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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01

most exciting moments OF the hurdle Jump
ing had been passed over with cold indiffer-
eDce by the majority of the women; even
the fOur-in-hands had only excited mild
futter; but a wave of wild enthusiasm
was caused by the decisions passed on the
smart clanking turuouts. good many
society women were conspicuous by their
absence yesterday afternoon, il is true, but
many of those who we're present stood up
in their seats and watched the driving
with the deepest interest.
Until now San Francisco has never had
any set rules with regard to turnouts.
Jehus have gone with top boots, brass
buttons and top hats in conjunction with
whiskers or heavy military mustache,
and no incoDgruity has been popularity
recognized. But TO Judge from the criti-
cisms, comments and admiring remarks
made on the carriages yesterday the horse
show will go far toward establishing a set
standard of what is good form" and what
is not.
"Oh. those trimmings are just lovely"
exclaimed one pretty mgenue. indicating
for she was too well bred to point-ihe
raised ornaments outside some of the car
riages. "They make a carriage look so
rich and handsome. just as If 1t were en-
broidered.'
"Oh, do you think SOP" asked another
girl, with emphasis on the 'dn" and
rising infection of the voice. They make
me think of nothing but hearse or a
coffin. You know hearses have raised
things on them very much like that"
Can you tell me how it is, asked one
languid, travelled woman from the East
that your victtrias here are all so fright
fully heavy? They remind me of the an
cestral arks that one sees the dOwagers
in HYDE Park taking their stately arlngs
in. All the younger generation in the BoIs
de BOulogne and Hyde Park and-every-
where, drive in light victorias."
"The answer to that is cobblestones and
hills" replied a San Francisco woman,
laughing. 'If one OF your Hyde Park vic
worse still, the byways, of San Francisco
for a few weeks, there would not be much
of il left, l guess. Most Of those carriages
In the arena are imported though, as you
will see if YOU go down and examine them
afterward."
The langud woman was not satisfied,
howaver. She criticized some of the cnach-
mems makeup, and the thickness of the
clanking chains, but she went into rap
lures over the horses. Indeed all the beau
tiful animals won commentator from the
women. and most of the ladies said that
difficult as it was 10 say which carriage
was tue most elegant. the judges had
favored the ones that were the "best
FORM" although a few regretted that the
most pretentlouS turn0uts had been
passed by without even a commentator.
The jumping that followed the display
of professional coachmen was watched
from the boxes with considerably more
interest than the jumping had been on the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
Dorado. Al Stanford up. literally flew over
the fences As if it were mere fun aud got
the cup and blue ribbon.
THE AWARDS.
Prize winners Were Thick at the
Horse Show.


Horse Show.
Following are the awards made yester-
day:
Glass 4-Thoroughbred stations, best
yearling; first prize $50. second S25. A. 3.
Spreckels' bay FLY Pique, Flam beau. imp.
Amelia, first; A. Is. Spreckels' ch. FLY
Carnation, Flambeau-imp. Petroleuse, sec
ond.
Class 1-Thoroughbred stations, three
years old or over, to be shown in hand
first prize 500. second $50 special prize to
the winner of solid silver cup offered by
c. Z. Huntington, valued at $500. E. j.
Baldwin's bay, En- peror of Norfolk. aged.
by Norfolk Marion, first; w. OBJ. Mac
donough's chestnut, St. Carlo, years, by
imp. ST. Blalse-Corlns, second; DR..
Thomas Bowhill's imp. Chesterfield, Is
years. by The MARQUIS Lamorna. vepy
highly commended p. j. Don oboe chest
nut, Duke of Norfolk, aged. Norfolk
Marion, commended.
Judges in the thoroughbred class
Colonel II. Thornton, John Mackey,
James B. Ferguson.
Glass 14-Roadsters, pair OF mares or
gedings or mare ana geldiug. four-year-
olds or over; first prize 500, second $50.
I. Kelly & Sons bay geldingS Linda
Vista and Desperate, first; Foxhall stables
chestnut geldings Bender and Button.
second; William }. Landers' bay mares
Flora and FloTeta, very highly commended.
Jndges-Monrne Salisbury, Orrin A.
Hickok, John f. Boyd.
Class 16- .Roadsters, pair of mares or
geldings or mare and gslding and best ap-
pointed road rig, speed not essential; firsl
prize 800, second prize $50, special prize
offered bv James M. Cunningham of solid
silver cup valued at 5000. Francisco de
Ojeda's Drown mares Panchita and Sus.
pero, first; G. 4. Sanders brown mares
Nancy and Betsy, second; T. Kelly s
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TOOK The CUP.
Emperor of Norfolk Wins the Beauti-
full Huntington Trophv.


A fair sprinkling of the horsey was on
hand when the show opened yesterday
morning and the bugle blast called the
stations of thorough bred class into the
arena. Three were entered for the
prizes, but only two faced the judges, A.
j. Spreckels' chestnut FLY Carnation,
Flam beau-imp. Amelia. and her sister
Pique, Flambeau-imp. Petroleuse. The
pretty yearlings amblrd gently around the
ring, and when the ribbons were awarded
Piuue got the blue, Carnation the one OF
the hue correspo nding to her name.
Next came the thoroughbred stations oil
class l. the bay Chesterfield, son of The
Marouis-Lamo rna; St. Blaise's beautiful
son St. Car 10, out of CoriBa; w. OBJ
Macdouough' imp. Suwarrow; Major j.
L. RathboDe's imp. Clieveden, Yattendon-
Lad Chester: Lucky" Bsldwn's great
bay stallion Emperor of Norfolk. his full
brother. the Duke of Norfolk, owned by
2. j. Donohoe of Santa cara, ahq the
grand four-year-old MorellO, son OF Eolus
and Cerise.
1t was grand company and 1t stepped
proudly around the ring The big hunting
ton cup, valued at $500, was the especlai
prize, ana the individual owners bad sci
their hearts npon owning IT, with the eX-
reDtiou of Major Rathbone. Frank Van
Ness took Clleveden and Morello out, as
they are somewhat out of sorts.
The Emperor of Norfolk captured the
blue ribbon. Macdonnugh's st. Carlo got
the red, DR.. Bowhilps imp. Chester field
was highly commended, while the Duke OF
Norfolk was commended. The first prize
took the Huntington cup.
Three pairs of roadsteTs showed for in
spection when class IA was called for judg-
ment: T. Kelly 81 Sons bay geldings
Linda Vista, by ElrctloDeer. dam by Eel
toms Almont, and Desperate. dam by
Dexter Prince; the Foxhali stables chest
mi eeldings Bender and Button. and the
bav mares, Flora and Florsts, owned by
William j: Landers of san Leandro. The
Kelly pair was awarded the blue ribbon,
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Ex-sergeant Kingsbury's Funeral.

Ex-Sergeant of Police Thomas p Kings
bury. who died on Wednesday afternoon,
was buried from Pioneer Hall yesterday
under the auspices of the Society of Pic
neers. OF which he was a member. The
deceased was one of the oldest members
of the police force aud was retired about
five years ago under the pension act. AS
an officer he was energetic and jealous in
the performance of his duty. He was
buried In the Masonic Cemetery.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
A STABLEMAN CUT.
Result of Row Between Two COL
ored Men at the Racetrack.

Vi 81 IflCh tIO
A row occurred late yesterday afternoon
between two col0red stable-keepers at the
Bay District Racetrack. and in the fracas
one OF the men was rather badly though
not dangerously cat. Both men were un-
der the Influence OF quor, and quarreled
over the care of several horses which they
had under their charge. From using
harsh language they came to blows, and
then one of the combatants drew PEN
knife, and viciously cut at the other. 10
all he Inflicted SIX wounds. three in the
left side, two in thu right arm ana one in
the chest
The wounded man was taken to the
Receiving Hos pital. where his Injuries we
dressed. He gave the name of John Z.
Young. and refused to tell W no the man
was who did the cutting. The police, how
ever, will investigate the case, and dis
cover who the knife-wielder is.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
Rev. Simon to Address Young MEM.

Rev. Mr.. Simon, pastor of the First
English Evangelical Lutheran Church.
will address the meeting for young men
only at the Christian Association building.
Mason and Ellis streets, tomorrow after
noon at O'Clock, on subject espec ally
appropriate to young men. Good music.
Service for gentlemen only. No ladies ad-
mitted.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
Services in His Last Illness.

DR.. Luke Robinson yesterday began suit
against George H. Kavanagh, executor If
the estate of William Larkin, for a claim
of 500 tor medical services rendered
during the last illness of William LarkIn.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
LADY CRITICS.
How the Fair Sex Sized Up the
TurnoutS.

Since the opening of the show the ladies
in the boxes have never taken such an in
terest in the ring as they did yesterday
afternoon, when the private carriages
we're being driven in araSesque patterns
and zigZags all over the tanbark. The
The advocate., 1894-10-03

until these defects are cured, and that
these matters resulted from the great
hurry to get the chamber ready for oc-
cupancy. This defective material and
work should never have been permit
ted, and having been done under the
eyes of the architects, the most we can
expect will be an attempt to patch or
cover up the most glaring defects,
leaving the others to be criticised and
condemned for all time"
1t will not be "for all time," for by
the time the building is completed the
part of it first erected will be tumbling
to pieces. The stone Of which it is
built is unfit for such a building. 1t is
too soft, and is already crumbling in
many places. The whole thing is
fraud from basement to dome, and the
stealing indicated in the report of this
committee is but a drop in the bucket
compared to the sum total of the rob-
berry of the state in this one job alone,
If there is any department Of the pub
lie service in which corruption and
fraud have not been the rule, we have
not found it yet. And the republican
party wants campaign Of party
records.
The advocate., 1894-10-03
Consistency! !

EDITOR ADvOCATE:-While the re-
publican law-abiding (P) Charles Cur
tis, nominee for congress, is lending
his "franking privilege" to the repub
lican state central committee to save
postage on the committees circular
giving the treatment Of certain sub
jeCts Of the Winfield institutes, Ishould
like to know why that circular don't
take in the OsaWatomie insane asylum,
of which DIR. L. F. Wentworth, re-
publican, is superintendent. DIR.
Wentworth "Pilchered," a subject here
not long since; the subject grew fat
and stout, and is now happy at his
home, and writes back here to his
friends of his satisfaction. DR.. Went
worth says that there are about twenty
more here at the asylum that should
have the same treatment; that it
would be the best thing for their hap
piness, their friends and their rela-
tives', and save the expense to the
state Of holding them here to wear out
a most wretched life, but that public
opinion will not tolerate it. l cannot
believe that there is an intelligent, up
right individual in Kansas that will
censure DR.. Wentworth. However, if
Curtis and Leland wish to furnish pos
terity one of their hy-leaVes on surgery,
let them be consistent and give all the
cases.
The crowd up there at the capital Of
the state don't seem to think that we
know much down here any way, or
hey would not have sent the "lost re-
p ublican United States senator, Ady,
down here to tell US last night-the
20th inst.-that the Kansas Populist
delegation in congress voted for the re-
peal of the Sherman law. He spoke of
the government ownership Of railroads,
and said if railroaders got injured, or
killed he could not recover OF Uncle
Sam; "that he didn't know just what
subject to speak to the people on" the
only truth the Douglass house senator
uttered that heard Of.
Talk of "hogging" conventionl
Cy Corning would have given all US
fellows down here that hold his notes
a nomination in his convention just as
well as not if he had a grateful hair on
him. But perhaps he forgot.
OsaWatomie, Kas. jim M. KANE.
The advocate., 1894-10-03
The Fall in Prices.

In its forthcoming silver anniversary
number, the American Grocer, of New
York, will publish under the above
caption the following table Of prices of
the leading articles of food for 1859
and 1894:
The advocate., 1894-10-03

well as from the history of the apprO-
priation and the language of the act
itself, we are impelled to the further
conclusion, that the present members
of the board of state house commits
sioners, as we'll as the architects, all
well knew that it was the intention Of
the legislature to limit the expenditure
to be made upon the east wing to the
$75, 900 named in the act, and we fur
ther find that the board of state house
commissioners, in violation of their
duty, and in violation of what they
knew to be the intention of the legis-
lature and the law, being ably aided
and abetted therein by the architect,
who is equally culpable, have already
expended, including liabilities in
CURED, but not paid, more than $4O,-
900 in excess of the amount appropri-
ated and that from fifteen to twenty
five thousand more will be required to
complete the work.
"The board of state house commits
siOners met once a mOnth-and in one
or two cases Oftener-went through a
routine of business, allowed the bills
that were allowed by the architects,
and went home-rarely staying more
than day, and frequently less-for
which they were paid by the law 800
per month-in reality about $50 per
day. Instead Of giving the work such
personal supervision as the best inter
ests of the state required, and as the
law makes it their duty to do, they
gave it no personal supervision, al
lowed it to take care of itself, turned
it over entirely to the architects, al
lowed them to run it without let or
hindrance; on their recommendation al
lowed illegal claims amounting to hun
dreds of dollars, and seemed mall things
to forget or neglect the duties and re-
sponsibilities which the law deVolVed
upon them as sworn officers of the state.
"The contract for the iron trusses
was not let to the lowest bidder; the
person to whom this contract was let
was in Topeka in consultation with the
board and architect, at their instance,
prior to the letting; he had purchased
material and commenced work on
these trusses prior to the letting, and
the contract was awarded to him upon
bid $4OO higher than the lowest bid
from an equally responsible bidder,
and while we do not find from this
that there was corruption and dishon-
esty which the facts would seem to in
dicate Tof course not-ED. we do find
a seeming faVoritism which, to say the
least, is suspicious, and which oper-
ated to the detriment of the state. 1t
is but fair to the board to say that
their explanation of this matter is, the
person to whom this contract was
awarded agreed to furnish the work
fifteen days sooner than any other
bidder; but in fact he was more than
fifteen days behind the time fixed in
the contract, and yet no deduction was
made on account thereof.
"The board allowed work to be
done and material to be furnished
amounting to thousands of dollars,
without any written contract, the per.
son doing the same presenting his pay
The advocate., 1894-10-03

The satisfaction which the consumer,
were he only consumer, might takein
the contemplation of these figures is
marred by the thought that he as pro-
duCer is himself the victim Of the
steadily appreciating currency whose
inevitable manifestation is wrongly set
down as "the fall in prices"-not of
food products alone, but of every
other product of labor.
There is one man in this country
who has profted by this changed con-
dition. He is the landlord, and every
drop in the grocer's price list affords
him a new excuse for raising the price
Of his rent, which he has done with
regularity and firmness during the last
twenty-five years. The capitalist (saVe
the one who loaned his money on
longtime contract), the merchant, the
wage Garner all have suffered by the
change, and that means that the coun-
try as whole has suffered.
This "fall in prices" has been ac-
companied by a steady reduction in
the amount of wages paid, or, where
wages have been maintained, the num-
Der of men employed has been cut
down, with the result worse than
lowered wage scale. To-day thousands
of men and women and little children
in this free land of ours thank God
every night that they are allowed to
Wook at all and earn a miserable pit
tance by performance Of cruel tasks,
while hundreds Of thousands more can
find no work whatever and live on the
scanty earnings of their more FORUM
ate fellows, or tramp and beg or steal
that they may not die from actual
starvation.
Let us not rejoice that the grocers'
bills are not so big in dollars and cents
as once they were, for that result has
been accomplished through the sacri-
fee of men and women whose lives
have gone out in hopelessness and de-
spair beneath the merciless wheels Of
monopoly's juggernsut. The figures
here given are the unsealed verdict in
the court of natural law which stamps
the fiscal legislation Of the last quarter
Of a century as a crime against the
/ v,aonIo Cnioaro T{roao Sonfonohar 26.
The advocate., 1894-10-03
Another Wsy to Rob the State.

10g Ol buo 6ooG wing Va GAAO oO0G0 SoPA-
tol, and the senate journal of that year
contains the report of the committee.
1t may occur to benighted readers in
the rural districts that the necessity of
remodeling this wing so soon after
erection indicates some mistake or bad
calculation in the original construc-
tion, but such thoughts as these must
not be encouraged. Don't architects
know how to build state capitol? No
one can doubt that they do after read
ing the report of this committee. The
report says:
"Early during the last session of the
legislature a resolution was adopted,
requesting the board of state house
commissioners to cause to be prepared
plans for remodeling the senate cham
ber, and an estimate of the cost stthereof,
and report the same to the chairman
of the committee of the ways and
means to enable that committee to re-.
port an appropriation to carry the same
into effect. At this time the board
was composed of J. B. Anderson, John
Hammond and - Hood, and E. T.
Carr was state architect. General An
derson who had been a member OF the
board since the organization, in 1878,
resigned in May, 1885, his placed be-
ing filed by Mr.. Carr, who resigned
the position of architect, at $l25 per
month, to accept that of commissioner
at $50 per month. Thomas Butler was
appointed commissioner in March,
1885, to succeed Mr.. Hood, whose term
had expired, and the board
then and since, during the
entire progress of the work, has been
and now is composed Yof Mr.. Carr, Mr..
Hammond and Mr.. Butler. Messrs.
Haskell and Wood, having, prior to
the resignation of Mr.. Carr, performed
the assistant supervisory and architec-
tural services, at a salary of $3.50 per
month, were, upon his resignation, ap-
pointed as a firm to the Office of state
architect; but finding some difficulties
in drawing the necessary amount Of
salary, the firm resigned, and Mr.. Has
kell was appointed state architect at a
salary of $125 per month, by law, and
his partner, Mr.. Wood, was appointed
to do the assistant architectural and
supervisory services, at a salary of
$3.50 per month, fixed by the board,
since which time the state has been,
and is now paying 1876 per month for
architectural and supervisory services,
besides paying S135 per month to a
superintendent during the time the
work was in progress.
"We now go back to the senate reso-
luton of 1885, asking for estimates of
the cost of remodeling the senate cham
Der, etc. This resolution was spread
upon the records of the board, and in
p ursuance thereof, the then state arch
itect, Mr.. Carr, was requested to and
did prepare and submit to the board,
floor plans and sketches, and
an estimate in which he placed the cost
of the work at $4,000. Mr.. Ander-
son, then one of the board, at the same
time estimated the cost of the work to
be done at 5000, based upon the cost
of similar work done upon the west
1yin0. ond tharaunOn the hoard an.
The advocate., 1894-10-03

See our lO.cent campaign offer in this
issue, and send in a club. You caO't
convert people without getting them to
read.
The advocate., 1894-10-03

Get up . club for the ADyOOAEH.
The herald., 1894-01-28
How snools Are Made.

Birch wood is preferred. The wood Is
first sawed into sticks or feet long and
seven-eighths Of an inch to inches square,
according to the size of the spool to be pro-
duced. These sticks are thoroughly sea-
soned, They are sawed into short blocks
and dried in a hot air kiln. At the time
they are sawed holes are bored perpendic-
ularly through each block, which is set on
one end under q rapidly revolving long
shanked auger. Next one whirl of each
little block against some little knives that
are turning at lightning speed fashions it
into a spool, according to pattern desired,
and that, too, at the rate IT one second
for each set Of knives.
A row Of small boys feed the spool
making machines by simply placing the
blocks in a spout, selecting the best and
throwing out the knotty and defective
stock. The machine is automatic" but
there are some things which it cannot do;
hence the employment of the small boys
above mentioned. After the spools are
turned they are placed in large drum and
revolved rapidly until they have taken ON
fine polish. For some special purposes they
are dyed yellow, black or red, according to
taste. When one sees spool of thread
marked 1900" or 1900 yards" IL does not
signify that the thread has been measured.
but that the spool has been gauged and Is
supposed to have that amount OF thread
upon It. --Hnrf1son's Nhgazine.