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Reasonable Iden.

Trained Motherhood.
In an English Sunday school the lady
teacher was impressing upon her pupils the
''It won't do, my dear boys" she said,
''to be half-hearted in this service. There
is a crown of glory laid up for every one
who is good all the time: but do you, sup
pose there is anything for a boy who is
good only half the time?"
There was a pause for a moment, and
then big, shock-headed boy drawled out;
1T do zeem TO me- missus, that theem
as is good arr the time ought TO get 'arf
tho CROWN"
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Railway station Dynamited.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July R.-The
station at Yankee Dam, village on the
c.. c., & S. Railroad, six miles distant from
Clay Church. was blown up with dynamite
this morning at o'clock. A freight car
some distance away was burned, others
were broken into. The outrages are sup
posed to be the work OF revenge OF an
organized gang operating in Clay county.
Several members were captured some time
ago and are being prosecuted by the rail-
road company in the Circuit Court Of Clay
county.
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TOLEDO, o., July AT this mornings
session of the Ohio bar meeting at PUTIN
Bay the annual address was delivered by
William Writ Howe, OF New Orleans. His
subject was 1.-The Development of Law and
Jurisprudence in Spain and Her Colonies"
The afternoon meeting was addressed by
Selwyn N. Owen on Courtroom Oratory."
Discussion and reports of committees fol-
lowed. Tonight a concert was given by
number of musicians from Dayton and
Columbus
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Mi.er and sister Burned.

RICHMOND. Mo-, July 12-The residence
of Thomas Graves, eight miles from Rich
n.ond. was burned during the night and
Mr. Graves and his aged sister, Miss Lucy
persisted in the flames 1t was not known
the building had burned until late in the
afternoon, when a neighbor visited the
place. Graves was considered a miser. and
II was supposed he had considerable gold
hidden about his premises. and il ia the gen.
eral belief the two were murdered and the
bodies and building burned TO hide the
crime
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PITTSBURG, July 12.-Thomas p Day,
vice president and cashier of the Peoples
National Bank of this city. who was in
jured at a grade crossing near Uniontown,
Pa. last Saturday died this afternoon
never having regained consciousness. Mr.
Day was vice president and member of
the executive committee of the American
Bankers Association and president of the
Pennsylvania Bankers Association. He
was forty-seven years old and leaves a wife
and two children.
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LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 1.-THE South
err California Railway Company, through
w. G.. Nevin, general manager, to-day filed
a suit against the ticket brokers or scalp
ers in the city to restrain them from sell
ing return National Educational Association
convention tickets Judge Shaw granted the
the sale of tuch tickets until Saturday,
when the case will be heard.
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suicide of j. H. Brown.(

LOS ANGELES. Cal. July III. III.
Brown, formerly a teacher in the Downey
schools. and who came here from Ohio five
years ago shot himself In the head to-day
has been unemployed and respondent for
some time. He is said 10 have been a promi-
rent educator in Ohio. before his removal TO
California
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DENVER, Col, July 12.-Wiliam j. Bryan
passed through Denver to-day en- route to
Boulder. where he delivered his lecture on
Present Problems" this afternoon before
the Texas-Colorado Chautauqua. He was
met al the depot here by Governor Thomas
and Mayor johnson, who escorted him 10
Boulder. At Cripple Creek Mr.. Bryan was
and gold at the ratio of Is to 1. /.
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Will Fight for $4,000.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Terry McGovern,
of Brooklyn, and Pedlar Palmer, of London.
were matched to-day to meet in twenty
five-round bout at Westchester Athletic
Club Sept l. the men TO enter the ring at
d. m. They will fight for a purse of $4,000
and each man will also receive Is per cent.
of the receipts of the pictures taken Of the
battle. The battle will be for the 116-pound
championship of the world.
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Chicago Tribune
Captain Dreyfus's intimate friend was
narrating TO him the principal events Of the
last FIVE years. 1T was about this time. "
he said. that Mark Hanna became promi-
nent in American politics" Captain Drey-
fus interrupted him. Who is Mark Han
ia?" he asked And the intimate friend
tainted.
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Special TO the Indianapolis journal
HAGERSTOWN, Ind, July 12.-J. G.
Hoffman and E. j. Weiss. attorneys from
Chicago, are here in the interest of Presi-
dent Gates, of the American Steel and Wire
Company. Their object is to discover evil
dence concerning the reputation of Alex
ander Jester during the years he resided in
this county prior TO the alleged murder of
Gilbert Gates in 1871.
The hitherto unpublished fact has been
learned by the attorneys that Alex. Jester
attacked a neighbor with a crowbar, and
was only prevented from committing MUIR
der by the interference Of TESTERS family
Many circumstances have been discovered
that tend to prove that Jester was violent
man. He was feared and Stunned by his
neighbOrs. Ten years ago he wrote a letter
to Gen. William Grose, of New Castle, ask
ing his assistance in the mattel of getting a
pension. He said his real name Vas Alex
ander Jester. but for reasons of his own he
wanted the pension issued to him under the
name of j. II. Hill. OF course his wishes
in the matter could not be followed. Many
witnesses will be taken from here to testify
at testers trial in Missouri.
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Lamp Chimney Plant Sold.

TOLEDO. o., July 1.-THE American
Lamp Chimney Company to-day trans
ferred its interest in the plant in this city
TO the Macbeth-Evans Company. The price
is said TO be large although the transfer
shows $4,000
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Prostitution. f,om Heat.

CHICAGO. July l2.-There were six pros
trations from the heat to-day. one OF them
that OF Byron Sheehan, a laborer, proving
fatal All the others will recover. The tenn
perature was not over 30 at any time dur
Ing the day. but the great humidity made
The temperature very oppressive.
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Iron Mill to BE Started.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 1.-THE Repub-
lie Iron and Steel Company which recently
purchased Of the Springfield Iron Company
the rolling mills here, will on Monday start
up the big twenty-two-inch mill, which has
not been in operation for several years. 1t
will give employment to several hundred
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WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
They Are still Divided ON the Bryan
and Money Questions.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. July 12-That the
Democrats of Wisconsin are still divided
WEATHER FORECAST.
Threatening and Cooler To-Day, with
Variable Winds.

WASHINGTON, July 1e.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Ohio. Indiana and Illinois-Threaten-
Ing and cooler Thursday; threatening Fri
day, variable winds
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Clyde Turpin. while hunting near Frank
lin, set his gun in fence corner where 1T
fell and was discharged. The snot nit him
in the arm and his side was almost torn
away. His injuries are serious.
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flee here may intelligently aid immigrants
in locating In communities where there Is a
demand for the labor they are capable OF
performing
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Not Yet Named.

New York Mail and Express.
Another new political party has been
formed in Iowa The gentleman's name 10
not announced
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
Ats refund the money IL IL fails cure. CSC
fbA genuine has l.. b. q. on each tablet.
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Beautiful Compilations by using
Champlins Liquid Pearl. SOC, pink or white.
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Local Observations ON wedne.day.

Bar. Their. r. III. Wind. Weather. Pre-
a. m. 5000 20 90 INVEST. Clear. goo
D. M 1900 IS As INVEST. Cloudy. 600
Maximum temperature, "a; minimum tenn
perature, 20.
Following is a comparative statement Of
the temperature and precipitation July 12:
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KNIGHT & ULLSON,
NATIONAL

121 to III
8. PENNSYLVANIA Sc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-30
COTTON MARKETS.


NEW YORK, March 29.-COIION-lni
anticipation Of the brace or hohu"ls ., al
hand in the cotton markets OF inns 'ouh-
try and Europe trading bon futures VIZ
conducted with much caution TO-DAY, anu
not much is expected of the Inaih,l IA
the rest Of the week. unless there sh9alu
develop some Unforeseen factor H'
opening cables We're regarded as s1li7
factory. but there was little in the WY
OF support from outside interests. ahH
local sentiment was belrshly n. llht".
The opening call developed barely
steady feeling. with prices unchanged 10
! point higher for old crop positions anu
] 10 3 points lower for new crop positions.
subsequently business in creased me de-
cline 20 : 20 points later cables helhs
unsatisfactory. Following the cali there
was q sudden upward movement on lhe
publication of the weather bulletin. Wnltu
caused % demand from shorts. VINO were
alarmed by the indications of cold rains
for the Atlantic States and unseasonduie
weather for the rest OF the cotton belt.
The loss of the early part Of tht Session
was promptly recovered, but later the
market eased Off again. and showed "a
good deal of irrcgularity At noon inc
prices were again low. Business showed
lack Of resolution ON both sides oil lhc
account. and business for the day "'5
small with the market finally quiet. with
net loss of TO points.
COTTON - Futures opened barely
steady: March. 90. April, 5.yo, May.
JgG. June go. July 6o3; August, GOO
September. 5gs: october. Cos: November
Coz December 6Oi. January, 600 fco-
ruary, 600.
Futures closed quiet. March nominal.
April, 5sG. May Jgi. june. 8'3i July
and August $50. September. 800. Octo-
her and November. j.gS. December. Coz
January. COZ. February COG
Spot cotton closed quiet. mldllne up-
lands. 5-l6. m.ddlins gulf. 9-l6. sales
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-30
July .... e. 49, 4 4.9s ss.SS55%3 s s.e3

cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dnll and unchanged. No. > yellow corn,
35i-c. So. ? spring wheat iV4g re; no,
3 spring wheat. 0a7Cgc.. No. req "a
- l1-iLc No . white. pd3lc.. No.
white .siiL13Oi,c.. No . rye. 53iac.: No.
barley. s5al7c.. No. 1 flaxsoed, s1.2lis,
Northwest. 81 2pg: prime timothy seed,
:, IS. mess pork. per barrel. Rlope2o.
rib ,fdes Ooosal SI4JUiao; dry saited
shoulders boxed. SiJIl.p 80. short
clear sides (bOxed). S5.O5p5lpt whisky
dlstiilers finished goods. per gallon. Size
sugars unchanged, butter hrm creamery
1id2lc.; dairy. lliznloc eggs steady
fresh fife. cheese steady; creams. 1lizN
PIC.
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NEW YORK. March 2s.-General do
maud for cotton goods again moderate az
Grst hands Bids FOR iair-sized quantities
of heavy brown c0ttOns turned down,
shovulug market continues quite firm.
Print cloth yarn wide goods steadier,
with less Offering from second hands.
Regular print cloths steady. Bleachcd
(ttons quiet and unchanged. Denims
Havoc and firm Their coarse c0iOrcd cOt-
tons uIlot but steady. Atwood sdckings
SELLING well and per cent. higher I'm
some quarters. WoOlIen faunel- are STIFF
fleming in price Men wear Wo'Hens ana
silks are strong with advancing ten
larnV
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-30

BALTIMORE. March 29-FLOUR-
Firm and unchanged.
WuEAT-StrouE, spot. month and
April 7Gi sG7Gf.c. May, tg.4,fc. South
ern wheat by sample. iiulIc.
CORN Steady. spot and month. 3ssu
9S7.c.. April 3S43s'sc. May 30 ,039i IT,
Southern WhRlie CORR 4oc asked
OATS-Firm No. white. ajp3Gc
RYE-Steady. No. nearby dNqjSiec.
No % western. GDc
STGAR-StrOng and unchanged.
pTTrEp Steady ana UNCHANGED.
EGGS Steady al re. per dozen
CHEESE Firm and active: unchanged
lVUSNY-Fairly active and unchanged
IETTTCE-S1.11 1225 per bushol box.
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NV YORK pRODrCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 29-FLOUR-Hold
higher ON spring patents. Uuf urm ana
unchanged for winter wheat -four
RYE FLOI R-Quiet
CORNMEAll-Firm.
RYE Fhmer; No. .. CSC. Z. o. b.; state
rye. soc.
BARLEY-Nominal
BARLEY MALT-Duu.
WHEAT-Spot strong. 40. . red. sfi.c.
Options opened strong ana continued SO
AN day. 10 was q crop scare. pure and
simple backed up with southwestern
buying orders and outside support ENG
lish cables were higher, but foreign
houses sold at the start Local traders
covered vigorously throughout the ses-
sion. The advance prevailed in export
business. closed l2H"sc. net higher and
strong, July showing greatest rise. March
closed al size; May l'sc.; July closed
coRN-spot firm; No. Q. 437.afrsc.
Options opened firm and followed wheat.
becoming stronger On late covering and
closed strong at net 9tc. advance. May
closed al 4l2sc.; July closed at 414c.
OATS-SpOt firm; 30. 3 33a33izc. OPP
tons dull
BEEF-Quict
CUT MI5ATS-S Steady
LARD-Firm, western steam, $500
SEQ. March 500 nominal Refined
steady.
PORK-Flrm.
BUTTER Steady; western creamery.
1I022c.. DO. factory, f2aif4c.: Elglns.
State dairy $4,000.
CHEESE Firm; large white. 12c.
EGGS-Quiet.
POTATOES Steady. New York. $500
80; Long Island, S2a2jO' sweets Jer-
coTT0N-sEED oIL-steady; prime
crude, 22c.
PETROLEUM-Easy.
RoslN-ssteady; straied. common TO
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A Misc sren.

Richmond Is taking hint from Tie
Windsor affair. aud Is inspecting her
hotels TO see il any OF them are fire
traps or not up-to-date In means OF
escape In the event OF contasrdtsona'
The old adage about an ounce OF pre-
ventfve being worth a pound OF cure Is
as full OF truth to-day as when II was
first written.-Norfolk Ledger.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-30

popT OF RICHMOND, March % 1879.
ARRIVED
Steamer Albemarle. Glover mercnaan.
aise and passengers GA Domih''N
S,|en,s shin Company. N0rfolk
Schooner Bell Russell; -, promise
Ind. n Y. fish scrap, Nirginia-Carollna
chemical Company
SAILED.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves merchan.
,lse and passengers. Virginia Navigation
COMPANY. Norfolk
steamer Albemarle. Glover. merchan-
sise and passengers. Old Dominion
s,eop,ship Company. Norfolk.
os~hooner Jno II. Fell. Loveland, New
york VIA James river, lumber.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. March %, 90.
ARRIVED
schooner David p. Davis. Washington.
steamer Bratten Port Antonio.
SAILED.
Barge West Virginia, Providence.
Schooner George NJ. Grant, Boston. \
Schooner s. p. Blackmere. Boston. NJ
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To Inin the iialcigh.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. March %
The cruiser Chicago, which brought eA-
Secretary sherman 10 Old Point yes
terday. left Hampton Roads az oeloSn
this afternoon for YomDklnsyNle, TO JOIN
ne Raleigh.
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CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO. March 2s-Damaee Of n
most narrowing description 20 winter
wheat set the trade I'm cOmmOtion to-
dav. adding 2Hc % the value of Nav
wheat and &c. 20 July. Corn. oats and
provisions all benefited. the Improvement
being &c. in corn. itu%c in oats Zoe. iu
pork. 2iAc. in lard and DC. In RIBS.
The leading futures ranged as followe.
Nnau Ll-h 90 o.
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pound: common. none offered. Spanish
Shelled. gOc per bushel. Tone OF market
firm. offerings very light.
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'ORT OF WEST POINT. y
ARRIVED.

steamship Baltimore. Murphy Baltl
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Elm City Haynes. Malta.
Doni river landings. passengers and gem
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steamship Baltimore. Murphy. Balti-
more. passengers and general carsO.
steamship Elm CT~. Haynes. Malta
ponl river landings. passengers and gem
rral cargo.
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GRAIN AID COTTON EXCUANr~
Richmond. Va, March. % 1904.

NORFOLK pen NUT NArErT
NORFOLK, VA, March 2o.-PEANUT5
FARMERS stock-ksncy. 3Ac. poaaa:
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ToBAccO EXCHANGE.

Hfrnmoud Va March -,l. l~,Nl
,.. tlt..loo am tho
Sales of new dark loose loDhc..o ON ,"g
Richmond lNaJ breaks l'-Hdy ''2 'lii't', .i.
WWehouse sold l'V-' o,u. i'iis l'7 .',id
price, Sii11- Shocko" " a,,,2I w. 49,,
lriNo POUNDS hl-i'e7l ns,,r,s
highest price. So. ,- ,- ora" '-''
pounds hi He5l pii,,' ~ 't good e.ro
0IuHtNaI NJ "i'll, t,i.. 10 Elm
to-day. ionacco SOFA h.-'- ,ri,,., ...'
day. March 800 lNft ,Shtin iiie "ii,
house had goo4 SAFE t'-u's 1t se'u
prices. St0ncWail warehouse WIZ oi..i
break oi nice dark green 7l'iHi"iHs ''-
hacr1 tomorrow. ,.-
An-srs. Frazer a. lomp hlN-. l'ndr.
commission merchants. So loN soutn
Twelfth street iichmoili' " Co. "lu oli'l
hr sample AZ their office to-mofro"
good break of fine Nelson county ''nat'''
to which INC attention ol buyers i7 lo-
srecillIr ctIed. .t.- -...-.......
I.flfa.e safes ItpoI i'n IT'D ".
on Ilr il, Hih1N4 lv't'. o. az
flIIDf- It h'5'H'a'. ,,-tf ~,
ld.Nl - Jugs 'N"ihl -- '''''
nos 1'dds. r.
Ine tobacco inspector i'p"' '''r
Inspections bright ~ '' p,
ga hDssnoads. isrihspecii'i- 'Ii-"' d"
hog heads.
tr-ur HaH 30 SfoneWill+ ci'Dhnt' H'"-
brook 81. AIcthany ana 'ld l''ni Illl'H ,"-
hIc.l warehouses report iu-H1l N.
ceinfr. oJ packages d'.Neil.-' ~ pack
ages.
Omitted states internal revenue couec-
lions oU tobacco lpr me CITY 'L lti'i-
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Members New
! nOnoas Branch g. Co.,
Bankers and Brokers,
s11o1 EAST MAIN STREET
Members New York Stock Exchange.
11O1 EAST MAIN STREET.

Private wires New York, Chicaqo and principal trad
centres.
incarnation cheerfuIly given Your business solicited.
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Amor. rob. %. pid.......'Ivvy lIiIs -.
Amen T0D co. com. ....... 90 ~ 80.
60 < GO. 1st hOuds...... lO3b
siess S. CO. "a Mort 4i4s. "a
sf,ee S co stock. .......lOD 81 90.
e. caro-. Chcm. pfd.......len 1885, 20
IA caro-. Chem. cOm......lOO 7Il3 713
ouotaiious are for bonds maturing IN
,.t less Chan ten years.
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v,prNE INTELLIGENCE.
Thursday. March 80. 1899.
..--h.aad fNfI.

PORT OF RICHMOND. March %, 1890.
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Stools SQc. Whlte EnamcIIcu IaDOUIcIIc7, 5OC.
Tbree.I legged Hall Tables. 25c. Long Library
Tables. oak and mahogany, brass feet, $3.50.
Solid Oak and Mahogany Library Tables, rS-inch
tor. turned legs, brass feet, SI.65. French Leg
Solid Oak or Mahogany Tables IS-inch top, SI.25.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-23
GAS COMPANY TO
LET co MORE OF
ITS EMPLOYEES
Electric Department
to Suffer.
DIVIDENDS MUST BE PAID
RESERVATIONS WILL OCCUR ON
THE FIRST.
DIVIDENDS MUST BE PAID

The condition OF affairs in the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric Company is still
unhappy. Mr.. Crockett president of that
company, is at the throats of the direct
ors; the directors are at the throat Of
Mr.. Crockett; 1t is a case of pass the
buck" between the two, and the stock
holders have not yet decided whom the deal
is 'up to-" As was announced in The Call
a week ago. recently established competi-
ton has resulted in a drop of over $40
per share in stock value. Instead OF a
holding TO be sought for gas stock has
become a thing TO get rid Of as a bad as
set.
The stockholders, big and little, have
been complaining, and they have had
complaint coming. They have threatened
in turn TO oust Crockett from the pres
dency and the directors from their seats
but they have done neither and the fight
has resolved itself into one between
Crockett and the directors. Neither is
willing TO stand the responsibility for the
late cut in salaries. and neither will ad-
NIT the demanding OF the designations of
the numerous employees who have recent
ly quit the companys employment. The
one body pitches the trouble TO the other
and each denies that ii is 10 blame
However, II is known that the looping
off OF heads and the reduction Of salaries
has but just begun. Already the company
is advertising in the local press for women
and new men to take at lower salary the
positions 1t proposes to make vacant. 1t
is a policy of retrenchment the company
has adopted. and not even the oldest cm-
ploye still with the company can see the
end.
The directors have ordered the changes.
and II is said upon good authority that
they have demanded their customary div
idends. Notwithstanding the depreciation
of stock values and the threatened cur
talment of profits by competition. They
have insisted upon these profits even at
the cost of the positions and salaries Of
their oldest employees. and. honoring this
demand, President Crockett has ordered
the reductions and the dismissals
Already scale of reduction averaging
more than 80 1-3 per cent has gone into
effect. and a number OF heads of depart
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-23
golf capes

ments have offered their designations be-
cause of II. a number Of others, who
have been with the company for from flve
TO twenty years, have been discharged
without one days warning. A quarter s
dividends has been the result. but now
another payment is due and the company
is scheming 10 provide II and at the same
time bolster up its stock by making an
other general dismissal. The electric light
department is to be utterly cleaned out.
The employees now connected with II are
to be let loose. from the chief engineer
TO the most modest coal-heaver. j. y.
Davis the assistant manager of that end
of the business, will offer his resignation
on the lst of the month. and Luke q.
Battles. the adjuster. will follow suit In
the loss OF both men the company Will
suffer Both Battles and Davis have done
more TO square the cOmpany's shortcofn-
ings with the masses than all OF their
other employees Battles. in fact, was en-
ployed for that purpose and has succeed
ed. They are quitting on principle ard
not because their salaries have been cut
They will not stand for the 3O-cent policy
the company has adopted. and they have
said so. AS a result they Will quit their
present employment on the lst or the
month. and the rest of the electrical de-
partment will follow them.
The gas end of the business has so far
appeared willing 10 stand for the cut, but
IL is said that the best men the company
has relied upon in that branch will leave
as soon as they can complete business ar
rangements they now have in hand.