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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
REFS SHOOTING PARDY

him a = fool. 1 said: We'll, now let
that drop: there s no harm in it, Chris
You called me a. fool many times
when you worked in the office Well
he said, I heard about it 1 said, Has
anybody been throwing it up to your and
he said No Well 1 said, IF they have
you bring them in here and I will fix it all
right, and I will tell them that did not
mean anything by it.
We'll he says, you're -
said, What's that. Chris? Don't call me
that, because l am liable to smash you
Well, he said, You -, will fix
you With that 1 hauled off and slapped
his face and knocked his specs off. He
took both hands and put them down to
his side pocket and kind of held his coat
and put his hand in. did not think ne
my hand and said, Chris, think; don't
you shoot me- He then leveled the
weapon at me and fred
After making the statement Pardy re-
fused to sign it, as he did not want Refs
prosecuted. The statement was made in
the presence of Policemen Walsh and But
terworth and Lieutenant Esola.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

heart. Pardy has been removed from the
table in the back Office to cot, and Is
by his immedia fbe rent,on
of the wounded man. He may not oe re-
moved to his home for three days, for
then the REACTION ,t viii set set in and the crit
Pardy last night made the Following
statement of the shooting:
On "Wednesday morning about L
o'clock I met Christian Refs Jr., and said,
Good morning, Chris, and he said, 'Good
morning, good morning, Will. l asked
him where he was going, and he replied
that he was on his way to RooS Brothers
to get macintosh that he was having
altered While we were conversing no.
ticed that he was without rubbers, and
advised him to get b,a Rar sord RE Tep Pad
All right, Chris, be a - fool. The first
thing you know you will be laid up with
cold. DIT. o+,,od -
the office of DR.. Pardy shortly after lunch.
I saw him enter and, walking over to
him, said, Hello, Chris He said, viii,
/ have favor to ask of YOU said,
This morning he replied, when we
walked down together, you said somes
thing to me that don't think you should
hurt his feelings and did not intend to
make the remark. He said
1T don't look right, because there were
other people who heard it answered
that If he objected to being called a -
fool 1 would not apply 1t TO him again.
He then left me.
This Friday) morning he again re-
turned and l saluted him. He seemed to
be in good spirits, and 1 asked him why
he did not sell his diamond ring to some
sport. He replied that he would like to
sell 1t.
II asked him what he would take for it,
and he replied that he would sell the ring
for the amount he paid for it, L said
We'll, Chris, if you let me take it 1 will
try to sell it for you He replied that he
would pay me a small commission If
found buyer for the ring. l said. All
right and he left.
HE came back in the afternoon and as
he walked up to the counter 1 said,
Hello, where are you going?' He replied
that he called to see me. He tAen said
that he was still worried over me calling
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

not proper party defendant and there
fore the demurrer is sustained, with ten
days in which to amend the complaint"
| The court then ruled upon two points
of great Importance in the various suits
now before the court. Regarding the
allegation in the complaint" he said,
that the teachers were paid $123, 500 in
salaries, owing for the fiscal year 1897
SO, from the revenue of the fiscal year
1858, l am of opinion that this pay
ment was illegally made. The law
directing that the demands of one year
shall not be paid from the revenue of
the next, in my opinion, applies to the
demands OF teachers, as well as the de-
mands of other creditors. ] will, I'M
der these circumstances, make an or
der that before the salaries for the
months of November and December,
1898, are paid that there shall be de-
Quoted the sum before mentioned that
was illegally paid them. AS this order
does not apply equally to every teacher
In the department I shall require coun-
sci for the plaintiffs to so amend their
complaint that it will contain each
teachers name with the amount set
forth that he or she will be affected by
the holding of the court"
On the point raised that teachers are
only entitled to payment for the months
which they were actually employed in
teaching, the court held that such con-
tention was erroneous. "The teachers
salaries are not fixed by law, but by
the Board of Education said Judge
SeaWell Teachers are appointed to
hold office during good behavior and
competency; their salaries are yearly
salaries, payable monthly, therefore
they are entitled to salary each month
of the year"
For the instruction of counsel repre-
senting the merchants during their Ia
bors of amending the complaint the
court caused to be written the following
three rules, which the court will adhere
to during the hearing of the case in the
future.
l. Teachers in the public schools of San
francisco are entitled to receive their
monthly salaries during vacations in the
schools.
2. The salaries of said teachers can be
paid only out of the school fund for the
fiscal year in which they were earned
The doctrine of Lewis VS.. Widber, SO Cal,
| they are not fixed by statute
3. II as alleged in the complaint, some
of said teachers have received, out of the
school fund for the fiscal year 1S98-99, paw
ment for salaries earned in the fiscal year
1898, 1t is the duty of the Auditor, under
section 81 of the consolidation act, not to
allow subsequent demand of such
teachers for salaries without first de-
Quoting the amounts SO illegally paid.
Such is the legal status of the case.
The teachers have won point, so have
they lost a point. They have beaten
the merchants on demurrer, but the
facts set forth in opposition to their
various contentious have apprised the
court that they have illegally drawn a
small fortune from the treasury This
will be repaid the city from the moneys
now due them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
Town Talk.

This weeks issue of the favorite weekly
contains a remarkably strong editorial
upon the Senatorial situation in Sacra-
mento. In 1T is sketched the character of
u. S. Grant Jr. SO cleverly that every
body can see the exact limit of his
also talks a little politics. but more soci-
ETY. and club gossip. Fine half-tones APP
pear throughout the number. Graphic
logical delineations, verses and stories,
with dramatic and musical critiques,
make up a readable number.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
Burgle Buried as a pauper.

The body of Anthony Burgle, the Coun-
ty Jail prisoner who burned himself to
death. last Wednesday in his cell. was
buried yesterday in the Potters' Field, al
was brought to the city Receiving HosTp ii
tai, after he had been shot by Sigmund
Braverman, he had a bank account of
$500. Then he employed two attorneys to
defend him on the murder charge and the
money went for their fees. So there was
nothing left with which to bury him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
LOST HIS RIGHT LEG.
Charles Lundquist, schoolboy, Run
Over by a Suffer Street Gable Car.

Charles Lundquist, bright little boy
between and years of age. had his
right leg SO terribly crushed by the
terday afternoon that it had to be am
putated at the thigh at the Receiving
Hospital by Drs. We'll and Hartley.
The boys parents live at 1416 Lyon
street. his father being a tailor. He at
tended the Emerson Primary School, on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
The Result of a Slap
in the Face.
WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS
WOUNDED MAN HAD TAINTED
HIS ASSAILANT.
-BIooded and Premeditated Act
of a Supersensitive Man-His
Victim May Recover-Par-
dy's Statement.

- HRIsTIAN REFS JR., the promi-
nent club man and son of the ex-
City Treasurer, shot and seriously
wounded William S. Pardy assist
- ant secretary of the Pacific States
Savings Loan and Building Com
pany, in the office of that concern, 40
Pine street yesterday afternoon, at 1:3O
o'clock. The bullet entered Pardy's left
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
Draw Blood From
Oscar Moses.
SUSTAINED BY THE COURT
WILL NOT GET NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER SALARIES.
Moneys Paid in the Last Fiscal Year
Will Be Deducted, Which Makes
Them Both Winner and
Loser.

San Francisco's army Of teachers has
won its first point in the battle against
the merchants; likewise the army of
merchants has lost a point it fought
so hard to win and will have to amend
its complaint before its petition for an
injunction can be finally adjudicated.
Yesterday morning Superior Judge
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
The Moore Investigation.

Immigration Commissioner Hart North
and Assistant United States Attorney
Smith and Linck yesterday and testified
in relation to the charges of immortality
preferred against Special Agent Moore.
Their testimony was mostly of hearsay
Mrs. Pickens, testified as to what Mrs
Pickens had told her about the major
and his penchant for love-making during
office hours. The investigation will be
resumed on Monday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
Discuss the Raglan Lease.

The Finance Committee of the Super
visors decided to postpone action on the
lease of the Stanyan-street Police Station
for another week. The opinion submitted
by City and County Attorney Lane, while
II IT, oeclare tGo the tease valid, dad not settle
Raglan should pay for and for what the
city is responsible. Supervisor Collins
promised to inspect the premises before
the next meeting and report.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

every hour to give her her medi-
"She was taken i'll last October.
l thought it was a bilious attack.
DR.. Greeley was called in and gave
my pet the best of attention. AT
first, / imagine, Mignon was a VIC
tim Of enlargement of the heart.
had an autopsy held to-day, and the
post mOrtem examination has dis
closed that it was tumor on the
liver"
Mrs. Marais is completely pros
trated by the passing away of
been unable to sleep, and it is only
by dint of coaxing that she takes
any nourishment The lady is a
lover of all dumb animals, and fea-
ture of her Mission home is hos
pital for stray cats and sick chick
ems.
In the neighborhood of the Marais
residence much sympathy is ex-
pressed for the mourner. The poet
of the warm belt has come TO the
circumstances, has indited the fol-
lowing verses to Mignon's memory:
DOeEREL.
That little dog,
That lovely dog,
We ne'er will see him more.
He's gone afar
Where coolest doggies are.
No more, no more
The bad boys
who infest the neighborhood
Will decorate
My doggie's tail
With cans and sticks OF wood.
No more, no more.
Well hear his bark
No more he'll play out in the park
To distant cline he's sailed.
My heart is lone,
And oft I moan
My joy has been cur-talled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY ia
recommend by physicians for family and
medicinal use because 1t is pure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04

Pine street, near Devisadero. and was on
his way home from school Yesterday
afternoon when the accident occurred.
Devisadero, thinking he could cross the
track before a car could reach him but
he was not quick enough and the car
struck him. He fell and his right leg
was thrown across the rail. Before the
gripman could stop the car the wheels
passed over the boys leg. The patrol
wagon was summoned from the O'Far-
to the Receiving Hospital.
The boys mother was notified, and she
hurried to the hospital. The. doctors told
her there was no chance of saving the
leg and 1t was with her consent that 1t
was amputated. She was almost frantic
with grief.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.


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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22

one of the largest propositions in the
camp.
j. NJ. Dikeman, superintendent Of the
Libby Creek Mining comnany, which is
operating the Buzz Saw mine, expects
to have the concentrator running on
that property by the 18th of Sep~ mDer.
Six carloads of the machinery are now
in the Libby yards and there is but one
more to come to complete the mill All
the teams al the command Of the COM
pany are being employed in hauling the
machinery.
Mr.. Bartlett of Iowa has taken a con-
tract for running 100 feet of tunnel on
the b. & B., near Troy. with the privil-
eye of running another 100 feet if he
desires and work will be commenced
at once. ,.
Henry Greenwich who. with his part
ner, Mr.. Vaughn. are running a half
mile ditch on the Upper Libby for the
purpose of bringing the water of that
stream on a high bar which they have
on the ground. was in Libby last week
and reports that they have the work
nearly completed and that they en-
countered considerable more rock work
than they expected and in consequence
will not be able to do any sluicing this
season.
The sawmill on the Brick & Branna-
gan group of claims, which has been
acquired by the Fisher Creek Mining
company, has been started up and is
now turning out fine lot of lumber for
the various buildings which the COM
pany intends putting up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22

to be the first time the company has
undertaken to thus handle the water
the usage having heretofore been to
lease it. A Northern Pacific switch is
about to be constructed to the new ore
bins, and a machine shop, which is bad
ly needed, will be erected at once
With these improvements made there
will be very little left to desire in the
way Of equipment.
The working force Of the mine con-
sists of $50 men, with Timothy Lynch
as foreman. AS these men send to the
surface 400 tons of ore day it is plain
that they are being utilized to good
advantage.
AS dividend payer the Parrot ranks
high. During the year 1898 its earn
ings were more than 100000 and the
dividends paid amounted to $414,000. In
other words, the dividends were about
half the earnings, and the year closed
with $1,620,000 in the treasury. Such
figures are their own best commentary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22

The Spokesman-Review publishes the
following from Moscow, Idaho:
Or A. s. Miller, professor Of mining
and metallurgy in the Idaho university,
has been kept unusually busy this sum-
mer giving information to mining men
of this state. Many samples have recent
ly been sent to him with the statement:
These samples are a puzzle to mining
men here; please ret us know what they
are Among these may be mentioned
cherry limestone from Montpelier cobalt
ore and titanium from Salmon City and a
fihrous hornblende from Florence.
"A peculiar vein has been found in the
Black Jack mine in the Hump country.
From information that has come to DR..
Miller this vein IS of a banded structure.
having about 16 inches of quartz and
about 16 inches of what the miners call
porphyry. in alternating bands. The
quartz carries no value and where the
porphyry joins the quartz, the porphyry,
on either side, carries iron pyrites from
the width of one to one and a half inches,
which streak carries from $40 to 81, 600 to
the ton in gold. Between these streaks
the porphyry is also barren. What the
miners call porphyry in this mine is pro-
nounced by DR.. Miller to be a serpentine
rock carrying iron pyrites.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
The Triplex powes Pump.

BY o. G. Smith. b. S. in Mining Re
porter.
In these days of electrical power trans
mission there is great opportunity for
variety of industries. Mines and mills in
certain localities have available electrical
power. by the installation of central sta
ton plants. This also holds true of water
power. Under these conditions power
machinery susceptible of taking advant-
age of such power adds greatly to the net
economy of the work to be performed.
One of these machines, to which partiC-
ular attention should be drawn, is the
triplex power pump. Built as it is for the
handling of water as well as other liquids
it is admirably fitted for wide field of
work There is no service to which the
reciprocating actuated pump is fitted but
what the tripleX power pump can be aP-
piled.
The triplex pump is built in two styles,
horizontal and vertical. 1t is built with
a containing housing, which holds the
cylinders, the bearings and the slides as
integral parts; in these the crank shaft
cross heads and plungers work in perfec:
alignment The three cranks are set at
100 degrees, thus insuring a continuous
flow of the liquid being pumped The
valves. usually placed in pots" are easy
OF access.
Whether the capacity be large or small,
no matter at what pressure working, the
pump will insure high economy, Its appli-
ca ton is flexible; the motor can be d.
rectly connected or beted. This fact
alone commendS its use in mills or mines
when electric or water power is BILE
In mills having a great many pumps the
tripleX power pump may be belted to the
shafting, saving the expense of steam
piping and the additional condensation.
Heated steam pipes, with the usual num-
Der of leaks, make diSagreeable compan-
ions in mills using steam pumps at diff
ferent points, while power machinery
adds only "a small amount to the cost of
shafting and does away with number
of inconvenience. Or when electrical
Transmission is applied throughout the
mill. the individual motor directly con-
nected takes care of each power pump.
As tank pump it cannot be eXcelled;
giving a continuous flow with small power
cost the economical motor adding largely
to dts success. In fact the operator is
able to take advantage of the high econ
omy of electrical transmission throughout
this whole system. The pump especially
recommends itself for mill work.
AS the tendency of the age is toward
economy of production, we are not justi-
fed in overlooking any means by which
power saving can be made.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
= PROFESSOR S. P. EMMONS.
Eminent Geologist Engaged in Important
Work on the Butte District.

Eminent Geologist Engaged in Important
Work on the Butte District.
Among the many eminent biologists
who have recently been and now are
in Butte, is Prof. S. F. Emmons of the
United States Geological Survey.
This gentleman is in no way connect
ed with the litigation that is attracting
SO much attention, but is in Montana
solely on the scientific business of the
bureau with which he is connected. II,
exact official position is that of head,
or chief of the department of economic
geology. In this field it is said by his
brother biologists that no man, either
in Europe or America, stands higher
than Professor Emmons, and that he
is recognized authority the world over.
He worked up and wrote the mono
graph on the Leadville district of Col
orado, and he also wrote the first soien-
tic description of the Butte mines.
This latter work gave so correct a
forecast of the future of the Butte dis
trict that it has been termed pro-
phetic" 1t is published in the transac-
tons of the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers. He also wrote the ma
jor portion of the economic part of the
Butte Special Folio, work that is Ia
miliar to every mining geologist in the
west-perhaps in the world He is now
in the district for the purpose of COM
pleting it's economic geology. of which
the Butte special was merely the ad-
vance sheets. His present work will be
an immense quarto volume, possibly
two, fully illustrated with maps, charts,
etc., and describing the district in de-
tail. 1t will be of almost inestimable
value, both to the professional geo|o-
gist and the general reader. The pro-
fessor has had charge of similar work
in other great districts, and he is cred
tied with wider and more thorough
knowledge of the geology of the great
mining region of the United States
than almost any other man in the coun-
try, some placing him fairly at the
head
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
THE BASIN REDUCTION WORKS
Will Soon BE Ready to Blow In-Katy
Mine and Neighboring Properties.

Some very nice reports of a general
character come from Basin. The Basin
& Bay State Mining company seems
to be getting into excellent shape. This
company owns the Katy mine and also
the new reduction works, of watch
the Glass brothers are the general
managers at Basin. Some three years
ago the works were burnt These then
consisted of a concentrator and the
hoist. The shaft of the Katy fell into
decay, and a new one has been sunk
to a depth of some 400 or 800 feet. 1t
is claimed that there are COnSidera BILE
bodies of good workable ore in this
mine. After the fire, and the company
had time to pull itself together, it be-
gan the erection of the reduction
works mentioned above. These in
clude both a concentrator and a smell
ter and they are now nearing compile
ton. They are essentially double, and
it is said that one-half will be ready
to blow in and begin work in about
a month. AS intimated in a previous
issue. these works are said to include
the newest and best of everything
known to the smelling industry. and
are expected to show the most favor
able results, both in quantity of ores
handled and returns The works it
is understood, will be run partly on the
company's own ores and partly on Gus
tom ores. There are said to be many
low grade properties in the vicinity
capable of turning out large quanti-
ties of ores that can be worked to good
advantage. The Hope. which is near
by, is described as having excellent ore
bodies. If these works prove success
full and there seems to be no good
reason why they should not, Basin may
soon become a mining center of no
mean importance. so mote it be-"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
EARNINGS of British Shipowners,

1t has been computed that $3.50 900, 900
per annum is paid to British shipowners
for ocean carriage between ocean ports.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
Mining Projects in China.

NJ. Landauer, en- route from the Pacific
coast to New York, has been in China
four years, representing a Partisan syn
dictate, for which he has secured coal,
quicksilver and other mineral concessions
in China valued at $780, 00, 900. He says
there are rich mines of cinnabar in kwee
chow province and along the Yang-tse-
Kiang are copper mines and coal depos-
it's, which he has secured the privilege of
developing. Landauer says Europeans
and Americans are beginning to have a
realization of Chinas mineral resources.
These have been neglected by the Chinese
for 5000 years, because Confucius taught
that the filling of the soil was the safest
foundation of any states prosperity. In
consequence the mandarns have not per-
mtted the common people to engage in
mining. Now that the opening of China
has commenced, Chinese mines will be
operated with modern machinery.