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The morning call., 1894-10-14

largely. additional buildings have been
erected. the exterior painted, substantial
fence erected. and as far rs possible the
old desks have been discarded for
new and more substantial ones. And the
PotrerO school now embraces number of
features, which are. to say the least, novel
in their way. There is a fully equipped
sewing class in constant operation, and the
principal has also introduced thorough
system of physical culture. much to the
delight of the youngsters of the Potrero.
The little girls are more than pleased with
Their sewing circle and the boys actually
long for the appearance of the instructor
in physical culture.
In one of the most cheerful rooms of the
building Principal Faulkner has placed a
number of tables about six feet in length
and standing three feet from the floor,
around which are placed four or five small
chairs to CORES pond with the height of
the tables. The room is sunny and com.
Portable, and in this coy retreat the girls
from the third to the eighth grades
spend three quarters OF an hour each
afternoon In learning how to properly
manipulate q needle and thread. There
are about 176 girls in all taking lessons in
sewing, and their ages range from 10 10 I6
wears. The School Department. through
the efforts of Principal Faulkner, supplies
the little ones with needful material in
the way Of muslin. needles aud thread,
and by system OF exchange two Of the
regular teachers are enabled 10 alternate
ia giving instruction, without extra cost
to the department. During the time they
are present 10 the sewing-class, MIR. Faulk.
ner takes charge o. their regular classes,
and in this manner the system is IN ade &c
work admirably.
During the last term of school the fifth,
sixth. seventh and eighth grades only were
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of the various schools and the teachers
under their cha rye in the welfare of their
young sc holars. The spirit of friendly
riva Try. which has existed among the prin-
clip ais from the very inception of the sys-
TEN, has undoubtedly been productive Of
good results, inasmuch as San Francis co is
now possessed of neat and clearly school
houses, and has reason 10 feel proud of her
youthful scholars. Of course 1t must be
admitted that in some localities the schools
are more thoroughly equipped with accom-
modations than in others, but even with
this drawback they all appear 10 fill the
mission for which they were created. An
instance of this may be cited here.
Several years ago the Board of Ednca-
ton decided t. erect schOoi-hOuse in
the Potrero. and after its completion it
was called the Potrero Grammar School.
The attendance from the first was large,
but owing perhaps 10 the then remote loca-
ton of the school, little or no attention
was given it when the department from
time TO time was engaged In distributing
favors TIN OughOut the city. TIE building
was placed on an ungraded lot at Minne-
sofa and Sierra streets, and after short
lapse of time commenced to exhibit the
effects of rough weather and lack of proper
ttentiOn. The accommodations were in
adequate and the desks old and obsolete.
being made up mostly of the cast-Off furni-
ture of other schools IN more thickly pOpu-
lated districts. Paint or wbitewash had
never touched the woodwork. walls or
ceilings since lis erection and fence 10
enclose the bu ilding had up to that time
been entirely overlooked.
In December. 1898, Richard d. Faulkner
then vice-principal of the Lincoln School,
was promoted to the principalship of the
P0trero Grammar School, and in all JUS
tce it NAV be said that the school, from
that time forth, has improved in every par
ticular. The attendance has increased
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CARTONS CRIME.
He SwindIed E. c. Weber Out of
5000 Worth of Furniture.

Thomas Carlton has been wanted by the
police for the past three months on a Su-
perior Court warrant charging him with
obtaining property by false pretenses, fol-
lowing upon an indictment by the Grand
Jury.
Detectives Silyey and Egan managed to
locate him in house on Hayes street and
yesterday morning found him hidden I'M
der pile of clnthes in a closet. He was
arrested and taken to the City Prison.
About four months ago Carlton, who
then had an office at 2l5 Sansome street,
induced E. C. Weber. who now lives at
LOG Third street. to exchange $500 wOr tn
of furniture in the house 30 Ellis street
for a house and lot in Vallejo. S0laDo
County, and one-third interest in the m atch
factory carried on In the house.
Carlton gave Weber deed to the prop
erty and when Weber went to Vallejo to
have look at his purchase he found that
Webber had sold the same property to an
other man, who had taken the precaution
to record his deed of transfer.
Webber on his return to the city made
inquiries about his furniture and ascer-
tanned that it had been sold by auction by
order of Carlton, who had received the
proceeds less the auctioneer's commission
and eXnanseS.
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AT KHYBER PASS.
Where England's Troops
Could Go.
Captain Milford of the British Army
Fears No Russian Invasion
of India.

Captain II. c. Milford of the British
army, who has retired after many years of
active service in India, is guest at the
Occidental, on his way home to England
after several months spent in the East
Kootenai district, Canada, on a huptin e
expedition.
Captain Milford disclaimed much knowl-
edge of mining matters, but declared that
the East Kootenai district was very rich in
mineral.
1.-THE low price of silver has been a
drawback to enterprise in that section. but
there are good gold properties. American
capital is about 10 open the Wild Horse
mine. The Canadian Pacific is ready to
construct a branch line from the main
track into the district, and altogether
mining men are hopeful of the future.
British capital has been slow TO invest.
Samples sent to England have been pro-
nounced rich, but the question has been
invariably asked II any mines were under
operation, and as there were none capital
could not be obtained to invest in new en-
terprises, as the British are little slow
to risk their money in new ventures.
my visit to East KootenaI," continued
Captain Milford, ''was purely for pleas
ure. l went on a hunting trip, and was
anxious to secure a mountain sheep.
is very like the bigborn of the Rocky
Mountain region, but when l reached East
Kootebai 1t was too late In the season.
There are mountain sheep there, but was
not fortunate enough to get shot at one.
Other game is abundant and the fishing Is
fiue."
Captain Milford spoke highly of India as
a spOrtsman's paradise, but bemoaned the
fact that globe-Lrotters were doing much
to njure it as hunting ground.
Rudyard Kipling is greatly admired by
Captain Milford, who declares that his
storties of Indian life are highly appreci-
ated by those who have served in India
They are trife colored to make them
I'd ore interesting, but are sufficiently accu-
rate to please Anglo-lndiaDs.
In speaking of the Russian aim to Sc
cure India as a dependency. Captain Mil
ford said: Russia will never succeed. Our
soldiers are wel-traned and India is pre-
pared. The Goorkhas and the Sikhs
I would not hesitate to meet the Russians
in battle. and all India would respond to
stand the difference between the mild rule
OF England and the seventies which
would attach TO Russian conquest.
Afghanistan lies between Russia and
india. Russia would have to conquer
AIghanlstaI first before she could strike a
dow at India. We have railroad TO
kbyoer Pass on the Afghan frontier.
Russia is away distant in Central Asia.
We could mobilize the Indian troops
10 march many miles over deserts before
she could reach the Aighans. The COM
missary department could not obtain sup
plies Tor large army, and the idea Of a
Russian invasion of India is out of the
question"
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LEARNING TO SEW.
POtrerO GrammarSchOoI's
Busy Tots.
EXPERTS AT NEEDLEWORK.
Principal Faulkner Proud of His
Little Pupils.
PATCHES AND BUTTONS GALORE.
Physical Culture Claims Their Atter-
ton When Not Engaged in Ply.
ing Their Needles.
PATCHES AND BUTTONS GALORE,

Tireless effort and perseverance are
often said to accomplish wonders when
properly directed, and the combination of
botn invariably leads to success and adj
vancement. No better illustration Of the
truth of this may be offered than to point
TO the local public-school system. which
has grown and prospered from year to
year until at present it is recognized
among the foremost aud best in the land.
The advancement of the system as whole
may be attributed in general way 10 the
Individual effort of the officers who have
guided its destinies from time to time, but
more particularly to the pride and pains
taking care manifested by the principals
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INQUIRY ORDERED.
Assessment of Federal
OffiCe-iiOIders.
The Civil Service Commission Sends
an Urgent Request for Facts.
The Law EVaded.

Mr.. de YOung's organ of purity had an
historical attack recently when it learned
that Federal office-hOlders had been asked
to contribute per cent of their salaries TO
the Democratic campaign fund.
1t declared, wringing its hands in horror
over the enormity of the crime, that Col
lectors Wise and Welburn were implicated
in the plot to violate the civil service law
aud shrieked for an investigation or their
conduct.
Collector Wise swore that he was not
guilty, and Collector Welburn declared
that he knew nothing about the ASSESS
ment. The latter added that the accusa-
ton came with very Ill grace from the
moutbpiece of man who knew that Fed
eral office-holders of mis- own parry were
assessed two years ago. yet had not a
word to say about that violation of the
law.
Then the horn brooked journal hedged
little and said that the assessments were
ordered by the Democratic campaign CON-
mittee. but that the collectors no doubt
had a guilty knowledge of the fact. So
anxious was II that justice should be done,
though the heavens fall on the Democrats,
that its correspondent at Washington
called upon the president OF the Civil
Service Commission and laid the damnlDg
accusations before him. The president,
pT6ouInl0R tudL the charges were mHu6 Oy
a relia BILE paper, wrote the following CON-
munication to Samuel Haskins, secretary
of the Civil Service Examiners in this city ::
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 6. 1894.
press correspondent at this city mas adj
vised the commission that the San Francisco
Chronicle states thatgall the Federal employees
of san Francisco have received a circular letter
from the Democratic Campaign Committee,
stating that as office. holders they are presumed
TO desire the perpetuation of the present ad-
ministration, and THAI each office-h holder is ex-
pected 10 contribute per cent of his yearly
salary for the success OF the party. AS secre-
tary OF the commissions board of examiners
The commission would be glad II you would adj
wise II al the earliest practicable moment as TO
any Information You may have. or may be able
to obtain In this matter
&. LYMAN, Acting President.
Secretary Haskins procured copy of
the circular issued by the campaign COM
mittee and forwarded it to Washington
yesterday. He does not think that the
committee violated the civil service law.
as the circulars were mailed to the homes
of the officeholders who were asked TO
contribute to the fund. He gave the facts
of the case to the commission, and there
the inquiry will probably end. If the
officehOlderS bad been importuned while
at work the law would have been yio-
la ted and the offenders made liable to pay
a heavy penalty, but the committee, by
making the appeal to the private ad-
dresses, evaded the act.
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RECEPTION AND BAZAAR.
A Merry Time at the Old Ladies
Home.

The large assembly hall of the Pro-
estant Episcopal Old Ladies' Home on
Golden Gate avenue presented gala ap-
pearance yesterday. The occasion was a
reception and bazaar given by the inmates.
and in dying from the large attendance it
is evident that the ladies move in a much
wider circle of friends than that existing
within the walls Of the home.
A pumber of neatly decorated booths,
placed about the room IN circle, were
presided over by quantity attred women,
each having distinct variety of goods on
sale. A large number of the articles, il
not all, were manufactured at the home
and served 10 reveal marked traits of in
dustry.
The callers Eade extensive purchases
during the day and last evening, and as
the hour for closing drew near. little re-
manned but the bare tables and faded TRIM
mings 20 tell Of the success which had
crowned the efforts of the promoters.
Aside from the liberal admission fee
which was levied it is expected that quite
a neat sum will be realized, which may
serve as an inducement to repeat an event
which proved such delightful success.
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allowed the privileges of the sewing-room,
but at the opening OF the present school
term the third and fourth grades were
added. The preparatory instructions con-
sists of threading the needle, asting,
bemming, stitching and all manner of
patchwork. and is then followed by darn
ing, button holes, feather stitching Oh fan
mel and the sewing on of buttons. During
the past term The pupils of the fifth grade
made hands ONE patchwork quilt of calico
pieces given by the pupils of the Tour
classes.
The little ones of the sixth and eighth
constructed sailor blouses of fiannelette
for actual wear, and the pupils of the sew
enth prepared set of sash-curtains for the
wind0 Tvs OF the sewing-room and seventh
aid eighth grade classr9oms. In addition
to these articles all the girls have made
sewing bags to contain material, and quite
IA number from each class have made cam
brio aprons, which They proudly wear te
school each day.
1t is a sight instructive and amusing as
we'll to pay visit to that COW sewing
room and beholu score of little tots
| scarcely able TO lisp their names buslly
plying needle and thread under the
watchfui eve Of the teacher They man.
age TO slip their thimble now and then,
| however, and sore thumbs and fingers are
| the result. But they like sewing too well
| to give 1t up. The boys, OF course, arc not
ALLOW within the sacred precincts of the
| sewing-room, but they have good reason
| to appreciate the advantage OF the instruc-
ton. 1t is a fact worthy of note that ever
since the establishment of the class the
| boys use fewer pins in their suspeDders
| and rarely ever appear without buttons
| on their coats or with rents in their trOus-
ers. The mothers of many of them are
! often too busy attending to house
hold duties 10 look after buttons and
patches, but it is now unnecessary. mas
much as an application for assistance in
this line at the door Of the sewing-room is
never refused by the busy seamstresses
within. And the principal asserts that
they sew buttons and patches to stay, In
| spite of hard usage and strain.
Principal Faulkner is now candidate
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ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done in
the Mines.

VIRGINIA, New. Oct. 13-FolIowing are
the superintendent weekly reports of the
various mines on the C0mstock:
Con. CAL. q VA.--1650 level--We have
continued to slope out ore from the new
ore body from the fourth floor (south drift
81 up TO the tenth floor two floors above
the sill floor OF the 1850 leveD and the
faces OF the slopes are looking well at all
points. From these slopes aud from the
Wine We have extracted durin 9 the week
0here having been one DAYS suspension
of work in the mine) about 800 tons OF ore.
the average assay valve of which per
mine car samples was $50 Ga per toni. The
The morning call., 1894-10-14
Address by MIR. Gill.

All young men under 40 years of age are
invited to attend the special mass-meeiing
for young men at the auditorium of the
Young Mems Christian Association, Ma
son and Ellis streets. this afternoon at 3
O'Clock. The service VIII be addressed by
Mr.. G. o. Gill Of the Yale football team,
coach for the State University football
team. While enthusiastic and deeply in
terested 10 athletics Mr.. Gill is also an
earnest Christian worker. Miss Neale G.
Hawkins will sing and the service will be-
exclusively for gentlemen.
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NEW HOUSBFURuTH[uC Goods.

NUMBERLEss SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS OFFERED
WEEK NEW FALL STOCK HOUSE
FURNISHING GOODS AND DOMESTIC DEPARTMENTS particularly
most on So ale a
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The west front of Rochester Chatedral
has just been completely restored through
the exertions OF Dean Hole. The Dean is
soon 10 visit America.
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Sued by the Rank.

Suit has been brought by the Pacific
Bank to recover from c. G. White the sum
of 1889 90 balance due upon promissory
note for $1,000 executed by the defendant
In favor of the bank on October "a. 1890.
The morning call., 1894-10-14
A fairv lost a preclous charm

fairy lost precious charm
To keep the rosy gums from harm,
To keep from teeth decay and death.
To sweeren and purify the breath
This charm the fairy lost morta, found,
And SoZoDoNT it's called on earthly ground
The morning call., 1894-10-14

All the members OF the School Board in
Tiverton, e. l.. are women, and The super
10 tendent says the schools of that town
are the best conducted In the State.
The morning call., 1894-10-14

The chief dependence of those liable to sudden
colds is DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

than the good of the whole country.
the Republican party has sacredly
guarded the smallest as wen as the
greatest interests of the south. Moth
ing affords the Republicans OF the
north more pleasure than TO welcome
TO fellowship this great body OF repre-
sentative American citizens who pro-
pose henceforth to stand up for Ameri-
can interests. not IN one. but In all
sections OF our beloved country. Only
about one-tenth OF the total amount
of sugar we consumed prior TO the
passage of the tarim law OF 1890 was
grown In this country"
"rhe Republicans believed 1t was bet
ter to put sugar on the free list and
pay a bounty to every sugar producer
in our country. In this way we paid
out IN bounties about sii,000000 and
saved si.0O0.000 each year to the peo-
pie OF this country. The Democratic
party In congress last August repealed
thia bounty, made a duty OF 10 per
cent advalorem and theu the house
passed an amendment making sugar
free so that you are to have neither
bounty or tariff.
"My fellow-countrymen the question
of tariff IL business one. In the
words OF "a true American who spoke
aa a soer and prophet forty years ago,
we may still declare that industry
has It's campaigns and It's hattlcields
and is not yet beyond the need OF en-
trenchments and fortihcatlons. God
grant us the wisdom and virtue 10
press forward on the shining path
thus opened plainly before us TO the
end that our labor may be fully em-
ployed and fairly recompensed and
that age aftcr age may Witness the
rapid. yet substantial progress and
growth OF our people In all the arts
OF peace. all the clements OF national
well-bcing"
GovcrHor Mckinley was given a
supper at the Hotel Royal and at mid
night left on a special train for Hunt
lngton and Charleston, w. Va where
he speaks Monday.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

Denton. Tex, oct sO.--Hon, j. w.
Bailey Democratic nominee for con-
gress from this distrlct, spoke here TO-
day at 2 o'clock He was introduced
by DIR. j. p. Blount. He gave a
thorough exposition OF the popullst
theories Speaking ON the silver dues-
ton, he said;
n am In favor OF an honest dollar,
worth 10 cents on the dollar Honest
American Democrats don't want To
rob anybody | believe In the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and |
win vote for 1t whenever l can"
lie spoke In regard TO the popullst
idea OF government ownership OF rail-
roads taxation and their position on
the sugar question, He said
IAN the tears OF the PopulAts In
heaven could not blot out the record
OF the populist senators and congress-
men,
He paid his respects TO the Dallas
News In lighting him said populists
all praised the Dallas News for It's
fairness TO them,
Turning TO "a Dallas Newa CORE
snondent he said: put It down. my
friend, for II is So"
He said Browder had lost his pulpit
and would Jose his election, and would
by the grace of God and the pension
commissioner lose his pension. He
spoke for about two hours and a half
ana was loudly cheered throughout.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

When the siumberer was this morning
awakened by the din OF hurrying We
hicles and the brayIng OF the red balloon
mans whistles. looking out he beheld
the streets Of Dallas most gorgeously
arrayed In holiday attires. Flags
hunting and streamers Of most all de-
sIgns hung from windows and entw.ned
ne pnlars and arches. Al an early
hour the streets were thronged with
visitors The street car companies
ulaced their cars In a train on all routes
10 the fair grounds. and every trip from
9 O'clock a. m. they were crowded to
their utfrost capacity.
This might well be called children'B
doy II was Saturday. no school was in
session and no admission fee was
charged to those under Is years OF age.
The Youngsters turned out in full force.
From the opening Of the gates TO the
close at night their merry faces added
a luster to the streams OF humanity
that flowed through the entrances and
The Ninth Annual Texas State Fair
ana DALLAS Exposition was formally
onsned al 1890 o'clock this morning by
cnvernor James S. Hogg.
His entrance TO the grounds was an
nc,,nred by the Dallas Union Band.
which lead the escort, playing the ia
,rIitar air OF Thomas d. Perkins
Revsioc After the band followed &
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

Holiday Tex, Oct, 20, Major W. Il.
Flood Of Wichita Fails spoke here yes
tcrday afternoon in the Interest of
Hon. j. NJ Dean, who Is opposing the
Hon. j. V. cockrell In his race for re-
election rs representative OF the larg-
est OF all congressional districts. His
speech was entirely taken up with do
nunclations of Cockrell, who, accord
ing to the major. Is only a political
Hchomer, none too good to carry out
any" plan that viii work 10 the Cock
rell interest. He also denounced Cock
ren for appointing his daughter ny his
secretary, and furthermore stated that
the report that the enttlemen had
raised $4,000 to defeat Coclsrell was u
lie.
Judge George IL. Miller also spoke
In favor OF himself for district Judge,
and was replied 10 by r. IL. Taylor OF
Archer City, who spoke In the Interest
OF Judge II. u. Dycua.
This section OF country IL almost
solid for Cockrell
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

wnco. Tex. Oct. 20,--rhe recent
manifesto by the Populists. stating
trat they would not meet any Demo-
Gratis In Joint debate but those who
were opposed to the free coinage of
silver al a ratio OF l6 to I, seems TO
have fallen nat. In conversation with
the Gazette reporter Hon. Cullen II.
Thomas, Democratic nominee for the
legislature. said In reply to whether
the Populists were enforcing II or not.
ITO judge by events In iris county
ever since their proclamation was is
sued, they'nre not. l have on several
occasions recently met them In Joint
debate, and ! believe Others have done
so. ! think the provisions OF the mani
festo were never intended to be car
ried out strictly, and II looks very
ulistan
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21

strawn, Tex, Oct. 2O.--Report has
just been received here that the Cor
don train robbers have been seen on
Lake creek. ten or twelve miles north
east Of this place. A posse from
Thurber and this place IL In that sec
tion and hopes arc entertained that
the robbers muy be captured.
A band OF men supposed 10 be
the same as thoi@ who a short time
ago robbed a store In F,llasvilie. has
been known TO be In hiding In the west
part OF this county IN the dense cedar
brakes on Toni creek, and II IA bee
lieved here that they are the men who
held up the train yesterday