The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1895, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1895 FOUR BODIES OF STONE, They Are Disinterred From the Sherith Israel Cemetery. ONE OF WAXLIKE APPEARANCE. | Wonderful Preservation of a Mother and Her Newily Born Infant. Nature played a strange freak with no less than four of the bodies that years-ago were interred in the Nineteenth-street cemetery of the Congregation Sherith Israel. In the progress of removing the | bodies to the new cemetery at San Mateo four coffins were unearthed, the contents of which had undergone the mysterious process of petrifaction. Three of these contained the remains of men, and one held those of a mother and newly born | babe. As there yet remain a considerable number of bodies to be disinterred, it is believed additional petrifactions will be discovered. Two of the petrified male corpses were found near one another about the middle | of the cemetery on the line of Cumberland street. The first indications of there being anything unusual about them was their extraordinary weight. Ordinarily two men are ample to Jift a casket and its contents from the depths of the grave to the surface E of the ground, but in these cases it took the combined efforts of ten men, and then the task was accomplished with difficulty. In both cases the caskets had filled with water, the seepage, apparently, from the b to the west of the cemetery. It was at first thought that this caused the un- usual weight, but when the water had | been drained off it was discovered that, | although the interment of the bodies had | taken place about twelve years ago, de- composition was not complete. A closer inspection showed that the metamorphosis due to petrifaction had occurred and that 1he spectators were gazing on bodies of stone. Both had turned to a very dark hue, almost black, but the preservation was g0 perfect that the features of the dead were recognizable. g The soil from which they were disin- terred is of a reddish cast, but whether it or the water which was found in the coX fins contained the mysterious agents of transmutation it was impossible to deter- mine. The third male corpse was found near | the northeast corner of the cemetery, | where Nineteenth and Dolores streets in- | tersect each other. This required the aid | of twelve men to remove. Notwithstand- | ing the fact that it had been interred for | twenty rs it had net been completely petrified. The lower portion of the trunk | and the nether limbs, instead of being | turned to marble, appeared more like clay, being evidently in the last stages of the transition from flesh to undecaying stone. By far the strangestand most interesting of these marvels was the contents of a | casket exhumed near the line of Nine- | teenth street, between Dolores and Church. | It was of metal and, like the others, was | full of water. The first surprise came | when the water was drained. Instead of | being of the muddy, brackish character that characterized the liquid taken from | the other receptacles that contained petri- fied bodies, this was of a crystal-like clear- | ness. | From the weight of the casket and in | the light of former experience, it was con- | fidently surmised that 1t enveloped a petri- | faction. Such was, indeed, the case, but| further astonishment was created by the | unexvected sight that greeted the view of | those who witn i the opening of the casket. ‘Therein lay the figure of a mother clasping to her breast what had evidently | been her newly born babe. Every feature | had heen perfectly preserved. Nor was | the life-like appearance marred by the dis- coloration that had attended the transfor- mation in the other cases. As described by Michael Goldwater, the | chairman of the cemetery committee, who wasa witness tothe exhumation of all these petrifactions, ‘‘the hue of life had simply given place to a beautiful waxlike | eppearance, showiny that petrifaction | must have occurred shortly after inter- ent. perfectly was the work of nature’s preservation done that it showed on one of the fingers the mark made by the wearing of a ring. This was so dis- tinct that I thought the finger still bore the ring, when I first perceived the hand, | and only discovered my mistake when 1 attempted to examine what I thought was the ornament.” Mr. Goldwaterdeclined to give thenames of any of those whose remains had under- gone petrifaction, excusing his refusal by stating that if they were made public a temptation would undoubtedly be offered to some enterprising and unscrupulous showman to secure them by dishonest means. He added that at the time they were disinterred they were guarded all *night, and a special watch set over them until reinterred. In fulfilling his duties as chairman of the cemetery committee, Mr. Goldwater de- votesevery day of the week except Saturday to looking after the interests OF his dead. He is a retired merchant and is 73 years of age. Some idea of hisdevotion to “his people,” as he terms those who have passed to an- ; other sphere can be gained when it is stated that he is at the Nineteenth-street cemetary every Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday at 6 o’clock in the morning and remains there during the en- tire day except for an hour or so for lunch. And on Friday and Sunday the day is sim- ilarly spent at the San Mateo Cemetery of his congregation. He has a keen sense of the humorousand during the past ten months while superin- tending the removal of the remains of the dead from the old to the new cemetery, this characteristic has frequently stood bim in good need in conciliating and satis- fying the numerous individuals who have come to him with unreasonable requests and unjust complaints. DEATH OF W, & OLIVER, Rumors That He Committed Suicide Because Unable to Pay His Creditors. He Was Addicted to the Use of Oplum for Inducing Sleep and Dled From an Overdose. The sudden death at 7:30 o’clock yester- day morning of William G. Oliver, junior partner of the firm of Valleau & Oliver, printers, 403 Sansome street, bas occa- sioned much surprise and speculation among the employes of the firm. Rumors of various nature were afloat Jast night as to the cause of his death. That he took an overdose of opium is the only one in which any degree of reliability may probably be placed. Mr. Oliver has been troubled for some time with insomnia and has been in the habit of taking opium to induce sleep. Mrs. Oliver was awakened early yester- day morning by the peculiar breathing of her husband and, becoming alarmed, sum- moned Drs. Jones and De Witt. When the physicians arrived, Mr. Oliver was un- conscious and remained so until the moment of his death at 7:30 o’clock. There is an impression in the minds. of many that Mr. Oliver voluntarily sought death because he was unable to meet the l demands of his creditors. At 10 o‘clock yesterday morning a meet- ing of creditors took place at the firm of Valleau & Oliver and adjourned immedi- ately after the news of Mr. Oliver’s death had been conveyed to them. The firm was heavily in debt to several business houses of this city, and it was rumored that the creditors had met to compel assignment. vy The residence of Mr, Oliver is closed to all outsiders. His family absolutely refuse to make any communication with regard to his affairs or his death. S, Mr. Oliver was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1846. He has been in this State twenty- one vears. He formerly was secretary and treasurer of the Telephone Cognpang and also was treasurer of the Unitea States Carriage Company. For the past two years he has been connected with the firm of Valleau & Oliver. Samuel Valleau, senior membe{ of the firm, has been an inmate at the Napa In- sane Asylum for a number of years. The whole responsibility of the business of a consequence had fallen on the shoulders of Mr. Oliver. Mr. Oliver’s life insurance amounted to about $5000. ITERESIVG EXHBITS A Look at the Mechanics’ Fair and Some Things Seen There. The Displays More Attractive and Crowds Larger Than in Any Former Year. One taking a stroll through the Mechan- ics’ Pavilion notices prominently the fact that California is unquestionably taking a lead as a producer as well as a consumer. Some very interesting exhibits are made by Eastern firms. All are commendable in their arrangement and visitors will find much new and novel in the big show. A feature of the fair which is very notable is the array of water-filters. If one may judge by the increase in the num- ber and the enthusiasm of the owners every household is soon to be supplied with this very essential sanitary and hy- gienic requirement of every home. The doctors and chemists who have examined the filters in the fair speak in the highest terms of the “Aerating and Seli-cleansing Filter.”” It is simple, absolutely practical and inexpensive, and has been pronounced by eminently scientific men as the grand- est step so far in the solution of the ques- tion of purification of water. With it there is no retention of filth in the filter to contaminate the water or render its taste flat or insipid. The water from this par- ticular filter is completely aerated by in- troducing every time the filter is used fresh air as it is being forced by the sup- ply pressure through the filtering medium, thus expelling all gases and keeping the filter and its contents pure. This aerating is a wonderful feature. In- stead of the filtered water being flat, as is often asserted to be the case,its palata- bility is brought to the highest degree of excellence. Through the faucet attached to the filter are two separate outlets. Through one nothing but the purified water ever flows, while through the other a large flow of unfiltered water may be drawn, and through this same outlet the impurities are expelled. By a return cur- rent of the filtered water, forced back through the filtering medium, every par- ticle of contamination is washed out.” The | filtering medium is composed of two cylinders of porous earthenware set one inside the other, and a space between the two packed with fine animal charcoal,sealed top and bottom with non-porous earthen- ware covers, self-contained in form and non-corrosive. The filter is manufactured in sizes to suit households, restaurants, hotels and public building The writer does not dwell upon its good points because it is of San Francisco origin, not because its inventer, one of our prominent townsmen, spent the past ten vears perfecting the filter; not because it is now backed by some of the most influ- ential men of the town—but because scien- tific men say it will do just what the in- ventor says it will do; in other words, does what has been demanded for so long; be- cause it is simple and instantaneous act- ing; because it is said to be the only filter (up to this date) which supplies aerated filtered water and cleanses itself every time it is used by simply shutting of fancet after drawing your supply of filtered water. On the main floor of the Pavilion to the right can be found an exhibit of pickle oods and the process of packing in glass e seen in active operation. This exhibit reflects great credit upon the firm repre- sented, from the fact of the extreme neat- ness of the display and the artistic manner of its arrangement; also the tidy appear- ance of the employes. From a personal observation of the work in progress, and also an inspection of the goods on exhibition, one can have no hesitation in concluding that the goods are of a very superior grade and compare favorably with ‘any Eastern or European production. As it is the spirit of the times to encour- age home industries visitors to the fair give this exhibit a good share of their atten- tion, and doubtless many have formed a determination to carry their enthusiasm further and patronize this home industry. This firm employs white help exclu- sively, and from the healthy and con- tented look of the employes if isevident they are well cared for. *‘It pays to provide good quarters for factory help, if for nothing else than as an incentive to theemployes to perform their work well,”’ said the man- ager at the fair last night. He continued: “All the latest im- proved machinery isused by this firm in the manufacture of catsups, sauces and maustards, and in these days of almost uni- versal adulteration of food products it must be eminently satisfactory to know that one can procure a choice grade of staple pickle goods or catsup strictly clean and neatly bottled.” It is not necessary to locate the exhibit of the Pacific SBaw Manufacturing Works, for it is noticeable from every portion of the pavilion, and is one of the first things to be seen on entering, although situated at the further end of the hall on the parti- tion wall. The novel feature of this display is the revolving circular saws. There are shown saws from one-quarter inch to twelve inches in width and fourteen feet in length. The exhibit includes all kinds of saws, knives, springs etc., made from sheet cast- steel, and is a representation down to the smallest item of home industry of which the people of the State may well feel proud. (T s R el Collins to Be Arrested. ‘W. E. Gerd, chief of the Southern Pacific de- tectives, swore out e warrant in Judge Joach- imsen’s court yesterday for the arrest of An- drew J. Collins on a charge ot threats against life. Collins is the ex-employe of the com- pany who caused some excitement at the com- pany’s office on Montgomery and Market streets on Friday afternoon by threatening to kill General Superintendent Fillmore. Collins was arrested last night on Larkin street by Detective Cody and taken to the City Prison. ' He said he was rendered desperate by not getting employment from the company. He thought they could find a place for him, seeing he had been wounded for life while in thelr service. B — Park Music To-Day. Following is the attractive programme ar- ranged for the open-air concert to-day in Golden Gate Park: March, “Our Bloomer Girls”.......... R. Cunna Overture, “Daughter of the Regiment” ... Donizetti Waltz, e’ Horn solo, “Mefisto’ (Composed, arran; Selection, “Robin Hood”. Overture, “Fa Diavolo” Waitz, “Vienna Girls”. Paraphrase on “Sweet Fantasia, “Faust” ... Galop, “The Wild Hunt' Pries! PiLes! Mac’s Infallible Pile Cure. Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itchin lnlfl ve protruding piles. Price 50 cents. A. M & Co., druggists, 504 Washington street. INVOKED THE PALLADIUM, Lively Predicament of a Law- yer Pursued for a Whis- ky BilL BEHIND ALL KINDS OF LAW. J. J. Coffey Leads His Enemles a Lively Chase Till They Start His Wife After Him. “I invoke the palladium of the married ,man, the rule of 1880, shouted Counselor J. J. Coffey to Justice of the Peace Groe- zinger, yesterday, as he arose in his un- shaved height to lend emphasis to his mighty invocation. Counselor Coffey was being pursued for a whisky bill, and he was in a woeful pre- dicament. First he had taken shelter be- hind the barricade of the statute of limita- tions. Routed from there by Attorney Nagle he had fortified himself behind the great Magna Charta, the bulwark of British liberty. Even the present Magna Charta can’t always safely protect a man who owes a whisky bill, and, after a deal of poking and rattling of the pitchforks of the code, the agile Coffey was dnvgn out and scurried behind the Constitution of the United States. For forty minutes by the clock he stood behind the Constitution of 1776 and defied the lawyers and the whisky-bill collectors. Then the attacking party put their heads together and sprang a big surprise to bom- bard Coffey from vantage. They produced Mrs. J. J. Coffey. The long, lean and learned counselor has been wrangling with his wife in the courts over a divorce and groperty rights for several years past. When one catches sight of the other, the policemen in the vicinity Jay their hands carelessly dn their riot clubs and edge nearer the approaching storm- center. The instant Mrs. Coffey’s green dress flounced into the courtroom, Counselor Coffey turncd a shade paler, caught his breath and darted spryly from behiud the sheltering Constitution of the United States to the great palladium of married man as he called it, “the rule of 1880.” “Sure its 1880?”” demanded the pursuing Nagle. “Well, somewhere about that time,” answered Coffey, nervously, and with the astute reserve of a lawyer determined not to be pinned down to any statement. Mrs. Coffey sniffed at her nervous hus- band with all the fine scorn of a woman about to help blind justice clear up about eighteen years’ back work ona man she intensely disliked. “J’1l have no clap-trap here,” interjected Coffey. *“No wife can testify against her husband. You can’t convict me out of that woman’s mouth. It isbreaking the greatrule of 1880,” and Counselor Coffey spread his arms like wings and began an- other oratorical flight on the sublime birth of the great rule of 1880 among prehistoric nations. Mrs. Coffey cut him short firmly and sharp) “I oughtn’t to come under any such law,” she said, stoutly. *“I’'m above 1it. Any man like you—"" But Justice Groezinger realized that the whole history of the Coffey litigation was about to ve recited. He cut it short with his gavel. *‘Are you divorced?” he inquired. ‘“No,” sniffed Mrs. Coffey, scornfully. “But if perjurg and worse ——"" But again the court cut in, and for forty minutes more Attorney Nngle bombarded the “palladium of married’’ men to get at Coffey, and Coffey as persistently bobbed his head up every few minutes from be- hind the palladium to say something in reply. Under the contemptuous looks of Mrs. Coffey he got madder and madder every minute. But the palladium proved all Coffey claimed for it, and when the hour of adjournment came neither his wife, the lawyers nor the whisky-bill col- lectors could get him out from behind its safe shelter. Weeks ago Coffey started all the trouble himself. e put in a bill for $200 afiainnt Fred Nobmann for legal services rendered. Nobmann refused to_pay, and Coffey as- signed the claim to Jesse Baydstein, who brought suit for the money. The suit proved a boomerang, for Nob- mann at once put_in a counter claim for more than $150. To back it he presented two I O U’s aggregating $70, and several yards of legal cap covered with an itemized account of Cnf‘ledv'n visit to_his shop, for cash, drinks and whisky. The cntaFozue of visits began in December, 1893, with cash $5, and ran down through the years with whisky, cigars, cash ans turkey at regular recurring intervals. According to Nobmann, Coffey lived royally on a large cold bottle and a small hot bird as long as there was a prospect of credit. A witness named Fisher met the coun- selor in this delightful period. “Working any more?” asked Fisher. “‘No more whisky, no more work,” re- plied Coffey, airily tossing off his daily apothegm. Coffey smiled feebly when_they testified to this in court yesterday. He was feeling fairly safe behind the Magna Charta bul- wark at the time, and there had been no hint of the adventof his wife. “I did my duty,” be replied, in his grand way, imita- tive of Webster throwing a headlight on a constitutional problem, “Of that you may be sure. I'm not the man to deny my whisky bills under ordinary circum- stances, but therearise tides in men’s for- tunes that drive them hither, and you and this is one of them. I've paid for many a bottle of whisky at this man’s house.” “You have,” nodded Nobmann, gravely. “And wine,” sneered Nagle. “And wine, too, my boy,”’ repeated Coffey earnestly. *“But I pay no more when my own bills are met in such con- temptuous fashion. - So, although a gentle- man, I'm compelled by the legal circum- stance of the case to fall back for shelter behind the statutc of limitations, I'll pay $5; that’s all the law allows my adversary to collect on a liguor bill.” ‘‘Come out from under the cloak of secrecy,” jeered Nagle, and be a man.”” “Let dogs delight to bark who don’t affect to bite,” returned Counselor Coffey, disdaining further to notice the challenge. “Again I call your Honor’s attention to the fact that I'm invoking the palladium of the married men, the rule of 1880.” Mrs, Coffey tried to drive him out with some Parthian arrows tipped with refer- ences to his conduct as plain Mr. Coffey. But the counselor knew when he was safe, and refused to do more than poke his head out from behind ‘‘the palladium.” By this tactful proceeding he shut out her testimony. Justice Groezinger gathered up the few crumbs of pertinent testimony offered in the case and took them into his laboratory for judicial analysis. He promised a de- cision at an early day. A Notable Corner. For forty-five successive years Dr. Gib- bon’s Dispensary has been located on the southwest corner of Kearny and Commer- cial streets, and until recently, when it was removed to the northwest corner of the same streets. . During this almost half a century Dr. Gibbon has ireated with great skill every concervable disease, and has in thousands of cases restored the very worst subjects of suffering humanity to perfect health. Dr. Gibbon' has always enjoyed a I and lucrative practice. Of the thousands of men and women who sought his ser- vices when sick it would be almost im: sible to single out one who has other than the greatest faith in his ability, both as & physician and surgeon. His long resi- dence in this City as a practicing physician and surgeon ought to be sufficient to rec- ommend him as a competent and consci- entious medical man." 92 NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. Lowest Prices of All Dress Goods. ALL-WOOL PLAIDS, 56 inches, gray mixtures; were sold at 50¢; 150 alimited quantity left; come 8t once if you want any of 1t ab...... Yard FRENCH SERGES, 36 inches, all vool; 35 cholce colors; wool, black and Pk 223° Yard es, all re- to increase this week’s ‘sales we will sell 500 yards in 30° black and 19 staple colors at...... ~ Yard COLORED DRAP D'ALMA, 38 390 inches, all wool_and best French orth 75¢; speclal........ Yard New Dress Goods. The first arrivals of a superb fall and winter stock are here. Prior to formal opening we show advance 7 5c styles and ideas from the leading dowmestic and joreign manufactur- ers. The styles are exclusively —TO— our own. Nowhere else but here. English, French, German and $2.ou Scotch novelties in mohairs, bou-! — cles, bourettes, tufted cheviots, curlene cloth, tricotines, etc., etc. Remnant Days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Next. New Silks. FANCY JACQUARDS, 19 inches, all designs and silk; newest color effects. 60° Yard FANCY CHANGEA BLE SILKS, 19 Inches, medium and large designs 7750 in the new fall styles, 40 color combinations....... Yard FANCY FIGURED GROS-GRAIN LE, very heavy; designs and (b .00 colorings shown for first time ingp L — Frisco....... Yard FANCY GROS DE LONDRES$1.25 Yard SILK, 20 inches, large floral de- signs; winter style '95 and '98.... BLACK BATIN BROCADES, 20 inches wide, very heavy, large and medium’ design! ake peau- tiful skiris... St 1:28 Yard Silk Special. ODDS AND ENDS FANCY SILKS, sold regularly at $1 25, 81 35 and $1 50. If we have the color you wish you will find quaiity excep- tionai..... 89° Yard Lowest Prices of All Men’s Furnishings. MEN’S _ALL-WOOL UNDER- WEAR, heavy 81 quallty, natur- 750 al color or camel’s hair, all sizes shirts and drawers. Garmeny MEN'S ALL- WOOL UNDER- WEAR, heavy grade, worth $51.00 per suif, dark tan col a adl— Very special value at. Garment MEN'S COTTON OVERSHIRTS, QAC cavy, fancy stripes, regular price 50c. Eag MEN'S CHEVIOT OVERSHIRTS, 50 eavy, dark colors, fancy stripes, 76c valve....... . Each the Rockies. enough, is it not?= to-morrow. Positively Last Week of Summer Clearance Sale. DaUsD To WIN YoU—~ PRICES THAT . ARE IRRESISTIBLE — VALUES that are not equaled by any other store west of If you are at all inclined to make your money buy as much as it can be made to buy, we will get all that you spend, for dry goods this week. Just to make things hum this last week of our most successful Clearance Sale, we have taken a dozen lines of the new Winter goods which have just been opened and marked them at prices which compare with- those of the sale. next Winter’s Novelties at Sum-= mer Clearance Sale prices. A Tidal Wave of Bargains like the ones quoted herewith await you at the big store SAN FRANCISCO. Lowest Prices of All. Ladies’ Underwear. LADES' ALL-WOOL DRAWERS, ankle length, Jersey ribbed, fine quality, white, natural color and 75° camel’s hair, just half regular price, now.. Each LADIES' EGYPTIAN COTTON VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, 40° heavy, ' Jersey ribbed, nicely fleeced.... " Each LADIES' SILK VESTS, L. N. N. 350 a few dozen left in sizes 3 an only, to close them out quickly Each BOYS' AND GIRLS' ALL-WOOL SUITS AND DRAWERS, red, white, camel’s hair and natural, odd sizes, every pair worth 75¢ 10 8125, only... 50° Each Remnant Days. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Next. Infants’ Bonnets. INDIA SILK BONNETS, heavy silk, all-over embroidered, tucked large silk strings, etc., 4 50° Each INDIA SILK BONNETS, silk em- broidered crown in smail squares, 7750 something new and pretty, elab- orately trimmed, only.. ... Each Linen Department. BLEACHED UNION DAMASK TEA- CLOTHS with borders in red, salmon, yel- low or blue, lowest prices aver quoted in this city. 84 60¢ Each—8-10 90¢ Each. 812 $1 Eaeh. DAMASK TOWELS, knotted fringe, all linen, extra large, 24x50 inches, borders in red, buft, blue, {ell:w, or all white, regular a3 for 25° Bach 25° Each FANCY TURKISH TIDIES, 18x24 inches, new patterns, spe e That’s liberal (INCORPORATED), ~ 937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET, New Eiderdowns In solid colors, crepon effects, dainty plaids, the new angora fin: ish, everything that is novel and beautiful in this ideal wrapper and infants’ coat material, 25c, 40c, 50c and 70c. Fancy Flannels. 100 pleces WOOL FLANNEL, in pretty stripe effects, 30 patterns 3210 2 Yard and colors, same grade last year 45c a yard, this season. . Remnant Days Thursday, Friday and Saturday Next. Domestic Department. WHITE CROCHET SPREADS 75x 80° 85, Marseilles patterns.. = 700 Yard . Each WHITE CROCHET SPREADS, 80x 9QC 90, Marseliles patterns.. 3 ity Each 10-4 WHITE COTTON BLAN- KRS, 8160 kind, only about 30 /)G Pairs lett. % AT ach 84 UNBLEACHED LOCKWOOD 40 SHEETING, regular prics 18c... L&t . . Y arc 10° Yard 10 3 Yard 27INCH _ COTT CHEVIOTS, dark colors, new stock, boughtto /70 sellat 10c = Yard RED TFLANNELETTES, black c figures, regular a 10c.. b Lowest Prices of All House=Furnishings. NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, 1:50 60 inches by 814 yards—white or $ — ecru—in new patterns—$2 kind for ~ Pair IRISH POINT CURTAINS—50 inches by 3 yards—slightly soiled In process of manufacture—in- stead of $3 50. CHENILLE PORTIERES—3 yards 82 long—beantifully patterned—nice .00 line of colors—red, brown, olive, — green, terra-cotta, cadet blue, etc.. ~ Pair New Neckwear, ELEGANT OSTRICH BOAS in the latest Parisian styles—made of 3:50 real feathers—6 to 8 inches long, — with bows and strings of heavy _To satin _ ribbon—with or withoul 4:78 flower ornaments — Fancy Goods. EMBROIDERY EDGE—colors or white. 1% to 3 inches wide. 6%4c yard 214 to 5 inches wide. 10¢ yard 310 8Y3 inches wide. 23je yard IRIDESCENT TRIMMINGS—for- 25° merly $1, now e A BABY RIBBON—plain edge, silk finish nish 5° Bolt 12:¢ Pair LADIES BIOYCLE GAUNTLETS, 1910 tan only. . 2 LADIES' BLACK MITTS—all silk Pair FLEUR DE LIS TIDIES—assorted colors. 10° . Each HEMSTITCHED WHITE BU- C REAU SCARFS, é2x15 inches, 35 only......... Each LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS, 100 plain _ white—colored borderes scalloped or hemstitched.... Each BROWNIE LUNCH-BASKETS, (C A three sizes—formerly sold up to 80c each—now. . Each KIRK’S SOAPS—3 cakes in box—4 10(2 styles, Yale, Harvard, Vassarand N. W. W. bouquets . Box THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS How the Appropriation for This Year Is to Be Expended. A New Bloycle Track to the Ocean and a Blg Annex for the Museum. ‘Within two or three weeks the Park Commissioners will get their annual appropriation and work will be com- menced upon a number of projected im- provements in the park. The appropria- tion this year will be larger than ever before, $300,000 being the amount set aside for park purposes this year. The first work to engage the attention ot Superintendent McLaren will be to obliterate the uneightly ruins of the Mid- winter Fair and cover the site with lawns, walks and driveways. This in itself is a work of no small proportions, as there is an area of about seventy acres which, as a preliminary move, must be covered with two feet of loam. Every bit of this loam will have to be carted a distance of more than two miles. Concert Valley, the big basin in front of the museum, will require a good deal of work before it is ready for concert pur- poses. It will not be made deeper than it now is, as was at first proposed. J. D. Phelan was in favor of excavating for a depth of ten or fifteen feet in order to get shelter from the 'strong winds that at certain seasons of the year sweep in from the ocean. This idea, however, has been given up and shelter will be obtained by means of a high embankment running along the western entrance. The whole inclosure will be terraced, the lawns will be improved, and on the site of the pres- ent electric tower a commodious band- stand will be erected. The sum of $70,000 is set aside for improvement on the Mid- winter Fair area, not including the museum annex, plans for which have just been completed. This building will’ be constructed of brick, two stories in height, and 60x113 feet in size. On the first floor there will be three large halls, one for the mineral exhibit, one for colonial relics, and one for an art_gallery. The upper floor has not been_assigned as yet. An important piece of work this year will be the construction of a bicycle track, to paraliel the main driveway, from the I:‘mgnt-nreet entrance to the ocean, a uxgltsnce of something more than four miles. The boulevard will also be completed. This, however, is but a matter of a few months, as only one mile remains un- tinished. All of the space fronting the present band-stand, now given up to con- cert purposes, is to be laid out for tennis courts and croquet grounds. There are some other plans for improve- ment this year, but all of minor import- ance in comparison with the work as out- lined above, which will probably exhaust the appropriation. At least this is the opinion of Superintendent McLaren, who is enthusiastic over the plans laid out for the coming year’s work. PROTECTING HIS MONEY. One of Collector Shain’s Property Trans- fers Filed for Record. 5 Security speculators holding any paper of Collector Joseph E.Shain are rapidly getting on the safe side and recording their holdings acainst the day when there willbea wild scramble for his available assets. : Yesterday H. Lacy of 21 - California I street filed for record an agreement whereby Shain turned over to him five lots in the City Land Association, located near Ocean View. The lots are valued at about $150 each. Following is the agreement as filed: ISAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 1892. For a valuable consideration, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I hereby sell, assign, transfer and set over to H. Lacy,or his assign. ors ail right, title and interest I possess in and to those certain lots, pieces and parcels of land situated in the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of California, and conveyed by deed dating April 1, 1892, and made by H. M. Libbe (widow). tecorded April 12, 1892, book 1508, ].mge 304 of Reccrds, the assignment being sub- ect to a defeasance made 2d day of April, 1892, to-wit upon Jayment of $510 with 2 per cent T month from April 2, 1892, it was in sald efeasance as{eed that said lots to be recon- veyed to said H. M. Libbey. JoSEPH E.SHAIN. Vitness: ALVAN FLANDERS, Notary Publie. Notary Flanders is dead and Shain is among the missing, so Lacy had to get some one familiar with the signatures of both men to swear to their authenticity. T.W. Page Breckon, known to some people as a searcher of records, made the neces- sary affidavit yesterday regurding the sig- natures. Lacy expects the document to protect him for what he let Shain have. It issald that Shain left debts behind him aggregat- ing $60,000. HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. H C Goodell, Sacto F Fisher & w. Sacto S H Sackett, Napa C E Severance, San Jose T G Ellers, Saramento W L Duden, Sacramento J B Deviui, Sacramento G A McCauley, Sacto M Leach, Plymouth A Jackson, Cal C W Young, Eurek: H H R H Thompson, Napa J ’l‘nl!{y. Stockton 8 R Holmes, Galesburg M Holmes, Ad: J G Sanger, Portland W Roundtree &£, Or Mrs A Audley, Portland MissA L Hoult.Portland Mrs B M Clackey, Carson g! Brown, Sulsun E L Benediet & w, Pleas- W C Collins & w, Dallas anton H Miner & w,Chicago V Courtofs, Santa Rosa G E Bristol, Hamilton W R Compton, Elmira A G Miller, Eimira G L Fischer, Stockton Mrs H E Thayer,R1 Miss C L Thayer, R [ W Selooer, Portland H M Call, Atianta. MrsP W Mitchell, Seattle ¥ W Mitchell, Seattle ETF Roberts, Eureka J MeGregory, Victoria A J Thomas, Victoria G Tisconia, San Andreas H K Whitten, Benicia J J Boyer, Benicia M J Bickerstaft, Benicla J F Devendry, San Jose H B Wood, San Jose J H Farthing, San Jose J G‘ O’Nelll, Nev City J G Ambrose, Seattle C F Gardner, 1o P A Buell, Stockton ‘W B Collier Jr, Vallejo E A Rogors, L Angeles (C) é.l;clu;x; & \;, lSIn Jose gsc‘?l(:k!' Grass Valley ckion, Folsom ohnson, L Angeles D D Whitbeck & w,Sacto i PALACE HOTEL. R M Doble, Ross Valley J C David, e, Victoria TN Proctor, Petaluma’ ¥ s Carroll, Tacoma G F Kleinberger, N Y J Ross, Tacoma F T Dwyer. SBacramento E A Mills & w, Wash V de Messing, N Y W L Hughes, US N H W Smith, Ogden CJ Cote, St Louis T8 Beckwith, Ogden € J Owed & w, San Jose © P Robbins, Rossland Miss J M. Owen, San Jose M Younkers, lowa W R Berhoffaheins, Paris 1C Boss, Berkeley Dr L Thomas, T F Burgdor®, USN J Bevan, London A Lewine, N Y J R Waggener, USN G C Broome, N Y R Van Brunt, §4 Booker, San Jose 3 Laughiin Jr Wis F O Frazer, Tacoma Miss M Cabe, Omaha T M Gilbert, N Y Miss Goodwin, Minn B E Valentine & dr, N Y Mrs H Kolbe, N Y 33 Searles, N Y RUSS HOUSE. D Covnoy, Fairview W H Ormshy, Minn P Mills, Minn P B Fitzpatrick, L Gatos C H Finley, Modesto R D Young, Modesto G Davis. Pleasantor J Baumgarien, J J Wigh man, Ogden nl 'y (s Mins Morgan, 8 Barbesa .G Pach, Windsor Miss § Elliottt, Vallejo 8 0 Hamlin, Reno alinas TR Aot S A rdereon, Omdl lerson, Gridley nderson, ‘ouch, Camy “Virginta Mis A M Warreh & m, Sity Joee Virginia City Jize 31 Mudd,Virginia Cy B Anderson, Cinnatl glg:udul%nhcfllnclnml g rmy, N Orleans 3 B n:n!; rs C M Hsrva’{ i Mrs Sargent, Wailace rs M M Hunt, Portld Mrs ¥ R Moffitt, Portind W J Cavgdon, Bakersfild J G ‘Portland Mrs J Malone & d, Sucto G ¢ BALDWIN F Preston, San Jose G W Langan, Lemore J H Holecomb, US N 8 Chorn, Los Angeles HOTEL. C W Smith, San Jose W P Lyon, Fresno ‘W C Smitn, Chico G W Goetz, N ¥ J B Rondell, Denver J Burke, 11 CF Raymond, Sacto J W Gilbert. N Y J W Smith, N'Y A B Dowdell, St Helena C P Watson. Salt Lake J Hunt, Sacramento D Walker & w, Oakland T J Turner, N J J P Wieland, San Jose W Binder, San Jose F H Holmes, San Jose C H Johnson, San Jose J Thompson, Watsonv J C Coppoge, Phila NEW WESTERN. P C Putman, Cal Z E Buckner, Cal I H Groor & w, Or J T Clapp, Alaska Mrs Collins, Santa Rosa J D Fralser, Petaluma E D Fraiser, Petaluma J Fadden, cago B B Lucy, Napa Miss Lucy, Napa J B Booth, Vallejo V B Sawyer, Vallejo E L Black, Visalia H Love, New Mexico HN Moore, N Mex M B Busy, New Mexico L B Buss, Chico B L Burns, Chico S B Butts, Sacramento P B Burns, Sacramento D D vuff, Sacramento Miss Duff, Sacramento LICK HOUSE. F Dannenbaum, Vallejo F ¥ Harlan, San Ramon M Hanley, Nov City G Leuf, Sacto E G Reynolds, Oakland Mrs E Blake, Eureka E H Vance, Eureka F C Malpas, Portland F H Clarke, Portland Mrs F Frazier, Portland H O Raynor, Portland J W Hartzell, Stockton J G Sargen, Portland Miss M Wallace, S Jose Capt E fHolmes, Seattle J L lOfpenhelmer, Prtind J McBride, Sacto ¥ J Harnen, Los Ang THE STOCK MARKET. Stocks closed the week lower. Best & Belcher sold down to 96 cents, Con. Cal. & Va. to $2 50, Ophir to $1 45, Gould & Curry to 49 cents, Crown Point to 48 cents and so on. There was consider- able selling after the adjournment of the board. The range of prices last week was wider than usual, the leaders showing the following variations: Belcher, 54@65c; Best & Belcher, 96c@$1 15: Chollgr, 56@83c; Crown Point, 48@6lc; Gould & Curry, 49@d2c;: Hale & Norcross, $1 80@1 90; Mexican, 61@73¢c; Ophir, $1 45@1 65; Con. Cal. & Va., $2 50@2 85; Occidental, 28@34c. NOTES. report from Con. Virginia yesterday was as fonoes: PRotar extraction for the Week 208 tons of ore; average surface car assay $32 80. From 750 Jevel extracted 190 [ONS; AVerage mine Car assay 5 37, 3 Tomestake mine of South Dakota will pay & dividend of 25 cents per share t0-morrow. The aontana Oré Purchasing Company has declared u dividend of 81 per share, payable on September 4, e Silver King mine of Utah paid a dividend of 25 cents share, or $37,500, on the 17th. The National Lead Comvany will pay a quarterly dividend of 134 per cent on it preferred siock ou September 1 he Virginia Enterprise of Thursday says: The news from the mines is certainly favorable, as some of them are extracting good ore, and_though the quantity 1s small it will help materially on the expense acconnt. In the Occidental they re- port rich ore coming in on the 550 level running north. The ore is but six inches wide at_present, but it is widening as they run on to it. The mine is al80 looking better in the drift being run to the southwest. Occidental should sell for more money. Work on the Brunswick lode is progressing raj idily. The inclines are now down about 80 and 30 {feet respectively, and the tunnel is in_nearly 100 feet. When incline No. 1 Is down 140 feet tho work of crosscutting will be commenced, and a¢ about the same time crosscuts will be ran from the tunnel and Incline No. 2. The annusl meeting of the Gray Eagle has been called for September 18. The delinquent assessment sale of the Utah Con. takes place on the 30t} Following Are the Highest Prices During the Past Week. Mon. [Tues.(Wed.| 7 65| 3 8 é. BOARD SALES, Following were the sales In the San Francisco Stock Board yesterday: Following wers the sales in the Pacific Stock Board yesterday: BEGULAR SESSION—10:30. /200 Occldtl. .29 /200 Overmn.. 18 1,300 Ophir . ...114 101200 . g 01/600 P .38 39200, 7 2900 Savage....36 85/500 Scorpion..03 189151400 SB& M."10 1.80/200 S Nev....40 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. SBATURDAY, Aug. 24-12 y, Bid. Asked.} Bid. Asked. 07 08Jackson. 20 — Julta. 0z 08 03 01 62 13 o k2 150 18 59 age. 36 Seg. Beicher... 09 10 Con.NewYork. 02 —|Sierra Nevada, 39 40 Crown Pomnt... 48 46Scorpion.. 03 05 EastSierraNev — 05|Silver Hill 02 04 Exchequer..... 01 038ilverKing.... 20 — Eureka Con.. - 20|Syndicate. - 03 Gould & Curry. ‘49 50|Union Con. 46 47 Hale & Norcrs.1.80 1.85(Utah. 08 Iowa.. — o4{Yellow 58 STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. SATURDAY, Aug. 24—10:30 4. 3 UNITED STATES BONDS. Bid, Asked. Bid. Askeds USd4scoup. 113 ~ — |USdsreg...113 - MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. Cal-stChble5s. 110 — Do, 2dlss6s.101 — Cal Eleo [, 6510734100 [P &0Ky6s. 110 120 Cotra CW5s — 101 |P&Ch Ryés. — 100 Dpnt-stex-cp 77 95 (Pwi-stRR6s. — 11614 EdspL&P 6s.106 108 |Reno, WL&L102 105 F&CH RR6s106 _— [RiverWCo6s — 100 Geary-stR3s. — 102 SF&NPRRGS101l5 — LosAng L6s. — _— |SPRRAriz6s 970 99 Do.Gnted.6s. — 104 |SPRRCal6s.115 — MKt-stCbletsl21ls — |SPRR Calbs. 8732100 NevCNgl —""102 |Do,1congtd. 8712100 NPORR6s100 ~ — SPBrRCalfs. 983,100 NyR Cal 6s..10215107 SV Water6s..124 12414 y Cal Bs.. — [SVWaterds.. 9815 — — |StktnG&E63102 105 — |SunstT&Tés — 103 20 — |SutterstR6s.110 — PacRollMbs. 102 — |VisaliaWCs — WATER ContraCosta. — ~ 65 Marin Co.... 50 5314 GAS STOCKS, — 46 |PacificLight. 48 5214 95 — |SanFrancsco 7114 71%g Oak G 453 47 |Stockton..... 18 28 PacGasimp. 80 80%4/ g INSURANCE STOCKS. FiremansFd.165 — [Sub.......... 57% 7% COMMERCIAL BANK STOOKS. rB&TC. — — — [LondonP&A.1263; — Areotat . = . gaisliondondsE. — 81 Bank ot Cal..228 . 23715 Merch Ex... 13— Cal SD&TCo. 56 66 |Nevada. - FirstNationl 17714 — [Sather BCo. — — Grangers.... — SAVINGS BANE STOCKS. @ers&LCo.1610 . — [Sav&Igen.. — 150 HumbS&L.1000 — [Securiiv.....255 300 §i3 [UnionTrisi 830 900 STREET BAILROAD STOCKS. Calitornia..... 10435106 EET Geary-st....i. — " 90" 410, oo 1135 — Market-st.... 80%% 41 B 85¢ 184 98 1% G 0. FartEaintCo = 3 e ntCo — HawC&SCo.. 5Z2 7 [PacTransCo — 4§ HuichSPCo. 1144 113 PacTeTCo. 50 60 . & fC. — " — " SunsetTeT. 36 - MerkixAssn. 100 10 |Cnted0Co. = 35 OceanicSSCo — MORNING SESSION. Board—200 Vigoric Powder, 35¢,