The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1895, Page 8

8 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895. ATRIP TO BOLINAS BAY, Two Days Profitably Spent Camping in Mountain and Forest. AN OLD LUMBER TOWN. Proposed Railroad to Be Con- structed From Richardson Bay to Bollnas. Desiring to enjoy an allowed two da: vacation from business and to get away from the incessant noise and bustle of the City, far from the clang of streetcar gongs and the rumble of teams, and to evade the dust and smoke of railroad travel, our party of four started one morning in May for an outing in the country, We wanted to keep from the ordinary routes of travel of country seekers and to enjoy as much as possible the wildness of mountain travel where we could expend our energiesin climbing up and climbing down in vari- ance of our usual monotonous walks of With but two days at our disposal we were forced to select a route not far distant from the City. The strangely pic- turesque mountains of Marin County made the first suggestion as fulfilling our ex- pectations and desires, and we decided to oand investigate for ourselves the sus- pected beauty and wildness of this almost unknown territory, The general impres- sion of Marin County has been thatofa of panoramic hills thrown in on a sort of golden gate post on which might 1 e ma possibilities, but who will trouble to look at aught else than the con- and the bay and its immediate spicuou coast line is known to the world as great and grand and is correspondingly admired ; while the substantial grandeur of the Marin County mountains passes unnoticed save 1n the general acceptance as a lot of useless hills piled up by the Creator as surplus mater after carving out the beautifully de ed shores of the bay. Our plans were hurr and simply formed. We burdened ourselves with nothing of weight greater than our pur- pose and the ordin means for secur- ing to our :\e‘pu!ium any chance flesh, fish or fowl. When our preparations were ade we each ked our own in a small ung over a shoulder, and together v weighed little more than our light spirits. With these and the price of a ticket to Mill Valley we commenced our ndering, without otner intentions than ventu: eaching the ocean, and to t end struck ont over the hills from Mi Valley, headed for the coast at or some- where near Bolinas B; A rapid of a steep hill divulged to our party that the same elevation might have been gained by an easy grade up a long and beautiful , through which picturesquely lsa good wagon road. We had not any roads, but were looking for moun- d we found them — mountains 11, beautiful, symmetrical, -3 to please the e of the most enthusiastic ba mountaineer. Our chance route led us on through the well-known Throckmorton ranch and on through the wonderful Sequoia Grove, the remaining virgin redwood forest to : found near San Francisco. This forest is primeval in its beauty and grandeur, is untouched by the ruthless hand of the lumberman, and stands as the only tion. This majestic forest its present existence simply be- found shelter and safety in its rowing as it does in a beautiful extent of rich, deep surrounded by moun- which have been a barrier to enjoy n ranges, the avarice of the lumberman, and but for g b this noble lot of sequoias would have long ago been felled and marketed, as has all the available timber of the coast forests. It is said that a railroad is contemplated o traverse this valley, gaining entrance through the on ble route—Home- stead Valley—which winds by easy grade from Rich on: Bay, and on thro Sequoia Grove, and by short tunnel through he coast of Bolinas and to that fertile v country of Point Re; Should the railroad be constructed it will open to set- tlement and to pleasure-seekers one of the most beautiful valleys of California, which undoubtedly will some day become a favored spot for suburban ~homes and farms. Before, however, such a permi to secure’ right of y, an effort of all lovers of nature and of the beautiful should be made to secure to the people of the State a reservation of this Sequoia Grove as a public park to be maintained inviolate and forever as it is, a orimeval forest of California redwoods. With this grove as a temple of holy public dedication, and accessible by railroad and ferry in a few minutes, it will make an attraction to San Francisco that will be unsurpassed and unequaled by any city in the world, and where thousands wiil avail themselves of the opportunity to worship nature as a blessing at a costofa pittance and forty minutes for the pil- grimage. Leaving Sequoia Grove in its deur and mumrfe, the wanderers vel up the mountain range through a hding ¢ n of easy grade to its head, where it is contemplated to run a tunnel through the crest of the mountain, and out to an opposite canyon on the coast side of the range. Crossing over the divide a most beauti- t breaks on the beholderas if a cent picture was instantly exhbi- ited with all the illumination possible with accessory light and surroundings—a victure of descending mountains, of bril- iant colors shaded with nature’s harmoni- ous greens, all framing a grand view of broad ocean, sparkling in the sunlight and fringed with a border of snow-white surf breaking on the miles of shore. Descending the mountain we are soon on the stage road that leads from Sausalito to Bolinas, and traveling this almost level and excellent road on the very edge of the coast line is presented a panorama of mountain and ocean scenery seemingly biended into the smallest or closest com- pass possible. -On the one hand and over- head are frowning mountains, and on the other, at your feet, is the roaring ocean dashing waves_up every cliff, the spray of which is _carrried on the ocean breezes to refresh the canyon foliage and the dusty wanderer. A breath of this moistu laden air, fresh from old ocean, is so in- vigorating that all fatigue of mountain travel is dispelled at once and new life is imparted to every tired muscle. Continuing on along the coast the road winds in the picturesque canyon and then out on_bold headlands and cliffs, where is afforded the traveler a grand and unin- terrupted view of the broad ocean, as well as the coast line extending from the bay of San Francisco to Point Reyes. Four miles further on we arrived at Wil- low Camp, where has been established for vears a camping ground on the very verge of the ocean. Willow Camp is beauti.fu]%y ituated at the foot of the Coast Range and just off the sandy beach on a level tract which is covered with a dense growth of willow trees, forming shade and shelter for campers and their tents, and so close to the ocean that the spray of the surf tem- pers for them the noonday heat. This 1deal spot has been visited each season by hundreds, ‘f/en thousands of people, who are satisfied to endure the inconvenience of thenow crude means of travel by stage from San Rafael or Sausalito. It is to be hoped that a railroad, if com- pleted to the: coast, will touch at Willow amp. The hundreds who annuaily journey to this beautiful spot to enjoy the realization of Whittier's delightful experience, prac- tically expressed in “The Tent on the Beach,” will testify to this assertion that ent | nowhere else in California are such beau- ties and opportunities offered for the de- light of beach life as at Willow Camp. All the advantages of such a location and many more are possible and increased by a further travel of two miles along the beach, around to Bolinas Bay, a most de- Jightfully situated and most perfect, natu- ral seaside resort. Here is found the old historic town of Bolinas, which nestles comfortably and beautifully un- der the lea of the western hills, fully protected from the fogs and winds of the ocean and situated just off the bay on an estero, into which, from the outer bay, small vessels of light draught and steam- launches find passage over the bar. Bolinas starfed out years ago to be a very important point, where San Francisco, in its infancy, secured its lumber supply with which to build 1ts cradie and constract its early habitations. It was from Bolinas that the first supply of lumber was secured and much of the early mining industry.de- rived its substantial supports from the for- Tits br he hills: of Molinas i Tongiyeas since have the hills surrounding been stripped of their valuable lumber, but there remains still the grander beauty of the mountains, hills and valleys, beach and reef, making a picture grand ‘in_effect and beautiful in detail, accurately por- trayed by Thad Welch in his excellent ainting exhibited at the World’s Fair and ately purchased and owned by Mr. Le Roy G. Harvey. Bolinas Bay has received the favorable attention and careful study of the men at the head of the United States Coast Survey, who recognized the exceptional advantages of such bay for safe harbor for vessels outgoing or incoming to the Golden Gate in stormy weather, and who have made careful survey, and recom- mend such bay asa safe and convenient refuge for vessels to “lie to” during the storms from the west and northwest which so frequently visit our coast during the equinoctial season. The bay is formed by a high mesa land on the west, extending south from Point Reyes into the ocean a distance of several miles, and forming a bold headland, from which extends still further south the well-known and beautiful Duxbury Reef. The headland, or mesa, in Cconnection with and parallel to the main- land, forms the outer bay of Bolinas; the semi-circular beach and the estuary mak- ing the smaller or inner bay. Bolinas, sit- nated on the inner bay, is completely shel- tered on the north and east by the mount- ains, on the west by the mesa and head- lands, and open only to the hospitable south, with its warmth of perpetual sun- shine and consequent balmy air. The town is so situated that it is completely and thoroughly protected from the winds of the ocean, and by the reef from the ocean swells that roll in at the Golden | Gate. The reef 2]so serves to protect the bay from the cold ocean currents that sweep down and along the coast. The bay and its surroundings seem to have by nature been expressly designed as the most perfect and ideal ocean beach, free from raw winds from the ocean and sheltered from the fogs and_chilling cur- rents, and especially adapted for bathing, boating and fishing. The beach is a semi- circle of shelving sand a hundred yards wide and ten miles long, quiet and shel- tered summer and winter, having a re- markably even temperature of ocean water rippling” on its sunny sands. There is none of the usually dreaded and danger- ous undertow, but perfect safety in bath- ing. On the hills around the bay are already located numerous seaside cottages, erected by lovers of the beautiful landscape, who have by chance str: here from the warmer vall of D , Sacramento and San Joaquin, as well asby a few hundred San Franciscans who know by tradition of the beauties of Bolinas, and have gone over to see for themselves, with the result that many have purchased advantageous building sites and have erected picturesque villas and comfortable summer cottages, which for six months in the year thev occupy with their families, enjoying the equable climate and finest ocean and mountain scenery, and a daily dip inthe sea. The natural beach advantages, the combination of ocean and mountain scen- ery, the absence of wind, the warmth of the water, the mild and balmy air, the buautiful beach, all go to maxe Bolinas the most delightful natural bathing place on the Pacific Coast. - The old town of Bolinas, nestling, sleep- ing, under the hills and on the bay, is typical of a New England fishing village, like a Gloucester or a Cape Cod town. Here one finds the old resident, who has cxisted in comparative obscurity since the early fifti lH hale and hearty from the beneficial effects of odd jobs of ship car- pentry, or a more frequent rest of energy from lack of labor, but withal preserved in age by salt ocean air, and who will at the slightest pretense find time to spin a yarn that savors of ocean salt and wrecks of gallant barks on the banks of the reef; | who will insist on “turning out” at the early eh of eight bells in the morning to begin a day's work by feeding the chickens, and then to await daylight and | the only excitement of the day, the de- Far\ e of the stage for Sausalito. With bre st and the rising of the sun the energies of “‘Old Charlie’” seem to decline to the daily occupation of fishing and dozing on the wharf, or the more aristo- cratic occupation of roosting on the shady hotel veranda, entertaining young boys and new-comers with tales of historic in- terest, when the liberty pole in the plaza was hewn from the tree standing where it grew and dedicated to the cause of liberty in 1854 by a patriotic concourse of people, the entire population of the place, num- bering at least twenty-five, marshaled and commanded by the second mate of the American bark Sea Dog, then loading shakes for the mines. Or of the foundin: and dedication “*of this hotel in 1855, when Captain Lambsen erected the ma- ternal building, consisting of a Kkitchen and one room,and as trade and traffic increased a room at a time was added each year, until 1870. Then the United States Coast Survey sighted Bolinas and established a station on the hilis, from which, by a system of topography, it was determined that the conglomerate architecture of the hotel was the result of the differences in calculation of its numerous builders, rather than an attempt to approach the grotesque. From the determined sea level it was also ascer- tained that the elevation of the different rooms varied in accordance with the weather-eye of the builder, and a wide variance in the eternal fitness of things is marked by one room having six doors and no windows, while others have, by acci- dent, one door and one window each. But the ups and downs of Bolinas and its pic- turesque hotel have not seriously affected or attracted the outside world, and both to-day lie sleeping, awaiting the judgment day of wise men who will soon build a rail- road to disturb the long rest of this quiet, ancientnook. While Bolinas has suffered the fate of comparative obscurity, unknown to m;mly other than in name, it has sub- stantially and practically contributed to the comiort and necessity of our people by furnishing our market with an abundant sufi)Ely of fresh eggs, butter, cream and milk.” The locality is blessed with a peculiar topography, wherein the high mountains on the east approach within a few miles of the coast and serve to protect and then to abundantly water the valleys and fertile canyons. The moisture-laden winds, drifting from the ocean, are, by the mesa land, carried over and above Bolinas and its valley and are arrested by the high mountain range, the altitude and conse- quent low temperature of which condense the moisture of the winds and precipitate almost daily rain on the ocean side of the mountains. This constant and regular supply of moisture has promoted and for ages abundantly maintained a wealth of forest on the summit of the range, while down the slope to the valleys below is a carpet of perpetual green, consisting of acres of the finest grazing land lying out of doors. The canyons are filled with dairy farms, rich in valuable thoroughbred dairy stock, which wander at will and feed on the ever-green pastures of the hillsides. The dairy business is fast increasing in extent and importance, and now repre- sents a value or an invested capital that is beyond calculation. Then, too, the ex- ceptional climate and soil make this the natural home of the chicken. No danger here of crowded infected coops, but plenty of room, fresh air, good water and soil for millions of chickens. It is said thatno vermin exists on the chicken here and ap- l pearances confirm the assertion. Thedaily receipts of fowls and eggs at our City mar- kets prove the importance and extent of the industry yet in its infancy at Bolinas. Still another advantage equal to if not greater in importance than those men- tioned is that of soil and its consequent effects on the crops and vegetation. This whole vicinity, both vallevs and plateaus, is blessed with a soil rich beyond compari- son, being composed originally of adobe, that dark and wonderfully fertile but stub- born and tenacious deposit, which, when properly treated, will produce results sur- rrising to agricultural experts. Nature here has assisted, or kindly undertaken for man, to furnish not only the rich adobe soil, but the necessary sand, mountain wash and abundant moisture, with which the once tenacious adobe is blended, form- ingl a rich, most prolific and easily worked soil. All grains and vegetation may be raised here in quantity proportionate only to the planting. The richness of the soil is abundantly proven by the acres and acres of wild mustard, which grows to such majestic size as to permit of the Scriptural assumption, “A substantial roost for the fowls of theair.” Nature has heen kind and provident in its adornment of the hills and has carpeted them with a mantle that vies with the rainbow in splendor and artistic beauty, and has favored Bolinas with a complete assortment of the flora eculiar to the coast. Here are masses of upin, beautifully edged with the golden poppy; acres of goldenrod, relieved by the delicately beautiful wild violet, and other combinations of color and texture beyond the nower of man to describe or to sufficiently appreciate. A few years ago some thriitg cottager, proposing, if possible, to adorn his hillside site, planted around his home small cut- tings of Cloth of Gold, Banksia, Jacque- minot and La Marque roses and left them there to weather the winter storms if they would. What was his surprise the next | year to find his cottage all but covered with roses of magnificent growth unheard of or dreamed of by the planter. Nowhere in the State will be found a spot more pro- lific in roses than at Bolinas when a little | attention is given to their planting. The writer testifies to a cutting from a year old Jacqueminot stalk roses six inches across from petal to petal, of an incomparable form and richness of color. Truly this is :[!:e favored spot for roses or flowers of any ind. The visitor going to Bolinas is assured beyond question of a delightful stay in the enjoyment of a most salubrious and equa- ble climate, a panorama of landscape the equal of which is not to be fouhd in this land, the finest sea bathing nearly the year round, convenient an rofitable fishing, either on the reef or in the creeks of the nearby canyons, or for eels and tur- tles in the estuary, or by sailing on the bay, or a tramp or ride on the miles of sil- very beach, and home to the quaintest of hotels for a dinner of speckled beauties of the brook, chicken a la Maryland with cream, and abundance of eggs, fresh at sundown. Such was the pleasing experi- ence of the writer who was permitted an absence from business for forty-eight hours. And such a trip of equal pleasure will, with the construction of a railroad to Bolinas, be possible to thousands in a single day’s outing, and at a nominal cost of a dollar or two. Le Roy G. Harvey & Co. have secured rights of way and have made necessary surveys for a railroad to be constructed over nearly the described route from Rich- ardson Bay to Bolinas, and contractors are now examining the same preparatory to contracting for the work“' Diymick. FRE EAGNE COMPANIES Two New Ones Organized and a Hose Company Made Into Another. Several Promotions and Transfers Made by the Commissioners Yesterday. ‘The Board of Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and adopted the fol- lowing report submitted by Chief Sulli- van: 2 Pursuant to a resolution of the Board ot Supervisors granting your honotable board power and authority to organize and place in service engine companies 27 and 29, I re- spectiully recommend the organization of the same with the following crews: Engine Company 27—James Williamson, en- gineer; Frank Lerman, driver; Walter Lin'tott, firemun, promoted and transferred from truck- man of truck 5; Larry O'Neill, hoseman, trens- ferred from engine 21; George Bunner, hose- man, transferred from engine 22; David Har- ris, hoseman, transferred from truck 5; Ed- ward O’Donnell, hoseman, transferred from truck 6; Joseph Woods, hoseman, transferrea from engine 28; Joseph Franks, hoseman, transferred from engine 12: Michael O’Neill, hoseman, transferred from engine 19; John Sullivan, hosemen, transierred from engine 22, Engine Company 29—G. N. Smith, engineer; George Duncan, driver; Charles Claveau, fire- man, promoted from hoseman of engine 3; John Foster, foreman, promoted and trane. ferred from hoseman of engine 17; Thomas Atkinson, hoseman, transferred from engine 6; John Sullivan, hoseman, transferred from en- gine 17; Phllliy Diez, hoseman, transferred from engine 6; J. J. McCarthy, hoseman, trans- terred from engine 1; John Sweeney, hoseman, transferred from engine 1; James Flood, hose- man, transferred 1rom engine 1; Peter McCabe, hoseman, transferred from engine 23; James Read, hoseman, transferred from engine 14. I respectfully recommend the following ap- pointments, to ‘take effect from and after Au- gust 1: Engine 1—August Banker, Michael O’Brien and Frank Casassa, hosemen; Thomas Hart, stoker, vice Kendricks, resigned. Engine 3, David G. Barrett, hoseman; engine 4, Rob- ert McShane, hoseman; engine 5, Patrick Ho gan, hoseman; engine 6, Frank Keller, hose- engine 12, Daniel O'Connell, hoseman: engine 14, Edward Richardson, hoseman; en- gine 17, Fred Sayers and Jerry Seveney, hose- men; engine 19, William €mith, hoseman; en- gine 21, George Farley, hoseman; engineé 22, Theodore Yeazell and Charles A. Malloy, h men; engine 23, A. Sullivan and William H. Thomas, hosemen; engine 26, Lewis Andrews, hoseman; truck 5, Frank Kelly, truckman: truck 6, William Malloy and James Sullivan, truckmen. Hose Company 4 was, on the recom- mendation of Chief Sullivan, disbanded and reorganized into what will be known as Engine Company 28, with the following crew: Foreman, Joseph Keane; engineer, William Webster; driver, John Maxwell; fireman, Michael Ryan; hosemen—Wil- liam Derham, Steeve Spellman, Ben Whitehead, James Spellman, William Ryan, William Riley, George E. Taylor and James W. Kelly. The following transfers and promotions were made: Edward Tolend from engine 14 to engine 24, James Reid from engine 29 to engine 19, Thomas J. Bear from engine 19 to engine 29, James Hagan irom driver of truck 1 to driver of engine 11, Eugene Crummey from driver of engine 11 to driver of truck 1, Ernest Cameron {from truck 6 to truck 3 (vice Carroll, deceased), Phil Moholy promoted from hoseman to fore. man of engine 11 (vice Ford, reduced), Charles Murray from engine 3 to engine 8, Thomas Canavan from engine 6 to engine 3, Patrick Brandon from engioe 8 to engine 6, J. W. Thompson from engine 9 to engine 29, L. N. Smith from engine 29 to engine 9. - —————————— Importance of Acetylene. So much has been said concerning the new substance known as acetylene in its recently evolved form and relations in re- spect to gas and allied industries that, taking the statement of Professor V, B. Lewis as authority, the importance of the article may be explained as due, briefly, to the reduction to it by the baking action of the flame of all the remainin, ydrocar- bons present in coal gas. It is the acety- lene which provides the luminiferous flame with those carbon articles which, being heated to incandescence by various causes, endow the flame with power of emitting light. The gas beixhg thus the cause of y luminosity is naturally the most powerful | of the gaseous hydrocarbon illuminants; owing, however, to its intense richness, it can be consumed only in small, flat burn- ers, but under these conditions it emits a light greater than that given by any other known gas, its illuminated value—calcu- lated to a consumption of five cubic feet an hour—being rated at no less than 240 candles,—New York Sun. (PINKERTON AND NOVELS What the Famous Detective Thinks of Cheap Yellow- Covered Reading. BOOKS THAT BREED CRIME. Some of the Glamor and Romance Dispelled From a Very Prosalc Occupation. William A. Pinkerton of detective fame is at the Palace Hotel with his nephew, Allan Pinkerton. They are on this coast for the pleasnre there is in it. A glance at the detective would dispel the glamor and romance bestowed upon him by small boys who associate him with the sleuths created by one Munroe, the man whose chief occupation it is to place between yellow covers various tales of blood, consecutive murders by the same man, hair-breadth escapes and the final rescue by the long-haired woman, who is the renegade daughter of an ex-army scout. There is woven around it all a tale of lingering love which entwines the prime William A. Pinkerton, Detective. [Sketehed by a “Call” artist.] characters and makes them one when all the cartridges have run out and the hero is made superintendent of a transconti- nental railroad. Mr. Pinkerton was inclined to go into the eommongplace of his occupation yester- day afternoon. > ““My occupation,” he said, ‘‘is not unlike that of any other man. My father was a detective in Chicago. e opened an agency known as Pinkerton’s Detective Bureau. That was in 1850. When the war broke out he was placed at the head of the United States Secret Service. Tvelve years ago he died and the business went into the hands of my brother Robert and myself and we have conducted it ever since. “Every once in a while some penny-a- liner comes out with a five-cent novel, claiming that it is a reliable record of a James, a John, a Ralph or a Charles Pink- erton. This sort of rubbish is the worst rot published and has no connection with us at all. In fact, we have doneeverything in our power to destroy it, as it is the cause of more amateur criminals trying their hand on the public than any other litera- ture extant. We can trace a good man crimes directly to the influence of the yel- low-covered novel. “I often see statements that certain sto- ries are written from the records on file in our office. There was but one story ever written under these circumstances and my father wrote that. OQur office records are not open to the public and never will be, least of all to assist in the perpetuation of the criminal rot got out by various pub- lishers. “If it were in my power I should at once destroy every page of it and I would urge every mother to see that it is not part of her son’s reading. No good can come of it. “Had Iason guilty of such conduct I would horsewhip him without hesitation. That’s what I think of detective stories. Another thing worth discussing now that we are touching on such matters is the impression that detectives go around with a complete theatrical make-up in their pockets, ready to assume a dozen different disguises at a moment’s notice. That is ridiculous and outlandish. I assure you there is nothing in it. A man may per- haps change his hat, or dress a little dif- ferent 50 as not to attract too much atten- tion, but as for assuming the disguises credited to him there is more fiction than truth in it. When you hear men talk of their experiences as detectives and couple with it the introduction of & thousand clever make-ups, settle in your mind at once that they are frauds. rt *‘The whole thing is simply a question of knowing what conditions go with.various methods of crime and aknowledge of men, all of which is the result of experience and not the reward which comes with dangers, unusual exhibitions of nerve, or bloody encounters with men of the lower class.” AFTER ABDALLAH SHAMMA ‘Warrant Sworn Out for His Arrest by Abdallah Karssa for Grand Larceny. Abdallah Karssa, a Turkish merchant, swore out a warrant in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday for the arrest of Abdallah Shamma, on the charge of grand larceny. Karssa said he was in a butcher’s shop on April 9 along with Shamma. He placed his pocket-book on the counter while he wrote a letter. After he had finished writing Shamma had disappeared, and on brother-in-law of Rahy, as representing him, and when Karssa's attorney brought suit against the Bank of British Columbia for the return of the certificates, the brother-in-law advised Rahy to deliver them up, which he has now done. THE COMMERCIAL BANKS, Great Increase of Business for the Fitteen Institutions Since the First of the Year. Another table compiled by Secretary Dunsmoor of the Board of Bank Commis- sioners yesterday from returns sent in showing the standing of the fifteen com- mercial banks of this City on June 17, compared with a similar compilation giv- ing their standing on January 1, shows an increase of commercial banking busi- ness alone in this City amounting to almost $3,500,000. The total assets and liabilities on Janu- ary 1 were $71,201,233 93. From the last statements received, the total foots up $74,256,132 76, making a net increase of $3,054,808 83. Adding to this the $374,- 98419 of Sisson, Crocker & Co.’s Bank, which retired during the five and a half months, makes a gross increase of $3,429,- 88302. Following is the comparison: RESOURCES. June 17, 1895, -$1,121,891 16 $1,121,685 16 Jan. 1, 1895. Bank premises Other real estate..... 1,251,877 45 1,228,858 02 Investea in stocks, bonds and warrants 3,962,269 60 3,297,776 27 Loans on real estate.. 4,282,095 24 3,966,709 92 Loans on stocks, bondsand warrants.10,905,341 11 9,966,678 10 Loans on other se- curities.. ... 4,169,029 14 4,085,607 14 Loans on personal security. .. .21,050,288 20 22,326,404 55 Money on’ hand. ... 14,207,939 78 14,409,005 03 Due from banks ‘and bankers. . 9,908,002 62 8,573,127 43 Other assei . 8,304,503 42 2,225,381 81 LIABILITIES. June 27, 1895. Jan. 1, 1895, 1! Capital patd up......$24,739,616 S1 $23,500,699 43 { Reserve and profit 10,715,182 25 10,735,356 80 ; SL7T0,90799 30,390,005 29 5,214,540 44 1,394 23 5.66 2,215,885 27 912,878 14 Total assets | liabilities. . and $74,256,132 76 $71,201,233 93 A FATHLESS HUSBAND | Edward Pitts Leaves His Wife | for His Landlady’s | Daughter. The Curious Letter Sent to the Coroner Telling of His Pro- posed Suicide. written as to be almost illegible, with no signature to identify it, and containing { the ominous intelligence that the writer was about to commit suicide, was received | by the Coroner. It has since been learned that the man referred to in the letter is Edward Pitts, and subsequent stories serve only to give it all the earmarks of the put- up job of arunaway husband anxious to avoid pursuit. Ed Pitts, as he was known, was a barber who for a good many years kept a shop at 1055 Folsom street. He was married to a woman formerly a Mrs. Cram, and lived with his wife just over the barber-shop, in ahouse kept by a Mrs. Techlenberg and her daughter Laura. It was known to a few of the neighbors, but to no member of either family except the principals, that the unmarried daughter of the landlady and the married lodger were rather more friendly than such a relation generally in- dicates, but Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. Techlen- berg only learned of it one morning in No- vember ‘about three years ago. Mr. Pitts was gone and so was Miss Laura, and since then the winds of this City have not blown in their faces. There was a terrible time in the Techlen- berg household when the absence of the Eair was discovered, but Pitts never allowed is whereabouts to be known, and even now letters go to and from him by devious ways and through many hands. e writes to a few of his friends in the City, and the last letter from him was to Jake Levernich, who was formerly a workman under him, and has now succeeded him as propristor of the barber-shop on Folsom street. It ar- rived three days before the letter to the Coroner was announced in_the papers and it contained of a more suicidal nature than arequest for money. The letter to the Coroner briefly stated that the writer was about to commit sui- cide, and asked that the body when found, be given to Jacob Levernich for burial. It was not in Pitts’ handwriting, norin any handwrihin% that any of Pitts’ friends recognize. In addition to that Pitts’ body has not been found, and his friends here have every reason to believe there is plenty of life in it yet. The question as to who wrote the letter is still an open one, but it is believed that Pitts himself wrote it in order to spread the belief that he is dead. Mrs. Pitts, the one deserted, is iving in this City. She lived with her husband for nineteen vears, and he has left her prac- tically without means. She says he tried at one time to get a divorce from her, or at least he spoke of trying, but that is as far as he ever went in the way of securing an kind of a separation. He was living wit] her right up to the time he left tfie City with Laura Techlenberg, and during ail the time he was paying attentions to the girl, but she never suspected he was de- ceiving her. She says she does not know how much money he took with him, but she knows he had some property in Anti- och upon which his relatives are now liv- ing, and she thinks she should have a share of this, as it is all community prop- erty. Those who know Pitts say he must have taken between six and eight thousand dol- lars with him, as he but recently sold out his shop and drew all the money he had laid away from the banks. In writing, he sends all his letters to his mother in Anti- och, and she forwards them, and all letters to him go through the same process. She is about the only one who knows where he f;,uléut there is no one who thinks he is ead. E About ten days ago a letter, so poorly e e SOHOOL OF DESIGN. Course of Study Changed in the Insti- tute of Art. At a recent meeting of the school com- mittee of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art the resignation of Oscar Kunath, teacher of the portrait class, was received and accepted. The committee decided to abolish the portrait class and create a class in figure inting. The following was promulgated jester- day for the information of students: “The regular course of study in the school is a three years’ course. Students taking the iollowin§ prescribed studies will be awarded diplomas of proficiency at the close of the third year on success- fully passing the prescribed examination: TFirst year—Drawing. First term, an- tique; second term, antique and life. econd year—First term, antique and life, drawing, painting and modeling. Second term, antique drawing, painting from life, composition and modeling. Third year—Painting: First term, paint- examining his pocket-book he found that three certificates of deposit with the First National Bank, aggregating had been stolen from it. §§e 1mmedmceiy notified the bank and inserted an advertisement in the morning papers, offering a reward for the recovery of the certificates. He has since discovered that Shamma sent the certificates to Victoria, B. C. There his name was forged on_the back of the certificates and they were also indorsed by Abraham Rahy, and sent here by Rahy through the Bank of British Columbia for collection. When they were presented at the First National Bnn\vz where their pay- ment had been stoppefi, the forgery was discovered. The certificates were claimed by a ing and drawing from life and composi- tion. % Second term, painting from life, com- position and perspective. % Thira year—Sculpture: First term, modeling from life and composition. Second term, modeling from life, com- position, elementary architecture and or- nament. Special course may be taken at the option of the student. Students may be advanced from one grade to another at any time upon show- ing a %roper degree of efficiency, to be judged by the board of examiners. G."W. MARTIN, assistant secretary. The terms of affiliation with the Uni- versity of California provide as follows: “The students of said school, upon the NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. TO-DAY! ASTOUNDING BARGAINS TO-DAY! Below we present a few quotations that will prove most inter- esting reading to all who appreciate EXTRAORDINARY VALUES, for the SWEEPING REDUCTIONS named are fair samples of the SACRIFICE PRICES prevailing this week throughout our vast surplus stock of STYLISH AND SEASONABLE GOODS! 5 Cents a Yard. 275 At ieces TENNIS FLANNELS, These are not the common goods usually offered ag eaders, but close, heavy fabrics, in useful colorings; worth 85¢ and 10c a yard. At 5 Cents a Yard. OnGSI%tCENGLISH CREPON ORINKLES and one lot BEST AMERICAN o SEER- ERS. The variety is limited, but the goods are choice and seryiceable and worth 12}4c a yard. LADIES’ BLACK HOSIERY. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, high spliced heels and toes, Peerless fast black, extra good value for $4 20 a dozen, will be closed out at 25¢ a pair. GLOVES! GLOVES! At $1.00. 100 dozen LADIES’ 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in all the new shades of tan, modes and slates, extra good value for $1 75, will be placed on sale this day for $1 a pair. LADIES’ WHITE AND COLORED WAISTS! 35 Cents. At 75 dozen LADIES’ COLORED WAISTS, regular price 50c and 75¢, will be closed out this day at 35c each. At 55 60 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDRIED WAISTS, day at 55¢ each. HANDKERCHIEFS! At 8% Cents. regular price $150, will be closed out this HANDKERCHIEFS! Cents Each. 100 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED HANDKER- CHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular price $2 a dozen, will be closed outat 6}{c each. EMBROIDERED FLOUNCING! At Half Price. WHITE SCALLOPED AND HEMSTITCHED SWISS FLOUNCING AND DEMI- FLOUNCING, in short lengths, from 1 to 414 yards, will be closed out at half price. Market Stroet, corer of Jones, SAN FRANCISCO. recommendation of the faculty thereof, may receive such decree or certificate of roficiency from the University of Cali- fornin as the regents of the university may deem upProbriate to the course of study pursued.” 2 X The members of the committee attending the session which ordered the foregoing changes_or_modifications were: Edward Bosqui, R. J. Bush, Emile M. Pissis, Mrs. Dayid Bixler and Mrs. A. 8. Chittenden. The institute is open daily, and many tourists continue to visit and inspect the palatial home of the school- ———————————— Will Not Return Home. The hearing of the Mabel Simmonds guard- ianship case was begun before Judge Slack yes- terday. The Simmonds girl, who is 15 years old, is employed at housework by J. W. Bird, and she prefers to remain with the Bird family, though Eer(lther, Francis Simmonds, wants to have her return home. Many witnesses were called to show that Mr. Bird is a good man for & guardian. The case will goon to-day. e — The Wittmeir Will Conte: The contest of the John G. Wittmeir will, which has been pending in the courts for a long time, was taken up beiore Judge Coffey and s jury yesterday. The contestant is George Adam Wittmeir, the son of the saloon-keeper. Most of the estate was bequeathed to the con- testant'sstepmother. REAL ESTATE TRANSAOTIONS. Robert E. and Claudia M. Shimmin to Simon Hochstadter, lot on N line of Broadway, 197 W of Gough street, W 83 by N 137:6; $10. Simon Hochstadter to Maggie Hochstadter, e; gift. S osaph. Hollywood to Nellte Hollywood, lot on line of Baker street, 87:6 N of Sutter, N 25 by E 2; gift. Y Gebrge and Emma Stierlen to Patrick and Mary Murphy, lot_on E line of Lyon street, 25 S of Ful- ton, 896 by E 06:1014: $10. William Wempe to Mary F. Frates, lot on SE corner of Oak and Lott streets, E 49:5 by S 110; John L. and Nellie Fichteller to Jens P. Nissum, lot on 8 line of McAllister street, 81:3 E of Lott, E 25 by S 100: $10. 5 John Maguire to Lizzie Nevins, lot on 8 line of Page streei, 131:3 E of Cole, E 100 by S 137:6; ift. Sarah E. Hendricks to_Anna M. Quinn, lot on § Iine of Liberty street, 152:8 W of Guerrero, W 55 by S 114; 810. “Johu Center. Maria L., Willlam H. and George S. Crim (and as trustees), Grace M.,Samuel M. and W. H. Crim Jr. to Andrew and Maria L. C. Peter, lot on E line of Bryant street, 93 N of Twenty-first stieat, N 25 by E 100; $1600. ‘Alexis Paturel (0 Adele Sober, undivided 14 ot 1ot on S line of Bush street, 58:53, feet K of Hyde, E 29:9 by S 87:6; $10. Mary Madden, Cathe Murphy and Ellen Flana- gan, executrices of the estate of James Flanagan, %o Victor Quartararo, lot on W line of Hyde street, 80 feet N of Green, W 60, N 20, E 60, S 20; §3000, C.M. and Julia A. Wheeler to John Riordan Jr., lot on SW line of Fremont street, 250 feeL NW of Folsom, NW 25, SW 80: $10. ‘Phomas F. and Ada Grab.r to George Paton, un- divided 14 of lot on NW line of Mina street, 115 feet SW of Third, SW 20, NW 70; $1500. Martin Christensen to Hans Nieisen, 1ot on the ltng of Elghicenih avenue, 125 S of A street, 8 26 Y ; 85. Louls Peris to J. G. James, Iot on the S line of Second avenue, 338:4 W of 'N street, 8 200 by W 66:8, block 48, tide lands: also lot ou'the S line of econd avenue, of I street, S 200 b; block 44, tide lands; $5. Y Wi, J. and Rosalie Schoenfeld to same, 1ot on the SW line of Firstavenue South, 150 SE of P street South, SE41 by SW 200, block 23, tide lands; $10. Rebecca Amsbury (nee Harrison) to Rebecca W, Harrison, lots 267, 268, 268, Cobb Tract: gift. Edward W. Young to Anna Young, lof on SW corner of Minerva and Capitol_streets, W 125, K 180, N 25, W 100, N 50, E 100, 0, Railroad Homestead; gift. ALAMEDA COUNTY. People's Home Savings Bank to Michael S. and {Evll::b&t::ylevh‘l‘%, Jot on s line of Fifeh street, 104:9 A :1 by porti 2 13, block 46, Onkland e Tank F. and Hattie Baker of Oakland to J. D. Garfleld of Onkland, 10 on & line of Kaos svente; 38085\ of Telegraph, W 4018, 8 160,31, E; 40, . eginning, being lot’ 17, Knox Park, ohn ane ‘na Classen to Mrs. Auguste Simons of Oukland.lot on S line of Delger ugt“reez. 200 W from center live of Telegraph avenue, W 26 by S 86 also loton S line of Delger street, 525 W from center line of Telegraph avenue, W 25 by 5 86, Oakland; 81. Isaac Lamb of Oakland to Maria Lamb of Oak- land, lots 20, 21 and 22, block 108, tract B, Berke- ley Land and Town Improvement Association, Berkeley: also 8 14 of lot 2, block 678, Watts Tract, Oakland: $10. state of Willlam B. King (by executor) to James Atiridge of San Franciaco. 19t on W e o | Broadway, 60.S from SE corner of lot 44, subdi- Yvision of Balf-acre lois in the Hayes and Capercon Tract, S 50 by W 140:2. being portion of lot 45 of sald tract, Alameda; $1850. G. K. and Adaline T. Porterfield to Peter Bone of 100 W of Curtis, W 25 by N 80 lot 7, block H, Curtis and Williams 1ana, quitelaim’ deed ; $10. James S. and Lizzie C. Naismith to same, same, Oskland; $10. Julius ‘and Nellie Reimer of San Francisco to Louis Graber of San Francisco, 1ot on SW line of East Twenty-first_street, 50 SE_of Sixteenth avenue, NW_ 50, SW 140, SE 50, NE 140 to begin- ning, being lots 23 and 24, block 56, San Antonio, East Oakland; $10. P Sarah C. Tait of San Francisco to K. Smith of San Francisco, lot beginning at_a_point in center of Russell street, disiant 292:6 E from point of intersection of Russell with E line of Ralston street and 40 feet S from N line of Ralston street, N 178, E 130, SE 176:2, W 117.20 to beginning, except that portion lying within Grove street, $ Berkele: . 3 . B. Berry of Marin to George K. Radford of Alameda, lot on W line of Warring street, 250 N of Channing way, S 100, W 150, N 100, E'150 to beginning, being lots 34 and 85, subdivision of Benton property, Berkeley: $10. Torothea Rutham of Alameda to Corneling Lynch, lov on S line of Haight avenue, 199.50 W of Sixth street (Third avenue), W 37:6 by S 70, Alameda; $380. Builders’ Contraots, G. Capurio with A. Norton, to _erect a three-story building on N line of Montgomery avenue, 118:11 E of Green; $6415. J. Sanders with John Knealy, to erect a two- story building oiu N line of Moss street, 2256 SW of Howard; $2475. e HOTEL ARRIVALS. RUSS HOUSE. T A Hampson, Los Ang Corp Johnson, Co B, 6th 1 B Willis, Sacramento _ Regiment, Stockton , bel rtion of t, O8k: S8 Stilson, Brooklyn ~ Corp Rhoades, do J H Keown, Auburn _ Corp Campbell, do Mirs Jaceard & s, Chicago Corp Musick, do G A Gray, Sac Y. do G Keaton, Sacramento Lioyd Wood: do F A Rounds, San Jose L Clark, do J Robinson, Springfield R Crampton, do W D Keyser, Nevada J Durham, do Mrs G Gray, Healdsburg Alf Knight, do Mrs Bearding. Ferndale Albert Knight, do 0 J Gould & w, Portland Private Leistner, do Lizzie George, Portland Private Douglas, do Kitty Rubl, Fortand Private Obermilier,do J W'Conn, Private Freitas, do a, LNY Mrs R Brown & Private Strother, do Miss M Brown, N'Y Private Harlan, do do B Pettit, San Luis Obispo Private Stoltz, E ge, Arizona Captain W C McNealy, F A Knese, Healdsburg _ Co G, 2d Kegt, Sacto J M Mennon, Ukiah Lieut Hawk, do 3 D Curts, Placer County Lieut B Philips, a0 J A Mariner & w,Lincoln Lieut Cunningham,do J E Coker & f, Auburn Corp Turner, do A S Bralley, Albany _ Private Whitney, do Miss M De Pue, Albany Private Groves. = do T Collins, Marysville Private E Woods, do o C-epmn Grekow, Co B, Private F N1ff, ih Regiment,Stockton Private G Shumate, do Private C Kronor, do Lieut Tipton, do Private G Clarke, do Sergt J Campbell, do Sergt 8 Rhoads, =~ do Private B Robinson, do saxr-gz Easton, do Private Cunningham, de Corp Confer, do GRAND HOTEL. W Wate , Hambul D Falconer, Cortez s ™ F Russel, Sacramento . R E French, Bakersfield D H Bair, Los Angeles P Shepardson, L Ang J L Miller, Pa “Alngworth, Los Ang E L Swaire, Los Angeles urkhaiter, Bakersld C R Osgood. Tucson 3 Nichols & w, Ogden A L Young, Cal M Green, Oroville J K Ester, Cal ACrosson,w& f,Vallejo C W Harrington, Ogden Monotti & w, Modesto L Holladay, Tucson Keatinge, Cal C Warlow, Vallejo Wilkins, San Rafael Wm Mannlug. San Jose D Dodson, Red Bluff M W Duncan, R Blnft Dunean, Red Bluft N Burch, Oakland 0'Meara & w, Sacto E C McCook, Cal Miller & w, Salinas S H Rice, Lkll!‘l Bruce, Chica; S 7 Petterson, Chicago C Kiinker, N NEW WESTERN HOTEL. J Kennedy, Canada leiciele! ST ~Em ZHeHTER> 2 , Martinez ift%‘fl%fifiuma T Dailey & w, Cal ¥ C Baatz, Cal A A G Gibson, Minn Miss A Dain,Philadelphi M Mailey, Chicago D Mahoney, Chicago ~ © Royston. Chicago J Jones, Oukland P McQuirley, St Louls PJ George. Chico M Abbott & W, Ga Mrs Wilson, Merced D Redmond, Petaluma, George Black, Sac Arthur Sinclalr, Sac B ¢ Louis Miss G Loan, Menlo 33 Lucy E Guerrero, Monterey Vallejo Pedro, Monterey P B Brooks, Suisun Miss L Lore, Visalia Mrs Jones, Napa 1L B Brooks, Napa LICK HOUSE. Mrs Black, Livermore W Heeser &w, Meudocing H S Kirk & w, Sacto G W Hatch &, VirginiaC R Stevenson, Menlo Park F P Otis, Sonora C A Wright & w, Duluth T M Todd, Auburn J E Place, Dos Palos C F Singletary, San Jose C W Quilty, San Jose B Kenfleld, Greenwood RIThomas, Nevada City C M Henderson, N Y CH Piege. Fresno Carle, Sacto J R Houghton. Chico S Hatfield, Sacramento MrsFJHauchdson,Chico N E De Yoe &w, Modesto G D Darnin. Fulton PALACE HOTEL. H C Legz, Salt Lake J E Damberger.Salt Lake ¥ W Blackwell, NY G B Wilkins. Chicago J D Smith, Livermore Contra Costa, lot 10, block 2036, Rowland Tract, to correct former deed of June 28, 1894, quitclaim O R nte Lytie (o Oakland to 8. F. Tnie (wife of W. D.) of Oaklan . F. Payne usmmmn of Lydia street, APatterson &w, NY E W Kenyon, Red Bluft C R Regan, Portiand, Or R Krohn, Poriand, Or A Hill, London, Eng Z Oppenheimer, Phila T H Bevedict, N Y X C'iCinn, San Jose rs S zs Johnsow,