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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
THE GILROY FAIL URE.
Jesceter Harry Frutig Files a Petition
in Ius0fcency.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 25. Harry
Frutig, who has been engaged in the jew
elry business at Gilroy for the past fifteen
years, and who was alleged to have fled
from the town, to-day filed a petition in
insolvency. He attributes his failure to a
depression in business, shrinkage in
values and a lack of trade. His liaSili-
ties amount to $4792.
The principal creditors are: Bank of
Gilroy. $500; J. P. Sargent of Gilroy $500;
]. P. Trafton, Los Angeles, SIPS; ]. e.
Lewis. San Francisco, $725; George Green
zweig & Co., San Francisco, $500; n. 7.
Jones, San Francisco, $415; Rothschild IL
Haydenfelt, San Francisco, 1926. The as
sets consist of stock of iewelry valued at
$1150 and fixtures worth $3.50. Judge Rey-
nolds set the hearing of the petition for
April 8.
The rumor that Frutig and his wife had
suddenly left the State was erroneous.
Frutig is now in San Francisco and will
return to Gilroy in few days.
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THE PACIFIC ROADS.
PROGRESS of the Joint Committee BH-A
Vacancy for Which Mcguire Is
Beip0 Uroed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 25.-THE
CALL correspondent was informed tonight
that the joint committee on Pacific Rail-
roads had made considerable progress in
the formation of bill, and that, briefly
stated, it is drafted on the lines OF the
Smith-Frye bill.
It is understood that the friends of Judge
Mcguire and opponents of the Pacific
roads refunding scheme will make an
effort to have him appointed on the Pa
ciic Railroad Committee to succeed Boat
ner, whose seat has been declared vacant.
1T is not considered probable that Speaker
Reed will assign so radical an anti-railroad
man to this place. Besides, Mr.. Boatner
expects to be reelected to Congress in May
and is anxious to retain his place on the
committee, and it is not unlikely that
Speaker Reed will await the outcome of
the special election in Louisiana before
making this committee appointment.
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GwTNxE-srEE1E sUPr1A1s.

The Bride a Descendant Of Delascare's
Second Dutch Gorernor.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 25.-The
marriage of Miss Helen Steele of Wash
ington to Edward E. ,Gwynne of New York,
nephew of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
took place at the residence of the BRIDE 8
father, Franklin Steele. at noon to-day.
The bride is q granddaughter Of Justice
Chase, one of the signers of the Deelara-
ton of Independence, granddaughter of
Commodore Barney, q. S. N, and is de-
scended from Peter Jacquette, the second
Dutch Governor of Delaware.
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San Jose .Dirorce S,sis.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 25.-Rose P.
Fanelli has commenced suit against Fran
cisco Fanelli for divorce on the ground of
extreme cruelty. They. were married ten
wears ago and reside at West Side. They
have four children. The plaintiff wants
the custody-of the four children and $25
per month alimony. An injunction re-
straining Fanelli from disposing of some
p.operty was issued.
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a CABLE TO JAPAN.

The Project Discussed by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
WASHINGTON, D, c., March 25.-The
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
to-day discussed the project for the con-
struction of cable to Japan by the way of
Honolulu briefly, and set apart next
Wednesday as day for the final DISPOSE
ton of this subject. A bill has been
drafted embodying the best features of the
two measures before the com mittee, and it
will be left for next Wednesday to deter
mine which company shall be named in
the measure. The majority of the COM
mittee appear to look upon the Scrymser
proposition as the most favorable.
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D,no, ona Rovere ACQUITTED.

PARIS, FRANCE, March 25.-The trial OF
MN. Dupas and Royere, formerly officials OF
the detective service, charged with selling
professional secrets and with failing to ar
rest Emile Arton in connection with the
Panama frauds when the latter was in
Venice, in defiance of orders TO take him
into custody. ended to-day in the acquit-
tai of both defendants.
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Pacific Coast Pensions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 25.-Pen-
sions were to-day ISSUED as follows:
California: Original-Francis McCourt,
Los Angeles; John G. Slingeriand, Downey
Ellery L. Miller, Hesperia. Renewal and
increase - Thomas 6. Gould, Soldiers
Home, Los Angeles. Increase-Marvin II.
Payne, St. Helena.
Oregon: Original widows, etc.-Ahigial
Harmon (mother), Pineville.
Washington: Original al-John Lawler,
Orting.
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A. r.. q. Deleoates Erpel,ed.

OMAHA, NEBR., March 25.-The cul-
mination of the fight which has been 60
ing on inside the Central Labor Council in
this city reached climax tonight, when
all the American Railway Union delegates
were expelled. The large socialistic ele-
ment in the council has been the cause of
all the trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
Cauoht With Knockout Drops.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 25.-Fred
Nelson and Frank Lewis, hailing from
San Francisco, were arrested tonight
charged with administering knockout"
drops for the purpose of robbery. Valuable
jewelry was found in their baggage, and
small bottle containing chloral and other
narcotic drugs.
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ENGLAND WANTS PEACE.

Desfres an AngIo- American Court Of
Asbitr0ti0m.
LONDON, ENG, March 25.-Rieht Hon.
G. T. Richie, president of the Board of
Trade, in speech at the dinner Of the
Association of Chambers of Commerce
this evening said, with reference to the
difficulty existing between the United
States and England, that he believed the
solution would be found in friendly arbi-
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Stolen on a Ptckpocket.

CHEYENNE, WYo., March 25.-F. G.
Kline of Adell, Iowa, stopped off here to-
day with his wife and two daughters,
while en- route to Seattle, Wash: While IN
the depot his pocket was picked and ne
lost $50 in currency, certificates OF deposit
on a Des Moines bank for $1,000 and four
railway tickets to Seattle. No trace or the
pickpocket has yet been found.
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Their salartes kafsed.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 25.-In
the Senate to-day, during the considera-
ton of the legislative APPROPRIATION bill.
White succeeded in having the salaries OF
the United States District Attorney and
Marshal for the Southern California dis
trict raised from $4,000 to $4,000; salaries of
the Northern district officials remain as In
the reported bill
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.Ieat Wins the Stake.

LONDON, ENG, March 25.-The race for
the Brocklesby trial stakes (handicap) of
two sovereigns each, with 100 sovereigns
added, five furlongs straight, was run to-
day and was won by Jest, with Princess
Anne second and Eager third.
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Biz Bu.iaess Failure In rena..

GALVESTON, Tex, March 25.-The
one subject of conversation to-day In
Texas is the failure of Leon and H. Blum.
involving over 81, ,O0O, 900, which the assets.
it is said, will fully cover. The firm has
been in existence forty-three years and
had built up a wonderful credit, especially
in New York.
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raters, was made to-day and resulted in
the Britannia coming home winner with
out any competitor at the finish. There
was good breeze at the start, but it grad
ually died away. The Satanita withdrew
at the end of the first round and the Ailsa
failed to finish the second round.
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P,oore.. of soutner,, .Jo,.rnn,;su.

LEXINGTON, KY, March 25.-The
Daily Argonaut, the most influential paper
in the Blue Grass region, began taking The
United Press service to-day.
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Bot d. a Georgsa Conventions.

SAVANNAH, Ga, March 25.-The Re.
publican convention of the Eleventh Con-
gressional District was held at Waycross
to-day with thirty-six delegates pres
ent. Six of the delegates bolted
and elected Reed delegates to the
National Republican Convention. The
thirty delegates remaining in the hall
unanimously instructed the delegates
chosen by them to vote for Mckinley.
The police were called in to prevent the
rival factions from coming to blows.
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Barry to Challenge Gauaaur.

LONDON, Eng, March 25.-A challenge
will shortly be issued by the oarsman
Barry to Gaud aur for race on the Thames,
the race to take place in September and to
for f2OO side
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The San Fran.tsco,s Cruise.

TIE San FF0nctsc0's Cruise.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 25.-A
cable dispatch to the Navy Department to-
day announced the arrival of the flagship
San Francisco at Salonica yesterday. She
is engaged in cruising in Turkish waters
with view to giving protection to Amer
ican missionaries and their interests.
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Brice's Nomtaatson Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 25.-The
Senate in executive session to-day con-
frmed the nomination of John J. Brice OF
California to be Commissioner Of Fish and
Fisheries.
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We are going to 1raise Cain"
about the truck, trash and trick
cry foisted upon confding citi-
zens of this city.
By whom ?
By the cheap clothiers and
the cloth-choppers who dare to
dub themselves "tailors."
We fight the high-priee tailor
he is at least an honest enemy 4;
but the venders of trash-bah
Commencing to-day we shall sell 2000 Mems
All-Waol Suits and .Overeoats, medium and
summer weights, at about "a actual value. We
bought them cheap-that's why we can do this.
See them in our Kearny-street windows.
For instance, we are selling elegant Mems
Suits and Oyercoats for $40.
Alteration and pressing FREF.
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BRITANNIA WINS AGAIN.

Ailsa and Satanita Wifhdraw Before tho
Finish.
CANNES, FRANCE, March 25.-The third
attempt to sail the match race for the cup
given by James Gordon Bennett and Og-
den Goelet to be competed for by large
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26

Governor Campbell sent a letter to the
Daily Democrat of this city to-day, saying
that be was not a Presidential candidate
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
Conditio,, of the Treasurv.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 25.-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of busi-
ness to-day stood at $l27, ,844. .473. The
Withdrawals for the day were $348, 800.
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Best

Results indicate greatest merit. No other med
icine equals Hoods Sarsaparilla in sales, in
cures, in popularity. Hood Sarsaparilla puri
fes and enriches the blood, creates an appetite,
overcomes that tired feeling, eradicates scrof
ula, salt rheum, and cures all forms of blood
diseases. Hoods Sarsaparilia is the best spring
medicine and the true nerve remedy because
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26

Not q Presidential Candidate.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, March 25.-Ex-
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28
THEIR FINGERS
IN ALL PIES,
Mr.. Clement Calls Super
visors Tyrants and
Then Tells Why.
A CHARTER MEETING.
Good Points Made for the New
Charter at Academy of
Science.
CONSOLIDATION ACT SCORED.
Citizens Charter Associations En-
thusiastic Meeting-New Mem.
bers Elected.
CONSOLIDATION ACT SCORED.

Last evening at the regular meeting of
the Citizens Charter Association in the
lecture room of the Academy of Science,
President James d. Phelan in the chair,
about 200 interested citizens were present,
including a nun ber of ladies. There was
plenty of enthusiasm and applause.
Chairman Nathan Dohrman of the COM
mittee on press and publications, an
nounced that arrangements had been
made with a newspaper for the circulation
of at least 10000 copies of the original
charter.
Ex-Freeholder Henry L. Clement ad-
dressed the meeting on the Advantages
of the New Charter Over the Old Consoli-
dation Act" Mr.. Clement said that what
he would say would cover the points made
in pamphlet entitled "Why the Pro-
posed New Charter Should Not Be
Adopted" to which his attention had re-
Gently been called. He spoke substan-
TALLY as foliows:
is not whether the new charter is per-
feet document, but whether it is not
better than the So called consolidation
act. The consolidation act is not and
never was charter. 1t was never SUBJ
mitted to the people to be voted on. 1t
was regarded as maKeShlft until the
people should have time and an opportu-
nifty to vote on charter. 1t was gradually
discovered by various City departments
that they did not have sufficient power,
and their officers went 10 Sacramento to
ask for more power. For twenty years
there was a disgraceful scramble for spe-
cial legislation winch did not stop till
1879, when the new constitution was
adopted. Franchise-hunters were there,
until now there is hardly street in San
Francisco that is not claimed externally
by railroad company and internally by a
gas company. Princely fortunes were
made.
"If all the legislative acts were in
cluded in the book called the consolida-
tion act, instead of the 442 pages there
would be 1150 pages of finely printed
legislative matter.
s.The Board of Supervisors OF the City
of San Francisco" he continued, "has
been deluged with power by legislative
acts. Il is the tyrant of the City. 1t has
vltiated the atmosphere OF the City till a
decent man hesitates to commit himself
for public Office"
Mr.. Clement showed the number of
powers that had been conferred on the
Board of Supervisors year by year from
1856 to 1879, and said: "After the new
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28
one OF NATURES FREAKS
Horseshoes Absorbed by a Tree
Generations Ago Discov.
cred.

The greatest natural curiosity brought
to this City in many a day arrived Wednes-
day on one of the gasoline steamers from
Point Reyes. 1t is composed of large
piece of liveoak, embedded in which are
three horseshoes. They are OF an ancient
pattern and are very little worn. The CEN
ter of the shoes are filled with knot, and
from its appearance one would Judge that
the pieces of iron had been hung on a
small branch generations ago and that
the tree had gradually absorbed them.
The shoes are. now part and parcel of
the wood, and in order to remove them a
hammer and chisel would have to be
brought into req uisition.
The find was made by Thomas Irving of
Point Reyes He purchased a cord of
wood last week and on Monday set man
to work splitting it up. One piece hung
together very t.naciously and maliet
had to be used. When split open the
shoes were revealed.
Those things were made for mules, :"
said old Captain Bvrnes after an inspec-
tion OF the curiosity. "They are hand
made, and good iron is in them or they
would not be as well preserved as they are
now. Who knows where they came from /?
ferhaps hundred years ago a rowing
band OF Spaniards camped under the trees
at Point Reyes and one of the men hung
up the shoes cast by the mules during the
journey. In the hurry of departure they
may have been forgotten and the tree
gradually grew around them. The oak is
slow-growing tree and it must have
been many, many years ago since it began
absorbing that IRON"
The curiosity was sent to W. Bendt,
owner OF the sealing schooners Bowhead
and winchester, and he placed it on ex-
hloltlon in the Bowhead saloon on Clay
street. II have been thirty years in Cali
fornia." said Bendt, 'and during that
time have seen many curious things.
Never, however, have I seen anything to
equa. these horse or mule shoes embedded
In the tree. 1t looks to me as though
tnose pieces of iron were in the wood for
centuries instead of generations
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PRESS CLUB ELECTION.
The Year just Closed the Most Pros
porous Ever Known to the
Institution

The annual election of the San Francisco
Press Club took place yesterday, rather
heavy vote being polled. This was uuexpect-
ed, for most of the officers of the year just
closing had been renominated, on account
of the great success of the administration.
However, new nominations had been made
for the directory, some of the former off,
GERS being unable longer to serve, and for
these, and one or two other places, there
was some good-natured rivalry. The
ticket as elected was as follows:
For president, G. M. Coe; first vice. pres
ident, James P. Booth; second vice-presi-
dent, James MacMullen; third vice-pres
dent, w. F. Bogart; recording SECRETARY,
+. S. Myrtle; financial secretary, P. S.
Montague; librarian, w. K. Briggs; direc-
tors-Arthur McEwen. DR.. Philip Mills
Jones, l.. l.. Levings Paul Cowles, G. A.
Low and G. A. Webster.
The retiring administration has added
nearly 100 new members to the club and
has paid $4,000 of Indebtedness. 1t has
also added between $4,000 and $4,000 worth
of pictures to those i'll the handsome club
rooms, and has built up library of some
600 volumes. About $500 of debt remains.
but the club is on SO successful basis that
this sum does not in any way count. 1t is
the intention to continue the same fnan-
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A Study Of Conditions Arraigns the Wilson Bil
for Industrial Wrongs.

now dread to look upon. Just mild
form Of free trade, only threat OF Bryan
ism, has always been enough to alarm
capital, to suspend industry and send
labor into the dumps. The report, how
ever, continues as follows:
There has not been any special increase In
orders for goods, except a change from the
lty, many mills making choice goods having
been forced by the demand to manufacture
goods made of shoddy and waste. From 1889
to December /, 1894. the manufacturers used
finer wool and made on an average better
class of goods than was ever before produced
in this country. At present large per cent
OF the output is made of the cheapest material,
producing the poorest and cheapest goods ever
made in America.
Though contained in early reports on
the subject the foregoing is in close cor
roboration of the evidence of Agent Schles-
singer, the wool expert who was inter-
viewed in THE CALL few weeks ago. Mr..
Schlessinger told in detail how the many
mills have been closed, how go per cent OF
them are idle and how there is stagnation
from the meadow where the shepherd
tends his fiocks to the silent mill where
but two and half years ago the factory
girl watched the loom. Mark how, In
view of Mr.. Schlessinger's words, the
Economists foreshadowing was IN the line
of prophecy. Il ran as follows:
The general opinion among the manufactur-
ers is that they will be obliged to close their
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was hope and prosperity, and when it was
stricken down there was despair and busi-
ness stagnation.
The Economists report was but mild
form OF the Stagnation now felt in nearly
every industry in the land-factories
closed, hands idle, capital discouraged
all plainly showing that the advocates of
q tariff knew whereof they spoke, and that
there can be nothing but business ruin
under regime of free trade
Inquiry among the shops, factories and
many business houses of San Francisco
shows that nearly all have felt the injury
done them by the Wilson bill-em blem of
business depression; yet it was heralded
by the new, political Moses, Bryan, as a
panacea for all industrial ills.
The report on the knit-goods industry
is interesting, for it shows the early and
disastrous effects of the measures advo-
Gated by the Democrats. The report
says:
From 1889 till 1892 there were many new
mills built, and nearly if not all the mills ran
steady from 1889 up to about December 1,
1898. From that time up to the present date
the average of the running OF the mills would
not exceed so per cent, while for the past year
many mills have not started up since they
shut down. The immediate effect of the Cor
man tariff on the knit-goods industry is thatit
has caused much uncertainty and hesitancy
among the manufacturers.
That is one view of the question, show
ing side of the shield which Democrats
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28
MASTER PLUMBERS.

New Schedule of Charges for Work Will
Go Into Effect September 1st.
On and after September l, 1886, all the
first-class plum bers of San Francisco will
use schedule of prices for charges on all
kinds of plumbing goods and repair work.
This measure was finally adopted by the
Master Plumbers Association, local
branch of the National Plumbers Asso-
citation, after careful consideration of the
urgent needs of it's members, who have
found from personal experience in procur-
ing business that it was becoming an i'm
possibility to do honest work except at a
heavy loss.
This condition of affairs has been
brought about by the cupidity of custom
ers, by poor business methods and by the
tramp" journeyman, who has no fixed
place of business and who is willing to-
cut prices in every department of the
trade.
For the past ten months. through the
instrumentality of the Master Plumbers
Association, wholesale merchants have
stopped selling plum bing supplies to all
persons except registered plumbers, and
the association requires all its members to
comply with the regulations of the Board
OF Health. A revision of the present
credit system among tradesmen is also in
cOntem plation.
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mills within few months and remain closed
untll there is an adjustment OF wages ana
value OF merchandise with foreign lmporta-
tions. They all remark that they have no re-
liable basis on which to figure for future oper-
ations, as they do not know what Will be the
character OF the foreign competition that they
Will have to meet.
Since then, however, they have learned
to their sorrow the character OF the COM
petition they had to meet. They know
the dreadful results of shoddy and foreign
labor, and the idle hands who once worked
In prosperous mills can tell the sad story
OF the free trade blight.
Every body in the West knows that times
have been hard here under the peculiar
ideas OF Cleveland, Wilson and Bryan, yet
the latest reports from industrial centers
show, that the suffering in the West has
been less than in the East and South. The
report under consideration says:
The number of reports that were received
from the Pacific Coast was not large, but they
indicated much better conditions having ex-
lsted there than anywhere else IN the united
states, the loss in the employment OF men be-
ing l0 per cent, in wages 20 per cent and In
the amount OF business or output OF factories
80 per cent. From this it would appear that
the hands have been kept working when not
actually needed. That this should be the case
both there and in New England, ana to less
extent in the middle section, shows the very
earnest desire on the part OF the employers to
give their employees every possible opportunity
to get on in the world
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A Nice Point of Law.

A nice point of law came up at the
North London Police Court recently.
The question was whether a marriage
could be legal if the woman had given
wrong name. The lady who asked the
question on behalf of her son was very
astonished at being told that such mar
riage was perfectly legal. "How could
1t be legal" she asked, when he didn't
know whom he was marrying2" But
there was no hope for this rash young
man, and we quite agree with the magis-
trate that it certainly was his own fault if
he did not trouble to find out more about
his wife. After all man does not pre-
sumably marry his wife because her name
is Jones or Smith. And although names
tell tales the only thing for this rash hus-
band to do is to remember the old line:
"A rose by any other name. ."-Westmin.
ster Gazette.