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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
How and Why Things May Now
Sizzle at the Political Pal.
ace on the Hill.
IN THE OCCIDENTAL CLUB.
Gossip About the New, Fine and
Strange Headquarters That Boss
Buckley Is Booming.

Buckleyism is about to sizzle up at the
corner of Bush and Stockton streets, where
a new, quite peculiar and interesting polit-
icaI headquarters has begun career OF
some sort. Just now it's something like a
song; very likely it will yield sermon.
There is quite magnificent, really odd
and somewhat uncanny palace up there on
the slope of Mob Hill just little below
the shelf made by Bush street. In it the
returned boss, who cannot see, has estab-
lished his throne, wakened the Occidental
Club into a life whose thrill was not
dreamed of or hoped for few months ago,
and made of it the nucleus of political ag-
gregation representing the highest and
lowest levels of the City's social life, which
expects to become the reigning Democratic
power of San Francisco.
Buckley's Occidental Club is nominally
a social-poliuical organization with detin-
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LIVELY At COLLINSV|LLE.
Survey Corps of the California,
Oregon and Idaho at
Work.
Running the Line From That Point to
Red Bluff for the Big Enter.
prise.

COLLINSVILLE, CAL, Dec. 12.-The
California, Oregon and Idaho Railroad
Company has corps of ten men here,
preparatory to starting an actual survey
from this point to Red Bluff, where 1t will
meet surveying party from Eureka al
ready in the field. The corps at this point
is under the supervision of Harp and Bald
ridge, with Chief Engineer Sumner di-
recting the survey. They are securing
rights of way from all the property holders
in this vicinity and disposlng of many
contracts for bonds.
There are two series of these bonds, one
running for thirty years and the other for
twenty years. each to draw 5 per cent in
terest, payable annually, and secured, re-
spectively, by first and a second mort
gage on all the property, rights, franchises
and privileges of the corporation, the first
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V|SAL|A FLUME BUILDING,
Four New Principles Adopted by
the Kaweah Irrigation and
Power Company.
Increase of Velocity and Economy in
Material, With Added Endurance,
Accomplished.

VISALIA. CAL, Dec. 12.-The Kaweah
fume of the Kaweah Irrigation and
Power Company is interesting, not so
much for its magnitude as for the fact
that four new principles in tiume con-
struction have been introduced in its de-
sigh. The fiume is GAO feet long, six feet
inside width and will carry depth of six
feet of water. The first of the principles
is applied in the approaches at either end
of the fume. These are constructed in a
manner exactly the opposite to the con.
struction of the PROV OF boat.
The approaches involve two bents of the
f1ume at each end OF sixteen feet each and
begin and end with the exact cross-section
of the canal and gradually assume the
cross-section of the fume. This was in
troduced to reduce the loss of velocity con-
seouent upon the change from the full
cross-section of the canal to the con-
tracted cross-section of the fume at the
entrance to the fume and vice versa at the
exit to the fume to a minimum.
The second principle has heretofore been
applied only in pipes and closed conduits
and will explain many OF the failures of
fumes in many cases to carry their theo-
retical capacities. 1t consists i'll putting
the water with the head of the flume under
pressure.
Owing to the greater proportional cost of
flume construction over canal and ditch
construction, where both are of the same
sectional area, it has been customary Tor
engineers to greatly decrease the area of
the cross-section of the fiume and increase
the grade of the same, expecting thereby
to increase the velocity of the water in the
fume and carry the same quantity OF
water as the canal above it. But Mr.. Burr,
chief engineer of the company and de-
signer of the fume, points out the fact
that this false doctrine, both because OF the
great impediment to flow occasioned by the
sudden contraction of area of cross-sectIon,
and although the grade of the bottom may
be increased at will the fall of water surface
will not make an abrupt change from one
grade to the other, there being many
fumes constructed in which the flume It
self will run third or one-half full,
while the banks of the canal above over
flow, although the fumes are correctly
constructed upon existing theories and
formula.
The third and fourth principles are
minor ones, and involve detail OF construc-
ton, one being that all bracing is done
overhead by cross-sway braces between the
four by six posts, which extend above the
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ite mem bership, but membership doesn't
count particularly. It is a rallying place
for the Buckley forces OF the eighteen AS
semby districts, and during the next year
of politics it is going to be lively court.
Buckley politics will be nearly all planned
up there at the Occidental Club. Hither
the district leaders will go to report and
receive orders. There doubling converts
will be drawn to be inoculated with the
Buckley gladness. The Occidental Club is
to be political home where the boys
will be welcome and place that will be
endowed with every charm for the lambs
that have been on short grass for so long.
To help along the boom and swing that
it is sought to be put into the air up there
money is now being spent with a touch of
lavishness in fixing things up in still finer
style, and plans for making the place
constant Joy are being arranged.
When you go up Stockton street from
Sutter toward Bush, you come to pecu-
liarly situated big white mansion next to the
corner building. There is hole in high
stone wall from which granite steps wind
up shrub-studded yard to the elegant
front portico that doesn't face the street.
If you go on and along Bush you come to
a little cul de sac, and if you dodge down
that you will find side door and an cleo
trio button. If you want to dodge in the
front way, through the stone wall, under
the trees, nobody will be apt TO see you,
either.
Buckley didn't build this place for po-
litical club, but he couldn't have planned
one more convenient for his political pur-
poses. This used to be the home of the
wealthy Mrs. Peck, who lavished some
thing like $125,0O0 on it. She built and
changed it mainly as the spirits directed,
and that may be one reason that the house
is SO full of peculiar little passageways,
stairs and hooks. One can dodge all
through the house from attic to basement
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New Move by the Commissioners
Concerning State and County
Moneys.
GOVERNOR BUDD's THEORY
He Thinks Banks Should Not Aid in
the Election of County
TreaSurers.

STOCKTON, CAL, Dec. II. - With a
claim that the information is special ana
reliable the Mail says that the Bank
Commissioners held a meeting yester
day in San Francisco and determined upon
policy which will materially affect banking
methods in this State. The object of the
new move is to protect State and county
funds.
An order will be issued by the commits
sion directing the bank managers to re-
fuse to accept State and county moneys
except as special deposits.
This fact was learned from local finan-
cier who held conference yesterday with
the members of the Bank Commission.
The new rule will keep the State and
county moneys intact in the banks in
which they are deposited, for a special de-
post is one in which the cash deposited is
undisturbed and the identical coin re-
turned, when drawn out, that was de-
posted.
This will be a safeguard against the loss
of any State or county funds, and it is re-
ported that the city money will be pro-
tected in the same way. According to the
last statement published by the Bank
money then being used by banks in this
State was 81, 1856 127, and a large proportion
of this could not be paid on demand
From the statement referred to it can
be readily seen that, while number of
banks are perfectly solvent and capable of
more than meeting their obligations, they
cannot pay on demand the amount of
money due the counties or the State They
have plenty of assets, and have passed
muster before the close scrutiny of the
Commissioners, but if they were called
upon to turn over at once the money they
owe the State or the counties they could
not do it.
Under the new rule made yesterda by
the Commissioners such a state of affairs
cannot exist, as the money will always be
on hand. Governor Budd was in the city
to-day, and, discussing the subject, said:
81 think there will be a change in bank
ing methods before the end of the present
fiscal year. 1 do not think that banks
should go into politics for the purpose of
securing the election of County Treas
urers in order to have county funds de-
posted with them. This has cut quite a
figure in the past in the election of Treas
urers and it should all be changed.
MY theory is to take the matter of plac-
ing the county funds out of the County
Treasures hands altogether. This should
be done by the County Board of Supervis-
ors, who should place the money with the
bank which will give the heaviest bonds
and the highest premium tor the privilege
of using the money. This will keep the
money IN circulation and at the same time
the county will be secured against loss.
The money should be subject to the
check of the Treasurer at any time. There
is now some $6,OOO,OC0 of State and
county money that if put into circulation
would be a great benefit to the people of
this State"
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without being seen by the people he may
want to avoid, and when the house is filled
by a careless throng it is easy enough for
a caller to see Buckley in an upstairs room
without his presence being known. One
popularity OF the house is that every
corner in every room is rounded in ac-
cordance with directions by the shades of
the other world.
1t is the old Buckley crowd that ran
local Democratic politics back in the sos
and before the Sullivan-Dwyer revolution
OF 1892 gave the party reins to a new set,
who compose the Occidental Club, and
who are getting up good thing TO push
along. The organization is merely an old
one that has taken new name.
Most people will remember the Tam.
many Society that Buckley organized in
1887. For long time it did quite we'll
over Steiner's saloon in Bush street, near
Montgomery. Sam Newman was its first
president and among the leading members
were: Colonel A. A. Andrews, James II.
O'Brien, A. T. SPOTS, John Mccarthy, E.
Z. Mills, A. ]. Clunie, Jerry Driscoll,
Maurice Schmltt, DIR. Bryan, Tom Ford,
w. P. Wiltshire, William Nc Sann, Martin
Bulger. and so on.
In 1890, while Buckley was still in the
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
Where Jewsharps Are Made.

Bath claims the distinction of having
the only jewsharp factory in this coun-
try outside of the city of New York.
The industry is carried on in building
situated on Fourth street, in the rear of
No. 16. J. r. Smith, the proprietor of the
establishment, has made jewsharps for
thirty-fve years. Twenty years he
worked at the business in England, and
nearly fifteen in this country. He first
started in Troy, but believing the location
would be more healthful in Bath he re-
moved to that village about nine years
ago.
The jewsharp was classed as toy up to
a few years ago. 1t is now placed among
musical instruments. For centuries it was
known all over Europe. 1t is also known
as the Jews trump. 1t consists of metal
frame with two branches. between which a
slender tongue of steel, fastened at one
end and free at the other, is made to
vibrate by twicthing with the finger while
the frame is held between the teeth.
While there is no decrease in the de-
mand, Mr.. Smith says, there has been
during the last few years gradual NOV
ing of the demand westward. Orders have
increased in Chicago in the same proper
ton that they have fallen off in New York.
Mr.. Smith manufactures twelve different
styles of jewsharps ranging in price from
So to $25 per gross. They are put up and
shipped in boxes of twelve-gross lots. Mr..
Smith is an expert performer upon the in
strument.-Albany State.
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at $15,00 mile, the second at $4,000 per
mile. The company is organized under
the laws of the State of Oregon. The pur-
chase price is made payable in calls of 10
per cent as the money may be needed for
the purchase of material and construction
of the road.
The company proposes to construct
within three years from date of the bonds
standard-guage railway from Collins
vile, Solano County, Cal, to point at or
near Rel Bluff, Tehama County Cal, to.
gether with an intermediate line from
point on the main line in Yolo County,
California, to Washington. Yolo County,
CAL, and continuous line from Collins
vile to All eastern connection in Wyom-
ing within five years, unless prevented by
the DEGREES or injunctions of the courts or
the elements.
1t is provided that the subscriber to the
second mortgage bonds shall reserve the
right to paw 20 per cent of all freight or
fare charges contracted over all the COM
pany's lines IN said second mortgage
bonds. Both the first and second mort
gage bonds are to be exempt from State or
Federal taxation. Failing in either of its
covenants the company agrees to repay
the subscribers their purchase money.
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They Will Urge the Passage
of Measures to Protect
Mining.
WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION.
TREY L. Ford Delegated by the State
Association, to Be Aided by John
McMurray.

The executive committee of the Miners
Association has decided to send man to
Washington to work for California mining
interests and to push the passage of two
bills adopted at the last meeting of the
association.
Copies of those bills will be sent to the
Congressional representatives OF this State,
with requests to bring them prominently
before the Ways and Means Committee,
and two mining men will be on hand to
make all necessary explanations of their
purpose and Importance.
Those two men are TREY L. Ford of this
City, who was unanimously elected to the
position, and John McMurray of Trinity
County, who has volunteered to spend a
short time in the National capital at his
own expense in the interests of the Cali
fornia mining industry.
1t will be Mr.. McMurray's first expert
ence in Washington.
1t was decided to have 1000 copies of the
constitution and bylaws of the aSsocia-
ton printed for distrib button to the mem
bers in the different counties of the State.
w. G. Ralston. chairman OF the Mineral
Lands Committee, was allowed clerk to
assist him in taking up the mineral land
secretary $50 month for his services to
the association.
The meeting was held in the rooms of
the Union League Club at the Palace
Hotel and was a continuation of the long
executive session OF the preceding even
ing. Jacob F. Neff presided and Julius
Sonntag was secretary.
Last evenings effective session began
with Judge Walling moving the previous
question, and Immediately after J. M.
Wright moved to adopt as amended, "an
act to provide for ascertaining the charac-
ter of certain lands in the State of Cali
fornia"
1t was a proposed substitute for the
Singer bill and will now be sent on to Wash
ington. In substance the act provides for
a speedy determination and indication of
the character of all the odd-num bered Sec
items of unpatented lands as to whether
they are mineral or nOn-mineral, and as
soon as practicable to publish a notice
describing the location of the mineral
lands and informing the people that they
may file with the Registrar protests against
patenting such lands to any railroad.
These notices are 10 be extensively pub
lished for two months, and durng that
time or within thirty days thereafter any
one may offer protest against patent
being issued on any land thought to be
mineral. An accurate description of the
location of the section, together with the
names of the persons seeking patent,
must accompany the complaint AT the
end of thirty days such collected evidence
is to be forwarded to the Secretary of the
Interior, who is to suspend the issuance of
patents upon the land described until a
court of inquiry shall have declared it non-
mineral. Twenty thousand dollars is
asked to be appropriated by Congress to
defray the expenses of mineral lard
commission, member of which must be
practical miner.
The act further provides that all un-
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the "glad hand" always ready, and there
isn't much up there too good for the boys.
That's the idea of the new programme.
Somebody is putting up between $4,000 and
$4,000 for the new fixings that are going in,
under the direction of Vice-President
the club itself than in its politics. The
tapestries that Mr.. Mills got out
here from New York a few days ago
cost from $12 to SIS yard and they are
going in the upholstered furniture in the
big parIor that has great $2500 onyx
mantel in 1t. Everything is being reno
waited and improved with touches OF costly
soon there are to be weekly entertain
ments, with songs, speeches and some
thing to eat and drink, for that is the way
to treat the boys.
A good-natured. hospita BILE, though in
congruous, Democracy is characteristic of
the Occidental Club. The Buckley ex-
firemen play pedro in fine baywindow
room on heavy walnut table, and down.
stairs tie valiant heroes of manya primary
loaf on plush cushions and rosewood
chairs and receive jolly salutations from
big men with lots of money. Downstairs
in the basement is a big room where
seances used to be held. That's where
meetings are held now and where the BAN
quets that are planned will be enjoyed.
Sometimes there will be champagne on
tap down there and sometimes good old
beer. according to the proprieties of the
occasion.
When they say "Come and have some
thing" they go out to the sideboard where
cocktails are mixed by the haired,
gentle and courtly Sam Sample. who has
been known so well for thirty years.
When people go to the Occidental Club
and touch the button, the door is opened
by a a.nephew of Charles A. Dana. He is
Percy Dana, a bright and popular little
fellow of 30 years. His father used to be
big stock dealer in Missouri, and sup
piled mules to the Government his
brother wrote so much about. Percy
drifted out here, went into the
grocery business out on Bush street, oppo-
site BuckIeys City residence. He bought
tea and coffee of John Mccarthy and sold
it to Buckley. Both liked him, and when
the grocery business became bad few
months ago he became assistant steward
of the Occidental Climb.
"Just look at them windows, there's
different kind of hand paintin' in every
glass;" said one of the boys proudly the
other day, and he was as welcome as one
of Bucks business men" who wear dia-
monds. That's one of the ways that Buck
ley is now doing politics and one of the
features of the new political headquarters
in the bill
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
AFRo-AMERIcAN coYFEREI CE:
Ways to Secure FuH Rights of Citizenship
IN 20

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 12.-The Ma
tional conference of the Afro-Americans,
which was called for the purpose of con-
sidering ways and means of securing for
the negro citizen the full rights of citizen
ship, met in the Second Baptist Church
here to-dav and brought together about
twenty delegates from various States and
like number from this city. Little or no
business was transacted at the sessions to-
day, they being occupied with organizing
the conference and speech-making. d. A.
Straker of this city was made permanent
chairman, Hon. R. I. Green of New York
ce-president, and Rev. J. NJ. Townsend
of Chicago secretary. Committees on reso-
lutions and on an address to the coun-
try" were appointed and will report to-
morrow morning. To-night's session was
devoted to speech-making.
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fumes, to be constructed closer to the
hillside, which, in the construction OF
grades through rocky canyons, is big
item. The other is the dividing of the
yoke posts into two posts longitudinally;
passing the yoke between these posts and
across the flume and boiling them to their
place, which makes more equal distrlbu-
ton OF strength among the tlmbers. The
application of this principle requires less
material and affords greater simplicity in
construction than methods heretofore
employed.
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surveyed lands shall, as soon as surveyed,
come under these regulations.
OF the two other bills that the assocla-
ton will try to bring before Congress early
next year one asks for an appropriation
of money for the construction of works to
impound mining debris and thereby to
protect the navigable streams of Califor-
mia, and the other is to amend certain Sec
tions of the Revised Statutes relating to
mining claims and their location and pos
session.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
A Song Recital.

An interesting song recital was given last
evening in the Mercantile Library by S. Homer
Henley and Miss Maud Chappelle, pupils OF
Willard ]. Batchelder. Besides Mr.. Henley and
Miss Chappelle the following artists took part
in the entertainment: The Hawthorne quar-
tet, composed of Messrs Batchelder, Coffin,
Tilton and Tucker; DR.. Regensberger, cello;
r. Fletcher Tilton accompanist.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
Soyuted the Gfor;ons Dead.

ROME, ITALY, Dec. 12.-The Chant be r
of Deputies this afternoon paid tribute
to the memory of Major Tosselli, the COM
mander of the Italian column in Abys-
sinia, which was decimated by surround
ing force OF Abvssinians, and who was
himself among the killed. After num-
Der of eulogistic speeches the President OF
the Chamber invited the orators of all
parties TO salute the glorious dead, and
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-13
DR.. Brown on Music.

DR.. C. o. Brown will begin series of weekly |
lectures on Music next Sunday evening at the
First Congregational Church. The choir, un-
der the direction of Samuel ID. Mayer, will each
evening render selections from the composer
whose life and compositions are being con.
Sidered,
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INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS!

At 25 Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEF large size,
with embroidered initials, will be Of
fered at 25c each.
At 35 Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEF extra large
size, with embroidered initials, will be
offered at 35c each, 81 dozen.
At 80 Cents.
MEMS JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS extra large
size, with very handsome embroidered
initials, will be offered at SOC each.
At 26 Gents.
MEMS HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em-
broidered initials, will be offered at 25c
each, or in fancy boxes of half dozen
at 81 so.
At 35 Cents.
MEMS HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN
HANDKERCHiEFS, with hand-em-
broidered initials, and extra large size
will be offered at 35c each, or IN fancy
boxes of half dozen at 81.
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LADIES' KID GLOVES!

LADIES KID GLOVES!
At rs Cents.
800 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH NOUS
QUETAIRE U N D r E s ED KID
GLOVES, colors tan, slate and brown,
also black, regular value for 81 70, will
be offered at 75c pair.
At 90 Cents.
800 pairs SHOOK KID GLOVES, colors
tan, brown and slate. also black. regular
value 81 so. will be offered at soc pair.
At 90 Cents.
700 pairs S-BUTTON LENGTH NOUS
KID GLOVES, colors tan, slate, navy,
brown and green, also black, regular
value 81 so, will be offered at 90c pair.
At $1.OO.
600 pairs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES,
in English reds, brown, tan, cream,
pearl and white, regular value 81 30,
will be offered at 81 pair. s
HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
At 25 Cents a Pair.
CHILDREN'S FINE RIBBED BLACK
COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels
and toes, Hermsdorf black, sizes toe,
worth 40c.
At 25 Cents a Pair.
LADIES' FANCY HOSE, black boot and
opera-shade top combinations, spliced
heels and toes, Hermsdorf dye, regular
value 81 per dozen.
At 25 Cents Pair.
LADIES' BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE,
unbleached feet, nigh spliced heels and
toes, Hermsdorf black, good value at
35c.
At SO Cents a Pair.
LADIES' MPORTE CASHMERE
WOOL HOSE, high-spliced heels,
double soles and toes. black, natural
and tan shades, value for Csc.
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KUFFLERS And REFER SCARFS.

MEMS SILK MUFFLERS, in white,
cream, black, navy and fancy colors, at
75c, 81, 81 25 81 50 So to 81 each.
MEMS REFER SCARFS. in black,
white, navy, ETC., single at 75c and 81
each, double at 81 so, 81 and 81 80 each.