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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-02
ANTl.SALOoN LEAGUE
Formed ut observation-disclosures on
GERS Chosen.


GERS Chosen.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligcncer.
PARkERSBuRG, W. Va. Sept. l.
The work of organizing 4 state branch
OF national antl-saloon league. which
began last night. was continued In the
Methodist Episcopal church South. to-
day, nearly every county In the state
being represented. Rev. a. u. Rohr0-
baush. OF Belllngton, was made pcrma-
nent chairman and Rev. J. NJ. Grove,
Of Parkcrsburg. secretary. The nor
Ing session vas occupied by the ap-
pointment of standing and special COM
mlttees and the afternoon was taken
up with the adoption OF 4 constitution
and bylaws and other work looking
20 the establishment OF the league IN
every section OF the state.
Tonight n great anti-saloon mass
meeting Is In progress and addresses
are being made by Bishop Fitzgerald,
OF Tennessee, Rev. DR.. BoIaEd. of
BarbOurSvllle. State Organizer Lynch
and other distinguished ministers. The
convention Will continue It's sessions
tomorrow,
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MAJOR M'YrNLEY SPEAKS.
lie Pays "a High Tribute to West Virginia
sgh aud Her prOplc.

and Her People.
Unon the conclusion OF the speech of
Mr.. Morris, Major Mckinley stepped
forward to reply, aud before the ap-
plause permitted him to proceed, n
member,o of the West Virginia delegation
stated that Mr.. McIilnley's first vote
was cast In the state OF West Virginia.
TO this the major responded that It was
true, that he voted for Abraham Lin-
coin while q transient member Of the
new states population and urged the
press representatives TO vote for the
nominees of the same party. He then
proceeded 70 deliver an address, which
was one OF the best he has delivered In
this campaign. He was In splendid
voice and spoke with an carnestness
which convinced his hearers Of the deep
concern he takes In the right solution OF
! the present crisis. Mrs. Mckinley was
Z seated in tln hall just behind the speak
er5 and paid close attention. to the adj
{ dresHes. The applause which inter-
Epersed the remarks Of the two gentle
men was n convincing proof Of the bond
of sympathy existing between the
speaker and his audience. He spoke as
follows:
MIR. Morris and Gentlemen Of the
Republican Press Association OF West
Virginia: ut affords me sincere plCns-
urc 70 give you welcome to my state.
my city and my home. From 10 quar-
ter could visitors be more welcome. nor.
from any body of men than the repre-
Hen,ativcs Of the Republican press OF
west Virginia; from n atntc In which
- am intensely Interested MS n citizen
ana Il Republican and because / believe
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never do II IL you destroy confidence

never DO IL IL you destroy. confidence,
(Grcnt %npplausc).
strive fora fuller development Of your
Industries, build up Il greater and mare
profitable home market for the products
of your farms; advance always that
prosperity which enables the employer
TO pny the highest scale Of wages to tho
~worklnEmcn of America, not the low
est, tCheerO. EXalt the character Of
your labor. Never degrade II, Promote
that comfort and~contcntmcnt at home
which conducca gond citizenship. good
morals and good order. Stand up for
America and America Will gtutd up for
you. Great applause and cries of
"liurrRh for Mcklnley'').
Restore the principle In our lcSlsln.
ton whiehS gave US prosperity. Keep
the credit OF tho government unfair
nlsiel above all clHc. (Applnusc.)
KEEP TIM CURRENCY UP no THE
HIGHEST STANDARD OF CIv1LiZ.
ED NATIONS. (Rcncwcd apnlauac.)
No nations Of the world must have bet,
ter mohey than we haze and no nation
OF thGN world has better none than
we have. Great chcering) AND IT
IS NO REFLECTION UPON OUR
HONOR OR INDEPENDENCE THAT
WE REFUSE 70 ADOPT THE FL
NANCfAL POLICY OF CHINA AND
MENlCO. (Clleels.) Let us have mel
thor free trade nor free silver. Cries
OF I'VE Nvon't."J Work and wages have
bscn cut In two and we spurn the pamc
experiment on tho money In which
1hey arc paid. cloud applause and
cries OF "tlurrah for Mck!nley,") We
want tho same good money In the flu
inrc That WI huvc had since January |.
tNIO nd thnt NNn .Ipfnnl "a In IA . lkFi in
WANT HONEST DOLLARS. OUR
GREAT NEED IS NOW a CHANCE
TO EARN rt:ESE HONEST poll
LARS by HONEST WORK AT HOME
and let us do u work In tho United
States and then there will not he m
Idle man beneath our flag. Continued
applause and cries Of 'llurrah for Nc
kinley.") Such liz the policy, nCwspa-
per men and friends. that ! bid you
most Zcalously urge for the great need
OF the people Of West Virginia and for
the ultimate good OF all the people.
(ChcerS.) ] thank you for the courtesy
and cordially Uf this call. | thank your
eloquent spokesman for the message
OF support and good will which he
brings to me from that Republican
press of your state, and I aSSurc you
It will give me great pleasure to meet
each II or You personally. (GreIt APP
plausc and cries OF 'IIurrah for Nc
KInlcy.")
The addresses concluded. he expressed
u desire 10 meet personally each one OF
the mountaincers. President Norris
introduced the party and each indivld-
ual exchanged greetings with the dis
~tingu!shed Republican. They then met
Mrs. Mckinley md passed out. After
the formal greetings he converted with
the different members. many Of whom
he had met on his muny visits 10 this
state, and inquired after those Of his
acqualntanccs who were absent,
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M'FARLhED WELL
Near Cairo Starts u Boom IN that District.
s.. Leases Gohhird Up.

Near Cairo Starts u Boom IN that District.
Leases Gohbird Up.
Special Dispatch to tho l%ntPllIgcncor.
PARKERsBuRG, W. Va Sept. l.
The great oil well struck on the Nc
Farland farm at Cairo Is still creating
much excitement End crowds are flock,
ing TO the scene by every train. Thc'
well continues TO squirt and the work
OF saving the product Is progressing
rapidly. The estimated output Is still
very high, the most conservative plac-
Ing 1t at 200 md the most enthusiastic
ut 800 barrels n day. Fabulous prices
urc being offered for leases, but every
thing In sight seems to he gObbled up.
Mcssrs. Cox and woodward, OF this
city. who were yesterday offered $4,000
by Blake, OF New York. supposed to
represent the Standard Company, for
their lease on 1000 ncrcs adjoining the
Mcfarland farm. still have the offer
under consideration. and It Is probable
that they will accept. They are now
in Cairo, looking V the ground. Five
more rigs were placed to-day and work
In the new territory Is booming.
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try'B financial needs. MIR. Pltzer came
along and became II party to thc'debntc.
He asked the aforesaid Van Buskirk TO
answer five questions prop0undcd by
MIR. Pltaer. lie could not give n logical
lrCplyto any ono OF them. He thereupoh
attempted TO palm off righteousness Tor
argument, but Mr.. Pltzar paid hin, back
In his Own coin. md Il was .otlin de-
Ipfecli4Cl tbin at that. Many OF 1.-THE
Auditors surrounded MI. Pltzer and con.
graduated him upon his easy Victory.
ono free oliver man announced that he
was CONVINCED OF the truth OF Mr.. PIT.
tser's arguments and Is now on the other
side or the fence.
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The party then spent the time In View
Ing the many sights OF Canton. Many
Visiting Meyers Lake and praised the
beauty Of the natural scenery. The OK
cursion train left Canton at 6:S5 PM,
central time and stopped at Valley
Junction until the party had taken sup
per. The train arrived here shortly az
ter II y. m. The trip was without an an
noyins Incident and the praise of the en-
tire company was fully expressed OF the
admirable manner in which the entire
programme q carried out.
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CALUMET, Mich. Sept. l.-Colonel
Lyons. and a company Of picked men
from the Fifth regiment left this MORN
Ing for Ontonagon, where they will
guard the supplies that are pouring In
foI the victims Of last Tuesdays con-
migration. Hundreds OF thieves have
locked there from Duluth and other
Joints. and the officers OF the law have
been unable to saw the warehouse from
being plundered by these vultures.
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THE VISITORS TO CANTON.
Those Who Formed the Company Who
Paid Their Compliments 10 the Neat
IBrsIIsuf- ". "' .... .. late

Those Who Formed the Company Who
Paid Their Compliments TO the Neat
President. M
The personnel OF the party was as fol-
lows:
Hon. a. B. White. wife and son. Daily
State Journal, Parkcrsburs.
Ed. Manning. Daily News, Wheeling.
j.. 3. Crouch and wife, Constitution.
Parsons.
Joseph Dunn and wife. Braxton Cen
trail. Sutton.
James j. Peterson. Daily Herald,
Huntington.
s. C. Mcintosh. Journal. Fayetteville.
II. Hunter Graham. Republican, Hin
ION.
John Frew,. wife and daughter. J. X.
HAL, wife and son, Miss Mary C. Gard
ner. Hugh Scott. James y. Slsat0ose
and lady, Joe C. Borland. Daily lntellI-
EenCer.
c. \. NJ. Meadows. Boone Bloomcr.
W. Eiirst Curry and S. J. Proctor,
Daily Telegram, Charleston.
p. C. Stevens and brother. 1rrcpress!-
bic. Winfield.
L. II. Finn and wife, Record, Spcn-
Ger.
r T. McDougal, wife and daughter,
Advance, CeredO.
Joe F. White and Z, G. Human, Re-
publican. Fayetteville.
J. W. Holt, a. r. Holt and W. II. Holt.
Sentinel. Grafton.
VIII 7. Burnside. Delta. Buckhannon.
y "A. Bee and wife, Herald. West
Union.
r. Ad Hall and C. D. vassor, hide
| pendent. Weston.
ThSnnb GRAVY Times Eliza both ..
T.. Randolph Bias and Douglass E.
Hughes. Mingo Circulator. Williamson.
j.. J.. Sigl-r. daughter. and Miss Rob-
erts. Review. Harrisville.
C. Il. Musgrau and William Marshall.
Republican. Falrmont.
J. Elsoffec, Jewish Review, Wheel
Ing.
7. W. Garvin. Ohio Valley Farmer,
Wheeling.
J. Mont Powell and wife, West vir-
Einlnn. FQirmOnt.
a. r.. Moore. Wetzel Republican, New
MnrtInsvtlie.
A. b. Smith and daughter, Miss Mar
garct. Herald, Martinshurg.
u. S. C, Pit%cr. and d. Thompson. In
| dependent, Martin5burg.
Hon. Stuart T. Reed and Hon. Charles
". Linch. Telegram, ClarkShurE.
j.. W. IpulfllllthI, ~ NV pAu'Itb'
and a. r. Lulnge and wife, Herald.
Moundsvllla.
NJ. F. Hail and r. P. Caruthcrs, Re
publican, Philippi.
O. Cook aud wife. Banner. Cameron.
G. Il. Harman, Grant County Gazette,
MaysvlllC.
w. p. Gould and S. s. Sage. Clay
County Star, Clay Court House.
Samuel Jacob and brother, Herald,
| Wellsburg.
J.. D. Brown and wife, a. ". Brown
and wife, Independent, New Cumbcr-
land.
Charles G. Blake and wife. Tucker
County Republican, Davis.
J. II. Clifford, Pioneer Press, Martins
burg.
C. b. Smith, State Journal, Parkcrs-
burg.
j.. T. McGlothlln, News, Ravrnswood.
T.. Finley I<ityon, fTthcr OF the West
Virginia Republican Press Association.
Hon; W. r. Morris, Richie ua2ctte,
Harrisvilic.
Hon. c.. D. Elliott, Brax.on Central,
Sutton.
Hon A. II. Campbell and son, Wheel
Ing, and NJ. Larolette. candidate for
state auditor on the Republican ticket.
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Canton Trim Notes.

j. +. McGlothlin. Gf thu. f~tnvanswood
News. met the excursion nj Valley juno
ton. having gone by way OF Marietta.
On the return trip speeches were made
In the rear car by n number OF the silver
tongucd orators Of tho party.
Col. j. r. Clifford, the colortd member
OF the association, was a member OF the
party, aud heartily enjoyed the pleasure
OF the visit.
Too much cannot be snId In praise OF
Mr.. u. Finley lfittson. N S%istcravinc, for
his work In organizing the excursion and
making Of It the eminent SUCCESS Twas.
Mr.. D. S. Bailey. representing the"New
York Press, who has been in Canton for
his Journal since April, pronounced tile
speech OF Mr.. Mckinley the finest de-
hVcrcd during this campaign.
Hon. U. S. G. pItzer, OF Warrington,
candidate for prosecuting attorney!.A az
Berkeley county. had his wur paint on
and hla ncaIp llalt thtS morning Is
graccd with the ilraute covering Of Il
once rampant free silver curb stone orn-
tor By tho name OF Van Busklrk. This
oncc Republican. Popullst, P~r0hibition-
ut, at present Popocratic orator, was
displaying his knowledge OF the coun-
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Editor Found Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Sept. L.
Charles L. Warburton, proprietor of the
Evening Telegraph of this city. was
found dead In bed at the, Garden hotel,
Atlantic City, this morning. He was
sixty years of age. When Mr.. War
burton retired last night he appeared to
be in his usual health. Death was due
to heart disease.
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IT doesn't matter much whether sick
headache. biliousness, indigestion and
constipation are caused by neglect or
by unavoidable circumstances; De-
Wits Little Early Risers will speedily
cure them all. Charles r. Goethe, corner
Twelfth and Market streets: Bowie &
Co. Bridgeport; Peabody & Son. Ben
wood. --V =
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PARkERSBURG. W. Va, Sept. l.
Mrs. Malcolm Smith. of Vincent. Ohio.
twelve miles west of here, wife of a well
known farmer, was killed In 4 runa-
way this morning. while on 4 visit to
a neighbor. one mile from her home.
Her two children were In the buggy
with her, but escaped uninjured.
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-#.. ...' ASA
Bclington Coal and Coke Co., Beling,oa
SGs u; John L. Baker, Bluetsld. s. III
+. Gillespie & Co.. Brctz, $f1 81; Fs:Eel!
Norman a. Co. Drookville. si0S ": J.
p. BowurInaster. Bruceton, Sos Is; AGs.
Schulte& Gharlestown, SIS 1c: G. u. Chsis.
tan. Dingess, $5t5 ~: G. f. Benedict. k1ss
Bank. $lSI 90; T. J: Baker, Fet!srT1a39'
w Shtnert& Son. Freed. $S3e 50;W.T. Lilly,
G~raiton.$S1 %; b. W. Cowan, Grrenw0%t,
1924 20: NJ! Parsons. Hendricks, S%i. %; i.
NJ. Lindan! Keystone, $50 lS; P. \. Lyons
Lyons. 500 g; p. Kennedy. Peeryy'!f:
Payne 4 Beaver, Peeryvillc, SIS W:C. v.
Wheeler, RowleSburE. ISL 50; S T.
Wheeler Rowlesburg. si S.: Stone. Bow
man Go, Ro~wlesbure. S!s? Is: J. y
Cowger &lCo.. RowlcsburE. SIS Is: -
lass. RMsk, 1901 s.; Bartlett Bros. ZIP
KENTUCKY.
W. II. Smith. ~BarboursyLllc, S? q; RoS'
crt Allen, Huntsville, S202 50; J. Z. Is. Allen
Crockcttviile. $50 %: J. C. Stewart \ Co.
CubaSe, SIS 81; Moses Turner. EraTi:.
Craft. Gab6ard. $li is; i. L. i j. F. Paul.
Glasgow 500 90; a. N. Pennington, !Sen'
viic s96l W: Harry Weddinstot, Layces'
vile, $l?6 80: ", S, Eminal, MiddIe$eetSS. \.
$ig2 0S; ], b. Turner u Co.. Minnie, TN "
1 5; & h" 'nSSw;e OF y SnlEisSs'%a SIS Ss' g. % " !: i,
Iones.SPlttshurgh. So Ii; linton Coal Co
Pittsburgh. $50 30: Matt ShenrGr, hM
House. $92 20: Il. II. Brnshears. salt GreeS'
Sl2G IS: Lcdtord Il Asher. Spring Ctee"'
$5S1 80.
Clias. McBroom, Akron, Slt5 Is: o., 4
lIarte.a Ironton. $40 co.; John MadaIaa' DIV
ncy. $40 %.
SEND BIDS TO
THE NATIONAL COLLECTION AGESVl'
WASHINGTON. d. c.
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FOR SALE.
PROPOSALS.
FOR SALE.
y" WEST VIRGINIA.

The National Collection Agency. !.
Washington. D. c.. will dispose OF the 70.
lowing judgments:
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HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SAIR

A good investment corner Twelfth ,,a
F:nr streets. "' "NI
No, l6l Sixteenth street, lot sOxl., ,o..
a fine residence In plGaBan Vnlisv
Nos. l9l and 1872 Seventeenth stTcei
Nc. 8 Kentucky street, 4 rooms,
No. Q Kentucky street. lot 3lxiI0 foe,
"A tine residence on Virginia street A.,
modern convenience; price low. al
Nc; ?I2 Chlpl!no street. large h,,rL
No. it 18th street. 7 rooms md ,,ab,.
No. 1876 1Ith street, 8 rooms and staSi,
Lot corner Main and Sixteenth stros;'
No. III 18th street. Z rooms and Main
No. 1908 Chhpline street, Z rooms,
No. 1915 ChApline. street, . rooms.
Lot on Main ST., between I'd ard "a c..
3 lots IN North Wabash street. o'A
No. 81 South Broadway, res!dcncn n.
e, Hughes, ESQ. "''
Lot 46xlSo' North York street.
Lot No. 20 Indiana ST.. I rooms. rnns...
No. q ". Wabash ST., 6 rooms. chssn'a
A flne lot In Pleasant Valley.
No. 10 Vermont street. I rooms: lot ,,,,.
feet: 81. 800 -, "AEa
Tho Bloch property on North Main :,
MONEY TO LOAN.
R!NEHART & TATUM,
The City Bank Building.
Telephone 21s. anil
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REAL ESTATE.
TOR RENr

. .H. LGsMa..
No; ss' slSii! street, rooms. bot,
~. NJ M%aiFIstrcqt. pnioou with b,,
No. y Twt1ttTHfoCrth street, 4 to,r,s
No. b. Mptbct street. ,,.''"'N
10. go Eighteenth trG0tn.,".,"' ~
no. 2On A!lCytJD, ELECTROMAGNETIC 20
NO. lilJ warren strCgt...,n.,.''' ~
ltthidchce WOOdahHlO ,.,,,,''' 70
40. lGl9 Main street. store room 90" IN
Sthblo rear Of German lnnk,.''' "
!tcsiuenCc pleasant Wales, ,,.'''' o
Residence plChWnnt Valley. 1910, 20
NO. 10 Fourteenth street.
NO. 2GO2 Main street, 3 r0Omg,, '''
CrcDccnt Place. i-rOOmcd houFc "'''
y rooms Pleasant Valley, ,,,,. ~
NO. 2lO5 Muin street, , rOOng.,.,,' ~"
FOR SALE. '"
No. 1925 MCCOllOch street.
No. 1868 McCollOCil street,
No, ca Seventeenth street.
No. % Sixteenth street,
M. 60 North Front street.
Nos. 452 and t6l National Road
"SlXsrDomcd house Peninsula
Nos. 422 ana 422ik Market stree,
ing. 1''l d~tIl>
Lot on sohth Front street.
4 lots McMGChcn.
1 lots Elm Grove,
Lot WOOdsdnlo. 4
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A,oJ,. Nh. aro tho best nftcr.dInnCr
ltUUu ) HlllS pills. aid digestion. 25c,
Dissolution Of Partnership.

The firm OF John Becker & Co, Jewellers
and Opticians. has been dissolved, Henry
w. Et2, retiring, Tho business will no
continued as John BECKER & Co. Thank
INK our friends and tho public In general
for tho liberal patronage bestowed upon us
IN tho past. we hope to laro n fair contln.
unncc of tho same In tho future.
An persons having claims against tho
firm will present the samc for settlement.
and all persons knowing themselves In.
dphtcd Will please call and make u settle.
mcnt. Respectfully.
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Your development and prosperity M
der a wise system of tariff VIII give you
better towns, better farms. better farm
houses. better schools, better homes and
happier people. Applause and cries Of
that's right"). Take the powders out
OF the stream nf progress; do not shut
the door OF opportunity In the face OF our
future ana that OF your children. On
tho contrary, open wide your gates. IN
vltc new, people and new capital to com
IN, but remember you cnn'do this only by
q restoration OF confidence. YOU can
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24
ROGERS SUES FOR $4,000
He Alleges a Breach of Contract
by the Emporium Com
pany.
Wants Heavy Damages Because the
Emporium Shut Out His
Hardware-Store.

George M. Rogers, by his attorney, J. E.
Richards, has begun suit against the EN-
porium Company, occupants of the new
Parrott building on the south side of Mar
ket street, between Fourth and Fifth, for
S25, 600 damages for breach of contract.
Mr.. Rogers sets forth in his complaint,
filed in the Superior Court, that on June 6
last he entered into a contract with the
Emporium Company to occupy certain
space In the building With gen.
eral hardware store; that the de-
fendant, the Emporium Company, was
to furnish and equip the space to be
occupied by the plaintiff with all store
fixtures and shelving necessary to the
transaction of business; that he is fully
prepared to carry out his part of the con-
tract; that, relying upon the contract, he
purchased and has agreed to purchase a
general hardware stock to the extent of
about $14, 900 and gave up his business
and other business prospects; that he ex-
pected and arranged to carry not less than
$4,000 stock, and that his profits in the
conduct of the business would amount
to not less than $45O0 a Year For the
reason that the defendant company has
failed to keep its part of the contract it
has imposed great loss on him. In conse-
quence thereof he brings suit for the
amount OF damages stated.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24
WILL WEAVE AGAIN,
BUT IN JAPAN.
Last of the Abandoned
Woolen-Mills on North
Beach.
LOOMS FOR THE ORIENT
The Machinery Purchased by
a Syndicate in
Osaca.
JAPANESE MECHANICS HERE.
Eight Little Machinists Come Over
the Pacific to Move the
Machines.
JAPANESE MECHANICS HERE.

The hardest blow that the old wooden.
mills on North Beach have received came
some days ago when the machinery was
sold to Japanese syndicate. The sale
meant the tearing out OF looms and other
woolen-making machines that should be
singing their merry song of enterprise and
industry over the bay; and also the trans
planting of much of California industry
to the heart OF rising and energetic Japan.
And then most likely the cloth spun out
away in the Orient on these same spindles
and looms may come in through the
Golden Gate for sale in the market of San
Francisco. Such is the view taken of the
deal by a local merchant.
The industrious Japanese saw their op-
portunity, comparatively small as it was,
and seized it without second thought.
They went to work quietly and purchased
all the available machinery in the long
deserted mills, with view of transferring
it to their own country and setting it up
there in positions identical with those oc-
cupied on the floors of the San Francisco
woolen-mills.
Negotiations for the purchase were con-
Quoted through G. Abrahamson of 127
Sansome street, the local agent of Isaacs &
Brother, the millionaire silk firm of Japan
and New York.
AS soon as satisfactory terms were
reached the company sold the machinery
to the Japanese syndicate, which operates
extensive wooden and cotton mills in
Osaca, Japan.
On the last steamer from the Orient
eight Japanese mechanics. who incluaed
machinists, millwrights and carpenters,
arrived in San Francisco from Osaca.
They we're sent here to take down the
complicated ana massive machinery and
to pack it all for transport.
For a week or more these little mechanics
working in their own peculiar way have
been busy from morning until night in
the aba ndoned though stately factory
building near Black Point. American
mechanics would be amused at some OF
the japanese methods of lowering a heavy
shaft from the rafters, but these little fell
lows know their own business.
Secretary Scott of the wooden company
stated yesterday that the Japanese con.
Germ had bought the shafting with pulleys,
supports apd hangers, also several spindles,
'.mules' for spinning threads, ten carding
machines for treating the wool and sever
al looms.
They were sold in bulk for sum which
clearly gave the Japanese good bargain
in comparison with the original cost of
the machinery. The same men who are
now taking down the machinery will erect
it in the Osacs mills.
Little more will remain in the big red
brick building when the Japanese will
have withdrawn with their cargo of
machines, so it is expected that Fontana
& Co., the fruit-canners, will conduct their
canning operations in the old mills this
season.