The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1895 . _MAY 10, 1885 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. d quartz i being mined rich ledge of g ler Nevada Ci s and leave your £10 per cent on Valley aid 1n., ity and County y exhausted. U. will begin & more 1 against tobacco. last evening on & n Joaquin Vall an Francisco will hold & e evening of Thursday, W. Little has perfected a rotary car- calculated to roll bodies away from the the Emmanuel Bap- ng last night as to its ropose to hold a ing Mechanics’ mers Scott of San Diego is re- en decided upon by the Gov- the contractors supplying visions and material were and a few paid. e Bay District track yester- 4, Hy Dy, Finesse, Little tell and Rear Guard. eckels of the Valley rail- he veruor's insinuation that rs do not want China Basin. 0 has indorsed the Co-operative organized, with head- us Church, on Union ight at the Y.M.C. A. gymnasfum ant aff xcellent pro- tic sports and exercises was sef of Battenberg, & brother e of Bulgaris and of the w, arrived by the Mariposa the Hawaiian-exile, says that ‘Government will likely take some the interest of British subjects in e Civic Federation has demanded of Man- . P. Vining of the Market-street Railway Company that the company comply with the w. 11 and harmless blazein & rubbish heap at 1442 Hayes street caused an be turned in from box 387 at 5:37 ast evening. of the Woman’s Home 1 the Methodist Episcopsl d yesterday in Simpson H. Ryder, a ploneer of_this East last’ Wednesday. He is ast deys in his native place grehstreet property.owners last night em- Attorney A. P. Van Duzer to commence cedings against the Market- ompany. ubberd, chief clerk at the Russ i-confessed embezzler to the extent of and $3000. . Rev. Bishop Gulstan Ropert, Bishop of Hono- lulu, arrived yesterday by the Mariposa. The Teverend divine will preach =t the French | church during high mass at 11 o’clock. Plaintiff t against Somers ances that fol- McClintock. morning. will lose ond as- s of the new per- Legislature. al election of directorsof the Mer. Association will be held in two weeks, The nominating commitiee has selected a of enterprising business men for anufactur d Producers will pro- o-dav agai men’s uniforms being pO! , on the ground that 1 authorities should patronize home zens and policemen advance some strong ments against the recent order for a nge in the uniforming of the police force. n disfavor and the buttoned-up ht the right thing. dges and J. S, Fanning, who recently 8 job lot of junk from the Raw- found among it a box contain- ¥ end & ruby ring, were arrested yes- terday on the charge of grand larceny. Property-owners have petitioned for the pav- ing of Folsom street from Third to Nineteenth with_bituminous rock. The ides is to eventu- lly have the whole thoroughfare paved from the water front to Twenty-sixth street. mbers of the First Regiment fear that cations may arise out of the comim n of a colonel should Governor Budi muster out of service one or more companies, as he has said he may do under the law. rpetrated a heartless joke by an name and initials of the girl, Stella Hughes, on sn old pair of nd leaving them on the beach, near iew, where they were found yesterday formerly members of Bayard Lodge, K ined the Franco-Americane Lodge'of Odd Fellows last evening because they had been prohibited from transacting business in the Pythian lodge in the French language. There was an old-time long line at the box- office of the Columbia Theater yesterday morn- ing when the sale of seats began for the gef this house under the management lander, Gottlob & Marx, on Monday ‘Sweet Lavender” will be the play. The committee of Valley railroad directors appointed to communicate with the Harbor Commission about the lease of China Basin met yesterday and drafted & letter protesting against the léase and stating there was no rea- son for casting suspicion on the directors’ motives. The first steps taken toward opening First ave: from Golden Gate Park to the Pre- sidio and converting it into a beautiful boule- vard have been encouraging, and Mayor Sutro has promised to relinquish bis streetcar fran- chise if the Market-sireet Company will do likewise. Counsel for the sed_at over $2, Mo&%omery estate, ap- 000,000, have asked for & 50,000 for ¢ labors in arranging a ment. The adminietratrix, Mrs. Eliza- ontgomery, is willing to sllow $40,000, The matter will come up in Judge Coffey’s court to-day. Jonn W. Denning, night-watchman on the Yoat Governor Tewin, who met With an ac- cident Sundey night by the breaking of a lad- der, lies at his home, 4153 Fillmore street, & critical condition, suffering from an_inj _r{ of the spine and also internal injuries. Partia peralysis has set in. Prospects for a water supply on the higher ccupied hi of the city before July seem he pumping works of the Spri ter gcmplny and the tunnel- ing system up Sixteenth street for the distrib- ution of water from Clarendon Heights reser- volr are about completed. The preliminary examination of Dr. R. 8. th, charged with causing the death of “atherine Quinn, on March 16, by a crim- 1 operat was concladed before Judge Joachimsen yesterday, and the defendant was held to answer before the Superior Court in §10,000 bonds for murder in the second de- gree. The captain of the Fort Point life-saying sta- on reported to the Morgue last evening that an’s foot, i d ina gaiter, had been thrown on the near the station by the incoming tide of afternoon. The gaiter is & number 8, hand made, and bore the stamp of the White Labor League. Itis supposed that the foot belongs to the mutilated y found on the same beach on May 2. T. McBride, employed on the Government wharf at tae Presidio, found a pair of old cor- sets on the beach yesterday morning, between the wharfand Harbor View. On the inside of the corsets was written in ink “Stella,” and the initials “S. H.” MeBride took them to police headquarters and Capiain Lees sent for the sister of the missing girl, Stella Hughes. She atonce said the corsets did not belong to her sister. They were not too smail, but Stella had been wearing a new pair when she disappeared. The police think that some foolish person has been tryiug to perpetrate a heartless joke. th 8 ho was arrested on Wednesday night, | FIRM IN THEIR POSITION, Lincoln School Property Les- sees Make a Favorable Legal Discovery. A SUPREME COURT DECISION. Lease-Holders Convinced That This | Opinion Will Settle the Ques~ tion Definitely. "The lessees of the Lincoln School prop- erty at the corner of Fifth and Market | streets are busy these days fortifying their position for a legal contest with the City and County of San Francisco. The amount involved foots up the nice little sum of $200,000, the cost of buildings erected on the land soon after it was leased from the Supervisors in 1875. Mr. Lud- dington, manager of the real estate firm of Easton, Eldridge & Co., estimates the value of the land alone at $875,000. The lease holders are very sore over the proposition to take away their improve- ;Buncombe County, of which Ashyille is | the county-seat, to secure a law providing | for the compulsory teaching of temperance studies in the public schools of the county. [ A law was finally passed by the County | Superyisors in accordance with the desires | ofthe W. C. T. U. which was practically ‘a | dead letter for over a year, till the tem- | perance women had ‘compiled and had | printed the temperance literature they | wished used and had forced this literature | upon the schoolteachers by the force of | public opinion and with the aid of the | press. Thelaw is now working to per- ection and its good effects are plainly | visible. Mrs. Aston was of the opinion that Cal- | ifornia was sadly in need of the same kind | of & law. i 1 FALSE TO HIS TRUST. | Chiet Clerk Hubbard at the Russ House a Heavy Em- | bezzler. | Francis J. Hubbard, chief clerk and bookkeeper at the Russ House, who was | arrested by Detective Dan Coffey Wednes- | day night, is a self-confessed embezzler to | a considerable amount. | Hubbard is only 24 years of age. He was for several years bellboy at the Russ | House; then he was advanced to the posi- | tion of night clerk, and when Colonel Young became proprietor of the hotel about two years ago he was promoted to the position of chief clerk and bookkeeper, Par MARKET ST MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF roTT Bowonic JESSIE ST LINCOLN SCHOOL LOTS, WITH NAMES OF LESSEES. [From drawing a made by Easton, Eldridge & Co.] ments, which they claim were made with the express agreement, as contained in the advertisement for bids, that all improve- ments made should at the expiration of the lease revert to the lessees. This stipula- | tion is admitted by the opposition, being a | nied part of the official record of the City. The lease itself, however, is silent as to im- provements, and by a strange oversight contains no provision relative to a disposi- tion of the buildings that might be erected during the term of the lease. Hereinis Involved a nice legal point, the settlement of which will be watched with great interest, by reason of the precedent which a final decision will establisk. A Supreme Court decision was found yesterday relating to these very lots, which has a direct bearing upon the pointat issue, The lessees gn so far as to claim that it settles the whole question, putting the matter forever beyond a reasonable doubt. 23 The lesseez of this property paid no taxes on their buildings for the first three years of the lease. The City did not ask them to pay any- thing. At the expiration of this time an organization was effected among certain citizens, which had in view the object of forcing certain citizens to pay taxeson buildings erected on land leased from the City. The attention of the City and County Attorney was called to the fact that many citizens were exempt from taxation by reason of City leases. For a time no notice was taken of this organization, but it had grown in strength, and agitated fiercely, | until citizens were forced to take cogni- zance of its appeal. The Lincoln School property lease-hold- ers, in common with other lease-holding citizens, were called upon to pay taxes. They refused. Then the City instituted legal proceedings and fiot a Superior Court decision in itsfavor. But the lease-holders carried the matter to the Supreme Court, which sustained the ruling of the lower court. The opinion was handed down in the latter part of 1879, and closes with these words: We are of the opinion that for the purposes of revenue the defendantsare owners of the property assessed and are therefore liable to taxation. The lessees contend that if in 1879 e Supreme Court declared them owners of the buildings in question, then they are still owners of said buildings. City prop- erty, they contend, is not taxable for pur- poses of revenue. It logically follows then that if the position of the opposition is cor- rect, they have all these years been paying taxes on City property. Ryland Wallace, attorney for the les- sees, thinks that the forthcoming opinion from City and County Attorney Creswell will be favorable to his clients, and that the matter will end there. He said yes- terday: These men leased the lots under conditions clearly specified in the advertisement calling for bids. The stipulation referred to accom- panied all bids. We have everything on our side—law, equity, justice and reason. If the City should attempt to take advantage of a mere technicality, which does not seem prob- sble, it would certainly get beaten in the courts. MORE WAR ON THE WEED The Women’s Christian Tem- perance Union Plans a Year’'s Campaign. School Instruction In Temperance Matters lliustrated in North Carolina. War between the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the weed variously dubbed *‘divine and filthy” is eternal. At a meeting of Central Union W. C. T. it was decided yesterday afternoon to make tobacco in its various forms and uses the principal subject for investigation and discussion during the coming year. In order to enlist the interest and co- operation of the coming generation of chil- dren ana furnish them with detailed and technical knowledge of the subject, Cen- tral Union will award three prizes for the three best essays on tobacco by the school- children of San Francisco. One of the prizes will be an exact model in solid silver of the Temperance Union’s magmficent “home' building in Chicago, known as the “Temple.” The other two prizes have not been decided upon, but will be both ornamental and of practical value. It was felt that an attempt should be made to have laws passed providing for the teaching in public schools of definite knowledge concerning both tobacco and liguor, and the offering of thejthree prizes was decided upon as an_‘‘opening wedge'’ in the agitation of the plan. Mrs. M. Aston of Ashville, N, C., ad- dressed the ladies of the union’ and_de- scribed the struggles of the W. C. T. U. of )at_a salary of $75 per month, and board lodging and washing free. | _ Hubbard had the entire confidence of | his employers, but recently they began to | suspect that he was an embezzler. Hub- | bard, on being taxed with peculating, de- it, and offered to resign if they :doublecf his honesty. When an expert | was called in to examine his books he re- marked to an associate, “It’s all up with me now.” The expert found there was a eficiency of between $2000 and $3000. Detective Coffey says that when arrested | Hubbard had made” a confession of his guilt to him and Colonel Young. He | could not explain what he had done with | the money. Hubbard married an esti- | mable young l'dfi iast December. He has not yet been booked for the crime. | MILL STICK TO MURRAY, An Ante- Nuptial Contract That May Not Be Worth Very Much. She Married Him to Save Her Honor and Now May Get Support as Well. A peculiar marriage was that of George H. Murray and Miss Margaret McNamee which was solemnized by Justice of the Peace Barry last Thursday evening. By the terms of an agreement signed before the marriage, Mrs. Murray agreed in no wise to hold her husband responsible for the expense of the support of herself and Mrs. Margaret Murray, Who Wants Her Wrongs Righted. (From a photograph.] child, of which Murray is the father, but since the marriage thisagreement promises to cause trouble. ‘The marriage was the outcome of a com- plaint filed by Mrs. Murray against Mur- ray several weeks ago in which she charged that he had inveigled herinto a so-called marriage in 1893, and thus accom- plished her downfall. “Idid not know for months afterward that I was not a wife,” said Mrs. Murray. “When I reproached Murray for his per- fidy he abused and finally deserted me, leaving me with a child born May 81, 1894, to care for. I sought in every way to have him carry out his agreement to marry me and legitimize my child, but he refused to have anything to do with me. Two weeks ago I caused his arrest on the advice of Sec- retary McComb of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Uhildren.” Miss McNamee agreed not_to prosecute Murray provided he married her accord- ing to promise. He agreed to the arrange- ment on condition that Miss McNames would sign a paper releasing him from all liability in the matter of her support as well as that of the child. This agreement was signed and thereupon the marriage followed on May 2. Justice Barry was not aware of the cir- cumstances of the case until the nuptial knot had been tied. Hejthen gave Murray a severe lecture to which that individual listened with the air of an_ injured man who was immolating himself to save the honor of a woman. The couple separated at the door of the courtroom. Mrs. Murray is 24 years old and lives at 52 Moultrie street, and Murray’s address is given as 725 Sansome street. Since the marriage Mrs. Murray has been advised that the agreement signed b; her before her mn:rfinge is not bim{- ing. She called upon Secretary McComb yesterday and stated that she would re- Lndhte the agreement and sue her hus- nd for support. Murray says he will fight the case legally if his wife forces him into court. UNDER THE NEW TAX LAW The Reassessment of San Francisco to Begin Early Next Week. MANY POINTS ORJECTED TO. A Loss of Thirty Thousand Dollars That Might Have Been Avoided. The decision of the State Board of Equal- jzation that the taxes of this City and County for the next fiscal year must be collected under the new tax law passed by the la8t Legislature has caused a disturb- ance in the Assessor’s office that widens as days pass. The assessments which were made under the old law will be discarded and the field gone all over again, in accordance with the more recent regulations. This work has cost the City and County many thousands of dollars, and the act of the Legislature is directly responsible for the loss. The bill was signed by the Governor on March 28, and went into effect immeaiately. But for weeks preceding that time the Assessor had had his men at work making asses- ments under the old law. “This change has cost the people at least $30,000,” said Assessor Siebe yesterday, ‘‘and 1t is a shame to waste alljthat money in this manner. We will begin work on the reassessment some time next week, and it will be the middle of July before we can possibly finish the task, even with 120 additional men at our command. “This new law is not just to all. For ex- ample, a firm like Murphy, Grant & Co., which is assessed $3000 on personal prop- erty, must pay the tax at once, while the TS0N lor tm:x likewise nsessedhand hav- ing real estate can postpone the payin ofgthe tax for mDn!hsp if x:(l)ze_v wL:hI,myThg City will need money during the first few months of the fiscal year to carry on its affairs and pay its way, and it wifi have to depend on the collecting of personal prop- erty taxes to do so. *‘In cases where a person refuses to pa; his personal property tax his office furni- ture may be levied upon and sold,” and though Mr. Siebe did not_say so directly he intimated that it would be a good thing for some one to make a test case and take it before the Supreme Court. } “‘Besides,” he continued, ‘‘the new law is very objectionable in other particulars. The deputy must ask all sorts of questions of the citizen who is being assessed, suchas whether he pays poll taxes, etc. Now all this requires time and will cause much de- lay in making the assessment.”” MAYOR SUTRO'S ACTION. He Gives His Signature in Hearty Indorsement of the Co-Operative Commonwealth. There was joy last night in the Co-opera- tive Commonwealth in old St. Markus Church, Union square. Mayor Sutro had made a contribution of his signature—not on a check, but under words of indorse- ment of the scheme, recommending the enterprise to the kindly consideration of the public. With three copies of this in- dorsement the agents of the common- wealth started out to secure donations of goods and money with which to make a beginning. After the establishment has been equipped with the necessary appurte- nances it will support itself and all its members, the projectors say. Nearly fifty men slept on the tloor of the headquarters last night with no other bedding than the carpet, and it isn’t a very soft carpet, either. Mrs. Squire, the organizer, appeals to the public for donations of bedclothes, so that her homeless lodgers may have a small degree of human comfort. The commonwealth is negotiating for a tract of land in Round Valley, which, if it is secured, will be utilized as a farm, and many men will there secure permanent employment. he “telephone company has agreed to put a telephone in the headquarters build- m'% free of charge. he main hall of old St. Markus Church will henceforth be called the “people’s lecture hall,” and meetings of a non-relig- ious character will be held there every Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Squire will speak on the subject of “Evolutionand Co-opera- tion” next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The hall will be let for public meetings and societies of all kinds. An employment bureau has been established, which is open to all comers, and help and situations are furnished free of charge. BACK TO HIS OLD HOME, Captain Ryder, a Pioneer, Leaves for His Native Town in Massa- chusetts. Wednesday morning Captain Lloyd A. Ryder, a well known pioneer of this City, left for the home in Massachusetts which he left nearly fifty years ago, and where he intends to end his days. His wife went with him, and before reaching his destina- tion he will be joined by his niece, who is now at a sanitarium in the State of New York. Captain Ryder came here from Mexico in 1848, just as the discovery of gold in California was beginning to electrify the world. “He did not take to mining to any great extent, however, but as the City of an Francisco grew he engaged in the business of a contractor. His handiwork was upon all the big buildings of the early days, and also upon the wharves which were built out into the bay from the grad- ually advancing water front. The first pile ever driven into the mud and slime of the bay he drove in an old pier at Benicia. Captain Ryder owned the land upon which the Windsor Hotel, on. the corner of Market and Fiith streets, now stands, and after he had sold the property and when a hotel was erected upon it he went back there to live. There he resided until about three years ago, when he moved to Oakland. Tuesday evening a number of his friends gathered at the hotel where he was stay- ing in Oakland and held a small jubilee in his honor. He is 74 years old and says he will come back to California no more. A MILITARY PROBLEM. Complications Likely to Arise From the First Regiment’s Coming Election of a Colouel, On next Tuesday evening the members of the First Infantry Regiment will as- semble in their armory on Market street, near Tenth, to elect a colonel, vice Colonel William P. Sullivan, whose term will soon expire. Itisunderstood that the colonel wants to succeed himself and there are three other candidates in the field—Major George R. Burdick, Major Charles Jansen and Lieutenant-Colonel H. P. Bush. In connection with the coming election is a matter that is being earnestly disc by the citizen soldiers. Under the law as amended by the last Legislature there should be only sixty-nine companies in the an :‘i::.! G!uu;l'y of California, consist- iny ixty infantry or artillery compan- iu‘, five ;lv‘l battalion eolgmmp::d four other companies that shall be distrib- l uted to such arms of the service as the board of location shall direct, Asa fact there are seventy-two companies in the National Guard, three more than prescribed by law. Governor Budd has stated that he will soon muster three companies out of service and_possibly consolidate several of the smaller companies, which is equivalent to mustering more than three companies out of service. The question that is being dis- cussed is, whether after the election of colonel any company or companies in the First Regiment should be mustered out of service, would the election be legal? In the event of a close vote this matter is likely to be tested if one or more com- panies in the First are mustered outor consolidated. A OHEAP JOBLOT. Bridges end Fanning, the Purchasers, Arrested for Grand Larceny. C. M. Bridges and J. S. Fanning were arrested on a warrant issued from Judge Joachimsen’s court charging them with grand larceny. The complaining witness is Julius Radston, 102414 Geary street. The defendants, on March 5, purchased for $25 a lot of odds and ends in the base- ment of the Geary-street house belonging to the Radston estate. Among the articles was a2 box containing $2720 and a ruby ring. Tfixis fact became known to the heirs,and Bridges and Fanning were cited to appear before Judge Slack to show cause why they should not return the money te the estate, as it was not included in the pur- chase. After hearing their statement Judge Slack declined to issue an order compelling them to hand over the money. but advised the heirs to institute a civi suit for the recovery of the money. In- stead, the criminal suit has been instituted. SOAP AND CHALK WORDS A Divorce Defendant Who Wrote Awkward Things on Handy Objects. Several Sults Whereln Dissatisfled Spouses Present Serlous Grievances. Several discontented married couples laid bare their troubles in court yesterday. In some cases the monotonyof embittered com- plaint was varied with odd or pitiful plead- ings, and, all in all, the court was called upon to unravel some Gordian knots. The Smiths had a tussle in Judge San- derson’s court over their children. The husband is suing the wife on the ground of intemperance and had placed the chil- dren pending the suit in the careof a third party. But the mother wanted her little ones of 2, 5ard 7 years respectively, and appeared in court armed with alla mother’s indignation. The court gave her the children at last and she withdrew tri- umphant. & In Judge Hunt's court Mary A. Randolph wanted a divorce from William A. Ran- dolph on the ground of desertion. They were married at Huntington, Ind., January 30, 1879, and se parated October, 1893. But the wife could not tell much about the rea- son of their disagreement, except that she thought he loved another woman. So the case was ordered on the calendar for trial for further proof. Mrs. Ann Shattuck had a long grievance against Marshall Shattuck in Judge Heb- bard’s court. The defendant is deaf and listened to the tale of his misdeeds in vain. The couple have nccumulatea)s)ropeny on Church street valued at $15, and that was the immediate object of contention. Mr. Shattuck had worked for Poundmaster Jake Lindo at $10 a week, and denied all his wife’s allegations, accusing her of in- temperance. Mrs. Shattuck said her husband had interfered with her clothing business, had tried to poison her with doctored whisky, and to strangle her; had called her bad names, had writtén opprobrious things about her and her family with soap ona mirror and with chalk ‘on a fence near their house: had not supported her; had kept his room in a fiithy condition and bad banged trunks and things against the walls at unseasonable hours in order to annoy and harass. He was accused of assailing his wife and her daughter with many effective insinua- tions. During the recital of all these eccentricities %y many witnesses the de- fendant sat perfectly unconcerned, his in- firmity wrapping him in a security which future conrt proceedings are likely some- what to disturb. In the troubles between the Shaffs Judge Murphy ordered that $25 alimony be pald to the Ladies’ Relief Socicty for the sup- port of the children, and that the aunt and other relatives be permitted to see the children at all proper times. His Honor also allowed Mrs. Marie Schmidt to file an amended complaint in her divorce suit against P. P. Schmidt. ROTARY CAR-FENDER. Henry W. Little’s FEccentric Device ‘Will Roll a Body in Front of It. Henry W. Little, proprietor of Schmitt's pharmacy at Kearny and Sacramento streets, has filed in the Patent Oftice at ‘Washington an application for a patent on an ingenious car-fender, and within the next two weeks will appear before the Board of Supervisors with his attorneys, Kincaid & Co., and apply for indorsement of his patent or an amendment of the ordinance governing the matter which will admit within its provisions Mr. Little's fender. The fender consists of a wooden cylinder into which are set and glued pieces of cane. Little’s Cane Car-Fender. Inside the cylinder is a steel axle. The cylinder may be revolived either by cogs attached to the forward wheels of the car and on a heavy plate at the end of the cylinder or by an endless chain which is to be used when a considerable distance be- tween the forward wheels and the cylinder is unavoidable. The motion of the cylin- der, in either event, will be the reverse of the car-wheels, and will push upward and forward any object that may in front of the car. The cane will be bunched like a broom 50 as to give considerable resiliency and when cog attachments are 4 narrow space will be allowed at either emd for the rim of the forward wheels to revolve in. At a height of three inches from the road- bed Mr fsmme'- fendet will roll a person in front of it. Superintendent Johnson Reynolds of the Sutter-street Railway Company has seen Mr. Little’s model, and says the fender will work to perfection. Special Baggage Notice. Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re- duced rates at our office oNLY. One trunk, round trip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents, Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street, T0 PAVE FOLSOM STREET, Property-Owners Wanta Drive- way From the Water Front Out. BITUMINOUS ROCK FAVORED. The Need of a Proposed Outlet to the City Is Urged by Citizens. There is a movement on foot to have Felsom street paved with bituminous rock from the water front to its terminusat Twenty-sixth street, thus giving San Fran- cisco its first really good sdriveway in and out of the City. With that object in view a delegation of property-owners on Folsom street appeared before the Committee on Streets of the Board of Supervisors yester- day in support of a petition asking for the pavement. The petition says that Folsom street will have to be repaved from Third to Nine- teenth street after the reconstruction of the street railway tracks, as the street is now so far below the official grade that repav- ing is absolutely necessary; that there is a public necessity for a modern paved street connecting the Mission district with the City, and Folsom street is the best for the purpose, both as to location and grade and asan outlet for the City. A portion of Folsom street, between Nineteenth and Twenty-sixth, has already been paved with bituminous rock. The petitioners ask for the paving of Folsom from Third to Nineteenth streets with bitumen, instead of replacing the present pavement of stone blocks and cobbles, A. B. Maguire explained that the move- ment had just been started, and residents along the thoroughfare seemed very anxious to have the work done. - He said that the cobblestones, which were down for_ fifteen years, had been worn round and smooth'and were not fit for use again, but could be crushed and used in the con- crete for the foundation. There was not a good outlet to the City and the need of one was apparent. i Chairman Spreckels asked if the ?rop- erty-owners had made an estimate of the cost of the proposed pavement, as it was necessary for the committee to know, since provision would have to be made for the funds in the next tax levy. The petitioners promised to make an estimate of the cost of the improvement, and the Street Superintendent will do like- wise. Both reports will be made to the committee two weeks hence. The petition of Leon Samuels on behalf of property-owners, requesting an inquiry into the grade on Folsom street, between Fourth and Fifth, stated that by a survey made six months ago the sidewalk and | curbs were found to be on_the official grade, but by the repairs and alterations now being made they will be raised con- siderably above it. The committee de- cided to suspend all work until the propo- sition of paving the street with bitumen was settled. ‘W.J. Parker wrote that Lynch street was a private thoroughfare, and the City had no power to make him remove his house, w%ich is in the street. The matter was laid over for a week. The petition of James McMencmey, for an extension of six months in which to lay a new sidewalk on Capp street, west of Scventeenth, was denied. 4 J. M. Phillips was released from his con- tract to pave Broderick sfreet, between Geary and Post, with bitumen. BOOM THE WHOLE STATE, The Half-Million Club Getting Ready for Its Earnest has been marked as “Exhibit A” and passed from hand to hand. J. W. Richards, as assignee of the Cres- cent Brewing Company, has been suing Gustav Walter, of theatrical fame, to re- cover $770 23 on a lot of beer which Walter refused to pay for. Yesterday Walter him- self took the stand. He said the beer was cloudy and had what was technically known as “'stich,” not “stick,” in it. He regarded it as unwhole- some and had arranged a test whereby he had taken down some bottles of the liquor to Bradley & Co., agents of the Crescent people, and opened them for the judgment of an acknowledged band of beer critics. They had recognized the “stich” at once. Mr. Walter claimed to have some knowl- edge of good beer, as having drawn the first lager on the Coast. He had handled Aurora, Anheuser Busch, Budweiser, Pil- sener, Culmbacher aud other bottled East- ern beers. Dr. E. Theil corroborated Mr. Walter’s statement as to the ‘‘stich” in the beer. He had been one of the selected critics and gleefully announced himself as the “‘principal kicker” against it. The case then went to the jury, the court calling attention to the fact that there might be some question as to the validity of the assignment claimed by plaintiff Richards from the brewing com- pany. New Incorporations. The Gilroy Mercantile Company has been incorporated with $100,000 capital. Directors: Thomas Rea, L. A. Whitehurst, O. M. Welburn, J. F. Dunne, R. Cobb, 8. Willey and George Niggle. Another incorporated concern is the Jackson Land and Improvement Company, with capital stock $1000. Dir:ctors: Edward Morse, A. H. i.iulk. D. R. Wilson, J.J. Tobin and Albert yser. The Eagle Mining, Milling and Water Com- pany has also incorporated with a capitalstoek of 500,000, and a directorate consisting of Theo Reichert, F. A. Hyde, E. D. Porter, A, L. Stetson, L. J. Hendrick, S.J.Coop and J. H, Schneider. e e Marx HopkiNs INSTITUTE OF ARr.— Spring Exhibition open daily. Admission 25 cts. Thursday even., admission 50 cts.* ——————— MoNEY burns the pocket to buy the Al mighty-dollar Cigar. s —_— NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors ONLY 4 TIMES MORE! Remember! Last Matinee To-morrow (Saturday). Sunday Night—Last Performance THE AMERICAN GIRL! “A Perfect Production.” At the Baldwin Theater, | V7 Q Monday, May 13. | X SAYE ANDGRAND ORCHESTEA 1N FOUR CONCERTS ONLY SEATS READY TO-DAY. Prices, 81, $1 50, $2, $2 50. A Mzs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managee EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK, LECOCQ’'S LA FILLE DE MADAME _ ANGOT! Next Opera—*‘HEART AND HAND.” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. MAY 8, ©, 10 and 11, PACIFIC KENNEL CLUB'S DOG SHOW OPEN FROM © A. M, TO 10 P, M. ' Work. It Chooses the Executive Committee That Will Guide Its Efforts From Now On. The Half-million Club held a brief but very important meeting yesterday, at which it elected the executive committee, which will elect permanent officers and conduct the affairs of the club. Within a very brief time the scope and work of the club will be definitely mapped out and its important labors entered upon. An invitation was forwarded to the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion asking their co-operation in advanc- ing the interests of this State. The following executive committee was unanimously elected for the ensuing year in accordance with the report of the nom- inating committee: C. E. Bickford, Al- fred Bouvier, W. M. Bunker, A. E. Castle, Hugh Craig, H. rocker, Frank Dalton, I. W. Hellman, Jr., H. E. Highton, J. D. Phelan, David Rich, Louis Sloss, Jr., H. P. Sonntag, F. W. Sumner, F. G. Voss. This executive committee will very soon complete the permanent organization of the club by electing officers and appoint- ing standing committees whose duties it shall be to investigate and make recom- mendations along various specific lines wlhg:h will be included in the work of the club. FOSS' OPIUM CONDEMNED. Uncle Sam Will Be Four Thousand Dollars Richer by the Transaction, The United States Government will be about $4000 richer by the condemnation of 400 pounds of opium inthe United States District Court yesterday. It was the end of along legal battle, as the stuff was seized on the steamer Queen over a year ago, and the ownership has been in dis- pute ever since. The 800 five-tael tins in dispute was a consignment brought from Victoria, B. C., by Foss and Greenwald. The case was labeled ““booksin transit to Honolulu,” and was addressed *“‘to the priest in charge of the leper settlementon the island of Molokai.” Deputy Surveyor of the Port Ruddell and Inspector Holmes got news of tne ship- ment and seized the case when it arrived. Shortly afterward Greenwald was convicted in connection with the Emerald gang and sent to San Quentin. His attorney then began suit to recover the opium seized on the Queen on the ground that it was goods in transit. This kept the drug tied up in court until yesterday. Last week Mrs. May Belle Greenwald went into, court and told all she knew about her husband’s connection with this Enticnlu shipment. As soon as Foss eard of this he corroborated her state- ment, and this left the attorneys nothing to do but to agree tothe confiscation of the dnfi. The Custom-house officials are now of the opinion that all the big opium rin have been broken up, and that there wi be very little smuggling for some time to come. ———————— A “STIOCH” IN THE BEER. Gustav Walter Tells About His Experi- ence of Malt Liquors, There has been an atmosphere of malt around the sacred precincts of justice, as represented by Judge Murphy’s court. during the last day or two, Beer of all 408 Taylor streetand Oakland ferry depot. * | kinds has been discussed, and bottled beer Troupe of Trick Dogs Will Perform After- noons and Evenings. ADMISSION-50c CHILDREN, 25e. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. e Lesseo and Managee THIS EVENING THIS EVENING! C. T. Dazey’s Great Comedy Drama, “ERMA THE ELF!” FUN FROM BEGINNING TO END! EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 500 Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. ALCAZAR THEATER. ‘WALLENROD JR., RICR & CO........... Proprietors JAMES WARD COMPANY TN—— ARRAH-NA-POGUE! BOX-OFFICE NOW OPEN, Look at These Prices 15¢, 25¢, 35¢c and 50c—No Higher. ORPHEUM. WEEK COrTENCING [ONDAY, MAY 6. REILLY AND WOOD'S Big Spectacular Vaundeville Company. The Biggest Specialty Compauy in Existence. HADES Grand Beyond Conception! TP TO See the Golden Shower. HELL A~ IT IS! DATE. Mardi Gras in Inferno ! ‘The great chorus, gorgeous scenery and costumes. ‘A spectacle not to be missed. Reserved seafs, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, 50c. Matinee Saturday and Sunday. Parquet, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Children, any seat, 10c. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. ........Froprietor and Manager MOST ARTISTIC AQUATIC CARNIVAL OF MODERN TIMES, —NEW TABLEAUX EACH WEEK !— A STRONG CIRCUS PROGRAMME. A PRONOUN SUCCESS ! Evening Prices—Parquet and Dress Circle, Re- served, 25¢ and 50c. Seturday and Sunday Matinee—Parquet, Chil- dren, 15¢; Aduits, 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. RUNKNIRG RUNNING RACES! &S RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER _MEETING, BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1894, Races Monday, Tuesday, Wodnesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Raia or Shine. Five or more races each P. M. sharp. McAllister and the gate. . Races start at 3 street cars pass