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STUBBS MADE CLAIM HE
ONLY WANTED GOOD MAN
Conference Devised in Yellow
Building.
Tricky Plan to Get Interstate Commissioner
Who Should Represent Huntington's
Interest and Not the Coast's.
SOME surprise was occasioned by the
publication in The Call Sunday
morning of all the facts concern
ing the conference in the Southern
Pacific 'offices last week between H.
E. Huntlngton, J. G. Stubbs and the ex- .
ecutive committee of the Pacific Coast
Jobbers' -and Manufacturers' elation. .
The facts were correctly reported. Mr.
Stubbs then and there declared that he j
had nominated General N. P. Chipman i
and further said that he would not with- '
draw his stiport from Chipman. That is |
a pnrt of the current history of the move- j
inent in which the mercantile interests j
of the Pacific Coast are concerned large- ,
ly. But there is another chapter that has ;
not heretofore, bfen told. Btubba knew
earlier than did the merchants that there
would be a vacancy upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The merchants
received the information through him. The
story of the meeting, when they learned j
the facts, is one of unusual Interest.
Two leading merchants were requested |
by Mr. Stubbs to call upon him on tne :
Sd day of October. They went to the yel
low building and there mot Stubbs.
The subject matter was made known j
with little delay. Mr. Stubbs told them .
that he •■■■■■■ received a letter from the j
East and that therein the news came that
v. . J. Call) had sent In his resignation
us a member of the Interstate Commerce '
Commission and that it was to take effect j
upon the Ist day of October. The news j
had not yet reached San Francisco by i
wire. Stubbs had requested the mer
chants to •■..■■ and talk about trie Inter- :
state Commerce Commissionershlp, so he I
said. He considered that it would be a j
good thing to have the- vacancy on the ;
commission tilled by a man from and rep
resenting the Pacific Coast. "He need not j
be a professional man to fill the position j
well; not necessarily.*" said Stubbs. |
"but he should be a business man— one ,
well acquainted with the business and
traffic peculiarities of the coast.
Stubbs then Invited th two merchants .
to express their opinions in the matter.
They both concurred with Stubbs that !
the coast ought to be represented by an |
Interstate Commerce Commissioner. Then i
one of the merchants asked Stubbs if he ■
had any choice tor a Commissioner. ;
"No." said Stubbs, emphatically, "no, i
I have no one to offer; all that I want is
v Brood man for the place."
The merchants believed that Stubbs was i
net ing in good faith, and that he meant .
what he said. j
"Tlil' first thins to he done,' said
Stubbs; "is to get the commercial bodies !
of the whole coast to petition the Presi- j
dent to recognize the Pacific Coast in !
making the appointment. Some one must ;
Be? the newspapers and get the ball to
rolling. I cannot do that, for the news
papers are in such a rabid mood concern
ing the Southern Pacific Company that
they would not listen to me."
Some additional conversation took place, j
Finally the merchants went away, having j
it firmly Impressed upon their minds that j
Stubbs « had no candidate. They realized j
fully; then, that the selection of a busi
ness man. conversant with conditions
upon the Pacific Coast, would bo of bene
fit to the commercial community. It
never once dawned upon them that :
Stubbs, acting for the Southern Pacific
Company, would be guilty of trying to
have the company's own attorney select
ed as member of a commission before
which the company might have to appear
to answer charges, aa a defendant, at any |
time. Tiie sequel shows how badly they j
were mistaken. ;
The mercantile organizations of this I
city held meetings and recommended to I
President McKinley that some Pacific j
Coast man should be nominated as Com- j
missioner. While they were doing this. '
and securing the co-oppration of the com
mercl bodies in other cities, it may be,
or may not be the fact, that Stubbs :
"snickered ,'.' as the 'Ing is, "in his
sleeve." Certainly, the Pacific Coast
Traffic Association, the temporary body
that Immediately : • ceded the Pacific
Coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, did not know that Stubbs even.
then had a Joker in his hand, when they
were preparing to enlist the co-operation
of th coast.
When The Call first made known the
fact that the Southern Pacific Company
was taking advantage of the situation to
try to got the President to name the rail
road company's attorney general aston
ishment was occasioned. A large num
ber of leading business men of the city
In Interviews named tho requisites for a I
candidate who could do full justice to the
busin< and transportation interests of
the Pacific Coast.
"He must be a business man; one ac
quainted intimately with traffic matters
—not a lawyer or politician.
The last provision was dwelt upon
by many merchants who are leaders in
commercial circles.
Mr. Stubbs, who says that he nominated
Chlpman. Justified tho opinion of many
public spirited men in California and else*- i
where. concerning ths ethics of the yel
low "knockery," by getting out and into
circulation a petition to President Me-
Kinley to name Chipman for Commis-
Hiomr, and the merchants knew nothing
of the matter. A number of merchants
iind others were induced to sign the pe
tition in behalf of Chipman, when it was I
taken around in this city by H. B. Car
penter, and in Sacramento by D. O. Mills ;
upon the same sort of representation'
FREIGHT RATES
TO THE ORIENT
SHOVED UPWARD
The Roads Want More
Money.
Romp time ago the different transcon
tinental roads, Inspired by the Southern j
J'acific Company, decided to raise the
on all the principal commodities
shipped out of this country to the great
distributing points In the Orient. This
to be accomplished by an agreement
<1 Into between the various roads
and their ocean steamship connections,
and the only reason for the move was
found in the increased business be
liik done between the I'nlted States and
eastern world and the situation
which, since the commencement of the
war, has been a lack of vessels for char
t«r. This scarcity of bottoms has placed
the merchants In a position of being
obliged to accept any additional burden
that the roads decide to place upon them,
for the reason that they control the only
means of getting the goods, which, In
cases have been already Bold, Eo
the markets for which they are destined.
As many of these sales were based on
the old schedule of freight rates It is easy
that tho coast should have a I
tlve on the commission.
More than oni merchant who happened
trustee or preside nt of ■
zation of commercl il or Indu
.: ■■ asked whether he ob
;in added
to his name on th< petition. Merchants
did not know that there would be anj
oth< ■ the field. They per
mitted their names to be slgi
clals.
Thus tho railroad appeared to have
grained the indorsement of several
Izations, when It really had only Individ
ual signatures. One organixal
thus was signed up, the Bigner h ivlng
been misled, has since Indorsed Mr.
Wheeler as a body. The president of an
other organization signed as . .
ual. but on the petition the institutl
h he Is the official head was made
ppear to Indorse Chlpman as a
Pays passed and the Chlpman petition
secretly circulated, and the great
mercantile body of the Pacitlc Coast was
In entire ignorance of what was gning un.
Then the fact was fully realized that a
sr.rakthief trick had ! een played on them.
The two business men who had called
upon Mr. Stubbs saw that he had used
them only to pull his chestnuts out of the
fire. Courtesy of the most common sort
c suggested that they should
hay been notified if Mr. Stubbs hi
h« desi ribed his act at the meeting In the
yellow "knockery" last week, nominated
General Chlpman. They were as fully In
\hf dark as were all the Other merchants
and manufacturers of the coast
It Is still the Southern Pacific Company
nirnlr.st the en ess Interests of
: aciflc Coast in the matter of the
ncy on the Intersl I imerce
Festerday a communication
received from the Seattle i
i immei ■by the P • -r Jobbers'
and Manufacturers' Association. This
signed by Thomas W. Prosch, secre
tary. The •s: "This
Chamber of Commerce has recommei
Wiiliam R. Whe< ler to 1 I ir members
of Congress representing us at Washing
ton, iv C., for appointment as member of
the Interstate Commerce Commission."
In this city a Joini petition Is In prep
aration, to be signed by 'he president and
secretary of the various commercial
■ in San Francisco and to be for
warded to President McKlnley. From ona
;' the coast to the other letters are
coming- In from private Individuals and
business firms Indorsing Mr. Wheeler.
BUSINESS MAN WANTED.
i LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30.—Notwithstand
j ing the indorsement of W. R. Wheeler of
I San Francisco by the Pacific Coast Job
j bers' and Manufacturers' Association to
j represent tne coast States on the Inter-
I state Commerce Commission and his
I backing of the Portland Chamber of Com
! merce, It is understood in commercial cir
cles in this city that the present compli
cated position the matter has assumed
may end in no appointment being made
from this coast. The Los Angeles com
mercial bodies are a unit for 'Wheeler, but
to-day they are Informed that General X.
P. Chipman of Red Bluff is in the running
and that he Is groomed by the Southern
Pacific. The matter is further compli
cated by the action of the San Francisco
Manufacturers' an.l Producers' Associa
tion that first Indorsed Chlpman by
adopting resolutions favorable to Chip
man, while to-day a letter is received
from the same body containing resolu
tions commending wheeler. The contest
according to the Los Angeles contingent
appears to be resolving itself Into one of
the hammering affairs for which Califor
nia has for years been noted and that
usualy end in the aspirations of the coast
being defeated.
A prominent wholsaler to-night when
asked to give an opinion said: "A polit
ical string is behind this matter. If the
Los Angeles business men are willing to
trust Wheeler our representatives can af
ford to do bo. As we are warring with
the Southern Pacific and other roads we
aßk for a plain business man, one who
knows his business and who does not play
Into the hands of the corporations."
WHEELER INDORSED.
Two Thousand Santa Clara
Republicans Voice Their
Sentiments.
BAN JOSE, Oct. 30.— The Republican
Good Government League of Santa Clara,
which represents over 2000 Republican
voters, at a well attended meeting- passed
a resolution indorsing William R.
Wheeler for the vacancy existing In the
Interstate Commerce Commission. It was
urged that the Pacific Coast needed a
representative in that body. The follow-
In?; resolution was passed unanimously:
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the ap
pointment of William R. Wheeler of San Fran
cisco as a member of the Interstate Commerca
Commission, believing sail appointment to be
In the Interests of good government and the
future of our Golden West.
Copies of the resolution will be sent to
the President and to the Congressional
delegation representing California.
The Good Government League is made
up largely of orchardlsts, vlneyardlsts
find farmers, and the resolution* shows
the sentiments of these classes.
A motion was also carried against the
holding of a special session of the Legis
lature for the purpose of electing a T'nited
a Senator, as it was feared that Dan
Burns or some other unsuitable person
would be elected.
to see the harm that a sudden increase
reaching in many oases to over 65 per
cent, has occasioned to the sellers on this
side of the '
They are obliged to fulfill their con
tracts, and the unexpected lump in the
expense of transportation more than eats
up any prolit they may have hoped to
make.
In nearly every case the goods that
have suffered the greatest taxation are
those for which there is the greatest de
mand and which form the bulk of ex
port from the United States, particularly
the South and West.
Thus canned Roods have pone up from
75 cents to $1 25 per 100 pounds in carload
lota and from $123 to $1 75 per hundred
In less than carload shipments. Boots
and shoes are rated at $3 in carload lots
and at $4 50 in lesser quantities. Cotton
piece goods have gone from $107 to $135
and from $1 35 to $1 7. >. Electrical machin
ery, appliances and supplies have been
raised from $1 2." to $2 in carload lots and
from $175 to $3 In other quantities. Gin
ping nails, spikes, paper, soap, wood pulp,
alcohol, high spirits and wines, raw cot
ton, glue, tobacco In all shapes, packing
house goods, such as bacon, hams, beef
pork, pips feet and f In fact, everything
that hna any call whatever in the Orient
haiß been advanced from 45 to 65 per cent
These figures when applied to the im
mense shipments that are yearly made
™ o this country to China and" Japan
alone mean hundreds upon thousands of
dollars added to the already Immense
»rnlnn of t\, he different companies ; "h1
H Is from the legitimate profits of "he
merchants that this new source of reve
nue is made to flow
bo r a h rd"s c r r a sl? ppl^r frora all Atlantic sea
nointq 'to PSn s°' e * teTn ttnd Southern
Fn Cnma°and ia gU ' ar P ° intS ° entr^
Theodore Wores' Paintings.
Pictures painted by Theodore Wore
consisting of portraits and scenes In
t m oTh b e er c Xl u' b iAon. ClUb WUI ""&&%
THE !?a:N FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1899.
MADHOUSE CLAIMS NOTED
AMOS LUNT, THE HANGMAN
AMOS I-t'N'T, the hangman of San
Quentln, driven Insane by the
specters of the twenty odd mur-
derers around whose necks heß
had placed the death noose in <>I»*ril-H
ence to the law of which he was t):<-H
servant, was yesterday committed '"I
the Napa Asylum. The verdict of I>r1 >r H
J. 11. Barbat, reinforced by the •-\ H
pert opinions of Drs. Ruthers andH
Windell and the sorrowful testimony^
of the unfortunate man's wife. wasH
that the ex-hangman was suffering^
from melancholia, and upon this tes-M
tlmoiiy Judge Hahrs reluctantly slgno.dM
the order <<f commitment. Am"sl
Lunt's friends and Mrs. I, tint tindH
some consolation in the hope that un-H
der skillful treatment the strlrkonM
man may in time recover his m<\;i;i!l
equilibrium, but this hope is .'loiulodM
with the horrible tear that instead '.' : 'H
recovering the demon-haunted brainH
may bo completely wrecked by 'i'"H
continued strain to which it la hoingH
subjected and the tainted uim.'sphereM
ci the madhouse.
The Amos hunt of to-day Is a tarJM
different ■■tin from the Amos I, mil 'H
a few weeks aga The strong, st.vi-M
nerved, hard-headed hangman hasH
been transformed into a weak, tivmb-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H
ling:,- nerveless, palsied wreck of humanity, afraid of his own shadow. His
condition Is truly pitiable. The weird shadows of the night to his distorted
vision transform themselves into a myriad of vengeful devils, each reaching
forth a pair of claw-like hands to clutch his throat, while fiendish leers of
triumph distort their already hideous faces. "With daylight the grinning de
mons come to him in different form, but always with the same faces, the
faces of the executed murderers who perished by his official hand on the
prison gallows. The priceless boon of sleep is denied him. and his poor,
specter-racked brain knows no rest or respite from the horrible nightmare.
N i murderer among the long array of those around whose guilty necks
Amos Lunt placed the deadly hangman's noose ever suffered such torture
as Is being inflicted by an inscrutable Providence on the Innocent Instru
ment of their taking off and probably not one among them would, even in
his most vengeful moments, have wished such a fate to befall his execu
tioner.
SCHOONER SINKS
AT STOCKTON
Mishap to the Energy,
Wheat Laden.
Special Dispatch to The CBJI.
STOCKTON. Oct. 30.— The schooner En
ergy, with 9-" 1 " sacks of choice milling
wheat on board, sunk at 3 o'clock this
, morning in Stockton Channel, just op
i posite the western end of the Union
Transportation Company's shed. There
are several reports as to what caused the
; vessel to sink. The crew of the Energy
claim that rain Boaked into the deckload
of wheat and added so much weight that
the vessel was unable to float. Others
: claim that the schooner leaked. It is de
i cleared that she had on a cargo weighing
en sixty and seventy tons, notwith
iing that her registered tonnage is
but slightly over fifty.
The schooner arrived In the channel at
about T o'clock last evening in tow of the
tug Rush. The vessel tied up at the South
Wharf, but the captain of the sen ■
i on sounding, that the water was
illow next to the wharf that wiien
thf> tide fell the boat would ground and
Ily capsize. He therefore moved the
Energy to the middle of the channel and
anchored.
But one of the crew was on the vessel
when she went down. He was In the eah
! In and narrowly escaped drowning. Had
i the water in the channel been a few feet
i deeper the sailor would not have escaped.
: As it was the top and companlonway of
i the house of the schooner were not en
tirely submerged.
The wheat belong to Jacob Simon and
was being shipped to the Sheperd Doyle
Company for storage. The wheat swelled
so that many of the sacks burst open. A
barere was tnwed alongside the sunken
ncr to-day and the work of trans
; ferring the grain from the schooner cora
i menced.
Dewey in His New Home.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. — Admiral
Dewey to-day took possession of his new
home. The last of the furniture was ar
ranged In the new house to-day and the
admiral's trunks were brought up from
the apartments he has been occupying
at the Everett.
08^ k ~^^*3B I j^ll B 5 j^m MOM ■ HP" Ira. I ■■§ VA A j\^* frl^
IoNp^^LAND TtoNGKONO
EDcrcle s .lhe with it*, world 'famed laxative remedy
M^P i ■■uinMiMir
for sale by the reputable- Dru^iststhroudhouf the world -Price 50 cents per bottle
THE HIGHEST OBJECT
I Of the art of advertising is to correctly
inform the public of the merits of any
article, and truthful statements always
prove most effective In time. The val-
uable reputation acquired by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co., by reason of the
excellence of the pleasant laxative rem-
-1 edy, Syrup of Figs, which it manufac-
i tures/ confirms the statement which the
company freely makes, that the best
of remedies only should be used when
j required by the human system. If a
j laxative remedy is required the most
gentle and effectual — Syrup of Figs
I should be given the preference over the
AMOS L.T7NT.
BOLD HOLD-UP ON
CROWDED STREET
Louis Footpads Make
St.
a Good Haul.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
FT. LOUIS, Oct. 30.— Robert B. Jen
nings, secretary nnd manager of the
Broadway Cable Company, was held up
this afternoon on the corner of Washing
ton avenue and Broadway nnd robbed of
a large cum of money. The robbery oc
curred on a crowded down-town corner.
The thieves escaped with their booty.
Mr. Jennings was coming from the
Boatman's Hank, where he had drawn
the money to pay off his men. When
boarding a car to go to the company's
office three men pushed him into a cor
ner and took the money.
The men got away with $1043 In cash
and J45.275 In negotiable paper. A man
who saw the robbery got a good look at
one of the robbers, nt whom he gave a
description to the police.
Several years ago Mr. Jennings, who Is
an elderly man, was robbed In a similar
manner. His assailants were, captured
and are serving terms in the pentlten
tiary.
VIOLATE THE FISH LAWS.
Revenue Cutter Perry Has Returned
From a Cruise.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 80.— The United
States revenue cutter Perry", Captain W.
F. Kilgore, returned home to-day from a
five months' cruise in Alaskan waters.
Captain Kilgore. says he found several
flagrant violations of the fish laws and
regulations on the part of certain can
n< ry corporations; that they have fenced
one particular stream, preventing the sal
mon from renching their spawning
grounds. The matter has been reported
to the Government.
Tulare County Teachers Meet.
VISAL.IA. Oct. 30.— The Tulare County
Teachers' Institute convened here to-day
for four days' Beaslon. There were 154
teachers in attendance. Dr. Kendriek C.
Kiihcock of the State University Is chief
Instructor.
old-time cathartics and liver medicines,
which were disagreeable to the taste
and frequently Injurious as well. The
more one takes of salts and pills the
more constipate! the system becomes;
while on the other hand one enjoys both
the method and results when Syrup of
Figrs is taken. It Is pleasant and re-
freshing to the taste and acts gently
yet promptly on the kidneys, liver and
bowels; cleanses the system effectual-
ly, dispels colds, headaches and fevers
and overcomes habitual constipation
permanently; also biliousness and the
many ills resulting therefrom. The
great trouble with all other purgatives
and aperients is not that they fail to
act, when a single dose is taken, but
that they act too violently and Inva-
STAFFORD SAID
"BOODLE" AND
GEDGE GOT MAD
Sudden Adjournment
of School Board.
THE SCAVENGER TO BLAME
•
MRS. BEANSTON REINSTATED IN
HER POSITION.
"I said boodle," grinned Director Staf
ford.
"So did I," echoed Director Stow.
"You be careful what you say, sir,"
lisped the ladylike Director Gedge; and
then to avoid the wrath to come from Di
rector Conlon's business partner Director
Eels moved that the Board (if Education
adjourn and President Bergerot turned
lot se a Bigh of relief and ordered it done.
A matter of saving Director Cole some
thing like VuO per month was behind it all.
It is common talk in the School Depart
ment that the present scavenger whose
duty it is to keep the schools free of gar
hires the wagon he uses from Cole,
who, when he i 3 not attending school
meetings, is In the teaming business. Last
August one of the members of the Scav
engers' Union offered to do the work for
$5u a month less and furnish his own
wagon. He has been offering to do it ever
since. His proposition, however, has been
combated from the ;start by directors
Armstrong, Conlon, Gedge, Kemp and at
times Bergerot. It came up again last
night and Director Stafford got up to ask
why, if hiring the new man would save
the city $50 a month, it was not done, he
Insinuated that only one reason could
stand In the way of so commendable a
measure of economy.
Gedge got up to explain. "Boodle,"
laughed Stafford, and "-Boodle." said Stew.
"You arc a lot of cheap guys," yelled
Kemp, jumping to the assistance of Di
rector Conlon' a partner. Gedge demanded
that Stafford repeat what he had said
and Stafford obligingly complied. Then.
Oedge let loose his threateneing warning
and Mr. Eels got nervous and the meet
ing was out. Cole's scavenger, however,
r'-mained.
The board reinstated Mrs. Emily Bean-
Bton In her position as teacher in the de
partment and ordered warrants drawn on
the Treasurer for her back salary. Mrs.
Beans ton' a case was Introduced by Presi
dent Bergerot, who announced the de
cision of Judge Seawell. Director Stow
moved that an appeal be taken to the Su
preme Court, but Directors Brandenstcin,
Gedge and Head objected on the ground
that nothing was to be gained by such
procedure. Gedge moved to lay Stow's
motion over a week, but there being no
second the vote was ordered on the or
iginal question. There were six ayes and
6 noes and the motion was declared lost,
as seven votes were required to pass it.
A writ of mandate had been served on
President Bergerot earlier in the evening,
and pursuant to Its directions the board
then ordered Mrs. Beanston reinstated
and her back salary paid.
Superintendent Webster reported that
the Italian classes being taught In the Le
Conte School by request of the Italian
Board of Languages behaved so badly
that the neighborhood would not stand It.
. his suggestion the following resolu
tion was adopted:
Resolved, That the date of the vacation by
the Italian classes of rooms in the Le Conte
Primary School he November 4, 1899.
Superintendent Webster submitted the
following resolution, which was adopted:
Rpsolved and ordered. That the following as
signments of teachers made by the Superintend
ent of Schools be and are hereby confirmed:
Miss M M. Wood from the Hawthorne Pri
mary School to the Moulder Primary, new class.
Miss L. li. Harrlgan from the Spring Valley
Grammar School (Vice Principal Mrs. A. C.
Taylor having resumed her duties as teacher
of the ninth grade) to the Hawthorne Primary
School vice Mi-s M. M. Wood.
Mr*. K. M. H.-nolll from the Hawthorne Pri
mary School to the Golden Gate Primary, vice
Mips Edna J. Scott, ffesißnod.
Mrs Irene M. Reeves to the Hawthorn* Pri
mary School, vice Mr?. E. M. Bonolli.
Mr*. Mary J. Parollnl from the James Lick
Gr>immar School to the prtnr-lpalship of the i
John W, Taylor, vice Mr?. R. 'Jreonan.
Mis? I>. A. Dowd from the Sherman Primary
to the Sunnyslde School, vice Miss J. A. liwyer.
Miss J. A. Dwyer from the Sunnyside School I
riably tend to produce a habit of
body requiring constantly augmented
doses.
The excellence of Syrup of Figs is due
not only to the originality and simplic-
ity of the combination, but also to the
care and skill with which it Is manu-
factured by scientific processes known
only to the California Fig Syrup Co
and therefore we wish to impress on all
the importance of accepting the true
and original remedy only. When buy,
ing note the full name of the coirmanv
-California Fig Syrup Co.— printed oh
the front of every package.
In the process of manufacturing the
pleasant family laxative made by the
California Fig Syrup Co.. and named
Syrup of Figs, figs are used, as they
to the Sherman Primary, vice Misß D. A.
Dowd.
The following resolution was also adopt
ed upon Superintendent Webster's sug
gestion:
Resolved and ordered. That section 99 of the
rules be amended to read: "Principals and
teachers must not give instruction for pay, or
any other compensation, to pupils of their
schools, nor shall such lnstnutl"n be given in
any building or room belonging to the Public
School Department. "
The resignations of Mrs. J. S. Drew (nee
Fredericks) and Miss Edna J. Scott were
received and referred to the committee.
Director Holbrook, chairman of *he
Finance Committee, reported that that
body had authorized the purchase of
enough coal for use in the schools until
the middle of November. Chairman Hol
brook also recommended that the board
enter into a contract with the Remington
Typewriter agents for the lease of fifty '
typewriters for twenty months at three
dollars per month each. The contract pro
vided that if the payments were kept up
through the twenty months, ownership in ,
tho machines should pass to the depart- j
ment. The action of the committee in or
dering coal was indorsed and the type
writer lease was adopted, with the pro
vino that it be submitted to Attorney
Samuel Knight and Director Eels 'or
their approval. The buildings and grounds
committee was authorized to expend dur- I
ing November not to exceed $1600 in nee- j
eesary repairs on school buildings.
The" evening schools committee recom- ]
mended that William Herrod be reinstat- |
ed as a regular teacher in the evening
schools under the date of his original ap
pointment, July 21, 1897.
Leaves of absence were granted the fol- i
lowing teachers: Louis de F. Bartlett, I
Florence P. Morrison, Louise A. ('ullen, i
A. M. ECorteck, W. H. Edwards, Mrs. B.
N. Loud
Miss E. T. Holmes of the probationary
list was elected a regular teacher upon |
recommendation of the committee on >
qualification of teachei-s. Miss Grace 1
Burns and Miss Lily Toomey were I
granted grammar grade certificates. Miss j
Viola Olcovlch was granted a High School
certificate upon her diploma from Stan
ford University.
MANY PANTHERS FOUND
IN MARIN COUNTY
Dairymen and Farmers at Some Dis
tance Removed From Towns
Much Frightened.
SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 30.— 50 many pan
thers seem to be roaming around Marin
County at present that the dairymen and
farmers living away from the vicinity of
towns and villages are kent in a state of
apprehension. The latest instance of a
panther frightening dairymen occurred
this morning when two of the species, a
male and a female, appeared at Dutaro's
ranch near Point San Pedro and killed a
yearling calf. Dutaro saw John Smith.
:i well-known market hunter of this city,
passing by and besought his aid In kill
ing the ferocious beasts. Smith dis
charged a shotgun at the panthers, which
fled into the hills.
Last week a panther chased the 10
--year-old son of Charles Orcutt in Chileno
: Valley and was frightened away from the
i intended victim by two dogs. A month
I ago two of the hungry beasts attacked a
| sea lion nn Hog Island, at the entrance
to Tomales Hay. and succeeded in killing
it after a terrific encounter, in which they
j were both badly injured.
STATE'S GOVERNOR ON
THANKSGIVING DAY
Proclamation Said to Be the Shortest
of the Character Ever Issued
in California.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 30.— The Governor
to-day issued a Thanksgiving proclama
tion, which is said to be one of the short
est ever issued by a California Governor.
It is as follows:
"In obedience to the universal and
praiseworthy American custom of setting
apart a day for public thanksgiving and
prayer to almighty God, and for the per
formance of charitable works; and, fur
ther, in conformity with the proclamation
of the President of the United States of
America, given at the city of Washington,
D. C, October 25. 1599. I. Henry T. Gage,
as Governor of the State of California,
do hereby proclaim Thursday, the 30th
day of November, A. D. IS3O, as Thanks
giving day, and I do hereby declare the
same a legal holiday."
Two Men Burned to Death.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 30.— An elec
tric spark from a switchboard at the In
diana Powder Company's plant at Fon
taine, this county, ignited some powder
on the cap of an employe, burning to
death two men. The dead are Samuel
Kiiiß. aerod 30, and Alfred Mcßride. aged
22. Dyke Overly was badly burned, but
will recover. The men went Into the mo
tor house of the plant contrary to orders.
are pleasant to the taste: but the me-
dicinal properties of the remedy are
obtained from an excellent combina-
tion of plants known to be medici-
nally laxativ > and to act most
beneficially.
As the true and original remedy
named Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, a
knowledge of that fact will assist in
avoiding the worthless imitations man.
ufactured by other parties. The high
standing of the California Fig Syrup '
Co. with the medical profession, and
the satisfaction which the genuine
Syrup of Figs has given to millions of
families make the name of the com-
pany a guarantee of the excellence of
its remedy.
POLITICAI/.
CITIZENS'
NON-PARTISAN
PARTY.
FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT.
To the Voter* of Pan Francisco: The Non-
Partisan pnrty was organized seven years ago
to wrest from professional politicians the con-
trol of municipal affairs and to separate en-
tirely from national politics the selection of
city and county officials.
It hns at all times opposed machine politics.
and sought to elect worthy men to office by in-
dependent nomination or indorsement.
The last Legislature passed a law express!?
aimed at the "unwelcome Interference" in
public affairs of non-partisan organization?.
The Rioknrd act forbids any information on the
I. allot concerning the indorsements that a can-
didate may receive and makes It impossible for
a man to he nominated by two parties. Sad
a creditable occurrence as th" nomination last
year by the two great parties of John L«ack-
mann for Supervisor could not be repeatel.
We regard this law as pernicious In prlnclpls
and against public policy, and we intend to
vigorously contest It.
The adoption of a non-partisan charter. th»
result of the last primary election, and the In-
dependent character of the recent Republican
and Democratic conventions, clearly Indicate,
however, that the friends of good government
have awakened to« their dut
With these changed conditions we fee! thn-
there is no occasion for an entire Non-Partlsar.
ticket at this election.
It is, however, a fundamental principle of
this party to support those nominees who hay«
faithfully and fearlessly filled their offices ana
nre renominated for the same office. We would
fall in our obligations were we to leave this
work undone.
■ We therefore unqualifiedly recommend for
your suffrage at the coming election:
For Mayor JAMES D. PHELAN
For Assessor. WASHINGTON DODGE
For Auditor ASA R. WELLS
For City and County Attorney...
FRANKLIN K. LANE
To each of these faithful servants of the
people there is certainly due a generous meas-
ure of credit and encouragement, for the able
and honest manner in which they have ful-
filled their public trust.
This committee, furthermore, realising the
difficulty for each individual voter to inform
himself as to the qualifications of the many
candidates for the Board of Supervisors, has
given careful and impartial study to the rela-
tive merits of the nominees on the several
tickets.
As the result of continuous work by this
committee, extending over a month's time, re-
garding this important department of the city
government, we feel Justified in recommending
for your support and vote, irrespective of
party lines, the following eighteen citizens, se-
lected from the Republican and Democratic
tickets, to constitute the first Board of Super-
visors under the new charter:
Booth, James P. ; ToMn, Joseph S.
Branflensteio, H. U. j Foster, Samuel
(Me, A. Jr. I Gooisell, D. C. M.
D'Ancona, A. A. \ Jeffers, Milo S.
Holding, R. M. j King, Charles J.
Jennings, Thomas | Morris, T. H.
Pohli, Emil ! Sanderson, George R.
Pntnam, Osgool | Watson, William
Been, Charles Wesley [ Wright, Cyrus s.
CITIZENS' NON-PARTISAN COUNTY
COMMITTEE.
GEORGE K. FITCH, Chairman.
JOSEPH BRITTON, Vioe-Chairman.
C. C. BURR, Secretary.
San Francisco, Oct. 30, 1«99.
FOR
MAYOR
HORACE DAVIS,
REGULAR
REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE.
FOR MAYOR,
MIES D. PHELAN,
INCUMBENT,
DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE.
FOR COUNTY CLERK,
Ml A. DEANE
(Present Incumbent,)
REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
FOR SUPERVISOR,
CHARLES BLISS,
Regular Republican Nominee.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
LEWIS F. BYINGTON,
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
IF YOU WANT THE DEAD RE-
SPECTED VOTE FOR
C C. O'DOINIVELi-
CORONER.