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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
HONORED OF MEN.
Pistolesi and Frey Should
Feel Proud.
No Police Court Official Will Testify
to Having Ever Heard Aught
Bad Concerning Them.

Several Police Court officials and attor-
nevs testified in Judge Seawell's court
yesterday to the irreproachable character
of Police Court Attorn eys Pistolesi and
Frey.
These two lawyers appeared in court to
answer 10 a charge Of grand larceny. They
were accused of having stolen S225 from
one Andreas KandalecZ under peculiar
circumstances,
1t appears that Kandalecz was in sore
need of legal aid. inasmuch as he was
accused of grand larceny himself and was
confined in prison awaiting his trial. he
had been defended in the Police Court by
an attorney named Scott. but he had been
held TO answer in the Superior Court and
wanted other advice. So say Pistolesi
and Frey. but Scott says that these att or
| neys went to kandalecZ unknown to him
! and proffered Their services.
However, certain it was that Kandalecz
had S225 In the Security Savings Bank
which he drew out ana gave to these men.
He was subsQu emily tried and convicted
| of his offense and then lie accused the at
torneys of stealing his money. Both Pts
| tolesi and Frey were, on KandalecZ's evil
| dence, indicted by the Grand Jury, the
evidence showing that not sufficient
! trouble had been taken with the unfOr-
tunate mans defense.
| All these facts were brought out In evil
| dence, and it was not until evidence was
called for the defense that anything un-
usual occurred. Up came witness after
witness only 10 be asked two or three
questions at most by Attorney j. II. Long
ON behalf of the defendants. Some tes-
tilted to Frey's character. some to that of
Pistolesi, but most knew both men equally
we'll.
Police Judge Joachimsen. it was noticed,
was asked to state what he knew about
Frey only. He said he had never heard
Ftey's character impugned.
Judge Campbell caught it. as usual. He
went on the stand and spoke in very higt
terms of Pistolesi and Frey. He was
| about to step down, when Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Hinkle said, Zone moment
| Judge Campbell; is it not fact that you
| tried to get these defendants case trans
fered to your own court from that of Judge
Conan ?"
wei. 1 don't know that it is. I'm
| Presiding Judge. and if / had wanted t
transfer the case it was in my power Il
do 500
Answer me this: Do you not know
that it was because you wished so to hav,
the case transferred that the Grand Jur!
took up the matter?"
~ know nothing at all about that" an
Swered The Judge.
Several other witnesses testified in tn
same manner, but were not subjected L
cross-examination. AS each one was dis
missed by Long. Hinkle shrugged hi
shoulders and said, ''No questions" III
case will be concluded to-day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
Injured by Falling Coal.

Two coal-heavers named William O'Shea
and Harry Deuzy were the victims Of a pc
culiar accident yesterday.
They we're engaged in helping to unload
the steamer Wellington at Pacitic-street
wharf and were awaiting an opportunity
to pull in at the chute. Suddenly they
were startled by cry of warning, but be-
fore they could get out of the way bucket
of coal which was being hoisted tipped
and fell on the two men.
OShea had his skull badly fractured,
while Denzy escaped with a few severe
bruises. Both men were treated at the
Receiving Hospital
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21

u * ID 4 II II = 7 I1ys
Losses in process OF Adjustment
or In Suspense.
Gross premiums on Marine and IN
land Navigation Risks, reinsur-
ance 100 per cent.
Gross premiums on Marine Time
Risks, rein surance 90 per cent.
Liability under Life Department. 8
Cash Dividends remaining unpaid..
All other demands against the Com
pany. ...................
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
The Hobart Ertate.

Charles T. Bridge and James Gross, ex-
ccutors of the estate of the late w. S.
Hobart filed communication with the
Board OF Supervisors yesterday protest
ing against the assessment of the es-
tate for the sum of S1,063 GO.
They particularly object TO an assessment
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21

sissippi Congress have all adopted resolu-
tons favorable to hydraulic mining in Cal
ifornia.
The San Francisco Board. of Trade
contributes more money TO the cause of
hydraulic miners than anv other organiza-
ton ana the miners will remember the fact
when the MINIS are aoain running."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21

ASS = 49,
Cash Market Value of all Stocks
and Bonds owned by Company.
Cash I'm Company's ONCE. .......
Cash in Banks.
Premiums in due Course of Col
lection t.--...---.........- ...,,.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
Society Notes.

The Western Addition Literary and So
cial Club will give its regular monthly
entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall this
evening. A very interesting programme
has been prepared.
Oriental Rebekah Lodge No. 90. [. o.
o. F., will have bat-trimming contest at
Prospect Hall this evening.
A lawn dress and necktie party will be
given this evening at 1rviDe's Dancing
A ademy, 927 Mission street.
Walter G. O'Brien will give lantern
party Tomorrow night at his dancing
academy in Franklin Hall.
Mrs. Clara Foltz will receive her friends,
gentlemen and ladies, at s. O'Clock on
Friday evening at her residence. 321 Van
Ness avenue. The occasion will be the
reception of Mrs. Maria f. Gray, the
president of the San Francisco Woman's
Council
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
WE WILL SELL THIS WEEK THE FOLLOW
ING LATEST STYLES OF
OUR OWN MAKE OF
Mems and Boys Shoes
AT FACTORY PRICES.

Fine Calf Shoes Lace. Congress and Button,
Low Toe and Tip and French Toe. Solid
Douoie Soles 20 oV
Fine Light Dress Shoes Lace. Congress and
Button, Low Toe and Tip, New Spanish
Toe-and Tip aud ST. Louis Toe and Tin. 80
Extra Fine Calf Shoes, Lace and Congress,
Cotton-stitched Edge, Low Toe and Tip,
New Spanish Toe and Tip and st. Louis
Toe and Tip ............................ W
Extra Fine Calf Dress Shoes, Single Soles.
Stitched Edges. in all styles OF toes. so
Fine French Calf Shoes, Hand-sewed Welt.
in all styles OF toes. %
Extra Fine French Calf Shoes, Hand-sewed
Welt. Congress, Lace and Button. ........ so
Best French Calf Shoes. in Lace. Button and
Congress. all style toes Observation-Disclosures. 90
Gents Extra Quality French Calf. all Hand
Made, In Lace. Button and Congress, all
style toes, regular price SO. will be sold
during the sale per pair for .............. 90
Tan Russia Calf Lace Shoes, regular price SIS
during this sale per pair. 8 90
Boys Calf Button Boots, sizes II to 2, 81 SO;
PIG to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Mems Canvas Shoes 75c 81 per pair
Buy from the manufacturer and save
jObberS' drummerS' and agents profits.
Cut this AID out and keep it to order by.
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of S1S1,75o for horses. when they claim
that the estate only owns ten horses, OF
which six are in San Mateo County. They
also object to an assessment of S75S, 096 for
stocks. which the executors claim are not
hia
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21
Grain for the Fair.

Produce Exchange Grain Inspector Abel
is preparing an exhibit of grain in the
sbeaf and on the stalk for the Worlds
Fair. He is confning himself to wheat,
barley, cats and rye, and has thus far Sc
cured some magnificent specimens. Cali
fornia grain is celebrated the world over,
and this exhibit will in no wise detract
from i Is reputation
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-21

RICHARDS & Co., druggists, 4oe-s Clay. :
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
Those Infected Trees.

EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN c. w. Reed, in
his letter addressed to me, and published
in the RECoRD-U MON of the 18th inst.
questions my motives in making the
statements that the orange trees he was
Offering for sale were infested with the
purple scale, that no quarantine officer
had appeared to inspect them, and that
the laws relative to the inspection of in
tested fruit trees were being loosely adj
minlstered i'll Sacramento county.
l should like to inform Mr. Reed that
my motives were purely honest. The
letter was published for the purpose of
warning the orange-growers OF Northern
California that an immense number of
trees infested with the purple scale were
on sale at Sacramento. In my estimation
the growers were entitled to this informa-
ton, and it was clearly wrong to keep the
fact a secret.
Mr.. Reed says he imported carload of
trees that were claimed to be free from
scale. Why were they not free from
scale? Why were they not inspected by
some competent person at the point OF
shipment, and those found infested
thrown out? Are not the orange-growers
entitled to as much consideration as the
nurserymeu?
This idea of bringing in pest-infested
Florida trees, fumigating and doctoring
them up in California, is all wrong, and
the sooner the nurserymen decide TO deal
in only absolutely clean trees, the better
it Will be for ali concerned.
Now, as to the statement that there is a
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL poINas.
The Worlds Fair Appropriation Bf
Passes the Senate.

The Worlds Fair Appropriation Bill
Passes the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-In the Senate
to-day the Nicaragua Canal bill gave way
to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Amendments allowing the widows of
Chief Justice Waite and Justice Miller of
the Supreme Court the balances of their
husbands salaries for the year of their
death tSS,745 and S7,4l9) were agreed to.
The reserved amendments were taken up,
the first being series in reference to the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Quay
offered an amendment making all appro-
priations for the exposition conditional
on Sunday-closing.
Allison said it was only reduction OF
part of the legislation of last year, every
provision of which had been complied
with. With that assurance, the Quay
amendment and all the committee amend
,nants as to the Worlds Fair were agreed
to.
The amount of money given was ST.
eI9,O05.
The next series of reserved amend
ments were those for the Improvement OF
rivers and harbors.
A long discussion ensued. turning
largely on the advantages of continuing
the contract system, and was still going
on when one of the Secretaries OF Inc
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
3nynl 9nkisre 31ntnnra.

lax administration of the laws at Sacra-
mento, wish to call attention to the fact
tnat there Is no Horticultural Commits
sion in Sacramento County. WIN one
has never been appointed, | am q loss
10 understand. In every importan, tuit-
growing county in the State, excepting
sacramento County, a commission has
been appointed by the various Boards of
supervisors, which is responsible for the
proper inspection of all fruit trees within
the county. These Horticultural Com
mlssioners relieve the State Quarantine
Ofncer, who Is compelled to keep his eye
over the entire State, of an amount OF
work he could never accomplish.
L claim then that Sacramento County,
from the fact that it is the principal dis
lrlbutlng point for the northern part of
the state, Is being neglected, for the rea-
son that 1t has no Independent, diSinter-
ested horticultural commission. When |
made inquiries in Sacramento February
9th as TO whether inspection of the trees
mad been made by any officer, l received
reply to the effect that none had been
made, but that man employed by the
State Board of Horticulture occasionally
came TO the yard.
am now informed that the very man
IN whose company | inspected the trees,
ana who was employed in the yard in the
handling and care OF the tree, was at the
1lihe deputy quarantine officer. He
seemed quite surprised when l pointed
out to him live scales on the trees, and
gave no information whatever concern
ing inspection of the trees.
IL is OF The utmost importancet to orange
growers 10 know whether trees have been
infested with scale and passed through a
1umlgatlng process, or have always been
clean: As the letters that have been pub
lshed in this controversy have brought
all the facts to light, L consider that the
work set out to perform has been
accomplished G.. w. HARNEy.
Marysviile. February II, 1898.
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A Miracle in Mechanism

But savings and wonders are not con-
fined to the retaining of what generally
passes for waste materials. Each reduc-
ton in the number of processes required
to produce an article, every simplification
OF industry however minute, every saw
ing in the power needed for given results.
is utilization of what was wasted before
Perhaps the most wonderful results in
this respect are those secured from fuel i'm
modern engines. Compound locomotives.
for example, have been run a total of ten
million miles on English railways, draw
ing on an average from nine to thirteen
passenger coaches, and the average con-
sumption of fuel tor the whole distance
has been but BIG pounds of coal per mile.
Still more wonderful are the results
achieved by our modern lake steamers
with their triple expansion engines. An
exhibit of the work of one vessel for the
season of 1890, shows that it carried over
10000 tons Of freight during that time,
and it required but II ounces of coal on
an average to move ton of freight n
mile. What greater miracle of modern
mechanism than this can be named?
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IN THE EousF-

~ IL Z iiOOSEs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The House re-
sumed consideration of the pension APP
preparation bill.
Boutelle spoke vigorously against the
proposed amendments to the pension
law, declaring Union veterans were not
safe IN the hands of the party about to
come into power. with its headquarters
south OF Mason and Dixon's line. The
records OF Congress show that fact.
oates replied warmly to Boutelle's re-
marks, saying his charges were unfor-
tunate and ill-founded. No gentleman
would charge him or any other ex Con
1ederate with opposing a proper pension
to any Union soldier who was worthy of
1t. He regretted that the gentleman from
Maine had exhibited the bloody shirt to
the House.
cummings earnestly opposed the pro-
posed legislation, addressing himself
principally to the amendment withdraw
ing the pension of widows who were not
married within five years of the end of
the war. This legislation he denounced
as bull-headed, brutal and brutal-hearted.
Alter further debate general discussion
closed, and the bill was read for amend
ments. The first was that transferring
the Pension Bureau from the Interior to
the War Department. Points of order
were raised against this and other amend
ments Of the committee, and without
action on any of them, the House ad-
journde.
The Senate bill giving General Double
days widow $50 a month pension was
passed by the House in the morning
hour
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
Yentllating a Tunnel.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is now ventilating its tunnel through
Baltimore by fans driven by electric
motors, the current being transmitted
from a powerhouse situated near the
North-avenue end of the Bolton yard. A
ventilating stack and fan have been
erected over the northern sections. The
current for the operation of the fans is
conducted through the tunnel to the
ventiating shafts. Arrangement is also
made to light the tunnel by electricity.
The ventilation is accomplished by
means of slanting subway eight feot
wide by sixteen feet nigh from the side of
the tunnel. near its top, to the foot of the
ventilating stack, which, on account of
the heavy foundation necessary, is To-
Gated at the side of the tunnel. At the
foot of the shaft a large fan, fashioned
like the blades of a steamboat propeller,
revolves on a vertical shaft, forcing a
strong upward draft. The vacuum ere
ated at the middle of the tunnel causes
the smoke and gas TO be drawn from the
end of the tunnel to the center, and ont
the top of the stack. The stacks are 100
feet high and eighteen feet square. Ad-
Joining each stack there is a small orna-
mental brick house for the storage of oil
and materials used in operating the sys-
tenn. By this system the tunnel is cleared
of smoke and gas in less than two min
utes after the passage of train.
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AN ETCHING.
Written for the RECORD UNION, by Marie


Written for the REcoRD-UNIcN. by Marie
Labarite.
In an unfrequented part of an old
country road stands a rude cottage. or
what might more properly be called a
cabin. From the chimney issues a faint
line of smoke, and from the window a
dim light seems struggling for its exist
ence. A traveller is surprised to find
even these signs OF life in this desolato
spot.
The stiffness of the night is broken by
the low moan of old Carlo, the watchdog.
and the wind signs in sympathy, for the
angel of death is abroad. In the cottage,
by the window, sits young mother
clasping to her breast a tiny form and
looking far out into the night Occasion
ally light from the distant village sends
a CLEAN to the cottage, and with it a ray
OF hope to the mothers heart, for she
clasps the frall form closer, and whispers
into the ear OF the sleeping child: Father
UlJ come. On! surely he Will come"
The whisper is almost inarticnlate. but
the child stirs and opens its beautiful
eyes. pray to the good God, mother.
dear; pray God to let him come" The
little voice grows faint, but once again
the words come softly: "Oh! surely father
will come"
The mother prays, but the moon looks
down with plying glance, for the moon
knows he Will not come.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16

The big tree is surpassed in size only
by the eucalyptus of Australia, while the
redwood may claim the honor of beinp
the third largest tree in the world. The
largest known redwood is 366 feet in
hight and 20 feet in diameter. The
big tree attains greater diameter, but
does not reach a proportionately greater
hight. Thus there are big trees recorded
having diameter of Il feet, but we
have seen none mentioned as being over
400 feet in hight.
The hight of the largest known eucalyp-
tus tree is stated to be 40 feet, but the
diameter is only twenty-seven feet. So
while taller than the largest big tree. if
their proportions are the same. the Cali
forn1a tree has about twice the bulk of
the one which grows in Australia.
cember st. Nicholas.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
1t VIII Not Likely Pass at This Sessi,
of Congress.

1t VIII Not Likely Pass at This Session
of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The New York
Herald correspondent, after a canvass
among the Senators and Representatives
telegraphs the following to his paper,
which agrees with the predictions here
tofore made from time to time in these
dispatches: ''The Nicaragua bill will not
pass at this session. This is the opinion
of every Senator and member with whom
l have talked to-day. Even Senator
Hlscock, who is strong advocate of the
measure, said this evening that he had
little hope of the bill ever going to vote.
He thought it would pass the Senate if it
came to vote, but the time was now so
short that the friends of the measure had
made up their minds to push the thing
next session."
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JUDGE GREsHAM's POSITION.

| are now ulleQ.
JUDGE GRESHAM'S POSITION.
CROWN POINT Qnd.), Feb. 15.-As an
answer TO the charge that Judge Gresham
is guilty Of political perfidy in accepting
the portfolio of State under Cleveland,
Judge e. G. Field, delegate to the Re
publican Convention of 1883, who voted
for Gresham on every ballot, declares
him the truest friend, and the most cour-
ageous where his convictions of right and
wrong are concerned, he ever knew, and
gives a bit of the inside history of that
convention to prove it. He said: 1.-THE
charge had been industriously made
against his loyalty to extreme tariff views
then espoused by his adversaries in the
convention, and it was deemed expedient
to have the Chicago Inter Ocean publish
an editorial, Thursday morning of the
first week of the convention, putting at
rest all doubts of the position of the
Judge on this question. Accordingly,
the committee, late at night, laid the mat
ter before William Penn Nixon, who
proceeded to pen an editorial on the lines
indicated. AS The committee was about
to depart, Nixon said: 'Of course you
have seen the Judge and obtained his
CONSENT? We said we had not, but
would vouch for his approval of it. He
replied: That won't do. 1 guess you
don't know the Judge very WELL So
the committee went to the Palmer House,
routed Judge Gresham from his slum-
bers, and explained the matter to him,
| assuring him that the publication of an
| editorial with his sanction would insure
his nomination and election. He stood
before Us in his white robe the embodi-
ment of purity. There was pause for
a moment, and the Judge looked hand
somer and drawer than | ever saw him,
and then he said: i appreciate your
friendship and the good Offices you are
performing in my behalf. But President
or no President, you cannot publish that
editorial by my authority, because do
not believe in it. 1t is better I'should
not be nominated than commit myself TO
that doctrine The editorial was not
published"
DEMOCRATS OF ILLINOIS DISPLEASED.
SPRINGFIELD GIL, Feb. 15.-The House
was thrown into an uproar for half an
hour by a motion to suspend the rules
for the passage of resolution eulogizing
Gresham and congratulating the country
and Cleveland on selecting him for Secre-
tary of State. The Democrats opposed
the consideration of the resolution, but
the Republicans demanded the ayes and
noes with the view of embarrassing the
Democrats by forcing them into the posi-
ton of withholding their approval of
| Cleveland's action. The House refused
| Sc to 66-to suspend the rules.
WHAT CARLISLE WILL DO.
NEW YORK, Feb. ia Washington
special says: After a conference to-day
with Secretary of the Treasury Foster,
Carlisle said he could not see any occa-
sion for apprehension in financial circles,
as the Government would not allow gold
to go to premium. "My course as Secre-
tary is very plain" he said to a friend.
zone of my first official steps will be to
issue bonds. This will be followed by a
special session of Congress. The Sher-
man Act will be repealed.''
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16
STEEL ARMOR.
Bids Opened for the supply for Vessels
Now Being Constructed.

Now Being Constructed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Bids were
opened in the Office of the Secretary of the
Navy to-day for 600 tons of nickel steel
and Harveyized steel armor for the YES
sells now being constructed for the navy,
in conformity with the Act of Congress
appropriating $4,000, 600 for purchase.
Contrary to expectation, there were
two bidders only, the Carnegie Steel
Company and the Bethlehem Iron
Works. On account of the complicated
nature of the bids submitted, it is impos-
sible at this time to give a comparative
statement of them. The price asked for
nickel steel ranged from S525 to $3.50 per
ton, according to the shape of the plate,
and Harveyized steel from $575 to 500
per ton.
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PIGEON SHOOTING.

Champion Fulford Defeated by a New
Yorker.
New YORK, Feb. 14.-George Work of
the Larchmont Yacht Club to-day de-
feated f. d. Fulford. the worlds profess
sional champion pigeon-shot, in match
at the club grounds. Work killed IS
birds out of 100 and Fulford killed 81.
The.mach was the first out of series of
three which will be decided at the club
grounds this week for purse of $3.50.
The conditions were thirty yards rise
and sixty yards boundary.