Ho txu tore.
who are in attendance here to-day, there
need be no feelings of doubtful concern.
Taey look like basinet , they talk bu-i
--ness ana they transact business. The
facility and speed which mark their i ro
ceedinßS w< aid serve m a very profitable
lesson to the members of the State hen
ate, who waste in jre time in one day
than these fruit-growers would in six. In
but address opening the convention Presi
dent Ell wood Cooper Mid:
This in tbe twenty-firit Krult-Growers' Con
vention end tbe seventeenth bald under the
fctate Board ill Horticulture. Ii was rtcoin
meit'le'l at <i. last rent too that this one
be beld at Redding. On examination 01 the
railroad timetable we luuud li.at on account
of the Inconvenient hours along ihe route and
the ltupis.s; bUlly of >-v<;uiiiiic sleeping-car
ticket* (or all that might want to attend, ii
wr.i not wl»e to select that place lor the pres
ent We hop*, however, that in the early in
lure tbene objections will bu removed.
Aj to outlining the subjects of the work of :
tin; convention, 1 mutt refer you to the pro*
gramme. i will until general remarks, us ims
teen my uul custom at the opening, ol the
convention*, and refer you i ■ the addressee of
1895 and 18' JO as relating to tbe subjects of
Jim i»«-cllo:j laws, tramp danger ai.d appropria
tions. Tbe subject of appropriations will be
deferred until the convention of November,
iB'JH, and the investigation of parasites has
i,...;n so fully treated that I will in this in
kii co only mention that nearly all opposi
tion in the southern part of the mate has dls
appeared, and * growing interest is manifest
In every locality. People feel' thai in* only
H«curity lroia the ravrjrvi 01 pests will be in
parasites, and that no effort should b» spared
in prosecuting this work. The policy of the
h »l«s encouraging the fruit industry, as
demonstrated by what the German Govern
ment has been doing, has proved the fur-
Righted wisdom ol that nation in what it d.ii
to encourage the manufacture of beet sugar.
In the year 1886 the United S'utcs imported
$100,000,000 value In sugar. Ninety mtilions
of that mm was pnld to Germany tor heel
sugar, wbile we had vast areas uncultivated
and thousand! of able-bodied men without
work. This condition Is a disgrace to our in
telligence, and reflects favorably upon Die
wisdom ol the German people for the money
they expend d in various ways to encourage
that 1 ii a us try.
The Oiive Industry will be fully considered
when this subject comes ud o.i the morning of
the lain, as laid down on the programme.
Tiie Dor tan i at.d the one great question
that concern! us is the distribution of our
fruit. in November. 1885, twelve years ago,
this subject was first ii u.-sed and the danger
of competition ■■ among ourselves clearly
j.oiuted out. At every convention since that
i me lax subject daw become more and more
Important, until it has become one of grc*l
alarm. Our success; our prosperity, depend
upon th<; distribution. Thai our present con
dition rat foreseen Ii apparent from the cs
tayi aiid remarks oi various fruit-growers
'luring tbe past ten rears. No solution, no
Hi-mi plat:, baa bee i presented that effected
.. united method satisfactory to all iho fruit
growers. Ii bun been staid on this floor at
the ast convention that suca. a thin? is im
potslble. I! we accept tiii- view, then me
final solution resolve* itself into thu "survival
of the fittest." I; we cannot unite on some
method that will combine all the fruit-pro
ducers, then wo should seriously discourage
i.,iv further fruit tree planting, l'urchasers
will not filter the market so long as Indi
vidual* resort to the nnsinnment plan. If no
purchaser presents bimiell lor lao nroduct oi
an orchard, ho owni-r will surely collect his
fruit and forward it to some market in the
hope, tit ml. of getting something. J.
It you will permit me, 1 will make a com
parison as to the best use of the vac.tut lands
under present conditions. A statement of the
net result of sugar beets grown *n .San-Beuito
bounty and so.d to the Wauonvtllo factory, |
crop of the fall and winter of 1896. was pub- j
lihlicil in the Kural Press ol May, 1897, as 10l- !
lows:
fte»uH Lxom 233 acres, net proceed!,
69102 17. or nswlr P«' acre, not C3unt:n? ?
ite T^zi'-A- rain* cf m«r land. At L™ Aiami- ■
n,», [««.*« mile* r.ortr, •■*•-•; of Ani.ceim, in j
LosAagele* County, where ■ bee:-*ugar I*.'- \
tory ha« jtis; ben ».tar;ed. a community cf
oTtr GOO p*op:e ■ ere settled in t::e beet-grow- j
ing ludanry before the factory va- com
pleM. Xoacca prosperity has b*en eHoyed ■
tv Irai'.-i'row^ri in tte pu'i lew year*. Tnere- <
lure. u:.tli better methods of distribution cf
Iran* can be assured, we should discourage
iar:a<-r tree-planting.
Adulteration of fool products a prfefc* source >
oJ .o»s to the frni'-grcwer. arid a .■• ten ace j
of danger m toe consumer. It fca» b»ea shown
by me Eoerd of Hesltn <\ - .. Francisco tnat ,
tiie Lais of <e:lie* for sale in ihe market was I
»pur;o<i*. ihe leuson, orange, raspberry,
Ueckberry, strawberry antf currant Jettlri d:d j
cot contain • ;,:..-:.< . '-: the lrult named, ise j
•0-called jelhei were compostd of gi^co^e and j
dye* ana other staffs teal were injanoui.
No:,'- tuE it c yen pare. Some, however, i
did have ■ of the iruis so named- Ali
of Ton, I pretum", £.«v* i ad of the boga*
braadiea beiw iclpp^d out the £?«t*- While
tae cost ©: pure b-acdy 1* froa 50 to - • • a j
raiion and tuner. according ■'>•■?■: tae bugn« j
rubttitateft ■ ■<■-. lmia riw corn |
wnlety, burnt sczsr, raoiesit* acd daneeroi* .
Js»vor» and coiorm.' matter at about 4> j
tea:*. ..■:.. brncdr, » v»:cable
mefiieirj*, is eub'tituiea by ci.ea^ wine flavor*, ■
pouon«. etc T."-e-e ■übiittutes c»cst tech a
depreciation of Tiloet o! the pure article that •
the latter cannot be produced without -osi. If
thil tat:ntu Is allowed to contiape we misbt
es we:i root out our trees ana r:ne» »:.a de
stroy oni berry pe:ches.aad depend upon tne
laboratory to supply tae market* with foodi.
The fcub'titotioc of giucose and poUonous
ayes anu fia rors n»ce«iary 10 p-0':uc«». some
what »!mllar taste lot the fruit i» simply ;
criminil wdi!« we have ttioa'aiide of tons of
the luiclous article go:n? to waste. We have ;
a good pan food Md drug .-. •• I! needs.
how:Ter, «a amendment, s« no pi f lion wit
made for its enforcement. I, tf.ere'ore. recoaa
mend^thit i commute* bo eppylattd to pre
pare an UDI ' ::..' I and submit It to the next
fall convention. It &: . r>-ar* to me that a com
mission bhotiid be » :ji«<l with toe nerc.
»»ry appropriatioa to enforce the law; tl-o,
tn»t in adaulon to the fines, imp.'iionmeat,
as (uzgeitied by Prei'dcnt Jordan ot the Leiand
ctanford J-. L"nlTer»:ty at the Pure K'.od Con- j
greis, be cons:dertd. I trust that every ;• ait
grower will appoint blmseif or bertelf a cam
mit:ee of one to agitate ta:s question. We will .
lmve to create «x i><:b:ic -■ ..'..lae:;', and to.
bhow ■i, the consumer* now tbey are deceired
in many of tbe Joods they purchase. I recom- :
mend *;»'j that the con rent ion pans reso.u
t.o is requesting Congress io pass an Inter- ;
sine fooa and era/ .aw, iJiai.ar to the out
that t/a»sed tne Senate March '■), 1892.
I ca:i your attention to the coming World's ■
Fair to be hell M Paris in 1900. It will be a
go.d<rii opportunity f',r Call la to rzbtbtt
ncr products. It will be our beet adrertise
ineut 10 enafa : -- to bell our fruits in Euro
pean marxeU — in 'in: , In a;, mnricets that it it
possible for us to reacn. It trill aO vertise our 1
proaocU among r cl»si of our owe peop c who
inowso Hide of what Amerlcn is producing
tot they purcha««» oa.y g jods decorated v. itu
f-. reign laOels. We ougnt to make our bent
showing. A very liberal appropriation should ,
■ i
F. M. LELONG, Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture.
»>e made b» the Bute at the next Legislature.
We can, if we are united, make a showing lint
will establish our superiority over any -Hate
or country the world linn ever seen.
I recommend that this convention appoint a
committee of five member* to confer with the
members of the < 'a. l forma State Board of Trade
tin! committees of other bodies turn have been
appointed 10 consider California's exhtuits.
The discoveries of gold in Alaska, in Trlnitv
County and other places ill attract the world
to California. Wilt we lake advantage of tbi*
opportunity and profit by it?
Before closing my remarks I will guy to you
'that I trust ana hope that our discussions will
be calm, deliberate, earnest and In that splrU
that may lead ui> to *ometuing that will re
move the burden of distrm that hangs over
us. The financial disturbances of the past
few years Have been the cause of degrading
our lands and homes and reducing the price
of our products below cost. A careful consid
eration of the subject ought to evolve some
thing that will jrive us permnnont relief.
All these questions aro respectfully submit
ted for your consideration.
The a'tornoon session was orened with
the reading of a report of the year's work
|01 the California Fruit-growers' an 1
Shippers' Association by its president, H
W inaiock. The report was largely statis
tical, dealing with th» shipments of fruit
durin 1897 «9 compared with 1896
In 1806 4047 cars were'«<»nt East, 'n 1897
1 8268 were sent up to November 12, .to
i which some 200 or 300 cars would have to
I be added to gsi '.be total shipment to the
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER It, 189T*
end of the season. The California Fro
jrowe s' and Suipp*rs' Association baa.
the «p*ak^r "aid, been organized for the
porpoM of gathering info:m»uon reeard
ng frait distribution, to establish consoli
dared ancticn-rooins in trie larger East- !
em cities, sn.l to keep such sale rooms {
free and o-en to »'*•
Th* a-.c io:i sale-rooms bad been estab
lished, the speaker «aid. and had been op
era t<d apMreatly .o -be satisfaction of a.l
concerned.
Dunn? the past year abnormal condi
tions had prevailed in the East, chief of
which wa» .La enormous crop of straw
berries and an crxeessive cod o' Eastern
p*ar3 and grape* an large shipments of |
Barrett t e.->^.« Iroin Ore on.
Ween the report had been received Presi- j
den: Cooper announced the following !
committees:
Sltrtetiii? v anil trunsportit'oa— R. *D. Ste
rhetis o{ SicraniTto, B. F. \V»::o)i ol Y-ul>a
' ;t-. Y. M Riehter of <*mpoeJl. A. *s.o.:k of
Santa : lan fe- : 1):. I. - H.-.lmen o! Fresno.
L gi-l»i:on— ... c. W. chiid* of gin
Jote, Rob I I Brtil of San Beraar<lir.o. B. E.
Hu:cbinson of It-- o, A. i. Hall of Penrya
and H. P. Stabler of Yab* Cur.
Resolutions — ".» :..:*:.-. J^hnsioaof CoSTtlsßd,
Joan S.Daercf Fresno, E. ri. Itysi of Los An- j
?e!e», J. A Fi!chf-r of san Fraucuco aud J. T. ,
Bongs of Ycb* City. • I
After tr.e day's «ession of the conven
tion quite a number of the delegates met
in the office of Secretary Lelsojc of the
State Board of Horticulture to discuss tiie
plans of orjt*nizinjs the farmers throurh
oct the »t* in:o farmers' clubs. EJ
ward Benwlck of Monterey was elected
chairman, and the meeting was opened
by Douglas T. Fowler c! Fresno, wuo ad
dressed the assembled farmers a.d
strongly advocated the profits and bene
tit* cf organizttioii. Mr. Fowler spcke of
the growing lti.ent anionp the farmers
of California favoring organization, and
said that a great advantage had come to
Fresno farmers by reason of their cub*.
Tne farmers of the East were far in ad
vance of the Western aericutiurist, and
nat was due to their frequent meetings,
wriere an ex hinge o! ideas pave an --.a
vantage that coa.d be found in no otner
plan."
Alexander Gordon o! Fresno related the
tXPCriCBGe ol th*- Fre»no Farmers' Club.
He sail that t.y the combined efforts of
the organization the raisin-growers of
Presoo County were able to rake th»
price of raisins from 2 cents to 'i\i ana '.',)£ !
cents.
' I be. l've.' he continued, "that our j
Farmers' C ub in Fre»no County save i u« :
(20 on every .on oJ rai ins we harvested, ,
and when you have 60 000 000 pounds you '
can see we made qui.e a saving. The in
stitution of well-organized, properly con
noted farmers' clubs is the beat plan that |
can be adopted for the best interests of j
California farmers."
Mr. Oberhamof Kan Francisco addressed
the meeting, favoring trie project of
forming clubs. Af;er a general discussion
it was dec.ared to be the »ensc of the
meeting that a Stale organization of
farmers' clubs be formed.
MAN SON B.LK FhuM EUROPE.
Comas Laden With Ideas That Will
Aid the Department of
Highways.
SACRAMENTO. Nov. 10 — Mir-den
Manso.'j of the Department o: Hi^nwavs
returned last Tuesday from an extended
tour of Continental Europe, whither he
bad cone to attend the international Con
vention of Geologists, which recently met
at B>. Petersburg, Rujiia. : Mansun made
a thorough -tv iv of th* latest improved
methods in road-b>i::din;; during lie four
months <<'. bis stay in Europe, and the re
salt of bis careful observation will soon
be in pos-esslon of his department of the
State •.ov<*ri)iß»*nt in the shape, of a con
densed report dealing with the important
subject of road construction. Mansun has
no end of 'la bearing upon 'he subject.
He has nearly 3CO photographs of the
highways of Europe snoning the results
of the application of bcientitic principles
to tint branch of work.
SO/ /»//./.».>• Hli).l M.I S.:i. I: M t .\ 1.
<,'H'ial AlfffT Wmnt* to 1 r,in*f-r It 'c
i/ii> Mar Itcpnrlntrnt.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.— The Herald's
Washington corresj>ondent telegraphs
that Secretary of War Alger is stronsriy in
favor of tran-feni:it; the inaru^msin of
the Volunteer Sol ier Homes to the War
Department. In this view he i- supported
in oflicial life by many with whom I
talked to-day.
The proposed Investigation of the mat
ter by Congress, it is believed, can have
only one result — legislation on the lines
suggested by General Breckinridge in the
Herald this morning.
While the integrity and honesty of pur
pose of the present Board of Managers is
ur. questioned, the entire system of private
and essentially Jrreapons.ble corporate
management of povernment institution*
is condemned as Illogical and n«ces-anl7
inefli i»nt and wasieful.
Secretary Al^er said to me to^nisht: "I
am thoroughly in sympathy with the
proposition to take the administration of
volunteer homes out of the hands of a
civilian board, which practically recop
n;/.» ■ no highor aocountnbility than itself.
Soldiers' homes are military institution!,
and the management of their .affairs
should naturally be vested in the War
Djparlment."
.Intiiuiryitt in he Aiiim Cn»r.
NAPA, Nov. 16.— The George R. Eaton
embezzl ment case will be argued before
Justice Bradford the first of n xt week.
W. H. Schooler, for the de'en^e, returns
this evening to San Francisco from Mon
tana, and lias positioned for a tew dnys
in which to y>rep.are iiis argument. Km
petition is granted oa cun-cut of the
prosecution.
• — • — *
To Cur* a Cold in One D»jr
Take I.m« Ivi- Bromo Qululn* Tablets All dm*.
1-ntx M-'iimi th.i null It it fall* 10 cur*. »;>•.
I tie genuine tins L, it. Q. on each wli.ti, j
NO INQUIRY
AFTER ALL
THE FUROR
Meeting of the Preston
School Trustees
Futile.
ADJOURNS WITHOUT
ACTION.
Governor Budd Informs the
Board That it Must Bear
Responsibility.
NEEDS OF THE HOME FOR
INCORRIGIBLE^.
Found Lack rig in Many Things
Which Would Add to Its
Effec.tveness.
Fpec'a: I;ispaich to The Call
_____
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 16. -There was
quite a fiu.ter of eXDectanc- this after
dooo as tiie trusts o. tr.e Preston School
and Superintendent O'Brien met around
the Governor's Ion;; tabls. in s the big
room. It was surmised that somethin,
of a tropical nature wouli develop, bat
such was not the result of "Mr.. Tyrrell'
letter to i he Governor demanding aa in
vestigation o. affairs at lone.
It was about 2 o'clock when Senator
Preston, Mr. Tyrrell and L. J. Maddux
seated in selves in thf comfortable
chairs of t;ie Governor's office. Senator
Preston looked a little worried, Mr. Mad
dux was complacent, while the doctor
wore a look 01 grim determination. Ii
there was anything momentous in the
meeting tie Governor certainly failed to
realize it. He drew .i- chair up to the
table, adjusted hi 3 spectacles, and, open
ing an env< 1 >\e , from wb;ch he extracted
a carefully loldeu letter, read as tuliowe:
Sacramento, >.*• V. 10. 1597.
To the TnuUa of Iht Potion School of Indus
try— '.jENTL.-MF.n: V v ■■ re appoiutt-u uuvlei
me «ci o 1-ebru. ry, 1893) .o manage the Pres
ton school of Indus and charged Ly s.ld
ac. "\v;t me general government and super
vision of said school."
Tne G v raor of the State is neither member
Of you: !(,,..) nor ha* he authority 10 maniKe
ta.d institution. His powi-rs are merely lu
jr rvi „ry and advisory, 10 wnlch end. be may
require in. urination from y«u u;»'U any sO 1 -
jeci relating to your duties. " (Act V, section 6,
Civil Code.) Bat, as I Sitid m my m King'i l"
the Legislature, "If the Governor -3 to tj i ne d
responsible tur tiie conduct of the depart
ment* whose Incumbents he unmet, be should
be given control 01 most- functionaries." etc.
t-iicti contrul has not been given:
These observations are failed fur by the letter
ofon< 01 '•• •-• trustees a»kiag tor an investiga
tioii as to mutlcraofwaica you »hould at aw
times b> in a position to turnish me ijforma
tion. You Lave mated meetings are t.r ugbt
,ii contact with superintendeu t, c fficers and
students "i the sctito , tnc In.n.ihe aLU-^e-
Charged existed and why they did Lot reach
your knowledge »nd werd not corrected 1 can
not imagine. Tnougii not' a trustee, un ,er
my power as Got mo-, I liave since taking
efflce had th' institution visited many times
and iii condition and management reported
to me, and you wilt remember thai I have
discussed wup you from tine 10 time mailers
I deemed required correction. • — *'
'liie board of examiner.') sent Secretary of
Elate Brown and John Marklev to investigate
aff l's at the institution coming within Its
powers, and it is bin one month since I called
you gentlemen together th.it we'mlghi dls
cuss the affairs of the institution, and the:.
had Secretary of me Brown ana Mr. Hartley
both give you the benefit of a retort of their
visit.
I never interfered with the management,
never directly or indirectly suggested during
the two years Mr. Banks was superintendent
* -in le spp •iniee to him, and since Dr.
O'Brien's incumbency suggested no. more
than nv.i persons to him i«>r appointment,
And then only irr,»n notified thai vacancies
existed, or would exist, that must be titled.
My policy as to this and similar State institu
tion!) was stated in my biennial message
when I said:
. "I liivor placing the insane asylums and
Other similar Institution! of tlie Stats abso
lutely upon rJvt.-»ervire basin, and wilt co
operate with your honorable body 10 (lint end.
Such a law should provide for an equalization
of the political complexion of tne present
officers and employes of tnese institutions;
also prohibit ail officers > nd employe* from
beitig inemDers of a political convention. if
these institutions are to tie conducted in the
interest of the State and the unfortunates this
course should be pursued."
A. that lies in my power to do, except to
pardon the Inmates and thus close the institu
tion, has b.!t-n done. I have requested your
presence to-uar fo- the purpose oi requesting
irom you full information as to the manner iv
whlcii Ibe officers of your institution nave
discharged their duties, and as to what, It any,
abuses exist or have existed in its manage
ment. I desire to notify you that under the
law on you re^ts the entire responsibility for
the proper manf.gemcnt of such Institution.
I am risponslblu fur your « point in -tit
Yours truly, James H. Dupd.
As the Governor finished reading lie
wore a ni:ie that conveyed worlds of
meaning. He handed to each of .the trus>
tees ■ copy of his communication, and
said :
"Now, pentlemen, if I can be of any
service to you in in- matter I snail betie
lishted to extend it, but at the responsi
bility of running the institution rests en
tirely mid alone upon your shoulders I do
not deem it my duly and it ; s certainly
not my wish to rob you of any authority
conf<*rrofl"l>y law upon you as trustees of
the Preston School of Industry."
Senator Presiou said, "That is as I un
derstand it." •
Mr Muitlux made a similar observation,
but the 'Joctor spoke not.
"I bel eve, Dr. Tyrreil," said the Gover
nor, "your letter addressed to me d<>-
Btanded an invest gation, did it not?"
"I tieieve it <i d," replied tne doctor,
"l,ni I (It not understand my position as
a trustee."
"Well, I hop» you nnderstand it now.
doctor," answered the Governor w.th
melt it pen tie tenderness and sympathy
that the doctor said, "Ye*, sir," arid qui
eilv pin his copy of the letter away in his
iimide picket.
"Now, eeiitiomen," continued the Gov
ernor, "oitiy, "I am at your service."
The silence Which followed this proffer
of Hi-sisianci was lone and painful. The
exiected morm turned out to be one of
the most beautiful nni placid calm* that
ever lay upon the bosom of Mirror Lake.
"Ol course, you understand," continued
the Governor, "that I am responsible to
the Legislature only so far as the law
holds me responsible, and you, of course,
know thai un :er the present law I citnnot
be held to answer for the conduct of an
Institution where I am powerless to re
move. I am, of course, responsible lor
you as trustees, and you In turn are
responsible for the proper exercise of your
trust. Now is there anything more?"
This question came with the same ten
derness ihe Governor had shown from tne
start, but it brought no response mid there
was another pt riod ot subi.rne silence.
"I have, by the Tray, a letter from the
secretary, wnirh I will turn over to you.
Mr. President," and the Governor handed
a letter to Senator Prf ston. Ii was from
Secretary Bernard and begged for a chance
to vindicate himself upon the charges of
i:: competency indeed against b:m by
Superintendent O'Brien.
i- I guess we bad betier go dot." Tea
tnred one of the trustee?.
"Do not be in a bnrry, ?eat!emen,' re
plied the Governor.
"Well. I don : see anything to stay
.'or," Mid another..
"Nor do I," r«»rl ed the executive.
So the meeting, wbicb bad promised to
be -uch a hot one, broke up, and every
body wondered why it had &»en called.
This ends the affair so far as i:e Gov
ernor is concerned, and the only thing
that can b- done now is some action by
he board. Some weeis ago the Board of
Kxarainers thronch 113 secretary and Mr.
Brown went to lone, and upon its return
made the following report;
FiCEAJi^STO. Cal.. Oct. 11. 1897.
To tfiC Honirob't the ztote Board of Examine! ■
Sacramento, Cai — ißßum: I. C"»u.pii"'< - e
with your instruction-, on October B. 1597.
we visited and 1. anected the Preston tcii^ui
of Industry, and respectfully sub-uit the :0.
--lowiug as a rep [biircel :
The Irest ki School of Indn=trr, at tee time
of said Uuper ion, liad 165 male l"m«te«.
There were boys ranir.ag in aces from 9 to 21
years committed for al the fff.ntes in crime
(witn the • xoeptioo o: taking human life) .ram
el :.;. to petty larceny, Tf>ge:ber with a num
ber sent to »aid institution for vagrancy,
truancy and incorrieibili'y. Because t .c dookb
were neglected, not having be*n properlr
kept and posted, we were unable to secure the
data for mating a <a:ub.e, up-to-date statisti
cal ropor 0! the bchooi.
In xam.u:ng the biennial report of the
trL«»»es :-,r the years 1594-1396 we find tnai
o: 231 boys received dur.ng two years 133,
or 06 per cent, were committed for either
burglary, gTund larceny, larceny, felony or
robbery; seventr-thiee for vagrancy or
31 per cent. O.e of tne boys was 8
year* old, two were 10 yearn, fifteen
were 11 year?, nine were 12 years, making
twci.ty-»even 12 years ana youngrror 11 per
cent of the tot a: a amber; 25 per cent we c 17
■ '-■-.:• old and the remainder were betweeti 13
tnd 16 years.' Nearly bo per cent of th«« boy-'
pare-, - were of foreign birth. All but live
cou (1 rend and write.
Farm— With the addition of the 240 acres of
I nd the parcheseof which vras provided for
by me les L . ■ •. •. .re of 1897, th»re .s plenty
01 raitab c Und and also water to rai-.e all the
hay, veze tables, etc., needed on the p;-.ce.
Much of tnpland is u-;der cultivation and hay
and v.-geublec are raised.
i^a.ry — The dairy nerd is a S:ie-!ooklng lot
of cutt.e. apparently we.l cared for, aud giv
in. all the niiiJc used in the inj i:ut;on.
Brickyard— A: the brickyard »c found a
■':■. of brick containing between 100.000 and
200,000 brick, almost ready to be c ostd in
and fir d. These bricss are made by boys,
under the direction of a foreman and an assist
ant. We were informed tha: there is plenty of
da- on th ■ grounds, and think it w..-l. to con
tinue the mauuiactnre of bricks, a- they will
be found very use even ii tne bui ding pro
vided for by the Legislature of 1597 should
no: oe built.
.Day school— The school is graded and di
vided into two departments, and every boy in
the institution attends school half of each
school day, unless some lei porary detail or
emergency mieht prevent his attendance lor a
day or two. Every b.y can, at least, rtaJ and
write The sciiool appears to be well mar.-
Kgcd. Ibe uenerol tea times of the foremen
of th<» various, mechanical departments was
tint the boys are generally o.edient, cheerf 1 '■
and >:;en ana in '-very department some
are nuitt; skillful »nd couid, with proper ap-
Diimi'.-es, learn useful trades.
The sp-.ce occupie I by most of these depart
men s is smai , in some instances very small
and cr^mp-'f!; the machinery and too;s are
generally o d and :D-d>quate. It is to be re
gretted thai these roniis are no; larger, ana
are not supped with power, proper ma
chinery, tout, etc , thereby to enable '-he
boys working therein to do fficient work for
this and oth?r Stale Institutions and learn
us«ftii traae*. |
Military department— Tho military depart
m-nt is und<»r military instrnciion. Tie
boys are divided into turee Cfonpiuies, tach
under the commind of a captain.
Dormitories — Tn» dormitor es were clean,
well lighted «nd ventilated, furnished with
iro'> bedsteads and covered with clean and
sufliclen i b-dc.othe .
In our journey in and about the promises we
reserved that when, ver the supe rintendeut
came n Cjiitnct with any of th? b«. sin our
presence he treated them kindly a : d the boys
treated bin respectiully, leavin;.' the lm
pe^ion that the relations existinK between
them were u»..y p ea^anL It did not
leave the tmpr. salon that the boys considered
the superintendent a hateful tyrant.
In the manual department of the school
there ere shops for Ui orlug, shoemaking «nd
carpentering, in which some thirty boys were
employed, with the purpose in view of teach
ing th- m a trade. Ihe clothing for the school
is made in the tailoring shop and the same is
there repaired. Tne shoe?, with the exception
of brogans worn by the boy-, are made in the
»hoeshops, together witn tfce repairs of the
same. Tne necessary repairs in woodwork in
and about the bunding are cut out in the car
penter Rhop. The blanks, circulars, etc., used
in tne school are printed in the printing office
conducted by the boys. Severn] «f the inmates
are taught engineering, laundrying, baiir.g,
cooking and farming. Tnesj are more syste
matically andcompietely taught than any oi
the mechaniial trades.
The power, mhchinery and implements for
the mechanical departments are wholly in
adequate for the purposes for x which
the school was organized, and so . far the
institution has been a school of industry
in name only. The number of boys emnloyed
in learning "a trade has been very limited,
owing to the lack of proper facilities,
and it seems to us until an additions! build-
Ing is erected and equipped with a full com
plement ot tools mid machinery, that the
trades schools are a farce ad the boys in,
most cases aresent out of tne institution with
out the proper training of livelihood. At
least if 10,000 should be appropriated for ma
cninery and tools.
The school cau accommodate 240 boys, and
had that number at one time. At prt-seut
there are 185, whi h is a l-s number by fifty
five than lormerly. 'I he Legislature of 1897
appropriated (66,000 f0r the construction of
a "dininn-rooiu, assembly-room, new kitcheD.
two double cottages, and to fnrni*h the same."
If a portion if the sum could be utilized in
the erection of a two-jury buildin?, equipped
with machinery and tools on the upper floor
for the trades bc.ioois, and the lower used for
an .-*-'-ni i>: .• hall, the (state would begetting
what whs needed, and the results would fol
low that up to date have been unsatisfactory.
Cottages should be erected for the Habita
tion of the youneer boys, who should be kept
entirely separate from the larger and criminal
ones. The school should hare a tirst-cla;s
gymnasium for the development of those of
it's inmates who are defective phvslctlly, as
well as all the boy-, that they may become
the better morally through proper physical
training.
The school is very backward In every depart
ment in comparison with: similar M-hoo sin
other States, and for the goodoi the State it
behooves those in charge to exert themselves
to their utmost in improving present condi
tions by placing the school upon the right
ioo'.iiiß in every particular. In our judgment,
In an institution of this kind it is absolu ely
necessary to maintain order and discipline.
The superintendent should have the fall ana
trusted backing of the trustees, and he should
have full power t"> suspend or discharge in-
Competent or ineubordiDHte employes.
In thi« institution we do not think the pres
em superintendent has the support of the
entire board nf trustees, or that he has ample
power to maintain order; therefore he should
not be held responsible for the management.
We believe, lroin the best of information we
Could obtain, that some of the employes are
insubordinate, and some are incompetent.
Respectfully submitted, L H. Brown,
John Makkley.
There should b^ a iopograpiut- .1 map made
of the ground*, that the water tor irrigating
may be utilized to tne best advnnta^e possible.
John Mark ley.
It is very probable that tne board will
take up the report at once and act upon
it by urranpin" f>r a thorough investiga
tion. Dr. O'Brien asks for it and every
body concerned seems to want it, and as the
board it*elt is the only functionary whicii
is emnowerert by law to conduct it, there
is every probab lity of the inquiry being
made, and In the nrar future at that.
I „,!'•>} M«f«a Atmrurj for 4l,it:<i.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 — Information
cecured at Uie Department of Justice 10
--di>y 'end- 10 confirm ihe dispßtch printed
in The ('am. a few days ago to the effect
that General E. P. Friedrich of han
Francisco Will be appointed United States
Distr <:t Attorney for Alaska.
J. W. Crumpacker will in a few days be
appointed an A-'Ociate Justice of the
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
NEW TO-PAT^ _^
JTIL/Ui/v v iv\A/r I/O
("THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS")
BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTIONS.
WARSHIPS SENT
TO ESQUIMALT
British Fleet at the
Station Is Being
Increased.
Three First-Class Crusers to
Rendezvous There
Hereafter.
I
Will Be Accompanied by Two of
Britain's few f <=st Torpado
Destroyers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN DIEGO, Not. 16.— Impregnable
Esquimau, tue Gibraltar of toe Pacific,
wfie:e the British warsh:p-> iie in wait,
ready to pounce out north, south or west,
is soon 10 receive an addition 10 her fleet
I that will make the Nortn Pacific station a
most ortaut i/art of the British naval
system. For years, a-; ever? well-posted
resident of ibis country is aware, the
British have been incessantly at work
making a citadel on the North Pacific so
near to t.^e United States line that the big
sun? could almost exebanee courtesies
across the straits. Heretofore, however,
the Bnti-h Admiralty nas contented it
self with placing at E g .irnalt one first
class cruiser, an i a number of second,
third, or even fourth c;ass vessels — gun
boats and dispatch vessels. The emer
gencies deemed possible to arise in the
northern waters called for nothing more
formidable.
But a change has come, and speculation
will be rile as to tne cause. Ins:ead of
one hrs'-class cruiser, the British Govern
ment has ordere : ;wo more to that sta
tion, m ak :.g three vessels of the first cl^ss,
two of them equal to our O.ympia and
superior to the pLiladelphia or Baitimore
c'a^s of cruisers. The third, ihe flagship
Imperieuse, is superior to the Oivmpia
ai;d almost up to the Columbia or New
York.
Officers of the British gunboat Wild
Swan have given tme information on
this subject, though they decline to dis
cus- the most interesting phase of it —
why the British Government finds the
North Pacific more important than here
tofore. The W.ld Swan is now in port, on
ncr way to Plymouth to go out of com
mission. Sri- is an old woolen gunboat
carrying 165 men. bhu is obe laced
by tilt- Phae.on. a cruiser of 610J on?, ca •
ryinn 520 men, armed witu the best mod-
em uui.s.
Accompanying the Phaeton is the cruiser
Leanuer, a sister o me Phaeton and me
Anipbion, a so ordered to join Admiral
Palli&er's fljgship ai "E-^uiniali. The
Phaeton an i Lander are -app s«d to be
now at Coquimbo, on this side, and are
expec ed to cul; here witu tueir convoys,
two of the swiftest torpedc-destroyers or
tne British navy. These rovers are
the first of their kind to te sent .n o this
j j,a of the Pacific Tuey are t; c Spar
j rowuawK ana the Sla>her, each 150 .eel in
length, narrow unit as eleancui as an c. i,
• and capable of a t-u«tai'ieil s; eed ot thirty
i knots an Lour — stiih'c.ent to overhaul any
! thing afloat. E'Ch is manner by v crew
:ot thirty men. They are said by the offi
cers of the Will Swan to be types of me
! most modern idea* as to entities, model
i and gaus, designed for • ffedive work in
tiihrr deei-ge» or aloisfrsrioie work.
These destroyers are 1.01, however, de-
I signed for long cruises, and must be in
: communication with a coaling station or
i coal -ports. For this reason they are
; compelled to call a: several port- on the
; way to E-q«:m» 1. "lney will touch at
i Callao and Acapuico be!ore reaching San
! Diego, and may call at dan Francisco.
PLUNGED THROUGH
AN OPEN HATCH
Accident Causas the Death of
the Ship Foylegale's Firs'
Officer.
WlilUm Thorras Passes Away at
Tacoma From the Effec's
of a Fall.*
Special Dispatch to The Cam.
TACOMA, Nov. 16 —William Thomas,
first mate ot the British ship Foyledale,
died at the Fannie Paddock Hospital this
morning from the effects of a fail down
the ship's hatch while she was coming up
th« sound from sea a week ago.
The ship had pa-sfl Port Tovrnsend on
a dark, rainy night when the accident o -
curred. Thomas remained late on deck
oversrein ' some work, although his re
sponsibility for the ship's navigation had
practically ended when the tug was taken,
hours before. In coins alone to the for
ward part of the ship, Thorna 1 - fell
through an open hatchway an I struck on
his back, twenty feet below. He suffered
a fractured spine and for the next twenty,
four hours was insensible.
As soon as the ship reached port be was
conveyed to Hie hospital and given the
best of care. Several physicians worked
over him, though his case was practically
hopeless irom toe first. Captain McCann
and mambfcis of the Foyledale's crew
spent much lime by his bedside. For sev
eral day* he was conscious. Realizinc
thai he was going to die, he. gave direc
tions for the disposition of his effects and
sent tender messages to his sisters and
ai'ed parents In Ireland. For thre<- days
before death he was unconscious. To
morrow his body will be buried iv the
Catholic cemetery here ana the lunerr.l
will be largely attended by crews of the
many wheat ships now in port.
• Thomas was 33 years old ami had been
with the Foyledaie several years.
THESPIANS hELD CAPTIVES.
They Are Mongols, and Their Prison
Is a Theater in Fresno's
Chinatown.
FREBNO, Nov. 16.— Chinese Thespians
have their troubles as well a* do thoir fel
low-artists of other nationalities. On the
9 h of the present month an attachment
; was issued a?ain-t Wong Lou Save, man
ager of the Chinese theater a. S3 China
| ley, in in « city. T.- scenery, costumes,
! etc., were taken by W. J. Weems, who
j was appointed keep*.', and were placed in
Bnrleigh's warehouse.
Thirty-sLx actors that baa been giving
nightly performance-, much to the eojoy
| ment of the Chinese population, were^
i thu* thrown out of employment. The ac
tors were not turne-i adrift, however. The
Chinese managers do net do things in that
way. Ine troupe was corralled and placed
in the vacant theater, and I as been iept
there in captivity ever since. The foot
li-ht stars are guarded by two or three
highbinders, who see ttiat none escape \
i - t.c.o:- are under contract for sev»
erai year?, and are not allowed to throw
up their engagement, even if tneir roan
aeer does becuma involved financially.
There are thirty-tnree men in the troupe
and three girls. The prisoners, it is
claimed, are fed well but are not allowed
to leave the building exect under • scor:.
Several of 'he actors are said to be mem
bers of highbinder societies and axious to
beat liberty. They are being kepi pris
oners without any law or authority except
force. _____^_____^__
TRIES TO MURDER
WIFE AND BABES
Armed With a Gun, a Selma
Vineyardist Pursues His
Family.
His Intended Victims Finally Es
caps to the House of a
Neighbor. j*
Special Dispatch to The Caw.
FRESNO, Nov. 16 —John Kirklanil ha 3
been taken into custody at Selma for
brutal treatment of his roily. It ap
pears that be goes to town once a month,
principally to visit saloons, and retnm3
home always mjch the worse for drink.
Then he begins to abuse h;s wife and
children.
Yesterday the drunken rineyardi^t
capped the climai. When he arrived
i home he was in his usual abusive mood.
! He declared that he would exterminate
the family, and proceeded to carry oat ha
threat witu his shotgun. Mrs. Kirkiand
and the iittle children fled lor their lives.
They ran across the fields in the dirt etion
O! a neigiioor's house and the husband
and father gave pursuit. He fired several
shots at me lt-rrihed fugitive-, but, luckily
for them, the/ nad gained a -tar: and
kept beyond range of the leadea missiles.
i Kirkland continued the pursuit for nearly
;ha f a mil- , crying continually hat he
I would kil hi- wife and offspring. Finally
j they reached a neighbor's house and the
i brute did not venture near there.
A mes-f was sent io £elma and an
| officer arrived shortly and took Kirkland
into casiody.
FLOjD AT ST. PkTLRSBURG.
Bridges Swept Away and the City
Threatened With Inun
dation.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 16.— AM day
long a fierce wind from me sea has driven
the waters of th»- Xeva up the stream and
flooded the canals, the suburban islands
a d the outlying portions of the city.
Several bridges have ceen swept away
and the flood continues to rise, threaten
ing to assume grave proportions.
1 At frequent intervals cannon are fired
at the fortress to keep ti.e inhabitants
alert. -
/ pi'fp-'linn ('onroeatiortm
FRESNO, Nov. I»>.— Th- convocation of
the Ban Joaqoia o( the Episcoi ai cnurch
began in Fresno tais •▼•nine to continue
d.;rii!g the weeic. Cie r g.men of the
church are in. attendance irom all parts of
the valley, :ind an in:ere«ting programme
has been arranged for ttie meeting. Arch
d^a ■< n Emery of Francisco is i:i
alien anct.
Mart/irilli'i Xrte fmastrr .
WASHINGTON Nov. 16.— A postoffice
was to-day esta-Jism d k. V.«ugna, Kern
County, <"ai. El ward Vi.nghn waa at
pointed Pcs'ma-ter.
( i..i:. -- li p.ojti 'ias been commis
sioned Pos!nir.s;er at Mnrvsville, Cal.
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