The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1895. 5 , BEAUTY [N BOULEVARDS Engineer William Ham Hall's Ideas on How Best to Build Them. THE PARK IDEA SHOULD RULE. Suggestions by a Landscape En- gineer on a Topic of Gen- eral Interest. During the recent boulevard discussions, which are rapidly becoming more timely and interesting as the prospects for the building of local pleasure driveways rapidly increase, maeh has been said about their routes and but little about how they ought to be built. Abmost the same amount of wmoney will make a driveway superb or commonplace, according to the taste and intelligence with which it is planned, and most people will | agree that when any of the unrivaled oppor- tunities in this line possessed by this peninsula are grasped it should be done in a fitting way and in the way that will give the most beauty, pleasure and fame that it is practicable to attain. Colonel William Ham Hall discusses below the question of how a boulevard from the park south ought to be built. He is a widely known civil and landscape engineer, and has given much study to bonlevard and park con- striction. He was the engineer and superin- tendent of Golden Gate Park during six or seven years of its improvement, and has since at times been consulting engineer to the Park n. His ideas are those of both a civil engineer and a landscape gardener, and while he deals definitely with a boulevard south from the park much that he says would apply elsewhere. Ta » ng for granted as being already well established the advantages of and benefits to be derived from a grand drive or boule- vard leading out of San Fran cisco’s park through the county of homes tothe Garden City, we may well at this stage discuss the character which should be giver it and the considerations that ought to govern in its location, design and construction. Distinetly and unequivocally this should pleasure drive—a travel-way for the yment of locomotion and of passage h the country—a via sacra, in so far should be held sacred from profana- | tion by the hoofs and wheels of trade and busine Moy r, it should not only be made | end reserved as a way for individual means | of carriage, distinctively from public or collective means—such as railways, by | whatever power the carriages of these lat- ter might be propelled—but, with equal | decision, it should be kept apart even from contact or juxtaposition to this class tracked public highway. Neither the | 4 n horse” mor ‘death the motor” | rould be in evidence, except at a distance | and unavoidably to those who wheel and ride along the boulevards. I do not stop to argue this point, for aside from the plain utilitarian reasons which nphold it, there are principles involved | whose discussion would lead into a longer | fiat and one of more esthetic nature than | yet calls for. )nly should there be no railway of pe designed alongside of or with the | e, but, if possible, rights-of-way s latter should be obtained on condi- such that no commercial highway of haracter could, in future, be placed say, 200 feet of it, except by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, which, of course, could not be done away t any with. A light-travel electric railway through the country to be traversed by this boule- vard is surely a thing to be desired, but it is no more a_desirable feature or accom- paniment of a high-class country road that it is of a city parkway or of a drive in & city park. It would be even more objec- ‘iun.lb{l‘ alongside of a distinctly rural boulevard than alongside of a city park- way, and there is room enough through the country to admit of a widely separate location for it. These thoughts may be taken as giving ey to the whole idea of the improve- ‘We should think of the boulevard ral parkway from Golden Gate to '—an intra-county park. With nental idea well fixed we are pared to answer the query: What would be its character? Broadly: First, 1is character should be to the best serving its primary purpose; and second, such s closely in keeping with its surround- s in each locality traversed. Now, the primary purpose is that of af- ding a way for agreeable locomotion t the route. Attending this is inmentof an advantageous outlook ountry around and into the terisiic and attractive parts of | Garden Ci his fundam o surface should not oniy be smooth, with- | out extreme hardness, but the route should | avoid unnecessary indirectness; the loca- tion and des n for construction should ety in the way of curva- | T 1d landscape treatment | the several localities traversed seem | to call for, and extreme wind and sun ef- | fects should be guarded against. In other ds, this boulevard may be treated, in ion with its oundings, as a park study from beginning to end. The short, straight avenue flanked by rows of trees of umbellated form and shad- in iaracter, the long, strai avenue | held between columns of trees of fastigiate | growth and imposing effect, the broad, Sweeping drive with easy curvature amid | scattered single specimens or small groups of spreading trees, the winding, narrow | road whose curvature comports A goverr forms of topography i roupings of varied foli. L = von drive held between hillside and | strcam channel and following their crooked alignments amid growths entirely | in harmony with the surrounding natural | foliage and arrangement, the mountain or | hiltside road with rock points guarded by suitable walls and with canyon or ra-| vine crossings made on bridges of design | in keeping with their sites—these all should find place and repeated introduc- tions into the design of this boulevard, each according with its part of the route covered. To describe the proposed boulevards as “a broad drive flanked by double rows of trees,”’ or as “two parallel drives with a Tow of trees between and a row on each side,” or in any way to imply uniformity of treatment throughout, is a grievous mis- take. That suitable portions of it should be so treated goes without saying, but only suitable portions and only a limited part in any one stretch. Our climate is es- pecially not well adapted to the straight alignment of ways for travel with flanking rows of trees. A straight road anywhere vithin the influence of San Francisco winds and fogs is bound to have a bleak, inhospitable aspect for many days in each year, and to be disagreeably dust-swept a arge part of the time. Moreover, the kinds of trees adapted to make avenue- like effects—whether of the crowned or shaded or walled-in character—do not thrive here and cannot be made to attain Jthat degree of perfection which will be satisfying for long avenues. For the S8an Francisco County and a good portion of the San Mateo County parts of the route the long, straight, avenue-like treatment of this boulevard, therefore, should be lcce})ted only under protest and for those localities whose gentle gradients and smooth and unbroken surfaces make it most in keeping with immediate topo- graphic environment. That established property and street lines and owners’ ob- jections to having blocks and acreage lots “‘cut up” will necessitate the adoption of a L) | in its original design<that will render it ac- | ceptabie and street or avenue like construction for much | of the boulevard’s length within this county’s limits is, perhaps, a foregone cou- clusion, but it is also a forefixed misfor- | tune and to be regretted as such. Hence, that route which most admits of a de- arture from this undesirable form of ulevard way, which is not tied ur to ex- isting street or road lines, which admits of the introduction of curves and other gentle breaks in alignment where seemingly called for by the ground’s form, or other- wise (other things being equal), is to be preferred. To how many of our Golden Gate Park drivers-out hasitoceurred that an immense feeling of relief is experienced the moment one quits the straight lines at the Baker and Fell streets corner and enters upon the gentle curvature of ‘the avenue” or alled “panhandle” driveway? Doubt- less to all. To how many has the reason presented itself? Doubtless to few. In this feature of Golden Gate Park a broad drive and two spacious walks are | carried in the teeth of the prevailing winds (within a space but 275 feet wide) and in the most exposed wind-swept valley of | the peninsula, for the length of about 4000 feet, and their alignments and the adjacent plantings are such that the effect is agree- able even on the windiest days when the straight streets on either side are almost | undrivable. | When, in submitting the original plan for this avenue to the first Park Commis- sion in 1 the writer hereof{rroposcd the curved alignment of roads and walks, very much criticism was evoked from interested parties, who declared that the space was THE WHALEBACK EVERETT, Better Than a Dime Museum or Marine Midway Is the Sea Freak. LIKE A FLOATING SMOKESTACK. But Her Great Roomy Hold Proves That She Is Bullt for Use, Not Beauty. The whaleback City of Everett has been discharging her cargo of coal at the foot of | Main street for several days and during that time she has been crowded with curious visitors. Although this is the sec- the public. The whaleback is better than a dime museum. She is an “educated pig,” a “nine-foot giant” and a “midway plais- ance” all in one. In fact the idea of a pig is not limited to the five blocks mentioned, but will be extended to any section which will bear its share of the expenses of the enterprise. COLLEGES CONSOLIDATE. The University of the Pacific, at San Jose, and Napa College Incor- porate as One. The new articles of incorporation and consolidation of the Napa Coliege with the University of the Pacific, at College Park, San Jose, will go into effect in a few days. The two institutions will then be under the control of & board of thirty-six trustees. The joint property of the consolidated institutions will amount to estates valued at $250,000 with an endowment of $50,000. Only $8000 is lacking in subscription to cover the debt of $50,000. “Qur annual meeting should have taken place last week,” said Dr. Beard yesterday, “but we waited for an amendment, which was made last March, to go into effect, as it enables us to handle the rogerty more easily. At its session in 1893 the Legisia- | ture passed a general law authorizing, ond trip of the nautical freak to this port | P s 8 she has not before been thrown open to | ungder certain conditions, the consolida- tion of educational institutions, and though this law was amended last March, Lie amendment only took effect the day be- fore yesterday. It facilitates the transfer of property from the old institutions to the consolidated institutions.” Last September, the conference of the THE PROW OF THE WHALEBACK EVERETT. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] satisfactory, and that a_great opportunity | for making a grand straight drive or pair of drives flanked by noble rows of trees | would be lost. The result speaks for itself. | There is not, after twenty-five years of ef- | fort, a tree grown within the ‘entire park that would impart a satisfying character to a wide_straightavenue. Moreover, any one who will drive up either Fell or Oak eet on either side of our avenue on a windy day and then go inside and follow up its drive can immediately appreciate what a grand mistake it would have been to have adopted the straight-row tree-line form of development for this parkway, no matter how much the passage space might have been divided up in the effort to reduce width of openings and check the sweep of winds. What is true of our Golden Gate park- way, or avenue as it is officially desig- nated, would be true of our intra-county boulevard, even though the alignment of one is into the prevailing wind, while that of the other will, for the windiest part of the county, be more nearly across its gen- eral direction. All the long, straight parts of the proposed new boulevard will be comparatively bleak and uninviting, in our climate. It should as a general thing, where practicable, be curved or divided into short reaches of a few hundred yards each. Its reservation shoild not be of even width. Better to have it a mere wide-street width for half the way, so it is not straight in one direction for too great a length, and then widen out the right of way sufficiently to admit of a curved road- way within its limits, and the grouping in masses (not in rows) of trees and shrub- bery about it. 1In other words, could we have a series of parkways, say 200 or 300 feet wide, includ- ing drive, ride, eycle-track and walks, each from one to two miles long, spaced at intervals of two to four miles apart and connected with each other by simple, well- kept roads of standard widths, the whole extending as an unbroken boulevard way from terminal to terminal, we would have the most agreeable and attractive form of boulevard that could be had within rea- sonable cost in our climate. : Each local, wide parkway would have its distinctive character, according to its plac- ing and surroundings, and each should have its name in keeping with that char-| acter and with the spirit of tasteful design pervading the whole. 3 | There should be no Blow avenues, either | in fact or in ngme, notwithstanding that | some -iotable Mr. Blow had rendered her- | culean service as a Commissioner to spend the funds for the improvement; nor should | there be any Lammond Common, even | though some honorable Mr. Lammond | might yield himself up in the public cause | on the same altar of self-sacrifice. | It is possible to make a most nni%ue, and | in time, world-famous_boulevard, between | here and San Jose, and give it a character leasurable for all time, even when it shall have passed under the control of the average or below the average polit- ical Commissioner; but it will be necessary | to keep this gentleman out at the start, and | to let broad views, thoughtful study and good professional taste in landscape art overn in the choosing of route, location, esign and original construction. Could this be done, and the property- owners, as a rule, along the line be in- duced to comport their rounds—planting, under some general professional uidance, to the local idea of treatment in tge boule- vard itself, we might look forward to a result that has not been and cannot be | attained elsewhere. For, while our cli- mate forbids palmetto or paulownia shaded avenues as in the Carolinas, or those em- bowered in elms or maples as in Connecti- cut, or those walled-in stately planes as in France, or ennobled by grundy old oaks as in England, we can have landscapes bere which are almost impossible of accomplish- | ment outside of our bay region, and which | are not ou:! unique in themselves but | pleasing and acceptable to all who expe- rience their influence. . Wiriax Ham Havw A Kansas Robber Caught. Walter C. Donaldson, ex-assistant Postmaster at Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas, is wanted there on & charge of robbery. The Postmaster has issued a postal card stating that a liberal reward will be paid for his arrest. A man of the same name and answering his description was caught in Sacramento, and is now trying | 10 escape on a writ of habeas corpus. In order to secure him Deputy Marshal Monckton and toffice Inspector Gordon left lastnight with & warrant for his arrest. He will be brought to fan Francisco, and from here forwarded to Kansas. ———————— Foop raised by the Royal Baking Powder may be eaten hot, even by dyspeptics, with impunity. Hot bread, biscuits, hot cakes, muffins, crusts, puddings, etc., are made by its use perfectly wholesome, ] When she is loaded her swine- seems on the root for clams. the whole weight and cabin the air. like muzzle of taking a when empty, the machinery too narrow for any such treatment, that |is not far away from her cut, especially | M. E. church, realizing that it would be | the curves would be insignificant and un- | where the long black snout protrudes in | better for the two colleges to be under the | and Judge Wallace will only send you to | same management, took steps for having the same fifteen men elected to serve on Point | 45th boards, so that practically they have But | been consolidated since that date. of | new corporation calls for a board of thirty- being near | six trustees. The Those who have so far ac- the stern, her nose sticks up over the | cepted the appointments are: warter as though she were trying toslide up | some invisible rainbow and "take her place alongside of Jason’s old ship in the con- stellation of Argo Navis. The whaleback seen at a distance strikes one as being a strange thing to turn loose on the water. A big black smokestack, ointed like a double-ender cigar, lying Eurizomnll on the surface, a two-story nt hieiciihio atter part that looks so top- heavy that the spectator catches his breath for fear the round, hog-like hull will roll over and spill the cottage in the sea. Seen close by the whaleback knocks all reconceived ideas nautical from one'’s ead. The mind leaps back over the count- less centuries to the prehistoric mariner on his log. The ark, fresh from the ‘“‘ap- prentice-hands” of Noah and his sons, was afabric of surpassing beauty compared with the whaleback. One looks in vain along this elongated iron pot for some of the graceful lines that distinguish the handsome hull of the yacht and clipper. She is as homely as a tank and as shape- less as a nightmare. But it is down in her great hold that can be found the secret of her beinyg The wide room space is only broken by the steel stanchions running vertically and horizontally through the big apartment. The whaleback is built for use, and not for beauty. Dr. Parkhurst said relative to reform, “We can’t get along without women.” They insist on Dr. Price’s Baking Powder as munition of war. WOMAN’S CONGRESS. Susan B. Anthony and Many Other Dis- tinguished Persons Will Attend the Meetings. At a recent meeting of the Executive { Board and the Auxiliary Committee of the Woman's Congress Association of the Pacific Coast very encouraging reports from all the different committees were given and letters were received full of en- thusiasm and telling of delegations who are coming to be in attendance upon the meetings of the Congress. A letter from Mayor Sutro wasread expressing a deep interest in the Congress, and accepting an | invitation to be present at the opening ses- sion, to give an address of welcome on behalf of the City to the visiting guests. Letters have been received from President Jordan, President Kellogg, Professor Le Conte and many other distinguished liter- | ary and educational men and women, who | are to take part in the Congress. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna H. Shaw are already on their way to Cali- fornia. They are to speak in many of the | larger cities en route. They will arrive in San Francisco on Saturday, the 18th in- | stamt. The congress will open in Golden Gate Hall on Monday morning, the 20th. Rev. Anna Shaw will preach in the First Congregational Church of Oakland on Sunday morning, the 19th, and in the First Congregational Church of San Fran- cisco on Sunday evening, the same date. It will be remembered that Rev. Anna Shaw opened the Religious Congress of the World’s Fair. Many receptions are al- ! ready planned for these distinguished women, both by private individuals and by women’s clubs of the city. Miss An- thony has worked for women all her life. She was the first to plead for women as public school teachers and her strong and vigorous logic has done much for good government in all departments of society. S s L DEVISADERO STREET'S OLUB. Five Blocks of That Thoroughfare to Be Swept by Hand. Sixty-four business men of Devisadero street met and organized the Devisadero- street Improvement Club yesterday. The following officers were elected by the club: H.W. Miller, president; Adolph Meyer, vice-president; Frank B. Gibson, secretary; Thomas H. Shumate, treasurer. The club will do for the five blocks of Devisadero between Geary and California streets what the Merchants’ Association is now dom% for the downtown streets. These five blocks will be swept by hand ;wice each day, beginning at 4:30 A. M. and P. M. It is also the intention of the club to have arc lights suspended at the intersec- tion of Devisadero with Geary. Sutter ani California streets. The club’s membership | | | { these is the British ship Fal Messrs. C. H. Aflerback, F. D. Boyard, M. D. Buck, Thomas Filbin, R.'G. Hart, J. Leiter, E. D. McCreary, A. H. Needham, C.'B. Perkins, S, ol, E. B. Willis, J. C. Zuck, E. R. Dille, S. C.Evans, H. B. Heacock, S.E. Holden, F. F. Jewell, Alired Kummer, EIi McClish, L.'J. Nor- ton, 1. J. Truman, J. A. Percy, R. V. Watt, T. Woodward, J.N. Beard, H. W. Bland, J. Coyle, E. P. Dennety, K. French, J. W. Grigsby, D. A. Hayes, R. Husband. 1t is believed that in the near future the two colleges will be incorporated under one roof, but no steps will be taken toward that end till the debt is entirely paid off. =l Dr. Price’s Baking Powder as delivered in homes is of the same supreme quality that entitled it to highest honors at the ‘World’s Fair, 0N THE WATER FRONT, The Long Overdue Norwegian Ship Fjeld Given Up for Lost. The Triton’s Derelict Supposed to Have Been the Missing Vessel. The Norwegian ship Fjeld. bound from Grimsby for San Diego, is now out 206 days and the local underwriters are of the opinion that the vessel has been lost. Within the past few days reinsurance on the ship has been increased to 90 per cent by the London underwriters, and very few vessels have ever been heard from after such a high figure has been offered. The Fjeld sailed from Grimsby on Oc- tober 17, passed Dover ten days later, and sailed from Portland, England, November 20. She had on hand a cargo of Kiverton Park coal, which is said to be highly in- flammable. The last seen of the Fjeld was twenty miles south of Cape Horn. This was on January 19, at which time she was in com- | pany with the British ship Moresby. Tne latter arrived here on March 30 and re- | ported having met the Fjeld. On the day the Moresby arrived here the German bark Triton reached Honolulu from Liver- {)ool. She reported bnvm% sighted, in atitude 10 deg. south and longitude 113 deg. west, an abandoned iron vessel on which there were no signs of life. The captain of the Triton said that he thought the vessel had been a four-master, al- though he could not tell for certain as there were no spars standing. It is thought by the local underwriters that the derelict was the Fjeid. Besides the latter there are only two vessels suffi- ciently overdue to warrant any feeling of apprehension for their m""f‘ One ot 1s of Dee, bound from Liverpool for San Francisco, and the other is the British ship Chrys- omene, ninety days out from Newcastle, N. S. W., for this port. The Falls of Dee is 153 days out, and she might have been in the position in_which the Triton’s dere- lict was seen. The Chrysomene might possibly have been driven that far east- ward, but those who are posted think not. Eight per cent reinsurance has been offered on the Falls of Dee and 5 per cent on the Chrysomene. i The underwriters are complaining of the want of judgment on the part of the Tri- ton’s captain in not making a closer ob- servation of the derelict and ascertaining her identity. 3 The sloop Cyclone sailed yesterday after- noon for the southern coast of California, Japan and Bering Sea on a sealing cruise. The vessel was formerl{ owned by Captain von Schmidt of the California Yacht Club, but was sold a few months ago to Captain Morris, who took her out. Up to the time of the vessel's clearance her destination was shrouded in mystery. From the re- marks of Captain Morris she was bound to nearly every quarter on the globe. The captain is momfi:nled by his wife. 'Phe schooner Laura May, which wasrun down by the schooner Beulah in March last, is having a new mizzenmast put in her at Main-street wharf. —————— THE unequaled strength of the Royal, as certified by the highest baking-powder au- thorities, makes it the cheapest to use, even at a higher price than others, H. | charge, and must be held SEVEN YEARS FOR FLOOD, The Embezzling Cashier of the Donohoe - Kelly Bank Sentenced. HE SAID, “I AM NOT GUILTY.” Judge Wallace Falled to See Any Mitigating Circumstances Whatever. There was a big crowd in Judge Wal- lace’s courtroom yesterday morning to witness the passing of sentence upon John W. Flood for embezzlement in his | capacity of cashier for the Donohoe-Kelly bank. The specific charge was altering the records of a corporation by making it appear that the estate of Delia Hope had drawn $40,000 on a check, when no such paper had passed through the bank. The prisoner was represented by Carroll Cook, and General W. H. L. Barnes appeared as special counsel for the prosecution. The court having denied a motion by the prisoner’s counsel for arrest of judgment | on statutory grounds, Carroll Cook made |8 plea for leniency. He represented that Flood, although tried twice, was practi- cally unconvicted, and up to his arrest | had stood high in the community. The false entry, if it had been made by the prisoner, had not been made in one of the regular books of the bank, but in a mem- orandum-blotter. At any rate, he claimed, the fault was a misdemeanor, and could be construed by tie court either as that or afelony. Asa misdemeanor the sentence for conviction was one year in the County Jail or $500 fine, or at the discretion of the court the penalty might be made not less than three nor more than ten years’ im- prisonment in the penitentiary. The court said that he knew nothing about the previous character of Flood, or the defense that he only made the entry to conceal a past transaction. Technically, the making of the entry was fraud under the law. Attorney W. H. L. Barnes stated that the offense for which John W. Flood was to receive sentence was a very serious one. 1t practically amounted to the embezzle- ment of $167,000. He had no right to any | special consideration. He had been made | a partner and stockholder in the bank, put- ting in nothing but his integrity, which bad been found to be a pretense. ““If this prisoner had confessed his fault to Mr. Donohoe,” continued the counsel, ‘“that old man who shed tears in court at | being required to testify against one he | like bis own boys, would have put { his arms round him and said, ‘Well, John, | | we'll do what we can.” But Donohoe is dead and Flood is living; it would have | been better had this been reversed. | “Idon’t want to see this man sent to wear the devilish livery of San Quentin, but at the same time [ cannot ask your Honor to treat this as a bagatelle. on’t say to | the young meu of this mercantile com- | munity, riddled as it is with frauds of thi: nature: ‘Steal $167,000, falsify records, | the County Jail for six months, as if you | had been engaged in a brawl’ I don’t want my pounfi of flesh, but leave the matter to your Honor on the facts.” The court asked the prisoner whether he had anything to say wa sentence should | not be passed upon him. Flood, who stood close to the bench, said | twice, T am not guilty.” The court said that in refusing to plead | the prisoner had placed nimself in the | position of not being able to gainsay the uilty. He then reviewed the offense, whici, in a mercan- tile community, he considered particularly heinous. Flood was an elderly man, and knew what he was doing. In hisdiscretion he would impose the sentence of seven years' imprisonment in San Quentin. Cook made a fight for a stay of execution and a writ of probable caunse. Both were denied by the court, and the prisoner was removed in the custody of the Sheriff. WANT NO STEAM CARS. South San Francisco Property-Owners Protest Against Any Fran- chise. The property-owners of South San Fran- cisco are protesting against the granting of | a franchise to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad along Railroad avenue. Six copies of a petition were circulated yester- day for signatures. The intention is to | present it to the Board of Supervisors Monday. In the language of the petition, Railroad avenue ‘‘is the main and in fact the only thoroughfare through that section of the | City, and should by all means be used only | for streetcar and general traftic purposes.” The reason for the protest is given as fol- lows: For a distance of eighteen blocks it has been graded, sewered and paved at a heavy expense, and steps have already been taken to improve said avenue through to the County line, which, when completed, will give a broad and easy entrance to the City from San Mateo County and will afford the citizens of San Francisco a | delightful and picturesque drive into the coun- try along the shore line of the bay. Among the first signers were Dr. David B. Todd, for himself and the Masonic Hall Association, of which he is the agent, and Lovell White, cashier of the San Francisco Savings Union, which is a large property- owner there, and donated $50,000 to the Valley road. Dr. M. A. McLaughlin and John™ Puckhaber also put down their names early in the day. Dr. Todd said: It was the intention to extend the improve® ments along Railroed avenue to the Five-mile Honse this summer and that would have been done but for the Valley road’s application for a franchise, The Crocker, Hudson and Hearst estates were all eager for the street improve- | ments to go on. The railroad could run from China Besin along Illinois street to First avenue, thence along First avenue to India Basin, thence along H street to the County line, tunneling under the hill,or it could go by way of the marsh. A request is to be made to Superintend- ent Vining of the Market-street Railway Company, asking for the horsecars to be again put on Fifteenth avenue to the San Bruno road, ‘‘as a matter of mutual bene- fit.” It is signed H. Crummy, G. McCon- nell, William J. P. Warner, John Paraille, H. M. C. Mangels, H. F. Roskamp, D. D. Harrington, W. W. Leverne, August Briel, David Dodge, Philip Zimmerman, John Puckhaber, and a great many others. Electric alarms at the South San Fran- cisco police station and engine-house are being put in by the two Catholic orphan asyiums at considerable expense. In case of fire they would thus obtain assistance in a very short time. Police Sergeant Ros- kamp could be on hand with his gig in less than ten minutes from the time an alaim was sent in. e -————— Doctors warn against alum baking pow- ders as injurious, and advise use of Dr. Price’s. FROM THE POTRERO. Turning Boilers Into Scrap Iron—Col- lided With an Electric Car. Other News. The boilers which have been taken out of the steamer Columbia, now on the ways at the Union Iron Works, furnished a number of workmen with some pretty warm labor yesterday. A contractor has undertaken to turn the boilers into a good quality of scrap iron for $3 50 per ton. Each of the boilers weighs about forty tons. By way of making a good stroke of business” he has sublet the work to some local vulcans for $60 per boiler. The men found it an intensely hot job during the day and kept “‘petering out.”’ me of Miller & Lux's four-horse teams collided with an electric car at the corner of Kentucky and Nevada streets on Thurs- day afternoon. By some mishap one of the lead lines slipped from Driver Taylor’s hands as he was going out to Butchertown, and when the car came along he was una- ble to wheel his horses away from it. One of the lead horses had to be shot, and the same fate may meet the other. The car was very badly damaged. Contractor William Hollis, who has heen }mmng in the Army-street filling from owa to Kentucky streets, has not been able to avoid leaving in a bad condition the box sewer which Ohland & Buck put in about a year ago. Property-owners are complaining, and say a proper culvert should be added to the improvements there. The Alaska steamer Queen, now at the Broadway dock, being painted up, is to go on the ways at the Union Iron Works about June 5, if it is‘possib;e to finish the Colum- bia in time. There is to be a general over- bauling of the Queen’s gearing. . MISSING FROM HIS HOME. Strange Disappearance of an Uphols- terer Last Friday Morning. A. F. M. Terry, an upholsterer living at 229 Eighth street, has been missing from his home since Friday morning last. On that date he left home intending to go down to his shop to work. His tools are still there, but it is evident he has not yet reached the shop. His friends have re- ported his disappearance to the police, and they are 100king for him, but in the mean- time his wife is left in almost destitute circumstances. The missing man is about 40 years old 5 feet 8 inches tall, and has dark hair an mustache. No reason for his disappear- ance has been found. TRACING STELLA HUGHES She Fainted on Market Street the Afternoon of Her Dis- appearance. Last Seen Walking Toward Seventh Street In Care of a Mysterlous Couple. The police are slowly tracing Miss Stella Hughes, who mysteriously disappeared on Thursday of last week. Their most recent information leads them 1o believe that she fainted on Market street, between Sixth and Seventh, about 4:15 o'clock of the day she disappeared and was cared for by a man and woman, who, after she par- tially recovered, walked with her along Market street in the direction of Seventh. The misnin{girl was noticed at that time by Mrs. E. N, Harris, who tells the follow- ing story: 1 was walking with a companion along Mar- ket street between 4 o'clock and 4:30 o’clock that afternoon when we noticed a lady who seemed to be just recovering from a fainting spell. She was of medium height, oval face, very light blue cyes and very pale. When we first saw her she was lying on the steps of a new building on the south side of the street, but as we watched she seem«d to re- cover, and, rising, walked off witha man and woman who supported her on either side. The man was short, slight and dark complexioned. He had black hair. The woman was older than the man. The sick girl wore a large hat, a fur cape and askirt of a peculiar bluish gray material. I noticea the skirt particularly, because it had become soiled when she was on the steps. A sample of the material of the dress worn by Miss Hughes when she left her bome was shown to Mrs. Harris, and she declared that it was identical with that worn by the fainting girl she saw that Thursday afternoon. B e — Dr. Price’s Baking Powder, by creating wholesome food, renders life endurable to many tormented by dyspepsia. RSt S MEMORIAL DAY. S. M. Shortridge to Deliver the Oration at the Presidio. George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, Memorial Day com- mittee held its weekly meeting at the Union League Club rooms yesterday afternoon. Present Chairman J. C. Currie, Horace ‘Wilson, W. R. Parnell, Joseph Simonson, and Charles H. Blinn secretary. Announcement was made that S. M. Shortridge had accepted the invitation to deliver the oration at the Presidio Na- tional Cemetery. The Fifth United States Artillery band of twenty-seven pieces will furnish ™ music. Mrs. B. W. Paxton, a well-known soloist, will sing the ‘‘Battle | Hymn of the Republic,” in which fi"fi young ladies from the High School wil join in the chorus. Nellie Holbrook Blinn will read a poem written for her for the occasion by John Vance Cheney, entitled “The Fallen.” Rev. Dr. A. C. Hirst will deliver the invocation. Colonel R. H. Warfield has accepted an invitation to act as grand marshal, and Colonel J. Murray Bailey will have charge of the decorating of the 1200 graves in the National plat. General Graham and the troops at the Presidio will act as escort to the post. It is expected Governor Budd and Department Commander Charles E. Wilson of the G. A. R. will be present. e If some people went as far to meet their bills as they do to meet trouble, there would not be so much debt in the world.— Atchison Globe. ACUTE DYSPEPSIA. SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE OFTEN ATTENDS IT. From the Republican, Cedar Rapids, Towa. Mrs. V. Curley, who has resided in Clarence, Towa, for the past twenty-two years, tells an in- teresting story of what she considers rescue from premature death. Her narrative is as follows: “For ten years prior to 1894 T wasa constant sufferer from acute stomach trouble. I had all the manifold symptoms of acute dyspepsia and at times other troubles were present in compli- cation; 1did not know what it was to enjoy & meal. No matter how careful I might be as to the_quality, qlu'nmi and preparation of my food, distréss always followed eating. I was de- spondent and blue, almost to the point of in- sanity at times and would have been glad to die. Often and often I could not sleep. Sym- pathetic heart trouble set in and time and afnml was obliged to call a doctor in the night to relieve sudden attacks of suffocation wmc)is would come on without a moment's rning. “My v,goublel increased as time wore on and I spent large sums in doctor bills, being com- pefieed to have medical attendants almost con- ntly. During 1892 and 1893 it was impos- sible for me to retain food.and water brashes plagued me. I was reduced to a skeleton. A consultation of physicians was unable to de- termine just what did ail me. The doctors gave us as their opinion that the probable trouble was ulceration of the coats of the stomach and held out no hope of recovery. One doctor said, ‘All I can do to relieve your suffering is by the use of opium.” About this time a friend of mine, Mrs. Agumh. Smith of Glidden, Iowa, told me about the case of Mrs. Thurston, of Oxford Junction, Iowa. This lady said she had been afflicted much the same as I had. She had con- sulted local physicians without relief, and had gone to Davenport for treatment. Giving up all hops of recovery, she was persuaded by a friend to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. The re- sult was almost magical. 1 was led to try them from her experience, and before many months 1 felt better than had for a dozen years. Iam now almost free from trouble, and if through some error of diet 1 feel badly, this splendid remedy sets me right again. Ihave regained my strength and am once more in my usual flesh. I sleep well and can eat without distress. I have no doubt that I owe my recovery to Dr. Williams’ Pink wish thatI had heard of them r? ereby saving myself ten years of and much mouey.’” Pink Pills contain all the ele- ments necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, :ehlnecudd. N. Y., for 50¢ per box, or si ‘boxes for $2 50. Pidls. Ionl sgo, th A GHASTLY FACE. It Glides to and From You Weirdly. You Hate to Look but Must. A SINGULAR PHENOMENON. You Don’t Want to Do Just Ex= actly What You Know You Are Doing—Is It a Spell? Perchance you have seen, as I did yesterday, the friend of your youth, your bosom friend— now a mere shadow—his face was ghastly, I tried to keep my eyes from his countenance, I wanted to hug him, I wanted to tell him how glad I was to see him, but his face was for- bidding. Sorrow rose to my heart—the big lump up in my throat almost gave him a clew of my true feelings—poor felio'v—he is the yie- tim—well, why dwell on the unhappy. Sadly thinking upon the condition of my friend I went to the office—saying, I must go to work now. Columns must be made ready whether one’s friend be sick or well. Turning over the sheetsof the various letters which had piled up in my absence, I ran across this letter. It reads thus: GENTLEMEN: I am compelled to thank you all for what has been done for my case. I have been a chronic sufferer for years. I had tried the various different remedies advised and ad- vertised. None did me any good. As a last resort I took Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. My life is saved. The sense of fullness after eat- ing, the bloating, the belching UP of gases, the alpitation of the heart, the all-gone feeling ave entirely disappeared. Iam satistied Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla cured me. I was con- stipated for years; nothing did me any perma- nent good until I took Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla. Iam so glad I refused a substitute and took Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Willows, Cal. THOMAS J. MCFARLAND. 8o, said I, there is some good to be done. This wonderful California product is certainly gaining friend IT HAS KEPT US BUSY. 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