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) > THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895. MINERS READY TO REPLY, Upon Certain Conditions Mr. Mills’ Offer Is to Be Accepted. RETURN OF PRESIDENT NEFF. Meeting to Be Held by the Mineral Lands Committee This Afternoon. Now that President J. H. : ociation has ret tection of mineral to reply to the p Mills of the Sou be remembered that M d the appointment on to examine selected, by the hposed ated that could be in the ithdrawn | in the De- | i the appea tment of the In fer, emanating | s land de. | e company had | to recognize as | ciation and to | g like an equitatle | uently met, and, Yale, decided to ng communication sed to Mr. Wright, ly to be, briefly, that a was to be chosen by ssioners to settle cases ich they could notreach and that the Miners’ he Interior Depart- ad company would | ested selections from the | relinguish all claims to | 3:30 P. M. to-day, now in town, and drafted by Mr. egated that work, ight for his con > expressed wish o ommittee that Mr. Neff 1 act with the mineral lands’ com- as | tance of the reply has already | ated. It can be summed up ia Miners’ ithern Pa- | ilroad way Com- egon Railroad ons have Con- and the examinations based upon the actual | ications are to make the re- | abandonme: insisted | ctions is t s without | 1lands is taken act that the decisi ased upon that defi- ns of theact | to the work- | and the on isnot as good t of view taken right, but they | pation or_situ- al belt, or s, might be geological for mi; mineral land: Congress can e is a hope in e passed for fontana ssman that it as the Commis- to any commis- | 1d know whether or not | d handle its personnel. man Ricketts intends to bring the incorporation of the Miners' tion if possible. He believes it then have the proper legal status. the association will decide t te when it holds its convention here on October 14 in Pioneer Hall. St of the intended reply to Mr. fills and its terms of agreement Mr. | right said yesterday: I to put Mr. Mills’ sincerity to a He has recognized the Miners’ that it has y the press be fair and reasonable with i corporations. We recognize that right to all theagricultural d all we want to do is ng lands which_do not law says they shall not 1'lands. All we want, then, is xamination of thelands in railroad companies from do not belong to them. this proposition,and we ac- aid down—terms which informed of. These the protection of the 11 of which are centered 1 determine whether Mr. s offer or not. He would we will see if he will be ng (o presame that in_honor yund. We g e nging The reply W 1 »n_as the committee agrees as to its ding. NEW BATTLERHIPS. - The Navy Department Will Not Invite Proposals Before Next December. The Union Iron Works redeived advices from Washington yesterday that the plans for new battleships had not been pleted, and therefore proposals for ling the ships would not be invited re next December. \ e W. Prescott of the firm said that ts for constructing gunboats would ded sooner and that the Union Iron rks would bid for a contract. enry T. Scott expects to leave San 1cisco for Washingtou this week and represent the firm in presenting bids for building guntoats. It was reported at the Union Iron Works | and her husband is also a ver: | Deputy Coroner O’Brien was n yesterday that no letters had been received from the captain or other officers of the Olympia concerning the trial made by the cruiser on the recent run from S8an Fran- cisco to Honolulu. Iron-Molders’ Wages. The Iron-molders’ Union No. 164 will gives social next Monday evening at Furniture- workers’ Hall on Mission street. At the meet- ing last evening a letter was read from Joseph F.Valentine, who is now in Kentucks. Val. entine states that the molders in_and srofind Boston are now demending $3 minimum wages. A conference of manufacturers will be held soon, and it is believed that the de- mand will be granted. In San Francisco the wages are between $2 75 and,$3 50 per day. —— e CORONER TO INVESTIGATE The Suspicious Nature of Mrs. Margaret Good- hue's Death. Her Husband’s Pecullar Conduct. Police Notified About Midnight. About midnight last night the death of a young woman, Margaret Goodhue, the wife of Thomas Goodhue, a laborer, of 225 Eighth street, was reported to the Coro- ner’s office as a death under very suspi- cious circumstances. An autopsy is to be held to-day to ascer- tain the cause of death, and it may be that an inquest will be necessary. Dr. Howard Harrington of 43 Sixth street re- ported the matter to the Southern police station as a case of probable criminal | practice. The woman was only 23 years of age, who, Detective Dillon sa; Parrott building. She died at 4 A. M. yes- terday. She was taken sick on September 2, but no physician was called until the 10th, when Dr. Morris D. Harvey was asked to attend her. On the 15th inst. Dr. Harring- ton was called, and on Sunday Drs. P. J. O’Neill and W. E. McCarthy. As soon as the matter was brought to the attention of Police Captain Spillane, De- tective Dillon and Acting Sergeant 0. M. Anderson were sent to investigate and ed. The husband had been drinking, the officers who went to investigate said, and from Captain Spillane it was learned that he had exhibited a pistol in an ugly mood and acted very obstreperously, threaten- ing to harm anybody who touched the bottles of medicine. THE STANFOPD CASE, Conti ued from First Page. a corporate debt to sue the other stock- holders for contribntion.” In speaking of laws passed subsequent to the making of the contract, he said: “ But it is manifest that the State laws fixing the liability of the stockholders, passed subsequent to the making of the contract, which is the basis of the present | suit, have no application to the aquestions here 1nvolved. “Why those subsequent laws have no | application to the questions here involved, the learned Judge doesnotinform us. The presumption is, of course, that he rested | his decision upon the well-known rule that the laws in force when the contract was made entered into and became & part of the contract itself, and that subsequent laws do not affect a contract in existence. If that was what he intended to mean, he was, in respect to the contract here in- volved, wrong toto coelo. The rule has no | application to the questions here in- volved. «April 22, 1850, the Legislature passed a general law on the subject of corporations, entitled ‘An actconcerning corporations,’ section 32 of which is as follows: Each stockholder of any corporation shall be ividually and personally liable for a portion of all its debts and liabilities, proportioned to the amount of stock owned by him. Judge McKisick then quoted a series of enactments relating to all manner of cor- ns, in which the stockholder is held individually liable. These held until the codes went into effect. The Civil Code, he eaid, contains all the laws relating to corporations other than municipal, and section 322 provides for the liability of stockholders as follows: Each stockholder of & corporation is indi- vi y and personally liable for such propor- tion of its debts and liabilities as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock or shares of the corporation, and for a like proportion only of each debt or claim against the corpora- tion. Any creditor of the corporation may in- stitute joint or several actions against any of its stocknolders for the proportion of hisclaim, payable by each, and in such action the court must ascertain the proportion of the claim or debt tor which each defendant is liable, anda several judgment must be rendered ageinst each, in conformity therewith. “That section,” which he quoted at length, “is still in force. In 1879 the peo- ple adopted a new constitution which con- tained certain provisions which were quoted covering the same points. “Thus,” he said, “the learned Judge, founding his decision upon a mere dictum of the Supreme Court of California, or an extrajudicial opinion of that court, blots out section 36 of article IV of the constitu- tion of 1849, which does by express words, as plain as they can be written in the Eng- lish or American language, fix a liability upon the stockholders, and which by necessary implication, as clear as the de- clared intention of the framers of thecon- stitution to hix that liability, declares that a creditor should have a remedy to enforce that liability. *‘The testator was 2 stockholder in the Central Pacific Railroad Company of Cali- fornia from the day it was organized, during all the times it was earning the said bonds, and thereby from time to time incurring an indebtedness to the complainantsand a liability to pay the bonds at maturity. This was not only the contract, the debt and the liability of the corporation, but it was also the contract, the debt and the liability of the testator. By virtue of be- ing a stockholder he was a party to the contract, and was as lezally bound by his contract to pay his proportion of the debt as the corporation was bound to pay the whole debt. “The Supreme Court has decided that the individual liability of a stockholder for his proportion of the debts and liabili- ties of a corporation is a debtor liability arising on contract. “We have a plainer case here,”’ said Judge McKisick emphatically, “than if Leland Stanford bad given his note of hand.” At the adjournment of the court Judge McKisick had not covered half of hisar- gument. He will require all of to-day and possibly to-morrow. Judge Garber will make the argument for the respondent, Mrs. Stanford. —————————— The famous sign, “'I am the Only Run- ning Footman,” which ornamented the front of an ancientinn in Charles street, Berkeley Sguure, London, has been re- moved, and a modern stag in a modern landscape substituted. PROMINENT OFFICIALS MEXICAN ~ CELEBRATION. Patriotic Exercises at 0Odd Fellows’ Hall Last Evening. THE LITERARY PROGRAMME. A Grand Ball Brings the Festivaltoa Close—Very Profuse Decora- tions. At Odd Fellows’ Hall last night the liter- ary and musical entertainment, conclud- ing with a grand ball, under the auspices | of Mexican societies—Circulo de Senoras, | Club Porfirio Diaz and Guardia de Juarez— | commemorating the eighty-fifth anniver- | sary of the independence of Mexico, was a | pronounced and brilliant success. | The hall was tastefully and profusely | decorated. Mexican and American flags | were artistically draped around the stage. | Long streamers of red, white and green | depended from above the center of the au- | ditorium, among which were hung large ! Japanese lanterns, and in every nook and | corner were set palmsand hot-house plants. | The musical and literary programme | was as follows: | Overture, ‘“Nabucodonosor,” by the orchet ‘ tra, under the direction of Luciano Mojica; | then I saw a crate full of big fellows a foot or so Jong. “iHere are some that I want,’ I called out to the man; ‘give me a dozen of them.’ “He pulled out a foot-rule, turned the terrapin over in his hand and measured the under shell from the head to the tail, while I looked on in astonishment. “ By the way,” said I, “what are those worth a dozen?' “He thought a moment and then said: *One sixty-five.” «] gnew it could not be one hundred and eighty-five cents and I gasped : “ ‘What?' : “ ‘One hundred and sixty-five dollarsa dozen—one dollar per inch—that's the regular price.” “That settled it with me on the big fel- lows, for I didn’t want any terrapin at $14 apiece, but I took about five dozen small ones and shipped them here, about three dozen arriving in good condition. ‘Here they were turned into a pen of laths which I had had built in the marsh near my place and there they stayed until ir good shape, when all but one rair, which I am keeping to breed a few dia- mond-backs for myself, were turned loose to populate the marshes and I see them on logs on the banks occasionally and 1 know they are thriving. “The land that they were turned loose on is preserved, but not inclosed, and it is only a question of time until they spread to other marshes. I also had sentouta crate of the big terrapin which they get in the Southern States and along the “Missis- sippi. These I have crossed with the na- tive article, and hope that it will improve the strain. These have been put in fresh- water streams, where they belong. “The diamond-backs are prolific breed- ers when undisturbed, the females laying two batches of eggs, one in June and the other in September. “These turtles are easily distinguished from the so-called terrapin of this coast, which are really nothing but fresh-water IN TH E CELEBRATION CF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE. [Drawn from photographs.] reading of the Declaration of Independenc by | F.Gillespie: oration by the orator of the day, | F. Carranzr; American hymn, “h‘larspm)sle& a Banner,” Ellen Coursen-Roeckel sn chorus of fifty voung American_ ladies; | ballad, “Nella Datal” (“Lucrezia_Borgia”), | sung by Adels de Galvez; solo, “Es ta Flor” | 1lo de Hierro), Angela Verges; piano duet, | ani,” Maria Kahnand Rosina Kuss: grand | overture, “‘Andalucia,” California Mandolin Ciub; grand duo, “Semiramide” (Rossini), Ellen Coursen-Roeckel and Andrea Mojica; na. | tional hymn, under the direction of Professor Guillermo Van Brunt. 2 The musical selections were finely ren- dered. F. Carranza, the orator of the eve: ing, reviewed the history of Mex- ico, its thraldom _ under Spain and the suffering of its le until 0 1510, when aross Mignel I3 algo, the | George Washington of Mexico, whose | martial services effected his country’s | deliverance. The grand finale, the singing of Mexico’s National hymns, by fifty voices, accompanied by full orches. tra and with the wavingof flags, was most beautiful and inspiring. At the conclusion of the entertainment the floor was cleared | for the ball. The grand march was led by | A.de La Torre Jr., and Miss Maria Kahn. Followinz was Consul-General A. K. Coney and Miss A. Mojica. The hall hardly sufliced for the long traiun | of dancers that followed but thorough en- | joyment made a charming substitute for | waltz room. The following were the of- | ficers of the evening: | Alexander K. Coney, honorary president staff—A. Tejeds, L. de G F. B. Romo; A. | Montero, l;ren ent; J. B. Romo, vice-president; A. de la Torre Jr., secretary; Mrs. M. G. de Romo, provisional secretary; music—A. Rojo, | F. Carranza, Arturo Perez, J. Meneses, C. Tor- rez, C. Baez; C. F. Gillespie, | C. Mersich, Vil B. | Soto, Mrs. C. | manager; f arrange- men Mersich, C. Escorza, D. J. Gallick, A.Scott, Joe Fernandez, F. Rincon, M. Es uerro.” Reception_commitiee—G. Van Brunt, | . B. de las Cassas, J. Arzane, J. Mendoza, M. Captain_A. de la Torre, A. Tejeds, | Vaca, Frank Fernandez. | Ohlmeyer. D. Green, BREEDING REAL TERRAPIN Fish Commissioner Emeric Ranches Genuine Dia- mond-Backs. Turtles That Cost One Dollar Per | Inch and $165 Per Dozen In New York. Within a very few years, if Fish Com- | missioner Emeric’s calculations do not ! prove erroneous, the epicures of this coast will be able to eat genuine diamond-back terrapin, an enjovment from which all but the weslthiest gourmets of the country are now debarred on account of the cost, at a reasonable expense. It has always been Mr. Emeric's idea | that the expensive amphibians could be | made to flourish on this coast, and during the course of a recent visit to tke East he made up his mind to experiment with them on his ranch at San Pablo. The result is that the marsh near his place is already well tenanted with the diamond-backs, and Mr. Emeric declares that it is only a question of time until they spread to all parts of the bay and event- ually to every watercourse containing salt water on the coast. The experiment cost the Commissioner several hundred dollars, but he is satisfied with the outlay provided the turtles flourish. “Terrapin,” to the average Californian who has never eaten anything but the California product, has not the ring of gold that is sugeested to the Eastern epicure’s mind in conjunction with the name. In California, terrapin, such as they are, can be bought for from $2 50 to $3.50 per dozen. In the East even the smallest specimens sent to the markets cost more than that apiece, and terrapin has become a luxury in which few can in- dulge more than once a year. Mr. Emeric tells an amusing story of his experiences while purchasing his original stock of dia- mond-backs. “I had made up my mind to buy a stock of the black fellows,” he said yester- day, “and strolled into a New York mar- ket to purchase them. I stopped at the irst sufl Icame to and picked out a couple of dozen average-sized specimens and told the man to put them aside for me. Just mud turtles, by the rings which surround the plates on their backs. One of these rings is added for each Jyear of the terra- pin’s life. The native turtle has no such marks. “‘Some idea of the magnitude of the turtle-catching industry on this coast may be gained from the fact that one man who fishes for them on False River took 149 dozen last season, all of which were sold in the San Francisco market.” ————— AUOTIONS OF REALTY, Probate Sale by Shainwald, Buckbee & Ce. on Thursday of Next Week. No less than five auction sales are slated to take place in the near future, which in- dicates the approach of the fall season’s most active real estate business. On Thursday, September 20, Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will hold a probate sale. The catalogue mentions ten Presidio Heights lots belonging to the estate of | Samuel Lewis; a two-story house at 1708 Turk street: ten-room_house at 1701 Brod- erick; a cottage at 2422 Bryant, and a number of other residence and business properties. At noon to-day Easton, Eldridge & Co. will hold an auction sale of miscellaneous properties. George C. Ludington, man- ager of the auction department, feels sat- isfied there will be a large attendance at the sale and, in all probability, spirited competition. The same firm has arranged a second auction, to take place on September 24. Among the prop- erties to be submitted is a piece of 3olden Gate avenue Dproperty, between Leavenworth and Hyde streets, to be sold by order of referee,its size being 60:6x137:6, with L 22x57:6, containing four houses. Umbsen & Co. are preparing a catalogue of choice misceilaneous properties for the 30th inst. On Saturday, the 28th of this month, the sale of the well-known Boulevard tract of Oakland will take place on the grounds. The auction will be conducted by the Wil- liam J. Dingee and the Lavmance Real Estate and Investment companies, both of Oakland. THAT INCENDIARY ATTEMPT. No Discovery Yet of the Dive Theater Firebug. The incendiary who tried to burn down the dive theaterat 215 Montgomery avenue, adjoining which is the New Atlantic Hotel with about 150 lodgers, has not yet been discovered. Fire Marshal Towe and a detective have b een investigating the work of early Sun- day morning and can only find one motive for the act—that of spite. They first thought the attempt ‘to fire the place was made to conceal some worse crime, but there is nothing to show that such was the case. The theater safe was opened, but as Mrs. Josephine Dupree, the proprietress, leaves nothing in it over night there wasonly dis- appointment to be met with asa reward for opening it. Some wine and most of a box of cigars were taken, but that was all the house missed. There is a curious coincidence in the fact that the place was entered and the safe opened almost two weeks ago in pretty much thesame way. Mrs. Dupree says she discharged a white waiter, named Clyde, about two weeks ago, or rather that he left because he did not receive promise of the compensation he demanded. This man came to her with a letter from Stockton. — WAS NOT MADE LOVE TO. Miss Jacobson Denies Any Extended Acquaintanceship With Robber Furnald. Miss Mignon Jacobson, who was referred toin the account published yesterday of the arrest of George Young for being im- plicated in the Jacobson diamond robbery, as having received the attentions of Walter Guy Furnaid, an accomplice of Young, denied that Furnald ever made love to her. “Why,” said she, “I never saw the man for more than ten minutes, and under cir- cumstances that would hardly permit of even a friendly standing Letween us let alone one of a more intimate character, such as would permit of love-making. ‘At that time there was living with us a oung lady named Miss Abrahams, whom bert Heyneman was visiting: One even- ing he was accompanied by Mr. Furnald, and perforce of circumstances I was intro- duced to_the stranger, but his name was given as French. Idon’t think I saw him more than ten minutes altogether untit he ‘was on trial for having robbed my father,” concluded the pretty complainant with an indignant and piquant toss of her head. NOT PROMPTED BY LOVE Mrs. Bowers, the Sweet Pea Girl, Visits the Parents of Durrant. WANTED TO REASSURE THEM, Wil Show Her Sympathy by Other Means Than by Attending Court In Future. There is no longer any mystery concern- ing the idemtity of Durrant’s ‘“‘sweet pea’” friend. She is Mrs. C. J. Bowers, and she and Rosa Holland are one and the same, the latter name having merely been used by her to conceal her real identity from those who might wish to pry into her secret. Mrs. Bowers visited Mr.and Mrs. Dur- rant at their home on Fair Oaks street last evening, and was seen there by a CALL re- porter, to whom she spoke frankly of her connection with Durrant and his trial. She confessed that she and Rosa Holland were one, and that the confusion of names had arisen from her having adopted her maiden name. Mrs. Bowers’ visit to the Durrants was made for the purpose of setting herself straight in their eyes, as she said. She in- sists that she and the prisoner met long before he was arrested. She saw him again on the ferry-boat when the officers were bringing him to the City. 2 “I made up my mind then,"” said she, “judging from my former knowledge of him, that he was not guilty, and I decided to show my sympathy for him and his family by attending the trial. *‘Had I supposed I would receive so much notoriety [ would have adopted a different course. I can only make the best of 1t, however, and convince the public, which has it seems to me taken an undue interest in my affairs, that my mind is not unbalanced, as has been charged, by stay- ing away from the trial hereafter.” Asked if she was not actuated by a more tender feeling than mere friendship and sympathy, she replied, ‘I will leave that to vou to judge for yourself.”” Mrs. Bowers declined to discuss her family affairs, saying she supposed every one had troubles of their own. She denied that it was because of any infatuation for the prisoner that she had left her home, intimating that all had net been as rosy as i,b might have been beneath the conjugal roof. Mrs. Bowers said she had not as yet re- ceived the offer of atheatrical engagement that it has been reported was awaiting her, but did not state whether or not she wounld adopt the grofession if suitable op- portunity offered. She denied the state- ment that she had cashed a draft for $500 at a bank recently which was signed by an Alaskan mining man. Mrs. Bowers will continue to reside in Oakland, and will endeavor to find some means of attesting her friendship for the Durrants,” whom she succeeded in con- vincing that her interest in their son is purely disinterested and as such it was gratefully accepted by them. Maud Lamont will be placed on the stand for a few minutes at the opening of the t{ial this morning to identify a photo- graph. Then will follow in their turn Martin Quinlan, who saw Durrant on the after- noon of April 3; Charles Clark, who went to meet Quinlan on the same afternoon; George R. King, who was in the church when Durrant made his distrait appear- ance, and Mrs. Leek, if there 1s time. District Attorney Barnes said last night that if nothing occurred to interfere the case for the people would be closed by Saturday. Heissatisfied with the progress made so far, and thinks it will more rapid from now on. AN INEXHAUSTIBLE WELL, The Proprietor of the St. Nicholas Hotel Claims to Have One. A Saving of $1000 a Month by Using Arteslan Water Instead of City. In their search for evidence that an in- exhaustible supply of artesian water exists peneath the streets of the City or at least within easy reaching distance, the officers of the Union for Practical Progress, wbich is pushing the proposition for a special election on the question of municipal ownership of waterworks, is meeting with great success. They have found that in nearly every large hotel and public building in the City artesian water pumped from beneath the structures is used either wholly or in part. The water varies in quality in difierent localities, the water of wells bored near the old water front being more or less brackish while that of wells on the higher levels 1s pure and clear. In all the wells, however, the supply is ample and immense quantities are used every day at the Palace, Lick, Baldwin and St. Nicholas hotels and in the Mills, Crocker and other public office buildings. In some localities of the City where property-owners own large blocks of houses they have sunk wells and supply their tenants at rates far below what they would have to pay to the Spring Valley Company. The most notable instance among the hotels is the St. Nicholas, where every drop of water used in the building comes from a single well bored 200 feet below the surface of Market street. James Doolittle, one of the proprietors of the hotel, said vesterday that the well had been the means of saving him $1000 er month on his water bills, and that he ad never seen better water. “This well,” he said, “is six inches in diameter, and we pump a four-inch stream out of it for an average of twelve hours per day. We supply this entire block with water under our lease and pump at least 30,000 gallons per day. “:Strange as it may seem, this does not seem to lower the water in the well a par- ticle, and at times when we have desired to test the capacity of the well and have run the pump to the full cnf.ncity of the engines it has not had the slightest effect on the level of the water. # “The welil is about 200 feet deep and the tube through which the water is drawn goes down 40 fect. The water rises nat- urally to within 18 feet of the surface and never varies an inch in wet or dry seasons. This shows that there is plenty of water there. “The water isice cold when it reaches the surface and is quite soft, being much better for all purposes than City water, and we have the latter piped into the house to be used in case our pump should break down or -n{ other accident happen to ren- der the well useless, but it has never been used since I came into the house, and I judge from my bills for power and from what I have heard of the Baldwin sypply that the difference to us is about $1000 per month. 5 “The Baldwin also uses artesian wells — for a water supply and also has City water piped through ghe house. b “‘Some time ago, through some accident to the machinery, the manager was com- gelled to turn on the City water and his ills ran from $30 tu $40 per day while the change lasted. Aside from the looks and taste of the water showing that it is pure and wholesome it is proven to be good water by its action on the boilers. “Usually a deposit that requiresa great deal of work to remove is left in the tubes, but with our artesian water the deposit is not _near so noticeable, and the boilers need far less cleaning than if supplied with ordinary water. g “I believe that the character of artesian water in different parts of the town varies, that of the lower portions being harder than where it is drawn from wells bored on the higher levels. *‘I believe that we have in our well an inexhaustible supply, and that if the proper localities are chosen enough can be procured to supply the whole City.” 1n the Crocker building the great num- ber of offices and the great elevators are supplied with artesian water pumped from a well 180 feet deep on the Market-street side. Twenty-tive thousand gallons per day are required, and this amount the well yields without any perceptible effect on its sufl:ly e tube was put down three years ago, and has never given signs of going dry. The well saves the owners $600 to $700 per month. The Palace Hotel and Lick House only use the water for Jaundry and cleaning urposes, Spring Valley water that has en run through filters being used for drinking and culina urpose. Were artesian water used entirely, the saving to the Palace would be $1000 to $1200 per month, or the present raies. The Lick would save $600 to $700. Academy of Sciences. The trustees of the Academy of Sclences adopted two amendments to their constitution last evening, both in regard to the use of the finences by the trustees. The funds in excess of expenses mey be invested in bonds—State, county and National—instead of being re- stricted to merely real estate. Investments of various nature may be made by the trustees upon a unanimous vote of that body. —————— 014d Ships Burned. Some 0ld abandoned craft in the bay, near South Basin, were burned to the water’s edge last night to get rid of them. They made a big blaze and iighted up the sky for miles around. People living in that vicinity who did not know the cause supposed an immense con- flagration was in that part of the City. NEW TO-DAY. BEFORE THE RAINS Prepare for Attacks of Rheumatis Gout, Eezema and Chronie Affeetions, IT WILL DO TO TAKE NOW. You Onght to Take Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla Right Now—It Is Just the Time to Use This Herb Remedy. All over the country peopleare preparing for the fall and winter seasons. Some are cutting wood, some are storing and curing, some are buying goods, some are looking out for their evil genius, Rheumatism, Gout or chronic affections. It will do to take Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla now. If you prepare the body for the change you are more than likely to get off without an attack of Rheumatism. Take Joy's Vege- table Sarsaparilla now and it will cleanse your stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. You won’t have the aches and pains of the fall and winter. Take Joy's Vegetabe Sar- saparilla and you can look forward to a happy fall and winter. Now is ths time to take Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. PLATEDWARE AT LOW PRICES. Stlver-plated Napkin Rings. Silver plated Nut Cracks. Silver-plated Dinner Bells 15 Silver-plated Salts and Peppers, per set. 25 Silver-plated Child’s Knife, Fork and Spoon.. 25 Silver-plated Butter Knives. Silver-plated Sugar Spoons Fancy Pattern Spoons. per set of " Silver-plated Fency Pattern Table Spoons or Forks, per set of six - Silver-plated Table Knives, per set of six Siiver-plated Butter Dish, glass base. Silver-plated Pickle Casto Silver-plated Berry Dishes Stlver-plated Soup Ladles. Silver-plated Five-bottle Castor. Silver-plated Cake Basket ENDLESS ASSORTMENT OF FINE PLATEDWARE, In Tea Sets, Berry Dishes, Castors, Trays, Butter Dishes and Fancy Noveltles. Electrical Construction and Repairing of All Kinds. Estimates Given. NOTE. — Special attention given to Grinding Razors, Shears and Edged Tools by skilled mechanics. Prices moderate. Rom 818-820 Market Street Baking Powder Absolutely Pure Phelan Building. Factory—30 First Street. NEW TO-DAY. EXTRA SPECIALS —IN— Silks and Satins In connection with many other attractions in new goods we offer the following extra specials FOR T0-DAY'S TRADE! At 95 Cents. 2000 yards FIGURED BLACK GROS- GRAIN SILK will be placed on sale at 95¢ a yard. At 98 Cents. 2000 yards FIGURED BLACK SATIN, 24 inches wide, will be placed ou sale at 95¢c a yard. At 9O Cenis. 1500 yards EXTRA HEAVY CHANGEA- BLE TAFFETA SILK will be placed on sale at 90c a yard. 100 pieces New Plaid Silks just received. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Steeets. AUCTION SALES. FURNITURE AT AUGTION! Six carloads—consignment from Grand Rapids, Mich. Finest stock ever bronght to this Coast. Assorted Bedroom, Library, Dining-room and Parlor Furniture, and Carpets. Something to suit everybody. thing goes—no reserve. Every- Exhibition days—Tuesaay and Wednes- day. S}ale days—Thursday and Friday (Sept. 19 and 20). 747 MAREKET ST., Opposite Grant Avenue. JOSEPH TERRY. Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE. 2 2 2 FRIDAY. Friday......... 4~ -+----September 20, 1895, . At'11 o'clock A. M.. at ——SWITZER’S HORSE MARKET— Twelfth and Harrison Streets, We will sell 40 head Well Broke Work, Driving and Saddle Horses, from 4 to 8 years old, from 1000 to 1600 pounds weight, ineluding two pair Matched vriving Horses, one First-ciass Road Horse, standard bred: several nice Business Horses; one fine Single Carriage Horse: one gentle Saddle Pony, gentle to drive: one black Gentleman's Saddle Horse and a fine lot of Heavy Work Horses. This is the stock of Spencer & Co. of 338 Post street, and must be sold without reserve or limit. We will also sell a 1ot of Wagons, Carts and Bugs gies; also one good Second Truc! S. WAT! At éuction TUESDAY, TUESDAY........ SEPTEMBER 17, 1895, AT 12 0’CLock NoON. At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palacs Hotel Pacific Heights Corner Lot. Northeas: corner of Laguna and Green streets— This magnificent corner residence lot commands that imposing marine view so much admired. Ele- gant residences surround this location. Any per- son wanting a charming location §for a homa ghould examine this clioice corner lot. Lot ready or buiiding Pacificavenue and CUnion- cables. Lot 50x100 feet. e Pacific Heights Residence Lot. North line of Valleio street, 70 feet west of Gough—This larze and handsomely located resw dence lot commands a grand marine view, is sur- rounded by elegant residences. This Is a choice lotfor tamily home. Streetin basalt rock. Ex- amine it. Pacific-avenue and Union- smine it Bacis Union-street cables. Harrison-Street Business Corner. Southeast corner of Harrison street and Vassar place, between Second and Third streets—Large and yaluable corner lot for business below and French flats above. Will pay larze income if improved. Cens tral location. Electric road. Lot 55x100 feet. . Pleasant Home Near Market Street. West line (No. 36) of Elgin Park: 139 feet north of Ridiey street, between Valencia and Guerrero.— Pretty Home of nine rooms and bath, conservatory, laundry, etc. Brick foundation: new plumbing. House in fine condition. Handsome garden. Cement walk. Valencia-street cable. Lot 44x73 or 22x75 feet. Mission Business — Eighteenth-Street Property. North line (Nos. 838 and 83815) of Eighteenth street, 85 feet east of Noe.—Store and three roomg and bath below: French flat of five rooms and bath above. Building nearly new: in fine condiuon; brick foundation. Electric road. Lot 26x100 feet. Mission Home and Large Lot. North line (Nos. 128 and 130) 0f Twenty-ninth street, 181:6 feet east of Dolores—House of eleven Tooms, two tenements. Windmill, tank, chicken- houses. Electric_road. Street in fine condition. Large lot, 54:2x114 feet. Downtown House and Lot. Northwest line (No. 20) of Freelon, 225 feet northeast of Fourth street, between Bryant and Brannan—Two-story and basement frame dwelling of fifteen rooms. Street in basalt rock. Electrio road. Lot 25x80 feet. Presidio Reservation—Residence Lot. East line of Lyon street, 55 feet north of Filbert —Elegant residence lot in front of the Presidio reservation. Grand view. Examine this for a home. Sireet in fine condition. Union-strees cable. Large lot, 27:6x112:6 feet. Trustee Sales. Southwest corner Scott and Green streets—Large corner lot, 55x110; also lot on west line of Scott, 82:6 feet south of Green street. Corner lot, 55x 110; inside lot, 55x110 feet. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., 638 Market street. Auctioneers. AVE_YOU Dried Fruits, Nuts, Beans, Honey. WWool or Hides? If so send your name and ad- dress to us. It will be to your advantage. S. BLUM & CO., 308 California St., San Francisco, Cal. ANSY P! LLSt %fi' Leox !-(‘:'rz c».h!::}:-‘ OFFIGE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. C. F. WEBER & CO., 300 to 306 Post St., cor. Stockton CUT RATE CABINET, $2.00 A DOZEN. MORSE’'S, 916 MARKET STREET. ALL DRUG