The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, J - E 12, 1895. WEDNE D;‘:;. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. F.W. Duhrman was re-elected president of the Merchants’ Association. The personal property tax collections under the new law amount to $225,000 up to date. it clubs have been declared illegal and not be countenanced in this City here --.JUNE 12, 1895 er forecast: Fair, but fos vy at night; lationary temperature; fres northerly A seditious poster was stuck up on the walls of Chinatown yesterday and torn down by the police. Preparations are bein, isiastic Fourth of Jul fnel. A contest has been filed to the probate of the will of 0ld Conrad Zerlach, supported by the production of a later will, | T y The winning horses at the Bay District yes- terday were: " Silver State, Monitor, Boreas, Road Runner and Capt. Rees. Auditor Broderick has made arrangements with the Bank of California to cash salary de- mands at a discount of 1}¢ per cent. Steve Vulocivich is not the man wanted by the police for obtaining money by false pre- tenses from Mrs, de Martini of Sanchez street. Attorneys Pierson & ) hell have compiled = document giving interesting and rather Emmu:g figures concerning the Fair wheat eal made for a most en- y celebration at San ge Hebvard yesterday decided that the ter-street Railw as forfeited its franchise Bush street, for seven years haunted by a Fut ittee of the Board of Su- to_appropriate $100,000 tion” and equipment of a home for dipsomaniacs. Rev. A. J. Ferguson addressed the Institute of Applied Christianity last_evening on the subject of “The Social and Economic Teach- ings of Christ.” _The Central Pacific will introduce a new time card on Friday arranged for a_better ser- vice and will then put on the renovated ferry steamer Solano. zzie Howard, 150 Fourth street, J. Butler, employment_agent, 131 treet, arrested for obtaining $4 from her and device: L. P. Jamieson has been divorced from Lulu G. Jamieson, whose elopement from Victoria With J. Arthur Turner about two years ago wes he sensation of the day. * The members of the finance committee for thie Fourth of July celebration render unusu- slly encouraging reports. One member se- cured $400 in an eiternoon. Secretary Martin of the Art Association re- ports that the Society of Local Art Patronsis a successtul venture and 1l be a permanent feature of future exhibifions. Mayor Sutro was not present at the meet- ing of the City Hall Commsssioners yesterday, further argument on the angel that is_to sur- mount the City Hall dome was deferred. Attorney Otto tum Suden, Dr. Marc Leving- ston and Dr. W zner were arrested on Market streat afternoon and taken 10 the City Prison, where they were booked for battery. The Grand J ary’s report will severely criti- cize the Herbor Commissioners, Chief Engineer Holmes and Architect Brown, 's and Governor Budd will while the be warmly ed Academy of Sciences, which recently ¢ some outside lands claimed by the City, under a decision by the Supreme Court, has 7 oned that tribunal for a rehearing of the in bank. Tark street fell treet wharf yester- peedily rescued and to the Receiving Hospital, where she recovered. uit-car train arrived in being delsyed by a The second train was on time with its in good condition. The new &rs- 3 ad engineers have done very d work on the surveys and are now run. lines through the San Joaquin. chief engineer and atlorney went to Stock- ton last night about rights of way. The Agricultural, Teutonia and Girard fn- surance companies withdraw from the Pacific account of the rate war. TheSt. Paul Mann & Wilson was ries Christensen. g Valiey Water Company is con- s drainage tunnel to the ocean, by which it purposes to keep all_impurities out of Lake Merced. The tunnel will be 3100 feet long, and wiil cost many thousands of dollars. pancse laborers in the Pleasanton hop fields are out on a strike and may leave in a body for the orchards. They are afraid that under the contract under which they were working they would not get the wages for their labor. Mayor Sutro declares that he will not ap- point young men on the Board of Election Commissioners. It is thought that John D. Da.y, George Dill, ex-Supervisor Denman and Charles Foster have good chances for the posi- tions. Katie Flood, & young woman, who was ar- rested Monday night for grand larceny, was identified vesterday as the Mrs. bired 2 b stanl Flood who rse and buggy {rom the St. Lawrence nd s0ld them for $65 to the Nevada per_on McAllister and rth strects, and his brother, Walter, was able to prove an alibi. The Manufacturers’ Association has induced i pervisors Santa Cruz to substitute rnia slate for the Eastern tin tiling at first required by the specifications for their new courthouse. California products are pre- ferred in State institutions. At the meeting of the regents of the Univer- sity_of California yesterday Professor Bar- nard’s letter of resignation irom the Lick Ob- servatory was Tead. His resignation takes place October 1, when he assumes a chair in the Yerkes Obscrvatory at Chicago. Thomas Irvine, » teamster, employed in the grading of Mission road, fell from his wegon resieraay and_one of the wheels passed over fits head, intlicting ugly wounds ‘in his face and scalp, which may result fatally. He was taken to the City and County Hospital. William Harrington of 828 Twenty-eightn street, while riding to the ropewalks yesterday, where he is employed, was thrown from the horse and fell on the top of his head. He was taken to the City and County Hospital in the patrol wagon in an unconscions condition. Julius Meyer, the jufor in the Paulsell case who stood out for’ acquittal against his eleven co-jurors, wes charged with contempt and perjury vesterday. Both charges went over until Saturday, when the contempt charge will be decided by Judge Belcher and the per- jury charge will be tried. Thomas W. Day was found unconscious in his room in a lodging-house on Eddy street, pear Taylor, last evening, and was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol wagon. He was pumped out, but whether he took poi- son or was suffering from cerebral hemorrhage the physicians were unable to determine. John L. Viso, & vaquero, met with an acci- dent last evening that ‘“‘E prove fatal. He was riding & horse at Butcheitown when the animal stumbled and fell, rolling over him. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that three ribs on the icft side and 1wo on the right side were broken and his back was sprained. Extensive preparations are being made by the committee of arrangements of the Young Men's_Christian Association for the niath annual excursion 1o Monterey, Pacific Grove and Hotel del Monte, whieh will take place Thursasy, June 27. Tickets will be sold at greaily reduced rates and will be good to Teturn on special train the same day or by any of the regular trains up to and including Mon- day, July 1. MRS, HOWARD'S COMPLAINT. She Wants an Employment Agent Arrested for Petty Larceny. Mrs. Lizzie Howard of 150 Fourth street swore out a warrant in Judge Joachim- sen’s court yesterday for the arrest of Mrs. J. Butler of 131 Post street on a charge of petty larceny by trick and device. Mrs. Howard told the following story: “I say an advertisement, ‘Wanted, a Housekeeper. Apply 131 Post street, room 20.' I went there and Mrs, Butler told me a housekeeper was wanted for a Jodging-house, but I would have to give her $4 as a retainer. She gave méan ad- dress and when I went there I was told they did not need a housekeeper. I went back to Mrs. Butler and asked for my $4 but she refused to give it up. She said if 1 would give ber another dollar I could have a share in her employment agency wusiness.” 2 The Racing Yacht Aggie Sold to Persons From Puget Sound. TO READJUST WHARF RENTS. The Olympla Sails This Morning for Santa Cruz With the Naval Reserves. The famous yacht Aggie has lately beef sold by the Wieland Brothers to a gentle- man in Seattle named Sweeney. She was built about ten years ago on Puget Sound by Hall Brothers for Commodore Mac- donough, who raced her, often victoriously, in all the regattas. She cost the commo- dore upward of $25,000. Afterward she was sold to a gentleman in San Diego, and then to the Wielands here. The Aggie is 70 feet long, 23 feet beam and 6 feet in depth, and of about 50 tons’ net burden. She was richly turnished and | is one of the prettiest vessels that ever | graced these waters. Her latest sale was for $3000. | The customs officers are watching for the | Cashier Herrick, was flled in the Supreme Court yesterday, The appeal is taken by At- torney” George E. Colwell, on technicalities arising in the recent re-sentencing of Freder- icks by Judge Murphy. Colwell maintains that, his client, who was decided by the court to be feigning insanity, should have been accorded e trial by jury on that point. Judge Murphy also set a day for the execution within the time prescribed by law, and on being informed of the fact by the Distrlet Attorney set another- day further off without first vacating the priororder. This point was also excepted to by Colwell. Gl el S O N RAUER'S PUROHASE. What Was Explained by the Mayor to the Grand Jury. “There is evidently some mistake in re- gard to what transpired before the Grand Jury when Mayor Sutro was examined in relation to the sale of the old City Hall,” said Taylor Rogers, the Mayor’s secretary, yesterday. ‘L was notified to appear before the Grand Jury, and after.the Mayor had been examined I remained around for 2 long time, but was not called. This morning the Mayor telephoned me that the grand jurors, after hearing all the facts, had complimented him for the manner in which he conducted the trans- action.” The hall was advertised to be sold on the 4th of January, and seven days after Super- visor Hobbs, chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, was notified to remove books, furniture and so forth from the building. On the 2ith of April Chief Crowley was requested to signify what he desired taken out. plied that he wanted to take out all the ironwork in the basement, closets, safes, lockers, windows, doors, furniture and A GHOST CAR EXORCISED, The Bush-Street Franchise of the Sutter-Street Railway Forfeited. TEN CENTS IN TWO MONTHS. Judge Hebbard Decldes That It Was No Public Accommo- dation. Judge Hebbard has declared the fran- chise of the Sutter-street Railway on Bush street forfeited. The case was brought by the People on the relation of Colonel R. H. Warfield of the California Hotel on Bush street against the Sutter-street Railway Company on two grounds, viz.: that the track had not been completed within the time specified and that the company had not furnished ade- quate accommodation for the public. For seven years the company ran one car a day Two days after he re- | along the track until the latter was torn up at the instance of Mayor Ellert on the ground that the franchise had been for- chandeliers. Subsequently, without knowl- | feited. edge of the chief, six irontanks wereadded On a previous day of trial considerable Colon, which will arrive to-day with a | to the list of articles to be exempted from | testimony had been adduced by the people T er s, RIRYIRY. AT o B, P s A0y S Y [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] THE PRETTY RACING YACHT AGGIE, o= - R O 2 A e number of contract Japanese laborers on | board. It isreported that they were sent | over by a hotel-keeper in Yokohama to | work in the iruit orchards and vineyards of this State. Richarad Zieigler, the father of the speedy eyclist, was found by Officer Callahan of t?xe harbor police roaming around the | water front at 2 o'clock yesterday morn- | ing celebrating his son’s Eastern triumphs. On his person was found a gold watch and chain, $25 in money, several rare coins and a bank-book crediting him with $8000 in a San Jose bank. When the officer took charge of the old man he was in the hands of a gang of hoodlums who were preparing to rob him. 5 At a meeting of the Harbor Commis- sioners yesterday afternoon it was decided to adjust the rentals of grivnte wharves, and tenants were notified to meet in the Commissioners’ rooms this morning at 11 o’clock for the purpose of settling the matter. Sections 1 and 2 of the seawall have heretofore been free of tolls on grain and flour. The attention of the board was called to the fact that the shippers of Ore- gon flour were using the sections, and moved that free tolls should only apply to the products of the State. Y Auome?’ Ford asked for time to report upon the legality of the order. 4 Harry Scott, well known in the Olympic Club, was yesterday appointed collector in the place of L. Ellinwood, whose term had expired. To-day the cruiser Olympia will take on board the Naval Reserve for a trip to Santa Cruz, orders having been received from Washington to_that effect. The men of the Reserve will be gut through the dif- ferent drills during their several days on the great war vessel and will get a taste of genuine naval life at sea. A dispatch from Vallejo last night stated that the Olympiagdeft that place for Sausa- Iito late in the evéhing, and that the Naval Reserve would be taken aboard ‘there this morning. ANEW GERLACH CONTEST. This Time a Later Will of the Old Man Is to Pre- cipitate It. Much Fought Over During Life, He Bequeaths More Liti~ gation. Of late years there has been no name more familiar to litigants in the Probate Court than Conrad Gerlach, an old man over 70 years of age. He owned property valued at over $50,000, and this was the prize around which there was much legal battling in an endeavor to have him pro- nounced incompetent. Finally Otto tum Suden was appointed his guardian. Mr. Gerlach died, and his will, dated De- cember 26, 1889, was duly filed for probate. The terms of the will were not deemed fa- vorable to the daughter, Mrs. Newlands, and yesterday she filed an opposition to the probate of this will. She alleges that it was not subscribed by Gerlach or prop- erly attested to or acknowledged by the witnesses, Otto tum Suden and William ‘Webber, with the other usual grounds of contest. But the chief ground of opposition is the allegation of another and alater will, dated April 4, 1892, and now produced and filed. By this instrument, which is rehearsed in extenso in the opposition, all former wills are revoked. The testator gives to his daughter, Marie E. Newlands, the contest- ant, all his property with the exception of $1000 to Mrs. Louisa Bee, another daugh- ter, wife of Detective Bee. This late will is witnessed by C. F. Holling and George ‘Wallenrod. On these unds, too, the contestant asks that probate be denied the first will and that the second will be admitted to probate. Fredericks Appeals Again. A transcript of appeal in the case of William Fredericks, under sentence for murdering the sale. This would show that the police had ample time to move from the old quarters. After the second bid had been Eul in by Rauer, the certified check had een deposited and the transaction closed, Rauer discovered that the six tanks, worth over $100 each, had been added, and he wanted to back out, but the Mayor refused to do so. Thereafter the papers were signed and the buildings delivered to the purchaser. All the correspondence and ; documents showing these facts were pre- sented to the Grand Jury. WILL USE HOME MATERIAL Slate for the Santa Cruz Court- house Instead of Tin Tiling. The Manufacturers’ Assoclation Pressing the Cause of Cali- fornia Codfish. The Manufacturers’ Association has won a victory for California slate roofing. The Supervisors of Santa Cruz County had de- cided to use tin tiling for the roof of the new Courthouse. This can be obtained only in the East. The Manufacturers’ Association pro- tested. It appealed for a recognition of California industries. As a result the specifications have been changed and the entire roofing of the building and tower is to be of ““best quality California slate roof- ing.” The attention of the Trustees of the Napa Insane Asylum has been called to the fact that they are alleged to be buying Puget Sound codfish instead of the California article. The complaint comes from the Union Fish Company, who writesthat the firm getting the contract did so by word- ing it§ offer so that it need not use the California article. The letter to the asso- ciation reads as follows: Gentlemen: We beg to thank you for the promptand energetic manner in which you took up the cause of California codfish st the San Quentin prison and beg to solicit your food offices in another case, that of the State nsane Asylum at ng; The requisition of that institution called for “Pacific codfish catch of 1895 This com- pany bid on California codfish, catch_of 1895, at £5 25 per 100 pounds, with an alternative of same goods, catch of 1894, at $4 24. An- other concern bid for “codfish, catch of 1895, at $4 32, and of course got the contract. The successful bidder is furnishing the insti- tution with “‘codfish from Puget Sound of the catch of 1894,” and this article is accepted by the trustees. This i3 a case of manifest injus- tice to an honest bidder, to a California indus- try and to the Btate itseif, s the trustees are accepting an article from another State not in ccordance with the terms of the requisition, and at a price actually higher than thatat which they were offered a California article of same grade, but which their cook declares to be actually a better quality. i We believe that should the attention of the prover parties be called to this state of affairs y your association it will be remedied, and thercfore place the matter in your hands. Very respectrully, UNION FisH COMPANY. C.'8. OVERTON, Secretary. The Schlitz Brewing Company of Mil- waukee, Wis., has been communicated with. This firm some time ago boughta site for a brewing plant at Sacramento. They were advised of the purposes of the Manufacturers’ Association and requested to have the machinery and material for their new brewery made in California. It was represented that the asso- ciation with its 700 members, employin, over 28,000 peo&le, would be the "larges customers of the brewery and should, t!xbelrefore, be recognized where it was pos- sible. From H. R. Bernard, secretary of the Industrial School at Ione, a letter has been received stating that in preparing schedule forms for proposals from bidders he had inserted all brands of home manufacture that he was familiar with, and where East- ern productions were mentioned had in- serted an asterisk mark directing attention to a note reading as follows: “Or other brand equally acceptable.” showing that the daily or “ghost” car had becn a laughing stock. Yesterday more evidence of this kind was introduced. Among the witnesses were the following Bush-street residents: J. M. Manning, D. H. Hiller, Patrick H. Feely, August Hahn, George K. Fitch, Henry Websterand Peter Hennesey, All were positive that the daily car run along Bush street was unnecessary. Many of them referred to it as a “passing jest” to the residents. They had seen it, passen- gerless, rolling along’ or resting at points, while its pace was compared to that of the snail andp said to be the laughing-stock of the school children, who were never knlc])wn to make use of it when late for roll- call. Adfter this testimony the defendant com- pany moved to strike out all of it on the ground that it did not meet its contention that the accommodation was amply suffi- cient for the demand, but the motion was denied. The defense therefore called testimony in support of its contention. Railroad and business men were placed on the stand, and of the latter the main question aske: was whether the failure of the company to run cars on Bush street, except two or three times a day, caused any inconveni- ence in reaching downtown. Thomas Brown of the California Bank, Adam Grant, W. D. Montague and E. Ep- stein all testified that with the Sutter- street road so close they were perfectly satisfied with things as they were. The last witness stated that he preferred to live on a street without a railroad. The railroad men, including the secre- tary of the company, A. K. Stevens, and J. L. Willcutt, were unanimous in their opinion that the superior attractions of the cable-road on Sutter street would have rendered any further accommodation on Bush street futile. Henry Lynch, superin- tendent of the Market-street railway, said eople prefer electric to cable and cable to gorae cars. He estimated that there were at least 10 per cent more people on Sutter than on Bush street. Secretary Stevens stated that if there had been any demand for more cars more would have been put on. The ‘“ghost car” had no specific time-table, but was run once a day over the entire route. E. L. Anderson, once a conductor on the ghost car for two months, stated that dur- ing that time he thought he had carried two Dassenfiers on Bush street and thought he had collected 10 cents. He was asked such s\xigemve questions as: “Did the car have any driver?” “Which way did it go?” , “What was its pace?”’ “Did it stop for passengers, if hailed ?”’ “Did you, as conductor, collect fares?”’ “Did you have a bell punch ?”’ All these questions he answered satis- factorily. . C. Owens, another conductor, said that in two days he had carried one passenger, and thought he had collec his fare. He was_not quite sure about it. The round trip occupied about an hour. The case was then submitted, and Judge Hebbard decided it without much talk. He said he did not think the first ground of the complaint to the effect that the track, was not completed in the time specified by the franchise would hold. As for the other contention that the accommodation provided by the company was not suffi- cient for the public needs, his Honor thought the testimony had shown beyond a doubt that the accommodation had nof been intended for the benefit of the public, but only to retain the franchise for the compn?{y. He gave judgment for the plaintiff. £ The case will be carried to the Supreme Court. NO MAYOR, NO ANGEL. A Tame Meeting of the City Hall Commissioners. Had Mayor Sutro been present at the meeting of the Board of City Hall Commis- sioners yesterday there would have been some more talk about the angel that is to surmount the dome of the hall, because E. D. Mellis, the superintendent of con- struction, had in his pocket a report of the cost of the various kinds of metal that can be used in molding the angel, but as only Commissioners Creswell and Brod- erick were present he reserved the read- ing of the'document until the next meet- m% and declined to give the figures. he Commissioners were requested to furnish a room for the police court records and a place in which these could be written up from day to day. After listening to many suggestions it was de- cided to expend a sum not to exceed $275 for alterations in the County Clerk’s office to0 enable him to place criminal records there in consideration of Mr. Curry sur- rendering a room now occupied by him for that purpose to the police courts. . Until the alterations are made the clerk in charge of the police court records will have to remain in Jake Rauer's castle that is coming down brick by brick. TRAINS TO0 GO FASTER. Changes Made in the Second-Class S vice Over the Central Pacific. New Time Card. The Central Pacific Company has de- cided to change its time schedule on trains going east and west, and also to improve its second-class passenger service. The changes are to take place next Fri- day. On that day the ferry-boat Solano, which carries trains across the Straits of Car- quinez, will again go into service, where- upon trains that have been going by Stock- ton can take the shorter route to Sacra- mento. There are several changes on the time card, which is similar in most respects to the old arrangements. The overland train that used to leave here at 5:30 p. will not start till 6 p. ™. The Oregon train train that leaves at 6 p. a. will goat 7 . M. The Los Angeles expre now leaving at 5 o’clock, will leave at 5:30 p. M. The west- bound train, carrying second-class pas- sengers, that reaches San Francisco at 7:15 A. M., will arrive at 10:450n the night previous—a clear gain of eight hours and thirty minutes oyer the old time, made possible by increasing the speed over the Central and Union Pacific roads. This time will be nearly as fast as that of the express. The fast mail arriving at 10:45 p. ». will come in an hour earlier, but the Los An- geles train that arrived at 10:15 A. M. will be thirty minutes later in reaching here. On the Sacramento locals there will be a change, the emergency service, by way of Napa Junction, will be discontinued, and instead trains will go by Benicia. The train now leaving Sacramento at 2:30 ». a. will leave half an hour later, and arrive here at the same hour, 7:15 p. M. WILLIAM STEINHART DEAD A Prominent Figure in Busi- ness, Fraternal and Social Circles. Actlve and Useful Career of One of San Francisco’s Pioneer Merchants. A prominent figure in business and fraternal circles has been removed by the death of William Steinhart on Monday. The deceased was born in Baden, Ger- many, in the year 1830. He landed in New York at the age of 20, where he en- gaged in mercantile pursuits with much success. In 1855 he came to San Fran- cisco, accompanied by his younger brother Israel, where they founded the firm of W. & I. Steinhart & Co. on Sacra- mento street. A few years later they re- moved to the Levi Strauss block, where they remained for some years, when they bought out the large firm of Scholls Brothers. They continued in business until three years ago, when they retired with an ample fortune. B William Steinhart then became inter- ested in the Stuparich Manufacturing Company, of which he was president at the time of his death. In 1860 William Steinhart married Miss Louise Dallemand of Furth. Besides the widow, five daughters and one son survive him. One of his daughters, Mrs. William Frank, left the City on April 20 last on an extended trip to KEurope. On receipt of telegraphic news of her father’s iliness she and her husband started for home, but they only reached Chicago yesterday. Deceased was interested in many fra- ternal organizations. He was president of the Eureka Benevolent Association and devoted much of his time and means to works of charity. He was a member of the order of Odd Fellows and of the Inde- endent Order of B'nai B'rith, of which datwr he was at one period grand presi- ent. The funeral took place yesterday at the Home of Peace Cemetery, San Mateo. Many prominent members of the Hebrew community were present to pay a last tribute of respect to the deceased.” Cantor Btark of the Congregation Emanu-El of- ficiated. FRUIT TRAINS ON TIME. The New System of Transportation by Ventilated Cars Has Proved Quite Successful. C. F. Smurr, general passenger manager of the Southern Pacific Company, received a dispatch yesterday from Chicago stating that the first train of ventilated fruitcars with California fruit for the East arrived in Chicago ten hours late. The train, however, was delayed ten hours at Dixon, Il1., by a wreck on the railway. Otherwise it would have been on time according to the fast schedule arranged by the Central and Union Pacific companies and the Chi- cago and Northwestern. he second ventilated fruit train arrived on time in Chicago from Sacramento. It contained fresh fruits in season, and all were in as perfect condition as if they had been kefit on ice throughout the g‘ournay. The third train with a load of_fruit left Sacramento for the East last nightat 12 o'clock. 8o far this latest system of trans- porting products of the orchards to East- ern markets has proved quite a success, though it was not altogether in the nature of an experiment. ————————— VULOOIVIOH NOT THE MAN. He Denies the Charge of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. Steve Vulocivich called at the Central police station yesterday with Mrs. de Martini, and the lady said he was not the man who_obtained $4 from_her by falsely representing that her busband was ar- rested and wanted money to bail him out. ‘When Mrs. de Martini applied for the warrant in Judge Joachimsen’s court on Monday, the policeman who accompanied her said the man answered the description of Vulocivich, but, not being sure, the name ‘“John Doe’ was inserted. Vulocivich said yesterday: ‘“‘There is no such warrant in existence, and I do not know any one by the name of Mrs. de Martini of 216 S8anchez street. Regarding the statement that I have acted as a cap- er at the New City Hall, that is not true. f’va not been near the hall for months. I cannot deny that I did serve time for forgery, but it is not a fact that on the da of my release I stole articles from a tailor's shop. That charge against me was dis- missed. Iam working in San Jose, send- ing a little fruit to Ban Francisco for sale, -n% all I want is that they let me alone while I am trying to make ‘an honest liv- ing.” —————— State Viticultural Commission. At the last meeting of the State Viticultural Commission the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, E. C. Bichow- sky of San Gabriel; vice-president, I. de Turk of Santa Rosa; secretary, Winfield Scott; chief executive and viticultural and health officer, Clarence J. Wetmore. Considerable reduction in expense has been made. —————— THERE is an article on the market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its uriiy. * FOR THE DIPSOMANIACS, A Home for the Treatment of Inebriety to Be Built in This City. DR. GAVIGAN GIVES FIGURES. The Law Requires the Erection of Such an Institution Within One Year. Supervisors King, Hirsch and Dunker, composing the Hospital Committee, met yesterday morning to receive information from Dr. W. J. Gavigan on the subject of the new home to be erected by the City for the treatment of dipsomaniacs. The doctor said the erection of the home or hospital, as required by an act of the Legislature adopted at the last session, would prove a great saving to the City. He then added: Section 302214 of the Political Code provides that the Board of Supervisors shall cause to be erected within the flr‘sefll vear 1895-96 a suit- able-hospital and home for the care and treat- ment of dipsomaniacs and_inebriates, and pro- vide for the furnishing and maintenance of the same. By this section of the code it is made the im- perative duty of your board to erect, furnish and maintain & Hospital for dipsomaniacs and inebriates. As a physician who devotes his special pro- fessional attention to the care and treatment of dipsomeaniacs and inebriates, and as the per- son who drafted the new law, I appear before vou for the purpose of suggesting the sum Decessary to properly erect and equip the pro- }.osed special hospital for dipsomanigcs and nebriates, from which the best curative re- sults can be obtained, and to this end have vis- ited and inspected the most modern institu- tious of our Eastern States. The cottage system, so called (that 1s, the use of three buildings instead of one large one) is suggested, on the ground that it allows a better classification and more com- plete separation of the patients. The build- ings to be frame and brick, with slafe roofs, namely, two cottages, and & building contain- ing the administration rooms, dining-rooms, kitchen, engine-house and dynamo-room, laundry, coal and store rooms. It is further suggested that the buildings be heated by in- direct radiation; that is, the cold outside air is taken over a coil of steam pipes, and so heated is forced mto each room by fan-blowers, thus securing an abundant supply of iresh air which can be frequently changed. The steam for heating is taken from the boiler-house, and no fire is used in the cottages for any purpose. This is the best system for heating &nd venti- lation known tosanitary scienc The total sum required for th $100,000, apportioned as follows: Buildings, plumbing, baths, et Furnishing of the buildings. Heatng and ventilation Electric light plant. Steam heating plan Boilers and settin Laundry machinery. hospital is Kiichen apparat 600 Architect’s services : 4,500 Maintenance and salaries. . 5,500 £100,000 That the establishment of the hospital will result in s great financial saving to the City and County, and be a step forward in the ini- terest of humanity and sociology, will be seen by the following extract from a letter written in February last by Superintendent Clarkson of Branch County Jail 2: I am in receipt of & copy of your bill relating to the erection by the Board of Supervisors of this City and County of a hospital and home for idebri- ates, and providing for the commitment of dipso- maniacs and coufirmed opium, morphine or alco- hol inebriates thereto. Knowing that land has Leretofore been set apart by this City for this pur- pose, I heartily indorse your bill as an economic Droposition as well as from &n humanitarian basis. We Lave confined in this institution at the present, time 189 inmates, who are either confirmed opium, morphine or alcohol inebriates. This number does not include those confirmed inebriates who are committed for petty larceny, which act was excited by the craving for narcotics.” The total number of prisoners now confined in the jail is 389, stowing that nearly 50 per cent are confirmed inebriates. In two-thirds 0f the cases they are sgain com- miited within ten days efter their release. It is, therefore, seen that they are a permanent burden upon the’ City and Cou: From my experience with these incbriates it is my conviction that they are in a diseased condition and are powerless to re- sist the morbid craving for narcotics without special medical treatment—hence my fudorsement of your proposed hospital and home. ~These unfor- tunates shouid not be committed as criminals when in fact they are the victims of diseasec. In support of Superintendent Clarkson’s let- ter, Mr. Cheirman, let me say that inebriety is & curable disease 1o the same extent that other nervous diseases are curable; that is, a cert: percentage oi cases can be completely cured, others can_be benefited very much. But Gov- ernor Budd by his approval” of the legislative act has provided the one thing, the want of which has most commonly been the cause of failure, that is, the_compulsory detention of & ?lllenl ina hospital under pleasant and health- ul surroundings, where each patient will be made the subject of llpeclul study and special medical treatment suited to the exact require- ments of the case. Under this system it is rea- sonable for the taxpayers to hope and expect & large reduction in the cost of caring for this class of indigents. 1 therefore respectfully ask that your Com- mittee on Hospitals recommend to the board that the Finance Committee be empowered and requested to include in the next tax levy 0f 1895-96 the sum of $100,000 in the general fund for the purpose of erecting, furnishing and maintaining the hospital and home for dipsomaniacs and inebriates. Inanswer to questions by members of the committee Dr. Gavigan stated that there is a City lot having a frontage of 150 feet by a depth of 240 feet in the block bounded by Point Lobos avenue, Ninth avenue, Clement street and Tenth avenue, about three blocks west of the French Hos- pital, which had been set apart by the au- thorities for just such an institution as is contemplated by the code. He said that there was no doubt but the institution would be self-sustaining, as there are a number of rich people who are victims of drink who would pay for treatment there. He instanced the Home for the Care of Inebriates, a private institution, which now has §67, in its treasury, to show that when a charge is made against those who can pay, enough revenue can be ob- tained to meet the expenses of a hospital for those who suffer from drink. After a brief consultation the committee unanimously voted in favor of a resolu- tion to have incorporated in the next tax levy the sum of $100,000 for the construc- tion of the hospital, and all séemed favor- able to locating it on the City lot described. A SEDITIOUS POSTER. It Was Pasted on the Walls of China- town and Torn Down by the Police. ‘When the Chinatown squad raided a gambling resort at 35 Waverley place last Sunday evening Ah Loy, the lookout man, fell down stairs, breaking his left arm and splitting his lip open. Yesterday posters in Chinese characters were stuck up on the dead walls of China- town and were eagerly perused by the Mougolians. The police became suspi- cious and the posters were torn down. One of them was taken to a Chinese in- terpreter and he translated it as follows: The police are very cruel and are repeatedly striking the Chinese. They have struck one to death. Such injustice has set us to gnashing our teeth. If you wish to go out on the street you must carry a weapon and protect yourself, and if these foreign slaves strike you defen yourseli. If you kill them escape if you can and if not stand punishment like a hero. THE PEOPLE. ‘Who the authors are of this seditious document will in all probability never be known. It is likely the production of the highbinders,who have been kept in subjec- tion by the strong arm of the law inthe shape of a policeman’s club. —— o RELICS OF THE OHIET. Gifts of the Late David Scannell to the Fire Department. When the late David Scannell, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, felt that the time was approaching when he would be called away he made his will and de- vised to the City, with the proviso that the articles named should be kept ir: the head- quarters of the Fire Denartmant. tha sword he wore when an officer of the United Statesarmy during the Mexican ‘War, swords subsequently presented to nim when connected with the militia, badges that were given him when chief of the volunteer department, his silver trum- ets and fire hat and other presents. A andsome cabinet of dark oak, with four glass sides within four beautiful vari- colored stone columns, has been con- structed to receive these and has been placed in the rooms of the Fire Commissioners. The upper part is in the shape of a cupola and on the top of this will rest a bust of the late chief. The whole will be placed on a marble pedestal, which will be finished in a few day: ANOTHER VENETIAN OARNIVAL. This Night in Venice at Belvedere Will Surpass the Former. Belvedere will reproduce ‘A Night in Venice” August 3, and it is said will surpass its display of that kind given last year. The enthusiastic citizens declare that it will equal in every element of attractiveness except size the Santa Cruz carnival. The officers and committees in charge are as follows: Director-general, J. S. Hawkins; secre- tary, Charles H. Wood. Executive Committee—James S. Haw- kins, Horace W. Ball, C. Mason Kinne, T. D. Boardman, Robert E. McGill, J. D. Maxwell, Robert Tuttle, C. E. Holmes, Eugene Davis, H. L. Searles and Dr. B. W. Haines. Railroad and Transportation—Charles H. Crocker, Arthur Page. C. G. Perr: Finance—Horace W. ER Max- well, Charles F. Howland, W. O. Wayman, Robert E. McGill. Music—Colonel C. Mason Kinne, Came- ron Burns, G. H. Gardiner, P. C. KnapR. Fireworks—T. D. Boardman, Robert A. Dean, W. Lichtenberz, F. W. Bridge. Printing—Robert E. McGill, Charles H. Wood. Press—J. D. Maxwell, T. L. Miller, H. B. Houghton, Fred E. Harmon. Launches—Robert Tittie, iman. Imes, J. W. Dorsey, Wheeler. Illumination—Eugene usenot, C. T. Charles E. T. D. Boa nd a Spence, aghli n. arles, John Coop, ink, J. A. Parsons, Edgar Reception—Dr. B. W. Haines, Arthur C. Donnell. Dr. M. H. Logan, Licutenant L. W. Eaton, J. S. Mattoon, Dr. F. Pancoast, Commodaore J. W. Pew, Dr. L. L. Dunbar, Dr. F. Z. Bazan. . Special Baggage Notice. Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re duced rates at our office oxLy. One trunk, round frip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents. Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland ferry depot.* e John Raskin likes nothing abnormal or artificial, and so he regards the production of chrysanthemums as an unhallowea at- tempt to grow flowers ata season when nature meant that there should be no flowers. St s The water works of Denver, Colo., are remarkable for their use of wooden pipes. These are 30 to 48 inches in diameter, built of staves of Texas pine banded with iron. Since 1889 over sixteen miles of this pipe have been laid. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. AN ACROSTIC. © OLUMBIA THEATER, © n Powell street, s eased by Friedlander, Gottlob & Co. AT nquestionably the most popular. IV OTHS presented nightly =3 v the FRAWLEY COMPANY X n magnificent style A nd great enthusiasm prevails. POPULAR PRICES, . 15¢, 25¢, urd: 15¢, 25¢ and 50e Next Monday— NANCY& CO.” First Appearance of MISS FREDA GALLICK. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. le Lessee and Managar THIS EVENING AT 8. SECOND WEEK AND GREAT BUCCESS Of the Author-Actor, WALTER SANFORD. In His Great Scenic Melodrama, “THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE!” EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 50c. Famlly Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. Mzs. ERNESTINE KBELING Proprietor & Manages “WE HAVE HIT ’EM AGAIN ——EVERY EVENING!—— THE FARCICALOPERA THAT PLEASES ALL H. Grattan Donnelly’s “SHIP AHOY!” YOU WANT TO SEE IT ! NEW BONGS!————NEW DANCES! IN PREPARATION, ‘The Most Melodious Opera Ever Written, “LA PERICHOLE!"" Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. ORPHEUM. (O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. GREAT SUCCESS OF OUR NEW VAUDEVILLE STARS ! THE SALAMBOS, In Fire and Electric Mysteries; GILBERT and GOLDLE, Popular Comedians; O’'DELL and PAGE, Acrobatic Comedians par Ex- ceilence. s GBEAT HITS RETAINED: AMERICAN—TWO—MACKS, MCINTYRE gnd HEAT Night. 1d SEMON, of FA And Positively the LAST WE JULES LEVY—— Reserved seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs &nd Box seats, 50c. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS.. Proprietor and Manager TO-NIGHT—And Bzlance of Week, BENEFITS TO THE SURVIVING SEA- MEN OF THE WRECKED COLIMA. REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE WRECK By the Following Members of the Crew: bert Carpenter, Kamon Aviles and Thomas Fries. NoTE PRICES: Evening—Parquet and Dress Circle, Reserved, 25¢ and 50c. Saturday and Sunday Matinees—Parquet, Chil- dren, 15¢: Adults, 25¢. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). Matinee To-day——Only 2 Nights More. House Crowdéd—The Famous and Only LILIPUTIANS: In HUMPTY DUMPTY Up to Date. RURNING % RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wed Thursday, Fridey and Faturany nala or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2: F. ). sharp. - McAllister and Geary street m’y—m e gate. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. ALASKA EXCURSION. EAVING SAN FRANCISCO JULY 9, RE- L turning July 30. For reduced g-m 2nd in- K- formation address Rev. Henry H. Rl ham street, Qukland, Cal. X * ARG