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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895. eron, F. McNear, Joe Tobin, F. Frick, H. & Co. of 715}, Dupont strept. . Sergeant HE MAY BUY A DUKEDOM,| 16 2 < ilborn, William Harrellson, A. Lewis, ; 1 P[] | the ageressor. . Hoy is one of the partners NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. O SHOOTING DOGS ON SIGHT, S stees iamsons i INSTITUTIONAL - CHURCH, | ieiisiit i skt v zopar-nax co 1 Valuable Animals That Have Been. Maimed on the Reservation. FATE OF ONE LADY'S PET. Pacific Kennel Club to Investigate the New System of Destruction. The sportsmen of this City, or atleast | those who are more particularly interested in valuable dogs that are used for sporting purposes, are decidedly indignant becagse | General W. M. Grabam, commanding officer of the ¥ifth Artilleryof the U. S. A. and commander of the military post of the Presidio, has issued orders that “any dog or dogs found on the reservation must be shot on sight.” As a result of this order much ill-feeling and chagrin has been aroused among the sportsmen of this City, many of whomown | very valuable dogs. A few days ago Willian: Dormer, who is one of the most | prominent dog-fanciers of this City, was passing through the reservation with his well-known lemon and white pointer | when a soldier armed with a military rifle followed up, & la Indian, and as he raised | bis rifle to shoot at Dormer’s $500 dog an | officer, who was in the immediate vicinity, | shouted.: at the soldier not to shoot. Dormet, on hearing the command, turned quickly on his heel and recognizing the | oflicer as an old friend asked what was | up. An explanation quickly Dormer was the happiest man imaginable when he learned of the narrow escape his favorite animal bad from a most cruel ana | untimely death. In explanation Dormer said that he was totally ignorant of the rules as issued by | Commander Graham, but if his dog should have been dispatched by the bullet route , he would most emphatically have de- manded the reason why any soldier should walk up deliberately and kil an unoffend- ing animal that was walking at the heels of its master. Mr. Dormer, who is a prominent mem- | ber of the Pacific Kennel Clab, will ask the | officers, who will meet this evening, what | redress a sportsman may expect in a 2ase of this kind. | Possibly the most aggravating circum- | stance connected with the rules of the res- ervation as regards dog trespass was in respect to the shooting of a very handsome | hunting dog owned by Miss Ellis. The lady, unconscious of the rules regarding dogs trespassing upon private lands, as mapped 6ut by the commanding general, was passing through the reservation a few days ago with her prized beauty when she unexpectedly heard the sharp report of a | rifle. Turning quickly around she saw her faithful friend and companion of many | walks writhing in pain. The dog was shot | P. Taylor, George Foulks, Harry P. Taylor, - H. Walton, Billy Burr and R. Porter. H. M. Coltins will train the kiekers, and while practice is being held an the:Seventh- street grounds the boys will hold head- quaiters at the Central House. e et e A PARSON'S ESCOAPE. Rev. T. J. Warren’s Telegram to Grace Methodist Church. The trustees and members of Grace Methodist Church have received the fol- lowing dispatch from Rev. T. J. Warner of Nashville: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1895. 1. J. Truman and Oficial Board, Grace M..E. Church : Your letter received. Thanks for my escape. Have withdrawn acceptance. Rey. T. J. Warner, whom Bishop War- ren appointed to Grace Church and who immediately signified his acceptance pend- ing a transfer by the conferenceé now in session at_Knoxville, has not waited for the counsel of any ecclesiastical superior, but promptly replied that he would not go | where he was not wanted. The trustees or official board had ac- The Closed Church and Open Saloon ‘Prohlem to Be Solved. REV. W. A. GARDNER'S PROJECT. The People’s Tabernacle. as It Is Called, Will Be Open Day and Night. There is soon to be erected in 8an Fran- cisco a public house of worship, the coun- terpart of which is found in only eight American cities. It is to be called the ‘“Institutional Church.”” Its doors will be quainted him with the sentiment against | open alike torich and poor at least ten transfers and said that they opposed him | hours every day in the year. for that reason and_not because of any | He is grateful for his | personal unfitness. | “escape,’” and the pillars of Grace Church for theirs. 1t is thought that now: all will be fair sailing. g ply at its meeting to-morrow evening. That supply will be Dr. Colburn, and it is | expected*that Bishop Warren will appoint | him. HEWS FRON THE ARCTC A Very Small Catch and the Bark Triton Nipped in the Ice. There Were Fourteen Deaths Dur- ing the Winter and Nine De- sertlions. The historic old whaler Iriton has been wrecked in the Arctic Ocean. The news arrived from the north on the steamer Lakme yesterday. She was nipped in an icefloe and so badly crushed that it was with difficulty she was kept afloat until Herschal Island and safety was reached. There she was condemued and sold, after a survey had been held by eight ship cap- tains and a carpenter. Captain James A. Tilton of the steam whaler Newport was the auctioneer and Captain George V. Leavitt of the Mary V. Hume the *pur- chaser, for the sum of $200. Captain Heg- gerty came down on the Lakme and Mate Gardner and fifteen of the crew are coming down on the steamer Jeanie. The Triton was an old New Bedford whaler and was built in 1818. In 1857 she was rebuilt, and on December 14, 1893, she started from San Francisco on her final cruise. She was owned by J. and W. R. Wing of New Bedford and Bruce, Bowne & Co. were the San Francisco agen She was uninsured. All the bone and the pro- visions and crew’s effects were saved. Among the passengers who came down from the Arctic on the Lakme were Cap- tain John H. Whitham of the steam THE BAREK TRITON IN THE ICE. with a rifle ball through the thigh, the bul- let passing downward and in its course crushing the right foot of the animal. The lady fora moment was nonplused, but when the soldier who had fired upon the inoffensive animal had apologized and explained that he had orders to shoot on gight the young lady excused him, but it is hardly necessary to say that her bless- ings fell most emphatically on the humane commander who bad issued such an un- called-for edict. The general opinion of sportsmen is that the ordérs as issued by General Graham are somewbhat extreme and do not apply | to dogs in charge of ladies and gentlemen | who may have occasion to pass through the reservation with animals that are un- der their control or command. However, the matter of “shooting dogs on sight” will be brought before the Pa- cific Kennel Club this evening, and there is no doubt but that body will investigate the rather unceremonious system as adopted by the Presidio soldiers of *kill- ing valuable dogs on sight.” OLYMPIC KICKERS. Football Practice Will Commence This Evening on the New Postoffice Site. The Olympie Club football team is by no means sleeping. Captain Taylor will have his‘team in condition in a few weeks to meet any of the crack teams of the State. A lease of the new Postoffice site, at Seventh "and Mission streets, has been se- cured by the club, and this evening the following athletes will be seen on the field: George Smith, Percy Morse, “Kid” whaler Fearless, Captain Cogan of the bark Northern Light, C. Nelson of Point Barrow, Edward Hawes of St. Paul Island, Dr. J. B. Driggs of Point Hope and M. Marsden of Dutch Harbor. “When I reached Herschal lsland on September 13, 1894, with the Fearless,” said Captain Whitham, *I found there the steam whalers, Newport, Mary D. Hume, Alexander, Beluga, Jessie H. Freeman, William Baylies, Navarch and Thrasher, the barks Northern Light, John and Win- throp, Wanderer, Triton and Horation and the schooner Rosario. We all went into winter quarters, and as it was a mild winter we enjoyed ourselves very well. The thermometer never went lower than 49 degrees below zero. “There were fourteen deaths, but as they were all foremast hands except Cap- tain Weeks of the Thrasher and Engineer Peake of the Jessie H. Freeman, I cannot remember their names. Of the remaining twelve three died from scurvey, three from consumption, three were frozen to death and three died from natural causes. There were a great number of desertions. but all came back except nine men, who have not since been heard from. “During the winter'we were visited by Bishop Reeves of Fort Simpson and the Revs. Stringer and Whittaker of Fort Mc- Pherson. They purchased a small wooden building for achurch and a sodhouse to live in, and intended spending two or three months each season at Herschal Island to minister to the spiritual wants of the Indians and whalers. The Rey. Mr. Stringer, Mrs. C. E. Weeks, widow of Cap- tain Weeksand Mrs. Smith,wife of Captain H. Smith of the Narwhal, are coming down on the Jeanie and bringing the body of Captain Weeks with them. g “‘The catch of the fleet up to September 13 was very light, only twenty-three whales having been taken.” ——————— Soap bubbles will freeze when the ther- mometer falls to 140 deg. below zero. " _Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Re al =TS ABSOLUTELY PURE | Baking Powder i The official board will call a sup- | | lectures, | than six years have The founder of this church, in San Fran- | cisco at least, is. Rev. W. A. Gardner, pas* |tor of the West Side Christian Church. | Two years ago when Mr. Gardner assumed charge the building was used as a mission, but in three months’ time he succeeded in organizing a ehurch with a membership of twenty-one. There are now 300 names en- rolled in the church book, 175 of which were secured in the past year. “Among all religious denominations the question is earnestly asked how can the | church be made more useful, and the Conboy and Officer McLaughlan happened to be ‘eye-witnesses of this encounter, and arrested both Chinese for fighting. Hoy said he had - made a purchase at a cousin’s store. He: denied, however, that he had patronized a Sam Yup. v Sérgeant Shea and a posse had broken up another fight during the night, and Ah Lee, a cook, and Ah Muck, a laborer, were walked off to jail for disturbing the peace. \TRAILING A MURDERER. ‘Why Detective L. de Lue of Denver Did Not Stay Longer in This - City. Detective Leonard de Lue of Denver started East last evening with E. E. Clark, the diamond thief who swindled two Den- ver jewelers out of over $6000 worth of gems last July. While the main object of his trip to'this State was to secure Clark, who had been arrested by Detective Whittaker, he had | another mission of even more importance. It was to secure a murderer whom the Denver authorities have been foliowing all over the continent for many months. One night six men in Denver assaulted a man and knocked him down. After rob- bing him of all the valuables he possessed they deliberately kicked him to death. There were witnesses to the crime who were unable to prevent it. The murderers fled, and a week or so. later three of the number were arrested 1n another State. Two were subsequently captured in Colo- rado, but the sixth man, who was the in- | stigator. of the murder and robbery, escaped. A few days ago a man suspected of being the murderer was arrested in San Jose, the Denver authorities having heard that he had gone to that city. Detective REV. W. A, GARDNER, PROJECTOR OF THE NEW INSTITUTION. masgses and classes be brought together in harmonious, active Christian work,’’ said Rey. Mr. Gardner yesterday. “The prin- | ciples which distinguish™ the institu- | tional from the conventional church are not new, but are as old as the teachings | and examples of the Man of Galilee. The | Institutional church *ministers to all the | community first through educational | channels, consisting of such special fea- tures as kindergartens, industrial schools, | printing offices and in similar | ways. Second, through reformatory chan- nels, of which' gymnasiums, baths, rooms for reading, for libraries, and for various games, will form a part. We next propose to reach the people through philanthropic channels, such as physicians, trained nurses and free dispensaries. Surrounding circumstances will indicate the ministra- tions needed. “‘The Institutional church has long since passed the experimental stage, though less elapsed since the name was applied to Berkeley Temple, Boston, the pioneer in this movement. There are two in New York and one each in Jersey City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and Salina, Kans., and also several that are at ledst half ‘institutional.’” Denomin- ationally they are connected with- Presby- terians, Baptists, Methodists, Congrega- tionalists and Episcopalians, while some are independent. “With its reading-room, baths, lunch counter, amusement-room, industrial school and social circle it aims to make the church edifice a happy home for its members and all who may knock tor] admission at its hospitable doorss “The edifice is to be called the People’s Tabernacle, though it will be as much un- like the conventional church in point of architecture as can well be imagined. I think now it will present much the same appearancé as the Y. M. C. A. building. Many thinking minds are turned seriously toward the ‘closed church and open sa- loon’ problem, and_in the-People’s Taber- nacle will -be found a potent weapon and powerful influence against the open sa- loon. The spirit of the closed church is not Christlike,” A suitable lot will be selected in the Western Acdition upon which to erect the building. The committee naving this matter in charge will make a final report during the next week. The lot selected by the committee will be divided into par- cels six inches square, and each square will then be numbered. Upon payment of $1 the contribtitor will be presented with a certificate of J)urchaae, vroperly signed and sealed, and containing the number of the square paid for by him, ““It 1s our purpose to erect a structure that wil! cost something like $100,000,” sard Mr. Gardner. CHINESE TRY FISTICUFFS, Several Small Riots Broken Up Last Night by the Police. Bad Blood Among the Tongs Having Its Cause in the See Yup Boycott. Mongolian pugilism distinguished itself in Chinatown last night to such an extent that it was necessary for the police to make several arrests. Iv was not a very scientific kind of pugilism, but it was conclusive. Tt seemed to be in the air for awhile. Thé old See Yup boycott against the Sam Yups was behind it all, and before the night was over the See Yup cigar- makers held a meeting at ‘Washington and Dupont streets to plot for the future, Time may develop their programme. It seems that & “fighting man” had left cne tong and gone to another. The cus- tom is for the society which is the loser by such a transfer to be paid a certain-amount of money to square up matters. But the pecuniary part of the transaction was not attended to—hence the fisticnfts, . Atone time it _looked as if a riot was imminent in Fish alley. Lem Hoy, a member of the Kong Chan Society, was getting the worst of it, Lem How being de Lue was to hold himself in readiness to take the suspect back to Denver if he proved to be the right man. Before starting for San Jose he received a dispatch ‘from Chief Gould of Denver siating that the suspect was not the mur- derer, for information had been received that the latter had become alarmed and fled to Mexico. KEIR HARDIE IS HOPEFUL, He Thinks the Trades Unions Will Bring About Socialism. Comblnations of the Sons of Toll to Annihilate the Competitive System. ==Keir Hardie, in his talk on ““The Cause of the Trades Unions,” at Metropolitan Temple last night, said that though only 2,000,000 of the 11,000,000 laborers of Great Britain belong to trades unions this did not argue that the unions were weak. He did, however, think it cowardly and wrong for the other 9,000,000 to take advantage of the results attained by the unions without being willing to join in the work and ‘share the dangers and sacrifices of -the active minority. These sentiments were received with cheers by quite a large crowd of workingmen. Their nimber was -only enough to half fill the hall, but they made up. for paucity of numbers with enthu- siasm. Hardie delivered a lecture that was couched in the mildest terms. He called the millionaire his brother, deprecated senseless tirades against men of wealth, reminding his hearers that each one of them would like to become a capitalist and live off the labor of others, and then, in quiet tones, proclaimed himself for social- ism, pure and simple, when labor should constitute wealth and the product of labor be distributed equitably ameng the labor- ers. The old idea that the trades unions were merely to hold the balance between capital and labor,he declared, couldno longer hold. The unions, to be sure, should continue the contest to secure the highest possible wages and the shortest hours. But labor- ers should not stop there. They should by organization obtain possession of the im- piements to perform their labor. The laboring classes, he declared, should not meddle with politics. Then he quali- fied this by saving that they should not, vote for Republicans, Democrats or Popu- lists as such, bur for laborers who could not be bought, and would make laws to benefit labor. The only relief he saw was the destruction, by legal enaciment, of the present competitive system and the em- bracing of socialism. e then advised the laborers to go into politics with a party of | their own. He protested that the workingmen could not “use the old parties” as they were often advised to, This was because they were controlled by capitalists who con- trolled the Legislature, a portion of the Eress end usually the pulpit. e urged, that the workingmen might just as well be told to use C. P. Huntington. As Mr. Hardie sat down, Mr. Furuseth of the Sailors’ Union said that word had been received of the arrest of a man for advocating socialism at the corner of Sev- enth and %‘arket streets. He announced that the man wished those assembled to be informed that he would speak at the same place this (We inesday) evening. A social was given at Pythian Hall after the lecture for the benefit of Mr. Hardie. An informal programme was rendered and refreshments served. Only about $40 was taken in, as the admiasion fee was only 10 cents. There were many ladies present. Sea birds outnumber the land birds be- cause their food never fails; not because they are more protific. The fulmar-petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. ——————————— THEY'REINIT! Their new building, 22 Clay st., opposite the ferry. The Mysell-Rollins Co.* In derision, | The Vast Estates of a Noble Italian Family Are for Sale. OFFERED TO F. G. NEWLANDS. Eastern Capltallsts Refused the Tempting Bait of Income of the Property. A rich Italian dukedom, title, ancestral castles, fat ‘acres and all is being hawked about America, and half a dozenof the moneyed kings of the country have been offered an opportunity to exchange the titles given them by the newspapers for a genuine right to nobility. It is not impossible that a resident of the Pacitic Coast whose vast possessions in Ne- vada and Californja have raised him to a high position among the moneyed aristoc- racy of the land may yet prefix the title of Duke to his name, and after adding an i to his name figure in vears to come as a gen- uine old stock 1talian noble. The family to which the estates and title belong some time since, for some reason or other, decided to remove from its native land, and concluded that a few millions in cold cash were preferable to the ancestral acres that were to be left behind. A pur- chaser was looked for, but in the marts of EBurope Italian dukedoms and titles were at a discount and the vendors turned toward America, where smaller titles with- out the estates often sell high. An influential New York firm of Italians was given a commission to make the sale ana a number of wealthy Eastern men were approached on the subject. William H. Vanderbilt thought the matter over for a day, but declined to purchase and the roposition was then offered to James gordon Bennett and George M. Pullman, the multi-millionaire carbuilder, whose daughter married into the nobility, with- out success. Despairing of making a sale in the East the nobility brokers turned toward California and put the matter in the hands of a prominent Italian real estate firm of this City with orders to get a pur- chaser if possible. These people called upon General W. H. L. Barnes to enlist his aid, and for some time past the matter has been in his hands. Walter S. Hobart, the millionaire turf- man, was offered the opportunity of be- coming a duke,but he declined withthanks, and then the astute attorney bethought himself of Francis G. Newlands. Of course General Barnes did not go to Mr. Newlands and say : “Here, Mr. Newlands. is a chance to be- come a full fledged Italian duke by the expenditure of a few millions,” but took him the ‘typewritten description of the property, which gives in detail the dimen- sions of the estate, its income and outgo and many other particulars. The indorse- ments on the document place it beyond suspicion. A judiciously paragraphed sentence statesthat the genuine title of duke goes with the estate, and that the owner of it will be duly recognizea by the Italian no- bility as a member of their circle. As a commercial proposition on paper the op- portunity looks golden, for the estate is large, ‘the villas and furniture are de- scribed as “‘royal” and the property brings in a large revenue above all legitimate ex- penses. And then there is the title. According to the documents which General Barnes now hasin his possession the estate lies on both slopes of one of the most . picturesque ranges of the Italian Appenines, commanding a view of the Mediterranean on one side and the Adri- atic on the other. Noble forests cover the 4530 hectares of &nd (equal to 14,696.5 acres), the number of ‘trees being estimated at 2,500,000, or 500 to the hectare. Beautiful lakes are de- scribed as resting like jewels in the fertile valleys, while the sea 1s enhanced by regal villas ana stately castles that nestle con- fidingly-in the valleys or frown sternly from: the heights upon the surrounding country. Waterfalls in the glens that fee the lakes lend grandeur to the landscape, and both streams and lakes are said to teem with fish of many varieties. The estate is divided into three tracts, one being the grounds of the main villa, another the fat farms that are said to raise anything, and the third the forests, which are also very productive, The forests are apparently the source of the greatest revenue, for while the farms are ‘estimated at 5,900,000 lire the former are placed at 9,954,920 lire, and the ratio of increase in the value of the trees is com- puted very high. The matter of the income of the estate is not forgotten. It is stated to be 420,000 lire per year, with expenditures which bring the net revenue down to 90,600 lire per year, a sum considered ample for the support of a ducal retinue in the land of King Humbert. The commercial value of the estate is sought to be enhanced by the statement that the place would make a magnificent climatic resort. Then comes another pleasant reference to the fact that he who becomes the proud possessor of this great Italian patrimony will also ‘be a duke and entitled to mix with the blue blood of the grand seigneurs. Those who are negotiating the sale of the estate -are reticent regarding the matter and will give no particulars regarding the property except the type-written descrip- tion and the fact that the price 1s in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. It is known, however, that the place was offered to Mr. Newlands, and that soon after he departed for Europe, where he is at present. MUNICIPAL ~ OWNERSHIP The Unlion for Practical Prog- ress Still Getting Sig- k natures. ‘A Communication on the Matter of Utllizing the Water Pumped in the Park. : The Union for Practical Progress seems to have no difficulty in keeping up interest in the question. of municipal ownership of water, electric light and.gas plants, and almost as fast.as petition blanks are sent out they are returned filled with sig- natures. Ee That the public is deeply interested is evidenced by the number of communica- ‘tions received regarding the matter, A gentleman deeply interested in the subject writes as follows: Can any method be devised of securing an adequate supply of pure water for the use of San Francisco which will not involve much delay, costly experiments and the ultimate outlay of large sums of money, only to be ob- tained by oppressive taxation, or by the issu- ance of twenty-year bonds? This question is continually being asked by conservative citizens, and as yet it nas found no answer. S It is said by many that our present supply of water is unwholesome and unduly expensive, and still no one has arisen to point a remedy. There are many difficulties and delays at- tendant upon any attempton the pn-to* the City to own its own water works. Suppose, for the sake of illustration, that the cost of the necessary works is set down at $5,000,000, an. that hrLr less than any pl!sn of bringin, water to the City, except the artesian-wel lan, {s estimated at. But, in the event of .its ing resolved to devote that sum, or any other, to the purpose, what is necessary to do legally? First, we must hold an election to determine by the votes of the people whether they desire to acquire or construct the neces- sary works. Then, should the question be de- cided in the aflirmative, another election must EMBROIDERIES! EMBROIDERIES) JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER ENORMOUS SHIPMENT ! NOTE THE PRICES: 10,000 yards 10,000 yards 15,000 yards 21,000 yards 9,000 yards 13,000 yards 12.000 yards 17,500 yards at : 35¢, Embroi Embroi Embroidery at Embroidery at 5¢ per yard 7c per yard dery at 8c per yard dery at 10c per yard Embroidery at 11¢ per yard Embroidery at 15¢ per yard Embroidery at 165c per yard 20¢, 22¢, 274, 50¢ and 60c per yard £ Our customers should see these goods without delay. +=-SPHECIAT ~#<Z- 250 dozen LADIES’ NATURAL WOOL AND WHITE VESTS AND DRAWERS aileiial a et 5cTCNCH 200 dozen LADIES’ NATURAL WOOL AND WHITE $1.00 each VESTS AND DRAWERS be held to see if two-thirds of the voters favor | the 1ssuance of bonds {0 raise the money to pay | for the works. Suppose, however, all these difficulties surmounted and the two elections decided affirmatively, then would come the question of the issuance of the bonds. The constitution requires that no bonds shall be issued for a longer period than twenty years, nor until proper provision is made for their payment | within that time and for the interest as it falls due. Twenty years’ bonds would therefore necessitate taxation to the amount of 5 per cent per annum for a sinking fund, and say 4 per cent for interest, making 9 per cent in all, which on $5,000,000, the lowest estimate of cost, would come to $450.000 every year for twenty years; and certainly for - five years after "the initiatory step was taken there | would be no revenue from the water works. This is certainly a moderate estimate both of time and money required for the undertaking. The park water works, belonging to the City, is cn?able of uxp{nlying a much larger | quantity of water than is now required for the uses for which it was constructed. Sufficient distribution pipes are in place throughout the sark and through the. panhandle as iar east as aker street. The pumps are now never run to their full ecapacity, and would probably raise double the number of gallons discharged at this time into the reservoirs, which in their turn are abund- antly able to receiveit. We have iton the authority of the Park Commissionersand of eminent engineers, who have made & speciai study of the subject, that the supply is_inex: haustible, that isthat it cannot by ordinar means be exhausted, just as we would say of the Pacific Ocean "that tne supply was | inexhaustible. As for the quality of the water | any one can judge for himself who will take a drink from any of ihe numerous hydrants placed in tbe park for that purpose. What is to prevent the Park Commissioners irom selling to private consumers that portion of the water their works can furnish over and above what is needed for their own purposes? 1f they had a superfinity of wood irom trees cut down or trimmed, or raised more plants than they had immediate need of, they would sell them, and their authority to do so would not be questiored. Why not sell the superfluous water? No additional outlay whatever would be required for the purpose. Streets upon both sides of the panhandle for eight blocks are built upon, and new houses are constantly going up. The owners of thess houses would glndly make connection with the park pipes if the rates were reduced to one-half of what they now pay, and the Park Commis- sioners could derive an immediate and consid- | erable income from one-half the rates now ex- | acted, and it would nearly all be clear profit, a8 the water would cost only the addi-| tional expense of pumglnz, which with the 4he plant in place would be merely nominal. ‘When the panhandle residents were all served | other streets convenient to other lines of pipe would add to the list of the consumers of cheap water and increase the monthly revenue. The income as it increased could be used to lay larger mains, if required, and also put down new pipe on Haight street to Market and to the City Hall or elsewhere, and consumers all along the line would hasten to take advantage gray horse he was riding, was booked at the Clty Prison last night on two charges of grand larceny and one of petty lazceny. On Septem- ber 13'it is alleged he stole a bicycle belonging to L. J. Lyons, jeweler, 217 Montgomery evenue, and about the same time & bicycle belonging to John Izzi, Green street, near Montgomery avenue. He sold the two blcycles to Frank Reidener, cook in the Maison Doree, for £31 cash and the gray horse. The charge of petty larceny is for stealing a saddle belong- ing to Reidener. e Could Not Keep Away. Edward Collins was arrested on Sixth street yesterday by Policeman Reardon d booked at the City Prison on the charge of burglary. In February last Collins and & man named Ross broke into the premises of the Cement Brick Company, Eighteenth and Fol- som streets. Ross was captured at the tima and is now serving a sentence of five years in San Quentin. Collins left the City. ——————— Republicans Organizing. The Thirty-fourth Assembly District Repub- lican Club met last evening at the Pandora Club rooms, corner of Eighteenth and Valencia. streets. John F. Conway presided. The meet- ing was addressed by prominent Republicans of the district and adjourned until next Tnes- day evening, when permanent organization will be effected : KELLY & LIEBES’ GLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE, 120 EEARNY ST, of the reduced rates, still further increasing the revenue and furnishing funds for sinking new wells and erecting new tanks and reser- voirs as required. The City owns several ele- vated sites suitable for reservoirs and stand- pipes could be placea upon other City property. HE NEW STYLE JACAETS, CA Dresses and Misses’ Coats are ‘here, better an: cheaper than you can find anywhere. Immense assoriment (o select from, o there is no danger of your having & cost like everybody else. T Much of this work could be done and much | 5\ haa g ACKETS, fine Kersox cloths, of this income guaranteed during the time | needed to hold the elections and raise the | money to btild new works, should it be de- | cided to do so. H The question of the quantity of artesian | water, which some persons still profess to doubt, notwithstanding the evidence recently collected upon the subject, would by this means definitely settled almost without cost, | for the income from water would pay for new Wells as they were needed, and the experience already gained of tne existence of unsuitable water In certain localities would enable us to avoid them and sink our wells only at such points where the water has been proved to be ure. 3 The Park Commissioners have heretofore ex- pended the funds intrusted to. them judi- ciously, and, what is of still greater impor- tance, honestly, and the people would be quite satisfled to leave the water-works constrnction in their hands. If any question should arise- in regard to their power, it could easily be set Tight by the next Legislature. And in the course of a couple of years we would be able to judge without expense if the artesian system ‘was feasible, and, if so, just what it would cost to introduce it through the entire City, and then we could go to the voters ing for the issue of bonds for a.far less. amount than would be needed either to buy existing works or to bring water from & dis- tance. And the evidence of the existence of artesian water in sufficient quantities i§ now lnm(éienfi to fully justify the suggested experi- ment. And if the suggestion has the effect ‘of cans- ing the subject to be discusted and “agitated -among the people its purpose will have been accomplished. JAMES J. ROBBINS, Bicycle and Horse Trade. James Welch, who was arrested on the water {ront Saturdey on suspicion of . having stolen a sleeve, new backs and big but- black, navy and. brown; all $6.BD H BOUCLE CLOTH mandolin sleeve, box frout, ripple back, blacks and $100 navies. all siges KETS, $1022 NOBBY TAXM SRS 8600 % : b FUSH CAPE, 24 inches long, d 3 5Y JAC swell sleeve, ripple back, boxfront, also in black; biue_and brown. ALL-WOOL BOUCLE CLOTH Double Cape, 24 inches deep, extra full and trimmed with four rows. of narrow extra full sweep, trimme spbvsiyetind 111 o FUR CAPES AND NECK FURS. BLACK FRENCH CONEY .CAPES, it 24 inches deep, good sweep, ‘silk -50. . Lraid PLUSH CA SCRAP IRON! BURNSTINE BROS PAYS THE HIGHEST CASH: 2 P Scrap Iron, Sendfor price Jlat, | O FOR Fifth and Bluxome Si 'THE -HILL-CREST COTTAGE & nished rooms and bath; modern 1 barn with rooms for help: 8pot of Bely Bovxgfi.v TOY & c&.‘fin