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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
AFFIDAVITS OF LABORERS
Commissioner Fitzgerald Still Investi-
eating the Guadalupe Com
plants.


Complaints continue to pour in at the
State Labor Bureau about the conditions
of the railroad camps run in Santa Barbara
County by Contractor Erickson and the
way the men sent there by Hansen & Co.
are treated. Several affidavits were taken
by Commissioner Fitzgerald yesterday.
John Mehring of 1870 Telegraph avenue,
Oakland, who had worked for Contractor
Fred Erickson during most OF July, swore
to the following:
I found a rough camp. The food was Door
and dirty, the camp an unhealthy place, and as
to the drinking water-I was told by the cook
that two men died from drinking it, The clerk
employed by EricAson was taken sick with
typhoid fever at the camp. He was taken to
his home at San Luis 0bispo where he died
from the effects of the fever. This occurred
while | was at the camp. There is saloon at
the camp run by Erickson d Co. paid Hansen
& Co. 81 for the position. There were 125 men
engaged when was there.
Both the Erickson camps were described
by +. w. Ehleben, a cook, whose home is
now at Sonoma, and who was sent to Fred
Erickson by Hansen 81 Co. on payment of
So. He said he worked for Fred Erickson
for three months. He charged that the
water at the Santa Barbara camp. con-
Quoted by Fred Erickson, was unfit to
drink.
Mr. Fitzgerald intends to consult with
Chief Engineer William Hood of the South
ern Pacific In an endeayor to stop Hansen
& Co. from shipping large numbesr of men
oyer the road when only a few are required,
Said Mr.. Fitzgerald: "Mr. Hood told me
he issued 5000 passes for Hansen & Co.
when only 1000 men were needed. Hansen
& Co. are getting the best of the railroad
com pany in this matter"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
MILL VALLEY PROGRESS.
An Improvements Club Organized and
Ready for Business - It's
Obiects

Mill Valley is laying the foundation for
the establishment OF municipality in the
organization of an improvement club. The
organization was practically completed on
Saturday night by the election of officers
and an executive committee. The name
adopted is the Mill Valley Improvement
Club, and the object for which organiza-
ton was effected is the accomplishment of
public improvements by united effort of
property-owners.
They will thus do as an organization
what could not be done by individual eff
fort. The club will also be able TO present
in an effective way any grievances its
members may have against the county,
the railroad company OF any other cor
poration whose action may have an i'll
effect upon property rights or the general
interests of the village.
But the chief work of the Mill Valley
Improvement Club will be the laying of
sidewalks and the lighting of the streets
with electricity. Mil Valley is a pretty
place in summer, an. 4eis by no: means an
ugly place in winter, but when the winter
rains fall in the valley the streets become
very muddy and pedestrianism becomes
an unpleasant duty instead of a recrea-
ton. Then 1t gets very dark in Mill Val
ley when the moon hides away. So the
necessity for sidewalks and lights is ap-
parent. Some twenty residences are now
supplied with electric lights by the Cush-
ing plant at San Rafael and it will be a
matter of small cost comparatively to put
incandescent lights on the street corners.
The facilities for fighting fire and street.
sprinkling will also be included in the coz
templated improvements. In the past the
Tamalpais Land and Water Company has
sprinkled the streets and furnished water
for fire purposes without cost to the
property The Improvement Com
pany will now take charge of these
matters and pay the expenses out of their
fund to be raised by assessments. There
are no dues nor fees nor railroad officials
attached to the club, but when a needed
Improvements is decided upon as of interest
and benefit to the community there will be
an assessment voted for the payment of
the bills.
Forty property -owners attended the
meeting on Saturday night and number
of others who could not be present COM
municated with the meeting their readiness
to cooperate with the movement and be-
come members Of the club. There are $40
property-owners in the valley and Secre-
tary Fottrell said Yesterday he was conf
dent that $50 of that number would ioin
the club.
The officers elected are Charles Toohey.
president; E. L. Heuster, vice-president:
Thomas II. Reynolds, treasurer; Thomas
Fottrell, secretary. These officers and
the following-named gentlemen compose
the executive committee. T. McGanley.
Carl Meyer, F. /. Kimball, J. E. Perry and
2. J. Sullivan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
JAPANESE. ON THE COAST.
Consul Sabura Koya Sends Long Re-
port to His Government-Cor-
ruptfon Charged.

The: agitation of the Japanese labor
question upon this coast has caused the
officials in the Mikado's realm to make in
quiry of the Consul in this City as to the
exact state of affairs. His Imperial
Japanese Majesty's Consul, Saburo Koya,
assumed the duties of his office year ago
and since then has made considerable in
quiry along the coast. His jurisdiction
extends over all the territory in the United
States west of the Rocky Mountains. He
Is a graduate of Yale College.
Soon after taking his office he began his
investigation and since then he has sent a
long communication to the Minister of
Foreign Departments at Toxic, Count
Mutsu. Init he dwells upon the condition
of his countrymen in this country, the
number in his jurisdiction, wages paid
and history of the laborers in the United
States, ETC..
In speaking of the latter point Consul
Koya said that the first laborers in the
United States were students who failed to
succeed In their studies and were obliged
to go TO work for living. The next lot
were regular laborers and farmers who
came from the Hawaiian Islands. These
gave good accounts of wages and their
treatment by the Americans, and this
brought to California many more. Koya
SAID that he urged his Government to re-
strict as far as. possible the emigration of
laborers from Japan to the United States.
Consul Koya in his report upon the Jap
anese on this coast differs considerably
from others regarding the number in this
State.
In the matter of wages, too, the Consul
differs from the statements made by the
State officials. He said that the lowest
wages paid was at Vaeaville, where Jap
anese laborers received 81 a day without
board. In nearly all other places higher
wages were paid. When speaking OF the
number OF Japanese in the State the Con-
sui said that he obtained most of his sta
tistics before the fruit season began and he
IS sure that in all the Embarrassing districts
the number is now greater.
- Consul Koya asserts that he made some
startling discoveries of corruption which
he reported in his letter. He said that
when he went among his countrymen on
this coast he was greatly surprised at the
large number of dissolute women and their.
male consorts, knowing as he does the
attitude of the japanese Government
toward their emigration and the attitude
OF the United States toward their immigra-
ton,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
A MORMON CONFERENCE.
Missionaries Review a Years Labor With
Gentiles of California

A conference of the San Francisco and
Sacramento branches of the Church of
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints was held
in Friendship Hail, Pythian Castle, on
Sunday. This is the regular Mormon
church, which has begun extensive mis-
sionary work in this State. There was
good attendance, and the meetings were
all marked by fervent spirit of devotion.
Besides the elders who are engaged IN
missionary work in this City, Sacramento
and Fresno, Bishop M. f. Brown and
Hon. William Driver, both of Ogden. were
in attendance. The Mormon missionaries
sent here are all young and prosperous
business or professional men, who obey
the command to go forth and labor for the
church for year or two at their own ex-
pense.
J. B. Shepherd was elected president
ana Henry Peterson secretary for the day.
The report of the year work in the Cali
fornia missions showed an addition of
twenty-six persons to the church mem ber-
ship. President Tanner reported that
there was a growing interest in the doc
trines of the church, particularly since the
force of. workers had been increased to
fifteen.
Missions had recently been established
at Los Angeles. San Diego and in Fresno
County. He felt satisfied with the prog.
ress made, considering that a year ago
there were but two missionaries in the
field.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Lost His Left Arm.

William Regnier, an empIoye of the Pacific
Coast Syrup Company, 7l3 sansome street, lost
his left arm yesterday afternoon He was
working on the third floor and his arm got
caught in the shafting. Another employe
heard his cries and shouted TO the engineer to
shut off steam, which was promptly done.
When Regnier was extricated il was found that
his arm was hanging by shreds of flesh. He
was taken to the Receiving Hospital in an
ambulance and the arm was amputated above
the elbow by Drs. Well and Fitzgibbon. Reg
nier is an unmarried man and lives at 100
Bernard street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Solomon was called by the Hebrews of
his time the White King, from the color of
the robes he wore. The allusion made in
the New Testament to the lily of the field,
a white flower, in connection with Solo.
mon, is thus made clearer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL .=
JOUR- OWN MAKE" MISSES FINE FRENCH
KID BUTTON, cloth or kid tops, latest style,
diamond patent leather tips, spring heels,
At $500 Per Pair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
Jour OWN MAKE" CHILDREN'S TAMPICo
PEBBLE GOAT BUTTON, FRENCH KID
FLY, square toe and tip, spring heels, the best
school shoe made,
At SI.50 Per Pair.
The above all "our Own Make" and come
In all sizes and widths.
Every pair warranted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL :;
"OUR OWN Make LADIES' EXTRA QUAIL
ITY TAMPICO PEBBLE-GOAT, BUTTON,
square toe and tip, heel or spring heel,
At $500 Per Pair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
"OUR OWN MAKE" .CHILDREN'S FINE
FRENCH KID BUTTON, cloth or kid tops
square toe, diamond patent leather tips, spring
heels,
At al 40 Per Pair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
"OUR OWN MAKE" MISSES FINE FRENCH
PEBBLE GOAT BUTTON, satin flush, French
kid fly, square toe and diamond-shaped tips,
spring heels
At S1.76 Per Pair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
Jour OWN MAKE" LADIES' FRENCH KID
BUTTON, cloth or kid tops, pointed or square
toe, patent leather diamond tips, heel or spring
heel,
AT Sc Per Pair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
"OUR OWN MAKE" LADIES' FINE FRENCH
KID BUTTON, cloth or kid tops, hand-turn
soles, latest style pointed. narrow square
toes, diamond patent leather tips, ~
AT So, $3.50 Per Pair.
Extra Quality, 81.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

WE WILL SELL
i'OUR OWN MAKE" LADIES EXTRA FINE
FRENCH KID, cloth or kid top, satin
finish, seamless foxed, pointed. or square toes,
diamond patent leather tips, -:
At So. so Per Pair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
TIE MUST CLOSE OUT ALI OUR
BRANCH STORES.
Our Store Has Been Crowded
All the Week.
Though the Entrance Is Fifteen Feet
Wide 1t Could Not Accommodate
the Rush. -

WE WILL SELL
LADIES' FRENCH HEEL SHOES
At $3.50 Per Pair.
WE WILL SELL
"OUR OWN MAKE" LADIES FRENCH KID
BUTTON, cloth or kid tops, pointed and square
toes, patent leather tips, 80.
At S1.75 Per Pair.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
TO SAVE THE TREASURY
Republicans Have Agreed "pon Plan
10 Meet the deficiency.

10 Meet the deficiency.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE expected
Withdrawal Of gold during the week
promises to reduce the treasury reserve
to $iOOOG,00O, below Mr.. Cleyeland's
danger line. Such situation seems to
demand some other remedy than the is
sue or bonds such as have been put on
the market of late by Secretary Car
Isle. How to meet matters has been
thoroughly discussed by leading Repub-
licans OF both senate and house, and 1t
is now said that course Of action has
been practically agreed upon.
The plan has two phases, one prac-
tical, as applied to the situation, me
other political. The latter has two
points, one to pass bal in the house,
putting tariff upon wool. This would
not. it is believed. pass the senate but
the Democrats would have to take the
responsibility of defeating it. The other
is to pass a measure increasing all
duties under the Wilson bill twenty per
cent, and to also put some duty upon
wool and agricultural products now on
the free list. This might pass the sem
ate. and If Mr.. Cleveland vetoed 1t, the
responsibility would be upon him alone.
imports, and since the Wilson bill plain
ly does not yield sufficient revenues for
expenses, the proper plan is to increase
them until they do. To pass these
measures would put the Republican
party right on the record. and II the
senate or president defeated them they
would make their political record on
the other side.
The practical plan to meet the pres
ent treasury situation is to, issue short
time, low-interest treasury notes to
meet existing deficiencies. 1t is said
that Senator Allison, of Iowa, will in
troduce bill for this purpose in few
days. 1t will authorize the secretary
of the treasury to pay the difference be-
tween expenditures and receipts with
these notes. Another plan Is to issue
three per cent. longtime bonds, to re-
plenish the gold reserve when II falls
below 500 100000. the greenbacks, when
redeemed. to be held in the treasury
as part Of the reserve. This might lead
to the depositlng of gold by banks in
order to get greenbacks as the more
convenient currency, and would pre-
vent the administration from using the
proceeds Of bond sales to pay current
expenses. The proposed plan also in
cludes the passage Of a bill autnorising
national banks to issue currency to the
par value of their bonds. and reducing
the tax on their circulation to such a
rate as would be sufficient to pay the
expenses Of the comptroller Of the cur
rency's office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
WRECK on THE d.. L. 4 W.

An Extra Train from Port Morris Crashes
Into the Buffalo Fast Freight at Dover.
Stock Driver Killed.
Dover, N. j., Dec. 16.-A fatal railway
wreck occurred just above the draw
bridge here about 10 o'clock last night.
The fast Buffalo freight, going east on
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad and due here at 9.45 o'clock,
was late. When 1t reached the draw
bridge the signals we're set against 1t,
as it was then time for mo. H." west
bound fast train. The Buffalo freight
was made up of cattle cars 1t had no
sooner stopped than extra No. 1884,"
from Port Morris. came rushing up be-
hind 1t. Before Yves Johnson. the en-
gineer of the extra, could get his train
under control, ne struck the freight. The
shock was terrific. The caboose and
eight cars containing cattle. sheep and
swine, were completely wrecked.
w. Z. Caldwell. stock drover from
Iowa, was caught as he was about to
jump. The top Of his head was torn Off
and his face crushed. He died in
stantly.
A number Of heads OF the live stock
were killed and the engine Of the rear
train was completely stripped. The
damage is estimated at about $4,000.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
KINDNESS WON A FORTUNE.
BROOKLYN Man Decided 100000 by q
Woman lls Had Bcfrieu|cd,

BROOKLYN Man Decided $500, 900 by a
Woman iis Had Bcfriented.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 1G.-Henry
Lewis, q confectioner. forty -eight years
old, who lives with his wife and six
children on the second floor Of the fiat
house No. So Floyd street, williams
burgh, has, 1t is said, fallen heir to O
fortune Of 100000.
The fortune was the gift from an old
woman whom he had befriended while
she was homeless a few years ago. The
old woman Is still member of Lewis
household. She had been found sitting
on the doorstep of the house without a
place Of shelter or a friend to 60 to.
Lewis took her into the house. where
she was made comfortable. There she
remained until six months ago, when
she found place in tine poor house at
Flatbush. This was caused by reverses
Lewis had met with in business, and
was unable to provide for her any lon
ger. After stay Of a few weeks in the
poor house Lewis again found himself
able to take the woman home with him.
About this time the Surrogate Of San
Francisco was seeking, through the
Surrogate Of Brooklyn. for Information
Of q woman who had. by the death Of
her brother. inherited 100000. It was
the woman Lewis had befriended that
the Surrogate was looking for. A. soon
% her Identity had been established be-
yond doubt. ahe turned the fortune
over to Lewis. The latter on Thursday
;ast went before the Surrogate with the
old lady and the papers were signed
irving the money over to him. He will
b. in possession Of the fortune IN : few
1ayt. &, q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
THREATENED EVILS.

senator Stewart Offers New Argument
iu the Interest of silver
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE evil days
with which western manufacturing IN
dustry is threatened by competition
from China and Japan were passionate
ly portrayed in the senate today by
Mr.. Stewart (Populist, Nevada). in con-
nection with his resolution instructing
the finance committee to inquire what
effect the difference Of EXCHANGE be-
tween gold standard countries ana 'sii-
yer standard countries has on the agri-
cultural and manufacturing industries
of the United States
Mr.. Stewards contention was that, as
the expenses of eastern labor and ma
terials are paid for in silver by those
countries. and as the products are sold
in the United States and Europe Tor
gold or it's equivalent. the Ortentals
have, in the differences Of exchange, an
advantage OF 80 per cent, and that this
advantage Joined to their mechanical
skill, their low wages and their cheap
mode Of living, enables them to under
sell all competitors and will, II not
checked, transfer the manufacturing
for the world from the west to the
east. The only way to prevent such an
evil, Mr.. Stewart argued, is to restore
the parity between gold and silver No
action was taken on the resolution
which lies on the table. to be called up
at any time for further discussion.
Petitions were presented for res
toration of the wool and woolens sche-
dule OF the Mckinley tariff act, and
for one cent letter postage. Bills were
introduced to exclude aliens from public
employment, and to protect public for
est reservations; and a resolution was
offered and agreed to calling on the
president for report as to why the
law providing for the payment Of a
sugar bounty has not been executed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
EASTERN BASE BALL LEAGUE.
Proceedings Of the Meeting Held Yestcr
day The Circuit viii Remain Uu.
chauged-Fall River and Reading Re-

Proceedings Of the Meeting Held Yestcr.
day The Circuit Will Remain Tn.
chaneed--Fali River and Reading Re-
jectcd.
New York, Dec. 16.-The annual meet
ing Of the Eastern Base Ball league
was commenced today at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, when the board of drec-
tors went into session at II O'Clock.
The board was made up as follows:
President, P. r. Powers (chairmaD; (;
L. E. Bogart. of Wilkes Barre; G. N.
Kuntzsch, Of Syracuse, and w. II.
Draper, Of Providence, r. I.
The board took up several protested
games but the result did not effect the
standing of any Of the clubs involved.
The championship for 1895 was awarded
to the Springfield, Mass. club, and the
board adjourned.
The league convened at 3 o'clock with
the following delegates in attendance:
Toronto, Canada, John c. Chapman;
Syracuse, George N. Kuntzsch; Scran-
ton, Pa, II. p. Simpson, T. r. Brooks
and NJ. II. McDermott; Wilkes Barre,
Pa, E. Il. Bogart, l.. w. Long and c.
w. Tammany; Springfield, Mass, c. T.
Shean. II. Z. Burns and ]. e. Sanborn
Providence, r. l., w. II. Draper, f. A.
johnson and w. A. Murray: Buffalo.
IN. Y, James Franklin and Jack"
|, Rowe: Rochester, N. Y. Charles Eng
lert and c. A. Lemgruber.
The discussion Of matters to be pre-
sented to the national league at it's
| meeting next month occupied the time
Of the meeting. A committee of five
was appointed to lay the subjects before
the national league. The committee
Is as follows: President P. T. Powers,
Messrs. Draper, Franklin, Bogart and
Shean. The league will apply for pro-
lection under the National agreement
IN Class A instead Of Glass B, to which
they belonged last year. They desire
to be put on the same footing with
the Western league. The committee
Will also call to the attention of the
National board the practice of register
| Ing reserved Eastern league players
| without first negotiating for their re-
lease, and will endeavor to have in
ferted clause requiring the players
draftcd from their league to be paid
Tor within a reasonable time, about
siXty days thereafter. 1t was also
voted to urge the National board for a
'etuTn Of the original classes.
IL was decided that the circuit should
remain the same as last year. Appli-
| atoms were read from the Reading.
"a, and Fall River. Mass, clubs. for
| ahtranchisement, but as there were no
vacancies the applications were tabled.
rhe league then adjourned till tomor-
ow morning
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
ARE NOT TAXABLE.

Attorney General Mccormick Will Ex.
cmpt Life Insurance Policies.
Harrisburg. Pa, Dec. 16.-Attorney
General Mccormick this afternoon sent
to the auditor general an opinion in
which he holds that life insurance poll
cies cannot be taxed; that they are not
Of the class of personal property" in
tended by the act Of 1891 to be taxed
and therefore should not be returned by
the taxpayer
In the blanks sent out by the auditor
generals department to the assessors
this year the taxpayers were directed
to return policies of life Insurance is
sued by foreign or domestic. stock or old
line mutual companies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Mr. Atcheson, Of Pennsylvania, intro
duced bill in the house appropriating
SIS, 900 for a public building at Washing
ton, Pa.
The treasury department was informed
yesterday afternoon that $500 900 in gold
had been withdrawn at the New York sub
treasury for export today. Most Of the
gold goes to Germany.
The president, in reply to a committee
Of ckiIene Of Utah. said he would give
the matter Of issuing q proclamation ad-
mitting Utah to statehood his attention.
Mr. Smith Rep.. Mich) introduced in
the house a resolution re-enacting che
provisions Of schedules q, X and L, Of the
Mckinley tariff law. These schedules
cover agricultural products and provi-
stons, wool and manufacturers Of wool
end eiIk end uilk gooda.