The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISECO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895. T The Annual Gathering of the Episcopal Church Auxiliary. BISHOP NICHOLS® ADDRESS. are to be found on this page day. ssels are lying in the stream -union crew! rnor Budd dified with Mayor Sutro at > Heights last evening. George H. Thomas Post held memorial service in Golden Gate Hall last night. tems, bright and brief, can be found age of the CALL every day. Children to Be Educated to Con- tribute to the Misslonary Fund. COUNCIL OF WISE WOMEN. ter from New York tells why some Cali- a wines do not bring better prices. The wills of Mrs. D. J. Staples, Abraham Powell and C. P. Jones were filed for probate. Another thirty days’ extension was granted dome. The Neapolitan Mandolin and Guitar Club's | concert at the Y. M. C. A.rooms last night was & success. The butchers will hold a_picnic on the 22d inst. at Shell Mound Park and the Oakland racetrac] The cruiser Olympia is fitting out for sea at Mare Island. She will replace the Philadelphia at Honolulu. Mrs. Nellie Welch, 11 Allen street, who dis- appeared about ten days ago, was found by the police yesterday. Time-tables of the railroad companies are published free of charge in the CALL for the accommodation of readers. ted coll ite committee will meet e ing at the office of Dr. McNutt, Sut- ter and Montgomery streets, has been secured in the Worthington 1 the opening statement of the prosecu- be made this morning. { Design of the San Francisco Art begin its annual exhibition s on the Z1st inst. s, a_gripman, has invented a rd_which promises to be an effi- om for the pedestrian, 'he winning horses at the Bay District track day were Extract filly, Hymn, Eventide, of Norfork and Rear Guard. e Grand Council, American Legion of its ninth biennial session in all yesterday morning. apiro was vesterday fined §20 apbell for using vulgar language tor Brewster of the Castro-street line. ent was commenced in the Loomis- case yesterday on the admissibility of a tion made by Mrs, Somers in & former enth annual meeting of the Cali- ar: nch of the Women’s Auxi ch was held in St. Joh y of the Church v Hall Commission has about de- ve the figure which is to stand above me made of aluminum instead of e metal The old tumble-down structures at the north- nue and Sutter street Amodern structure will be ion the Rebecea Lachs was granted a divorce yester- Henry I | day husbar echs, and was | ner by Justice | to-day for their summer encampment in the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia Park, which they will pro- ers. rt Collins has orgenized a baseball nine d of boys between 16 and 17 years of s d he CALL Baseball Club, . at the social Eddy street. e Hero of Venice. Pac clation held T and elected officers. If d is In a flourishing condition. | taken to extend Ra View to the Five ' Mutual y meeting h the extension of the electr: ar line & new suburb will be opened up. e conductors’ excnrsion left yesterday tlants and a trip through | There are eighty persons hese are condu ty-five of sh light was thrown on John T. Hill’s suit the assignee of the proprietor of the Tor- restaurant by the production of the de. lant’s diary showing when he was “off” or o0 ? Institute have engraved certifi- rity instead of medals {o those who secure premiums at their ex- ibits, The Finance Committee of the Board of ors advised Assessor Siebe e to put 100 men in the fi ment on personal property under the new law. H. P. Bush returned yesterday from Cin- cinnati, where he attended the convention of the I O. B. B. Grand Lodge. The nex i this body will be held in San years hence. A gang of young daylight burglars who have been operating in the Western Addition was broken up by the police yesterday by the arrest of three of the members and the receiver of the &tolen goods. The celebration of Decoration day is already under consideration d Army posts of the City. Committees have been appointed and gements sre being rapidly perfected. A case in Judge Hunt's court was brought to a sudden rmination yesterday by the deat of the plaintif insa co Hall, whit of consumpti idor of the new Ci dregged, while dying tubbs of the Southern confer with General Pas- ent L of the Union Pacific to local agent of that company into the | r Agents’ Association. Auditor Broderick, while declaring himselt | bouna to stand for the 1 limit under his party pledge, says that the rate of taxation should be n that £1 30 to meet the expenses and make up the deficit of this year. Directors of the San Francisco and San v ilway will take a trip to 1 ¥ evening to examine the | y and confer with delegations in the towns along the proposed route. urkin and Daniel Lawler have been fied as the two men who committed the robbery at the Sutter-street branch of the | American District Telegraph Company, and have been charged with the erime. It is stated upon good authority that the larket-street Railroed Company will shortly | erect the Haight-street baseball grand stand | and sheds at Bay View. This will be done by the time that Railroad avenue is extended to the Five-mile House. George Shackelton, who stabbed John Schulz, | horseshoer, in a saloon_on Twenty-fourth an: Harrison streets last Saturday night, was yes- terday held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Campbell on & charge of assault with & deadly weapon. State Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald pro- poses 1o establish an employment bureau in connection with his office, and will also take articular care as to the sanitary condition of actories and workshops where large forces of men and women are employed. A number of boarding-house runners boarded | the American ship Tillie Starbuck, which ar- rived from Hongkong on Monday, and *Hood- lum” Harry shot twice at the mate. The life of the officér wes only saved by his siipping on & grating in front of the cabin door. Mrs. J. A. Fillmore and Mrs. W of & prominent member of the C of Trade, will lcaye here in & private car this evening. They will go to Orange, N. Y., where Mrs. Fillmore will attend the graduating exer- cises of her daughter at the college at Orange. Governor Budd will appear before the Grand to-day to give testimony in regard to the -foundation scandal. He will be asked sharp questions. The Grand Jury will also begin the investigation of the ailered crooked acts of the Solid Eight of the Board of Stpervisors. Judge Belcher has taken exception to criti- ism by the Evening Post on his action in the ughborougn matter. He has intimated that the Post attempted to extort hush-money in the same case and openly stated so in court. The District Attorney has assumed the respon- &ibility of the court’s sentence. Julius Radstone, son of the late Jacob Rad- £tone, testified yesterday in Judge Slack’s court as 1o the treasure found conceaied in junk in the celiar of 226 Turk street. He recited the facts already told in the CALL and contended that the money discovered was part of the estate. Morris L. Asher, attorney for the ad- ministratrix, told of the search he had made in the celiar for the missing money of the estate. The court remarked that it might be proper to call the attention of the criminal courts to the part played in the matter by Fan- nlr’n‘g and Bridges. The matter was continued to Thursday. Booth, wife icago Board day to the contractor of the new City Hall | Ly the various Grand | h | represented by The fifteenth annual meeting of the Cali- fornia branch of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church was held yesterd {in the Church of St.John, on ifteenth street between Valencia and Mission. At 10 o’clock there was an officers’ meet- ing,and at 11 o’clock the meeting, which ever held, representatives from all the City | and many of the interior churches being | present, was addressed by the Right Rev. | Bishop Nichols upon the missionary work | was one of the largest the auxiliary has | Jake Schneider, a tailor on Tehama street, | between Fourth and Fifth. Yesterday they arvested Schneider for receiving stolen goods. They also arrested John O’Keefe, Eddie McQuade and Sam Schneider, three of the gang. They have not yet been booked, as the officers expect to have the other two under arrest at any moment. The same officers were successful in breaking up a gang about two months ago that had been operating in the same local- ities for months. RAN AWAY FROM HOME, A Fifteen-Year-01d Girl Decamps With Valuables Belonging to Her Employer. Rhoda Webb, an attractive girl of 15 vears recently living with the family of Mrs. McKinnon at 511 Scott street, is being looked for by the officers of the Hu- mane Society. Rhoda ran away from her home several days ago, and, after making a bundle of clothing and valuables which did not belong to her, made her escape by climbing through a window in the rear of the house. The girl, although young, has given Sec- | retary McComb of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children infinite | trouble. She was left an orphan several vears ago, and was picked up by the so- | ciety and provided with a home. ~ Display- LINCOLN SCHOOL LATS, A Question Relative to the Twenty-Year Lease Which Will Soon Expire. POSSIBILITY OF LITIGATION. The Board of Education Outlining a Policy for the Management of Its New Charge. Under the terms of the consolidation act: the Board of Education wili, on Sep- tember 1, assume control of the Lincoln School property, situated on the southeast corner of Market and Fifth streets, leased in 1875 by the Board of Supervisors for a period of twenty years for the purpose of raising school funds. The transfer of this vaiuable property which has yielded to the School Department a revenue of $536,100 will in all probability be accompanied by litigation, which will assume a bitter con- MRS. has 900 | DURING THE YEAR. [Sketched yesterday by a “Call™ artist.] LAWVER, THE SECRETARY, READING THE REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE AUXILIARY of the auxiliary in general and that of the California branch in particular. At noon those present, to the number of one hundred and fifty, adjourned to the | guild-room, where they partook of an ex- | cellent luncheon. At the aft»rnoon session the following named officers were elected for theensuing vear: Mrs. J. Newlands, president; Mrs Esther Powell of Los Angeles, vice-presi- dent; Mrs. J. E, Hill of Berkeley, treasurer, and Mrs. A. M. Lawver, secretary. The report of the secretary was then | read. It was a detailed account of the | work performed by the different branches | of the auxiliary during the year, the dif- | ferent meetings held and what was accom- | plished by each. The report showed that | & great deal of interest had been taken in | missionary work by the members of the | various.congregations. | _ The treasurer presented his report, but | it was not complete, as a number of the | branches had failed to send in their reports in time to be incorporated in the one read. It was decided that when the report is complete it shall be printed. To date it showed that collections amounting to $6427 | had been reported. Miss F. E. Bishop, secretary of the junior auxiliary, presented her annual report, which showed that the children of | the Sabbath-schools are manifesting a deep interest in mission work. The juniors are twenty - four working branches and eight Sunday-schools. Miss Bishop suggested that the rectors of the several churches should set aside one Sun- day as a missionary Sunday on which to instruct the children in mission work. She also added that to meet the current ex- | penses the churches should pay 1 cent for each Sabbath school scholar in attendance on the first Sunday in September. The Rev. Mr. ‘\'ilson of Oakland and several representatives spoke in favor of this plan of raising funds, Mrs. W. F. Nichols read a brief report of the condition of the babies’ branch of the auxiliary. From this it appears that as soon as a baby is able to hold a coin in its chubby fingers it is given one and taught to drop it in a box, the aggregate contribu- tion going te the mission fund. 3 The Rev. Mr. Wren gave an interesting account of missionary work during a num- ber of .years in Newfoundland. The diffi- culties "encountered by the missionaries and the hardships they have to endure show that their work on behalf of the church is not one of easy leisure. Mrs, Eliza 8. Wade of BerReley spoke at some length on the necessity of working for the permanent fund of $60,000 to be raised for aggressive missionary work. She said that the first effort realized $3000, the second $20,000 and the third she hoped would produce the sum required. Several persons had already contributed $1000 each and she thought ‘there were many who could contribute $100 each. Mrs. Lawver, the secretary, announced that the week commencing June 6 will be denial week. She then announced that it would be a good idea to establish a cloth- | ing bureau similar to one maintained by | the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in New York. Insuch a bureau all clothing con- tributed by persons who have discarded such is sorted. a small price set on each article and sold to the poor. This she ex- plained is true charity, for it gives the poor good clothing at very small cost and does not encourage pauperism as does the dona- tion of such articles. She said that all the parishes in the City could unite in establishing such a bureau and the money realized be turned over to the Good Samar- itan Mission. Music was furnished by choir of 8t. John’s Church. the surpliced DAYLIGHT BURGLARIES, A Gang of Boys Operating in the West- ern Addition. Within the past month about a dozen daylight burglaries in the Western Addi- tion have been reported to the police, Po- licemen Harry Reynolds and Donovan were specially detailed to make an investi- gation, The; found that the burglaries were committed by & gang of five boys, whose ages ranged from 13 to i8 years, and that they sold the proceeds of their crimes to ing a perversity strange 1n one so young, the girl ran away repeatedly; but until her {:’Rt escapade she did not incum- ber her offenses by the addition of theft. If found she will be sent to the Magdalen Asylum until she attains her majority. SHIPOWNERS AND SAILORS Many Vessels Are Lying in the Stream Waiting for Crews. The Association Claims That Men Can Be Supplied at Short Notlce. “The Shipowners’ Association wants fifty men to-day and they can’t get them,” said a scout for non-union sailors yesterday. “They can get them if they want to putup a bonus for them, but for going and pick- ing non-union men up out of boarding- houses it will be a pretty hard matter.”” The ship King Cyrus got away on Mon- day morning with a full non-union crew. The B. P. Cheney went into the stream on Monday morning, and up to last night she had only secured six of her crew. The ships Guardian and Invincible have been in the stream since Jast Friday, unable to get crews, and how long they will remain in port depends on the ability of their shipping-masters to get their complement of men. The schooners Sparrow, Viking, Lily and Guide and the barkentine Amelia also went out in the stream, waiting for ; crews to get IWEK. “There is nothing in the stream,” said Shipping-master Reickoff of the Ship- owners’ Association yesterday afternoon, “that we cannot supply with crews as soon as they are ready. There are any number of sailors on the beach and no vessel ship- ping through the association has been de- tained more than twenty-four hours. As soon as any vessel is ready to sail we will supply her with men if we are given suffi- cient notice.” The warfare between the union and the scouts of the shipowners is an interesting one. Any non-union men who are caught in the neighborhood of the water front have a very poor show of going aboard ship. The union patrolmen use their gen- tle powers of persuasion on the non-union men, and as a general thing the latter give up the fight and go over to the union. Now the scouts of the shipowners catch their men on Steuart street and stake them out somewhere uptown for final arrange- mentss The new scheme, thus far, has worked very well. GOING TO HONOLULU, The Olympia Preparing to Go to Sea to Take the Place of the Phila- delphia. The steamer Gaelic, which arrived from the Orient by way of Honolulu on Monday night, brings the news that the Philadel- phia is to shortly sail from the islands for this port. The place of Admiral Beards- lee’s flagship will be taken by the Olympia, which is now lying at Mare Island. On the last steamer which arrived from Honolulu Mrs. Beardslee was one of the passengers. It was then predicted that the Lpdx’l husband would follow shortly on his lffihlp. It turns out now that this was merely a guess, Mrs. Beardslee having come here on private business. Notwithstanding, the Olympia is being fitted for sea as rapidly as ;lwssible, and it is expected that she will sail for the Para- dise of the Pacific in about ten days. The Monterey is on her way to Cal- lao. From this port it is expected that she will return to Mare Island, but not a few of the officers on the coast are of the opinion that the Monterey will go over on the Atlantic side before she is again seen in these waters, test between the present leaseholders and the City and County. A question has aris- en between the parties as to the ownership of the improvements which amount to something like $200,000. Shall the im- provements revert to the City and County at the expiration of the lease, or have the people who made these improvements a legal right to remove them ? This is the question over which several sub-committees of the Board of Education have been doing considerable thinking of late. There are a number of reports on the subject from these committees, but in every case, after reciting a history of the transaction and citing a few authorities, the board 18 asked to consult higher authority. Even the Judiciary Committee of the board, when asked for light relative to the technical point involved, respect- fully declined to express a final opinion, referring the board to the City and County Attorney, who now has the matter under consideration. A brief review of the situa- tion may be in order here. Under the provisionsof an act of the Leg- islature, approved March 30, 1874, the Boara of Supervisors was authorized to lease for a term of twenty years that por- tion of the 100-vara lot 128, on the south- east corner of Market and Fifth streets, 275 feet on Market street by a uniform depth of 100 feet, to be leased as a whole or to be subdivided into lots, as the board might determine, to the highest responsi- ble bidder or bidders. The minimum price fixed by the act for the lease of the lot was $4 per front foot on Market street for the first term of five years, $6 per front foot for the second term of five years, $8 per front foot for the third term of five years and $10 per front foot for the fourth term of five years. The board concluded to make eleven gubdivisions of the lot, each with a front- age of twenty-five feet on Market street with a depth of 100 feet, and numbered the lots consecutively from 1 to 11, commenc- ing with the lot on the southeast corner of Fiith street. Proposals were called for observing the requirements of the act and on July 20, 1874, five bids were received. On Novem- ber 23, 1874, the board awarded to the highest bidders lots 1,2, 3, 7,9, 10 and 11, and on June 25, 1875, the remaining lots, 4, 5, 6and 8. The resolutions awarding the lcazesyrovidcd that the amounts were to be paid monthly, in advance, to the Mayor of the City and County. he following table shows the lots and the bidders to whom the leases were awarded: 7 NauMe, “*ON 30T 1|John Brannigan. 3/ H. Rosekrans 43,500 4|Thomas McGinnis 55,800 5/ R. F. Oshorn & Co. 57,120 6|R. F. Osborn & Co 57,120 7|Edward McGrath 2 8{J. MeGinn. 55,501 9(L. R. Mey: 42,060 10| 1. M. Biock . 46,500 11|H. M. Block.. 46,500 Total amount of leasc for 20 years| $536,100 By the terms of the same bill a com- mission was created composed of the May- or, Auditor and Treasurer, which com- mission was authorized to issue bonds in the sum of $200,000 bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, the money to be used for the purchase of sites and the erection of school buildings. The bonds were dis- posed of and the money expended as pro- vided. The leases began September 1, 1875, and will expire September 1, 1895, at which time the Board of Education will assume control. Realizing the necessity of ontlining a olicy relative to its new charge the sub- ect has been under dlnun%on by the Loud since its February meeting. It was not until April 10 that the matter took definite form. At this time the Finance Committee submitted the following report: SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 1895. To the Honorable Board of Education—GENTLE- MEN: Your commitice on finance respect- fully reports that it has considered the communication from Ryland B, Wallace, ask- ing on alf of the owners of the leasehold interests in the roperty situated on the cor- ner of Ryland and Fifth streets that action be taken by this board with regard to leasing said property such a time in advance of the expira- tion of the leases that the lessees may either remove their improvements before the leases expire, or sell them to persons who may lease the land from the bonl’d‘.’ Under and by virtue of the provisions of an act of the Legislature of this State, entitled ‘‘An act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to lease a school lot in said City and County, and to authorize the issuance of school bonds for the purchase of sites and the erection of school buildings in said cnfi and County,” approved March 30, 1874, the Board of Supervisors leased to VATIOUS persons & por- tion of the school lot known as the Lincoln school lot on the southeast corner of Market and Fiith streets, for the term of twenty years, commencing September 1, 1875. The lan leased has a.frontage of 275 feet on Market street, by a uniform depth of 100 feet. All ac- tion authorized to be taken by the Board of Supervigors, under the provisionsof the act of the Legislature before mentioned, has been taken, except the collection of the rents from the lesees until September 1, 1895, and the disbursement of the balance of the special school fund for the purpose of purchasing school sites and erecting schoolhouses. The control and managcaent of the Lincoln School lot by the Board of Supervisors will therefore cease when the present leases expire on Sep- tember 1 next; and the lot will then come under the control of the Board of Education, under the general provisions of the consolida- tion act. An_act ofi the Legislature of this State, entitled *An act to provide for the sup- port of the common schools of the City and County of San Francisco and to define the powers and duties of the Board of Education thereof,” approved April 1, 1872, contains the following provision: “Section 1. The Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco shall have power * * ¥ “Eleventh. To lease, for a term not exceed- ing ten years, any unoccupied ‘rroperty of the School Department not required forschool pur- ses.’” polt will therefore be seen that the power to lease the Lincoln School lot, after the expira- tion of the present leases, rests in the Board of Education, and that the term for which it may lease the land is limited to ten years. Your committee favors releasing the lot at the ex- piration of the present leases, and recom- mends, in accordance with the petition of the present lessees, that action be now taken in the matter by the board for the reasons stated in said petition. The act of the Legislature first referred to in this report re- quired that before leasing the lot in the first instance an advertisement be published for the period of thirty daysin two daily news- papers soliciting sealed proposals for the use of the lot, either as a whole or divided into smaller plats Your committee deems it for the best }l)nterests of the department that this course be followed at the present time and therefore recommends the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, The leases granted by the Board of Supervisors under the provisions of an act of the Legislature approved March 30, 1874, of that portion of the school lot on the southeast corner of Market and Fifth streets, 275 feet on Market street by a suniform depth of 100 feet, will expire on the first day of September, 1895 ; and whereas the seid portion of the said school lot is not now required for public school pur- poses and will not be so required at the expira- tion of the present leases; therefore be it Resolved—First—That the secretary of this board be directed to advertise for the period of thirty days in two daily newspapers in the City and County of San Francisco for sealed proposels tor the use of said lot of land for the term of ten years, and that the lot shall be leased to the highest responsible bidder or bidders. Second—That proposals be solicited for a lease of the lot as a whole and for subdivisions, each with a frontage of twenty-five feet on Market street, with a depth ol 100 feet. Third—That proposals be received by the board at its regular meeting, to be held July 10, 1895. In order that there may be no doubtin the minds of the members of the board as to the ownership of the improvements now upon the portion of the Lincoln School lot to be leased vour committee recommends that this matter be referred to the Committee on Judiciary, with instructions to examine present leases and the laws pertaining thereto and o report 10 the boerd 8s to such owuershi’I\) atan early day. H. T. ScotT, E.P.BArRETT, C. A. CLINTON. Acting upon the suggestion contained in the last paragraph of the above report, the Judiciary Committee proceeded to a care- ful examination of the subject, the result of which is embodied in a_voluminous communication to the board, which con- cludes with a recommendation that the whole matter be submitted to the City and County Attorney. This committee de- clares in its report that neither the act under which the leases were made, nor the leases themselves contain any provis- ion as to the ownership of improvements at the time of the expiration of the leases. Many cases bearing only a slight simi- larity to the one under consideration are cited and a good deal of law quoted. The members of the Judiciary Committee con- clude their report by saying that in their opinion the improvements made on the property cannot be removed, having be- come a part of the realty, butin view of the large interests involved they ask that the matter be referred to the proper authority. Accompanying this communication was a'supplemental report which stated that since the preparation of the first report the committee had examined a resolution gassed by the Supervisors on May 4, 1874, irecting its clerk to advertise for sealed pmposafs for the lease of the property in question, also the advertisement pub- lished by the Supervisors June 15, 1874, calling for facts, together with the resolu- tion of award passed by the board Novem- ber 23 of the same year. The committee calls attention to the fact that the notice calling for bids contains the following provision: F S“AIL ixendpruvements on said lots, unless urchased by the City and County, shall e removed at the expiration of the lease by the owners thereof upon thirty days’ notice being given by the Mayor of the City and County, and if not so removed prior to expiratic 1 of said lease the right sha}l be forfeiteu and the ownership of the same shall revert to the City and County of San Francisco.” Continuing the report says: ““It is a general ruleof law that a written instrument cannot be contradicted or al- tered in its terms by oral testimony, but must be construed by itself and it must speak for itself as tothe intention of the varties to it, also that if the leases were made to parties upon the faith of a notice inviting bids which provided that the im- provements should belong to tenants, it would be manifestly unjust for the Cit; and County to take advantage of a techni- cality. The supplemental report concluded like the first in recommending that the matter be turned over to the City and County At- torney for his opinion. FUN WITH THE CAMERA. Several Outings With Exceptional Opportunities for Snap Shots on the Programme. Weather permitting—of which there is little doubt—the members of the California Camera Club will be given a rare oppor- tunity on Saturday next to take ‘‘snap shots” all around the bay. Through the kindness of Captain Leale of the steamer Caroline, all who desire will be taken about the bay on her. She will leave Jackson-street wharf at 1». x. and will skirt the San Francisco.shore as far south as the Union Iron Works, and then go over to Oakland up the little-prospected estuary and then to Sausalito. About 150 of the members will probably take advantage of the occasion, as an un- usual chance will be afforded for taking pictures of the shi pini, of shore scenes and of the yachts_at anchor off Sausalito, as the steamer will move slowly to facili- tate the work of the kodak gunners. It is expected that many fine pictures suitable for lantern slides will be secured. The members are also given the privilege of inviting a friend to the outing. The re- turn will be made about sundown. ; On May 80 there will be a special outing to Sai to for a kodak cruise among the achts of the Corinthian fleet, which wiil hen be anchored at that place. A proposition is also being considered by the club for a repetition of the highly suc- cessful cruise of a year ago up the Russian River, in which some seventy members participated. This will probably be under- taken early in June. The jaunt will cover three days from a Saturday morning tothe Monday evening following. o ee————— THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity. e ——— MoNEY makes the mare go and buys the Al- mighty-dollarCieas. L tion against criminals and the punishment of law-breakers in ancient and modern times. — e DR. SHAPIRO OONVICTED. He Paid Twenty Dollars for Using Vul- gar Language. Dr. Lazarus Shapiro, 1205 Market street, appeared in Judge Campbell’s court yese terday to answer a charge of using vulgar language to W. H. Brewster, conductor on the Castro-street line, last Sunday after- noon. After hearing the evidence the Judge found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to pay a fine of $20 or be imprisoned Committee of the Board of Supervisors | for twenty days. “‘There was no excuse touching a plan for raising the rent for | for your conduet,” said the Judge, “and if $2 50 per month to $10 per montb iS 8t~ | houlg have At vau: fare, and if you tracting the attention of many taxpayers | thought you had a’ grievance you could in this city. Thisis a matter of so much | have complained to the proper officials of FIXING WATER RATES Property-Owners Begin to Dis- cuss the Proposed Hy- drant Tax. W. R. Sherwood Asserts That the Ralse Would Be an Injustice to Taxpayers. The proposition now before the Water importance that it deserves careful con- | sideration. Both sides of the water ques- tion will be discussed in the CaALL, and all interested citizens will be given an oppor- tunity to express their opinions. This | course will be taken in order thata com- plete argument may be presented to the | Supervisors before final action in fixing | the water rate is taken. Citizens of good standing will be invited to aid in the solu- tion of the problem by such expressions of opinion as their good judgment may suggest. It is timely at this moment to give pub- lic notice that anonymous communica- tions in regard to the water question will | receive no attention at this office. The first gentleman to speak upon this question is W. R. Sherwood. Yesterday he said: “I donot believe there is any justice in | such a move. I am a stockholder in the Spring Valley Water Company and it may do me some good financially to see such a rate brought about, but there are other interests of much more importance which woula be greatly injured. Suppose the Supervisors, through the Water Commit- tee, reduce the rate on water for household use so that it will be cheaper to the small consumer, and then, on the other hand, raise the hydrant rate from $250 to $10, the burden of the bill would fall first on the City, and from the City on the tax- payers, who will have to pay it. ““Many of the Supervisors are pledged to their parties to reduce the consumers’ rate 10 per cent, and if they succeed in doing that it will be a double hardship when they are confronted with a request to go down in their pockets and pay the City bill for hydrants. “We now pay $69,000 for something in the neighborhood of 2300 hydrants, and if the $10 rate was established it would mean $276,000. This is absolutely exacting money from the City without adequate re- turp, and would at once add 5 per cent to our taxes. At the $10 rate the water com- pany would do everything to increase the number of plugs, and it would soon mount up to 10 per cent. “The result would be to keep away in- dustries and capital, suspend improvements and otherwise injure the future of San Francisco. “In other cities the custom is to grant a franchise only when the companies supply all necessary water for city use free of charge. “Here, however, the Supreme Court de- cided that the Spring Valley Company was entitled to $2 50 a month for each hydrant. There is no telling whether or not they will be allowed to raise it to $10. “If such & movement succeeas it will de- preciate property by increasing taxation all over the City and the valuation of City real estate will go down many hundreds of thousands of dollars. “There is no reason why the Spring Val- ley should not pay some of the expense of protecting the City from fire, as it does them as much good, if not more, than any- body else. ““Suppose one of our big blocks should burn to the ground, it would at once cut off the revenue of the water company, yet it pays nothing to protect thisincome. On | the other hand, we pay them. I am but one of numberless property-owners who object to the proposed increase, and for good and sufficient reasons, which I be- lieve I have stated.” THE MECHANICS’' FAIR. Certificates of Superiority Instead of Cheap Medals to Be Awarded as Premiums. At the monthly meeting of the Me- chanics’ Institute directors last evening the principal business was the considera- tion of matters pertaining to the coming industrial fair. It was proposed that an exhibition of fish should be made. The last time such an | exhibit was made it cost the institute $2800, and the matter was laid over for further consideration. It was decided to depart from the usual custom of issuing chea;r medals for premiums. At the next fair beautifully engraved certificates or diplomas for merit and superiority will be given in accordance with the judgment of the examining judges. The matter of music was laid oyer by the committee on music for further con- sideration. Trustees Fisher and Doolan urged that there should be a poultry show in connection with the fair. This was tried at a previous fair, and the experience was then that every time a musical part was being performed the roosters would crow. The majority of the board are against a a poultry show with the fair. g\'. H.Smyth, who is making arrange- ments for the exhibition, reported that he had arranged the lollowin% plan for attrac- tions: Indigenous races of the coast, their arts, manufactured articles and customs; American settlers, relics and curiosities; educational, the progress of the child from the kindergarten to the university. This feature wil? be important. Professor Kel- logg of the University of California will try to induce the board of regents to make a fine exhibition. Special attention will be given to the sciences, physical develop- ment and sports. It is intended that the manufacturing industries and the arts shall be fully represented. When possible scientific tests will be made of devices and materials. There will be a fine display of military and naval war implements from the time of the savage to the present. Mr. Smyth proposes to make a curious displa; under the head of “‘crime,” in which will be exhibited objects of interest and curi- osity, appliances and methods for protec- NEW TO-DAY—-AMUSEMENTS. | At the Baldwin Theater, the company.” The fine was paid. CALIFORNIA THEATER Ar HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors LAST 5 NIGHTS! LAST MATINEE SATURDAY { Houses Crowded as Ever and Every One Pleased With THE AMERICAN GIRL! Remember—Last Performance Sunday Next, Monday,atay 13- " | YSAYE AND GRAND ORCHESTRA IN FOUR CONCERTS ONLY Sale of season tickets now goingom. Regular sale To-morrow (Thursday Prices, $1, $1 50, $2, 82 50. Season tickets, $4, $6 and §8. A MgEs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managee EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK, LECOCQ’'S LA FILLE DE MADAME __ ANGOT! Next Opera— “HEART AND HAND."” Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. MAY 8, ©, 10 and 11, PACIFIC KENAEL CLUBS DOG SHOW OPEN FROM 9 A. M. TO 10 P. M. Troupe of Trick Dogs Will Perform After noons and Evenings. CHILDRE MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. ¥ The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. ... Sole Lessce zud Managse THIS EVENING! THIS EVENING! C. T. Dazey’s Great Comedy Drama, “ERMA THE ELF!” FUN FROM BEGINNING TO END! EVENING PRICES—25c and_50c. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ADMISSION-50¢ » 250, PRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G+ LE3SES ATIO HATAGERS * + BEGINS THIS MORNING AT 9 A. M., The Sale of Seats for the Opening Week. Splendid Production of the Lyceum Theater's Greatest Success, “SWEET LAVENDER,” By the FRAWLEY Reserved Seats—Night: 13 Saturday Matinee—15¢, 25¢ and ORPHEUM. WEEK COMIENCING [TONDAY, [AY 6. REILLY AND WOOD'S Big Spectacular Vaudeville Company. The Biggest Specialty Company in Existence. HADES | Grand Beyond Conception! TP TO See the Golden Shower. HELL As IT I8! DATE. Mardi Gras in Inferno ! The great chorus, gorgeous scenery and costumes. A spectacle not to be missed. Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturday and Sunday. lozll’quel, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Children, any seat, DRAMATIC COMPANY, 1 5c, b0c and 75¢. 50¢. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS, Proprietor and Manager MOST ARTISTIC AQUATIC CARNIVAL OF MODERN TIME: A STRONG CIRCUS P PROGRAMME CHANGED. PRONOUNCED SUCCE 258 0 GRANJEAU AND MAY, the World's Greatest Bounding-wire Artists. Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circle, Re- served, 25¢ and 50c. Saturday and Sunday Matinee—Parquet, Chil- dren, 16¢; Adults, 25c. VIENNA GARDEN. Greenwich Street, Between Powell and Mason. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT EVERY NIGHT And Saturday and Sunday Matinees. Also the Kaiser Celebrated TYROLEAN WARBLERS! Admission Free. RUNKING RUNNING RACES! m RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER MEETING, BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1894 Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Eaia or Shine. Five or more races each day. Races start at 3 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary streel cars pass the gate. SAN FRANCISCO & NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. ROSE CARNIVAL e AgE - SANTA SPECIATL, TRAIN THURSDAY, §1,00 rox On May 8, ROUND TRIP TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR $2.00 Good for Return to Saturday, May 11, 1895, inclusive. H. C. WHITING, Gen’l Manager. \ - - E ROUND LEA TIBURON FERRY AT 7:40 RETURNING LEAVE SANTA ROSA AT ROS.A. MAY 9, 1895. TRIP sum A M. 7:45 P. M. 9, and 10 B. X. RYAN, Gen'l Pass. Agt.