The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1895, Page 13

LITEST OMLAND WS, Uncertainty as to Which Board of Public Works Will Hold Office. BAR ASSOCIATION REVIVAL Lincoln’s Birthday Celebration and Planting of the Liberty Tree. In view of the uncertainty asto whether | new or the old Board of Public Works 1 be sustained by the courts the political | 1tmosphere of Oakland is full of mist. The w board is virtually in possession, their redecessors having vacated office without arent struggle, but with the tacit tanding that until the matter is ad- judicatéd in the courts things are to re- | main in statu quo. 1t is expected that a decision will be had | from the Superior Court sitting in bank | within the next ten days. The decision, | however, will hardly settle the question 1' i for the matter is such a momentous o involving as it does the expenditures for | and Fire departments, street con- | sion | the Supremie Court will be accepted as | inal result. | From Mayor Davie it is learned that if | the Superior Court determines in favor of the new board that body will at once as- sume the reins of g nent and proceed | to_alter the pres omplexion of city | irs, leaving the old board to contest in > legality of the new | vie's position is unique. ction the people decided. in favor of the propo chang the courts sustain the | new board the Mayor will, by virtue of hus | otfice, be a member of the board, and have ird_control; while, upon the other | 1, should the old board be sustained, | the Mayor will at once have the appoint- | ment of some one to fili the vacancy caused | by the expiration of Carother’sterm, year hence the appointment of some one to fill Hughes’ »5' thus giving him a majority of the board. The Mayor, how- ever, favors the new board, although it & shears him of a vast deal of municipal | pOWer. : SR Candidates for the various positions in the gift of the board are as thick as leaves in Vallombrosa. The principal interest centers in the fights for the Chiefs of Police and Fire Departments. For the former osition Chiet Schaefer was thought to ave the game well in hand, but the know- ing ones now say that the star of his official life has set, and the $175 per month plum will go either to ( E. Lloyd, who recently retired from to William McCloud, a present member of the force. The I appears to have the greatest strength. For Chief 1e Fire Departm ent the contest is a d one betwee! vles and Doody, the present First Ass neer, and Fred Murdock, Second Lincoln’s Birthday Parade. Oakland will celebrate Lincoln day, April 15, with appropriate ceremonie the main_fe eing a grand parac and exercises at the Lincoln School. arade, which wili be marshaled by Sheriff foot of Broad- v of United lio, and will White, will start from th way, after receivi i States artillery from the mareh to ing to T street and thence to the z an escort of two com- | tional Guard, will come | rtaining local Grand Army ns of the Mexican War, Sons iters of Revolutionary S the “ity Council and other muniéipal s, and bly Senator Perkins and | Mayor Davie will eliver the chief address at the school. 1t ceremony of the | day planting of a liberty tree, which will be placed in a prominent spot in the schoo! The committee in charge of the affair began some time ago to solicit contribu- | tions of earth from histor ric spots and up to eeeived parcels f rom the follow- ashington’s tomb at Mount \'(‘rnnn;i | from tRe foot of the flagstaff at Fort Me- J\Baltimore, Md.; Grant’s tomb at lymouth Rock; the spot nd Wash- Boston pool, formerly arf, where the tea was throw tion was pla ton streets, overboard f the ship Dartmouth, D cember 16, 1773; the basement of Faneuil Hall, the “0Old Cradle of Liberty;” the Elm Libert Hiil on Boston Common; Bunker n Dorchester Heights. ions are also expected from and Territory in the Union not ented, from the tomb of the patriotic President of Mexico, and from the new republic of Hawaii. Fell From a Scaffold. C. H. Townsend and Frank Carey, paint- employed by Cahill & Co., had a nar- escape from death yesterday morn- | They were arranging a scaffolding at | second story of the Cohn building, | elfth and V hington streets, and were | getting on the inside edge at the same | time when the structure capsized and they were dropped to the sidewalk, thirty feet bélow. Townsend was badly cut about the face and shoulders, right wrist was broken and he sustained internal injuries | which may cause his death. He was| treated at the Receiving Hospital and was later removed to his home, at 1106 East Fifteenth street. Carey landed on an awn- ing and rolled thence to the street, his worst injuries being a few cuts and bruises. Newsboys' Benefit. The entertainment for the benefit of the Newsboys’ Association funds which was en at Elite Hall last evening was an ar- tistic as well as financial success, a num- ber of society people as well as professional people giving their services to make ‘the affair an enjoyable one. The Acme quar- tet rendered several vocal selecti great edification of the newsboy friends. Judge Allen and Sheriff White were present and delivered addresses, in hich they told their youthful hearers that lives of honest industry and thrift are | the only kind which lead fo future f.rns-l i»ori(_\'. and asked them to lead such lives. )ancing was indulged in at the close of the literary and musical programme. City Finauces. The City Treasurer has made a state- nt of the condition of the funds in the ury, which is as follows: General, $1948 90; salary, $2226 02; street, er row 30 84; ' high school, $1366 09; fire, 74 25; police, $2327 52; Free Library, 07 21; fire and police telegraph, $903 07: §998 51; street light, $2652 76; park, bond interest, $1541 92; bond re- demption, $9344 05; police relief and pen- , $4902 school building bond re- demption, §: 08; school building bond interest, $5539 10. The total amount in the-city treasury is $117,760 79. Alameda Bar Association. On_the. afternoon of the 13th inst. a number of prominent attorneys of Oakland will make an effort, to reviye the Alameda County Bar Association which has fallen off from its former membership through lack of interest. President J. H. Smith aud Secretary George E. de Golia are striving to stir up enthusiasm and are meeting with a fair share of success. For the Competing Road. The terminal committee is still on the . lookout for subscriptions, and the total amount promised for the road should it come to Oakland grows slowly but surely day by day, and yesterday the committee “secured the following amounts: Mary D. | not paying his fare, | by her daughter. | and leaves & daughter and son. B nd a | birth- | » | and mother of M teenth street, countermarch- | Tree of the Revolu- | Matthews. $500; Mrs. Ralph Kirkham, 350; McIntyre & Johnson, $200; R. J. over, $200, «and A. W. Burrill, $500. making a total of $214,200 subscribed to date. At the Macdonough. Emily Bancker and her company of comedians opened with ‘Our Flat” at the Macdonough last eveéning and played to a crowded house. The same company re- peats the performance to-night and to- morrow night, and the excellence of the cast insures a good attendance. ALAMEDA. Thomas Dunton and John Dempsey, who were arrested on Wednesday by the police, have had four charges of burglary placed against them in connection with their hen-roost raids. Their examination is set for to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock before Justice Morris. Dunton is an ex- convict, and a prior charge will be placed against him. Both of the prisoners are “hard cases,’’ and will undoubtedly spend the most of their future iives in the State penitentiary. Besides the charge of break- ing into the barn of J. E. Taylor on the San Leandro road, and stealing his horse and wagon, Mrs. L. Kleebauer and G. W. Wright of Melrose, and S. W. Fraser of Seminary avenue, charge them with stealing chickens. They conducted their operations in a stupid manner, and fell easily into the trap set for them. Wandering at Large. John Wagner lost himself in Alameda ‘Wednesday night. After riding from O: land on the electric cars he was put off for Constable Morris placed him_ in the lockup, where e passed the night, but he acted in such a strange manner that he was taken to the County Jail yesterday to be examined for insanity. He is unable to give any account of him self and says he is suffering from six diseases. He imagines that he is the mur- derer of Sheriff Bogard, and that he par- ticipated in the train robbery and made his escape from the scene of the hold-up in a balloon. Found Dead in Bed. Mrs. Anna B. Yorde was found dead in her bed Wednesday night about 11 o’clock She was 73 years of age An in- uest was held yesterday afternoon by Jeputy Coroner Wever. She died of heart failure, brought on by the grip. The fu- neral will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Surveying the Depot. A surveyor and two assi: ploy of the Southern Paci zaged in running surveys on either side of Park street and Railroad avenue. They said they had no knowledge of the com- pany’s object in_making the survey. The impression is that the railroad contem- piates making improvements to the freight | and passenger depots. Complimentary Lecture. A complimentary lecture will be given this evening at the residence of Mrs. Helen M. Cushman by Dr. Mary Shepherd Singer upon ‘‘Anthropology, as Showing the Divinity of Christ.” After a brief tour through the southern part of the State Dr. Singer will return to Alameda and de- liver a series of lectures. | Left All to Her Husband. A ition for letters of administration iled by Wiilis Whitmore on the of Evaline Ashley, who died in this leaving property of the he bequeathed all to her husband, W. H. Ashley, excepting $1 to | two brothers residing in Vermont, who, she said, were provided for by her father. Death of Mrs. Jochim. Mrs. Mary Jochim, wife of Jacob Jochim Irs. Albert Denicke, died |at her home, 1532 St. Charles street, | Wednesday night. She was a native of | Germany and 71 years of age. The funeral | will take place this afternoon. Altrurian Council. A council of the Aitrurian Society has been formed in Alameda. Green Majors was elected president and Mrs. Paris secretary-treasurer. he Sheriff’s office, or | value of $4000. BERKELEY. | The executive committee of the People’s | party held a special session on Wednesday | night and approved the delegates selected | to represent the different wards in the com- | ing convention, which will be held in | Pythian Hall on the 11th inst. Eighty-five delegates in all were chosen. The purpose of the convention is to nominate town offi- cers to be voted for at the regular election in May. No More Insults. Constable Brotherton has appointed Lon Bush of College way as special officer to patrol the district near Dwight-way station, where so many ladies were insulted during the latter part of March by a man who sai it was his duty to accompany all unattend- | ed ladies to their homes who should chance to be without an escort late at night. Notes. Amanda_Pierucena _and Della and Amelia Sisterna had an altercation on Wednesday evening, which resulted in the disfigurement of Amanda’s face. It was merely a family brawl, but the partici- pants will have to answer for battery be- fore the Justice of the Peace next weei. The bicyclists of Lorin have organized a wheelmen’s club to_encourage bicycle riding and racing. E. A. Brackett was | elected president and P. Wiltenbach secre- tary-treasurer. The charter roll will be open until next Monda{:vemnfi. Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Learned left yester- day for South Bend, Ind., where Mr. Learned will continue his pastoral work. He was 1ormer§y pastor of the First Bap- tist Church of Berkeley. The University of California has chosen Judge de Haven and Stanford has selected Judge Morrow as judges for the intercol- legiate debate to be held on the 19th inst. These two gentlemen will choose the third judge. TO ABATE A NUISANCE. Petition to the Board of Supervisors in Regard to Some Defective Sewers. A petition has been presented to the Board of Supervisors relative to a nuisance which exists on certain property situated on Harrison street, between Fifth and Sixth. It is stated that the health of resi- dents and property-holders in that section is endangered by the fact that the main sewer is defective and clogged with sand and sediment. _The property-holders whose names are signed to the petition are: E. M. Hause, 927 Harrison street; D. Touken, Oak Grove and Harrison; H. Weygant, 947- 949-951 Harrison; Mrs, R. Byim Efitth and Harrison; William N, Weeks, 908 Harrison; Kent & Bruce, 928 to 946 rison; Thomas McCrieg, 919 'Harrison; J. H. Kessing, 968 Harrison; J. L. Bailey, 913 Harrison; Mrs. Merriam, 910 Harrison; Henry E. Besthom, 977 Harrison; Herman E. Besthom, 981 Har- rison; J. Vudenhalnen, 983 to 987 Harrison; Willism J. Speer, 958-960 Harrison; Mre. H. Lithenstein, 964 Harrison; C. Dohs, 956 Har- rison; H. K. Hickey, 950 Harrison; 0. H. Hickey, 948 Harrison. It is anticipated that the relief asked for will be accorded by the Board of Super- visors, application made to the Board of Health and to the Street Department hav- ing been barren of result. ———————— Only Fifty Years Hence. At the Stevenson_Institute of Technol- gy a few days ago Professor Hiram Forbes stated that within the next half century two-thirds of the labor now done by men and women will doubtless be performed by electricity. The toil of the agriculturist will be most materially lightened by this agent,” said he. “The work of the manu- facturer will be simplified and cheapened, household drudgery cleaned up and sweet- qnedr,i and :lver ;ltepnnmenlt of human en- terprise and effort materially helped.—Cin- cinnati Commercial (vuzewe,y 3ol Nova Scotia and British Columbia fur- nish most of the Canadian coal. BRIGADIER AND PRINTER, General Keliey of the Indus- trials at Work at His Trade. . COXEY AND FRY INSINCFRE. The Ohlo Man Wanted Cheap No- toriety to Help His Run for Congress. General Charles A. Kelley, late of the Industrial Army of the United States, has laid aside his regimentals and gone to work. He is a printer by trade, and has | found employment with the Hicks-Judd | Company, for which firm he worked before | joining the army of the unemployed. The young man, who for just one year has led the Central California contingent | of the Industrials, is a quiet, serious-faced | individual, whose conversation reveals as | little as may be imagined of the dema- | gogue. When seen at his work yesterday he appeared very willing to talk of his ex- periences with the unemployed, and did not seem to think that the year he had given to the movement had been time wasted. He said: 1 have gone to work again, and from now on 1 ¢hall continue at my employment as steadily asIcan. It is just'one year since I joined the Industrials—that is, it was one year ago yester- " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1895. cars were headed east, and in the first was the Schiller band. The other five cars were soon packed with members of the Im- rovement Club and a number of ladies. 'hen all the cars started almost simulta- neously, and a rapid run was made to_the ferry landings, and from there back to Duveneck’s fisll, corner of Twenty-fourth and Church streets. The band played, rockets were fired from the car windows and many flags were waved in the night air. Bonfires blazed brightly at evern other corner and the sidewalks were crowd- ed with people. More than 2000 men, women and children were assembled in front of the hall when the excursion cars returned. When the doors leading to the hall were opened it required twopolicemen {and several citizens to prevent a crush of humanity rushing up the stairs. Less than %tll;mi ot the myltitude {ound room in the all. On the platform, in addition to the band and members of ‘the improvement Club, were B. P. Vining general manager of the Market-street railway system, and . Schussler, chief engineer of the Spring Val- ley Water Company. W. B. Curtis Was chosen chairman of the meeting. “In the course of human events there are times for rejoicing,” said Mr. Curtis, “and this is one of thosejtimes. To-day, this the grandest and most beautiful valley on the peninsula has been brought in close communion with the heart of the great city of which we are a part. e have among us to-night men who have helped to build this city and arestill building it.” Mr. Curtis then introduced George D. Chadbourne, who made_a short speech in which he eulogized the Market-street rail- Way managers. 5 3 “Icannot speak too highly in praise of the men who own the carsthat now jingle outside,”” he said. *“‘Of such spirits as Charles Crocker and H. E. Huntington I say, God bless them, now and forever.” Then came an effort at applause from Mr. Vining, Mr. Schussler and others on the platiorm, but for some reason the audi- [Sketched by a GENERAL KELLEY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARMY AT WORK. “Call” artist.] day that I laid off here to visit their campin | Oakland and see what they were doing. My | sympathies were aroused by their condition, i and I began to help them simply with the idea | of starting them on their road to Washington. 1 should not have gone there myself if the army had not got into trouble and met with op- position in Utah. Then it seemed to me that I must see them through or appear to have de- :w!r'led them; so I started for Washington my- self. My reasons for returning to work at this time? They are many. Because some papers charged that I went into a movement to make money I bore all my own expenses from what little T had been able by frugality to save. The year that I have been idle has cost me almost every- thing 1 possessed except my little home in Osakland, and I have a family for which to pro- vide. Then about a month ago my father died and it was a question whether my mother and ter should come out here or whether I ould go to them in the East. My sister is the s Maud Ellen Kelley who for a year past has been singing with Sousa’s Mili‘ary Band. #But the main reason which decided me was the attempt of the Populists to mob me aiter the recent city election in Oakland. They ac- cused me of being the cause of the defeat which met_and a crowd gathersd around my house. Stones were thrown, of which one strick my wife in the head and seriously wounded her. The ringleader in that affair, W. D. Hougham, Populist nominee for City Councilman, 1s now under arrest for inciting to riot and his trial will come up next Monday. Has the industrial movement been & failure? No, I think not. We did not expect to secure any immediate relief from Congress—at least the thinking ones among us did not. Our idea was to bring to the people generally a proper realization of the fact that there was and is in this country a great minority of unemployed working people—men who will work if they be given an opportunity. It was & campaign of education and I think it accomplizhed its ob- ject, formen outof employment are now termed he unemployed,” instead of being classed with the tramps. Ve have, however, a bill be- fore Congress now, providing for Governmental | employment for United States citizens who can- not get work. It passed its first reading in the Benate without & enting voice and tions for its final passage are now being ohen lated. If we secure the signatures of a major- itf’ of the voters of this country it will undoubt- edly pass, but we recognize thet no minority can demand any legislation. While in Washington we were very kindly treated. Imet President Cleveland and cnatted with him. Like him? Oh, yes, aside from pol- itics. He was very pleasant. The greatest trouble we had was to keep poli- tics out of the movement. The Populists wanted to make it a side issue of thefr party, whereas our idea was to make it a non-partisan movement 1o aid the workingmen. The Popu- lists are all right, I presume, but their main principle is the loaning of money by the Gov- ernment direct to the people at 2 per cent and on good security. Now how would that help the unemployed? Where could & man out of work get proper security for a loan? Then some of the leaders were not sincere, They went into it for notoriety or personal aggrandizement. Coxey wanted o run for Con- gress and it was a Cheap campaign for him. hen Fry of Southern California—well, you know he has a repatation as an agitator. But when we once 1eached Washington the men found them out very quickly, and leavin, them came over to those of us who had no pri- vate axes to grind. Why did I not go to work before? Well, on our return from Washington I felt much the same as the officers of the United States army did after their commands were disbanded in 1865—that their old soldiers had some claim on them—so I tried to take care of my men I had 400 when we started from Oakland, and 1300 wnen we reached Washington. Now nearly all of them have secured positions. There are five left in Oakland and they are all working. Mr. Kelley’s employers speak very highl. of him. They say thay h‘\’ his przrtic‘ulni line—job printing—he is an artist and that he could obtain employment anywhere, THE ROAD I8 COMPLETED, First Electric Car Run Over Twenty- Fourth Street Yesterday. - The residents of Noe Valley were as happy last night as a new woman ready to cast her vote. The cause of their joy was the completion of the electric street rail- way from the Mission-street line up Twen- ty-fourth street to Hoffman avenue. The ! first car ran over the new road at 10:30 A, ». | yesterday, and the cars continued at regu- lar intervals throughout the day. The event was deemed too permitted to and therefore 1 good to be ?“' without a celebration, he West of Castro-street Im- rovement Club, headed by its president, %V. B. Curtis, and the secretary, George D. Chadbourne, made arrangements for a grand jollification. The event was a suc- 8. £ Six electric cars were assembled in a row on _the new line between Douglass street and Hoffman avenue at 7:40 .M. The } | 3 Nichols, Sait Lake ence failed to respond to the suggestion and remained silent. Mr. Vining followed Mr. Chadbourne with a neat littie speech, in which he ex- plained how many blessings the people owed to the Market-street Railroad Com- ‘pany, and he also hinted at many more good things to come. He referred to the ”o.ctorus' as a thing with eight feet, and said thatall of these feet were at the ser- vice of the people who lived in Noe Valley. Mr. Schussler said that so much had been spoken of the ‘“‘octopus’ that there was little left to say for the “incubus” which he represented. However, he prom- ised the people of the West Mission water if they would pay for it liberally. The entertainment closed with a ball which continued until midnight. BEAUTIFYING SCHOOL GROUNDS. An Improvement That Should Have Been Made Years Ago. Superintendent A. J. Moulder has been the means of securing a much needed im- provement in the appearance of the front yards of the city’s public schools. For a; awa; long while the bleak, dreary, flowerless ap- pearance of the schoolyards was a matter of unpleasant comment, and has caused Mr. Moulder, so that gentleman says, no little mortification when escorting visiting educators through the schools, Some weeks ago Superintendent Moulder addressed a communication to the Park Commissioners asking if they would not contribute such flowers, plants and run- ning vines as could be spared, ashe greatly desired to beautify the school grotunds. The Commissioners were only too glad to be able to grant the request, and the result is that many of the school grounds, under the care of an expert gardener, are bein, laid off in prett] lé' arranged plats, an planted with rich flowers and shrubs. It is strange that in a State noted for its fine Hlowers this matter of beautifying the schoolyards should have been so long neglected. In those schools where the yards are covered with flooring, a strip eighteen inches wide will be taken off at the point where the planks come in con- tact with the fence, and all descriptions of climbinfivines planted. The Whittier, Lincoln and Girls’ High School show the most marked improve- ment, though many of the others are fast coming to the front. et R HOTEL ARRIVALS, GRAND HOTEL. W Gibbons, Mission § 7 O C Castle, Stockton T L Ely, Coulterville A Augustine, 1l J Adams, Olema R D Haich, Novato DrC A Glover, Oakland C A Faight, Cal A J Yarsen, Lodi E A Mizner, Cal W W Foote, Oakland W P Davis, Los Angeles Mrs W Parkhurst, 8 Jose Mrs Del Hart, Golden W T Forsyth, Sta Cruz v, Stockton L 1 Newbert, Marysville W B Mucklow, Salinas Mrs C Pratt, Ohio Mra R D Conway, Wis Mrs M Brink, Ohio LM Lasell, Martinez W F Purnell, Sacto %’ 1‘:1 el, 8 lfi ob]l‘-ru (S) {:Il;\lcll‘{‘!s. Chicago, ark, Muskegon O C Perkins, Angels C: D C Clark, Banta Oraz £ 7 Miller, Tex: " W_Breckenridge, Tucson H D Colson & w, Fresno CE Severance, San Jose J § Cumston, Boston Wilson, Vallejo . F M Clark, Richmond P Cook & w, Richmd J Buck JJ Kelly, Salinns Miss M arris, Toronto, Can B S Harris, Toronto, Can P Thomas, Ukish 8 D Paxton, Ukiah PALACE HOTEL. Wheeler, Burlingame F F Man, Napa Hyland, San Jose L F Page&w, Healdsburg Spliz, N ¥ J Dudley& w, Santa Rosa K Reed & w, Windsor P B Armstrong, N Y pellman® w, N Y H R Simpsondiy. London ranz, Chicago ‘W S Haines. Chicago tillwell, LosAngeles A M Jackson, Boston ,Marysville Mrs A Gaylord, Chicago ith, Chicago Mrs G Snider, Boston E B Snider, Boston Miss M L _Koith, Boston ry & son, Seattle Mrs C FEitinger, Chicago Ettinger. Chicago J Williums & w, Chicago Lanman, Salt Lake 8 J Kenyon. Salt Lake Salt Lake S 11 Cox, London nderson, N Y Mrs A Narris, Santa Croz J Forgers, Sta Craz I Effey, Santa Cruz. Bailey, Denv;r g g gsvls. Chicago 5 dams, Boston Chenery, Belfast Miss Hazeitine, Belfast ST Ny T L Bunting & w, N Y TN Bunting N X J Clark, D Carter & ng. Detroll D 8 Carter, Detroit oft & w, Pa C G Burgoyne &w, N Y BALDWIN EOTEL. Po ham, Uklah elly, Salinas 1} = ] 3l > EEEKS O ==§=:;,g airjsw P > ZR W, e HOGO RURENECBEmONEmERS SsHaa E £ Qged o i 3 2! # i 3 z3 <3 5 £ 3 i = 3 : £ P ‘| other, and we will not co-operate with | MUST THE PATROL €07 The Insurance War Said to Be Endangering lts Exist- ence. NINE OF THE COMPANIES GO 0UT They Will Not Stand In With Thelr Opponents Upon Any- " thing. It looks very much as if the war between the insurance companies, which is being so industriously prosecuted in this city, is going to wreck the fire patrol sys- tem, which forms such an important ad- junct to the local Fire Department. Al- ready nine companies have resigned from the patrol, and of course if a few go. others will follow. The result can easily be fore- seen. The withdrawal of the companies is the direct result of the fightin the Board of Underwriters. The companies which are not in the board have become so bitterly antagonistic to those within the board that they refuse to unite with them on any proposition, the fire patrol included. The assessment from each company for the benefit of the patrol service is paid every quarter. The first quarter of 1895 having ended with the first day of this month, the dissatisfied companies, instead of renewing their subscriptions, sent In their resigna- tions. Withdrawals were received from the Continental, Northwestern National, Williamsburg City, Franklin Fire of Phila- delphia, Patriotic of Dublin, Ireland,West- chester of New York, Pheenix of Hartford and the Springfield Fire and Marine. Arthurfi. Magill, manager of the Pheenix and Home companies, said yesterday that the witherawaf’ of the companies was a move made by thelocal managers entirely, and was done because it was found im- possible to unite with the other com- panies in the Board of Underwriters, and 80 it was thought advisable not to join in any proposition. “We do not wish to cripple the patrol,” he said, ‘“‘but they have shown us that we are not wanted In the board, and so we will not combine with them in the patrol. The organizations are different, I know, but the men in the one are also in the them.” W. 8. Duval, manager of the Continen- tal, spoke to the same effect. Mr. Magill denies that it is a retaliatory measure, but Mr. Duval admits that it is..| “We are in for war,” he said, ‘‘and we must fight on all sides.” The patrol is kept up by subscriptions from each of the fire insurance companies in the city. Every company is assessed about 1 per cent on each $100 of annual premium income. The patrol is incorpor- ated, and has been running for twenty-one years, but there iz no rule or law which compels a company to subscribe to the patrol or prevents it from withdrawing its support. Apropos of the withdrawal of the sup- f;ort of the dissatistied companies, a pecu- jar point will arise, and one which has not yet been tested in this State. Should the patrolmen in their work at a fire hap- pen to save property insured by a com- pany paying nothing toward the support of the system the officers of the local atrol are not sure but that they can col- ect payment for services rendered. A case similar to this possible one has been re- cently decided 1n the Supreme Court of New York State, and the decision com- pelled the non-paying companies to recom- pense the patrol for the value of its ser- vices. The value of the patrol the insurance men say is to them not computable. The records show, however, that at the Mur- phy-Grant fire some years ago the patrol saved enough to pay the expenses of its operation for five years. It is also true that its efficient service has had its effect upon rates, for it is predicted that its abandonment would be followed by an in- crease in premium percentages. It isex- pected that the struggle will be a bitter ioneifand will take a long time in solving tself. Chief Sullivan of the local Fire Depart- ment does not look with much favor even upon the suggestion to do away with the patrol. He thinks it would be an outrage, and he so expresses himself. “They don’t know what they are talking about when they speak of doing anything that will lead to disbanding the patrol,”” he said last evening. “I can’t see how they can be serious in refusing to support it, for if they are, and for any reason the patrol is done with, it" will only take one or two big fires to show them what it would mean to get along without it. It would not be very long before they would have it run- ning again. “You see, the Rnrol works on a different line from the fire department. We are supposed to put out the fire with as little water as possible and with little destruc- tion to property, but we have no facilities for protecting goods which may be dam- aged by water, and neither have we the men nor the time. Our business is with the fire. With the patrol it is different. Their-work is to protect damageable goods and they have everything necessary for such work. It is for just that reason that they perform such efficient service. I am in a position to see the men work and I know that you cannot compute the value of their services. “As far as the patrol itself is concerned there is no better in the Union—in fact, T don’t think there is room for any im- gmvemenc in ours. They are off to a fire efore the tapper stops ringing, and often when our steamers get to the spot with only a driver, a stoker and an engineer along, the patrolmen have out the hose for us and have everything ready by the time the ‘extras’ arrive. For this reason it is a rticularly valuable addition to a call epartment such as oursis. In other cases the patrolmen and the chemical work together, and there’s many a little fire downtown that these two put out without any fuss, because they can get to the place and put out the blaze, while a steamer with little injury to the gmperty, would have to flood the place with water. ““Again, what would they do without the patrol, in case a hose burst. might happen at any little fire, and bat for them a $10 blaze would cause a loss of thousands. I don’t think they'll let it go,” the chief continued reflectively. *If That |- they do, just let a big fire come, and let the tower play for an hour into the upper story. When they see the goods in the basement, and pay the insurance on them, they’ll put the patrol back again.” THE GOOD THAT ONIONS DO. They Purify the Blood, Are Useful for Croup and Even Cure Earache. One of the healthiest vegetables, if not the healthiest, grown is the union; yet, strange to say, but few people use it as liberally as they should. Boiled onions used frequently in a family of children will ward off many of the diseases to which the little ones are subject. The principal objection to the promiscuous use of this vegetable is that the odor exhaled after eating is so offensive. A cup of strong coffee taken immediately Mter.eafinginis claimed to be excellent in counteracting this effect. Although for a day or so after eating onions: the breath may have a disa- le odor, yet after this fime it will be-| guch sweeter than before. For croup onion poultices are used with success, providing the child is kept out of draughts and a sudden chill avoided. The ulEcés are made by warming the onions goose oil until soft, then putting them on the child's feet mtftcl_\est as hot as the can be borne. Except in very ol cases, when taken in time, the crou ruz ily yields to oniens. This, Altho\}t’;h an old-fashioned remedy, is & good one, as any mother who has brought up a family of children can attest. Onions are excellght blood purifiers, and for eradicating boils or any of the blood humors are very efficacious. They are good for the complexion, and a friend who has a wonderfully clear fine complexion at- :nl&utes it to the liberal use of onions as a ood. People suffering from nervous troubles are much benefited by using these vegeta- bles frequently, either cooked or raw. When troubled with a bad cough if a raw onion is eaten the phlegm will loosen al- most immediately and can be removed with very little effort. Those troubled with wakefulness may insure a good night'srest often if, just before retiring, they eat a raw onion. There are few aches to which children are subject as hard to bear and as painful as earache. One of the best remedies we know is to take out the heart of an onion (a red onion is the best if it can be had, although, lacking this kind, any other can be used) and roast it. When soft put it into the affected ear as hot as it can be borne. Unless the cause is deeper than ordinarily, the pain will cease in a very short time and will not return. A cough syrup in which onions form an important part 1s made by taking one cu of vinegar, one cup of treacle and one-half cup of cut-up onions. Put on the stove and’ simmer about half an hour, or until the onions are soft. Then remove and strain. Take a spoonful of this frequently, when troubled with a cough, and unless very deep-seated the cough will not last long.—Exchange. THE WATER CARNAL It Will Resemble Kiralfy’s Celebrated Olympia Shows. Well-Known Variety Artists Who Are Announced to Appear. The Circus Royal and Venetian Water Carnival opens at what was, formerly the People’s Palace to-morrow evening. Itis an aquatic spectacle, seasoned with variety performances, equestrian exhibitions and Cora Beckwith. general display, on the lines of the famous Olympia productions of the Kiralfys in London. Some first-class talent is billed to appear at the water carnival. Cora Beckwith, for instanee, is an amghlbmus swimmer, who has delighted the British public for years by her ability to carry on the ordinary avocations of life in a tankful of water witheut any apparent inconvenience. Among the other.performers announced to appear are the four Rosaries, acrobats from the Cirque Nouveau, Paris, Billy Barlow Alcide Capitaine. from Hengler's English Circus, and the Neapolitan Quartet, from Kiralfy's Olympia. _Joe Williams, the hurricane bareback rider, will help to hold up the circus side of the performance, and he will be assisted by Miss Lottie Miranda, the aerial artiste, and a number of other trapeze perférmers. Zazarra, who rejoices in the title of the hero of Niagara, will show what he can do on the high wire. Among the leapers, tuntblers and acrobats are Harry Conlon, Robert Leando and Signor Sylvino. HOW AN ADVERTISEMENT SAVED A WOMAN'S LIFE. (SPECLAL TO OUR LADY BEADERS) “For four years I suf- fered with female trou- bles. Iwas so bad that I was compelled to have assistance from the bed to the chair. I tried all the doc- tors and the medicines that I thought would help me. “One day, ¥ while looking © over the paper, Isaw the adver- tisement of your Vegetable Com- pound. Ithought I woulll tryit. I e did so, and found relief. Iwas in bed when I first began to take the Compound. After taking four bottles, I was able to be np and walk sround, and now I am doing my house- work, Many thanks to Mrs, iinkhsm for her wonderful Compound. It saved my life.”—Mgs. HATTIE MADAUS,184 North Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. 2 More evidence in favor of that never- failing female remedy, Lydia E. Pink- hans Vegetable Compound. Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills Are acknowledged by thousauds of persons have used them for UV’HM n&'l’s‘”” cure b SICK HEADACHE, GIDDINERS, CONSTIPA- TION, Torpld Liver, Weak Stomact, Pimples, and Blood: Crossmans Specific Mixtare wnz this remedy persons can cure '.hemle"u without the least” exposure, change Change in appiication (o business.” The medicine contains Ing that is of the least jury to the meonmmum Ask yeur druggist for it. $la 18 WHAT 1§ NUTRITON? Nutrition is the assimilation of nourish- ment in the body. The nutrition sub- stances are derived from proximate princi- ples already ing in animal and veget- able foods which are adapted to enter into the composition of the different parts of the body. A proximate principle is a com- pound of elements existing in animal or vegetable, solid or fluid, and which can be extracted without altering or destroying its properties. What the doctor will say: “When your head aches, “When you are dizzy. “When you have staggering spells. “When you have faint spells. “When you have melancholia. “When you are an@mic. “When you have rushing of blood to the head. “When your heart flutters. “When you have pimples on face. “When you have backache. “When your liver is torpid. “When your stomach is foul. “When your kidneys are inactive. “When your bowels are constipated. “My son, you are suffering from imperfect nutrition. “Your food does not assimilate. “Your system is robbed of the nitrogenous foods. “Your system is robbed of the non-nitrogen- ous foods. “Your system is robbed of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, which all food contzing and is essential to repair the waste_goingon in the different organs and tissues of the body. You will find Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla a valuable remedy for imperfect nutrition. It contains the active principles, extracted, un- altered, from a collection of pure vegetable drugs”” Why the doctors say Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla is so valuable: A vegetable compound of pure drugs. A mild liver stimulant. A wonderful stomach remedy. An unequaled kidney and bowel regulator. A remedy for nervousness. A remedy for headache. A blood purifier. Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla is purely veget~ able, A Foul Stomach and No Appetite. February 10, 1895. Epwiy W. Joy Co., 269 Stevenson street, City—Gentlemen: Many years ago my bowels bothered me considerably. Ineglected them, thinking, a¢ many men do, that I was strong and healthy and could easily throw the trouble off. However, the more I neglected myseli the worse I grew, until what was cos- tiveness became a foul stomach. I lost my | appetite, grew thin, and what had been very simple became a very severe and complicated | case. For some years Itried doctor after doctor, but with no good results. At times I would think I was gaining, but, alas! it was but an {llusion, and as time went on I grew worse and worse, until my food consisted of water and a few hardtack biscuits during the day. I had about given up all hope of ever receiving any help for my disease, agd had quite made up my mind that for the few years of life left, my cross was to be that I should journey on life's rough way a starving, complaining, sleepless, disagreeable dyspeptic, a trial to my friends and a nuisance to myself. About this time I came across one of your little pamphlets, and resolved to give your home remedy, Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, a trial. SoIboughta boitle and began to take it. The medicine began to operate and benefit me, my bowels gradually grew regular, and I began to make flesh. After about three months I was & new men—quite as well as I have ever ‘been in my life. This was over three years ago, 1still continue to keep your valuable medicine in the house, and I take it oncein a while to keep the system in good working order, and to regulate the bowels. I feel it my duty to write you this note, and 1 ask you to publish it,so that if any persons are suffering as I did, and this falls before their eyes, they may get relief and prosper by my experience. Believe me, gentlemen, grate- fully yours, HENRY J. MCHARLAN, San Jose, Cal. PROPOSALS For Repairing and Heating the Pea body Primary School Building. {SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED by the Superintendent of Common Schools in open’ session of the Board of Education, new. City Fail, on Wednesday, April 10, 1295, at 8:30 0'clock P. ., for repairing and heating the Peabody Primary School building on West Mission sreet, in the city and county of San Franclsco, {n accordsnce with plans and specifications at the ofiice of L. R, Town send, Architect, 515 California street. GEORGE BEANSTON, Secretary. A LADIES" GRILL ROOM Has been established fn the Palace Hotel ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS ‘made on the management. It takes the place of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market st. Ladies shopping will find this a most desirable place to lonch. Prompt service and mod- erate chi such as have ziven the gentlemen’s Grillroom an iuternational reputation, will prevai 1n this new department. A POSITIVE BARGAIN 1100 ACRES, WITH INPROVEMENTS, $186,500, IN SAN NATEO COUNTY. N THE PLAIN OF OAKS: S.P. R.R. RUNS through; S. F. and S. J. V. B. R. may also. 'The best and & growing locality. 1o inspect, address owgor. box 117, Call Branch. No agents. A laxative refreshing for TA'AR resibie o ok very. ble to take. y CONSTIPATION hemorrhoyls, bile, loss of nfpgl(te. zastric and Intestinal troubles and. headache arising from thefmn. E. GRILLON, Rue des Archives, Paris, Sold by all Druggists. INDIEN GRILLON -