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The morning call., 1891-01-09
FIELD OF LABOR.
The Musicians of Alameda Form
Now a Separate Body.

The Musicians Mutual Independent
Union issued its new membership books
yesterday, containing the constitution and
bylaws, price schedule and directory Of
members. The publication is neat and
tasty, and regarded as one of the best of the
kind ever issued.
At yesterdays meeting the con troversy of
long standing between the San Francisco
and Alameda musicians was finally settled
by the unions surrender of the Alameda
jurisdiction. BY this it will be understood
that in future Alameda will be at liberty to
form a separate organization, having no re-
lation with this union other than fraternal.
Heretofore Alameda has been included in
the San Francisco jurisdiction, and the
members there did not find it at all con-
genial. A new charter from the national
body will be applied for at once.
The union has raised the salary of its Sec
rotary from $40 to $50 month and that of
its Treasurer from So to S15 month. The
report of the committee having in charge
the equipment of the new quarters at 50
Fourth street reported that the expense had
been $3.50.
The annual report shows the union in a
most prosperous condition and increasing
in membership rapidly. 1t is confidently ex-
pee ted that by February LIST the full mem
bershp will be 800.
The new officers were installed and a
committee a pointed to prepare testimOn-
lal to the retiring President, a. L. Black.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

A. Hammar, U. S. N, is domiciled at the
Lick.
S Blum of Martinez is registered at the
Grand.
w. T. Johnston and wife, of Salinas, are
at the Lick.
John G. Shaw of Santa Rosa is in town
and at the Lick.
David Evans Of Eureka is spending few
DAYS at the Palace.
Mrs. a. G. Lay of Glenwood is in the city.
She is at the Grand.
w. NJ. Moulton of Healdsburg is among
the guests at the Palace.
+. l.. Bates of Sacramento is registered at
the Palace with his wife.
p. V. Chamberlain of Redwood City is
stopping at the Baldwin
George e. Curtis of Brooklyn, n. Y, is at
the California with his wife.
George A. Mckinley of San Jose is among
the guests at the Occidental.
Frank II. West, a prominent citizen of
Stockton, is at the Occidental.
DR.. Thomas Flint of San Juan was among
the arrivals at the Grand yesterday.
Frank Thompson of the cruiser Charles
ton is spending a few days at the Occidental.
King Kalakaua has returned from Santa
barbara with his suite and is quartered at
the Palace.
Commodore Ludlow, U. S. N, accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Mary Ludlow,
Is among the guests at the California.
Superintendent of Mails A. NJ. Cox, who
has been confined to his home during the
past two weeks by reason of sickness, was
again at his post Of duty yesterday.
Captain w. T., Forsman, who was instru-
mental in organizing harbors of the Ameri-
can Brotherhood of Steamboat Pilots on this
Coast, left yesterday for Baltimore, having
been elected delegate to the National Har-
Dor Convention which meets in that city on
the Goth inst.
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A HIGH-PRICED BOOK.
THE WEALTH OF ENNIS DOMAIN.
Vast Forest of Rubber Trees and Plenty
of Conner Ore.

Vast Forest of Rubber Trees and Plenty
of Copper Ore.
In Emin'S province are vast numbers of
india-rubber trees, said Mr.. Jephson last
week to Chicago News reporter, and Emin
sent to Khartoum 100 Jumps of the stuff as
big as your bat. 1t was four or five years
old, and yet when lump was cut open the
interior was as yellow aud clear as amber
If lump of this rubber were dropped it
would rebound as high as ones head. The
traders in Khartoum said it was vastly SUI
pericr to the Brazilian product From the
fact that 1t has been kept without
rotting for four years in that climate, they
claimed that the natives were proficient in
the art of curing it. The natives, you know,
use it for smearng the inside of their wicker
baskets, which they weave very nicely, SO as
to hold water, and they make them into
knobs for drumstlcks, too This one prod
uct alone will pay for the labor, money and
time PUT into the expedition, for it exists in
almost inexhaustble quantities.
We Sa W plenty Of copper ornaments, too,
but | saw no copper deposits myself. Yet
there are large mines of it there without
doubt And iron, too. You know the
Der Of iron bracelets and bangles worn by
his wives. AT almost every little village
we came to we could see blacksmith-no
pun Intended, | assure you-witli his funny
little iron-melting atfair-a hole in the
ground, you know, with charcoal in it
making iron and forging these ornaments
They pick the iron off the ground. and it
was so soft that our men-they were all
Mohammedans, you know. and shaved their
heads-w0uld take the arTow-heads made
by the dWarfs we met and sharpen them on
a stone TO use them as razors. OF course,
there are loads of ivory. Ivory is tue king
treasure of the Africans. Gold is held
cheaper than ivory, you know.
But we did not bring any back with us.
How could we? 1 suppose if Mr. Stanley
were that sort OF a man he could have made
himself millionaire, but Stanley came out
of Africa poorer than when he went i'll.
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Mutual Loan Association.

The members Of the San Francisco and
Oakland Mutual Loan Association held their
second annual meeting Wednesday evening
at their hall 307 Sansome street. Secretary
A. Sbarboro read his second annual report,
which proved to be highly satisfactory. 1t
was shown that the first year the receipts
were S34, 900 and for the second year S54 600.
The first year seventeen loans were made
aggregating $4,000, and the second year
twenty-SeYen loans were made amounting to
$4,000. While the earnings Of the first year
were 81 "A per share, those of the second
year were 50 50 per share in the second
series and Sc 04 per share in tie first series.
The following gentlemen were elected as
an Auditing Committee: DR.. S. American,
C. l.. Schachtebeck and III. j. Murphy.
These gentlemen subsequently met at the
Office of the corporation, made a thorough
examination of the books and vouchers of
the association and found the report correct
and everything in perfect order.
The following Directors were reelected,
all by unanimous vote: L. j. Welsh, Q. A.
Malm, William Wagner, James III. Barry,
James Spanton, X. Doyle, G. B. Ceyasco, j.
Fitzpatrick and A. Soarboro.
1t was ordered that limited number of
shares of the third series be issued and a
large percentage of the same have already
been subscribed. On motion of j. III. Muir
phy vote of thanks was unanimously ten
dered the officers and Board of Directors for
the faithful manner in which they had
gratuitouSly discharged the duties of their
office.
The meeting then adjourned
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token by the opening of new line of steam
ers runnina from Newfoundland, via Hal
flax, 10 the Bermudas and the West Indian
Islands. This line has been subsidized by
the Colonial Governments concerned with
view of opening up direct trade be-
tween British America in the north and
British America in the south. AS
counter blast to the Mckinley
bill. this move may possibly have
the most satisfactory results. And in
any case it is eminently desirable that the
different portions of the empire should be
aole to exchange their products without
treading on foreign soil. Moreover, glance
at Tie map will probably show that one of
the places concerned will Probably be able
to use the new route as better means of
communication with the mother country.
Burmuda at present communicates with
England by way of New York. But Halifax
is much nearer to England than New York
is. and only slightly more distant from Ber-
muda. 1t is therefore, probable that as
soon as the coming Canadian line between
Halifax and Liverpool is opened the Ber-
mudans VIII get their mails more expedi-
tiOusly by route that does not leave British
terrltOry-Pall Mall Gazette.
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HE SAW TOO MUCH.
How Virginia Planter Played Ne


How Virginia Planter Played a Mean
Trick Darby.
A gentleman from Virginia related TO a
friend in Gay-street car the other day how
he hired negro and put him in field to
work, says the Baltimore Herald After a
while the planter came along and accosted
the new hand.
Did you see a coach go down the road a
while ago."
Indeed did, boss One Of the HOSES
was = gray boss, and the other was roam
and lame in tile off leg"
Il thought that / heard some hunters
there on the edge of the woods"
Yes, boss. One oh dem was Colonel
Jones, he was the tall one. De second one
was Major Peters and the third one was
Tom Mckee. Colonel Jones had one OBJ
dem new-fangled breech-loadin' guns dat
break in two"
Did you see those wild pigeons fly over
just now?"
''See 'emI Guess 1 did! Der was nine
teen en- ZEN. Dey lit in dat corufeld down
yonder."
''Well, you see too much for a man that
is hired by the day. Here's your wages.
When l want man to keep watch of what
Is going on III send for you"
England's Route to the Bermudas.
An important step toward completing the
chain Of British communication has been
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The Journeymen Butchers Association
had a very large attendance last night to
participate in the final preliminaries of in
corporation. This large and well organized
body has deemed it best to incorporate for
the safeguard of its pledges and in order to
better protect its members and to make the
organization more secure it assumed many
of tile responsibilities of beneficial institu-
ton some time ago. Now it has become
necessary to put the association in a position
where these responsibilities will hold good
in law. That is the principal object of in
corporation. Five names were added to the
membership roll last night and the financial
report showed that $40 had been paid dur
ing the week for sick benefits.
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The MORNING GALL SAN FRANCISCO FRIDAY.

pointed Chairman of the Executive Con-
mittee. 1t is said others of the strikers are
at work.
An inspector from San Francisco visited
the Postoffice in this end of town on Tues
day, and, in the course of his observations,
noticed a number of boxes open. On in
qulrlng the cause, he was informed that
some persons who rent boxes are in the
habit of forgetting their keys and then pry
open the boxes The inspector was sur
prised that such is the case, as it is against
the law for any one to open a box except
with key, as prying open the box defaces
it. The boxes are the property of the Gov
eminent, and the inspector instructed the
Postmaster to prevent such proceedings IN
the future or report the names of the Of
tenders to headquarters in San Francisco.
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CooPERs' UNION.
A Standard of Wages for workmen Going
to Alaska.

A Standard of Wages for Workmen Going
to Alaska.
The quarterly report submitted to the
Coopers' Union last night showed that it
had 375 members in good standing, which
embraced nearly all of that craft in the
city. During the quarter just closed thirty
nine joined. twelve were suspended and two
died. The union has $1,000 in its treasury.
The Alaska cooper question has reached
settlement. Heretofore cooDers were per
mitted TO 90 TO that country to work in the
canneres for any wages they could com
mand. Uenceforth no union cooper will be
permitted to go for less than $50 month
and found.
The delegates elected to the Federated
Trades are: K. l.. Smith, f. y. Gang Nj.
Monihan, Samuel Eidrdge and Owen j.
Mclaughlin. The committee appointed to
confer it'll the furniture workers in InYes-
tlgatng certain charges against the Arbelter
Zeitung was Antoine UlIrich ana r. l..
Smith and viii meet on Sunday next.
The union Is contributing $50 week to
the Strike Fund of the mOlders.
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Painters and Decorators.

The following officers were installed by
the Painters and Decorators last night:
Joseph Bowden. President; Henry Hamil-
ton, Vice-PreSsdent; Frank J. Hayes,
Recording Secretary; James Hayne, Finan-
cal Secretary; Daniel Murphy, Treasurer
Walter Cowan, Warden; 3. NcGowan,
Conductor; j. NJ. Fasting, Trustee !;
Thomas MacIvor, Labor Bureau Director
4 donation was made to the Emeryviie
Hon- workers, in aid Of their Strike Fund,
and the pro rata payment to the Building
Trades Labor Bureau was made. The re-
port from the bureau was of the most graft
fVino character.
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Bazaar Receipts.

The complete receipts of the Cathedral
Bazaar as follows were announced yester-
day for the first time:
Mrs. James 0Brien, $4,000; Mrs. DR.. Robin
son, S430O Mrs, Richard Tobin, S4I50; Mrs.
Dillon and Mrs. j. j. UBrleD, $4,000; Mrs.
Loughborough. 1922 80; Mrs. Dr. Pawlicki,
$500; Mrs. Sengteller and Mrs. Sullivan $1,000;
Ref eshment Booth, Ladies' odallty. S14l3 40;
Mrs. Gleason, S6l9 %; the Cathedral journal,
$500; Mrs; Owen Donohue, $3.50 10; Mrs.
ONeil $500; Miss Julia CraIgh, s122 %; Mrs.
Herzberg $40; door receipts, 1886 rs; ST.
Johns Apron Booth. $1,000; total. s32 ,443 40;
expenses, Sl344 n. Net S3I O9S g.
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whose brother died suddenly early in the
week. total of $50, 800 was obtained for
the forty-three horses sold, making an aver
age of about $706 per head, Mountain Bow.
by Kentucky Prince, brought the top price
OF $500; Holly paid $500 for him in the
East. Election, by Electioneer, went at
S24oO; Amelia, by Albert w, at 5000; Pink.
with a record of 1921, brought $500:
Economy, by Echo, went at S2400. Some OF
the yeaI ings brought only 500.
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Following is a copy of the letter sent by
Mr.. NJ. j. Fiavin to the Clerks Early Clos
ing Association:

Mr.. Nj. j. FlavIn to the Clerks Early Clos
ing Association:
SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, 1891.
To the secretary 81 clerks EGriy c OSiHg As
SOc,dtiOn-SIR: We have closed our place Of
business at +. NJ. since early In November. ana
continued through 10 The present Time Ours
was the only house closed at z. NJ through
November aud December in this city, though
certain members OF other houses claimed that
they would close their stores at Is p. NJ. II every
other house IN the city remained open.
10 the above your attention Is called. Our
place OF business closed at Z. NJ. eVeB
upon Thank giyiug eve.
III has been more or less loss 10 US. when the
fact Is taken into consideration that those who
are III The same line OF business neglect 10 recOg-
nlZe either their signatures or their sayings.
HE matter appears to be simply by play"
and we certainly cannot afford TO close our place
OF business, aud have nineiypiue houses out OF
a possible one hundred open.
here should be general early closing, which
we have proved TO you We believe correct. aud
yUn should stand by those who have made every
effort to make the early closing movement
success. Yours truly, NJ. j. FLAYIN.
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The Building Trades Labor Bureau and
Readiug-room elected its Directors last night
and received the first monthly report. r. f.
MacIvOr was elected President, John La
The report was quite up to the most san
guine expectations, and if there is no wan
ing of interest the Labor Bureau is an as
sured success and permanent beyond
doubt
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Every Dog Has His Day.

Poundmaster Partridge, recently elected
to Office in trust for the Societyefor the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. is ready for
business. New wagons are being built and
nets are being made for catching dogs. A
suitable lot for a Pound will be purchased
at an early date.
The morning call., 1891-01-09
Row at the sailors, Home

There was little row among some of the
inmates of the Sailors Home last evening,
and Joseph Murphy, who was leading
figure in the disturbance, was arrested by
Special Officer Hurley. After being placed
under arrest Murphy assaulted the officer.
lie was locked up at the South Harbor
Station and charged with battery.
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A "Ledgerv Inkstand.

The New York Ledger has sent out from its
office a unique advertisement Of itself in the form
OF a handsome glass Inkstand. The magnifylng
top discloses in bold letters the words 4" n. Y
Ledger, the great home advertising medium"
The enterprise OF the publishers In improving
the already successful Ledger ana making IL a
literary weekly OF high class is continued in
these striking advertisements OF their paper.
ROstOn ,TOuInui
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The meeting then adjourned.

The Pope has ordered the enlargement of
the reading-rooms and other Improvements
in the Vatican. The new Leonlne Library
will soon be ready, and in it will be placed
about 10000 books.
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Prices at the Holly clearance sale last
Wednesday were low and the attendance
small. Thomas Merry officiated as auc-
tioneer in the absence of David Eiseman,
The morning call., 1891-01-09

SET FOR ARGUMENT.-The divorce case of
White versus White, originally from Mendocino
County, has been ordered by the Supreme Court
TO be placed on the calendar for argument on
AlaIn a aa.xf
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A Michigan man, who has been all over
South Dakota county, says he found only
one piece of land which was not held down
with mortgage.
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DAGGER OR sCREwDRTyER?

Not having replied to the note, Thompson
carried out his threat and had her father ar
rested on a charge of an assault with
deadly weapon, namely, dagger. The
evidence ON the other side went to show
that the weapon was a screwdrlver, and a
small one at that.
The complainant testified that he did love
the girl and still loved her, which caused
Miss de Bretville to blush and hide her
pretty face against her mothers shoulder.
The young lady testified to all that her lover
said, and pertinently remarked that she
knew he had been forbidden the house"
Tie father said he objected 10 the match
principally because he thought mis- daughter
Is too young, aud lie did not have too much
confidence IN Thompson.
When the testimony was all in Judge Rix
said:
I'm take this matter under advisement.
A mans house is his castle, and L shall not
pretend to say how far he may go in de-
Tending it, This thing of disregarding the
admO3itions of a parent, who has the wei
fare of his child at heart finds no sympathy
in my mind. I'll decide this Tuesday next"
That was considered equal to a dismissal
Of tha
The morning call., 1891-01-09

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BerkeleI.


The new bridge across Strawberry Creek,
on the line Of the electric road, has been
completed.
Rev. j. II. c. Bonte, Secretary of the
Board of Regents of the University, has
recovered from severe attack of bronchitis.
The movement Of the Ashburner memo
rial clock in the library tower weighs 1000
pounds, the pendulum ball 135, the clock
weight 20, strike 200, bell 1868 and hammer IS.
The cement barrel which some weeks ago
mysteriousIy appeared on the library build
ing, and has ever since remained perched on
its topmost pinnacle, has not yet been dis
turbed. Mr.. Layman, the assistant libra
rian, positively refuses to risk his life for
its removal. and il bids fair to become one
of tile perm anent features of the Univer-
sty.
The strikers at Emeryville are confident
that they viii win their fight against the
Judson Manufacturing Company, while on
the other hand the Judson Works people
claim they are going along swimmingly, and
have three furnaces running now where they
had only one week ago. William Mullender.
Chairman Of the strikers Executive Com
mittee, has resigned and gone into business
with his brother in San Francisco, while Mr.
Ktto, one of the leading rollers, is about to
open a cooper-shop with his father across
the bay. Edward Rockhill has been ap-
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England,s Route to the Bermudas.

An important step toward completing the
chain Of British communication has been
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16
THE NEW UNITED STATES JUDGBsRIPs

THE NEW UNITED STATES JUDGESRIPS.
A great deal of pressure is being brought
to bear upon President Harrison to in
duce him to make the appointments to
the new judgeships. The circuit judge
ships to be filled in accordance with the
Evarts act are nine in number and the
land court brings the number up to four
teen. Already, judging from the tenor of
dispatches, the place hunters are almost
making life burden for the president,
and it seems probable that it will not be
long before the nominations will be an
bounced Thus far the names mentioned
in connection with the land court are
Congressman Perkins and Judge Chand-
Ter, of Kansas; Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Shields, of Missouri, and ex-Repre,
sentative Payson, of Illinois.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16

Mere ants god ct crs arc hereby re-
rlinie! tat re New MEXICAN is pre-.
pared to % t, e. printing cn short notice
and at ress ma lc III -. Much OF the job
printing NV going Ont oi town should
cJme to tie lew EEyEoAN office. There
in no be.ttcr c-cuso Tor eoHding out of
town fl printing t,lan there is for sending
away :or groceries or clothing. Our mer.
chants should consider theGo things. The
New MEXICAN is acknowledged tho lead
ing paper of lis section. The patronage
of the people VII enable uB to keep it 50
7~7~N
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16
THE SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION.

Says the Albuquerque Citizen, in COM
menting on the new public school law
Gas there is no exemption made, that,
OF course, repeats all exemption laws,
and makes all classes of property,
religious, charitable and every other,
subject to taxation for school pur-
poses" This is incorrect. The Citi-
zen evidently looked carefully through
the first act, but failed to read amend
ed section 7, chapter 81. This was
printed in full in the New MEXICAN
of date March 4, and provides among
other things that call public libraries,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16
THE NEW SENATE.

All the senatorial elections have been
held except in Florida and the cleo
tons to fill the vacancies caused by the
death ex-senator Hearst, of California, and
Senator Wilson, of Maryland. Democrats
will be chosen in Florida and Maryland
and Republican will be elected in Cali
fornia. The new senate will have forty
seven straight Republicans, three indie
pendents Qrby, OF South Carolina; Kyle,
of South Dakota, and PETER, of Kansas,
and thirty-eight Democrats. On national
questions Pefier and Kyle are in sympa-
thy with the Republican party and Irby
is Democrat. Following is list of the
meml ers of the new senate.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16

DENVER mails reach Santa Fe and
northern New Mexico now, whenever
they want to; the mail service in that
section seems to be conducted upon the
principle that the people want no mails.
A postotfice inspector or two might, with
much profit and benefit, be sent to look
into these matters
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16

the grounds, the buildings, books, papers
and apparatus OF all literary, scientific,
benevolent, agricultural and religious in
stitutions, when the property of said in
stitutions and societies shall be devoted
exclusively to the appropriate objects of
said institutions and not leased or rented
or otherwise used with view to pecuniary
profit" etc, shall be exempt from taxa
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-16

THIS is great country the Minnesota
legislature passes a law forbidding actress
ses and ballet girls to appear IN tights,
and New York city court has just fined
Lillian Russell for not appearing in tights
the neat little sum of $4,000; great
country indeed this is and you can have
all varieties Of fun in it.