The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895. FATE OF STELLA HUGHES, MIE I olEEs Her Cape and Purse Found on a Rock Near the Cliff House. A STORY FROM SAN RAFAEL Men Believe the Girl Is ndering About in the Marin Woods. a Huaghes, the beautiful daugh- in William Hughes, who has for five days, is now believed es to have been drowned. some circumstances which e generally accepted theory L or jumped off a rock near fl use on Thursday afternoon. fact which convinced Captain s that he would never see his daugh- ive again is that her fur cape and e were found on a rock on the bay e near Land’s End, not far from the Cliff House, on Saturday morning. The finding of the silent evidence of the young lady’s death was made known yes- terday by James Evans, who is employed by the contractors building the new Cliff House. He brought the articles to the office of the Chief of Police yesterday and they were identified by the relatives of the young lady. Miss Stella Hughes, as has been stated, suffered for the last three months with in- somnia. She was accustomed to take long walks to improve her health. Last Thu he and one of her sisters were going out, but on account of the sister not being al 10 go Stella left her home at venue or Stevenson street, ck alone, saying or a walk to Bakers B i s Evans, who lives at 362 Minna reet, is employea at the new Cliff House. cameto Chief Crowley’s office yester- day morning and told the following “stos ween 2 and 3 o'clock Saturday after- t in search of mussels. 1 he reached arock about halfway between the Cliff House and Bakers Beach he found a fur cape and an old containing 85 cents in He thought it strange. so he took the things home with him that evening. he read the sto L ppearance of M CALL yesterday nclusion that d belonged to the miss- I t ¥ to Chief Crowley, and Detective Anthony carried them to the residence of Captain H 1 father and sisters of the identified the ately learn that Stella S purse instead new one, especially as they had carned she must have taken a her sister’s purse, which was hed to St of the missing girl believe t Stella went out to Bakers Beach and 1 until she reached the rock found. They believe that on it being a beautiful, warm day their sister sat down, and, be- ing warm, laid aside her cape and nd gained what she had sought— and awoke bewildered and fell off ill not concede that she commit- e or that insomnia caused aberra- ie mind, and that while in that ed 1nto the water. belieye that Stella Hughes, des- t as she was, sat upon the rock ating npon her illness, and on the se of the moment jumped inte the Other le theories are com- . A young man who saw her on Fri- ting off a car near her twenty-four hours after upposed to have met her in several people in San Rafael saw woman answering Stella Hughes’ ption in that town on Friday. Still have been possible that the missing more than the dollar she took from spent Thursday evening in San Rafael and returned to o and jumped or fell off the Cliff House on Friday after- Again it may have been aken identity. A. Kessler, who has lived in the use to the Hughes family for fif- ears, and who is a friend of Stella es, saw her get off an Eighteenth- t car at the corner of Guerrero street iday evening. coming from t.hedp Lome, and notice ert T. Warden, the keeper of the f the narrow and the broad gauge near San Rafael, is positive he saw the missing girl, Friday justafter the9:15 o’clock y had gone up Friday He said last evening: ting on my front porch when I saw a young woman walking rapidly down from San Rafael. She was walk- fast that I noticed her closely. She t stop, but walked past the house d the curve of the road, where it d the hills in front of my house, up the hill after she was about v round the curvé and went up Gil- reet to the top of the hill. Then irned to the left' and went into Park. I lost sight of her for about ten min- s, but pretty soon she came down the eet again just as fast as ever. Half waw down Gilbert street she turned off and went to the top of the hill again. Then she came down to the county road and started back toward San Rafael. She passed Thomas McHughes’ house d I heard him ask her if she was lost. e said, ‘No.” e asked if she was locking for any mation and she said, ‘No.” I lived there and know all about the country. Then she came on past my house. I looked at her closely and saw that she was dressed in a gray dress with blue spots &nd had on a black hat with feathers. She looked up at the house twice as she passed and I noticed her face plainly. It wasjust like those in the papers. “T did not say anything to her, but thought she was not qnite right, and watched her until she passed out of sight ound the point of the hill toward San Ra- ael. 1 dicfnot know, then, of course, that any one was missing, but when I read of it in the papers an v her description, I thought at once it was the same girl. called. on McHughes, and he was pretty sure it was the same girl, and now when he thinks over it he is willing to swear it was the same girl as the one reported missing. “] have known Captain Hughes, the irl’s father, a great many years, and so when McHughes and myself agreed that it was the same girl I sent the telegram to the captain at once.” ‘Warden lives on the county road just across the track from Schentzen Park, about a mile from BSan Rafael. The road around a point on one hilland then, g his hounse, sways round a little and then disappears around another hill, forming a semicircle in plain view from his porch. ; _\1]cxiugbes’bouse is also on the semi- circle. Warden says the girl walked at a furious pace and the distance she covered while in his sight was nearly two miles. She never slackened her speed once in all the time. He says he spoke to his wife at the time, saying as much, but as the girl was headed for town again he supposed she bad friends there who would care for her. He wired Captain Hughes as soon as he and McHughes decided it was the missing girl. The cugtain wired back to ask what made them think so, and said maybe some one would be over on the late train to- ark on the way to her nothing strange about & d s He thought she was | night. So far no one has appeared. One | of the residents in the v&Pn;icy. James | ’é‘\ms}ed of San Rafael, an ex-County | Sheriff, said he saw a girl of the same de- | scription on the road to Point San Pedro | Sz\\tgrda_v morlning. | She was walking rapidly toward the bay. He took but little notice of her, but thin}’(’s from his remembrance of her she was the same one Warden saw Friday morning. In the town no one knows anything about a girl of such a description as was published. | At the hotels the clerks don’t know of such | a gu—¥, nor do the storekeepers. It is possi- ble the girl seen came to San Rafael on the narrow-gauge line, but the trainmen know nothing of her. i They d_id not see her on Friday morning, nor previous to that time. On'the broad- gauge road the men say the same. Should she have come that way, however, she must have come before Friday. It was just after stables here have been informed and are hunting for the mysterious girl. James Evans and Officer Schaeffer will go 1o the place where Evans found the cape and purse to hunt for the body of Stella Hughes. Captain Hughes has of- fered $100 reward for the body of his daugh- ter. Evans and Schaeffer believe it will be found in a cave near the rock on which the cape was found. the first broad-gauge train went up that | Warden saw her on the road. The con- | SHE FEARS MO RIVAL. The Old Massachusetts Ship America, the Fastest on the Seas. WINDS EVER FAIR FOR HER' A Voyage of Eighty-elght Days Be- tween San Francisco and Liverpool. The clipper ship America, Captain Hard- ing, came in from Nanaimo last Friday with 4157 tons of coal, making her usual quick passage. & For twenty years the famous vessel has | been slipping her graceful self over the | Some time ago Schaeffer found in the cave the body of a man who had ,j';lmped off the same rock. The two men will make ocean with greater ease and more speed | than any other vessel on the seas. She | was buiit in Quincy, Mass., in 1874 and is [Sketched for the *“Call™ by Coulter.] ‘Geeply interested in the milway com- anies, there is no reason for picking out is estate for the collection of the allezed debt any more than the private property of other members of the company. On these grounds it is requested that the case be dismissed.” TROUBLé OVER AN QVERCOAT. J. 8. Oppenheim, Pawnbroker, Charged ‘With Embezzlement. A peculiar case washeardin Judge Low’s court yesterday morning. J. 8. Oppenheim, pawnbroker, 664 Howard street, was on trial for misdemeanor embezzlement. The complaining witness was J. Weise, and he testified that some months ago he pawned an overcoat for §4. When he went teo redeem it Oppenheim told him it had been stolen by burglars. A few days ago he saw a man wearing his coat, and he charged the man with stealing it. The man got mad and said he had bought it from Oppenheim for $15. ‘Weise went straight to Oppenheim’s store and charged him with deceiving him, but Oppenhelm reasserted that the coat had been stolen. Weise, failing to get any satisfaction, swore out a warrant for the pawnbroker's arrest on the charge of .mis- demeanor embezzlement. Oppenheim then offered to give him $20 if he would withdraw the warrant, but he THE FAMOUS FAST YANKEE CLIPPER SHIP AMERIOA. their search between 3:30and 4 o’clock this morning, as it will be very low tide at that time, and the cave can only be entered when the tide is out. REAL ESTATE TRANSAOTIONS. and Henry McLaughlin Franklin 3 augi (trustees of the estate of Dronysia Hill) to Fidie C. French, undivided halt of lot on NW corner of ough street and Lily avenue, N 30 by W 87:6: As Wils Joseph and Kate K. Hatchinson to Isanc Ander- s0m, lot on X line of Page street, 30 E of Lott, E 50 by N 100; S5. Leopold Seligman (by I. Steinhart, attorney) te Isasc Eliaser, lot on W line of Ashbury street, 200 N of Fell, N 25 by W 106:3: $10. Crocker Estate Company to Samuel Glass, 1ot on E line of Shrader street, 100 Sof Waller, S 25 by ary C i ? Diamond street, 173 N of Eighteenth, N 25 by W 125; $10. Touis Ferrea, executor of the estate of Catterina Ferrea, Louls or Luigl Ferrea, Louigi or Pippo Ferrea, William Campana, Louisa Garlbaldi (nee Ferrea) und Mary Ferrea (by A. A. Cavagnaro, Commissioner) to Amelia Campana, lot_on W line of Varennes street, 77:6 N of Union, N 20 by W.60; 1. R. (. Gallego the estate of E on E line of Tay 50 by E 73 000. Joseph H. and Maris J. F. Drummond to Mary E. Drummond, lot on SE line of Clementina street, 80 SW of Fourth, SW 25:514 by SE 80; Cyrus Palmer (insolvent, by T. J. sighee) to Wales S. Palmer. lot on N street, 107:6 W of Nineteenth avenue, W 100; also lot on W side of Seventeenth 285:6 N of C street, N 20: 31. James Aitken to Peter McIntyre, lot on W line of Sixteenth avenue, 225 § of H sireet, S 50 by W 120; $10. Jacob and Lina Heyman to James W. Lucy. lot on W line of Forty-fourth avenue, 275 S of street, 8 75 by W 120; $10. Sunbyside Land Company snd Insurance and Trust Company to lots 41,42 and 43, block 40, Sunnyside; $10. Same to William A. Lewis, lois 36, 37 and 40, block 40, Sunnyside; $10. g 3 Sera A. Winans to Lillie E. Winaos, all interest inlot on NE line of Twelfth avenue, 75SE of C street, SE 150 by NE 100, block 237, South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association; and Henry Buneman (executors of on H. Taft) to W. O Stadtfeld, lot California Title F. A. Cromwell, 10. David P. Belknap and Sara A. Winans (trustees estate Joseph W. Winans) to same, same: $10. Thomas Magee to Annie Clark, lot on NW line of Park avenue, 114 NE_of Frederick street, NE 25 oy N 50, block 1, Flint Tract; $10. Georgia Hagans to Annie Moore, lot 1 in biock 11, Syndicate’s First Addition, also lot on E line of 1daho avenue, 95 § of Powhattan street, S 25;by E 88; $10. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Eliza Dopahue to John B. Sheehan, Iot 4, block 485, being a resubdivision of blocks 494, 495 and 496, Oaklsnd; gift. Elizabeth A. Brown of San Franclsco to Charles Brown of San _Francisco, lot 15, block 21, Be and Peladeau property, Oakland Township: Lillie E. Kyle of San Franciscoto M. C. Kivers of Sonoma, the undivided half interest in lots 53 and 53, Pledmont Vil Tract, sublect to & moriage, Oakland Township: $10. Estate of Mary E. Loomis (by John C. Loomis, administrator), to J. C. Jamleson and G. W. Stew: art, loton N'W corner Parker and Dana stréets, N 55710 by W 127:6, being lot 1, block B, Leonard Tract, re-record of 354 d 473, Berkeley ; §250. John Y. Millar of Oaklahd to Prudencio and Elodia Bertip, lot begil ata point 415:6 from E Froltvale avenue on N side Bellevue street, thence E 50 by N 138:6, being lots 28 and 29, Bellevue Tract, Brooklyn Township: $10. Constant and Julia Sigrist to the A. 0. U. W. Hall Association of Mission San Jose (a corporation), 1ot beginning at @ point in the center of line of county road leading through the town of Mission San Jose to the city of San Jose, and known as Valléjo street, NW 44 feet from the line of the di- vision betweean the lands of an and lands ot Sigrist, thence NW 60 by NE 150, Washington Township: $10. mus H. Larsen to Susan O. Jones, the east portion of 1o; 85, Mountaln View Cemetery, Oak- fand Township: $25. ¥red Obe of Oakland to C. B. Stone of Oakland, lot 5, block E, Daly Tract, Brooklyn Township: William Johns of Alameda to Margaret B. Johns of Alameda, lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16 and N 75 feet and lots 10, 11 and 12, biock 9, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alameda; gift. Charles Paff of Marin to Bertha M. Paff of Mar- in, lot on =onth line of Pacific avenue 350 W of Willow street, W 50 by S 150:2, lot 17, biock 10, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alameda; gift. Builders' Contracts, Moses Mossford with J. Hatfield, toerect a frame building on § line of Twenty-fourth street, 50 E of Sanchez: $1475. Mrs. Blackwood with Martin Fennel & Son, con- crete work, etc., on a 2-story building on W line of Pacilic avenue, 32:6 W of Octavia street: $1114. Same with Peterson & Olsen, carpenter-work, e; $6750. “é“lm:wlih E. Britt, plumbing; same; $1093. e — The Kellogg Will. On application of the attorneys, the matter of the probate of the will of Calvin W. Kellogg was continued by Judge Coffey until to-mor- row morning. The attorneys stated that no contest had been filed, but gave some 1dea of the line to be taken by the children in the to be made. A deposition has been se- Comed”tom_ ex-Officer W. B, Donelian, to-the effect that Mrs. Kellogg made difficulty about admitting him and her stepson 10 see the old capitalistin January and April last. It will be shown_that he was of unsound mind &t the time of the alleged execution of the will. —————— TrE Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest baking powder made, and bas received the highest award at all the great international and State fairs wher- ever oxhibited in competition with others. E 110: $1525. J. H. and Louisa Wedemever to Alexander G. | and Greer. lot on N Iine of Twenty-fourth street. 75 F, of Hampshire, E 25 by N 100: $10. M. ns to Patrick kigan, lot on_W _line of x| 8 [ 0f 2054.93 gross tons register, though she | will carry twice that number. She is 232:8 { feet long, 43:1 feet beam and 19:3 in | depth. | ' Notwithstanding her ample beam amid- | ships, she is very sharp forward, which | accounts for her ability to sail in any | breeze. Some fifteen years ago she made | her remarkable trip from this port to i Liverpool in eighty-eight days, beating the “‘llnsnal fast sailing time just twenty-two ays. | "Nor did she stop her speedy work at that, for she has since sailed it in ninety- three days. She is one of the strangely lucky ships, and the winds always blow fair for her. Her hull is one of the most graceful ever shaped. She formerly carried | skysails, but her masts were afterward shortened down to royals. When launched she was fitted with “built” lower masts, as all the larger-sparred Eastern vessels are, there being no sticks big enough on the Atlantic seaboard. But the fore and mizzen being old and weak, were replaced on this coast with whole timbers. After a score of years’ service, the America is as sound 2s when she slid from her New England ways, and twenty more years will probably see her speeding over the seas, a solid Yankee cli(;)per, one of the | school of craft that has made the merchant _ | marine of the great Republic famous the | world around. MRS, STANFORD'S DENIAL Says the Senator Did Not Owe| the Government Any Money. Her Attorneys Ask for Dismissal of the Demand Against the Estate. Mrs. Jane D. Stanford has denied that | the late Senator Stanford owed the Govern- ment of the United States one cent, either as an individual or as the president of the Central Pacific or Union Pacific railroads. Her denial was set forth in a demurrer filed with the United States Circuit Court yesterday through her attorneys. The claim of the Government of $15,000,- 000 against the estate of Senator Stanford is absolutely denied on the ground that the only obligation ever created by the Government of the United States was in relation to the bonds guaranteeing the payment of the debts of the Union and Central Pacific railroads, and that those bonds so issued do not constitute a debt against the deceased, or the companies, or any right to demand payment for them, because the bonds have not been re- deemed. If the Government has any legitimate claim at all it can collect it, after the courts affirm the claim, by a seizure of the prop- erty, and in that manner recompense the exchequer, by act of Congress, for the amount loaned. It is further claimed that during the late Benator’s life no claim, with a valid back- ing, was ever presented to him, wheréby he might determine the moral obligation of the demand, and that since his death the widow has received no statement of ac- count which would indicate that a legiti- mate claim for $15,000,000 was liable to be presented. On these grounds the attorneys of Mrs. Stanford—Russell Wilson, Mountford Wil- son, ex-Judges Spencer and Garber—ask that the complaint of the Government be dismissed and that the costs for the suit be saddled upon theadministration. One of the attorneys for Mrs. Stanford, speaking of the case, said: “Every point in the case is covered by Mrs. Stanford inthe demurrer filed to-day. The late Senafor never had a claim for the amount demanded by the Government pre- sented to him, neitherdid his widow. That alone constituted . sufficient ground upon which to carry a dismissal oi%he case; but we go further and show that there is virtu- ally no claim against the companies, inas- | much as the bonds have never been re- deemed by the Government, hence no claim on the part of the Government is as yet applicable to the situation. “If the Government had fiid the bonds 80 issued and had canceled the debt of the companies, then it would have a claim against the companies, but when it comes to claims against the individual members of the companies that is a different propo- on. _ “While Senator Stanford may have been refused to accept it, as he had given an at- torney that amount to prosecute the case. The case was continued till to-day to enable Weise to find the man who bought the coat. A, M. FRATINGER DEAD. The San Francisco Career of a Well- EKnown Cloak Mer- chant. Anthony M. Fratinger, who died Sunday evening at his home, 817 Eddy street, was well known in mercantile circles of San Francisco. He came to this city from Mil- waukee, Wis., thirty-two years ago and became associated in the cloak business on A. M. Fratinger. [From a photograph.} Montgomery street with Thomas Sullivan and Meyer Jonasson. Since the partner- ship of this firm was dissolved Mr. Jonas- son has become one of the largest cloak manufacturers in New York. Mr. Fratinger was in business on Kearny street for twenty years, and gained many friends and the confidence of the mercan- tile community. He did not belong to any secret societies and never sought pub- lic’ honors. He was a ?uiet, self-possessed man who made no display of his charities, yet he found pleasure in deing good in an unobtrusive way. % He was born in_Ohio on March 1, 1842. Death was caused by erysipelas, from which he had suffered some time, but the fatal attack was sudden and his end unex- ected by his family and friends. The amily consists of his widow, daughter and two nieces. RICHMOND LOTS SOLD. A Successful Auction Sale by G. Umbsen & Co. The anction held by G. H. Umbsen & Co. yesterday of 160 lots in Rich- mond was pronounced a success. The bidding was spirited from start to finish, with the result that every lot was sold. With the exception of Point Lobos ave- nueand €lement street, no street work was done opposite the property. The lots front on Point Lobos avenue, Clement street, A street, Twenty-seventh avenue, Twmtrelghth avenue, Thirtieth avenue and Thirty-first avenue. The fol- lowing is a list of purc] rs: W. E. Fisher, Dr. R. H. Plummer, 0. D. Bald- win, A. W. Moore, A. Reppen, E. L. Campbell, Frenk W. Smith, R. G. Tebin, 8. Ducas, Mrs. Jennie Smith, John O'Farrell, Michael Scholl, James Boyd, J. M. Kent, Max 'Goldberg, John McCall, F. T. Newberg, William Lyon, Frank T. Dryden, J. Levy, A. J. Ritch, Patrick Kelly, Sol Gotz, P. J. Kenny, Mr. Henrickson, T. Badger, Mr. woole{;e Frank J. Coryn, Mr. Fletcher, George M. Perine, Thomas Stack, J. Brownstone, James McGrath, Mr. Boyd, Mr. O’'Dea, B. 8. Adamson, Mr. Drummond and Mr. Tuttle. The amount realized in the ‘e gate was in the neighborhood of $40, — e ——— TnE greatest adepts in culinary art are particular to use the Royal Baking Pow- der only, and the authors of the most pop- ular cook-books and the teachers olp:he successful cooking schools, with whom the best results are im! ve, are careful to impress their readers and pupils with the importance of its exclusive enflq-/u'. 43 A BURDEN ON M. SIEBE. Much Trouble and Expense ‘Caused by the New Tax Law. TARDY AID FROM THE STATE. The Board of Equalization to Sup- ply the Means of Col- lection. The problem of finance has been made doubly perplexing to Supervisors Taylor, Hobbs and Benjamin, the City financial committee, by the new revenue law which Governor Budd signed on March 28. This law consists of a long series of amend- ments to the Political Code of 1872 and its effect is to place the City and County of Ban Francisco in the same category as other counties. Itsaim is to prevent the loss of taxes upon unsecured personal property; and the duty of collecting this tax is imposed upon the Assessor, who is supposed to have it done before next Angust. But what makes the law a bane at pres- ent instead of the boon intended to As- sessor Siebe, Treasurer Widber, Tax Col- lector Block, Auditor Broderick and the Finance Committee is the fact that its oper- ation practically limits the City’s pecuni- ary resources to whatever Mr. Siebe can scrape together from this source between now and the end of July, for until Mr. Block makes his returns there will be very little else, say the City officials, to depend upon. The very elusive character of this unsecured personal property, providing as it did a reason for the new law, is not very reassuring to the Treasurer. l{erelo!ore the Tax Collector’s office usually gathered about $750,000 on about $65,000,000 worth of personal property dur- ing July,and thus was ready cash fur- nished to meet the demands upon the ex- chequer, but all that is chan% now, 8ays Mr. Biebe, and nothing may be looked for from Mr. Block until about October. More- over, Mr. Siebe explained yesterday aiter- noon that the operation of the new law will result in putting the City to an addi- tional expense of something like $40,000 to collect the uncertain taxes upon personal property which is not backed up by real estate, and_an extra force of about 200 deputies will be needed. He observed with some warmth: It never was intended that the law should go into effect until next year, but some smart fel- low tacked on an amendment, making it oper- ative this year, and the bill thus amended was put through in the rush. By the requirements the Assessor was ex- ected to start out the first week in March to Fist this unsecured personal property, but the law was not signed until March 28. We didn’t get a copy of it until the State Board of Equal- ization sent us one on April 14, and it was only El.i“ Friday that we got any books from the Au- tor. Of course we were proceeding under the old law, net_being able to do anything else, and now we have got to do all our work over again. Our statements were nearly all completed, but under this law we must have new boeks en- tirely and so we will have to begin all over again. The condition of affairs, therefore, which confronted the State Board of Equaliza- tion, when it met in this City yesterday, on its tour of the State, invited immediate ac- tion. The law is imperative, yet there was the Assessor’s office still without the legal means of assessment and collection, Ex- planations were naturally in order. State Controller E. P. Uolgan, Messrs. Chesebrough, Beamer, Morehouse and Radcliffe of the board, City Attorney Creswell and the Finance Committee of the Board of SBupervisors, met together at the Lick House a little before noon, and talked matters over. Their conclusion was that there was only one thing to be done and that was to have the State Board of Equal- ization at once supply Assessor Siebe with books upon_his requisition being made. Section 3704 of the law so provides for this emergency in case the Board of Super- visors fails or refuses to furnish the books. The board was informed thatthe Super- visors had ne money to expend in that WiB’, hence the conclusion. uring the afternoon Controller Colgan and the Board of Egualization met in As- gessor Sicbe’s private room at the Cit Hall, and subse(}(\l ntly conferred wit Auditor Broderick. = Mr. Siebe submitted a written application for the books pro forma, and the board promised to supply them at once. ““It is not pleasant to contemplate,” Mr, Siebe remarked after the board retired, “but the fact remains, nevertheless, that notwithstanding the bungle this new law is responsible for and the delay we haye suffered - in the matter of obtaining the legal means, the Assessor and his bonds- men are made answerable for any failure to collect these taxes.” Section 3649 is the one making all the trouble. Omitting some unimportant parts, it reads thus: The Assessor or his deputies must, before the 1st of June of each year, in each of the coun- ties and cities and Counties, visit each house and place of business in their districts and en- roll in a field enrollwent-book, in such form as may be required by the Stale Board of Equali- zation, all male persons residing in said county over 18 years of age and under 60 years on the first Monday in March in that year. In such field enrollment - beok shall be stated whether the person enrolled is liable o a State polltax, & road polltax or military duty; give the nuinber of the full tax receipt and the amount paid, if polltaxesare collected ; ‘where his residence is; postoffice address, giv- S Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly use£ The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the n of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. ; Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system ing colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because it acts on the. Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable mbct?ce. Syrup of Figs is for salt by all druge gists in 50c .mf'n bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.only, whose name is printed on every ge, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offerea. ing street and number, if any; occupation; by whom employed; whether ihe owner of real estate; the State or county of nativity; whether uvaturalized or not, and any reason that may be iven why polltax’ was. not paid. From such eld enrollment hooks the military roll, as re- quired by section 1897, and the Toll of tax- payers, required by section 3857, shall be made. Personal property unsecured by real estate must be assessed and taxes collected at the time of enrollment of persons for polltaxes. Receipt must be issued for the personal property tax fronr a stub book having the stubs numbered the same as the receipts. * * * Such blank personal tax receipt books shall be furnished by the Auditor, and_ all unused repel!;!s must be turned in by’ the Assessor, with his settlement for personal property taxes, on the first Monday in August in each year. According to section 3738 the Auditor is supposed to furnish the necessary personal property blankbooks, with stubs attached, on or before the first Monday in March. | In each of these books is Tifty racsiin | blanks. 8o far Mr. Siebe has received o‘;d’ fifty of such books—those which Mr. Brod- | erick gave him last Friday. The innovation makes it necessary to | have an additional column or line in all the Assessor’s books, and as can be seen from the section quoted, no time can very well be wasted, because the taxes must be collected and receipted for at the same time tbe polltax enroliment is made. The | only thing which now may be of any as- | sistance to Mr. Siebe is the last census,and | until the next tax levy is made he will have to collect on the basis of the last. This matter of collecting is viewed the assessors as a burden properly belong- | ingzto the Tax Collector. o tax levy can be fixed upon by either the State Board of Equalization or the City Finance Committee until next Sep- tember. The taxes for the City last year amounted to about $3,250,000 on realty alone. The total assessed valuation of the City was something like $325,000,000. “We uegust now making a tour of the State,” said Secretary Charles M. Coglan of the Board of Equalization, ‘‘to see that the new law is complied with, and as it has taken up all our time we have been unable to do anything else. From July to Sep- tember we wiil meet regularly in Sacra- mento and will then go to work on the | next tax levy.” The wings of the owl are lined with a soft | down that enables the bird to fly without | making the slightest noise. —————— A Dundee Scotland man is working on aflying-machine that is built on the bicycle plan. SPRING PIMPLES | Produced by Irregularities, ’l‘hini Blood, Inactive Kidneys and a Foul Stomach. YOU CAN HAVE A CLEAN FACE.| Yes, if There Are Pimples on Your Face You Need Not Worry, for These Pimples Can Easily Be Re- | moved. In the spring of the year pimples come on people’s faces, especially those people who have been living irregularly, who have been in a depleted condition during the wintry months. These pimples are due to blood impurities. The doctor said to me: That the blood was thin. That Nature was trying to purify it. That my liver was torprd. That my kidneys were inactive. That my stomach was foul. -That every man and woman needed some blood purifier in the spring months of the new year. The doctor said that with good hygienic surroundings, such as baths, pureair, clean clathing and the moderate use of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, one could be per- fectly free from these disagreeable, telltale pimples, and that Joy’s Vegetable Sarsapa- rilla was a specific for all troubles origina- ting From impure and bad bloody From indigestion. From an inactive liver. From sluggish kidneys. From constipation of bowels. and that 1t was a favorite prescription of his. USE JOY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA WHEN YOU HAVE HEADACHES INACTIVE KIDNEYS IMPURE BLOOD NEURALGIA CONSTIPATION NERVOUSNESS BILIOUSNESS TORPID LIVER And be sure to get Joy’s for the Jaded when you ask your druggist for Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. PACIFIC 0CEAN HOUSE The Leading Hotel in the City of Santa Cruz. GOOD TABLE. CLEAN ROOMS, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, ON THE BORDER OF CLEAR LAKE, Iialze County, Cal. O YOU ENJOY A SUPERB CLIMATE, dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, billiards® Do vou like fine bathing, boating, hunting and fishing? 0 you need recuperation and rest afforded by over thirty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stage Toute Into Lake County. All this and more can be had at Highland Springs. New hotel. Francisco. From San Francisco it costs only $8 for_the round trip, and the hotel rates are $1 50 to $2 50 per day or $10 to $16 per week. Take the S. F. and N. P. Railway via Pleta, thence by & shi delightful stage ride. Finest dining-room north of San ort, J. CRAIG, Manager. San Franclsco office, 516 Montgomery st — SKAGGS HOT SPRINGS, SONOMA COUNTY, JOHN F. MULGREW, PROPRIETOR. CAL. (LY 4% HOURS FROX SAN FRANCISCO and but 1 hour’s staging; temperature of water 125 deg. Fahrenheit, farhous for its medicinal prop- erties; tub and plunge baths: good hunting and no Detter trout streams in the State; no fogs and an entire absence of mosquitos and other annoying insects; first-class service, Round trip from San Francisco, $5 50. connecting with stages at Geyserville., Terms: $2aday; $12 to $14 a week. GEO. J. CASANOVA, Mandger. This Favorite Resort Is Now Open for ERHAPS YOU HAVE HAD THE [GRIP. Nothing will so_eifectually complete the cure which the doctor began and fortify you against future attacks as 4 sojourn in the bracing climate Take Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 A. M. or 3:30 ». M., ‘Write for circul: For Rest and Recreation. the Season of 1895, and among the pleasant surroundings of Aiba Springs. ‘ou will have all the comforts of metropolitan life, with t or Worry. Spec with St. Helena. 'l erm: 10 to $14 per week. Take 7:30 Southern Pacific train for St. Helena: | thence by stage to tna Springs. Unlimited round-trip tickets, $7. T information call at 108 Drumm st., 0, OF Write to L. MITCHELL, Manager, Lidell P. O., pa Co., Cal. SEA BEACH HOTEL, Santa Cruz, Cal. ARD-TIMES PRICES—RATES REDUCED from 20 to 30 percent: this is your oppor- tunit; o spend & summer vacation at the seashore Teduced rates from formar years. Sea Beach is the only first-class family hotel Santa Cruz, and_the only one which commands a view of the beach and Monterey Bay. For particulars address JOHN T. SULLIVAN. GILROY HOT SPRINGS. AKE 2:20 P. M. TRAIN FROM FOURTH d Townsend streets, arriving at Springs as P.3r. Fare $7 15 for round trip. &%~ Stage connects with 8:15 4. M. train from Third and Townsend streets. ROOP & SON, Proprietors. NOW OPIN. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. HE GEM OF ALL RESORTS, CAZADERO Hotel and cottages, in t. heart of the Sonoma redwoods. Terminus N. P. R. R., via Sausalite ferry. ‘Terms reasonal particulars address C. E. WARD, Manager, Cazadero, Cal. THE BEAUTIFUL HOTEL VENDOME Cal. San Jose, Never did this popular resort look more inviting than now. Newly painted inside aud out. In the center of its lovely grounds. Comspicuous for its unexcelled table, service and general appoints ments, it is enjoying deserved patronage and prosperity. GEO. P. SNELL, Manager. THE GEYSERS. New Management of the Switzer= land of America. INE NEW BATHHOUSE. FREE MINERAL baths to guests. Enjoyable and healthful. Only 6 hours from San Francisco. Rates $2 50 Per Day; $12 Per Week. A. H. HILL, Manager and Lessee. VICHY SPRINGS Mendocino County, 'HREE MILES FROM UKIAH, THE TER- minus of the S. F.and N. P. Railway. Only known natural electric water. Warm ‘“cham- pagne” baths. Situation, location and scenery not I’n?lased Terms, $12 to $14 per week. Postoffice an¢ oS B B DOOLAX, Proprietor BERTRAND HOTEL, TOCALOMA. A NEY, FIRST-CLASS MOTEL CONTALN: ing 42 rooms, handsomely furnished and fitted up with all the Jatest improvements: gas, water, large dancing-hall, billiard-rooms, croquet grounds, ewings, etc. : delightful climate, fine trout fishing, hunting: splendid drives to Bear Valley, eic, Terms, $8 to $12 per week: special rates to fami- lies. JOS. F. BERTRAND, Proprietor, Tocaloma, Marin County. Office, 327 Bush st., 8. F. ‘W. Krauss, agent. CATTP TAYLOR S OPEN AND IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION for the summer season. Apply CHRIS JOHN- BOXN, prop., Camp Taylor, oF 400 Front st., S. F. Vietor PRICES REASONABLE. FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. JOHN R. CHASE, Proprietor. HOTEL BEN LOMOND EOPENS MAY lsr; m‘!w!'gnep rfieggm heart of the Santa z Mountains; climate perfect; good hunting and fishi uet; tennis and clubhouse; camper’s round-trip ticket $3. For terms apply to J. J. C. LEONARD, Proprietor. CYPRESS LAWN FRUIT FARM. OPEN MAY 1lst. Good table; heme comforts. Terms reasenable. Address box 286, Napa, Cal. RITEmns on up aivan, o m“s $9 75 from Slh.y en ol::no Coumy.n round e e W - SARATOGA SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY, CAL. HE HEALING POWERS OF THESE o n\.z‘:am:ntgd{n :?nfleflgl; nl;:liphnwflb, n, magnesia; ng an ing; accom= modations first class; rates $8 per week and uj ward; e hard-finish rooms en suite. Address J. CONNER, Bachelor P. 0., Lake County, Cal. JOHN DAY’S RESORT, (%}, DHE BANKS OF EEL RIVER, THE finest trout stream in the State, 5 miles from Potter Valley, Mendocino Co.; round trip 39 75 from 8. F.; terms $6 to $7 per week; plenty milk, fresh butter and eggs; the hunting in this jocality is the best in the State. For further particulars address JOEN D. AY, Potter Valley. “LAUREL DELL” HOTEL. AUREL DELL LAKE (FORMERLY LOWER Blue Lake); bandsome new hotel nearly com- jeted to meet requirements of coming season; ine bathing, boating, fishing and bunting. Address . WAMBOLD, Laurel Dell, Bertha P. O.. Lake Co. : TRENTON, SONOMA free frult; herse DEAL FEUIT RANCH. Co.; 4-room furnished cotf and buggy; $20 to $27; year