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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
CEFFENEY IS
 EXONERATED Japanese Plot to Ruin an 1nl- migration Inspector
 Exposed. The Conspiracy Fails and the In- tended Victim Is Honored by
 the Department.

Immigration Inspector A. H. Gef- feney has just been through the trying ordeal of investigation on a charge of misconduct in office, and has come out with flying colors. Geffeney succeeded preter under the administration of Commissioner Stradley. Kashiwa teaches in the evening in the Japanese Methodist Mission, and immediately after his retirement from the Commits sioner's office he published a notice in the local Japanese newspaper and kept it standing for three months continu- ously to the effect that he (Kashiwa) Would make it worth anybody's while to furnish him with information which would tend to convict Geffeney of wrongdoing.
 A few weeks ago Kashiwa formally charged Geffeney with inducing others to collect money from Japanese for him. He alleged specifically that $30 was paid by a keeper of a Japs board ing house on Brannan street named Moriyama. This money was given to Geffeney for the purpose of bribing him to use his influence and his official position to secure the landing of Japa- nese contract laborers.
 The charges were formulated by Rev. M. G. Harris of the Japanese Metho- dist Mission. In course of time the matter was referred to Special Agent Moore by the Secretary of the Treas ury for investigation, and a complete investigation was had, developing the fact that a number of Japanese had conspired to ruin Geffeney by introduc- ing per1ured testimony against him.
 Major Moore sent a transcript of the evidence to the Treasury Department, and the result was the complete exon eration of Inspector Geffeney. Mr. Har- ris of the mission was not satisfied, and in response to a recent request by him he received the following note from the department.
 M G. Harris, San Francisco, Cal.-Sr: Replying to your petition of December | 1897. requesting the removal of A. H. Geffeney. Immigrant Inspector and Inter preter at San Francisco, Cal, upon cer- tain grounds alleged therein, you are in- formed that the matter was referred both to the Commissioner of Immigration at San Francisco and the special agent for that district for investigation. From their reports it appears that MT. Geffeney is exonerated from any impropriety or dis honesty and that, on the contrary, he Is shown to be a faithful, painstaking hon. est and efficient officer. In view of the above, the department must decline to take further action in the matter. Re- spectfully yours.
 o. L. SPAULDING, Assistant Secretary.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
MAY DECLARE A BOYCOTT. Carpenters Waging War Against g
 Plumbing Firm.

At the meeting of the aCrpenters' Dis trict Council Wednesday night the matter of a plumbing firm, which is having new store fitted up on Mission street, was brought up and after a general discussion was referred to the Building Trades Coun- cl.
 The business agent reported that this firm had put a gang of laborers at work finishing the interior of the place at wages ranging from s1 p to $1 50 per day: These men are not only inexperienced workmen, breaking the wage scale, he said, but they are also working ten hours a day. When the members of the firm were interviewed on the matter, they not only refused to discharge the men and put skilled ,workmen in their place, but, it is alleged informed the business care of their own affairs if he could take care of his, and it was nobody's business what they paid their workmen or how many hours a day they worked. It is probable that the Building Trades Coun- Gil will boycott the firm at its meeting tonight
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
The Wife of the South ern Pacific Cashier Re-
 fused to Sign.
She Was on Order of Exan1ina- ton Before Justice Groezin-
 ger Yesterday.
Separated From Her Husband She Looks to Him for Her Sons
 Clothes.

The wife of Charles H. Smith, cashier of the treasury department of the Southern Pacific Company, was before Justice of the Peace Groezinger yester- day to answer to an order of examina- tion.
 MT. Smith and his wife have not lived together for some time past, and their son, young man now attending college, is in the custody of his mother. Some time ago Mrs. Smith Was sued on an assigned claim of RoOS Bros. of S3S for clothing furnished young Smith. By some means the collector who held the claim discovered that Smith sent his wife a check for $50 each month. The bit of paper was addressed to her in care of local bank, and on an exc cution the collector obtained an at tachment on the envelope containing the check.
 The bank refused to pay without the indorsement of Mrs. Smith; Mrs. Smith refused to indCrse; Sheriff Whelan de- clined to advance any money on the fact that he had the check, so it be- came necessary to bring Mrs. Smith into court to ascertain just how the ex- CCutlOll WdS u OG SdllSlleO DelOlc llle matter had gone very far Justice Groez- finger discovered that there was a knotty problem of law involved. It was plain that neither the Sheriff nor the bank would honor the check unless it contained the proper indorsement, and it was a question in the Judicial mind whether he could force the fair defendant to sign.
 Mrs. Smith evidently believed that her husband should pay the bill, and when Justice Groezinger, seeing this, asked her whether such a solution could not be reached, she replied in a spirited manner:
 Judge, he is a reprobate, and he won't pay anything"
 After thinking the matter over for some time Justice Groezinger decided that the only way to get payment of the bill was to have Mrs. Smith indorse the check, which she promptly refused | to do.
 T don't want to cause you any in- convenience, madam" said the Justice, but you'll have to sign that check. ! will give you. until next Monday to think it over, and in case you still de- cline to obey the orders of the court l shall be compelled to send you to jail. "
 That will be pleasant" said Mrs. Smith, and the court adjourned to await developments.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
COAL DEALERS INDICTED.
4 Long List of Defendants for Whom
 Warrants Are Out on Charge . of ConspiracY.

The. United States Grand Jury yester- day returned indictments against all the members of the Coal Dealers Association, isTciuding Q large number of retail deal- ers,' charging them with conspiring to vfo- late the antitrust law. Judge de Haven fixed the bonds of each of the defendants al S19O and ordered bench warrants issued for their arrest The following is com plete list of the persons indicted:
 Charles R. Allen, Central Coal Company, R. D. Chandler. George Fritch. Oregon Coal and Navigation Company, W. c. Stafford, Alex ander Dunsrnuir and James Dunsmur. E. H A1geltinger. Demetrio Alberigi, Alfredo Pelle- grIni Peter Alberigi, Giacinto Franceschf Her mann Albers. Richard Husing. H. Albert. NJ. Aibrecht. John C. Anderson, A. c. Boysen An derson John Anderson, George A. Anderson, Ciustave 4. Anderson, Frank Angonnet, Der farF Angonett. Samuel Anton Giuseppi Pel- iegrin Joseph Bacci, Giacopo Papera, Do Tnenico Bacigalupi. Giovanni Bacigalupi. D. Badaracco, v. Badaracco. George H. Baldwin John Doe Baldwin, F. Barnard. w. P. Barnes
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.

If you cannot get beef'
 mutton will answer.
 -. You may choose between milk, water, coffee or tea. : But there Is no second choice for Scott'S Emulsion. : :. It is Scott's Emulsion or nothing.
 :. When you need the best =cod-liver oil, the best hypo- .phosphites, and the best " "glycerine, all combined in the best possible manner, you have only one choice.
 1t brings prompt results .in all cases of wasting, or loss i'll weight.
 All druggists; soc. and SI.oo acOrr st BOVINE. Chemists, New York.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
Homes for Silver.

Nathan Cole Jr., the president of the Silver Republican Club of Los Angeles was at the California yesterday. He ex- presses himself as most hopeful of the silver cause in the next national election and declares that next fall the Silver Re- publicans will probably unite with the Democrats and Prohibitfonists, and he does not see how they can fail to carry the State. He was in receipt yesterday of a letter from William Jennings Bryan calling his attention to his speech made at Lincoln, Nebr. on Lincoln day.
 Speaking of the Hon. Charles H. Towne Cole said: 'He is making his present tour under the auspices of my club: l believe that the next national free silver convention will place Towne upon the ticket along with Bryan, for am con- vfnced that free silver will be the issue in three years.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
BOOTH GOES TO PORTLAND. The Soldiers and Lassies Regret His Leaving-His Daughter Ac-
 companies Him.

Amid the many Godspeeds and fare wells General Booth has departed from this city after one of the most enjoyable and successful visits of his journey, if his words to the army in this city are to be believed.
 There was quite a crowd to bid the lead CT good-by and there was much weeping among the blue-bonneted lassies and even the stanch soldiers of Christ brushed away something like a tear from their eyes.
 Accompanying the general were Com mander Booth-Tucker. Consul Booth Tucker. Commander Nicholl and Colonel Lawley. The leader of the Salvation Army intends going to Portland and from there his entire route has been arranged
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
(1r0SSnan'S Specific Mixture

With this remedy persons them selves without the least exposure, change of diet or change in application to business. The medicine contains nothing of the least injury to the constitution. Ask your druggist for 1t. Price Sl a bottle,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
The Iananese Appeal.

Attorney T. D. Riordan yesterday filed an appeal in the office of United States Immigration Commissioner North to the Secretary of the Treasury from the ac- ton of the Commissioner in refusing to allow a landing to twenty-three Japanese immigrants who arrived recently on the City of Picking. The Commissioner was convinced that the Japs were contract laborers The Secretary of the Treasury is the final power. and from his decision there is no appeal,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
lacks for Alaska.

A curious collection of livestock arrived at the foot of Second street yesterday. It was two carloads of burros from Arizona destined for the mountains of Alaska. They were brought here by H. A. Becker who proposes to start pack train on the inland side of the mountains on tie Dyea trail He says his little animals will carry about 200 pounds of goods over the toughest parts of that trail and on the lower end, where the going is easier. they will be able to walF along with nearly $50 pounds,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
Miss Bears Recital.

A programme that included Beethoven's s E minor sonata opus 109, Chopins minor Scherzo and Schumann's "Papillons' was played by Miss Marion Bear at her re- cital given in the Sherman-Clay Hall last night. It was an excellent programme, but it suffered at the hands of the young pianist. who, in spite of five or six years of European study, seemed conscious of nothing but the mechanical skeleton of fha music
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
Fire Department.

The Fire Commissioners met yesterday and fined Maurice Higgins of engine No. three days pay for neglect of duty: The resignation of George w. Groves or engine No was accepted.
The herald., 1898-01-25
The Newest Arctic Explorer and His Route

share of the European, as a matter OF
fact, they are practically at the mercy
OF the American manufacturers, who,
with better wheels of far better con-
struction, can greatly underSell them
at material profit.
In the last year England has won
back little of her lost prestige, so
far as her home trade is concerned, but
when it comes to export, she is in as
bad condition as ever. AS for France,
the French wheels are far poorer than
the English wheels, and very nearly on
par with the wheels made in Ger
many.
The foreign maker of bicycles lacks
many of the advantages of the Amer
ican manufacturer. For some reason
his wheels lack elegance, are apt to
be clumsy, the art of combining
strength and delicacy seems a mystery
to him. But to the customer all of
these things are pleasant, and when he
can get them for a price lower than is
asked for the poorer ones of home
make, he naturally consults his taste
and the home market suffers.
So it is that the German manufac-
turer has cried for government aid, and
it is by no means certain that he will
not get it, The United States consuls
in the various German towns where
Uncle Sam has seen fit to establish rep
resentatives have given solemn warn
ing. Thus American pork and Amer
| lean bicycles have become persona non
grata, because in both cases Germany
is outclassed, and try as much as she
will she cannot equal these products Of
| the United States
The herald., 1898-01-25
UNIQUE EFFECT
OF ALCOHOL
ON +" HAPPY JOE

Joseph Mayer of Trenton, N. j., made
fortune in the Arsenal Pottery in
that city. For many years he has been
a we'll known character in Trenton
where he has earned the soubriquet of
Happy Joe" by his power OF being
cheerful under all circumstances. He
has all kinds of luck, but has taken
good and bad with the same happy
smile.
After he had made a great success
OF the Arsenal Pottery, hard times set
in and Mayer got into difficulties. He
was forced into an assignment. His
fortune was gone. But he was not in
any way depressed, and now he is more
cheerful than ever, because he believes
that he will have plenty of money very
soon.
He has invented new way of "f1r-
ing" kiln, and he believes that 1t Is
a winner. 1t is not, however, the indus
trial Importance of his invention which
Is the excuse for this article, but rather
the manner in which 1T was made.
Happy Joe" has had his ups and
downs before his most recent change
of fortune; and in every case he has
helped himself out Of difficulty by a
bright idea. Other men have done the
same; but Happy Joe"is unique in one
respect: he never invents anything
when he Is sober.
Now inventions as a rule are not the
sudden flashes of inspiration that they
are popularity supposed to be. They
spring from hard and continuous
study. To man of an inventive turn
Of mind, liquor is usually an unmiti-
gated evil. The inventor has no more
to hope for from indulgence in the flow
ing bowl than the business man has
To both it usually means ruin.
The herald., 1898-01-25

The inventor claims THAT the cost of
this incandescent light of 1900 candle
power is only four and oue4half cents
per hour, while that of the ordinary
light of fifteen hundred candle power
is fourteen cents per hour. In the ap-
paratus constructed by the inventor a
hydraulic pressure of three and five
tenths atmospheres and even more may
be forced through the burner. One
thing, however, must be considered,
and that is that the invention is only
available where waterworlzs exist.
1t is the intention Of the inventor to
present this new light before the peo-
pie of the United States, purely as an
experiment. He declares that the cleo
trio light was never seen which could
in any way equad this new dlluminant.
That IL very serious statement to
make, but the United States CONSUL at
the inventors home says his claims
have much foundation.
Copyright, 1898, by Baoheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-25
A Queer Camera and Its Sky Picture OF Paris.

more Ingenious in his methods than M.
L. Cailletet, a scientist of the Insti-
tute, who has invented a very accur-
ate and reliable Photographic appa-
ratus which includes some novel points.
The apparatus is SO arranged that
the height at which the photograph is
taken is automatically registered at the
instant of dts taking. The device con-
sists Of a wooden box suspended on the
lower part of balloon-or from the
tail or string of a kite-in the interior
of which box is clockwork movement
by which the time of taking the picture
can be regulated. A Photographic lens
looks downward from the bottom of
this box, and in its field of vision is an
The herald., 1898-01-25

avoid the terrific rugged and jagged
ice, over which Nansen and his cour-
ageous lieutenant, Johanssen, made
their way to the point that now stands
as the most northern ever reached by a
white man.
In Captain Bernier's party will be
seven men besides himself, including a
geologist and surgeon. All these, he
says, have been selected, and their
names are only withheld to relieve
them from annoyance by the curious
The leader of this newest Arctic ex-
pedition, though comparatively un-
known to the scientific world, is no
stranger to the task which lies before
him, as he has made the matter the
study of many years besides having
personally visited the point from which
he proposes to start, and investigated,
by means of the experiences of others,
what he may expect along the route
chosen, so far as exploration has made
it possible to gain information.
The Captain believes that previous
expeditions have made a grave error
in not utilizing reindeer for transporta-
tion purposes to greater extent, as
he rightly holds that they could fur
nish food more nutritive than dog meat
and at the same time would enable an
expedition to save the strength of the
dog teams so that they would be fresh
when the most was required of them.
The would-be explorer also alleges
that there is way to reach the pole
which is so simple that he wonders why
no explorer has previously studied
it out.
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-25
E|FFEL TOWER SNAPPED FROM THE SKY

One of the most remarkable photo
graphs ever taken is here reproduced.
1t Is the picture of the top of the Eiffel
Tower appearing against the back
ground of Paris. 1t shows the highest
point in the gay capital as it appears
to the birds who float above it at the
altitude of the clouds and gives a
birdseye view of the city.
Extensive experiments have been
made in this country under the direc-
tion of Eddy and others for the photo
graphing of localities by means of cam
eras suspended from balloons and
kites. But the French scientists have
been even more active in the work
Among them none is better known or
The herald., 1898-01-25

and we had to judge what we were
really seeing by bearing in mind the
result of the application to them Of
artificial light. Now, however, we will
be able to see exactly as by daylight.
Scientists have long told us that this
was possible in the days of the ancients
and the production of the light that
really counterfeited day has been held
to be one Of the lost arts. but 1T seems
to be no longer. The German expert
has, perhaps, restored to the world one
of the arts supposed to have been for
ever lost.
The gas is supplied to the burner ait
the pressure of about three and one
half atmospheres, the burner, to with
stand this high pressure, being Of spec
ial construction. A single incandescent
jet of the ordinary size can emit a
Light of much more than one thou
sand candle power The light is of such
intensity that a person ds enabled to
read the finest print ct q distance Of
from 100 to $50 feet.
The herald., 1898-01-25

In spite of this general statement, it
must be admitted that Happy Joe"
evolves his best ideas-and they are
really great-when he is in an advanced
stage of intoxication. He says HIM
self, and there Is no reason to doubt
his statement that his latest and best
idea evolved itself in his mind while he
was engaged in a long, thorough, pains
taking spree.
An ordinary man, under such circum-
stances. would never work out diff
cult problem. Intoxication enfeebles
and confuses the mind, making 1t
wholly unfit for the orderly and ardu-
GUS thought involved in the working
out of a practical mechanical idea.
There is no escape from the conclusion
that alcoholic intoxication produces
different effect upon this man than up
on others.
1t is we'll known that, in the hypnotic
state, the. sub-conscious mind some
times performs miracles. Ideas that
cannot come to the surface in normal
conditions-that are entirely out of pro-
portion to the apparent strength Of the
mind, and far above it's usual powers
are clearly formed and definitely ex-
pressed.
His process, in a kiln in the Arsenal
Pottery, has reduced the time of firing
from three hours to thirty minutes. He
has literally made a revolution-or a
half revolution-for he has turned the
thing upside down: that is he builds
the fire in the chimney instead of on
the CRATE. The saving in expense of
coal will be enormous. 1t will very
likely make Happy Joe" richer than
ever.
In conclusion it will be proper to
quote from the Trenton physician, who
says that it will be of no use for other
inventors to try Happy Joe's" plan.
The result attained was peculiar men
tai state which may never occur in
any human being again; and liquor re-
mains in as bad repute as ever despite
this case of seeming good out of evil.
Copyright, 1885, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-25

lutely horizontal position, the result is
vitiated. M. Cailletet has provided his
camera with complicated and delicate
balancing apparatus which insures q
horizontal plane.
The use of this apparatus extends be-
yond the purposes of the scientific ex-
perimenter. 1t is certain that accurate
photographs taken in this way will
play a great part in the next war that
ravages the continent While that war
may como long before the military ball
loon has been developed into a conds-
tion of usefulness, 1t will find the cas..
era balloon fully ready.
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller 6yndicatAs
The herald., 1898-01-25
NEW LIGHT TO RIVAL ELECTRICITY.

At last the electric light has a rival
and 1T is the genius of German that
has given it to the world. The new IL
luminant is known as incandescent
gaslight. It is claimed the discovery
will In time do away entirely with the
present system of illuminating by
means of electricity.
The inventor is a gas expert resident
in the city of Crefeld, and 0ne calls his
invention an Improvement in incandes-
cent gas burners based upon the dis
covery that when the pressure of the
gas is considerably increased upon the
incandescent body the body emdts gold
en- yellow Hight. very agreeable to the
eve and displaying objects in their nat
ural colors.
This fact forms one of the most re-
markable features of this astonishing
discovery. We all know that hereto
fore no matter what illlmndnant might
afford us light 1t has been am absolute
imposstbdlity to see colors IN t1hedr APP
pearance. The light made change.
The herald., 1898-01-25

were sawed off of sufficient length to
render their tops in direct line with
the tops of the redwoods, as we'll as of
the edges of the banks.
In this fashion was nature made to
provide the piers and superstructure of
the desired bridge. To the lurnbermen,
even the California veterans, the pro-
ject seemed almost ohimerical, but the
builders pushed ahead and presently,
one day. with a snort of triumph. lit
tie logging engine pulled four flat cars
and a caboose over the tree tops.
Nobody ever heard of such thing
before We have all been told of the
rope bridge, have read of the great steel
structures that span several famous
rivers, and many of us have seen these
triumphs of engineering genius, but
who is there that ever heard anywhere
else of railroad bridge over the tops
Of trees? 1t is by long odds the queer
est of the whole lot.
The herald., 1898-01-25

astonish the scientific world far more
than Nansen ever did.
He hopes to start March 1 from a
point on the northern coast of Siberia.
He will journey in the steamer Wind
ward as far as possible and will then
take to the ice, over which, by means
of dogs and sledges, he calculates he
cam make his journey to the pole, with
due allowance for storms and delays,
in 120 days. He estimates that he will
be able to average six miles a day, for
he says he knows a route that will