The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 5

A A THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895. 4 California’s First State Gover- nor Joins the Great Majority. HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY. The Famlily Were at the Bedside. The Close of a Long and Busy Life, Peter H. Burnett, the first Governor of California, died at noon yesterday at. the yesidence of his son, 1713 Larkin-street. His passing away was as quiet and pain less as though he were simply sinking to sleep. It was unexpected by the fumily, for during the preceding twenty-four hours theinyalid’s condition w that he would live for several days. At 12 o'clock Miss M. A. Burnett, hia | PETER H. BURNET DEAD. rrauted the belief- 619, John W. Geary 1358, scattering 32. He tassumed the duties of the office imme- diately, although the State was not ad- mitted until September of the following year. He held the office until January 8 1851, when ke tendered his resignation and bécame Governor. In his Jetter of resigna- tian, Governor Burnett wrote: Circumstances entirely unexpected and un- foreseen by me and over which I have no con- trol render it indispenseble that I should de- vote ‘all my time and attention to my private affairs. * *-* In the humble sphere of a privaté citizen 1 still cherish for her (Califor- nia) ‘that ardent attachment she so ium¥ merits; Within ber serene and sunny limits expect 10 spend the remainder of my days, | many.or few; should an unfortunate crisis arise. when such a sacrifice mignt be available and.necessary for her safety, my limited for- | tutie and forte and my life shall be at her dis- | posal. This letter was written from San Jose. In'the early days of the State Governor Burnett. foresaw what the Chinese immi- gration would lead to and he declared him- self opposed to allowing the little brown man-to become a resident of the State. After the Governor had resigned he con- tinued in the practice of the law, and asso- | ciated himself with W.T. Wallace and C. [T, Ryland. In January, 1857, he was, by Governor J. Neely Johnson, appointed a judge of the Supreme Court,and at the { i\'n\‘cmbet election was chosen for the short. term. i That was the last public office he filled. | I June, 1863, he was chosen president of John McDougal, the Lieutenant-Governor, { AN ESTATE THAT FAILED, Serious Charges Preferred by Mrs. Osborn Against Two Parties. DISHONESTY AND NEGLIGENCE. She Deciares That Between Them Her Property Has Been Di- verted. A petition has been filed in the Probate Court by Mrs. Mary Maria Osborn, widow of Joseph Osborn, who died on Junej, 1893, asking for the removal on account of | neglect of Robert J. Mercer, adminis- | trator of the estate. | It seems that Osborn’s estate was re- | ported as worth only $5000, but Mrs, Os- | born claims to bave discovered that her { husband had a hali-interest in quicksilver granddaughter, went to the bedside to give | the Pacific Accumulation Society, which | mines worth $100,000. She charges Mercer THE LATE PETER H, BURNETT, HE WAS THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA UNDER AMERICAN RULE [Reproduced from a recent photograph.] the patient some medicine. As he turned his face toward the young lady she noticed that a change had taken place. She quickly called the family ana Dr. Belinge, who was conversing with Rev. Thomas Burnett of A glance told the physician that the ex-Governor's The San Jose in an adjoining room. life was rapidly drawing to a close. family stood around the deathbed and' the silence was only broken by sobs. Within five minutes from the time Miss Burnett | called the family he was dead. He died in the Catholic faith, and only last Monday, realizing that the sands of kis life were nearly run, received the last rites of the church, which were adminis- tered by the clergy of St. Bridget’s parish. The arrangements for the funeral will be announced later. The body will be in- terred in a grave beside that of his wife in the Catholic cemetery in Santa Clara. She assed away fifteen "vears ago, and since then Mr. Burnett often expressed a desire to have his remains consigned to the same clay that holds hers. Peter Hardman Burnett was born in Nashville, Tenn., November 15, 1807, and was the son of a farmer. Peter H., who was the oldest son, was trained in the life that his father had followed, but it wasnot to his taste. When 18 years of age, then a resident of Clay County, Mo., he returned to Tennessee, and going to - Bolivar, Hardman County, accepted a - position as cierk in a hotel. He remained there until the winter of 1827, when he went to Clear Creek, from Bolivar, and there kept store for Rev. William Blount Peck, who was the owner He continued in the mercantile business, but in the meantime devoted his spare time to reading law, for of a “‘general store.” which he had a decided taste. On the 20th of August, 1828, he married Miss Harriet Rogers, and in_1839 began the practice of law in Liberty, Mo., at the same time edit- | ing a weekly paper called the Far West. In the same year he wasappointed Dis- trict-Attorney of a new judicial district in Missouri, and remained there until 1843, when, with his wife, he started overland in a wagon for Oregon, which he reached There be aftera long and hard journey. settled, engaging in the practiceof law. He became one of the leading citizem;,’ af took & prominent part- in" the fairs of “the country and in the -or- f;niz:slmn of the territorial governmi e was a niember of the legislative committee of Oregon, consisting of nine members. On the 18th of: August; 1848, he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of | the Territory. Shortly after he had-as- seemed the duties of Judge the news-of the discovery of gold -in California- aftracted his attention and he-left the Territory. of Oregon . for California, joining :a wagon party bound for the iold fields. ¥rom the aw Judge Burnett turned to rocker and pan in the search for gold, but as : i3 was 1ot to his taste he left the mines on’ the 19th of December, "1848, ‘and. two days later reached New Helvetia, as Sacra-. mento was then called, and. was employed as attorney for General John -A.-Butte: The General’s. affairs: were badly. mi. and “it required time and judgment to straighten them out: to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Mr. Burnett left Sac- ramento for S8an Francisco in 1849, He took’ a very active part-in the affairs of the coun- iry and was a prime mover in’ urging the rights and necessities of the people n; the Territory . as snficient to .warrant the formation of a-State government withait waiting for Congressional -authiori He was a strong oppohent of miilitary rulein the Termofiy,'huz he cheerfully jained in | accepting Military Governor Riley's action in calling for a ‘constitutional conventian. On November 13, 1849, Judge Burnett wat elected Governor, the vote standing; P. H. Burnett 6783,.W. 8. Sherwos John A, Butter 2201, William M, ten: miles 3220, |- tewart | afterward ‘became the Pacific Bank. He held the presidency until 1880, when his wiie died, then he retired .to private-life and went to live with his son at 1713 Lar- kin street. Duririg the time that he was president'of the Pacific Bank that institu- tion was one of the most successful banks in the Cit; His surviving childrén are John M. Bur- nett, Mrs. Judge. W. T. Wallace and Mrs. C.'T. Ryland of San Jose. e HIS. CAREER REVIEWED. Governor Budd’s Estimate of the Dead Ploneer’s Services. SACRAMENTO, Civ., May 17.—To the Editor of the Call: You ask me for my estimate of the official carcer of ex-Gover- nor Peter Burnett. While not personally acquainted with the gentleman in his life- among men,. a pioneer of pioneers, a bril- liant lawyer, a fine Governor and an able Judge. When Peter. ‘Burnett arrived in valifornia, in 1848, he found the country in a chaotic ‘state—it was shortly after the conelusion of ‘the Mexican War, and there was no form of -civil government in £xist- | ence. At this fime; instead, military rule reigned: supreme.and caused intense dis- satisfaction. Meetings were held in vari- ous portions.of the Btate, the most im- portant - being those which ¢onvened in San Francisco, and eventually active steps were taken to organize a civil form of gov- ernment. . B On_the 3d of June, 1849, Brigadier-Gen- eral Bennet Riley, who was acting as mili- | tary Governor of California, issued a call for'a constitutional convention. to meet at Monterey, and the constitution as then drafted was submitted. to the people at an election:heéld November 13, 1849, and it was at this eléction that Burnett was elected Governor. ' Such was the formation of the | first “form of civil government in Califor- | nia. Burrett was inaugurated in Decem- | ber, 1849, and his message to the Legisla- ture, then-extant, is one of the ablest documents on record in our State annals. It:devolved upon him to shape the pol- dcy of the new State, and, being a lawyer of more than -ordinary ability and a man { of undoubted integrity, he ably filled the responsibility. In his. message he-recom- mended that extra care be taken in formu- lating the code of laws that were to govern what had become one of the leading States of the Union, stating at the time that sub- sequent legislative bodies would scarcely be likely to materially change such laws as would conform to the constitution. He also gave explicit instructions as to the method -of levying the revenues of the State, and - directed- particular attention to the forwarding of the agricultural inter- ests. At this time-the. introduction of slaver: into-the State was a mooted question ang one which Burnett strongly opposed. On January 8, 1851, he. tendered his letter of resignation, as he desiréd to devote his 1 time to his private interests, which were far more important than the existing sal- ~ary of slo.O&)wr annum, and he probably feit assured that he had fully performed those duties which had devolved upon him, and "after successfully Jaunching the ship .of state upon the current of pros- rity ¢éould safely trust the helm to other nds.: Peter Burnett amply proved him- self to be the right man in the right place, -and it -was largely his personal efforts and addresses to the fpeople at - large, through the medium of the daily press, that Eelped formulate the civil govern- ment of the State of California. time, I always considered him a man| with complicity with one Richard T. Knox, her dead husband’s mining partner, in not returning any account of this prop- | erty. Osborn died intestate, and his widow was granted a community interest in the | estate. Mercer was appointed adminis- trator on the recommendation of Knox, and stated that the estate consisted ofa one-third interest in a quicksilver mine in Napa County and a one-quarter interest in an sntimony mine in San Benito County, | both interests being valued at $1000. Afterward the $5000 on a life insurance policy held by Osborn was paid to Mercer. { On December 4, 1804, an accounting was filed by the administrator and was settied { by the court, although the widow says she did not hear of it until January 11, 1895. This accounting estimated the estate at $5000, consisting of the policy and uncer- tain mining interests. Mrs. Osborn in her petition states that Knox and his wife paid her a monthly family allowance, stating that it was out of their own funds and as charity, there be- ing nothing in the estate, while ail the while she says there was this $5000 ac- counted for and the half-interest in the $100,000 mines unaccounted for. On February 1 last she had asked for the removal of the administrator, but her peti- tion was denied, although Mercer’s bond was raised to $6000 from $10,000. The property claimed by Mrs. Osborn as partly owned by her is described as fol- | lows: The mining property known as tan or Porphysy nl:lene{nnd which i':l Gflflm?;; erty of the ex-partnership of Knox & Osborn ?gav;"né:)ego B(;(‘\)'Ou p::en‘:, (:: grel‘u value, more ,000; one- - tion of land in Lake County. | © LLATIeF see The petitioner is also informed that there are other properties, mines and lands in Napa, Lake, Yolo, San Benito and Nevada counties belonging to the estate, which she is having investigated, as well as the pro- ceeds of the copartnership by the sale of merchandise and several thousand flasks of quicksilver from the Manhattan mine. It also appears that there has been an endeavor to_settle the indebtedness. Ad- ministrator Mercer sne& Knox for an ac- counting of the copartnership affair, and Knox admitted that the copartnership had existed, but denied that there was an balance due Osborn. On the other han he said, the firm owed $20,000, and Osborn or his_estate owed him personally $35,000, for which he held an assignment on ' the Osborn mining interests as coliateral se- curity. Mrs. Osborn admits that Admin- istrator Mercer has acknowledged this debt, but declares that the claim is false and the result of collusion between Knox and Mercer. She blames Knox more than Mercer. Knox, she says, has been her sole source of information regarding the estate and he ‘s dealing unfairly and dishonestly with said estate and its properties and misreg- resenting the same to the administrator.” The latter she merely charges with having “made no effort to discover the true condi- tion, properties and assets of said estate or of the proofs necessary for a fair and just determination of the issues involved.” She charges him accordingly with ‘gross neglect to the extent of establishing his utter incompetency or his complicity with said Knox to its grelt detriment and loss and to the utter financial ruin of the peti- tioner, to whose interests and welfare he seems specially antagonistic in his reckless inattention or interested opposition to the interests of the trust.” Mercer, says the petitioner, is not to be trusted to press the proceedings against Knox, and for that reason she asks for the substitution of another administrator of the estate. 7 Judge Coffey has cited Mercer to appear on the 23d inst. to-show cause why he should not be removed as administrator. —— ROBERT BUNKER DEAD, The Well-Known Pork-Packer Expires Suddenly While Playing Cards With Friends. Robert F. Bunker, the pork-packer and proprietor of a stall in the California Mar- ket, died suddenly last night at the home of David Davis, 2320 California street. His death was caused by heart disease. In company of some friends he dined with Mr. and Mrs. Davis. The party was laying cards about 10 P. M., when Mr. E\mker suddenly complained that he could not breathe freely. A doctor was summoned, but before he arrived Mr. Bunker was dead. The Coroner took charge of the re- mains. The deceased lived in San Francisco for many years. He leavesa widow and five children. Mrs. Bunker and a daughter are in Néw York and another daughter lives in Massachussets. Dr. Adolph Kahn of this City is married to another daughter, but they are also in New York. A son, Robert Bunker, lives in this City, and another son, a young boy, is at San Mateo, It was impossible to communicate with any members of the family last ni COL, BARRY WILL RETIRE He Says That He Is in No Way Piqued Over Recent Ap- pointments. No Fault to Find With Adjutant- General Barrett or Brigadler- General Warfield. Colonel Thomas F. Barry’s term of service in the National Guard as colonel of the Third Infantry Regiment will not ex- pire until next year, but the colonel has resolved to apply for retirement. He looks forward to a long and happy life on the retired list. The colonel’s ten years of service in the guard have brought him some pleasure, but it has not been unmixed with grief. In his capacity as a statesman he bravely espoused the cause of James H. Budd in the gubernatorial contest last fall. In his capacity as a soldier he paid out of his own pocket $300 to take his regiment to Sacramento to inagurate the Governor of his choice. When Governor Budd was bestowing commissions for high places in the guard he did not happen to make out one for Colonel Barry or for any other soldier in whose cause Colonel Barry was especially anxious. he colonel is not a man to take disap- pointments to heart, however. He has robably decided, with some regret, per- Eaps, to retire to private life and give his whole time to the duties of his profession. Next in rank to Colonel Barry is Lieu- tenant-Colonel Jeremiah O'Connor, but the impression prevails that the latter has never had ambition to display eagles on his shoulders. Majors Smith and Drady have friends in the regiment, but it is not given out that either one of the majors aspires to the coloneley. Captain F. W, Warren of Company F is, however, listed as a candidate to command the Third, but his candidacy may develor oprosition. An election is to take place in Company D on the evening of May 24. Captain William M. Sullivan retires then, and if the programme is carried out Lieutenant Fitzpatrick wiil be elected captain. The service term of Captain Samuel Ruddell of Company C is drawing to a close and on_the date in May mentioned an election will take place in that-com- pany. Lieutenant A. L. Ott, inspector of rifle practice, is a eandidate to succeed Ruddell. An election in Company E is to take place the same evening. Captain Harry Meagher then retires and James Hayes, commissary, aspires to succeed him. Colonel Barry was seen at his home on Greenwich street last evening and replying toan inquiry as to whether his proposed retirement was due to dissatisfaction over recent appointments said: “I desire to say frankly and sin cerely that my purpose to retire was made known to officers of the regiment some months ago. I had become weary of the troubles, annoyances and vexations inci- dent to the position and desired to give all my time to the pursuit of my practice. 8till, had my duties as colonel ended by promotion to brigudierfieneml it would lmve been an agreeable ending; but whether promoted or not I had resolved to serve no longer as colonel.. Now, as to being fiiqued or disappointed I can say that I have no feeling of that kind. The Governor never gave me any assurance that he intended to appoint me brigadier- general. “He did say to me that he did not in- tend to consider politics in National Guard appointments, and itis creditable to his ngministmtion that he has adhered to that resolution. In taking my regiment to Sac- ramento to be present at his inauguration Idid for him what I did for Governor Bartlett, and in doing it had no expecta- tion of promotion. As to General War- field’s agpointmem I have no criticism to make. cannot conceive of anything to say against him, and surely I haye never spoken in any sense derogatory of hischar- acter as a soldier and a gentlemen. “When he returns from Healdsburg I shall call on him and present my compli- ments. It should be borne in mind that my term as colonel does not expire until next year, but my determination to retire about July 1 of this year was fixed long ago and has not been influenced in any degree by the appointment of Major Bar- rett to the position of adjutant-general or the selecticn of Generai Warfield to com- mand the Second Brigade. It is incredi- ble that any one should believe that I could so far forget myself as to speak of these gentlemen in other than respectful terms.” “Man delights not me; no, nor woman either,” declaimed Hamlet. But he would have enjoyed food made with Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. Bruce Porter on the Stevenson Memorial, The Editor of the Call—SIR: Will you allow me to add a foot-note to the article upon the Stevenson memorial published in the Tuesday edition of the CALL. - It is hardly just to the public—it is certainly unjust to the memory of Mr. Stevenson—to ac- cuse the public of indifference to the projectof the fountain. There has been no general solicitation for contributions, the committee having from the first stated that it was their desire that the lubscixrptlom should come voluntarily and from Mr. Stevenson’s sincere admirers. The; reckoned with the fact that the intimate ad- mirers of the true artist are never numerous. The gmémled entertainment. (for which as et no definite plans have been made) is to be n its main idea memorial—presenting in the pl:r an aspect of Stevenson’s genius not gen- crally known. Secondarily it is to give an op- portunity for ‘reople to make the smaller con- tributions whi scribe, The committee feel no cause whatever for ‘aiscouragement, and the fountain will un- ,doubtedly be in place by the close of the year. Iam very truly yours, BRUCE PORTER. e Dr. Eisen Will Lecture. Dr. Gustay Eisen will deliver a lecture at the Academy of Sciences Monday evening on his expedition to Tepie, Mexico, in 1894, The dis- course, which promises to be 1nl9rel!inf from a Po“’m as well as & sclentific point of view, will be illustrated with stereopticon views. It 18 free to everybody. Hold t! Fort Against a bilious sttack by calling 1o your aid that puissant ally, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The 1oe will then be driven back utterly defeated. Dys- pepsia, sick headache, malarial, kidney, nervous and rheumatic trouble and constipation, yield to action of this most beneficent of remedies. Take it regularly and you will s0on experience its good eftects. 3 ch they might hesitate to sub- |. SUPERVISORS' QUANDARY. The City and Cour(ty Hospital and the Almshouse Want. Supplies. MEAT AND FUEL EXHAUSTED. The Lincoln School Lot ‘Question Discussed by the Judiclary Committee. There were three committee meetings yesterday in. the Board of Supervisors— Health and Police, Judiciary and Finance. The first considered the undertakers’ squabble relative to the removal of E, A. Bullis, superintendent of the burial of in- digent soldiers. Bullis is accused of putting business in the way of Martin & Morrison, accepting therefor a stipulated sum in every case.- Bearing upon the question at issue com- munications were read from half a dozen Grand Army posts stating that the ac- cused had always given satisfaction in his dealings with these organizations, which | seems to have been quite extensive. i Several representatives of Grand Army of the Republic posts were present and spoke well of Bullis. On the other hand Under- taker Porter told the committee that Bul- lis had refused to give him an order for the| buriai of a soldier, whose body was at the | Morgue, notwithstanding the fact that rel- atives of the deceased had ordered the burial by him (Porter). Deputy Coroner McCormack declared | that Bullis gave the business to Martin & Morrison exclusively for a consideration. | sumers on Bullis wanted to explain the animus of tue day Mr. Weaver purchased on his own account “coal: enough to.last the Alms- house for a period of ten days. e “T00: GREAT PRESSURE. A Reservole Abandoned Because It Is Too Migh - for the : Pipes. -The junkmen have their eyes on the .| abandoned iron reservoir of the Potrero Water Company, which, it is said, will soon be sold for old ‘iron. This depends, however, on'the sale of the works. The reservoir is one of the best of its kind and had no fault of its .own which would lead ‘to its abandonment. Its ele- vation was too great for the pipes. The.district supplied by the company is iped -with -sheet-iron, ‘and -the pressure m the reservoir, which is at an elevation | of about 200 feet, was such that the pipes ‘burst’ constantly and. flooded the streets. Therefore new reservoirsat a less elevation had to be. constructed at. considerable ex- ense. it is said the pressure from the higher reservoir wotild not be too greatif cast-iron pipes werelaid to replace the ones at pres- ent in use.. With the present facilities the water is barely forced to the highest point on Fiftéenth avenue, and it runs a very feeble stream at that. 1f the pipes were strong enough the use of the old. reservoir would give the con- the - Fifteenth-avenue hill a stream pressure of 60 or 75 feet. WELBURN'S DEBT. He -Is - -Accountable for Income-Tax Stamps Valued at Four Hundred und Fifty Mitlion Dollars. Chief Deputy Collector of Internal: Reve- {nue Louis Loupe is not one of those who thinks the income-tax law will be declared unconstitutional. - 1n eonsequence work 6n the . returns is steadily ‘progressing ‘and delinquents are being served- with notices of arbitrary assessments. By the.lst of July the tax must. be paid and Collector Welburn has made all his preparations for the receipt of the money. Stamps to be given in exchange for the payments hiave been received and the Col- the accusation, but the committee men ilector is charged by the Treasury Depart. JOHNSON’S AUTOMAT.C CAR-FENDER. [Drawn from the inventor’s plans.] had no time for ancient history, and ended the discussion by taking the matter under advisement. The next subject for consideration was an automatic reflex-fender for streetcars | aud locomotives invented by Joseph Asbury Johnson. 1 Mr. Johnson thus describes the apparatus: *‘The problem of a car-fender involves four propositions, It must be effective, | durable, inexpensive andisimple. My car- fender I claim fulfills these requirements. It is made entirely of steel, and its use does not necessitate any alteration to the existing truck. It is elastic, and soarranged that it will Eick up a child or man from the track without bruising flesh or break- ing bones. “Referring to the diagram, AA is a frame made of 1l4-inch steel bar, BB at | the rear represents a flat steel spring two inches wide and three-sixteenths of an inch thick, C isa rmbber buffer one and a half inches thick inifont of the steél bar, DD represents the wheels which carry the fender, B is the coupling to the frame of the truck, F represents the wire mattress in the form of a basket attached to the front end of the fender and to the fore end of the car, into which the obstructing objefit is thrown when picked up on the track. “It is supposed that the fender will turn on the curve with the car, but if not H represents a sprocket wheel, GG an endle3s chain attached to the rear corners of the sprirg, and I an arm which the gripman will grasp and by a light pressure turn to the right or left as he desires. “It will be observed that this fender is attached to the center of the truck as seen at E and rises and falls automatically with the grade of the track. Beinr pivoted in the center at the rear it r ily conforms to the track in turning a curve.”” The committee deferred action in the matter until the members could inspect other fenders now in use. The most important matter before the Committee on Judiciary was a considera- tion of the LincoIn School property over whick there is likely to be alegal battle be- tween the Board of Education and the lessees. At the present time the Supervisors con- trol these lots, having had charge of the property for the past twenty years. Their urisdiction will expireon September 1and {nc Board of Education will then assume control. Some time ago the latter board asked the City and County Atterney for an opinion as to the ownership of improve- ments on the property at the expiration of the iease. Mr. Creswell was doubtful about render- ing an opinion without having first con- m?ud the Supervisors, and for that pur- pose he appeared before them yesterday. He was_instructed to dgu ahead with his opinion. When he asked for instructions in the matter Supervisor Taylor said: “As a plain business proposition, it would seem to me that the City islegall bound by the conditions of the original ad- vertisement for bids, issued by the Board of Supervisors in 1875, which clearly specify that the improvements shaH revert to the lessees at the expiration of the lease. But there seems to be another side ‘to .this uestion. [t appears, from the records, that these lessees have in court disclaimed ownership of the im‘:rovements in ques- tion, for the ostensible purpose of evading taxation. This gives the matter a new as- ct. As to'the legal status of the case I now nothing. I am in favor of allowing Mr. Creswell to go ahead with his opin- ion.” It was so ordered. 3 Mrs. Squires of the Co-operative Com- monwealth Association asked. that some of the unemployed identified with the or- ganization be ziven work in the Street De- rtment. She was referred to Mr. hrmann of the Merchants’ Association. The Committee on Finance listened to appeals for supplies from Dr. Titus of the ity and County Hospital and Super- intendent Weaver of the Almshouse. Dr. Titus explained that it bad been necessary to close one of the clinics for want of supplies. The meat, he said, was alnost entirely exhausted, and the con- tractors had refused point blank to furnish another pound. ment with $450,000,000 for the same. The bill from the Secretary of the Treasury reads: 0. M. Welburn, Collector of Internal Revenie, San Francisco, t6 the Secre:ary of the Treasury, 4500 income-tax stamps, at $100,000 each, $450,000,000. On each document. there are various amounts. designated—from * $100,000 down to a cent. The.amount paid "by each per- son’can thus be cut out.readily with a scissors. 3 Underneath the figures is-a receipt and attached to it is. the notice, ‘‘Persons re- ceiving this receipt on this form should see that the coupon thereto annexed rep- | Tesents the ful] amount in the body of the receipt. The amounts cut off the receipt are’for- warded to the Treasury Department at ‘Washington and Collecior Welburn ‘gets credit for them as they arrive. ‘When all the stamps have been'used the amount outstanding will represent the Collector’s indebtedness to the Treasury Department. ——————— paidand entered Mrs. Cleveland insists. on. wholesome, dainty desserts, so she is never out of Price’s Cream Baking Powder. s AN e ‘Want Him Brought Back. An application was made to the police yester- day by B. Cohn for the arrest of -B. Alexander on-a charge of obtaining money under false prétenses. Cohn says that Alexander ismow in Victoria, B. C., but he wants him brought back. Some time ago Cohn alleges -Alexander bought a pair of diamond. earings from him for $100. -In payment he tendered a check for $175. signed by himself, on the Nevada Bank, Vhen the check-was presented . for payment it was learned that Alexander had no funds in the bank. He was, however, far away. MICHIGAN'S. - BENEFACTOR. AN OFT-REPEATED STORY OF TRUE PHILANTHROPY. ‘What Charles H, Hackley Has Done for Western Michigan, From Grand Rapids (Mich.) Evening Press. The most beautiful spot in all this city is in- separably associated ‘witi the name of Hack- ley. Charles H. Hackley has begn-in 'the lum- ber business here continueusly since 1856, and in that time has .2massed & fortune which gives him a rating among the weaithy men of the nation. But with wealth' there did not come that tightening of the. purse-strings which is generally a marked charagteristic -of wealthy men. It is no wonder, then, that the name-of Charles H. Hackley i known at home..and abroad. His munificence to Muskegon alone Tepresents an outlay of nearly halt a million, For the past- twenty vears he has beeti 8 con- stant safferer from neuraigia and rtheumatism, alzo numbness of the lower limbs, ya. much so that it has seriously interfered with his pleas- ure in life. For some time past his friends have noticed that he bhas seemed to. grow young again and to have recovered the health which he had in yonth. To a reporter for the Press Mr. Hackley ex- laired the secret of this- transformation. * Bave suffered for over twenty yeare,” he faid, “with pains in my lower limbs so severely that the only relief I could get-at night was by put- ting cold-water compresses on my: limbe. I was bothered more .at . night .than in the day- time. The neuralgic and rheumatic puin in my limbs, which had been growing in inten- sity for years, finally became .chronic. I made three trips to the Hot Springs with only par: tinlrelief, and then fell back ‘to my original state. 1 couldn’t sit still, and my sufferings began to maké life look very blue: Tt ago last September I noticed ah account of Dr. V&fllllm'i ink Pills for Pale People and what they had done for otliers, and some eases o nearly resembled mine that I was-interested, |, 50 I wrote to one who had given a testimonial, an eminent professor of musicin Canada. - The reply I received was even stronger than the printed testimonial, and it gave me faith in the- medicine. B S e ] began taking the pills and found them: to. beall that the professor had told me they wouldbe. It was two or three months -before I experienced n;x{ perceptible betterment of | my condition. isease was of such long standing that Idid not expect speedy recovery, and was thankful even to -be telieved. I pro-:| Mr. Weaver told of the urgent neces- sity of having bread, meat, flour and coal at the Almshouse. He had only bread enough for breakfast this morning and after that—starvation, for all he could see, What would the committee do about it? The committee could do nothing at all. The members assured Mr. Weaver that the situation had caused them deep con- cern and many sleepless nights. the question in the near future, Laterin | six * .| had They could ouly hope for a solution of , Schenectady, N. % noar Hix Doxes fof §2 50: ’ruled ng(dly, however, toward recovery, and for the last iX months have felt myself a per- fectly well man, I have recommended- the pills to many people, and am only too » glad o assist others to health through the medium of this wonderful medicine. much for what it hes done for me.” : Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all thé éle- ments necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered -nerves. They are for eale by all druggists, or may be y mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Com- 50c. per box, or for NEW TO-DAY. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and lmprovement and tends to ‘Personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet~ ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas~ ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax. ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers nnx permanently curing coustipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession ‘because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is mane ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offereq. CONSUMPTION To THE Eprror—Please inform your read- ers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. . By its timely use thousands of hopeless cascs have been per- manently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free {o any of your readers who have consumption if they will serid me their express and post office address. T.A.Slocum, M.C., 183 Pearl St., New York. DONT BE DISCOURAGED! Cultivate your beauty. You will look 100 per cent pret- tier when you remove that hair from your face. READ THESE TESTIMONIALS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 1895. 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