The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1895, Page 21

i3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OC! OBER 6, 1895. 21 FOR MERRITT'S MILLIONS The Two Suits to Test the Trust Joined With Bow- doin College. A DEEP SCHEME IS ALLEGED The Cause Wil Be Heard This Week. An Outline of the Plaintiff’s Case. The contest for the millions of the late Dr. Merritt will begin on \\'mlnesday next in the United States Circuit Court in the form of a suit brought by Bowdoin College of Maine against the trustees of the estate appointed by his sister Catherine M. Gar- celon, when she died. The question at issue is the competency of Mrs. Garcelon to make the will which bequeathed so to the college and created the trust under which a hospital was to be built and which cut off her im- mediate he: h a comparative trifle. The st ght ostensibly to quiet 1d ulterior motives are > defendants in the suit king the trust, and the they expect to introduce ake of this another of the d cases growing out of estates of California. I 1 Merritt, who gathered the ether in his lifetime, was a forty who settled in Oakland, bought land anc mained a bachelor. Catherine M. Garcelon was Dr. Merritt’s sister, and she had been living as a pen- sioner ur him for a long time prior to n 1890. She and the doctor had who died several years be- g a wife and two sons, Fred H. s P. Merritt. Mrs. Garcelon is two cons of the brother came the natural heirs of the Samuel Merritt millions—the only but practically disinberited. Dr. by will, left a trifie to the another trifle to a female friend, reat bulk to his old sister, Mrs. rcelon. THe nephews began proceed- s to contest the will. wit he executors were Henry Rogers, Dr. Merntt's business manager, and Judg 1 Lawton. They® engaged Judge of Oakland, and he so became ac- 1 with Mrs. Garcelon. The attor- ys in the suits for the breaking of the trust joined with Bowdoin College and will address themselves to proving the al- legation that Judge Stanley concocted and successfully carried out a scheme to secure to himself the benefits of the Merritt riches. This he did, they s by securing the confidence of old Mrs. Garcelon, in- ducing her toc make a st of the estate, having himself appointed as the head of that trust and tal every and most ex- raordinary precavtion against a contest. n the first place and while Mrs. Garcelon was living he secured the signatures of h tract of release on 2 aims against the es- tate with a couched in all the reaundant reiteration of a legal document drawn by Judge Stanley himself to stand every test, that they would not attempt to break the will. This was presented to hem by Judge Stanley. The defendants Mrs. Garcelon never signified to any- else that she desired them to sign such a document. Then Mrs. Garcelon deeded all her prop- but a trifie to Judge Stanley and his , Stephen W. Parrington, now Special legacies were dis- tributed to the amount of $211,000 in us sums among friends—“thus prac- bribing them, you see,”” say the ‘‘to swear that she was of v sound mind to make a will.” e o doctors for the purpose a Rospital. Besides this lowed $20,000 as attorney for the eéxecutor, in the and §25.000 in advance by his consent to serve as ee. suit which has been begun by Bow- n Oollege to quiet title is declared to be t of the original scheme of the far- ed trustee and is designed to keep the ate in the co ert the others in- rested and give plausibility to the whole, s charged that Stanley himself induced the college to bring the suit. With this in_the Circuit Court are joined the su f Harry Merritt and the administrator, George W. Reed, brought in Oakland. Since the death of Mrs. Garcelon, Fred rritt has signed another agreement withdrawing his claim in consideration of $15,000 paid him by the trustees. He was induced to sign this by a friend who came out irom New York and stopped with him some months. His name was Dr. A. H. Brown, and he is said to have secured 5.000 for his trouble. He tried to induce Merritt to sign a similar release, but ed. It was Ur. Samuel Merritt who owned the yacht Casco, which is now famous as the boat in which Robert Louis Steven- son first sailed into the South Seas, and on board of which he wrote things that will live in literature. The yacht is still a part of the estate. The list of attorneysin this case presents the customary long list of familiar names that figure in such. They are, for the laintiff, Bowdoin College: Blake, Wil- iams & Harrison, John Garber, E. S. Pi bury, Robert Y. Hayne, Warren Olne; Judge E. W. McKinstry. For the defen ants these are engaged: Horace Phil- brook, Rogers & Pattison, A. A. Moore, J. C., Martin, E. E. Nusbaumer, A. H. Cohen, Henry C.'Campbell and C. H. Lovell. TRYING T0 AID CRAEMER, Funds Advanced by German Residents of the Pacific Coast. It Is Claimed That the Condemned Man Was Rallroaded to the Gallows. German residents of San Francisco and the Pacific Coast are much wrought up over the condemnation to death of Hein- rich Craemer, a native of Germany, resi- dent in Seattle. It is claimed that Craemer was not given a fair trial; that on the day the murder was committed he was not in Seattle, and that he was railroaaed toward the. gallows. Craemer does not speak English, and the German residents of this City have forwarded to Seattle, through the California Demokrat, the sum of nearly $1000 to aid in obtaining a postponement of the execution. When this is exhausted it is asserted that more will be forth- coming. At 2 meeting of the board of directors of the German Benevolent Society held last night the following petition was drawn up and ordered sent to the Governor of the Btate of Washington: To His Ezcellency, the Governor of the State of Washington : ’rn? petition of the board of directors of the German General Benevolent ;l:uleu of San Francisco respectfully repre- uts; It is doubtless officially known_ to your Ex- cellency that Henry Craemer, having been convicted of murder, is sentenced to be hanged at Seattle on the 1st of November next. It may appear strange to your Excellency that these petitioners, cfuun- of apother State, venture to address you in relation to this matter. Their justification is the fact that a number ot the most respectable citizens of Seattie have addressed to the citizens of San Francisco and to the ssociation which tnese petitioners rep- resent the most urient requests to interest themselves for the sake of humanity in behalf of the said Craemer. . Bome of their statements express an unqualified conviction in his inno- cence. As tosuch statements, these petitioners do not assume to form any opinion or belief. But every one of these informants has given these petitioners the most solemn as- surance that the condemned man has not had a fair trial for his life. This assurance is borne out by facts which appear to be in- capable of contradiction. Within three weeks after the commission of the murder Craemer | was tried and condemned to death. A request to the trial court for acontinu- ance to enable the accused to prove that he was not at Seattle at the time of the commis- sion of the crime was refused. Your petition- ers submit that such speed in trying and con- victing & person charged with a capital crime violates the spirit of our institutions. Only lately the Supreme Court of this State in the case of “Fredericks,” who committed murder in open daylight, expressed its decided disapprobation of the short time allowed to theaccused for the preparation of his defense. The court said, *In view of the enormity of the charge against him; in view of tne public clamor that was pursuing him; in view of his own gn\"eny and friendlessness, the State could well ave afforded to concede him such & continu- ance, in order that he might have full opporta- nity to make his defense, however weak it may have been when made. The State would have lost nothing by such a course, and justice would have been done just the same. hile the State should administer justice to law-oreakers with no laggard hand, yet at the instance of public clamor or other canses, it it beneath its dignity toact with unseemly hast.” Craemer hed no means o employ an attor- ney, and it appears to be admitied on every side that the attorney appointed for him by | the court was entirely incompetent to conduct = criminal case of such importance. Your pe- Uitioners have been {nformed that the Judge stated as a reasou for the appointment that the attorneyand the accused were both “Dutch,” while the fact is that the attorney isa Swede and the accused & German, ignorant oi the English language, and thatneither understood | the language of the other. Many other circumstances have been brought to the attention of the petitioners, | which sirengthen the presumption that the | accused has not had suoh & trial as is guaran- teed to every accused by the spirit of our laws; but those already set forth seem sufficient to justify your petitioners in presenting their most respectful petition that your Excellency grant to the condemned & postponement of the day of execution, s0 that in the meantime residents of Seattle, well known to your Ex- celiency for their honor and sense of justice, may have the opportunity to lay before you the proofs that the circumstances surrounding the irial and conviction of Craemer were not consistent with a wise and impartial adminis- tration of justice. Dated at’San Francisco October 5, 1895. German General Benevolent So- iety E. C. PRIBER, President. W, HERRMANN, Secretary. A NOTABLE CHANGE. The Fruit Firm of L. G. Sresovich & Co. Removes Into Its Brick Home. One of the most notable mercantile de- velopments in the wholesale fruit section is the removal of the widely known firm of L. G. Sresovich & Co. to its' imposing- looking brick building at the corner of Sansome and Washington streets, a few doors from the old stand and opposite the Appraisers’ building and general Post- oftice. The new location presents the largest sidewalk frontage devoted to fruit in the City, being 135 feet. This is the well-known store formerly occupied by John Ivancovich, an uncle of Mr. Sreso- vich. The builaing is equipped with every | modern improvement—electric lights, ele- vators, modern lavatories, shelving, etc. This large establishment was necessitated by the growth of the business of the firm, which is the more notable when the past financial depression is considered. The ability of Mr. Bresovich as a finan- cier is again forcibly illustrated in the suc- Signed: ¢ cess he has made, in the face of many SAN FRANCISCO GEOLOGY. Recent Investigations by Pro- fessor Lawson of the State University. STREAMS TUNDER THE BAY. Theory of the Golden Gate’s Forma- tion and the Flooding of the Vast Bay Valley. To the casual observer, the geological vicissitudes of the 8an Francisco peninsula would appear to be a subject easily ex- hausted; to the unlearned in geological lore, the hills of shifting sand which form the covering for this piece of nature’s sculpture appear to contain little of inter- est; even the exposed rock in the various cuts and gradings throughout the City does not furnish any startling instances of peculiar formation. Itis not until we carefully examine Nature’s own cuttings and erosions, for instance on the shore between Lake Merced and Mussel Rock, that we discover traces of what is. prob- ably, one of the most interesting and most wonderful formations in the United States. A mere casual inspection does not tell us of the immense vlain of granite whichat one time, ages ago, lay beneath the waves of the Pacific, receiving on its inclined table the various deposits of mesozoic times, constantly subject to volcanic dis- turbances, which left limestone, sandstone, | granite and lava strangely intermingled. Not 50 easily may we learn of the great upheaval of this plain of granite and its miscellaneous deposits; of its subsequent submersion to_receive the deposits of the pliocene period which are so much in evi- dence in the valley south of the San Bruno mountains; how, again, this immense mass was lifted above the sea-level, and how from this final npheaval was carved the surface upon which now stands the city of San Francisco and its suburban towns. But it is to those who have studied the subject with patience and perseverance we must turn to obtain more precise data. Some thirty years ego State Geologist ‘Whitney published a Government report on the geology of the California coast, and this was afterward embodied in Whitney’s Geology, from which a few extracts will prove interesting, by reason of their age, if nothing else, showing that this wonderful work of nature’s forces was under investi- gation while the City of San Francisco was vet in its infancv. In his report Mr. Whitney says: ‘“The extremity of the peninsula 1s occupied by short and broken ranges, or low hills, in which the regular trend to the northwest can be no longer detected, but where the influence of the east and west line of depression, by which the Golden Gate has been opened and en- trance given to the interior, 1s manifested the most chaotic jumble of strata which it is possible to find in the State. A “The principal varieties of rocks which make up the northein end of the penin- sula are brown sandstone, metamorphic shales and masses of serpentine. There are no eruptive rocks on the peninsula north of San Mateo so far as our observa- tions extend. The rock on the mainland in and about the City of Ban Francisco is what may be called an argillaceous sand- | NEW STORE OF THE WHOLESALE obstacles, of the factory covering a_whole block at the northeast corner of Vallejo and Bansonie streets, devoted to the manu- facture of the Pioneer Brand of Desiccated and Shredded Cocoanut. Besides, the firm owns large storehouses at Capitola, Santa Cruz County, where thousands o boxes of fruit are packed every vear for shipment to China, Australia and Mexico. . Mr. Sresovich is the pioneer in the rais- ing, drying and skipping of fruit. By en- ergy and business capacity he has acquired a reputation for commercial standing in the community and foreign countries. STEALING FROM WAGONS. Two of the North Beach Gang Placed Under Arrest. George Ring and Larry Goodwin of the North Beach gang of thieves were booked at the City Prison last night by Detectives Egan and Silvey on charges of petty larceny and vagrancy. The gang has an ingenious way of carry- ing on its thieving operations. They go in couples and hire a buggy. They follow an express or delivery wagon, and when a favorable opportunity offers snatch a parcel or some article from the wagon and drive rapidly off with it without being observed by the driver of the wagon. Two or three of the gang are now serving sentences. On September 14 D. Duncan, a jobber, had aload of demijohns of liquor in his wagon to deliver. He drove to his home, 589 Minna street, for dinner. He had fust got into the house, when he happened to look out of the window and saw Ring and Goodwin lift a demijohn of whisky out of his wagon and put it 1n their bug, Be- fore he got ontside they had driven off. He was able to give a good description of them, which led to their arrest. —_——— Lowell High School Cyclists. The road race of the Lowell High School Cyclers was held yesterday over the Ban Leandro-Haywards course. The boys made very good time as the following records will show: Net Time. Naue. E.F. Russ. Handioap. | FRUIT-DEALER, L. G, SRESOVICH, stone, that is to say, a rock formed from a deposit of sand and mud intermixed.” The material known as the “red rock,” and which is 8o much used for ballasting the roads about the City, is apparently an imperfect serpentine. From the unconformable position of two sets of strata along the seashore between Lake Merced and Mussel Rock, the one coutaining shells of an extinct species and the other receat species, and from their different angles of inclination, he draws the conclusion ‘“‘that there have been quite extensive disturbances of the rocks along the coast within a very recent geological epoch. p‘?'l'he more siliceous and thinner bedded layers of metamorphosed sandstone which are well seen about the end of Rincon Point and thence to Steamboat Point often show by the intricacy and closeness of their foldings how fhorough as well as how irregular the uplifting forces have been in this region.” But it is Professor A. C. Lawson of the TUniversity of California whom we must quote as the latest and most competent authority on this now intricate subject. Professor Lawson has devoted years to the study and investigation of California‘s geological formation, and with a zeal and perseverance unparalleled has added more to the stock of information on this ques- tion than any of his predecessors. His models in relief of the peninsula show care- ful and patient work and are interesting studies even for the untutored layman. Professor Lawson has in preparaiion a Government report, in which great atten- tion has been paid to this peninsula in de- tail, and a geological chart which will be embodied in the report is 8o entirely new in its conception and so self-explanatory in all its details that its appearance will undoubtedly make a decided sensation in the scientific world. He has, with a zeal that can come only from a deep interest in the work, accumulated vast quantities of data which have been published from time in the University Bulletin of the depart- ment of geology. The following extracts from these bulletins are considered by scientific circles as the latest and most authoritative statements on the origin and formation of our ‘geninmh. Speaking of the subsidence of the Golden Gate, Profes- sor Lawson says: " “The region of the bay of Ban Francisco and the coast adjacent'to it, from Bodega Head to about the latitude of Ban Jose, possesses in & marked degree the geomor- hic features of a sunken country. .The leatures which afford such unmistakable evidence of depression .of the land along this part of the coast are due to the flood- (nfi of stream valleys by the sea. At the Golden Gate we have the flooded trench of | the most important river on the Califor- nian coast. The southern part of the bay of San Francisco is the flooded valley of a subsequent tributary of that river. Here the subsidence seems to have reached its climax, for to the southward the flooding of valleys gradually becomes less promi- nent, and cannot be said to be in evidence much south of the latitude of the southern end of the bay of San Francisco. Not only does the subsidence appear to culminate at the Golden Gate, but in the depth of the water in that passage we have very proba- bly the measure of maximum subsidence. “'Generally the delta accumulation: of the Sacramenio River and other streams has kept pace with the submergence of the vafle , and the greater part of the bay of San %‘mncisco is very shallow. In con- stricted places, however, where the cur- rents are swift, the sediment has not ac- cumulated to the same extent. The great volume of water flowing in powerful cur- rents through the Golden Gate with every incoming and outgoing tide has been more effective for the transport of sediment than anywhere in the bay or out beyond the heads, and, as a consequence, we have here the deepest water. The maximum depth of the Golden Gate is 378 ieei at its nar- rowest part, and if we assume this to_rep- resent the depth of the bedrock of the | submerged Sacramento River we have a direct measure of subsidence. Within the bay of San Francisco the deepest water is in'the Raccoon Straits, where the lead shows thirty-nine fathoms, or 234 feet of water. This passage appears to be the landward prolongation of the Golden Gate, and may, with great probability, be ac- cepted as portion of the ancient river trench. “The region around the bay of San Fran- ciscoabounds in minor but very significant evidences of submergence. A view of the bay in clear weather from the_ university buildings looking toward San Rafael is an ideal picture of a sunken tract, the islands | of the bay being very clearly the ‘summits | and crests of a hilly portion” of the former | valley. Richardsons Bay is clearly a flooded valley. The various marshy em- bayments of the shore between Tiburon | Point and the Carquinez Straits are also flooded valleys, which have become more or less completely silted up to the level of high tide. Outside of the entrance to the Golden Gate there is evidence of a similar order. Rodeo Lagoon is an incipient fiord, flooded only in its lower portion. Lake Merced is a flooded stream valley, the bottom of which is ten feet below the tide. Halfmoon Bay belongs to the same category of things. “Tiie subsidence which allowed tne sea to invade theland through the Golden Gate seems to have been the first event of this kind since the general post-pliocene uplift of the coast was inaugurated. If this be a fact, it is difiicult to conceive the Sac- ramento River having any other relation to the Coast Ranges which it traverses than that of an antecedent stream. The pliocene rocks around the bay of San Kran- cisco and Mount Diable establish the pres- ence of a marine pliocene basin over this portion of the Coast Ranges. These plio- cene rocks were all affected by a sharp local deformation prior to the general up- lift of the coast. It is improbable that the Sacramento drainage across the Coast Ranges antedates this movement. But once established it probably persisted through- out the whole subsequent uplift of the coast, sinking its trench as the uplift pro- ceeded, “‘Associated with the subsidence which flooded the bay of Ban Francisco there were probably other deformations of the crust which seem to have had an important influence on the drainage. The most notable instance of this kind is the shift- ing of the divides of the hydrographic basin of the Russian River. This stream once clearly flowed down through Peta- luma Valley to the main drainage outlet at the Golden Gate. A low divide in the middle of the old vealley now causes the drainage to flow westward at right angles to its former southerly course, and seek the coast by its present transverse route. | The change in the drainage may be due to | stream capture or to crustal warping. The latter is most probably the cause, but the problem has not yet been studied suffi- ciently. “The most remarkable development of | pliocene rocks in North America is on the peninsula of San Francisco a few miles south of the Golden Gate. The remark- uble features are: (1) The great thick- ness of continuous sedimentation which it represents and (2) the local disturbance to which it has been subjected. Both of these features are observable and gqnan- titatively Jdeterminable in the magnificent line of seacliff which extends from Lake Merced, near San Francisco, to Mussel Rock, about eight miles south of Point Lobos, at the entrance to the gate. “The base of the pliocene rocks here re- ferred to as the Merced series is observable at Mussel Rock. The basal bed is a stratum of partially carbonizea forest material from which fragments of little altered wood, bark, branches, matted leaves and fine cones may be gathered ad libitum. **The cones, according to Prcfessor E. L. Greene, are those of the Monterey pine, a tree which, at the present time, growsonly at Monterey. The forest bed rests upon a seemingly even surface of volcanic rocks, which are of mesozoic age. In a_smal canyon about half way between Mussel Rock and Twelve-mile House, a section of these Merced beds may be observed at about, probably, the middle of the series, in which trunks of trees are imbedded, which project out from the vert.cal banks into the canyon. With these trees are as- sociated cones which are those of the Douglass spruce. The timber of these trees is well preseryed, and, as erosion exposes the trunks, the people of the neighborin ranch cut them into firewood. Ina vertical section above this pliocene kindling are marine shells of species which have been identified. “The fact of finding fossiliferous plio- cene strata at elevations of over 700 feet is, of course, absolute demonstration of an elevation of the coast tothat extent in post-pliocene time. This itself might, however, be due to the general uplift which has affected the entire coast. The general uplift is but a factor in the total effect of the movements which have been active on the San Francisco peninsula in post-plio- cene time. The occurzence of a volume of pliocene strata over one mile thick, in- clined at high angles (uP to 75 deg.) is absolute demonstration of the very im- portant differential movements of a local eharacter. The base of this great volume of strata exposed above sea at tue same level as the summit of the series, with so small a horizontal interval between sum- mit and base, tells us in language more forcible than words, the measure of this | once in Mission differential movement. The pre-pliocen surface on which flourished the Monter: pine has since the inaugurationof pliocene sedimentation been depressed over a mile beneath the waters of the Pacific, buried beneath that thickness of strata, and has since in the most recent geological epoch been elevated far above tide.” B. Haley, who is probably the oldest well-borer in the City, having “prac- ticed his business here and in the vicinity for the past forty yvears, can speak from experience, and many are the curious and interesting tales he relates of his battles in piercing the cavm-inil to this work of nature. He has sunk his shafts, not only all over the City and on the opposite side of the bay, but also in the very bay itself, and the products of his borings would un- doubtedly make an interesting collection. Mr. Haley most firmly believes, and gves his reasons therefor, that, previous the volcanic upheaval which leit our peninsula above the sea, there were three great rivers flowing down from the sum- mits of the Sierras and dlschnrgllng their contents into the ocean &t points not far distant from the present City of San Fran- cisco. To this convulsion, which formed the glorious bay of San Francisco, he also attributes the burial of those three great rivers and the nfi:liffing of Mount blo with the sea shells at its apex. Among other facts which Mr. Haley brings forward in proof of his belief that the buried river-courses lie under the bay is his statement that the neck of the penin- sula is solid rock, with the inclination of the strata in such a direction and such an angle as would naturally form an impas- sable barrier to an underground stream. Being of an observant nature and having closely watched all his borings, he believes that he can trace at least one of the under- ground streams, flowing out of the south- east to the opposite shore of the bay, cross- ing to the wells at Baden, rising to form the principal source of supply for Lake Merced and finally pasung to the ocean on the opgpsite side of the ridge. Borings along this line have brought to the surface the same class of sand and rock in each case, and various other circumstances in connection with the flow 6f the different wells leads him to believe that they are all supplied from the same source. ln boring a well for the Jewish Cemetery, which he believes to be on the same buried stream, he encountered a most interesting formation. Striking water about 100 feet from the surface, he found the next 400 feet, composed of cemented sand or soft sandstone, to be water-bearing its entire depth, and at 500 feet he found a solid bot- tom of hard black clay. Piercing this 60 feet below, or at 560 feet from the surface, he found a layer of peat 7 feet in thick- ness, and at 600 feet hard bowlders were met, and they form the present bottom ot this well. At the corner of Geary and Buchanan streets he found bedrock below the water- bearing stratum at a depth of 100 feet. Scarce 100 feet distant hedrock was found at 30 feet and no water-bearing stratum, which tends to proye that this stratum of sandstone containing water is confined in comparatively narrow courses by the sharply inclined strata of the bedrock and does not spread out into deposits of any great width, Mr. Haley says nearly all over the peninsula the bedrock is serpentine of ali colors and varying degrees of hardness. The water-bearing stratum of sand usually Tests on the bedrock, although occasionally a stratum of hard clay intervenes. Gravel he has found coarse and in abundance on the opposite side of the bay, lying in strata ten or twelye feet thick, while in the City he has met with it in but in two localities, Creek and once on the water front, but in both instances the gravel was very fine. Small flint bowlders have sometimes been found in the cemented sand, thin veins of quartz oc- casionally traverse the strata of serpent- ine and shale and very hard bowlders of serpentine are found in the strata of sandstone and softer serpentine, but the general character of the peninsular cover- ing, according to Mr. Haley, is this: Sur- face sand, clay, water-bearing stratum of cemented sand or sandstone, hard clay or bedrock of serpentine and shale. J. C. HavLrock, T0 ABANDON THE CABLE, Ellis - Street Cars Will Have Electric Power Within Two Weeks. The Portion of the Old System East of Devisadero Street Is to Be Abandoned. The accomplishment of the Market-street Railway Company’s pet plan for the con- version of the cable lines into trolley systems is near at hand. For six months and more the laying of new rails and the stringing of wires has been uninterrupted, and everything is nearly ready for the change. The Ellis-street line will be the first to undergo the transformation, and the blue cars which now travel between the Stan- yan-street entrance to the park and the corner of Stockton and Market streets will soon be relegated to oblivion. In their stead light yellow cars bearing the legend “Ellis and O'Farrell streets” will run on Ellis street. The portion of the present route which lies east of Devisadero street is to be abandoned, and under the new system the “Ellis and O’Farrell” street cars will run out Ellisto Hyde, along Hyde to O'Farrell, and out O'Farrell to Devisa- dero. The return trip will be along Devisadero street to Kllis and down Ellis to Market. The track has been laid and the wires strung on O’Farrell street, and though the Hyde-street block is incomplete those who claim to know state that the work isin such a condition that- the change can easily be effected within forty-eight hours. *‘The Ellis-street line_will be abandoned within two weeks,” said Division Superin- tendent Barron, who has charge of the Market-street Company’s cable lines, with the single exception of the Powell-street system. *“The cars will be running by electricity within that time, and when that is accomplished that line will be taken from my division and added to that of Mr. Iddings of the Filimore-street line.” General Superintendent Vining when uestioned would neither affirm nor deny the statement. What he said was: “Such an announcement at this time might be a little premature. That has been the plan from the start, and I hope it will go into effect at once. But no order to that effect has vet been issued. How- ever,” he added, ‘‘von need not be sur- prised if such an order were to be issued on Monday, or any other day soon.”’ Gossip about the railroad offices says that Mr. Huntington favors an immediate changein the system, but that Mr. Crocker opposes it. And then the gossiper shuts one eye and adds, ‘' You know Uncle Collis is here now, and he usually has his own way.”’ Railroad men are, however, discussing the probable fate of the plant at Broderick and Oak streets in case the change is made. They say that it would not pay to keep it going for the Oak-street cars alone, and yet the buildings are the roomiest owned by the corporation. FAREWELL TO BARNARD. The Distinguished Astronomer Given a Banquet by His Fellow-Members of Beta Theta Pl. Professor E. E. Barnard, the astronomer, was given a farewell banquet prior to his departure for the East, by members of his college society, the Beta Theta Pi, at the California Hotel last evening. There were in attendance a large number of under- graduates from Berkeley and Palo Alto and resident graduates of many leading colleges resident here. Professor William D. Armes of the Uni- versity of California presided. The menu was very prettily designed, with a back- ground representing one of Barnard's maps of the heavens. His portrait ona shield the shape of the fraternity’s pin adorned one of the corners. During the evening college and frater- nity songs were sung, and the president, guest of the evening and others responded to toasts. Altogether it was one of the enjoyable and notable gatherings of the men of Beta Theta Pi ever held on the coast. —————— #All the Comforts of Home."” Actlve preparations are in progress for the annual benefit of the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Bociety. The Western Addition Club, of which Miss Zellah Coonley is leading lady, will pro- duce the excellent comedy, “All the Comforts of Home,” in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Tuesday evening, October 29. The proceeds will be de- voted to charity, which fact will, doubtless, crowd the house egardless of the finished per- formance of the Western Addition Club. Popu- lar prices will prevail with the privilege of re- served seats. —————— Fire on Market Street. Fire and water destroyed about $1000 worth f goods at Loewenthal’s cloak and suit store at 844 Market street last night. The cause of the fire, which started in the rear of the estab- lishment, was su] ed to have been an elec- tric light. The surance. An alarm was sent in from box 10:55 P. M. l SNNO PERCENTAGE PHARMAGY, ™ = 958 Market Stroet. < e= FERRY DRUG CO., o S 8 Market Street. = b= AGENT FoR m P MUNTON'S P | N HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES. N MUNYON'S Witesses Testfy The Astonishing Results of Careful Investigation hy the Press. 097 Persons Cared 0 Ong Wit 1 T el 29,897 Bottles of His Little Pellets Sold by the Retail Drug Trade in One Week. Read the Ffiowing Testi- mony Given by Your Own Citizens. In the face of such evidence as this, why persist in the use of powerful cathartics and deadly drugs when Munyon’s humane, gentle and effective remedies are guaran- teed to cure you. 7 In one short week Munyon’s Remedies, then almost unknown to the citizens of San Francisco, have made so many won- derful curee that the medical profession of the city have become convinced of their efficacy, ‘and Munyon’s representative at the Mansfield is receiving communications from them every day asking for the for- mula of Munyon's cures that they may prescribe the same, having seen wit{ their own eves so many remarkable cases where the patient has been cured in five days, after years of suffering under the care of the best physicians in the country. It is conceded by the most intelligent members of the profession that it is only a question of time when Munyon’s new method of treating disease will be adopted by all— and why not? It has been proven by careful investigation by such dailies as the Boston Post, Philadelphia Times, New York Press, Baltimore American, Wash- ington Post, Chicago Herald, Toledo Blade, 8t. Paul Dispatch and Minneapolis Jour- nal and others of equal standing that Mun- yon’s Remedies cure 90 per cent of all the people who try them. There is not a school of medicine in the world that dare claim half of this. If you are confronted with such evidence as this, and insist upon galloping to the | grave by doctoring the old way, have mercy on the little ones who are too young to know right from wrong. Cure them with Munyon’s harmless remedies and let them grow up with good healthy constitu- tions, free from drug poisoning. Following are a few of the many testi- monials presented during the past four | days: . | Relieved After Ten Years of Torture. Professor James M. Munyon—Dear Sir: ‘While residing in Australia several years ago I contracted muscular rheumatism in its most painful form, and although I con- sumed enough medicine to have destroyed the stomach of an ordinary mortal, [ re- ceived little or no relief until Tuesday last. | It was then that I decided to use the con- tents of one of your sample bottles, which my son obtained at the ‘““Chronicle” office. 1am free to admit that the result aston- ished me. - For several days prior to this I had been unable to use my arms, and the right one in particular; but in less than forty-eight hours I experienced relief 1o such an extent that I actually made myself useful around my place of business. In addition to the disappearance of all pain in my arms, I found that the pellets had acted beneficially on my kidneys, which had been causing me considerable annoy- ance. Iintend continuing the use of the rheumatic cure. SALMON MATHEWS, Proprietor of the Fair Furniture Com- | pany, 859 Mission street. An Ex-District Attorney’s Tribute. Mun{on Remedy Company — Gentle- men: I sentmy clerk fora sample bottle of vour. rheumatic cure on Monday last, intending to ascertain its effects upon a sort of rheumatic gout in my left foot, from which 1 had suffered a great deal. After taking several doses of the pel- lets the pain left my foot and located in the joint of my right wrist. The pain was intense, but in the meantime the swelling in my foot had almost entirely disappeared. On Wednes- day my wrist commenced to improve to such an extent that I was able to handlea en, and at present I am entirely free rom pain. y boot, which I had cutin order to afford me relief, 1 have laid aside for an ordinary gaiter, and inasmuch as I took no other medicine I must attribute the cure to your pellets. The action of the medicine was swift and, from present indications, entirely satisfactory in my case. E. B. STONEHILL, Ex-District Attorney of San Francisco, room 74, Nevada block. Experience of a Military Man. Dr. James M. Munyon—Dear Sir: I have suffered more or less for several mohths past with rheumatic pains in my knees, but, being naturally strong and healthy, I paid little attention to the mat- ter, expecting that the trouble would dis- appear as suddenly as it came. I deter- mined, however, to avail myself of a sam- ple bottle of your rheumatic cure, simply to test the rierits it was said to possess Although I failed, like most business men. to take the pellets regularly according to directions, I find that my knee is decided!; improved as the result of the few doses have taken. Although my rheumatism, if it is such, is not of a severe type, from my own experience I am led to believe that the remedy possesses considerable merit if given a fair trial and taken regularly. F. BOLTS. Captain of the San Francisco Schuetzen erein, 304 Kearny street. Relioved of Pains in the Arms. Professor James M. Munyon—Sir: While I have not been afflicted with a malignant form of rheumatism, I have, nevertheless, experienced considerable pain and annoy- ance from what I first conceived to be a cold in the muscles of the arms. I have found relief from time to time by the use of oils and 1niments, but almost in- variably the pain returned in a short time. As the trouble interfered in no way with business, naturally I gave myself no seri- ous concern over the matter. While pass- ing the ‘*Chronicle’ office during the free distribution of nm‘rles 1 took one through curiosity and decided to give the remesy a trial. After a short time the pains were greatly relieved, and I soinformed many of my friends. Of course, my case is not a severe one, but relief from lesser ills isas much a blessing in proportion as freedom from greater ones. JOHN PARROTT, Corporal of Police, Central Station, New City Hall. ¥elt Its Effects at Once. Munyon’s Homeopathic Remedy Com- pany—Gentlemen: After a slight test of our rheumatic pellets, which I received om the Chronicle office, I will state that their effect upon me has been quite satis- factory up to the present time. For sev- eral vears I have been an occasional suf- ferer from rheumatic painsin all the Jjoints | awhile from my profe: From the effects of the homeopathic pellets I feel quite sure that good results will fol- low, and even now I must admit that I have found more or less relief. CHARLES HERRMAN, Retail Hat Merchant, 328 Kearny st. He Had Suffered for Years. Dr. J. M. Munyon—Dear Sir: For years I have experienced the torturesof rheu- matic pains, and for years I have main- tained an unequal struggle in an effort to conquer it. The trouble first appeared in Waukesha, Wis., about ten years ago, and from that time until the present [ have occupied all my spare time 1n swallowing medicines. I received a sample vial of our rheumatic pellets from a friend on Wednesday last, and to my astonishment, after taking several doses of four pellets each, I felt greatly benefited. Of late the tiouble has been centered in the muscles of my arms and shoulders, and at times [ could scarcely wait upona customer. I trust that I may remain as I now am, for the pain is disappearing by degrees and I really feel so pleased that I fear at times it is all too good to be true. E. E. VAN INWEGEN. P_Cigur-dealer, 844 Kearny street, corner of ine. A Lady’s Candid Testimony. Professor Munyon—Dear Sir: It is with feelings of pleasure that I inform you that your rheumatism cure has done me a great deal of good in so short a space of time. For several years past I have been a suf- ferer from rheumatism, and for the first time in all that period I feel that there is such a thing as a radical cure. I am still taking the remedy and freely testify to its good results. MRS. M. FERGUSON, 142 Seventh street, northwest corner of Howard. Convinced of Its Merits. Munyon Medical Company—Gentlemen: A trial of your homeopathic rheumatic cure has convinced me that it possesses unusual merit and will do that which you claim for it. For seven years I have had inflammatory rheumatism, and princi- rally in my hands, which rendered house- keeping and sewing an impossibility. The fact is that on Wednesday my right hand was almost useless and to-day I sewed for a short space of time. I have faith in the remedy. MRS. J. M. McMANUS, 109 Eighteenth street. Pain Conquered at Last, Dr. James M. Munyon—Sir: After using one bottle of your remedy and a portion of another, I am convinced that it pos- sesaes more than average merit. For years I have been afllicted at intervals "with muscular rheumatism, and was unable, as a rule, to allay the pain. During the past week, or, more properiy, since Tues- day, I have felt like my former self and have experienced little or no pain. E. DOCKENDORFF, Expressman. Stand, southeast corner of Kearny and Pine streets. Had Doctored in Vain. Professor James M. Munyon—Dear Sir: For three years I have sought doctors in vain for a cure of rheumatism. I have also gone down through the long list of patent medicines and found no relief until I purchased a bottle of your cure. I was too late for the free distribution, but a more fortunate friend informed me of the merits of the remedy. I feel very much better and intend to continue its use as an experiment. ANDREW D. BURT. Manufacturers’ Agent, rooms 26 and 27, | 410 Kearny street. Expects a Permanent Cure. Dr. Munyon—Dear Sir: Your rheumatic cure has helped my right arm consider- ably, which has been quite painful since January last. I was obliged to retire for n of penman, but if I continue to improve as I have siace Thursday I will look for a complete cure of my rheumatic trouble. JAMES J. FEELY, With Peerless Gas Regunlator Company, room 6, Chronicle building. Professor Munyon—Dear Sir: I used a sample of your medicine for a case of muscular rhenmatism in my arms and was very much pleased with the results. My case isnot a severe one, but I cheerfully testify to the benefit I received from the pellets. R. P. WHIGHMAN, Photographer, 22 Kearny street. Thankful for Small Favors. Dr. James M. Munyon—Sir: Having a severe pain for the first time in many years in my right shoulder I obtained a sample bottle of your cure, and am pleased to say that it acted in a remarkably short space of time. I am thankful for your sample, and I am doubly thankful for the relief it gave me. A. HACKMEIER, The Hackmeier Hotel, 123 Eddy street. RHEUMATISM CURED. Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure is guaran- teed to cure rhenmatism in any pars of the body. Acute or muscular rheumatism can be cured in from one to five days. It speedily cures shooting pains, sciatica, lumbago and all rheumatic pains in the back, hips and loins. It seldom fails to give relief after one or two doses, and almost invariably cures before one bottle has been used. STOMACH AND DYSPEPSIA CURE. Munyon’s Stomach and Dyspepsia Cure cures all forms of indigestion and stomach trouble such as rising of food,- distress after eating, shortness of breath, all affec- tions of tga heart caused by indigestion, wind on the stomach, bad taste, offensive breath, loss of appetite, faintness or weak- ness of stomach, headache from indiges- tion, soreness of the stomach, coatea tongue, heartburn, shooting pains in the stomach, constipstion, dizziness, faintness and lack of energy. Munyon’s Nerve Cure cures all the symptoms of nervous exhaustion, such as depressed spirits, failure of memory, rest- less and sleepless nights, pains in the head and dizzmess. It cures general de- bility, stimulates and strengthens the nerves and tones up the whole body. Price, 25 cents. Munyon’s Kidney Cure cures painsin the hack, loin or groins from kidney dis- ease, dropsy of the feet and limbs, frequent desire to ‘pass water, dark colored and turbid urine, sediment in the urine and diabetes. Price, 25 cents. CATARRH CURED. Catarrh positively cured—Are you will- ing to spend 50 cents for a cure that posi- tively cures catarrh by removing the cause of the disease? If so ask your dmgiiat for a 25-cent bottle of Munyon’s Catarrh Cure and a 25 cent. bottle of Catarrh Tablets. The catarrh cure will eradicate the dis- ease from -the system and the tablets will cleanse and heal the afflicted parts and restore them to a natural and health. ful condition. Munyon’s Liver Cure corrects headache, biliousness, jaundice, constipation and al liver diseases. Munyon’s Cold Cure prevents pneumonia and breaks up a cold in a few hours. Munyon’s Cough Cure stops cough, night sweats, allays soreness and speedily heals the lungs. Munyon’s Female Remedies are a boon to all women. Munyon’s Headache Cure stops head- ache in three minutes. Munyon'’s Pile Ointment positively cures all forms of piles. Munyon’s Asthbma Cure and Herbs are guaranteed to relieve asthma in three minutes and cure in five days. Price, 50 cents each. Munyon’s Blood Cure eradicates all im« purities from the blood. Munyon’s Vitalizer imparts new life, re- stores loge nowers to weak and debilitated men. P p2od Munyon’s Homeopathic Remedy Coms pany, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., | puts up specifics for nearly every disease, mostly ior 25 cents a bottle. All communications addressed to Munyon’s representative at the Mans- fleld, Post street, San Francisco, Cal., will meet with prompt attention, of m; pod{. Like many othersin a similar condition I tried many remedies, and in justice will say I found relief at times, but of course, Was never able to effecta cure. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.