The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895, 13 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, The Assessment Increase Will Reach Over One Million Dollars. FOURTH (F JULY CELEBRANTS. A Party of Ladies Scare Away a Young and Cowardly Foot- pad—Brevities. essment rolls of Alameda County, ich will be finished up by Assessor Dal- ton to-day for transmission to the Board of Supervisors on Monday, show that the regate assessment of the county has been raised over §2.000,000, and that of this amount Oakland will represent $1,000,000. Inspection of the rolls will also show that Assessor Dalton has kept his ante-election pledge and equalized the assessment by lowering those of the poorer people and raising those of the rich. The corporations in particular have had their valuations raised substantially, some of the increases being fully 100 per cent of the former valuation of the corvoration property. This was notably the case in the matter of some of the street railroads. One of the largest raises made during the present year was recorded yesterday, when the valuation of the Contra Costa Water Company possessions was increased from $796,125 to $1,313,925, a clear raise of $517,500. Assessor Dalton made the fol- lowing changes in the different localities in which the company does business: Oakland City— 1895. 1894. Increase. Personal property. §420,825 $225,375 $164,450 Franchise.......... 150,000 75,000 75,000 Brooklyn Township— Personal propel 446,650 254,500 netraise Franchise...... 25,000 75,000 152,150 Oakland Township— Personal property. 118,075 55,580 88,2 Franchise..... 25000 . AR Eden Township— ersonal 69,075 67,650 26,425 Franchise. . 25,000 .. SR AT Murray Townsbip = Personal property 7,550 San Leandro— Personal property. 10,500 Berkeley— Persoual property. 0 Totals..... £1,313,825 $796,125 $517,800 The assessment of the Oakland Water Company, one of the few corporations yet unvalued, will be finished in time to send the rolls 'in on time, something which has not occurred for many years past. Assessor Dalton’s idea that the small holdings were bearing much more than their share of the burdens of taxes led him to look closely into values in the s portion of Qaklana, and the was that the large holdings ¢ and Washington street were raised over $1,000,000 in the aggregate, while the small properties in the residence were materially lowered. The reductions were probably made rst Ward, where many household- their valuations reduced from 00 to $2500 and §2000. The re- this ward alone amounted main busine: in to about $500,000, and the reductions in other wards were almost as large in pro- portion. The total reduction on small holdings was about $3,500,000, which, with the $1,000,000 increase on the aggregate as- sessment, must be borne by the large hold- and corporations, For the Fourth. Though the Goddess of Liberty who will preside over the Fourth of July celebra- tion has not as yet been chosen, the young ladies who will act as her escort during the parade and other festivities have been selected. They are as Mrs. Par- iss Taggart, Miss Ward, Mrs. Aus- tin, Mrs. Hogle, Miss Best, Miss Green, Mrs. Dr. George C. Bull. They will be handsomely mounted and attired in the fol- lowing re; ‘White chip hats trimmed g Teg: with red, white and blue tariatan; red sashes and red, white and blue rosettes. Bridles decorated in the same colors. The young ladies who are to represent the various States, dressed in appropriate costumes, have been selected, as follows: The Misses Ethel Haas, Georgia Moore, Mabel Fine, Nora Manning, Susie Smith, Anna Con- non, Tillie Dunston, Deila Eaches, Maud Wil kind, Margarite Walker, Emma Haskins, Blanche Morse, Mar. ce, Janet Solomon, 3 na Haskins, Emma Lloyd of the Franklin School; the Mary Raffetto, Edna the Misses Ella , May Palmer, Nettie vnard, Eva Adams, Lillie Fowler, Fannie and Mabel F > s Nora ) Alburn, of Miss s Mary Morrison, Agnes % s, Elma Blaikie, Bella Bruce. Georgene Wulff, Isabel Ten Eyck, Mand Pettitt, Mary Johnstone, of the Prescott School ; and Misses Emmea Finch, Mabel Blume, Elsie Howard, Mabel Coyle, E4ith Moore, Josephine Henry, Daisy Schafer, Erie May, of the Lincoln School. The Goddess of Liberty will be chosen on Monday. The Attempted Suicide. Mrs. Alice Simpson, a young married woman, living with her husband and chil- dren at 3338 Shotwell street, attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the ferry steamer Piedmont about 6 o’clock yesterday morning. She was seen to walk rapidly toward the stern of thie boat on the lower deck when the vessel was near Goat Isiand, and before she could be prevented had leaped intothe bay. A boat waslowered and she was taken on board, afterward being sent to the Oakland Receiving Hos- pital. Her husband was sent for and arrived soon after, when he made necessary arrangements and took his home. Mrs. Simpsor: had a surgical oper- ation performed some time ago and broode over her ill health and the expense her sickness had been to her husband. On Thursday night she acted queerly and was missing from the house when her husband, whoisa rail- road engineer, arose yesterday morning, She went directly to the ferry and took the first boat for Oakland. Before leaving the house she wrote an incoherent note to her husband. the wording of which led him to believe that she medi- tated suicide. He had just notified the police and was about to institute a per- | soual search for her when he was informed that she was in the Oakland hospital. Though somewhat prostrated by the shock of her leap into the bay, Mrs. SBimpson is in a fair way to complete recovery and has no further thoughts of suicide. She is well connected, 28 years old and has three children. Women Scare Off a Footpad. Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mrs. Thompson and Miss. Thompson proved themselves quite heroic lust night when they frightened off a man who demanded their money. The little party, with some children, were re- turning from a wedding in North Oakland. The hour was rather late—between 12and 1.0'clock. Wher tl: had reached Adeline, be- tween Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth, a man suddenly confronted them and de- manded their money. They were so frightened that they screamed at the t‘g}) of their yoices. The would-be footpad evi- dently did not like so much noise, and so he hastened to make away. Improvements at Pledmont, ‘What is known as the Piedmont Develop- ment Company has been organized, vgith the following capitalists as direetors: F. C. Havens, F. M. Smith, George T. Hawley of Oakland, and J. C. Winansand D. D. Harris of San Francisco. The_purpose of the corporation is to de- -velop Piedmont, the section of territory lying northeast of Oakland, at the ter- minus of the Piedmont cable road. A hotel will be erected and other improvements maae. The capital stock is g600,000, di- vided into shares of $100 cach. Ayalas Park Open To-Day. Ayalas Park, on Telegraph avenue, North Temescal, will be opened to-day with a grand picnic and barbecue under the per- sonal direction of Don Antonio Estudillo. The park is a handsome piece of property, possessing many natural advantages which make it a favorite place of resort. Oakland Brevities. Public Administrator W. H. Knight has appeared before Judge Frick and de- manded that Webb N. Pierce turn_over to him 110 sheres of the capital stock of the Spring Valley Water Company, thirty-six shares of the stock of the Continental Bank and $2000 in money, which, it is al- leged, belongs to the estate of Benjamin Hall, of which Knight is the adminis- trator. District Deputy Grand Master Jesse A. Jackson of Porter Lodge No. 272, I. 0. O. F., will install the officers in District No. 81 as follows: Encinal No. 164, July 1; Evening Star No. 263, July 2; Columbia No. 40, July 3; Orion No. 189, July 6; Por- ter No. 272, July 10; Berkeley No. 270, July 11; San Leandro No. 231, July 16; Elm- hurst No. 384, July 18. A new transfer compan¥v b r ized with the intention of doing business between Oakland and San Francisco. A. | G. Tennant, formerly vice-president of the Whitney Transfer Company, is at the head of the matter. Henry Hinman, an attache of the same company, is associated with him. The law students of Alameda County will meet on Monday evening in the County Law Library to organize a society to advance them in their work. Several of the most prominent Judges and lawyers in the county have offered their services as instructors. David Rutherford was tendered a recep- tion last evening by the members of St. Andrew’s Society, of which he is an active member. The occasion was his return from a visit to Scotland, where he has been for over a year past. A party consisting of President Manuel of the City Council, Dr. C. S. Weston, J. A. Chestnut Jr. and I. B. Palmer are pre- paring for an extensive hunting trip into the wilds of Oregon. F. A. Davis was brought down from Stockton yesterday morning and charged with felony embezzlement. He rented a bicycle from F. S. Solomson, which he failed to return. N. A. Peterson, a Danish sailor, living at Union street, was committed to the ah asylum yesterday. His insanity is due to avoplexy, and has taken on a dan- gerous form. ESTEE’S ADDRESS. is being organ- He Indulges in Interesting Reminis- cences at the First Salon In Senator Perkins’ Residence. The first meeting of the new salon of Oakland's exclusive literary society was held last evening at the residence of Sena- tor George C. Perkins on Vernon Heights. The beauty and wit of Oakland were well represented, while not a few people of the upper class came over from across the bay. The beautiful grounds surrounding the residence were illuminated by long arches of Chinese lanterns, and inside dainty pinks and delicate smilax were used to advantage. The address, which is the usual thing at the regular meetings, was delivered on this occasion by Hon. M. M. Estee. He spoke on *“Reminiscences of Early Califor- nia Life.” For over an hour he held the large audience which filled the spacions pariors and hallway. He began in a very informal way with a bit of humor, telling how the ladies had come and invited him to talk and how they warned him against mentioning poli- tics. They were surprised at the way he heeded their warning. The talk was in the form of a complete review of early Califor- nia life, interspersed now and then with touching bits of pathos and then again some grim humor. He said inintroducing his subject : It wes thirty-eight years ago that I first came to this coast. I had all the ambition of any schoolboy. Life was 10 me a sweei promise but half fulfilled. The newly risen sun shone gaily on the homely pathway by which I _sped and bathed the distant prospect with all the roseate hopes of youth. 3 Tremember 50 well, just as though it were yesterday, the trip by stage coach from Los Angeles to San Francisco. %he country looked 80 barren and worthless. Why, I did not think that it was even good enough for post holes. The speaker went on to tell of the large population in the gold mines, and how that there was nothing but gold every- where. He said that Sacramento looked to be the biggest and busiest place in the State. The large ocean vessels at that time used to sail right up the Sacramento River to the present capital. After giving a few dry facts, he brought in a fish story that made the eyes of the sportsmen pres- ent fairly leap. There were lots of fish in those days. The Sacramento River was so full that they act- ually erowded each other out onto the land. I only tell this to religious audiences. 1 had sgunk and youth, but 1 had no money. If I should livé a thousand years I could never forget the way some of those people treated me. There 1 was, 3000 miles from home, without a penny, without an acquaintance, without even aplace tolay my head. A stage-driver with- out money and without price carried me to a gistant mining camp, where I thought [ might find employment. They treated me well and I came out all right. He spoke at length on every side of the miner’s life, giving most realistic word pictures. The conclusion was a review of the present time as compared with the days of '49. Among those present were: T. J. Harris, Captain Charles Goodall, Edwin Goodall, Hugh Craig, A.W. Bishop, Professor J.W. Haskeil, A. W. Havens, Miss Sullivan, Miss Beatrice Priest, C. D. Pierce, W. G. Evans, Miss Mary Lambert, W. R. Gleason, Mr.and . Glasscock, Judge and Mrs. Hilborn, Mrs Mrs. Ceminetti, Mr. and Mrs. S. frs. 0. W. Bishop, Mrs. Gleason, M ce, Senator and Mrs, Perkins, John No ageney has had more influence in beneficially affecting the health and com- {inrt of the people than Royal Baking Pew- er. A RIOH DISOOVERY, Seventy Thousand Dollars to the Ton in a Ledge of the Cadmus. Charles Stepp, president of the Home Mining Company, returned a few days ago from a visit to the company’s Cadmus mine, near Nevada City, bringing with him specimens of ore from a remarkably rich ledge just brougnt to light. This ore it is estimated will average i $70,000 to the ton, and the excitement in { the neighborhood is at fever beat, as may well be imagined. W. J. Smith of the Savings Union of this city took a piece of the rotten quartz, weighing less than two pounds, and by pounding it up with a carpenter’s hammer obtained nearly three ounces of free gold. The quartz is almost entirely decomposed and large ‘‘gobs’ of leaf gold stick out in fantastic shapes. Some of the smaller specimens contain nearly as much gold as quartz. They came from an outcropping that was found by accident about three weeksago. Charles ahl, superintendent of the Cadmus mine, was digging a ditch to bring water to the Cadmus from the Home mine, when he uncovered a ledge two feet wide on the surface. Since then he has run in sixty- five feet on the ledge and it still holds good. While at the mine last week Mr. Btepp selected a place for sinking a shaft. ere are six ledges on the Cadmus, some pitching from west to east and some from east to west. It isthe richest discov- ery in the district for years past, and at present it is impossible to estimate the ex- tent of the main ledge until the shaft is sunk. The prediction that the ore will run $70,000 to the ton, however, is not thought to be chimerical P - If the whole sea were formed into a round column reaching to the sun, the diameter of the column wounld be nearty two and a half miles, while the Pacific would form 53,000,000 miles of its total length of 93,000,000 miles,and the Atlantic 18,000,000 miles. B ‘Wagner’s mother was a close student of history and philosophy, and her influence is supposed to have turned his mind to- ward the speculative study of musical theory, { from Oakland yesterday afternoon. [T WAS DR, E J, ASHMORE Body of the Ex-Surgeon of the Colima Found in the Bay. WAS IDENTIFIED IN OAKLAND. No Motive for Sulcide Could Be Assigned by His Friends. The remains of the man found floating at the mouth of Oakland Creek on Thurs- day were identified yesterday at the in- quest as those of Dr. Edgar J. Ashmore of 719}4 Bush street, 8an Francisco, who, up to six months ago, was the surgeon of the {ll-fated steaner Colima. From the testimony of William F. En- sign, an expert locksmith who resides at the number stated, little doubt remains that Ashmore committed suicide while in a despondent mood. Mr. Ensign stated that he recognized the physician from a description given in yesterday’s Carr. Dr. Ashmore had boarded with him and his wife for several years past, and had a father, mother and sister in San Jose, and a wife and child in Detroit, Mich. “He always seemed to have plenty of money,” said Mr. Ensign, “and he was very fond of his wife. Ilast saw him on last Friday night about 9 o’clock, when he said he was going to take a long, long walk that night. He wasin the habit of walking some before retiring each night. The next morning my wife said the doctor had not slept in his room the night before. The day belore yesterday I received a tele- gram from his wife asking me if he was still at my house and_if all were well with him. I answered., ‘Not here; will write particulars,” He wore a silver watch and lain ring and I think he had some money in one of the banks, but he sent them all to his wife, I'm sure, for that is what caused the telegram. He was surgeon of the steamer Colima up to six months ago, and lost his position, I think, through his extreme deafness. - “He left a letter with my wife, tell- ing her that his cross was too heavy to bear, and another telling her what to do with his belongings. Dr. Ash- more was one of the most cheerful men I ever knew, and I know of noreason why he should commit suicide. He left word that his personal belongings should be turned over to his father, wno he asked should be immediately notified. The deceased was about 40 years of age.” Mrs. W. F. Ensign, the landlady whe identified the remains, was seen at her home, 719} Bush street, on her return She said: 1 knew the doctor the moment I saw the back of his head. I had no difficulty in recog- nizing both features and clothing. My hus- band saw the remains in the morning, but although he was tolerably certain he recog- nized our lodger he came back for me, think- ing I might be more sure. 1can hardly believe Dr. Ashmore committed suicide, although the Coroner’s verdict was that it wasa xugepbsed £ de. I mnever knew him to de- spondent, although he was' troubled some- what about his gradusl loss of hearing, which he said was occastoned by & fall from & bugey when he was practicing medicine in Colorado. He was a mean of most exemplary habits, and I have often said that if { had a son Iwould hold up the doctor asa model to him. He has had & room in our house since early last iall, and to my certain knowledge in that time he was never outside the house after 9 o'clock in the evening but once and thal exception was when he went to the theater with a gentlenran and returned as soon as the play was over. He was very devoted to his fim&'. a wife and son, 2 boy 9 years of age, who have until recently Dbeen visiting relatives in Detroit, Mich. 1 know there were the most amicable relations between his wife and himself, for he has often read her letters to me. The day be- fore he disappeared he wrote to her, and he has often told me that it was his intention to open an office in this City and have his fami) join him. He paid his rent regularly, and never knew him to be out of money. He re- signed his post as surgeon of the Colima in order 1o take regular treatment for his deai- ness. The last time I saw him wason the evening ofFriday, the 21st inst. He came into the sit- ting-room to borrow the mom.lng paver, and 1 to his room to read, as was his habit. A fow minutes afterward I heard the door close and knew that he had gone for 8 walk, s he usually did before rctirinfi. He met my hus- band before he had gone half a block and told him he was going for a long walk. The next| morning I found he had notslept in his bed and wes alarmed at_once, as such a proceed- ing was so remarkable for him. We_ wrote to hisAfather, who lives in San Jose, and he came up the early part of the week and took his effects home. He thoughtas we did that harm had overtaken him, though we did not | know in what form. I = always felt that he was in danger when he wentout be- causa he conld not hear the car bells, and was afraid he might have been the victim of an accident. I can hardly believe that he eould have committed suicide. He was as merry as usual when he leit the room at8 o'clock that evening. He may have come te his death by accident. I found no letters in hisroom or elsewhere, and if he left any they were in the trunk which his father took to San Jose, where his parents and, I believe, two sisters live. Anexamination of the room that had been occupied by Dr. Ashmore showed that none of his property remained. The jury brought in a verdict of “‘drown- ing, with suicidal intent.” ALAMEDA, Work on the proposed new passenger and freight depot at the corner of Park street and Railroad avenue will be com- menced shortly. W. G. Curtis, as assistant general manager of the Southern Pacific Compeny, has made the first payment to G. L. Lewis, owner of the gore lot, agree- ing to pay tue balance when the proceed- ings for closing Railroad avenue, from Park to Foley street, and extension of Foley street from Railroad to Lincoln avenue, rev:em]{] instituted by the City Trustees, shall have been accomplished. The $2000 subscribed by voluntary dona- tions from property-owners has been placed in the Alameda Bank. The proposed depot will be a wooden structure of modern architectural design. Banks Go Out of Business. To-day at 12 o’clock the Encinal Banks will close doors, and aside from turning over deposits to depositors, no further business will be transacted. Cashier Brad- ford stated vesterday that the books had been finished for inspection and show that both columns balance. The banks close simply from lack of encouragement in a commiercial sense. A dividend for the half year ending June 30 of 5 per cent has been declared, which isa better showing than the great majority of banks on the Pacific Coast can point to. After the banks are closed Cashier Bradford and family will remove to San Francisco. President Charles S. Nea) has already accepted a responsible position with the Fair estate. The banks were in existence a little over tWo years. A Veteran Soldier Dead. John Joy, a veteran of the war who served in the Fourth New Hampshire Infantry, died yesterday morning at the home of a friend on_Pacific avenue, near Park street, and will be buried by Joe Hooker Post, G.A. R.,to-morrow in the soldiers’ plat in Mountain View Cemetery. He was a native of Switzerland, aged 50 vears, and his death was from general debility uigravnted by dyspepsia. SBome four months ago he left Tacoma to become an inmate of the National Home for Soldiers at Santa Monica, but aftera very snort stay came to Alameda and in turn was cared for by the Woman’s Ixchange and Relief Society and also by the post. Gundlach vs. Krauth. The complaint in the quo warranto, pro- ceedings in behalf of Max Gundiach to oust Engineer Krauth and have himself de- glared the duly elected Chief Engineer of the Fire Department is ready for filing, but lacks the consent of the Attorney-General to bring the action in the name of the people of the State. R. B. Tappan will go to g;n Fraucisco to-day to obtain such con- sent from that official. Shooting for State Medals. Yesterday morning thirteen men from Company G participated in the first day’s shoot for State medals. Lieutenant Cob- bledick was in charge of the range. The highest score was made by Corporal Boon, 41 points. Shooting will be resumed this afternoon at 2 o’clock and will continue until dark. BERKELEY. Andy Frick, one of the members of the gang who disgraced themselves by their unseemly conduct on last Monday night, wasarrested yesterday afternoon by Deputy Marshal Kerns upon a warrant issued by Town Marshal Lloyd. Frick has evaded the police ever since he heard that a war- rant was sworn out against him, and yes- terday when the officer attempted to serve it he ran and escaped for a time, but subse- quently surrendered himself and was re- leased on bail. Funeral of a Dog. Last week a dog belonging to one of the prominent families of Berkeley suddenly died through some unknown cause an the owners buried the canine with all the ceremony and tears coincident with the {funeral of an ordinary human being. The report of the burial and ceremonies over the remains of “Towser” was circulated throughout Berkeley, and many people openly declared that they did not belicve tl‘:e statements. A merry war is now raging between those who discredited the fact that the dog was buried in a rosewood casket covered with wreaths of flowers and those who played a prominent part in ad- ministering the last rites over the fam- ily pet. Uil Kellogg-Lane Called. Mrs. Kellogg-Lane, M.D,, of Oakland has been called to fill the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Berkeley, and there is some probability of her accepting the offer. 4 Though the immediate arrangements are for only a four weeks' charge, it is hinted that the outcome of the for her temporary work will result in a perma- nent arrangement. Should - Mrs. Lane accept the position she will be the only woman of the Baptist denomination preaching in California. Thrown From a Wagon. John Toby, a carpenter, had a narrow escape from death on Thursday night, and as a consequence of his accident he is con- fined to his home with several severe in- juries about the head. He was driving up Shattuck avenue late in the evening when his horse became frightened at a passing engine and ran away, throwing him out of the vehicle to the ground. Injured His Hand. Lewis Bush, a printer, had the ena of the second finger of his left hand badly crushed in a car door late Thursday night. He got off the train at Berkeley station to have his wound dressed, and upon reach- ing a store fainted from the pain. Losers by the Fire. E. F. Neihaus, the West Berkeley plan- ing-mill men, suffered an extensive loss by the fire in S8an Francisco Thursday night. He had a quantity of hard-wood lumber stored on Fourth street, which was totally destroyed. No insurance, HEARST SCHOLARSHIPS, Names of the Fortunate Young Ladies Who Will Be Beneficlaries of a ‘Wise Generosity. The committee of the faculty at the University of California in charge of awarding the Pheebe Hearst scholar- ships for the coming year decided yesterday to grant the four new ones, yielding $300 each, to Miss Jacguelin New- ion, '98, of Santa Barbara, Miss Jessie Dewell, '97, of Santa Barbara; Miss Annie Landstrom, '98, of Berkeley, and Miss T. A. Brookman, '99, of Los Angeles. There being only one award to be made from the eight perpetual scholarships standing in Mrs. Hearst's name, that one wasextended to Miss Stella Young, 97, of Santa Ana. Those who have aiready held the remain- ing seven of the original scholarships and will continue to hold them during the coming year, as decided by the committee, are: Miss Jessie M. Anderson of San Fran- cisco, Miss Lucy W. Williams of National City, Miss Amanda Krenz of Napa City, Miss Stella Price of Santa Ana, Miss Elearor V. Bennett of Oakland, Miss Edith F. Culin of Berkeley and Miss Katherine Lynch of Lynch. According to the conditions under which the four new scholarships, as stated in yesterday’s CALL, were given they wili con- tinue only during the courses of the stu- dents to whom granted, unless other provision be made by the donor sub- sequently. The authorities at the university are more than pleased with the great benevolence of Mrs. Hearst, as during the coming year twelve scholar- ships, yielding in all $3600, will be given by ber outright to students who would not be able to attend the university without such assistance. There are no other scholarships for women at the university beside those founded by Mrs. Hearst. The grocer sends some other brand of baking powder simply because it costs him so much less, and he can make more profit by seliing it than the Royal. The Royalis made from the very finest and purest ma- terials and costs much more than any other brand, which accounts for its superiority, although it is sold to consumers at the same prioe, MULEY HASSAN'S TREASURE. A German Physiofan’s Account of the Hoard of the Sultan of Morocco. A French journalist has brought up again the ancient story of the enormous treasure held by the Sultan of Morocco. The French Embassador to Moroceo brought back to Louis XIV in 1685 the story that the Sultan of that day, Muley- Tsmael, kept at Mequinez, the favorite resi- dence of the Sultans, a treasure valued at $30,000,000. says an exchange. Chenier, another French Embassador, 100 years later, returned with ramors of the treasure, but it had shrunk in a century to about $2,500,000, which is !uI:po!e(l by some au- thorities to be about the ordinary annual revenue of-the Sultan. The legend of the treasure was still in sound health fifty years later, for Graeber di Hemso, a traveler, affirmed, about 1834, that the Sultan’s hoard, called Bit-el-Mell, was kept at Mequinez, under the guard of 2000 negroes. It was believed to consist of 200,000 pieces of money, besides ingots of gold and silver and precious stones. The treasure-house, according to this traveler, was an inclosure of massive walls, which were exactly repeated within. In order to reach the treasure it was necessary to open five iron gates, secured with secret locks, of which the keys were always in the hands of the Sultan or of his favorite. It was the custom in earlier times to kill the uards that accompanied new treasure, est the secrets of the treasure-house be di- vulged. Other travelers have kept the story alive and from the magerin which taxes are levied and publi airs administered in Morocceo it is geiffidlly believed that the Sultan has greadt fealth laid up. The latest story of the§ tPasure comes from Dr. Rohlfs, a Germand. at one time physician to the harem of the present Sulan, Muley Hassan. Dr. Rohlfs declares that the treasure of the Sultan is greater than ever. Some have represented that, for safety, the imperial wealth is kept in several p{neel, rnrt of it at Fez, part in the oasis of Tafi- et and part at other points in the empire. Dr. Rohlfs declgees that the Sultan’s 10,.- 000,000 German tfialers, or about $7,500,000, are at Mequinez{ in a sorber edifice which the light of daly never penetrates, The custom of killipg the treasure-bearers is notkept up, and fiae guard is not 2000, but 300, negroes, whio keep watch in a living vomb. Dr. Rohjfs has seen some of the sacks inclosing pjat of the treasure, THE FOLSOM BOULEVARD. —— Mission People Confident of Success With the Super- visors. A TWENTY-SIX- MILE DRIVF, Property-Owners Give Thelr Views. How the South Side Has Been Neglected. The people of the Mission believe that they will succeed in inducing the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors to recommend an appropriation for the pav- ing of Folsom street with bitumen from the ferries to Nineteenth street, thus giving a boulevard from the bay to the county line. Among those who aré devoting most of their time to this work are Captain G. A. Raabe, H. F. Wynne, A. I. Martin, George L. Center, Harvey C. Somers Joseph Kelly, John Rafferty and A. B. Maguire. Eleven of the twelve members of the Board of Supervisors have expressed themselves as favorable to the plan. Several of the members of committees who are at work for the Mission were in- terviewed yesterday. Captain George A. Raabe, president of Club 1, and one of the most active men in the interests of the Mission, said: The first street opened out that way was Mis- sion street, called the Mission road. Then Folsom street was opened and called the Ne: Mission road, and it is not se very many years ago that property on Folsom street wag worth more than property on Market from Kearny out. Itwaslooked upon then as the natural park changed the movement toward the West- ern Addition. But the Mission did more toward building the park than any other part of the City, and we have received very little in return. The tax put upon the outside lands aid mostly for Golden Gate Park and the Vestern Addition has received the benefit ofit. We have had v little from the Ci the Almshouse, City and County Hospital, Pest- house and Branch County jails. There is not cently paved street in the lower part of the }“" ion, and we think that we are asking very ittie the water front to the cotnty line. A. B. Maguire, who is taking an active hand in the movement, said: The City has spent less on the streets in the south side than any other committee from the Mission waited on the Fourth of July committee the other day and asked that the parade start on Third street, as was the custom in years gone by. The reply was that the streets in that partof the City were in such a wretched condition that the military would refuse to march on them. Visitors to this Citr are never taken to drive down our wing. If Folsom street were properly paved with bitumen, San Francisco would have the finest drive in the world. Then one could ride from California and Kearny along to Third to Folsom, along Folsom to Vi avenue, along Van Ness to Black Point, along ihe bay to the Presidio, through the Pres First avenue 1o the ark, through the park to the beae and Cliff, along the Ocean-House mile House, on the old romantic San Bruno road to Army street, on Army $treet to Folsom, and down Folsom to the ferry. That would say could not be surpassed for beauty and varlety of scencry in the world. George L. Center said: Folsom street in many places Tesembles the bed of an old river. A large partof it is paved with cobbles ut down foriy years ago, and in many places it has never been repaired. Fol- som street, 00, has been all cut up in the building of the railway tracks,and this makes absolutely necessary much work to bring the Whole &ireet up to the proper levels. This work of fepairin vear. There is no need for us to impress that upon the Board of Supervisors. But what we are asking is that this work be done thoroughly d well when it is done. Let them give us & smooth, bituminized street from the water front to Ninetecnth street. The cost above ‘what they will have to ex&;;m anyway will 10t be over $20,000 or £30,000. So you see we are asking very little. We think that appropriations should be made more for improving the streets than for beautifying the parks. We believe in and ap- preciate the park, of course; but better streets are an absolute necessity. It does not look well to see A man going around with a finely polished silk hat on while his shoes are shabby and full of holes. George W. Elder, who is the street inspector for the chairman of the Street Committee, said: : 1 have suggested a plan by which they could make a good street of Folsom with bituininous rock payement at very little cost. That is to take all these old cobbles, which are useless for any other purpose,and crush them for making concrete for the foundation. The work could be done on the ground, and there are enough cobbles to su‘[:pl)' all the concrete necessary to pave the whole of Folsom street, from the water front to Nineteenth street. This wonld;ire, at a cost of $80,000, a splen- didly paved rosdway, which would co little to keep in order for twenty years to come. If they go on in the old way and repair the street the cost would be $55,000 to R60,000. But the differcnce would be much more than en}en upin twoor three years in further ve- pairs. A.J. Martin, who is a property-owner in the Mission and is one of the most active members of the committee, is an ex-Fire Commissioner. He said: Last night if Folsom street had been in proper condition when the third alarm was turned in for the big fire it would have meant a saving of hali & million dollars. The streets were in such bad condition that the drivers of the fire enginesand otnerapparatus were airaid of hrvmkm? down and had to go slow. The engines from_ the Mission and Hayes Valley distriets would have made twenty utes 10 & half hour better time in getii the fire than they did;and twenty minutes at a fire means a good deal. Down that way are there that ikuie is the greatest danger oi b fires. With Folsom street well paved the en- gines from the Western Addition could come into it from Van Ness avenue and Noe Valley and the upper Mission and rattle along to 1§e fires in half the time they do now. Harvey C. Somers, who is another mem- ber of the Folsom-street committee, be- lieves that the 1 cent limit should be done away with and most of the extra money raised devoted to the improvement of the streets. He said: 1 believe 1n & more liberal appropriation for the streets than for anything else. Many men who own teams tell me that tney would be wiiling to pay double the present taxes in order to get good streets. We must do away with the 1 cent limit. You will find that most of the larger taxpayers in the Mission ure the strongest advocates of a tax high enough to give Us better swreets. Nothing creates sueh a bad impression on visitors to this City as the wretched condition of the streets, and ho patt g(tithf City is so badly off in that respect as the ssion. He 1s a Great Talker. The doctors at the Osawatomie (Kan.) Insane Asylum keep John N. Reynolds, famous as an ex-convict, under the in- fiuence of opiates about half the time. They have to do it to prevent him from talking himself to death. He wants to make speeches day and night. One morn- ing he commenced to deliver a temperance lecture and did not quit for twenty-seven hours, and only then when he fainted from hunger and exhaustion, He weighed 200 ounas when he entered the asylum. He Kau talked himself down to 120.” He 1s the only man in the United States who ever ran for Senator while an inmate of the penitentiary. He was formerly president of a bogus livestock insurance company at Atchison. He advertised the concern ex- tensively and was sent to the penitentiary for the frandulent use ot the mails. He claimed that his enemies were persecuting him, and, to test his standing in the_com- munity, announced himself as a candidate for State Senator. He received 500 votes. Upon his release from prison Reynolds wrote & book about lpenitenfiuflea of Kan- sas and Missouri. It was entitled “Twin Hells,” Reynolds cleared about $40,000 on the sale of the book but the money went as fast as he got it. Two years ago he took the lecture platform in the interest of prison reform. He kept this up six months and then his mind went wrong.—Boston Tianscript, 3 outlet from the City. But the formil\E of the | e road to Uncle Sam’s Cabin and the Seventeen- | give a twenty-six-mile drive that I venture to | must be done this | y except | in demanding one well-paved street from | artof the City. A | all the bir ories, the oil tanks, machine- | shops. lun cds and warehouses. It is the center of i, saufacturing distriet, and it is | NEW TO-DAY. AT KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to J)emmal enjoyment when rightly used. 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TEAMSIIIPS DEPART FROM SPEAR- street harf at 10 a. M. every five days, con- t PORTLAND wich direct rail lines to all GON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO, VA, and all Eastern points, including Chi- York and Boston. State of California Oregon salls June 1; ils June $, 18, 28, July 8 23, July 8, 13. Fare in eabin, inclyding berth and meals, $16 00; Steerage. #7 50; Rofind trip, $25 00. For through rates and all other information apply to the uudersigned. PERKINS & CO. FRED. F. CoxNom, Gen'l Agent. 19 Montgomery st. ative; effectually cleansing the system | $1 bottles, but it is mans | CONSURPTION TD ~ :ll‘bl(‘l l\l’\'.1 Austra- G Az rst class, ¥ Hone $110 stecrage. Lowest | Q rates to Capetown, { ROYAL NAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. TEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL fortnightly for the West Indies an | Bouthampton, calling en route at Oerbourgf | France, and Plymouth to land passengers. Throtgh bills of iading, in connection Witk che | Pacific Mall 8. S, Co., issucd for freight and treas- | umre to direct ports in England and Germany. | Through tickets from San Franciaco to Plymonthy | Cherbourg, ‘Saom.g:mpmlh First class, ll&fi:fl;l:. Class, r turther PARR i ’ STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St.,. At 5 P. M. Daily, Except Sunday. % Accommodations Reserved by Telephone. STEAMER : D. Peters, ¥ of Stockton. T. C. Walker. Mary Garratt, Telephone Main 805. J. © Cat | ' SANFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- (IR0 RAILWAY (0. | Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market St. i San Francisco to San Rafaels | 9:20, 11:00 A.3c; 12:8: P. M. Thursdays—Extra trij 06‘. M. Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:! .. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.x.; 1:30, 8:30, . 25, , 9:30, 11:10 A. Mg 10 p. M. Saturdays—Extra trips and 6 M. 0, 9:40, 11:10 A. 3.; 1:40, 3:40, ), 6:26 P. M. etwecn San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Teave Arrive san Francisco. | IneMect | gan Franclsco. i 1595, ! | vestinacion.| | | 0 AM| Novaio, |1 | 8150 AX 0 Ax| Petalums, ) 10:30 AX :00 Py Santa 0 ra| 6:15 Pu Fulton Wind sor, Healdsbur; |Geyservilie, | e. | 7:30 e 6:15 P | Hopland & | Tidah. | 110:30 A i | | Ax 7:40 A/ | 3:30 Py |8:00 AM 7:40 ax| 1 | " 10:30 ax 8:00 ax | Guerneville.| 7:30 rx B8:80 Py H | 6.|§PK 7:40 Ax 8:00 AM| 10:40 A | &:50 A% 6:10 £ 5:00 Py | 8:05 ru; 6:15 Px 7:40 A3 8:00 AM 3:80 P |5:00 PM 6:05 pM| 6:10 PN Stages connect at San Rafacl for Bolinas. o Siages conncet at Nania Rosa for Mark West Springs. KStazes connect at Geyserville for Skages Springs, Stages connect at Cloverdale fof the ‘Sers. Stages connect ai Pieta for ilighiand Springsy Kelseyville, Soda Bay, Lakeport. Stages connect at Hopland for Lakeport and Barileit Sprines. | Stages connegt at Ukiah for Vichy Springs,. Bine | Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper Lake, Booneville, Green= wood, Mendecing City, For Bragg, Usal, Westporty Cahto, Willetts, ¢ er Valley, Johm Lively's, iarrls, Blocks- ureka. ets at reduced lle an: round-trip tic | rates. On Sundays round-trip tickets to Al points oee yond San Rafael at half rates. | 7 Ticket Offices, corner New Montgomery and Market strects, under the Palace Hotel. H. C. WHITING, E. X. RYAN, | Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agenk i | Tralos leave nnd arc SAN FRANCISCO, ‘E 14, 189, | zEAVE — — anmve "$6:304 Ban Leandro, Haywards & Way Scns _9:15A Atlantic Exuress, ( 10:30m 1 and Kant. . St mento, aud Reddin 73304 Martinez, Ban R imon, Nuvs, toga and *sanid Ross. 7:30A San Leandro, Hoywards & Way St'os #:304 Nilos, § Stockton, Toue, Sacrame: téd Blal and Oroville 3 *#:30A Peters and Milton. . :004 San Leandro, Haywards & W ay &t ns Tixpress, Raymonds mite), Santa Barbara Los Angeles, Dewing, Kl Vase, | New Orluans and Easf | 9:004 Martinez und Stockton > 20:00 San Leaodro, H ywords aud Niles . 12:00% San Leaudro, Haywards & Way Sv 1:00p Niles, SBan Jose and Livermore. *#1:00p Sacramento Iiser Stoaors. $1:30r Port Costa and Way Stations. 8:00P Ban Leandro, Haywards & Way S¢us 4:00r San Leandro, Haywaris & Way St s 4:00¢ Martine, Ramon, Vallejo pa, U: Bl Si 4:00p Benicia, Va 3 Kuights Landing, Maxysville, Oroville and_ Sacramento . 4130 Nilos, Livermore and Stoekion .. 5:00¢ San Leandro, B:30y Los Augeles | ywards & Way §t'ns s, Fresuo, Ray- mlh:?. Bakes e, 7:00p Oregou ville, Sond and Bast ... 10:454 7:00P Sgn Leandro, Baywards & Way 5t'ns 10:30m 9:002 S Loandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 1112:004 EL:15P San Leandeo Havwards & Way St'ns *7:A5a SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). T7:454 Sunday Excursion for Newark. Sar Jose, Los Gat q Santa Boulder Croek, Statious *2:15 Newark, Centerville, San Jose, New Almaden, Felton, Boulder Creek, ta Cruz and Principal Way Statione, I Ne e, Sy CONPAGNIEGENERALE TRAXSATLANTIQUE French Line to Havre. YOMPANY'S PIER (NEW), 42 NORTH J River, foot of Morion st. Travelers by (his line 4v0id both transit by Knglish railway and the discomiort of orossing the channel ina small w York to Alexandria, Egypt, via Paria, $160: second olass $116. LA CHAMPAGNE, Capt. Laurent. . & ... June 25, 7:00'A, a i, Capt. Leboneut 5 Jul: ula A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3 Bowling Green, New York. F. FUGAZL & CU., Agents, b Montgomery San Franeisco. CUNARD LINE. New York to Liverpool, via Queenstown, from Pier 40, North River. FAST EXPRE:! MAIL SERVICE. Umbria, July 6, 3 P Aurania, Aug. 3,3 P Lucanis, July 13, 8:80 ax Umbria, Aug. 10)8 a x Etruria. Jul 2| Lucanin, Aug. 17, 1P u Calpenta.Jy 50 .ax|Etruria, Aug. 24, 8 ax TRA SAILING. Auravia....... Thursday, July 4, Noon Cabin passage S50 and upward; secona cabin, $35. $40, $45, accOrding to steamer and accommo: dations. Steerage tickets to and from all parts ot Kurops at very iow rates. For freight and passage apply 2t company’s office, 4 Bowling Green, New York. VERNON H. BROWN & CO, Genéral Agents. Good accommodation can_ always be secured on application to WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Zents, San Francisco. ~ RATLROAD TRAVEL! Atlantic AND Pacific RAILROAD Trains leave from and arrive at Market-Street Ferry. Chicago Limited Leaves every day ut 5:30 P, M., carrying Poliman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers to Chlcago via Kansas City without change. Annex cars for Denver and St. Louis. ViA LOS ANGELES. Traing leave daily at 9:00 A, M. and 5:30 P. ., connecting in Los Angeles with s0lid trains, Los Angeles to Chicugo. Summer or Winter the Santa Fe Route Is the most Comfortable railway, California to the East, A popular misbelief exists rezarding the heat in Summer. The heat Is not greater than is encoun- tered on even the most northerly line. This is well known to experienced travelers. 3 ‘The nieals at ilarvey’s Dining Rooms are an ex- cellent feature of the line. ‘The Grand Canyon of the Colorado can be reached in no other way. Ticket Ofice—650 Market Streot, Chronicle Building. COAST DIVI *0:434 San Jos . Now Almaden and Way L *hadd Cruz, Pacific Gi d Py 8";'a‘-l' ruz, Pacific Grove and Princij ‘ay Stations. 18:35% Hanta Crita ove, Paso Robles o and Prineip Staifons 47 A Palo Alto and. 467 San Joso and Way S L4314 Puio Alto aud Way Bis Gilroy, Trea Pinos ta inas, Monteréy aud Paciie il Way § 0:- San Jozo and Way Stations. Or San Jose and Way St San Jose and CREEK ROUTE FERRY. lem SAK FRAKCISCO—Poot of Market Strest (Slip )~ 8:00 9:00 410:00 J1:004.M. * t *2:00 300 *k00 . “6:00r.u. Prom OAKLAND—Foot 8 - *12:30 2:00 4 A for Morning. P for Afternoon. * Sundays excepted. + Saturdays onlyd § Thursdays only. 1 Sundays only. 1 Monday, Thutsday and Saturday nights only- VIA SAUSALITO FERR From A1 21, 1896. WEER DAYS. Amives, P, 1 Val., Ress Val., Saa RAl.. " " §an Qf = 7,402, San Qin. B4GAM. o oenoe 94000 San Qfa. lt),lB:.ll. Y. coeeee. 805RM, San Qt, 4.40e.m, 8.35p.M. s 6.267.3, San Qla. 7.45v., 11805 . Ross Val,, Sea R1L, San ata, 8.004.21. (azadero and Way Stations *1.467.M. » 0 Ce! “ o A + Roes Vallsy, Saa Rafusl, Sz Qta.. )AM. Sausalite l’nl Sherbes . ess Valley, San Ril 3 iisess Tos . Saw il San Gt 1210%%, - Ross Valley and Ban Rafeel 8.004.3. Point Reyes, Cazadero and 9.C04.x. Point Reyes and Way Stations, .