The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1895 SONOMA'S CHIEF CITY. Glimpse of Santa Rosa, the Beautiful Place of Roses. ITS VARIED INTERESTS. A Bright Gem in the Diadem of California’s North- western Towns. MILLIONS FROM THE FARMS. Competition in Rallways and Elec- tric Lights—Many Thriving Industries. SANTA ROSA, Car., April 9. the Tehachapi Mountains there is but one interior town in California that can boast tHOMAS HOPPER E.P WOODWARD Ukiah and the surrounding country. Itis owned by J. Mather and Mrs. R.W. Lowry. Fruits grown in the orchards near by are esily handled in the canning establish- ments of Hunt Brothers and the Cutting | Packing Company, and also by the Sonoma Fruit Exchange, of which E. Hart is presi- dent. Hunt Brothers canned over 60,000 cases of fruit last season,and about the same amount was turned out by Cutting’s | factory; besides hundreds of tons of 'ap- | ples, peaches, prunes, etc., were dried at | the drying-hoases. A basalt block quarry, one mile from town, shipped $150,000 worth of blocks last year to San Francisco and Stockton. | Besides these industries there are two | tanneries, one owned by E. W. Hurgren, which does a very extensive business; a | brewery, foundry ana a lumber-yard. But | there is room for some enterprising man i scale, and for another to introduce the beet- | sugar industry. Mayor E. F. ‘Woodward stated his opinion thata creamery and a | beet-sugar faciory are the two greatest | needs of this city, and he feels confident of | their success. A source of considerable revenue is the hop business of M. Pur- | ington. Santa Rosa enjoys the effects of compe- | tition in electric lighting, having two electric light plants supplying the town, business houses and homes with very cheap light.. The consumers believe they have the cheapest light in California, but | there is a gas works in full operation and | making it pay to fight the opposition. | | A conservative estimate of the popula- | tion places it between 6000 and 7000. There | | are twenty miles of graded and macada- | | mized streets in town that are regularly | sprinkled by the city; nearly nine miles | | of sewerage, a paid fire department, fire alarm system and fully $4,000,000 of taxa- ble property, but not a dollar of indebted- | | ness. The main business streets are well paved with basalt blocks and the sidewalks | | are laid in patent stone. Evennow wooden | | sidewalks are disappearing in the dwelling | parts of town. Bonds to the amount of | i $30,000 were voted recently for a }u.g!..: school building and $165,000 for a munici- pal water works. Although the presel:\t' | water system gives excellent mountain water at low rates progressive Santa Rosans | want a system owned by the city. Fourth street is to be paved down to the North Pacific Railway depot, and its sidewalks changed the whole way down to patent stone. I. de Turk, A.B. Lemmon and R. | A. Thompson were appointed as & citizens' | of capital to establish a creamery on a large | | exempt cause. PULILING THEM ALL Collectors Worry Over the Income-Tax Decision. ITS SCOPE NOT CLEAR. Telegrams Asking Instructions Come From Many Localities. FURTHER SUITS TO BE FILED. By the Supreme Court’s Ruling the Government Loses Nearly Ten Miilfons. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—The decision of the Supreme Court yesterday in the income-tax case has plunged the internal revenue offigials into almost inex- plicable mysteries and trouble. The more the decision is studied-the greater seem the difficulties attending a clear understand- ing of its scope. The declaration that rents and incomes | from real estate are exempted has opened up the question whether the effect of the decision is not to include all profits of whatever character growing out of real estate, including farm vroduce, timber, coal and all mine products, within the ‘Whether the losses sus- tained through bad rent debts and the amount of expenses incurred in collecting the rents or for repairs on houses are to be deducted from the incomes is also a mooted question. Under the decision rents are not to be included in assessing the income tax. Suppose, it is asked, a man's income is of a mixed character— that js, from real and personal property. The former is exempt. Can he deduct the expenses necessary for the collection of his income from the realty from the in- | committee to urge the railway people to come from personal property before mak- M.H SOME OF THE PROGRESSIVE MEN WHO ARE IDENTIFIED WITH THE ENTERPRISE OF SANTA ROSA. [Drawn from photographs.] of two competing railways, and that tow is Santa Rosa, nestling in the heart of land be 1l to behold and teeming wit! innate richness. To be sure, Santa Rosa has no claim to the distinction of situation on tidewater or navigable ways, which in- sure prosperity through proximity with deep-sea shipping; but it has a beauty and a character peculiarly its own, and being the very center of a wonderfully produc- tive region its commercial wealth is as- sured. Its products can reach sea ports by either the Southern Pacific branch road through the Sonoma Valley or the North Pacific Railway to Tiburon, and with this fact in view a Californian need not ask twice why Santa Rosa is a flourishing city, with refreshful signs of enterprise and among her representative people. tranger within the gates the first advice a Santa Rosan will give is: “See us and our valley from the Courthouse dome. You will learn more about us in five min- utes than you can in a month from what a ranger in the fair city of roses no more agreeable words can be spoken ; for the view from that dome is & rare treat indeed.” The panorama spread out be- neath is beautiful as the land of promise— & broad plain stretching to the most pic- turesque of foothills, full of color from purple rocks to deep vivid green leafage of pines and luscious grasses, far-reaching pasturages where cattle browse content- edly, and closer still fields that promise corn and wine. Under the magic infli- ence of spring the hundreds of orchards are clothed in white or pink blossoms that bespeak a harvest of great plentiousness, and the vines are growing green. The foreground, & picture in itself, is composed of pretty homes and long avenues, with foliage in great variety breaking archi- tectural outlines, and all leading up to the bustlifg business scene immediately be- low. Approaches to the town give a quite dif- ferent impression. The railway forces its way through blooming orchards, above which are glimpses of roofs and church spires and the high courthouse finials. such a scene one wonld hardly look for evidences of extraordinary activity in dif- ferent lines of industry such as those which surround Santa Rosa. And yet the enterprises of this city represent a yearly volume of business amounting in the ag- gregate to several millions of dollars. _In Sonoma, of which Santa Rosa is the . county seat, the yearly products of the soil are about $2,000,000; from poultry and eggs, $1,000,000, and from dairy products $1,000,000. The total output of all prod- ucts is not lees than $7,000,000 a year, and that means so much created wealth. Ambong the leading industries of Santa Rosa is L. de Turk’s winery, which has a cooperage capacity of 750,000 gallons, a storage capacity of 1,500,000 gallons and an average yearly vutput of 250,000 gallons. Mr. de Turk buys grapes from neighboring vineyards, and this maintains the vine- yardists in a large measure, Another immense winery is that of the Fountaingrove Vineyard Company. This | enterprise is owned by a Japanese gentle- man who has managed the business of wine growing and making for years with remarkable success. It hasa storage ca- pacity of 1,000,000 gallons in tanks varying from 1000 to 25,000 gallons. In vintage time 100 men are employed, and all the year round forty men are kept busy eitheron the 400 acres of vineyard or in the winery. Over 100,000 gallons of Fountaingrove wine are shipped to Europe yearly, and as much more finds a ready market in New York and Chicago. The Santa Rosa Flour Mills, constructed at a cost of §60,000, produce 200 barrels of high-grade flour daily for shipment fo In| one at San Rafael. The town well deserves h | & handsome railroad station considering | that twenty-six trains come and go daily. On the “Donahue” road there are three | trains. each way to and from San Fran- | cisco, two with Sebastopol, two with Guer- | neville and two with Healdsburg and | Ukiah. On the Southern Pacific two trains | come and go daily, connecting with San | Francisco, and one freight train up and down on each road. All the heavy commercial interests of Santa Rosa are ably cared for by the Santa Rosa Bank, Thomas Hopper president; Savings Bank of Santa Rosa, A. P.Over- ton president; Santa Rosa National Bank, J. H. Brush president, and the Exchange ‘} 1. Doyle’s private establishment. { { { | An interest which has directed wide at- tention to the town is the breeding of blooded horses. Four famous stables are here gathered near each other, and from them have come some of the most cele- brated horses, last of all Alcona Jr., which was recently sold by Con Shea of this city after taking first prize at the horse show in San Francisco. I. de Turk, Dr. Finlaw, who has Daly’s promisir.g progeny at Rosedale farm, and George Guerne. | The Councilmen who look after Santa Rosa’s welfare are George A. Tupper, F. Berka, J. 8. Wilson, Thomas B. Keegan, | C. N. Collins and E. D. Harris, with whom | are associated W. F. Cowan, City Attor- | ney; W. J. Steadman, Marshal and Tax | Collector; C. L. Nobley, Clerk, and D. W. | Cosay, Street Superintendent. The Mayor and Treasurer is E. F. Woodward, one of | the most progressive men of Sonoma f County. | TItisconceded that much of the town’s | prosperity and advancement is due to the | encouragement, direction and intelligent "cmicism of the Santa Rosa Daily Demo- | crat, edited by R. A.Thompson, and the A. B. Lemmon. As an indication of the intellectual drift of Santa Rosa it is interesting to note that | during March 3299 books were borrowed | from the publi¢ library—1684 being fiction, 536 juvenile, 273 history, 184 travel, 230 | biography, 212 essays, 107 science and art, l end 734 poetry and drama. | Santa Rosa has even more than its share | of progressive men, among whom are the | following: I. de Turk, M. L. McDonald, E. E. Morrow, J. F. Smith, M. H. Dignan, | C. A. Wright, Thomas P. Keegan, D. M. | Spencer, W. D. Reynolds, J. H. Brush, | Judge A. P. Overton, Thomas Hopper, | J. P. Overton, L. W. Burris, Or. C. W. | Savage, Dr. J. W. Jesse and H. W. By- | ington. The spiritual life of Santa Rosa is guided | by ten pastors, of different denominations, who have charge respectively of the Pres- byterian, German Methodist Episcopal, Advent, St. Rose’s COatholic, Methodist Episcopal South, Third-street Methodist Episcopal, Christian Baptist, Congrega- tional and the Episcopal church. The Sal- | vation Army is firmly established and has a strong corps of followers. In an educa: tional way this city is not lacking, as there | are many schools and eolleges here, in- | cluding the Pacific Methodist College, St. | Ursula’s Academy, Morrison’s Business College, St. Rose’s School, the Normal School, S8anta Rosa 'Seminary for young ladies and a Kindergarten. Fresno Minister Arrestéd, . FRESNO, Cax., April 9.—Much trouble has been caused here by men who trespass upon the part of the city park reserved for ladies. To-day five arrests were made, One of the men is the minister of a church here. He gave bail, The other horsemen are | Evening Republican, owned and edited by | n ! build an ornamental depot similar to the , ing a return? The question is puzzling the revenue collectors. Another grave question raised by the decision is whether the roadbed, round- houses, stations, etc., of the railroads are real estate or personal property within the meaning of the law. The laws of several States are said to differ on this point and on several others of importance involved in the opinion of the court. Assoon as a verified copy of the opinion can be had internal revenue officials will begin the pre- paration of supplementary regulations which will cover in a more or less general way the opinion of the court, leaving the more abstruse questions to be solved as they are presented. The collectors of the tax in different parts of the country already have begun telegraphing for instructions on many points. All things considered, it is now thought the loss to the treas- ury from the income-tax source will ex- ceed 50 per cent of the total expected from this tax. The debates on the income tax while the bill for its imposition was under considera- tion in Congress are almost barren of figures showing the comparative import- ance of the incomes from rents and interest on county, municipal and State bonds in furnishing a revenue to the Government. It does not appear that this matter was | touched upon in the House discussion, and | it was only casually referred to in the Senate. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island prepared a statement placing the revenue likely to be derived through the income | tax at $100,000,000 and crediting rents and | public bonds with about 30 per cent of this | amount. Senator Peffer, who made the principal | speech in the Senate in advocacy of an in- come tax, did not go into this branch of the question at all, but he said to-day in an interview that he was of the opinion | that between $9,000,000 and $10,000,000 of | revenue would have been derived from | those two sources if the Supreme Court | had allowed them to stand, and he added that he thought this amount wéuld have | been about two-thirds of the revenue pro- duced by the income tax. “The census reports show,” he said, “‘that 52 per cent of the people of the United States are renters, and it is to be inferred that about this proportion of the land is occupied by renters. ' The land of the entire country, with improvements added, is put down as worth $39,544,523,544. Ofthis amont $20,000,000,000 worth is rented. The rental on that amount at the average rate of 5 per cent would be $1,000,000,000. Just what proportion of that would come under the law is another matter and that could not be got at accurately, but let us assume that one-quarter of it, or $250,000,000 worth, would be taxable income, that would give $5,000,000,000 of income tax, and that, I think, is a very low estimate. The bonds, municipal, county and. school district, which would have been subject to the tax, amounted to §906,213,053. Take one-quarter of this amount as coming within the opera- tions of the law and one arrives at the rate of 2 per cent on this amount, $4,531,065, or a total on the two items of about §9,500,000. + Late this afternoon Commissioner Miller decided to require all persons who have made returns to make affidavits to the facts as to the amount of income received from rents and bonds, and those who have not yet sent in their returns to make necessary correction thereon before doing so. It seems probable the final decision will be that yesterday’s opinion in effect exempts incomes received from bonds and rents, the latter to be strictly defined as the amount the landlord derives from his ten- ant. In computing income it is believed it will be held that insurance, ordinary re- pairs and taxes on exempt property may be properly deducted. In that case it is | counfeiting in Chicago, though he has ¥ T probable the courts will be called upon to explain just what yesterday’s decision in- tended to exempt from the tax. Private Secretary Thurber's attention be- ing called to the statement contained in the Washington evening papers to-day, that the President was being flooded with telegrams from all parts of the country ap- pealing to him to call an extra session of Congress to repeal the income tax law, said not one single telegram or communi- cation had been received on the subject. THE DECISION BINDING. That Is the View Taken by Attorney- . General Olney, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—“So far as the lower courts are concerned,” said Attorney-General Olney, “the division of the Supreme Court on the income tax law is as binding asif the whole court had been unanimous- in its favor. I cannot believe any Judge would grant an injunction to prevent a‘collector from collecting the tax on incomes derived from other sources than rents or State and municipal bonds in the face of the Supreme Court’s action. The only way I can see by which persons who object to paying the tax can secure judicial] action is by paying the tax under protest and entering suit for its recovery.” TO BE FURTHER ASSAILED. New Suits Wiil Be Commenced to Test the Tax. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—Attor- ney J. W. Wilson, who represented John G. Moore in the Court of Appealsin the recent income tax cases, said this morning that further proceedings would be begun immediately. “Several parts of the law will be attacked,” said he, ‘“the principal one being the exemption from taxation of incomes under $4000 annually. This will be attacked as an unjust diserimination. I cannot say just yet who are the com- plainants or what the title of the suits will be, but they will be instituted, probably, within a few days and be pushed as rapidly as possible,” NEEDED OVER IN ENGLAND, Such a Tribunal as the Supreme Court Surprises Britons. LONDON, Exe., April 9.—The Globe this afterncon, referring to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States as to the constitutionality of the income tax, says: “Every man in this country will re- gret there is no Supreme Court of the American variety here. Never in all the long history of the English bench have they soared to the heights of liberty reached by the American Judges yester- day. It is quite impossible to establish such a tribunal here.” The St. James Gazette comments on the Supreme Court detision in a similar strain and adds: “No one has suggested that this august tribunal can be bribed in a manner familiar to litigants in some of the inferior courts of the Union. Still it is significant that the politics of the various Judges are carefully mentioned in the dis- patches.’” SEIZING SPURIOUS STAMPS Postal Inspectors and Detec- tives After the Daring Counterfeiters. Officials Have Been on the Alert for the Band Since Last July. © WASHINGTOX, D. C., April9.~Chiet In- spector Wheeler of the Postoffice Depart- ment refuses to say anything about stamp received several telegrams concerning the affair. It was learned from two other offi- cials, however, that the extent of the coun- terfeiting had been overestimated. Third Assistant Postmaster-General Craig says counterfeit stamps bave carried letters through the mails and have been canceled, but stamp counterfeiting cannot be carried on toany ereat extent, as the cost of making the stampsand the difficulty ordisposing of them is so great as tc render the counter- feiting of little profit. Large purchases of stamps are usually made from responsible and known men. Unknown persons having stamps to sell, he added, are under suspicion of having stolen them, and lar ge purchases therefore are not likely to ke made from them. Chief Hazen of the Secret Service divis- ion ot the Treasury Department received a telegram to-day from one of his agents at Chicago stating that he has seized $700 worth of counterfeit 2-cent postage stamps. They had been shipped from Buffalo and were found in Wells-Fargo’s Express office. The officials have been on the alert for something of this kind since July, when they learned of a man making inquiries undér suspicious circumstances ss to the process of printing stamps. The officials of the Secret Service are working on the case in connection with the Postoffice in- spectors. It has been learned at the Postoffice De- partment that the stamps known to be counterfeit were made in Hamilton, Ont. About $750 worth have been captured. ST A ABANDONED RESERVATIONS. Those No Longer Required Turned Over to the Interior Department. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—A gen- eral order was issued from the War De- partment to-day turning over to the In- terior Department abandoned military res- ervations no longer required for military purposes. The tracts are s part of the Fort Brady reservation in Michigan on the 8t. Marys River, three and a half acres; reservation of depot McKinney, on Powder River, Wyo., 640 acres; Fort Reno, O. T., timber reservation known as Council Grove, twenty miles southeast of Fort Reno, 750 acres; reservation of Fort Stevenson, N. Dak., on the Missouri River at its junction with Douglas Creek; the military reserva- tion at Fort Lewis, Colo., on the west bank of the Rio Platte, eight miles southwest of Parrott City. The general order specially defines the bounds of the military prison reservation at Fort Leavenworth ,Kans. JERE TR OF MAJOR WHAM. SENTENCE R It Is BSomewhat Mitigated by the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—The President has disposed of a case that has been pending for many months in acting upon the record of court-martial, held at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, which sentenced Major Joseph W. Wham, a pay- master in the army, to dismissal for failure to pay his debts. The President mitigated the sentence to a suspension, on half pay, from rank and duty and all privileges until January, 1904, his name to be placed atthe foot of the list in the pay depart- ment. The date mentioned is that upon which Major Wham will retire, so that he can never again see active service, and he will drop from No. 9 to No. 25 in his rank, 80 there will be no possibility. of his own promotion, nor can he retard the promo- tion of majors who may enter the grade hereafter, FEELS VERY SECURE. Venezuela Is Grateful for This Country’s Support. UNCLE SAM IS THANKED- President Crespo’s Suggestion Promptly Acted Upon by Congress. WATCHING GREAT BRITAIN, Firm Stand Taken to Prevent the Further Threatened Encroach- ments. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—Presi- dent Crespo of Venezuela has sent a special message to the Congress of Venezuela concerning the attitude oi the United States on the British-Venezuelan ques- tion. Immediately following the receipt of the President’s message the Congress passed resolutions heartily thanking the United States for its sympathy and sup- port. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan Minister here, to-day received copies of the message and resolutions. President Crespo’s message says: “The high powers of the United States have just given, in the pending question between Venezuela and England, a signal proof of the extent to which the principle of human justice prevails among that great people. The chief magistrate of tbat powerful republic, being persuaded of the great peril which is involved for American interests through a prolongation of a con- flict of such a grievous nature, expressed in his message to Congress the strong wish of inducing Great Britainto putan end to the dispute by arbitration. “In the House of Representatives there was introduced in consequence a resolu- tion which has been inserted in the yellow book of Venezuela,and in the terms of which isdisclosed the noblest interest to- ward seeing the controversy closed in con- formity with justice and reason. The resolu- tion earnestly recommends to the two contending parties the adoption of the course indicated by the message of the President of the United States in order to peacefully settle the dispute. The legisla- tive act referred to was approved by both chambers and President Cleveland affixed his signature and the seal thereto on the 21st of February. Such tokens of the spirit of justice with which the transcendent ques- tion of the Guiana boundariesis studied and considered by the President and leg- islature of the great northern republic re- quires from Venezuela a significant act of special gratitude, which only you can sanction, so as to express the wish of the people of Venezuela. Certain, I feel this idea will have the most enthusiastic acceptance in the hearts of our worthy leg- islators.” The Congress in joint assembly at once acted upon President Crespo’s suggestion and the resolutions express the deep ap- preciation of Venezuela for the co-opera- tion of the United States in the contention. ‘Word reaches the legation here that Venezuela feels so secure in her rights that she is pushing forward improvements in the disputed territory. This is shown by a report from the Commissary-General stat- | ing that he has furnished a church, which is to be the nucleus of a settlement in the Amasure region. This is a sort of Venezu- elan outpost, where they are taking a stand to resist further encroachments of Great Britain. . HAPPENINES [N SAN JOSE: Overland Shipments Behind Last Year, but a Better Outlook Ahead. Letters of Adminlistration Are Ap- plied For on the Estate of Fannie Ayers. SAN JOSE, Car., April 9.—The overland shipments last week amounted to 1,694,425 pounds, against 1,830,770 during the corre- sponding week in April, 1894, a decrease of 136,345. The decrease is owing to the slow movement of dried prunes, but 664,350 pounds going forward against 854,805 a year ago, a falling off of over 200,000. Wine shipments continue heavy, 742,280 pounds being shipped during the past week. Canned fruit is moving rapidly, the ship- ments for the week just ended amounting to 217,420, being greater than the figures of any week since November 10, 1894. While the shipment of prunes has fallen off 200,- 000 pounds, compared with this period of last year, the demand for other kinds of dried fruit has been increasing. The dried fruit shipment last week footed up 742,280, of which 664,350 pounds were dried prunes, 41,630 peaches, 25,280 apricots, 9375 pears and 1645 pounds of plums. The local shipments over the broad gauge for March show a good increase over the same month last year, or any previous year, being 7,174,265 pounds for the coast division and 7,398,105 for the western divis- ion, a total of 14,572,370. The increase in freight forwarded s not more remarkable than is the amount of freight received. The total for March is 28,779,480 pounds, against 18,271,120 for the same month in 1894, an increase of over 10,000,000 pounds. HARRY WAITE CAPTURED. The Medium Who Absconded With a Ring Arvrested in Denver, Colo. SAN JOSE, CaAL., April 9.—Chief Kid- ward has received word of the arrestof Harry Waite, the medium, at Denver. ‘Waite is wanted here on a charge of grand larceny. He was here about two months ago, and is accused of carrying away a $75 diamond ring belonging to Mrs. 8. W. Mec- ‘Williams, the proprietress of a fashionable boarding-house on South Second street. In consideration of the gift of the ring, ‘Waite agreed to name the number of a lottery ticket that would win $8000. Mrs. McWilliams made several trips to San Francisco in search of the ticket and finally got it, but the ticket proved a blank. Letters of Administration. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 9.—George S, Mc- Murtry has petitioned for letters of ad- ministration on the estate of Fannie Ayres, who died at Los Gatos on March 30, 1895. The estate is valued at $4200 and consists of real estate near that place. ercFemh" hase in the case is the advan cfigu of he heirs. In the will George S. McMurtry is named as executcr and he consents to act. The heirs of the decedent are: Olivia urify Your Spring is here, and it is most important that every one who desires good health through the coming season should attend to the matter now. The foundation of good health is pure, rich blood. Therefore there can be no more urgent duty at this time than purifying and vitalizing the | blood. 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Having | tried so many different ‘kinds of reme- dies I had come to the conclusion that | nothing would do me any good. How- | ever, after noticing so many testimonials | in the daily papers from different people who had been Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, I concluded to try ove bottles | It gave me such relief that I continued with the medicine and it has effected a perfect cure” E. E. Kixe, 929 South | Twelith street, Philadelphia. | My little brother had sores oll over his head. We gave him Hood’s Sarsaparilla and it cured him.” Cystmia Mozss, Denver, New York. Remember that Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Ayres Murphy, aged 74 years, residing in Dixon, I11.; Charlotte Ayres Pratt, aged 72, residing in Princeton, Minn.; Hannah Ayres Sturtevant, aged 76, residing at Oak- land, Cal., and Joseph Cyrus Ayres, aged 59, living at Dixon, I1l. The deceased was 66 years of age at the time of her death. Wants an Farly Trial. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 9.—In the mat- ter of Edward A. Barron, the mulatto claimant in the Barron case, for a partial distribution of the estate, E, S. Pillsbury, the attorney for the widow, Eva Rose Barron, has given notice that he will ask the court on April 12 to set the case for trial, The attorney for the executrix de- sires to dispose of the matter as soon as possible, Game Warden Selected. SAN JOSE, Carn., April 9.—The matter of appointing a game warden came up before the Board of Supervisors to-day. The place was much sought after, E. C. Reed and John D. McKenzie being the most prominently mentioned. After tak- ing twenty-six ballots John D. McKenzie was declared elected. The compensation was fixed at $75 per month and $25 for ex- penses. Frank Dubois’ Residence Burned. SAN JOSE, Car., April 9.—The resi- dence of Frank Dubois on Serter street was totally destroyed by fire at an early bour this morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. The famiiy had a narrow escape, as the fire was well under way when they were awakened. The loss is about $3000, with but little insurance. Rates for Feeding Prisoners. SAN JOSE, Car., April 9.—The Board of Supervisors this afternoon fixed the follow- ing rates to be allowed the Sheriff for feed- ing prisoners in the County Jail: For those in confinement 15 cents per day. those working on the pump 20 cents and those working outside 25 cents, Sent Here for Trial. SAN JOSE, Car., April 9.—Herman Sparf, one of the United States prisoners confined in the County Jail under sentence of death for the murder of Mate Fitzgerald of the bark Hesper, was taken to San Fran- cisco to-day, where he will have a new trial next week. Hunter Trial Resumed, SAN JOSE, OarL., April 9.—The trial of Frapk Hunter, for burglary, was resumed before Judge Lorigan to-day. The wit- nesses for the defense to-day were rather weak. The trial will probably be concluded to-morrow. First Strawberry Shipment. _SAN JOSE, CL., April 9.—The first ship- ment of strawberries from this county to the San Francisco market was made ycs- terday. It comsisted of two and a half chests and was made from Agnews station. —eee e DOLLARS HAVE WINGS A business man realizes that close buying is the cor- nerstone of suc- cess, but he prob- ably pays histailor twice or thrice too much for everything he wears. We claim that we can sell an honestly made §uit or Overcoat of good, first-class material from Ten to Twenty-five Dollars. ‘Wouldn't it be business-like for you to see if this is so before you call on the tailors? * “THE HUB” CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS, HATTERS. Corner Kearny and Sutter PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO0. STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. ‘What store leads in giving honest values to public? ‘Why, the Philadelphia Shoe Company, of courge, and any customer who ever bought an article from us will back up our statement. Our boast is that we never misrepresent ap article, and We now assert that we have the mostcomplete line of medium-priced Tan Shoes ever displayed in this city, We can fit all feet and at prices that will fit all pockets. Don’t be deceived and go else- where. First call and examine our stock, and if you are not satisfled don’t buy. We have a com- lete assortment of Tan Oxfords dnd, Southera les, with either cloth or kid tops, polnted or square toes. "We have Tan Shoes for men, women and children. We have fine shocs as well as cheap ones, but remember that whatever you buy that you receive a better article at a lower price than you would recelve from any other stare. This week we are selling Ladies' Tan Oxfords, with pointed toes aud tips and handturned soles for $1L25 That will wear well, and retajl regularly for $1 75 and $2. Widths C, D and E. Children are always hard on their shoes, and wear them out quickly, but we have a line of Ruse set Goat Button Straight Foxed and Tipped, with :,x;flngeel; .rfiii t}lunbla soles that we guarantee W and which we will sell at the Prices. Widths, G, Dand B, " o e following Child’s sizes, 7 to 10}4. Misses’ sizés, 11 to 2. = 2 s Weclaim to sell cheaper than our competitors and we will now prove it. This week we ate maks ing s special sale of Ladies’ Tan Button Shoes, Straight Foxed, Poinfed or Square Toes and Vs shaped Tips, and Pliable Soles which we will seli 3 $2.50. Remember we have che ‘Tan Shoes; shooy that can be retailed for $1 and $2, but our $2 50 line is a leader and is made ohx the Siebe, Glanvill Company. They are made of the Finest Tan Vic| Kid, and are just as easy on the feet as a black kid l“‘oei. B;\l}l\lg soft and pliable !i&e_\‘ m\lll! no breake ng in. are a bargain and ret elsewhere $350 and - A Country orders solicited. A@-Send for new lLilustrated Catalogue. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO, 10 Third Street, San Franeisco, B. KATCHINSKI. A LADIES' GRILL ROOM Has been established in the Palace Hotel 0% ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the place of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market . Ladies shopping wili find this s most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- Grlivoom &n InieTnABRR! Fepatatiom i e Teputat! in this new department. L v ers, bootblacks, ' bath- BRUSHES iz =i brewers, bookbinders, candy-maki dyers, " flourmills, ‘foundries,” Iaundriss, poos | hangers, printers, painte factories, R 1 T Brush Manufacturers, 609 Saeramentost, Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 623 W RMNY ST. Establish In 1854 for the treatment of 1y jvnts Diseases, Lost Minhaod. Debility or l E Adisease wmrln%onhodyund mind and Skin Diseased. The doctor cures when others fail. Try him. Charges low, Cures teed. Br.d. F. GIBBON: Box 1957, Sa b 0 - 2T i FOR BARBERS, BAK- ~