The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 16

15 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 381, 1895 THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, Has the Long-Sought Witness in the Durrant Case Been Found? CHIEF CROWLEY'S 0DD REMARK. Durrant Passes the Time In Palnt- ing Pictures on the Walls of His Cell. The mysterious woman in the Durrant case who is alleged to have had a certain very unpleasant experience with Theodore Durrant in the church library will not down, and reports as to her identity are giving the police quite enough to do dur- the present interval in the court pro- ceedings. In this connection yesterday Chief Crowley let drop a curious expres- sion which might be construed into an ad- mission that the police have already se- cured such a witness. He was asked point blank what the name of the woman was. ‘His reply was: “If T tell you the name of the woman | some one will pull her down; some friend | ‘of the defense will prevent her from tes- tifying.” hen you have got such a8 woman?”’ pursued the questioner. The Chief laughed carelessly and re- aarked, “Well, I did not s ¥ Captain Lees became very testy when | tsked about the matter, and intimated | that he took no stock in any such storv be- | cause his men had run down two hundred such rumors and found nothing in them. “I am not going to hang Durrant,” said | the captain. “I don't hang anybody. I | am simply going to give him a fair and impartial trial, as has been my custom all | my life.” General Dickinson and his associates in the defense continue to speak of their client’s prospects with the utmost confi- dence, and express their satisfaction that the case has now got beyond the period of | Tumor and sensation to the proving of cold facts. The general lett last night to clear the cobwebs from bis brain by a hunting trip in the Sierras. At the County Jail Durrant finds that the days devoid of the excitement of the trial pass very slowly, and his cramped | quarters seem even smaller than they really a re. To better wile away the hours and to selieve the monotony of the blank walls of his cell he has resorted to the brush, | @nd has begun on the interior of his prison house an ambitious chef d’oeuvre in oils. The Durrant family is accomplished in | r, now studying in | The Germany is an artist of considerable local repute and a_clever woodcarver, besides Leing a musician. Durrant has also much skill with the brush and pencil, and the sketch fror done is very view of the hich the painting is being creditable. It represents a | ausalito hills and the adja- | | ing for the Internal Revenue Agent. | is now serving a similar sentence. the liquid obtained from leaching the ground bark is reduced from 15 degrees of strength to 100 degrees, and shipped in that strength, though used by.the tanneries at about 40 degrees. H. A. Marian, the inventor, claims that the evaporator will take the jnice from the n]uz beets and reduce it until it will gran- ulate. ——— SATE ORACKERS AT WORK. An Attempt Made to Rifle Kuhls, Schwarke & Co.’s Safe. A desperate attempt was made early yesterday morning to crack the safe in the establishment of Kuhls, Schwarke & Co., the wholesale liquor merchants at 129 Sut- ter street. The burglars broke off the handle with a sledge, but failed to get into the interior of the strong box. Desisting from that attempt they turned their attention to the cash register, from which they took about §5 in silver, and cigars and liquors were also purloined. An attempt was made by the same gang to break into Sullivan’s cloak house, but no headway was made and the effort proved futile. The police are of the opin- ion, from the character of the work, that the job was done by novices. CIPRICO FOUND GUILTY, He Was in a Conspiracy to Forge and Utter Chinese Certificates. The Prisoner Was Also Involved in the Famous Certificate Frauds of 1888. Ferdinand D. Ciprico was yesterday con- victed of a conspiracy to forge and utter Chinese registration certificates by a jury in the United States District Court yester- day. His defense was a very peculiar one. He contended that he was really in the plot to aid the Government and obtain in- formation for Q. D. Stidger, who was act- Car- roll Cook, his attorney, made the most of a bad case, but failed to do anything with the jurors, who found the prisoner guilty of a “conspiracy to utter Chinese certifi- cates” and a ‘‘conspiracy to forge and utter Chinese certificates.” Judge Morrow set the date of passing sentence for next Thursday. The chances are that the last count in the indictment will be ignored, as it embodies the other wo, and that Ciprico will get four years in Folsom, where Foss, his partner in crime, The latter pleaded guilty to one charge of con- spiracy and two of smuggling opium. When the District Court opened yester- day morning Judge Morrow began his ad- dress to the jury. It was an impartial statement of tlie facts, and everybody ex- pected a verdict would be reached in a few minutes. The jury wasout nearly three- quarters of an hour, however, the only point discussed being the numberof counts on which they should find the prisoner guilty. Ciprico had hope to the last, al- DURRANT’S DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE DECORATION OF HIS CELL. [Reproduced from the prisoner’s original sketch.] cent bay, and the clever arrangement of | pillars and arches, giving the impression | of Jooking from under a covered portico, | will doubtless relieve somewhat the shut- | in sensation of a prison ceil. SLACKS THO ASSTAVTS ‘The Trustees Have Appointed Olney and Busley to the Positions. Both Were Recommended to the Board by the New Head of the Faculty. The trustees of the Hastings Law Col- lege met yesterday and filled the positions of assistant instructors, which have been created since Judge Slack was promoted to the head of the institution. Judge Slack had been asked to recom- mend two men for the places and he sub- mitted the names of Warren Olney Jr. and R. 8. Busley to the board. It was upon these recommendations that the board acted yesterday, and both young men were put in without question. Olney is the son of Warren Olney, a well-known attorney of this City. He is a recent graduate of the Hastings College and was student under Judge Slack. Busley is a graduate of Yale and came to this coast highly rec- ommended by the faculty there. The new instructors will each receive $1500 a year. Their places are the result of anew order of things at the college insti- tuted after the departure of McKinstry from the head of the faculty. The faculty then consisted of only McKinstry and Black, but under the new order of things, while Judge Slack’s salary is raised con- siderably, and three instructors are pro- vided instead of two, the amount paid for salaries has been cut down. The new ap- pointees take office at once. The board also appointed two of its num- bers toform a committee to co-operate with those in charge of the arrangements for a site for the Affiliated Colleges. It was done mainly to keep in touch with the efforts being made and not with a view of taking any more active interest in the matter, if that were possible, than at for- merly. ————— TANNIN EXTRAOT FAOTORY. The First One in California Established in Mendocino. C. T. Scammon recently returned to this City from Mendocino County, where he has been superintending, for the Califor- nia Tannin Extract Company, the construc- tion of the first tannin exiracting plant to e established in the State. The factory is near Signal, in the heart of the forest, and is now runmmng full blast. By means of a powerful evaporl\‘.orJ though his -attorney had none, and the verdict came as a surprise to him. When removed from the court by the United States Marshal he walked in a dazed man- ner and had to be assisted. This is not Ciprico’s first encounter with the Government. In 1887 he and Billy Boyd, Kzip, McLean and others were n?l employed in the Custom-house. They formed what became known as the Boyd- Ciprico ring, and the goods they traflicked were the red Chinese certificates of prior residerice then in use. Boyd was in the Chinese Bureau, and he stole the certifi- cates, which were sold in China, Kip was the Chinese interpreter, and Ciprico and McLean were the Custom-nouse officers Ciprico Listening to the Verdict. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] who passed the Chinese on landing. Thou- sands upon thousands of these certificates were sold, and large sums of money were obtained by the gang before they were caught. Ciprico was tried for this offense in 1888 and the jury stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction. He was tried again in the early part of 1889and found not guilty. On these occasions the courtroom was crowded with his iriends and his wife was by his side throughout itall. On this oc- casion there was not a single relative or friend in court during the entire trial. His wife has never been near him ana the chances are that she will never have any- thing to do with him again. All his prop- erty is gone, and when he has finished his sentence he will be practically a panper. The case for the Government was pre- pared by Assistant United States Attorney Bert Schlesingi‘er who also managed the rosecution. This is the first big case he as handled since taking office and it cer- tainly reflects great credit upon his ability as an attorney. Free This Week. 1L BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE SU-CENT TEAS. WITH YOUTH HONORS THE FLAG Saluting the Stars and Stripes Part of the Daily Pro- gramme. FERVOR OF YOUNG PATRIOTS. Custom Introduced by the Grand Army of the Republic Highly Educational. “] give my head and my heart to my country. One country, one language, one flag!” The pupils of the Stanford Primary School on Eighth street, near Harrison, assembled in the schoplyard yesterday and while the little color-bearer, proud of new honors, held the stars and stripes aloft the children saluted the flag with as much ap- parent reverence as any battle-scarred veteran ever showed. Thisis not an un- usual occurrence. It is a part of the daily programme, and in that particular school is an inadent of the passing into and out of the building, which is done with the writ compelling the Auditor to pass the bills, the commission will go out of exist- ence. 2 Mr. Wellin also reported that Senator Carpenter had agreed to appear for the board before the court as the representative of the Republican party. Attorney Gavin McNab will look after the interests of the Democratic party. Attorney D. I. Mahoney will represent the Non-Partisans, D. M. Delmas will act for the Troquois Club and Henry N. Clement will talk for the Civic Federation. Everybody present agreed that there was urgent need of getting an early decision {from the court as there was a great deal of work on hand for the commission to handle. On the motion of Commissioner Castle the appointment of an assistant secretary went over one week. f Commissioner Foster said he would like a little assistance in_preparing the polls, ix]x}d Denman and Castle agreed to help im. The usual monthly bills were audited but they will have to be pigeonholed till the Supreme Court has decided whether or no the commission is a legally constituted body. ———————— MORE HEADS FALL OFF. Several New Appointments Made by the Board of Health. The members of the Board of Health held a quiet meeting in the offices of Dr. Fitzgibbon on Thursday evening and made a number of appointments within their gift, Mayor Sutro has not returned from the LIQUOR-DEALERS' MITE, A Proposal to Abolish the Custom of Giving Christ- mas Presents BY DONATIONS TO CHARITY. Orphan Asylums Wil Be Benefited to a Large Extent by the Change. The saloon keepers and cigar-dealers of 8an Francisco will probably make a new departure in the line of Christmas gifts during the coming holidays, and contribute from $10,000 to $20,000, to be divided among the various charities of the City. This plan is the outcome of a quiet agita- tion that has been on foot for some time to abolish the present system of giving cus- tomers Christmas gifts. Like the custom of giving tips in restan- rants and hotels, the practice of giving Christmas gifts by liquor-dealers has grown until it has become an absolute country yet, and in his absence Dr. Morse nuisance. The business man cr clerk who CHILLREN SALUTING THE FLAG AT TrE HEARST [From a photograph by Taber.] GRAMMAR SCHOOL. military accompaniments of marchingand music. The salutation of the flag is a daily cere- mony in the public schools of San Fran- cisco and is regarded by teachers and pupils as a most important feature of the routine of the day. Every school owns a flag, and in most cases every class in the school numbers one among 1ts possessions. Each morning the children recite in con- cert some quotation in laudation of the Land and principles represented by Native colors and as one of their schoolmates un- he silken emblem they give the mili- alute. They have been trained to do with remarkable precision and unanimity, and their attitude, coupled with the earnest rendering of a passage from so eloquent a burst of patriotic feel- ing as Henry Ward Beecher’s “The Amer- ican Flag” or Daniel Webster's master utterances is indeed impressive. Some- times a trite expression may be varied to suit the circumstances or the understand- ing of the children. ‘Do you mean the head or the hand ?”’ was asked of a fervent voung patriot who had pledged his *heaa” to his country. ‘I mean my head,” he re- plied, with emphasis;+‘my brain and my thoughts, you know.” he added in expla- nation. Evidently the lesson had been deeply impressed. There are illustrative gestures in con- nection with the recitations and the pupils always give them as though they realized the full import of what is spoken. I guard carefully against the possibility of the exercise becoming mechanical,’”” aaid the principal of the grammar school. ““When one recitation has become very familiar a new one is taught. In every reasonable way we try to develop spon- taneity of manner and emphasis, and 1 do not know & pupil who does not show pride in the short ceremonial.” 1t is required that every class shall learn Key’s famous air, and the children of the City sing **’Tis the star-spangled banner, 0 long may it wave,” 1n enthusiastic and tuneful choruses. The cusiom of the salutation of the flag, and indeed the acquisition of starry ban- ners as part of the property of the schools of this country, is said to have originated in the historic town of Lexington, Mass., and to be due to the efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic. The movement soon extended to the Golden State, and when the wave of patriotism aroused by the Columbian celebration in this City in 1892 subsided it left as its most substantial trace the beautiful custom in vogue in the public schools. The daily ceremonial is unquestionably bearing fruits of patriotism. The soldier who obeys the order “attention’ at the hoisting “or lowering of the emblem of purity, loyalty and bravery will do so the more reverently because of the old-time training, and the sailor who sees the stars and stripes amid the national emblems of other lands will feel a warmer thrill of patriotism as he recalls how they floated akove the schoolhouse of his boyhood. THE HASKINS ALLOWANCE Judge Coffey Signs an Order Granting to Mrs, Haskins $100 a Month, Mrs. Elizabeth Haskins has been granted a family allowance of §100 per month from the estate of her husband, James S. Has- kins. The order was signed yesterday by Judge Coffey, though Attorney Ford ob- jected on behalf of the nephews who re- cently were defeated in the will contest. The question as to what constituted the last will of Mr. Haskins was argued yes- terday. Attorneys Deuprey and Wright, representing Mrs. Haskins, contended that the newly discovered will of 1894 cannot in any way affect the will of 1888, being merely a republication, as there was no change in the terms. Attorneys Ford and Abvott oEposea that claim, as they want to have the later will offered for probate, 80 as to make a new contest. The "question will not be decided by Judge Coffey until Tuesday. READY FOR THE CONTEST. The Election Commission Meets and Discusses the Situation. The newly appointed Election Com- mission met yesterday, but as its existence is to be tested very shortly before the Supreme Court, little was done in a busi- ness way. Commissioner Wellin of the legal com- mittee of the board reported that a test case had been prepared to offer to the Supreme Court. The complaint asks that GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA C0.8, ! Auditor Broderick be forced to pay the 52-58 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE, warrants for salaries of the Commissioners. 1f the court declines to issue the necessary presided as usual. The nominations were | read from a slip of paper and went through without the shadow of a protest. Follow- ing were the appointments made: J. D, Sullivan, engineer of the quarantine tug; John Dougherty, assistant machinist at the County Hospital; Charles Delwig, baker at the same place; Mrs. Mary Patton (reap- pointed), instructress of the training-sehool for nurses, and Dr. Louis D. Bacigalupi, Dr. D. E. F. Easton, Dr. George E. iiyde and Dr. Thomas A. McCulloch, internes at the County Hospital. MBS GALLIGHERSESTATE Father Nugent Answers to the Charge About the Bequests. Disposition of the Estate Made Ac- cording to a Plan Formed Years Ago. Rev. Dennis Nugent of St. Rose’s Church, executor of the Ellen Gallagher will, filed an answer yesterday in the con- test over the estate, denying that the be- quests in favor of the church had been ob- tained by undue influence. Mrs. Gallagher left an estate of $144,000, as will be remembered, and she bequeathed it almost entirely to the church and the clergy. Father Nugent, in his answer, admits all the allegations relating to the estate, in- cluding the sale of property at 213 and 215 Kearny street to Hirshfelder, for $81,500. He admits that he received from the estate $36,827 70 as trustee, and declares that the money was for the erection of a new church in Bt. Rose's parish. He admits that $22,500, in property on Folsom street, was entrusted to him ior Archbishop Riordan, and that the money is intended for the education of orphans in St. Rose’s parish, as desired by Mrs. Gallagher. A general denial is made inregard to the charge that Mrs. Gallagher had been un- duly influenced. Father Nugent stated that although he gave advice to Mrs. Gal- lagher about the dispos{l of her property, the woman followed out her own wishes in making the bequests. It had been her in- tention for years to dispose of the property as she did, and no effort of any kind was made to direct or influence her i the case. Attorney Hayes, represepting Father Nugent, appeared before Judge Slack at the hearing set for yesterday afternoon and declarea that the priest preferred not to resume the position of executor, from which he had been temporarily suspended by request of the contesting heirs. The lawyer asked that a special administrator be appointed to take charge of the estate and to permit Father Nugent to render an accounting. The case was continued by Judge Slack o that the attorneys could agree on a nom- inee for the position. NO VALLEJO EXCURSION. The Committee From the Young Men’s Institute Cannot Secure a Suit- able Boat. The big excursion to Vallejo planned by the board of presidents of the Young Men’s Institute of this City has been dropped, for the committee in charge cannot secure a suitable boat for the purpose. It was the intention of the local councils to charter one of the big ferry-boats and take a run to Vallejo during "the coming session of the Grand Councii. The steamer Newark had been fixed upon, but when about a week ago the United States In- spectors of Hulls and Boilers refused to renew. the license of the El Capitan the railroad company found itself short of bofats. and so the use of the Newark was relu: Nesgotiations were then commenced with the San Francisco and North Pacific Coast Railroad for the Ukiah, but the otficers of that road absolutely refused to allow the Ukiah to go to Vu.lfejo. ‘The Tamalpais is too slow, the committee thinks, the James M. Donahue is not obtainable and the river steamers are too small. This com- Ppletes the list of boats available for such a urpose, and as a consequence there will e no excursion to Vallejo during conven- tion week, at least not by water. —— Improvement Club Meeting. The South of the Park Improvement Club will meet next Tn evening at Foresters” Hall, 20 Eddy snee:d.’ . J severely injury goes once or more each day to a certain | dealer for a cocktail or cigar has come to | expect a remembrance about Christmas | time, because he knows others who fre- quent the same places are favored in that manner, and he feels hurt if he is left out. To so great an extent has the custom grown that it has become an absolute menace to some and a source of discomfort to all. To remember all the customers who expect it costs the saloon man or cigar-dealer from $50 to $250 each year, ac- cording to the class and volume of his trade; and heruns the risk at all times of losing customers through an unintentional neglect to give each his present of a bottle of fine liquor or a box of choice cigars. “We would rather,” said a man yester- day, who conducts a retail liquor-house on a busy business street, ‘‘give a stated sum in coin outright for some charitable pur- pose than to be bothered and worried by this custom of giving presents to our cus- tomers. It would be far cheaper for us, just as satisfactory to the larger mass of ourfiustomers and of vastly more benefit to all. ““We cannot give a present to every man who comes into the house, for it would bankrupt us, and it is hard to know where to draw the line. A man who may think he is entitled to a present will leave his money in some other house because he thinks he has been slighted. “Then it costs more than many are able to stand as matters go now. It would be no hardship for each dealer to put up $25, and this would be cheap for even corner grocers, who have to remember their cus- tomers as well as the regular liquor- dealers. If each one put up that amount $10,000 to $20,000 could be raised, and that sum would give each of the orphan asy- lums—Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew—a handsome present. “I know that the class of men who pat- ronize my place would be better pleased to have the contributions go to that purpose. Several dealers have spoken to me about it, and a meeting will be called soon to per- fect plans to this end. “It is. proposed to have neat placards printed and tacked up on the wall, stating that the house will make a present to the orphans instead of to customers. Some prominent person or newspaper willing to undertake the trust will be made custodian of the funds, with power to distribute them to those who will be most benefited thereby. - We expect to make the fund a permanent_institution, to be distributed every year.”’ NEW SUNSET TRAINS. Some Novel Features Adopted at the Conference of the Southern Pa- cific OfMcials. The officials of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific, who were here for a few days, ended their conference with the local officers yesterday and left last even- ing for home. They were accompanied by General Superintendent Fillmore, who will go as far as Los Angeles. The result of this conference is a change in the daily overland train on the Southern route, an increase in the “Sunset Limited” trains and a general improvement of the service. [he dni]ly train lenvinE here via the Southern Pacific for the East and South- east at 9 A, M. will leave at 5:30 7. m., and F““ out of Los Angeles at 3:30 p. M. of the ollowing day. By this arrangement time will be saved, and passengers will arrive at Eastern points at more convenient hours than formerly. s The understnndigg reached regarding the “‘Sunset Limited” service is that two trains shall leave each week from each terminus. Tuesday and Saturday are the days chosen for leaving San Francisco, and the hour is 10 p. M. The train will ar- rive in Los Angeles at 2:40 p. M. next day, leave at3:10 p. M. and arrive at New Orleans at 7:15 A. M. on the following Saturday and Wednesday. Coming this way tbe trains will leave New Orleans Monday and Thurs- day at 10 A, ». and_arrive here at 1:40 P. M. on Thursday and Sunday respectively. The new service will begin from New Orleans October 31 and from San Francisco November 2. The officials decided to have a ladies’ maid on each trzin, the equipment of which will consist of a com- posite car, compartment parlor car, sleepers and a dining car. ’ T e e . — Held for Manslaughter. Lee Hung, who is accused of having caused the death of Yip Dock, a fellow-countryman, by striking him over the head with a cleaver, was_given a preliminary hearing in Judge Low’s court yesterday and was hels to answer before the Superior Court on & charge of man- slaughter. His bonds were fixed at $5000. Hlfl';‘ and Dock had a row over room rent, re- sultin in a eghc. in which the latter was so that he died. NEW TO-DAY—-DRY GOODS. e e A A e e e e e i et e e et INCORPORATED.’ THE PRETTIEST GIRL OF THE FAMILY IS THE ONE WHO SITS OFTENEST AT THE WINDOW. AND IT’S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THING IN THE STORE THAT IS PUT OFTEN- EST IN THE NEW WINDOW. WINDOW EXHIBITION EVERY SATURDAY EVENING. Saturday’s Money-Saving Hints. Last day of the Great Summer Clearance Sale. TO-DAY. A job in BLACK SATIN RIBBON, silk, No. 30 at 25¢ per vai and 16 2 See the Ribbon Remnants. all- . 12 10° Yard LACES. COLORED LACES. a large ascortment OQ5C of colors, 9 to 12 inches wide, pretty ) for lamp-shades, etc. s X VEILINGS. PICK TO-DAY from a choice assortment of new black and white In chiffon, | grenadine and sewing sk widths, OXC | double or single, all tastss end purses Lo suited, prices from §1aymddownio Yard Great Remnant Selling to-day. GIVE THE LITTLE ONES A CHAN DOLL TRUNKS, brass covered, sizes(:¢).25 18x10 inches. mE ac PAINTED WOOD TRUNKS at a very special price, sizes 18x10 _inches, $1°35; 18x9 incnes, 90c; 127 inches 60° Each ENOUGH TO PAY THE POSTAGE 5 sheets and 25 envel- AND SAVE NOTE PAPE 5C Eox TURKEY-FEATHER DUSTERS, al- most_a two for one oppoitunity, size No. 16, 26¢; No. 14, 18¢; No. 1 Each Dress Goods. All the pretty batchings, hundreds of distinct styles delightfully designed. W@J. INCORPORATED) 937, 939 and 941 Market Street SAN FRANCISCO. 14° Last Day of Remnant Selling at Close ’Em Quickly Prices. Does the Gentleman Want a New Tie? HERE'S FANCY TECKS, latest knotsin fancy silk, light and dark patterns, take your choice from thousands. The valués are from 25c to 85c. Sale price. 123° Each Or the Lady a Waist? Come early, forto day we sell LADIES' CALICO WAISTS, soft finish, large ] 5O sleeves, light ground with dark stripes and figures, for.. ... Each Or the Children Hosiery ? Hales's {rices brace up weak purses, BLACK COTTON HOSE, narrow 10° ribbed, seamless, sizes 5 to 814, only.. Pair LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, a 12!0 good quality ribbed tops, seamless and 2 fast black. Sale price N T Pair Great Values in Remnants To-day. LADIES’ CORSETS, made of fine black 7"0 sateen and boned with horn, fancy silk B) stitched top, a good $1 value for....... Each Early today, tbere will iill be good picking among the odd lots of CHIL- DREN'S ALL WOOL DRAWERS 35° Each AND PANTS, at one-half value, or... THE MEN'S ALL WOOL DRAWERS, 750 0dd sizes in natural and white, values $1 50 to $2 a garment, to close at...... Each Last Summer Clearance Sale Day. Last Special Remnant Day. (INCORPORATED) 937, 939 and 941 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. SOUTHERN HEIGHTS WATER Board of Supervisors to Be Asked to Build a Res- ervoir. Petltion Now Belng Circulated for Signatures —The Highest Elevation. Having failed to secure anything like a | prospect of any improvement in their water service from the Spring Valley Com- vany, the residents of the Southern Heights are intending to appeal to the Board of Supervisors. The effort to get a little better water ser- vice began several weeks ago. The fact is, this struggle for water has become an old story with these people, but the particular effort, begun several weeks ago, was per- haps of a more systematic nature than previous ones had been. At that time President Richard Pengelly, Secretary James Glackin and others of the club devised a plan by whieh it was hoped the Spring Valley Company might be pre- vailed f@ipon to take some notice of them. They went after the company time and again, but all to no avail. They got ex- planations and excuses ad infinitum, but no promise of water. The following peti- tion has therefore been adopted and is to be filed at the City Hall, signed by several hundred names, on Monday, for presenta- tion to the board : : To the Homorable Board of Supervisors, City_and County of San_Francisco—GENTLEMEN: Your ctitioners, being property-owners and resi- Rents of that portion of the City known as Southern Helghts, respectfully represent: That they are without sufficient water supply for domestic use and for prutection against fire; that the present water pressure is insufficient to force the water to the houses on the higher levels, such as portions of Connecticut, Arkan- sas and Wisconsin streets, south of Twentieth (Napa): that a number of residences have been connected with the present mains and are un- able to obtain any water whatever; that many other residences are located at points higher than it is possible to reach with the present water pressure; that if a reservoir were estab- lished at the highest point on the hills in that district there would be sufficient pressure for all domestic ujes; that there would be suffi- cient pressure t6 protect the residences in that section from fire; that the establishing of a reservoir at that point would maxe it practica- ble to supply a vast section of territory with water that is now without any water supply at all, and would enable many scores of house- holders to obtain a water supply at all times, whereas at present they are unable to obtain water during the daytime when it is needed; that the highest point in that section is at the southwest corner of Twenty-second (Sierra) and Carolina streets, more than 300 feet above base. Wherefore your petitioners pray that your hon- orable board will take such action as will result in establishing a reservoir at a high point in the Southern Heights district that they may have water for domestic uses and for protec- tion against fire. One of the gentlemen very much inter- ested said yesterday: “We have never had sufficient water pressure to be of any benefit 1n case of fire and have nlwuia comézlnined about not getting enough for our domestic needs. ‘“To make a bad matter worse, when the grading of Sixteenth street, from Har- rison street westward, was commenced, a cut of about twelve feet was made in or- der to make a grade over which the ! Market-street . Raillway Company could run 1ts electric-cars. This necessitated tak- ing the water mains out of Sixteenth street, and they never have been replaced in any way. **If a reservoir were built on the highest point, Twenty-second and Carolina streets, it would supply water all over the heights and the Potrero and to a large portion of the Mission distriet. “The only source of supply the heights has been able to rely upon in cases of the acquaintance of the police on varions charges, was arrested on charges of grand lar- ceny and vagrancy for having “bunkoed” a man named James White out of all the money he had. When the case was called in the Police Court yesterday White failed 10 appear to prosecute the case and the heavier charge was dismissed. The Judge evened up matters by convicting her on the vagrancy charge and sending her to the County Jail for ninety deys. LOS GATOS REJOICES. Public Demonstration To-day Over Its New Railroad Facilities—An Ex- cursion From This City. The Los Gatos Board of Trade has made arrangements for a grand celebration to- day over the completion ot a third rail or standard gauge railway track from San Jose to thav attractive® and enterprising town. Invitations have been extended to the members of the Board of Trade and Half- million Club of San Francisco, the Board of Trade of San Jose, the connty officials of Santa Clara County and other represent- ative people, and elaborate arrangements made for the entertainment of visitors. The programme of the day’s celebration will consist of a barbecue in the picnic grounds, addresses by prominent men and a band concert and dancing. The demonstration is occasioned by the extension by the Southern Pacific Com- pany of its broad-gauge system from the coast division railway to Los Gatos, which gives the foothill country adjacent, and the town itself, the advantages of standaid rail facilities, an important factor in the development of Los Gatos’ industries. A special train in charge of Colonel William H. Menton, excursion passenger agent, will leave San Francisco from Third and Townsend streets at 9 A. ™. and return from Los Gatos at 6 p. M., arriving home about 8 o’clock. The rate for the trip has been placed at Reading the Riot Act To riotons prices—big, puffed-up prices. $17 5 is our ‘‘Mission-street *’ price s for Solid Oak Combination Book Case and Desk. Very stylish design; good all-around. We have 'em in Mahoge any and Curly Birch. INDIANAPOLIS emergency has been 'a tank on Antone Raymond’s building, at the corner of ‘Twentieth and ‘Wisconsin streets.” He to Jall. ta Go Henrietta McCall, who has frequently made | . FURNITURE CO. 750 Mission St,