The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 189Y5. JAN NESS AVENUE FENCED, Rights of Property - Owners Dieregarded by a Cor- poration. ALL IMPROVEMENTS STOPPED. he City’s Most Beautiful Thorough~ fare Completely Blockaded at One End. The San Francisco Pioneer Woolen-mills Company presents the only obstacle at present in the way of making Van Ness avenue the most beautiful, the best paved thoroughfare from Market street to the bay. The company has boldly invaded the street, put a fence across it and established racks behind it, which are not only un- sightly but which are in plain violation of the rights of property-owners. The atten- tion of TrE CALL was attracted to the mat- ter by the receipt of the following letter yesterday: Editor Call: Cannot THE CALL do something toward having removed the unsightly wooden fence erected by the woolen-mill corporation long ago crossing the avenue at North Point cet and illegally obstructing & public street of great importance? Then, with the avenue opened and fairly graded to the beach, Van Ness avenue would be the great thoroughiare from Market street to the bay, where steam- hoats from Marip County and elsewhere could stop if desirable. A SMALL PROPERTY-HOLDEE OF THE EXD. In compliance with the wish expressed in the letter a reporter visited the neigh- borhood yesterday and found mattersin even worse shape than represented. Clear avenue at North Point street the NorTH ul tly fence of the company extends. Behind it and completely filing up the street space between the mills and the TUnited States reservation, thoroughly cut- ting off travel to the bay, are the still more unsightly racks, which look like blackened skeletons of the prosperity thatonce ten- anted the big brick pile when the shuttles clicked in the loom and hundreds of workers flitted to_and fro at their dailiy labor. Now sall is hushed about the mill and the racks are bare and blackened, useless and an obstacle to public improve- ment. For months past the property-owners on the avenue above Green street, to which point it has been bituminized, have stood v to godown in their pockets for the amount of money necessary to grade, curb nd pave the avenue from Green street to 1 y. But just one thing has stood in their way, the unlawful occupation of the ue at North Point street by the Jlen mills_company with its fence and racks. These obstructions brought 1 to a dead halt and they have been the haited ever since, except in that a number of them some time ago entered a formal protest with the old Board of Supervisors against this unlawful occupation. There was some hope for a time that relief would come, but in some mysterious manner the protest was pigeonholed and that is the last that has been heard of it. The fence remains and the woolen mills com- any has remained particularly apathetic. Despairing of ever getting the obstruc- tions out of the road, several of the prop- erty-owners resolved to make some im- provements on their own account, seeking to beautify the avenue and to make the ap- ches to their property somewhat more ive than the stretchesof sand which covered the Herbert avenue, Among these was Law of the Viavi Company, iy 300 feet frontage on the nut street. He graded his along the front of his prop- substantial board sidewalk. < was all right for_a couple of d began to arift in, and ¢ find it with a pick and nd, the shifting of which wners could have stopped ing the avenue, has drifted t to the depth of a foot-and a half. 1e same way with the curbing that erty laia That sidev all the property-owners have joined in {)vnlling in. Itisburied clear out of sight v the drifting sands. Nothing can remedy this, and the prop- erty-owners know it, until the street is bituminized from Green street to the bay. This cannot be done until the woolen- mills company removes or is compelled to its obstructions, although the ywners stand ready, as they have all alony, to furnish the funds for They are all well known and their sincerity and good intentions in the tter cannot be questioned. Seven of 1 who signed the protest against the ce and the racks and who own an aggre- gate of 1400 feet frontage on the avenue Jobn J. McGovern, Herbert E. Law, . Law, Percy Beamish, Oliver Eldridge, Hugh L. Farley and Hugh Farley. They but ask for justice and seem to get nothing but silence.” The woolen company’s action is nothing but plain usurpation of power and disregard for the rights of citizens, and it will be strange if some method is not i d to bring it to time so that Van Ness a ue can be made the grand thorough- fare, from the bay to Market street, that it should be. FRUIT EXCHANGE REPORT, President Frank Dalton Im- parts Some Advice to the Members. What Has Been and May-Be Accom~ plished by the Organization. ‘The Roll. The annual meeting of the San Fran- cisco Fruit Exchange to hear the report of officers was held yesterday morning, and atits close the board of directors con- firmed the election of the previous day and re-elected T. 8. Taylor secretary. The offi- cers whose election was ratified were: President, Frank Dalton; vice-president, A. T. Hatch; treasurer, R. E. Castle; di- rectors—D. E. Allison, R. E. Castle, P. D. Code, F. Dalton, A. T. Hatch, A. W. Por- ter, H. A. William. committees of ap- E. M. Cofer, A.D. Cutler, C. B, Jen- gs, C. M. Pike and B. F. Stone. President Dalton’s report was in part as follows: Since opening these rooms 71 certificates of mbership have been issued as follows: Ac- honorary 1, transfers 3. The standing is as follows: Active 49, honoraryl, resighed 10, dropped 8, transfers 3, leaving the present mempership 50, including one honorary member, Colonel Philo Hersey of San Jose. Death has called away one of our most 1ed members, J. K. Armsby, whose death uas anmounced’ from Wiestadén, Genmauy, )ctober 18, As 10 canned fruit standards, no complaint has been apparent, but in dried fruit it is cleimed by some that standards were not high enough in some grades of apricots and peache. Attention is called to this matter in order that for the coming season grades may be more uniform, and, if possible, made to cover a wider range. By incressing the number of s 50 that each section of the State may be ented in its own gnde, perhaps better re- P usefuiness of the exchange cannot be ed. Last year, although being the first yeur of i1s existence, we know of many cases wherein it promoted good. For instance, once or twice parties came to me and wanted sam- ples of our ehoice fruits, and after looking at them admitted that they had not delivered choice fruits, and therefore settled the dispute without jurther arbitration between buyer and seller. We have become also somewhat known throughout the East, not to the extent we hould be, but they look to us to have a uni- form grade, so that they, themselves, may know something about how to do business. There is no denying the fact that here- Yiore no one has known what to ship for choice fruit or fancy; that while California sellers have been imposed upon grossly by the buyers, sellers have made great mistakes fre- &xemly in filling orders and notcomplied with e wishes of the buyer. These things can be easily remedied provided you yourselves take an interest in the exchange, but if you con- clude there is no need of paying any attention 1o it except when you get into a row and leave itto the president or board of arbitration it will indeed prove a useless expense, It is with yourselves, members of the exchange, to say whether you will make yourself known an become useful in this community. We must meet people and agree upon some basis upon which we can do business satisfactorily to the buyer and seller. i ARMSTRONG COMMITTED SUICIDE. Mrs. Nellie Hughes Testified That He . Attempted His Life Once Before. A Coroner's Jury found that Walter Armstrong committed suicide at 126 Ellis street yesterday, Very few witnesses were called, and those who testified said that the deceased had been despondent for some time previous to taking his life. Mrs. Nellie Hughes of 315 Leavenworth said he had_attempted suicide once before, and she believed that his suicide was due to financial troubles. British Vice-Consul Moore cabled to the address left by Armstrong in regard to burial expenses, but had received no an- swer. The remains will be interred in the Pot- ter’s field unless some _one comes forward to bear the expense. Mrs. Hughes, whom the deceased described as “‘a poor widow,” judging from her appearance has no need for the diamond locket Armstrong asked his brother to send her. She was deco- rated with jewels. STUDENTS ARE WRATHFUL The Plucked Ten at Toland College Express Indig- nation. Charges of Unfalrness Against the Professors—An Attempt at Suicide. The “plucking” of the ten medical students by the faculty of Toland College breasts of the plucked und their friends. The young gentlemen who were so badly disappointed are not saying nice things about Drs. D’Ancona and Dodge. The former, they claim, did not give them a fair examination. In fact, there was no examination at all, the students say, the professor keeping their merits in class ex- ercises in his mind and striking an aver- age at the end of the term. All sorts of stories and rumors are flying about, the latest being that the junior classes were about to apply for a transfer to the Cooper Medical Colrege. The youn, men who have been plucked naturnlfy fee! very badly about it, and many of their classmates sympathize with them. The banquet at the Good Fellows’ Grotto, it is said, very nearly ended ina tragedy, one of the plucked students at- tempting to blow out his brains. His com- panions prevented the execution of the rash deed by taking away his revolver. “I do not think that either Dr. D’Ancona or Dr. Dodge was fair in the examina- tions,”” said one of the students yesterday. *Dr. D’Ancona kept the result of the class exercises in his head and gave the boys their average from memory.’’ Dr. Dodge told the class that he had re- ceived an anonymous communication, charging that seventeen of the students had heen cribbing. Some of the boys waited on him and asked him to makea new examination, but this he refused to do. The boys thought, to say the least, it was in very poor taste for Dr. Dodge to teke any cognizance of an. anonymous letter. Y ESTATE FOR LUWERS How E. W. Barber’s Property Was Meilted Into Attor- neys’ Fees. A Residue of $60 and a Debt Left Mrs. Page Out of More Than $2000. About two years ago E. W. Barber died and left to his sister, Mrs. Farran, an estate valued at about $2000. It consisted of two lots on Diamond and Twenticth streets, worth nearly $2000. There was a $700 mortgage on one of the lots. Besides this he left $250 werth of furniture in a ledging- house on Sutter street. Mrs. Farran was appointed executrix, and she secured the services of ex-Judge Van Reynegom to look after her interests. The furniture was sold for $250, and the lawyer got an order of court to sell the unincumbered lot, which he subsequently did for $1300. About a year and a half ago, and before the estate was settled, Mrs. Farran died and Van Reynegom filed in the Probate Court a document he called an account of Mrs. Farran’s as administratrix of her brother’s estate. When she died Mrs. Farran left by will all her property to Mrs. Mary A. Page, whose attorney had the account filed by Van Reynegom transferred to Judge Mur- phy’s court on the ground that a court of equity and not the Probate Court had the power to settle the account. In settling the account Judge Murphy allowed Van Reynegom $300 for his Iefnl services to Mrs. Farran and $50 for selling the furni- ture in the lodging-house. Upon the death of Mrs. Farran the Pub- lic Administrator took possession of hér estate, and at the same time he closed u the Barber estate. For this he got Slo& and the Public Administrator's attorney, J. D. Sullivan, got a fee of $100 for repre- senting Mr. Freese. The Barber estate was merged into the Farran estate, and Van Reynegom, as executor of Mrs. Farran’s will, was allowed a fee of $9920 and another $10 fee for ap- pearing once in court. The lawyers for Mrs. Page made a pro- test yesterday against the other lawyers absorbing almost the entire estate for fees. They showed that the lot and furniture sold for $1550. Out of this about $150 was paid for funeral expenses. After the lawyers’ fees, the administra- tor charges and court expenses are paid all that Mrs. Page will secure will be about $60 in money and an unimproved lot worth that is mortgaged for $700. Mrs. Page thinks that out of an estate of about $2000 she should receive a little more than $60 and a debt. B Extreme Measures. “Mandy,’”” said Farmer Corntassel, thoughtfully, “‘hez it occurred to you that Josiar is gittin’ kinder sassy?” “It has, I must say,”’ confessed the young man’s mother. “An’ don’t it seem ter you thet he's sorter shif’less, too?” “Yes,” she sighed. «He’s too big ter lick now, er we could fix it all right in no time. He’s got ter be disciplined somehow.” “What are ye going ter do?” «gSend him ter college next fall. It’s ter- rible severe an’ I hate ter do it, but nothin’ short of a good hazin’’ll make mg impres- sion on that boy.”—Washington Star. ————————— England and France are now engaged in a competition with each other in securing treaties from the African chiefs in the dis- puted territory of West Africa. These treaties are usually signed with a mark by the chiefs, and there is no evidence to show that they know what they are sign: ing, ~ has aroused a storm of indignation in the ! STREET-SWEEPING PLAN. The Merchants’ Association Scheme for Keeping Down the Dust. FIGHTING SAND WITH WATER. President Dohrmann Says an Ideal Condition Can Thus Be Attained. In its application for the contract to clean the streets for the coming year the Merchants’ Association has, at the request of the Street Committee, incorporated a plan to combine sprinkling with the sweeping. The proposition isaccompanied with a map showing the streets that should be sprinkled. The plan includes Market street from East to a point west of the junction of Haight street, and on the north side of Market several blocks formed by the *‘gore’ streets, while on the south side of Market the principal thoroughfares are indicated. with his mother as nurse, he left on his way to New York, and when he reached there he was taken to the cancer hospital under care of Ur. W. B. Cooley, where h will be treatedgwith innoculation by Dr. Giber. Mr. Hearst’s generous action in this matter is worthy of the high praise that is accorded by all who are acquainted with the circumstances. MR. GADEN OBJECTED. He Finds the Work on a Street Faulty and the Mayor Refuses to Accept It. Mayor Sutro yesterday sent to the Board of Supervisors a veto of Resolution 11,555, passed on June 25 accepting a number of newly bituminized streets. Only one of the streets was objected to, but all had to be refused as they were included in the same resolution. The faulty block is Hayes street be- tween Steiner and Filimore. When the work was being done Mr. Gaden went out to examine it. “I found that the concrete was very faulty,” he said. ““It was too soft altogether and the contractors were not using ‘clean sea sand’ which the contract specifically demanded. Besides, the concrete was badly mixed and was not being roperly tamped down. “I saw that the work was not right. I protested, but the contractors went to the office of the Street Superintendent. Mr. Ashworth sent out a deputy who declared lovanmesy & Jewus & EcOYSTY | & TIMESA DAY =222 TIMES ADAY, o < (3 albay w 7 L2 3 Y >g Wn K wiE S o e w > \z £ seh 2. ¢ g eisuy < a i E2 S X. 3v2 k9 F © 'n'\(;{ 7 S g b o< 3 5 wie o wavronnia ST 2‘ 3 Eenes < i e ¥ 3 < G < 3 MAP SHOWING STREETS AND BLOCKS PROPOSED TO BE SPRINKLED BY THE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPING. Speaking of this plan of the Association President Dohrmann said yesterday: An ideal condition of the streets of San Fran- cisco, so far as cleaning them is concerned, can be brought about only by combining a system- atie plan of sprinkling with the sweeping, at least throughout the business portion of the City. This plan has been found to be the cor- rect thing in other large cities, but it is appli- cable to San Francisco more than to any other city, in the opinion of the Merchants’ Associa- tion, because first San Francisco is built on sandy soil which duriug the prevalence of high winds fills the air and the streets with dust, Unfortunately the street cleaning appropria- tions have been so small that, under this con- dition, the work though done with the best of intention and greatest care could not have been done justice. The sprinkling that has been done has been confined to those streets and blocks where the merchants were compelled to have it done to save their goods from injury by the dust and for which they had to pay. Bo it has occurred that those who did not Tequire street sprin- kling avoided the expense, yet the dust ace cumulating in front of their places blows into the stores of others. Thusin many instances only parts of blocks heve been feprinkled, to the detriment of those merchants who have perishable goods or goods easily injured, and | who pay for sprinkling. The present system of sweeping keeps the streets clear of the offal and accumulations of sidewalk and store- sweepings, but it cannot keep down the dust that is formed from the sands gathered by the winds. If the sprinkling plan submitted by the Mer- chants’ Association shall be adopted we shall be able to keep down the dust in the business ortion of the City to the advantage of all usiness houses. In time the plan may be ex- tended to other portionsof the City. The plan, as shown by the map, includes those streets which sre most affected by the wind and if sdapled will accomplish a very desirable con- ition. A similar plan has been adopted on the water front by the Harbor Commission and the result is th: section is kept the cleanest of any in the City. In Oakland and Alameda the street-sprink- ling is done at the expense of the municipali- ties and there is no good reason why it should not be done in San Francisco. The only desire of the Merchants’ Association in combining the sprinkling plan with the sweeping isto give the City cleaner and wmore wholesome streets, which we are confident we can do. KIND TO W. N. HART. ‘What Is Being Done by W. R, Hearst to Save the Journalist From Death by Cancer. William N. Hart, the well-known news- paper man who has been ill for some time, has at the suggestion of William R. Hearst, his employer, who has made arrangements to care for him, gone to New York for treatment. As previously announced in THE Cavr, Mr, Hart is suffering from a cancer of the face which originated in a peculiar man- ner. He had a habit ot biting his cheek which became more or less sore, and this was aggravated by smoking, He became a sufferer to such a degree that he was forced to discontinue work and re- main at home. He was attended by local physicians who discovered that a malig- nant cancer had formed. Various reme- dies were applied, but there seemed to be no improvement. At last erysipelas set in around the affected cheek. Thisdisease yielded to treatment, and when the danger of it had passed away, it was discovered that it had stayed the erowth of the can- cer, but that the latter would soon extend again. At one time the patient was so low that it was feared he would not live a week. It was at this_time that Mr. Hearst, who was in Paris, France, learned of Hart's dangerous condition, and when he ascer- tained that cancer was at work, he visited the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where experiments were being made by means of innoculation to cure cancerous affections, and_applied for some of the serum there used, so that he might send it to this City for the benefit of Mr. Hart. At first there ‘was a refusal to part with any of it, but after much persuasion and a declaration that cost was not a consideration, but that a desire to savej a human life moved him Mr. Hearst was given a small quantity of the seram. What he was charged for it would have staggered an ordinary mortal. It was at once forwarded to this City, and at the same time a telegram was sent in- structing that the patient, if able to travel, be sent to New York, where he would be treated by Dr. Giber of the Pasteur Insti- tute, who was then on his' way to l&; New York. The dispatch also add the advice that no necessary expense be spared. 5 ‘When the precious serum arrived it was injected twice into Hart’s system, and on Tuesday a week ago he was pronounced able to travel, On that day in company that the work was all right and in every way up to the standard. “I stiill protested and the contractors Messrs. Flynn and Treacy, expressed such willingness to do what I demanded that I waived the necessity of their using better sand. There was about a quarter of the block through, in which the concrete had already been covered with bitumen. I warned the contractors that I would re- fuse to accept the work till I knew what kind of concrete was laid on_that portion of the block. They promised to open up the bitumen, but neelected to do so and so the resolution accepting their work had to be vetoed."” \ Mr. Gaden thinks the Supervisors will prepare another resolution in which only the unobjectionable streets are accepted. AGNES SMITH'S ROMANCE A Mission Girl Who Married “ Dink” Barnard, the No- torious Burglar. It Is Supposed That by Tracking ' Her the Police Were Able to Arrest Him. Detective Ross Whittaker left for New York last night with the requisition papers for “Dink’’ Barnard, alias George Wilson, who is wanted for the burglary at New- burger, Reiss & Co.’s dry-goods warehouse in June, 1893. Barnard after being held to answer was released on “straw” bonds and dis- appeared. He was arrested in New York on Monday. When Barnard was in this City he made the acquaintance of Agnes Smith, book- keeper for James & Smith, the wholesale butchers. Sbe was a handsome woman and became infatuated with the dashing young burglar. They were married at San Rafael, Barnard’s “‘best man” being A. J. Raiston, a well-known gambler. After Barnard’s arrest she visited him frequently in the City Prigon and later in the County Jail. She provided the money for his de- fense, and, it is said, gave $1000 for the “straw” bonds that permitted him to make his escape. She disappeared with Barnard and at the time it was reported that she had em- bezzled $3200 belonging to the firm, but that was denled by her friends, who de- clared that she had considerable money of her own. In Septémber last Detectives Whittaker and Seymour took an embezzler named Haake to New York who was wanted in Hamburg, and while there Whittaker saw the young woman cn Broadway, near Forty-second steet. She was traced to her room in the hope of finding Barnard there, but she had recognized Whittaker and when the detectives went to the room he had skipped to Boston. The New York olice kept a watch on the house for some ime in the hope that he would return, but th’fi were disappointed. he detectives learned that after Bar- nard and his wife reached New York he compelled her to lead alife of shame, and she was but the shadow of her former self. Barnard was recognized in Boston by a San Franciscan, who notified the police there, but Barnard was too sharp for them and returned to New York. It is supposed that by keeping track of the young woman the New York police eventually caught Barnard. Chief Crowley has been notified that Barnacd is to make a determined fight against his extradition, but there is no loophole for his escape and he is sure to be brought back by Whittaker. S ——————— ‘Would Not Be Scolded. Joseph W. Hutchison, living at 432 Seventh street, reported to Secretary McComb of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dreun, yesterday, that his daughter, Mary J. Hutchison, left home Sunday, and had not been seen since. Sunday morning, according to Mr. Hutchison, he lectured the missing girl concerning some suppcsed misconduct nl‘lel’!. The daughter evidently did not appreciate the fatherly advice, for when he returned at nifht she had left the house. The missing girl is about 18 years old, of the blonde type and rather pretiy, EXHIBITION IN DENTISTAY. Practical Demonstrations at the Clinics of the State Convention. BAD TEETH STRAIGHTENED. Dr. L. Van Orden Wants the Press Supervised—New Members and Papers. The dull monotony of the routine pro- ceedings and reading of technical papers at the State Dental Association Convention was relieved for three hours yesterday morning by the clinics, which were given in the rear corridor of the Acadamy of Sciences’ building. There were some ach- ing and empty teeth awaiting the skillful application of improved mechanism when the dentists arrived. There was a Jap, a China boy and an old lady sacrified as victims to the rapid for- ceps of Dr. Charles E. Post of San Fran- cisco. The Jap and the Chinaman re- served their courage until the steel instru- ment entered their mouths, but the opera- tions were performed so quickly that they had no use for it and grunted their sur- prise that pulling teeth by the American plan was so speedy and painless. The old lady stepped into the chair timidly. She had suffered too much to be possessed of real fear, though she wasa little doubtful of the outcome. The doctor dropped an aggregated dozen teeth from the three mouths and turned to aid Dr. A. H. Morris of Alameda in a more difficult operation. A young woman whose face bore the marks of pain from dead and dying teeth expressed her readiness to sub- mit to the removal of eight upper teeth under treatment of nitrous oxide gas. Dr. Post applied the gas, the patient fell into unconsciousness, and before she could re- cover Dr. Morris had extracted the teeth, occupying only about two minutes. Dr. George W. Cool attracted the great- est share of attention by a rapid demon- stration of Fold-building. The cavity in the tooth of the patient, Robert Diggs, had been prepared at the office of the dentist, and the young man sat through the fifty-five minutes of the operation without suffering the least pain. The operation from the view point of the lay spectators was simple? yet wonderful in speed and skillfulness. The dentists crowded about the chair eager to see every movement of the operator, who placed narrow strips of gold leaf in the cavity and tamped them down with a mechanical mallet which he held in his hand and operated by foot-treadle. The feature of the demonstration was the speed and com- pleteness of it. Dr. Russell H, Cool gave an exhibition of work that is in progressin the mouth of Professor Rollins. On one side of the pa- tient’s mouth there is a bridge of zold sup- porting four teeth which the dentist had recently placed there. The other side was bare of teeth, except an implanted one, on which it is proposed to hang a brid, of teeth exactly similar to that exhibite%i. This process of implanting a tooth in an empty gum, Dr. Cool explained, is done by cutting into the bone and placing in the opening a natural tooth, which in course of time grows to become a part of the jaw. Dr. W. J. Younger gave an interestin, exhibition of straightening crooked teet by means of fine silk thread. The thread is drawn about the crooked teeth and then attached to the others in such a manner as to bring the ugly offenders into place. The trick lies in applying the force and tying the knots. The force results from the elasticity of the thread, which must be worn b&' the patient until the irregularity is cured. - Dr. A. Cane of SBan Francisco gave an exhibition of the Herbst methos old filling, illustrating condensation and adap- tation of the gold to the cavity without a blow. The instrument used is conducted on the rotative principle backed by spring pressure. The serrated point is slightly turned on the piece of gold that is to be attached to the mass. The cavity is filled Eerlectly and. with certainty, and also uilds any contour with great strength and density without danger of breaking down the edges or injuring the tooth. The doctor operated on a bogus mouth made of plaster of paris in which was im- bedded a tooth that can never kuow a pang. 4 During the afternoon session, which promised in the beginning thereof to re- turn to the solemnity of technical read- inds, Dr. L. Van Orden threw a little spice in by proposing a resolution to require the representatives of the press to submit their “copy” to the board of trustees be- fore permitting the blue pencil of the editors to punctuate it. The doctor was trembling with a fear that some one of the members of the association might not agpear well if illustrated. He thought the efforts of the press to educate the people in dentistry might be greatly augmented by the supervision of the trustees. But the resolution fell down with only one supnoninfi vote givenin atone of confi- dence. The doctor’s desire created a good deal of comment—upon the doctor—but even the voice of the member who sec- onded the resolution was unheard in the “aye” vote, hen they returned to the unexciting treadmill of routine business. Applications for membership were read at the afternoon session from Dr. J. S. Knowlton of San Francisco, Dr. Cecil Cor- win of Oakland, Dr. H. P, Coysey of Ukiah and Dr. Fred E. Sparks of Alameda. The convention proceeded to the elec- tion of candidates whose names were pre- sented at Tuesday's session. Dr. Walter J. Taylor of Sacramento, W.I. Wilcox of San Francisco, Dr. Paul 8. Coke of San Jose, Dr. Marion Ward Craig of Oakland and Dr. Ernest F. Schlott were duly elected by ballot and signed the roll. Dr. Marion Ward Craig, in acknowledg- ing her election, said she felt as did one of the gentlemen who likened himself to a sponge. But she did not care to go as far as did the gentleman, who signified his willingness to be squeezed after he had absorbed some of the ideas to be gathered from the sessions. The following-named delegates were elected to the Pacific Coast Dental Con- vention of 1897: L. B. Holmes of Wood- land, J. L. Asay of S8an Jose, George Mc- Cowan of Ukiah, I. W. Hays Jr. of Grass Valley, J. A. O. Londburg and J. O. Hodgin of San Francisco. Dr. J. L. Asay of San Jose read a paper on “Questions on Etiology of Pyorrheea,” which was discussed by Dr.Younger briefly and finally deferred to a special time to allow the members an opportunity to give more thought to the subject. The report ou dental literature read by Dr. C. L. Goddard was accepted. The evening session was devoted to busi- ness matters and the presentation and dis- cussion of papers. The applications for membership of Dr. W. L. Davis of San Francisco, and Dr. R. H. Allen of Oakland, were read and re- ferred. The following - named applicants pre- sented at the afternoon session were elected members: Dr, Fred E. Sparks, Dr. J. 8. Knowlton, H. B. Topsey, Marcus Levkovitch, Cecil Corwin. It was_announced that the association will hold its annual bangquet at Del- monico’s at 7:30 o’clock to-night. The annual election of officers of the as- sociation was made a special order for 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. oY The members of the association will meet on the gmg]s at noon to-day to pose for their annual ,bo;g&’mph. “Dentistry, A. D. ,"" was the caption of an essug read by Dr. A. F. Merriman Jr. of Oaklund. The essayist painted a bright future of dentistry which, according to the views of the members, if realized, would result in a very desirable condition ,of the NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SEASONABLE ¢ GOODY AT- ' SAGRIFICE PRICES TO-DAY! The following lines, specially selected for clearance to-day, need no comment from us, as they are BARGAINS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES! WASH GOODS! HOUNE-FURNISHINGS ! * No Samples Given----Not Sold to Dealers. At 5 Cents. THREE LOTS BEST GRADE AMERICAN SEERSUCKERS; 500 pieces STAN, DARD INDIGO PRINTS, and 2 cases AMOSKEAG STAPLE GINGHAMS, that were 814¢ to 12}4c a yard, to be closed out at 5¢. 25 Cents. At TWO LOTS TABLE DAMASK, one lot bleached and one unbleached, all 54 incheg wide, the 40c grade, to be closed out at 25¢. At 5 Cents. ONE LOT, FAIR GRADE UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, the 8!4¢ quality, a sound fabric, to be closed out at 5c. At $3.50. ONE LOT FINE WHITE 10-4 ALL-WOOL BLANKETS, the $4 75 quality, to be closed out at $3 50. At B TWO LOTS GOOD GRADE CRINKLED Ceoent=. CREPONS and PALMER’S STANDARD SEERSUCKERS, the 10¢ and 12)4c grade, to be closed out at 5c. At S1.35. ONE LOT FAIR QUALITY MARSEILLES BEDSPREADS, full size, well made, worth $2 each, to be closed out at $1 35. ONE LOT FINE GRADE 10x4 ALL-WOOL WHITE BLANKETS, value $4 75 a pair, to be closed out at §3 50. At 7B ONE LOT GOOD NOTTINGHAM LACE be closed out at 75¢. Cents. CURTAINS, 3 yards long, were $1 a pair, to LADIES’ WAISTS! At 5O Cents. LADIES’ PERCALE WAISTS, laundried collar and cuffs, in fancy figures and stripes, full sleeves, regular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. At 75 LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, i Cents. n fancy cheviots and percales, yoke back, extra full sleeves, regular price $1 25, will be closed out at 75c each. Market Stregt, corner of Jones, SAN FRANCISCO. =1 wearers of teeth. Some of the members thought the science of dentistry would then be reduced to a mechanical art. Drs. Lundborg, Post, Metcalf, Knowles. Platt, Morffew and Max BSichel discussed the essay. “The Relation of Materia Medica and Therapeutics to Stomatology” was sented in an exhaustive paper by Dr. sell H. Cool. Drs. Payne, Younger and Lundborg gave their experiences in relation to the sub- ject-matter of the paper. Dr. L. Van Orden-read a paper on “The Control of Daylight as Related to the Care of the Dentist’s Eyesight.” i The lateness of the hour precluded dis- cussion on the paper. us- He Is at Large Again. At length the man who- was always re- minded of a little story fell into the hands of the brigands. “It serves him right!” the world said, giving a wild sigh of relief. So they put him in a cave a mile under- ground and 100 brigands skept about him every night. Just as they had begun to keep him im- prisoned for thirty years, for nobody would ever ransom him, the man_was reminded of another little story and in less than an hour he had bored his way out. ‘When his friends heard of it they would have shuddered, only he didn’t have any friends.—New York Recorder. ———————— Famous Umbrella. An imperial sun-shield is now in process of construction in London for an African King. It is said to be the largest ever made. The stick measures fifteen feet; the ribs are of brass, and when fully extended can easily shelter twelve persons. The Premier or other distinguished member of the Government is selected to carry this enormous spread of gingham, andis responsible, in a measure, for the care of it. ————————— HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. T Derby, New Almaden G 8 Turner, Modesto J D Smith, Livermore J T Richards, Sn Barbara ¥ P Callender, N Y J T Roder, Fremont Mrs W W Trimble, Ky O W Dunn, Stanford W P Trimble. Ky Mrs Dunn, Stanford CE Stone, Portland .~ Miss Holcomb, Stanford W JCahill &w, NY ET Wallace, Tacoma J B Lankershim, Cai M G Erhman, L Angeles Mrs Lankershim, Cal G E Stout, Los Angeles M Borry, Los Angeles J D Becknell &, H Lang, Seattle B D Murphy, San'Jose BALDWIN HOTEL. H W Chase & w, 8 Jose J Ryan, Benicla J L Lyons, Sacramento J E Terry, Sacramento 17 Harmes, Sausalito € Anderson, Sacramento D J Canty, Eresno H C_Aknyd, Vancouver E C Sinkiér, Toronto CM Brune & w, Idi D J Currin, San Jose W Sisser, St Louls T Sheurman, Or W W Schwartz, Portland 8 M Stover, L Angeles T D Valentine, Sutter Cr J W Street, Ogden B Hubsh, Chicago 1, Less, St Louls M'J Maloney, St Joseph Mrs L Bowers, Chico GRAND HOTEL. E W Kay, Santa Cruz 8 Meyer, Los Angeles E W Peet, San Jose I'H Banner & £, Oakland HH Harvey, Tenn * L Fisher, Tenn JCPalmer & w, W Va W H Ingles, Fresn J Powning, Gross Valley H D Nones Jr, San Jose P Green, Mayfieid C¥ Lindsay, Santa Cruz J R Williams, Cal G A Little. Dixon D Ogle, Dixon A S Dulvaney, Boston Dr Osborne &w, Eldridge J J Rrown &w,Woodland R E Polk & w,Woodland J F Freelake, Jackson J D Scharft, Portland Sacto Miss C Clark Sacto R C Jones, Fresno M R Holmes, Cal W S Lewis, Paso Robles S D Ballon, S L Obispo H Chatterton,Marysville R W Skinner, Marysville C E Littlejohn,Marysvile L Goldsmith, L Angeles Mrs Turner, Benicia Mrs Hibbard, Kaus City ¥ W Covey. Cal W H Goucher. Cal George C Tiiden, Denver R S Cooper, Willows 'aulbee, Ky TP Foley and wife, Cal Bho Alex Russell, Cal Dr J M Blodgett. D McGilliveay, BC O T Spencer, Ind H F Daniels, Carson 1 J Stanton, Cal © W Ferguson & w, Cal J E Lavin Santa Rosa Mrs B Baning, Cal L33 Mods F J Brandon, San Jose N J Heg, R'L Lilienthal, Cal ET Pectit, San Jose M S Halsey, Sacramento D S Parkhurst & w, Tl J M Copeland, Cal Dr Thomas Flint, Cal C L Ruggles, Chicago R C Jones, Chicago NEW WESTERN HOTEL. Mrs F Jones, Reno, Nev A West, Chicago Miss Jones, Reno, Nev W L Ward, N Y ‘W F Briggs, Victoria B Argo, Alameda J H Ayers, Rlo Vista J WV Elilus, Portland,Org E J Thwenet, Cal J Edwards & w1, Boston P Orr, Los Angeles J W Hinton, Los ‘Angeles D W Wright, . € H Grant. Sac W R Drake, Chicago C B Whipper, Chi J R Conlon, Boston W.Nicoles, Red Blu I’ Burke, Red Bluft P Long, Santa Rosa £ R Taylor, Seattle T Smith, Tacoma DMiss M low, P W Welet, Cal I W Ellswooth, Cal s Malone, Cal Miss L Lucy, Chico J E Black, Chico LICK HOUSE. J C Sexton, Pleasonton D C McMullen, Wis H Catlin, Berkeley B A Chick. Berkeley H J Finger, Sta Barbra _JM Flowers.w&s,St J, Mo MissAnnaWallin,Portind A McDonald, WallaWalla ESFarragher,Elko,Nev J W Wilson, Sacto GeoFEllis,Santa Barbra H N Bages, A E Miller, Sacto T G Yancey F G Manifee & 3rs E Spaldsbury,S Cruz Miss Ordway. Santa Crua FredJKiesel,0gdn,Utah R C Miner, Stockton RUSS HOUSE. F Landgren, Agua Cinte F M Larkins, Los Ang W F Coates « b, Sacto W Willis, Nev G T Gray, Oakland E C Reed, San Jose AJ Essner, Stockton (i S Nay, Seattle E J Barnes, Seattle Louis Dean, Reno A 8 Gile. Portland L A Loomis, Wash R H Essey, Eureka Mrs J'S Smith, Biggs Mrs Henry Smith, Chgo A Gylfe, Vallejo M E Taylor, Palo Alto H Callahan, Salt Lake T M Gatch, Sealtle Miss Grace Gatch, Seatl E T Foley, Alameda W E Miscall, S Maria T Doyle, Mrs Taylor, Salt Lake Mrs M'H Pugh, Latrobe Miss C Gatch, Seattle Mrs W L Moore, Ukiah T J Porter & w, Edno A Zienert & w, South D ora MrsE V Bedford, Andrsn Miss Bedford, Anderson Miss Grace Bedford, Adsn TG Winrcod, Sonora Mrs W L Moore, Ukiah B H Baird, Banock Rch R W Rexua, Cal UNITED STATES BRANCH STATEMENT ——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ~——OF THE—— PHCENIX ASNURANCE COMPANY F LONDON, ENGLAND, ON THE 81st DAY of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year end- ing on that day, as made to the Insurance Commis- sloner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the com= missioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and $1,775,812 50 3,894 03 16,539 05 425,295 79 Stocks and Loans. .. 17,942 50 Premiums in due Course 01 247,766 63 mpt surance on losses already paid. 17,186 56 $2,604,487 11 Total Assets........... LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and uppaid........... $62,327 00 Losses In process of Adjustment or in Suspense......... 169,870 00 Losses resisted including expenses 34,724 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ru ning one year o less, 1,801, reinsuratice at 50 per cent 900,767 87 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year, $1,10: 643 40, reinsurance pro rata 539,289 69 Al other demands against the paDy..... 76,077 11 Total Liabilities $1,773,655 47 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums. ..$1,946,924 28 Received for and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and_ £ro all Other SOurCes.... 69,485 44 Total Income. .. ..82,016,409 70 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses......$1,195,313 86 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. ... 880,088 57 Paid for Salaries, Ccharges for officers, clerks, etc. 98,782 52 Paid for Siate, National and locai taxes. ... .. 1377498 All other paymenis and expendi- s 100912 05 Total Expenditures. $1,848,871 98 FIRE. Losses incurred during the year...... $1,151,065 00 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount_of Risks| written during the R yei $839,018,012$3,310,244 28 Net amount of Risks Year..... ..| 815,145,817| 3,252,284 02 Net amount in force| December 31, 1894.| 293,367,536] 2,904,178 78 A. D. IRVING, U. 8. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1895. GEO. 0. RUGER, Notary Public. BUTLER & HALDAN, General Agents for Pacific Coast, 413 California Street, San Franciscos