The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1895, Page 11

> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895. SAVINGS BANKS TO DECREASE DIVIDENDS, The Tax Levy of $2.25 Is the Cause of the Rate. SOME BANKERS' OPINIONS Taxes Are Higher All Over the State for the Year of 1895. THE DECREASE IS ABOUT 4 .ovell White of the San Francisco Savings Union Explains the Situation With Others. ‘With the increased rate of taxation, amount available for dividends will cessarily be diminished, and we will not le to pay the same dividends on de- ts as in the past,” said Lovell White, shier of the San Francisco Savings on, yesterday. X rate in 1894 was §1 493, but it will be$2 25, That is in San but it fluctuates in aifferent i the State. It simply means that rease all over the State of California »e something like 25 per cent Under e circumstances the savings banks not be able to pay the same dividends. st exactly what the cut will be I am un- v, but it will be lowered to some It is a simple problem and the re- will be lower dividends.” er since the Supervisors raised the tax $1 493 to $2 25 depositors in savings nks have been speculating on the prob- t so far as the dividends were d, but banking men were not pre- name the exact amount. Several ve most of their loans made in Francisco, while others hold country ‘mers are not in the best condition and cannot pay the in- n their mortgages. Since the new ion of the State was adopted one- n some cases one-fourth of all lected as interest has been lector as mortgage taxes. the French Savings and says the difference in e somewhere in the neigh- 410 2-3 of 1 per cent. “‘In ‘we have made most of > decrease in dividends greater, the tax e than in any other the country the in- will not be as great pro- will average up abont e in this City it is over 50 mpared with the rate of v take San Luis 894 it was $1 50, now arbara it was $1 45, ameda it was $1 35, » County it was $1 50, all over the State. g other than a cut \d for that pur- educed by the pay- k the decrease will will be in force uatil and the tax rate is ancisco, of the Hibernia Savings freely admitted that it necgssary to decrease the divi- dends owing to the present tax rate. ‘‘Jusc what amount the cut will involve I do not 3 but it will be in the neighbor- hood of 4-10 of a cent. Financial condi- tions are such that it will nave to be done. The tax levy holds good and must be paid. T s the first ein some years that the savings societies have decreased their dividends, but it is not thought that it will prevail 2. Money all over the country is a little tight, and the farmers particularly are unable to pay the interest on their debts.” JGHNST THe POOLADOMS The New Ordinance Wil Again Go Before the Super- visors. very 1o Judiciary and Health and Police Com- mittees Vote in Favor of the Measure. The poolroom ordinance favored by the (irand Jury will again be presented to the Board of Supervisors on Monday next, after a second consideration in® com- mittee. On last Monday, after having been favorably reported on by the Judiciary Committee, it was referred back to the joint Health and Police and,Judiciary committees. When the matter came up yesterday it was championed by Supervisors Spreckles and Dimond, who strongly urged its adoption. “This order should pass,” said the former, “because every good citizen de- sires its adoption and because it will sup- press the poolrooms—these so-called commission-houses where so many young men are ruined. These places are patron- ized largely by boys, clerks and others, who cannot afford to lose their money. Their losses often lead them to steal from herr employers and become fugitives from ustice. J “In case the board decides to suppress the poolrooms this will be obviated, for they cannot leave their desks and go to the tracks and will not be able to play the races.”’ Supervisor Dimond spoke in much the same strain. K ‘“At present,” he said, “‘the City is filled 1p with poolrooms, which in my judg- ment should be suppressed. The corpora- on controlling the racetrack pays $2000 a in salaries, and over sixty men, many of them having large families, find ‘mpleyment there. Racing here stimu- the business of raising fine horses 1 it brings money into California. Races cannot be run ‘and_have the pool- rooms run downtown. People gambie iere and do not come out to see the aces. The gate money is necessary to the prosperity of the enterprise, and if you de- prive the track management of this reve- nue you aid in strangling the industry of which we speak.”’ Supervisor Taylor also favored the order, saying that he was ready to vote for any legitimate measure that would bring money into the State. f Supervisor King took the side of the poolrooms, and said that if bookmakin, was allowed in one portion of the City an County, it should in others. His argu- ments were apparently somewhat mixed, but it made little difference, for when the question of favoring or rejecting the order was put to a vote Supervisor Dunker was the only one who voted with him, the voices of Supervisors Dimond, Spreckels, Taylor, Morgenstern.and Benjamin being in faver of the measure. - i The order goes back to the board in ex- actly the same form as originally proposed, | and if passed will have the effect of abolish- | ing all pool-selling outside the racetracks. | A majority of the board are believed to | be in favor of it, and its advocates ex- | pect to have the poolrooms closed as soon | as the the ori olice can do the work intended by nance. - COUNT VON MOLTKE. A Relative of the Famous German Gen- eral Says the Trouble in Sa- moa Is Finally Ended. Among the arrivals here on the Monowai vesterday was the Count Heinrich von Moltke of Germany,a relative of the fa- mous General von Moltke, celebrated in many German wars. The Count, who isa very pleasant gen- tleman, has for a couple of years past been commander of the German warship Falke. He was_ with her on the west coast of Af- rica during the Cameroons difficulty, and for a year past has been commander of her in Samoan waters, He has now been re- lieved from duty and is going home. “Everything is now ty quiet in Sa- moa,” said the Count. “The trouble be- tween Tamasese and Mataafa is over, ap- parently, which is a gratifying state of things, “There have been three warships there until latel The Pyledos has now left and gone to Fiji, and will thence proceed to Australia. The other German ship, the Falke, has gone on a cruise to the Marshal Islands. Only the British ship Buzzard remain he will stay, probably. but a short time. The hurricane season has ar- rived, and no vessel will remain at Apia during that period. I think none are now necessary there, so far as the natives are concerned, for 1 look upon the war as ended, at lest for the time.”” GOLD STRYING AT HOME Phenomenally Big Coinage at the Mint During the Year. Bankers Say It Would Not Pay to Ship the Yellow Metal at the Pres- . ent Exchange. If the rate of coinage continues at the United States Mint as it has been going on for the year this will be a red-letter year for California. Already nearly $20,- 000,000 of gold has been coined since Janu- ary 1, and before next New Year's the amount will probably go over $24,000,000. There has been also about $1,500,000 of silver coined. Following are Superinten- dent Daggett’s figures: Silver. For the first quarter. 00 E For the second quarter. For July R | For August. . | ¥or Septembe; | For Octover. The gold re a little over ,000. |, In the Sub-Treasury on Commercial street | the Assistant United States Treasurer now has locked up in the vaults about $12,000, 000 in gold, $25,000,000 1n silver dollars, $3,000,000 in currency and & little over a quarter of a million coin. When Mr. Berry took possession of the Sub-Treasury, August 1, last year, there was piled up $37,071,804 78, of which about $24,000.000 was in silver dollars, $11,199,000 in gold, and the balance 1n currency and diary silver and fractional coin. siated that the mining output of gold in this State this year will prove to be phenomenal. The coinage at the Mint is some indication of this. Very little gold, if any at all, is now leaving this State for the East. An inquiry was made at the London, Paris and America Bank yesterd; is the Manager mund Greenebaum said the reason no goid was being shipped was because it would not pay to do so; gold has been practically at par, and unless there is an rve at the Mint amounts to in its favor bankers cannot afferd to ship it across the continent. ‘The $3,000,000 of currency at the Sub- | Treasury is significant to the extent of saowing that local bankers have been ex- changing their currency there for gold, the City. Bt AN INVENTOR'S LUCK. A. B. Bowers Makes a Cenquering Trip Through the United States and Guards His Rights. A. B. Bowers, inventor and patentee of the hydraulic system of dredging and of numerous machines and devices for dredg- ing under that system, has just returned from a successful business trip through at his old headquarters, the Palace Hotel, About a year ago Mr. Bowers’ patents were sustained by Judge McKenna of the United States Circuit Court in a suit against A. W. von Schmidt and perma- infringement. Immediately thereafter Mr. Bowers started for the Eastern States to look after his interests there. He found that during the six years in which he was prosecuting his suit against Von Schmidt in order to out the Eastern States had adopted and were using his inventions, some in the exact form and others in slightly modified forms. Mr. Bowers succeeded in settling with some of these infringers and brought suit aghinst others. compromises in all and received large sums of money therefor, the most notable one being that of the Hydraulic Dredging Company of Philadelphia. The exact terms of the settlement have not been made public, but this much is known that the Philadelphia Compan delivered their entire dredging plant, val- ned at $300,000, to the ‘‘Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Company,” and assigned to Mr. Bowers all the Von Schinidt patents for their territory east of the Rocky Moun- tains, being the patents under which they nad been operating. B After this settlement Mr, Bowers visited Galveston and the southern coast of Texas, looking after contracts, then went north to Boston, alonf the line of the New Jer- sey ship canal and the Cape Cod ship canal, on which work will soon begin. He visited St. Louis to look after the Govern- ment work on the Mississippi, and then stopped at Chicago, where he commenced suit for $400,000 against the contracting firm of Heldmaier Neu, who, under the supervision of Lindon W. Bates, had in- fringed the patents on the drainage canal. Mr. Bowers will remain here only about a month, during which time he will be busily engaged, night and day, finishing up his infringement suits pending against the San FranciscoBridge Company and the Pacific Coast Uredging and Reclamation Company. After that he will depart for the East to take charge of his interests in the Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Company at Philadelphia, which company is now operating three dredgers in the Schuylkill River. Mr. Bowers will be accompanied by his attorney, John H. Miller. — TO INSPECT MEAT. James A. Riley Appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Morton. Some time ago a dispatch came from ‘Washington announcing the appointment by Secretary of Agriculture Morton of two meat inspectors for this port. Their duty will be to examine carefully the prepared meats for export to see that they are prod- ucts of healthy cattle, James A. Riley is one of these ap- pointees, and Colonel Baker, bureau or- ganizer of the Department of Agriculture, has just installed him in his office. The order for inspection will not go into effect before January. After New Year’s it will be the business of the inspectors to examine all cattle before slaughter for the foreign markets, condemning such as show symptoms of any disease. TI)cKrepured meats are 1o be properly tagged, showing that they are fit for export, and unless so tagged no clear- ance will be issued. Mr. Riley is a popular young man about the Mission district and is familiar with stock. He was born there twenty-five years azo and graduated from the Cogs- well Polyclinic College. His home has been on Fiteenth street, near Howard. WANT A STATE CHEMIST. The Board of Health Addresses a Com- munication to Governor Budd on This Important Matter. Thbe Board of Health, through Secretary Godchaux, addressed the following letter to Governor Budd yesterday: SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21, 1895. To His_ Excellency the Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, Cal.: The existence of a pure-food law in this Stafe, and the fact that the attorney for the Board of Health for the City and County of San Francisco has advised the board that it has the power to make the expenditures and appoint the officers neces- sary to carry out that law,afford the board au excellent opportunity to accomplish one of the main objects of a board of health. The extent of our power in this behalf makes it cumbent on the board to guard against its abuse, and we certainly desire to fulfill our official duties with thic least burden to the public. _Tocarry out this law at all entails the neces- sity of chemical analysis of foods and liguids thought to be adulterated, and for such proper analyses a costly equipment must be had. Under these circumstances we have thought that possibly the University of California, which has " a splendid equipment, might become the means of making these analyses at & cost not exceeding $100 per month, thereby saving the great cost of a double equip- ment. Through the courtesy of Regent Reinstein of the University of California, this | board has been in communication with the president of the University of California and the professor of chemistry, William B. Rising, and as & result has concluded that its best plan in this regard is to request your co-operation, jeeling sure that thereby the publie interest will be best and most quickly subserved. lam, Governor, your very obedient servant, EDWARD GODCHAUX, Secretary of the Board. By order of the board at an executive session held November 20, 1895. The Board of Health is determined to enforce the pure-food law, provided it can secure thie proper backing. OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS. An Exhaustive Bulletin Issued: by the State Mining Bureau. The diversification of California’s min- eral products is exhibited by a bulletin just issued by the State Mining Bureau. This bulletin shows the amount and value of the minerals of all sorts produced in | California during the year 1894. | Gold was produced in thirty-one of the fifty counties to the extent of $13,923,281 89, | Silver was mined in only seventeen coun- | ties, the amount reaching $297,331 55. Cal- | averas County vroduced the most gold, | the amount being $2,119, 67. San Bernar- n fractional silver | exchange of at least 15 or 16 cents per $100 | yellow metal being now in demand in this | the Eastern States and is again domiciled | nent injunctions awarded against further | establish his patent contractors through- | He has made seven | | dino County is credited with the largest | amount of siiver, the amount being $148,- | | The non-precio us metals were produced by various counties. The amount and | valne were as follows: Antimony, 150 tons, | $6000; copper dement, 738,594 pounds, | 86; 1ron, 200 tons, $1500; lead, 475 %,500; manganese, 523 tons, $5512; { platinum, 100 ounces, §600; chrome, 3630 | tons, $79,980; mineral paint, 610 tons, $14,- | 140; ‘quicksilver, 30,416 fl 4,000. Asphaltum was produced in three coun- ies and bituminous rock in three others. he value of both amounted to $348 943, Vatural illuminating gas worth $75,000 was | found in San Joaquin County and $4072 | worth of natural carbonic acid gas was | mined in Santa Clara. Inyo and San Ber- | nardino counties produced $807,801 worth | of borax. Coal worth $139,862 was found | in five counties. In Napa $10,240 worth of | magnesite was produced. e mineral | waters of five counties was worth $184,451. Five other counties have salt works and | marketed 49,151 tons, worth $140,087. Gypsum, soda and asbestos to the value of | $43,574 was sold in others. Five counties vielded 783,078 barrels of petroleum worth §1,064,521. sHardly a county was omitted from those | producing structural materials. The list | includes ~ building sandstone, concrete sandstone, marble, ony nd slate. The | totai value reached $2,056,026 The total value of the minerals of the | State for the twelve months is reported at §: 204 44. i AN OLD LADY'S COIN. Edward Sacher Arrested on a Charge of | Taking Tt. | dward Sacher, employed as janitor in | the Luning building, was arrested yester- | day on a grand larceny charge preferred by Mrs. Dorothea Burgen, living at 1313 | Vallejo street. According to the statement of Mrs. Bur- gen, who is 81 years old, she met Sachen | some eight or nine weeks ago and imme- | diately conceived a great fancy for him. A few days ago Mrs. Burgen visited | Sachen’s home and while there drank a glass of wine. She says that in a few mo- | ments she became violently ili, and that while in this condition Sachen induced her to execute a power of attorney. With this doeument in his possession the de- fendant proceeded to the German Bank and had transferred to his account $819 in cash, in addition to $300 in notes. R i i THE LATE PANIC. ‘What Terrible Ravages It Has Worked ; on the Nerve Forces of Men. Many men are now almost shattered, wrecked. A leading physician of San Francisco chanced | into the corridors of the Palace Hotel and de- | livered & 2-minute lecture on the effects of the | panic, which lecture was calm, deliberate and | truthful. Said he: The war is over, the | financial war, and its victims are strewn all over the land, from the shores of the Golden Gate to the ice-bound lands of Maine. No one can realize the fearful strain this calamity has been on men's nerves. We only know it by com- parison. Read the newspapers—daily—you will see of horrible murders, fearful robberies, dreadful hold-ups of trains and all those mis- deeds which are the result of impaired brain forces. No man unless he be mentally un- balanced will risk his life for a few dollars. Men in the heat of passion often kill each other; in order that the heat of passion may be reached the unfortunate must be physically unable to control his feelings. All strong are able to do so. It is true this terrible panic, which has kept all men thinking as to their future, makes us pause. There can be no pet- ter way of recuperating, of building up the nerve. %’orcon, than by the use of that wonderful emedy which we all know under the name of “Cupidene.” It is a solvent remedy prepared from the vegetable ingredients which have been gathered and selected from the entire world. This wonderiul remedy is prepared in San Francisco under the special supervision of awell-known scientific man. “Cupidene” cures nervous disorders. Smokers, chewers, heavy drinkers and men who have _O\v'e_rlndlllged or by excess have exhausted their vitality find iu “{Cupidene” the exact remedy for which the system craves. If ?'ou purchase & box of “Cupidene” you will contiuue to take the remedy until yogare cured. For sale at Brook’s Pharmacy, 119 Powell street. * ——————— Charged With Embezzlement. Nathan Himes, giving his occupation as a clerk, was booked at the Central station last night charged with embezzling $175 from Lemle & Co., liquor-dealers, corner Third and Howard streets. Mose Augenblick made a similar charge against the young man, while E. K. Houston swore to a complaint charging him with passing a forged order for 200 cigars. ———————— Dr. Brodie Dead in Honolulu. Dr. John Brodie, who was in San Francisco only a short time ago, died in Honolulu of hemorrhage at the base of the brain on the evening of November 2, WILLIAM MASSEY DEAD, His Unfortunate Young Widow Lies Heart-Broken in Jail. DID HE KILL FRANK MURRAY? While in the Shadow of Death He Vindicates the Mother of His Child. Wiiliam Massey is dead. The bullet fired into his head by bis wife Thursday even- | ing was taken from him in the autopsy room of the Morgue vesterday morning. ‘The unfortunate woman has acknowledged that she did the shooting, and she is now behind prison bars, held there on a formal charge of murder. Still it is almost a positive assurance that Mrs. Nellie Massey will be released from imprisonment upon her first appear- ance before a court. The ofticers of the police and the detec- tives who have investigated the case, not to speak of Chief Crowley and Captain was never tried, as no evidencé could be found against him, though the poiice were firmly of the opinion that he killed Mur- ray. The main reason for their-opinion was that a trail of blood led from the place | where Murray fell to the hall of the | boarding-house where the Masseys lived. Mrs. Massey stated lest evening that she believed that ner husband had killed res when we quarreled since that night,” she said, *‘he said, ‘I’ll do you as [ did Murray,’ ” ; This may be her defense in case sheis tried for murder. Her 16-month old boy offered some con- solation to his distracted mother in_ the jail yesterday. At least he kept her busy seeing that he would not get into trouble in the dingy place. Yet the baby isto go to J. Massey, a brother of the dead man, a passenger conductor on the Southern Pa- | cific system in Qakland. Policeman Hurley yesterday examined | the dining-room of the Massey house. He | found a bullet-hole in the door, glancing to | the ceiling, and found the bullet behind | the stove. The seccnd bullet was found by Dr. Barrett, who conducted the au- topsy, in the dead man’s spinal column. SOLDIERS’ BANQUET. A Complimentary Affair Given by Lieu- tenant-Colonel C. H. Crocker. The banquet-hall of the California Hotel was beautifully decorated with flags last | evening and a gallant band of National | Guard officers graced the festal board. A | complimentary dinner was being given by C. H. Crocker, the newly elected lieuten- }ant-('olnnel of the First Infantry, to the MRS, MASSEY, THE WOMAN WHO SHOT HER HUSBAND, Robinson, who know all the details of the | | affair, agree that there is nothing on which Mrs. Massey might be convicted of crime. Stronger even than this is the dving husband’s statement, taken at an early hour yesterday, when he muttered the same words he had spoken hours before, “Nellie shot me by accident.” Massey was too weak to write, and it was | with the greatest effort he could hold the pen to indicate the cross below the signa- ture vlaced to the document. ‘When, previous to making his state- ment, he learned that his_hysterical wife had said she had struggled with him for the vpistol and that obtaining it she had discharged it at him, he closed his eves and said: “Nellie is wrong, we never struggled; the pistol went off accidentally.” It was principally that his wife had spoken that way that caused Massey to finally make what is called his dying statement, as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 1895. I, William Massey, as my dying statement makes this statement at the Receiving Hospi- tal, City of San Francisco, this the day of No- vember 21st, 1895, is my last statement. The shooting was accidentai, and that Ido not hold my wife, Nelly Massey, responsible, and that I think there were two ghots fired and one went into the ceiling, and I asked her for to give me the gunand it immediately went off | again, and then Iwalked from the diping-room into the parlor and fell on the floor. If I should get over this [ would net prosecute her. 1 aiso claim Nelly Massey as my wifeand was married by Dr. McKenzie in Oakland. Wr MASSEY, (X ) mark. Witnesses: ‘fhomas Dillon, 313 Sixth street; Michael P. Hurley, 933 Folscm stree J. Rice, 1381 Webster, Oakland; R. wood, 1 California street. Massey’s statement was taken exactly as it was given, hence the vital error made in it that “If I should get over this I would not prosecute her.” A clause of this kind in a ‘“‘dying state- ment” invalidates it in law, as it implies that the party has hopes of recovery. The law requires that the dylnf: 2 understand and believe that he is ‘‘about to die,” the words which are used when the regular legal form of statement is made, However, legal or not, every man who heard the dying man tell his pathetic tale and the Chief of Police feel that Mrs, Massey should be set free. 5 The story of the killing was told in yes- day’s CALL. Massey, who was a baggage- master on the Los Angeles division of the | Southern Pacific, returned from his trip Thursday evening. He went home and within an hour he lay dying in the parlor. The distracted wife ran into the street and appealed to Officer Michael Hurley to as- sist her,'as she had just killed her hus- band. Hurley accompanied her to her home, where he found Massey with a&ullow under his head and his life’s blood fast oozing In answer to questions he said then d in his last statement: “Nellie did it by accident. She was fool- ing with the vistol and it went off into the ceiling. T told her to give it to me then, and as I rose from the chair the thing went off again and I was hit.”’ % Three years ago Massey was implicated in one nf)t'na most mysterious crimes that ever startled Stockion. He lived there with his wife, and in the same house boarded Frank Murray, passenger brake- man. For some reason Massey became very jealous of Murray, and a number of quar- rels between the pair resulted. One night a friend of both men, named Mrs. Lewis, who lived about three blocks from the house, was surprized at seeins- Murray run up the steps of her house an fall on the porch. Before she could reach bhim to ask what was the matter he ex- pired. His body was taken to the Morgue, where it was found that a knife bad been driven into his heart, zoing completely through that organ. Massey ‘was arrested for the crime, but ! man should | colonel and other officers of that regiment. The officers attending the banquet were: Brigadier-Generel R. H. Warfield, Colonel H. P. Bush, Lieutenant-Ci I N. T. James, Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. er, Lieutenant Colonel G. R. Buraick, Major C. Jansen, Mejor B. Cook, Major H. B. Hosmer, Captains E.C. uthffe, J. F. Eggert, J. W. Dumbrell, F. P. | scharer, T Filmer, F.F. Knorp; leutenants b. G. B. Sturdi oodsell, W. Burdick, Curzans, F. sarrowe, A. D. Ramm, J. Ritter, E.J. Blunk- | ail, A..C. Adler, H. E fe. The menu cards were beautiful in design, and on each was inscribed in hand-painted lettering the name of the officer for whom it was designed. Music and clever speeches came in the regular order of festivities. s - ———— A Grand Mexican Concert. A grand concert and ball for the benefit of the sufferers in the hurricane on the Mexican coast will be given this evening in Golden Gate Hall by the Mexican Ladies' Circle ana Club Porfirio Diaz. The following interesting programme will be presented: Overture. por la_orquesta, b del Senor L. Mojica; “In Sunny Spain” (George Schluffarth), cantado por Ja Senorita Angela Verges; “La Madrilena,” bailado por la Nina Grazieln Arrillaga. *El Tigre de Bengain” (Juguete Comico por Ramon Valladares Sa- vedra), personajes—Dolores, Sonora J. R. de Gallardo; Tomaso, Senorite Berta de Gallardo; Don Leon, Senor F. Carranza; Zeferino, Senor C. Escorza. Chicago Hussars (Sancho), pot- | pourri of Spanish dances (Sancho). ejecutado por el Alhambra Club, bajo la direccion del Senor F. Sancho; ‘“Manzanillo” (Danza), | bailada_por la Seporita Enriqueta Silver y el | Senor Aliredo. Soria; (a) poilacea “Mignon” | (Thomas), (b) arin “Rigoletto” (Verdi), cantado sor la Senoritn Carolina Beschierl; *Los Ratos” (Jota), bailada por los Ninos Francisco, | Graziela y Leo Arillaga; Cora de la Gran Via “Los Marineros,” cantado por las Senoritas Maria Rhanr, Enriqueta Silver, Erlinda Silver, Sonoras M. G. de Romo, C. A. de Ybarra y Elena de Bernal. J. P e, o la direccion - A gigantic specimen of the Arctic rh- noceros has lately been discovered frozen up in an iceberg which stranded at the Lena Delta. This specimen was seven | feet taller than the largest variety of the rhinoceros of to- two nose horns, the shortest of which was three feet and two inches in length. The animal deubtiess belonged to an antedi- tuvian species of rhinoceri, and his im- mense size gives some idea of the enor- mous and terrible beasts which inhabited this planet in the ‘‘days when the earth was young.” ‘The creature’s body was en= tirely covered with very long thick hair, which proves that the Arctic regions were his natural habitat J - Bartholdi the great Sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, writes of THE IDEAL TONIC: “Vin Mariani increases and strengthens all our faculties.” ] Mailed Free. i Descriptive Book with Testimony and i Portraits H QF NOTED CELEBRITIES. Benoficial and Agreeable. Tvery Test Proves Reputation. Avold Sabstitu Ask for ¢ Vin Mariani.” At Dru; d Fancy Grocers. 551 MARIANI & CG., fams: 4 B, Huwnenn G2 W, 16tb 36, Now York v, ant was armed with | FIRE PATROL REDUCED, The Station on Eddy Street to Be Abolished for Lack of Support. WAS A COMPROMISE MEASURE. Underwriters Decide to Maintain One Station in Modified Form Downtown. The Fire Patrol of San Francisco was cut in two yesterday at a meeting of the City underwriters, held at the corner of Califor- nia and Battery streets. There was not money enough to support two stations, so the house at Eddy and Polk streets had to be abolished, léaving only the central es- tablishment on Jessie street, near Second. Even the main house had to be handled without gloves, for the income from insur- ance companies was not sufficient to man- tain it in old form. At the meeting yesterday almost every insurance office in the City was repre- sented. Charles A. Laton vresided. siany different views were taken of the situation by those present. Resolutions for and against contrivuting toward maintenance of the patrol were submitted, and finally an amended resolution was adopted. By a vote it was decided to maintain the pa- trol in a modified form, which was left | with the board of directors to determine. The motion involved the discontinuance of | No. 2 station, which has done admirable | service throughout the Western Addtiion | and Mission in _saving lions’ worth of | property from damage by fire and water, | and frequently, by reuchmg the fire first, | extinguishing the flames with smalichem- ical machines. | It was further decided that expenses of | No. 1 station on Jessie street would have to be reduced, and on the new basis thus obtained the patrol could be maintained, providing a number of offices, represent- | ing 90 per cent of the premium income for 1894 on San Francisco business, would | guarantee support. Thiswas carried by a | large majority. iy | A motion providing for a new district, to ; be determined by the directors, was passed, and in future the patrol will respond to | alarms confined to business districts. The directors will meet some day next | week to take action on the questions pre- | sented to them. After the meeting Secretary Rudolph | Herold Jr. estimated that the offices assur- | ing their support represented 95 per cent of the premium income of 1894, 5 per cent more than would be needed to maintain one station. The change for the worse has resulted from the recent rate war among local in- surance agencie elabioe is famous in Irish history as a spoiling of the spoilers. Two chieftains, O'Neill” and O’Donnell, had | made a thieving excursion into a neighbor- | ing territory and were returning with their | plunder, when they met an English force, | and after a brief and feeble resistance ran | away, leaving their booty in the hands of the English. The battle o 7 TSR | The printing ink used on the Bank of | England notes is make from naphtha smoke. It was formerly manufactured from grape-stone charcoal. Tremendous Crockery and Chinaware, Cups and Saucers-- Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decorations, Set of 12 pieces— | 45c, 50c, 60c, 75c per set. DINNER SETS. 60 Fleces complete for 6 Persons. Pure White, Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decoration. Prices per Set— $3.50, $4.00, $4.25, $5.25, $6.15. | DINNER SETS. 100 Pleces complete for 12 Persons. Pure White, Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decoration. Prices per Set— $5.50, $6.50, $7.25, $8.75, $9.50. WATER SETS (8 pieces glass) TEA 'S (8 pieces glass). BOUQUET HOLDERS (little beauties) Great American Importing Tea Co. (140 Sixth st. l965 Market st. 333 Hayes 1419 Polk st. 521 Montg’y ave. 2008 Fillmore st. 3006 Sixteenth st. 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. 104 Second st. 517 Kearny st. 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Sterling Silver and Gold Corners mounted to order. Fine assortment of Valises in alligator and grained leathers. Make your selec- tions now while the assortment is com- plete. A NEW DEPARTURE. ‘We have just added a full line of Im- ported and Domestic Perfumes, Soaps, Powders and Toilet Articles, and would be pleased to have you call and inspect this department, asitis oneof the most complete in the city. Special Values in Sachet Powders and Atomizers. - WEY INOT LET US DO YOUR PRINTING ? ‘We CLAIM to do BETTER WORK for LESS MONEY than any other house in the city. Get our prices before order- ing elsewhere and Fe convinced. Who Are We? SANBORN, VAIL & GO, 741 Market St., Opposite Phelan Buildin AUCTION SALES, Fea geTaTE M“‘,' “‘[2‘;5"”“15[;' oFFIGE 8 SALESROSC G 638 MARKET Q" SAN Fanucitc At Auction TUESDAY, NOVEMB - TUESDAY iR 26, 1895 AT 12 o'CLocK NoON. [ Bt 638 Harket Street, Opp. Palace Hotel, PROBATE SALE! Estate of Joseph W. Dager, Deceased. N. E. cornerof Jones and Jackson sis.; compris- ing vacant Jot on rof Jones and Jackson sts.: residences N 50614 and 1508 Jones 8 Jackson ne vacant Jot; one vacant, $45; total is choice property present rental, fine view: resic “Th dences in good condition; Powell and Hyde street will be sold a8 an'entirety ; do not fail to ex- amine this property; large corner property, 140x 137:6 feet. Terms—Cash; subject to approval of the Superior Court—Probate Department. Also, for Same Account. S. line (No. 21) of Ber 160 feet E. of Jones st., bet. Pacific and Broadway: s comforiable house or $17; ¢ car accomm eet, Terms—Cash: provalof the Superior Court—Probate Department. Golden Gate Park—Residence Lot. N. line of Grove, 125 feet W. of Baker st.: this elegant residence lot is all ready for building; twi blocks only from the Golden Gate Park; a fine lo- cation for & gentleman’s home; several car lines; ot 25x187:8 teet. Pacific Heights—Residence Corner. N. 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E. line of Cook, 150 feet S, of Geary st.: 2 resk aence 1l ready for buildin must be sold: only 150 feet from Geary-street cable; fine chance for a speculator or builder, or a person wanting (o build a home; 1ot 25x120 feet. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., 638 Market street. uctioneers. P 2 2 2 AUCTION ! AUCTION! FORCED SALE. 75— FXFORSES 735 THIS DAY, Saturday.. November 23, 1895, At11 o'clock a. . At Car Stables, cor. Fourteenth and Mission sts. We will sell, by order of the Bank of Kings County. 75 Head of Well-broke Horses, from 4 10 7 years old, weighing from 1000 to 1600 younds. No finer 1ot 'of Draft, Buggy or Wagon Horses was offered in this market. SULLIVAN &DOYLE, Live Offic: er tock Anctioneers. 327 Sixth street. HAMMERSMITH & FIELD AUCTION Of high grade JEWELRY, WATCHES, DIA- MONDS and SILVERWARE, with MR. J. . New York as auctioneer. Sales . till further notice. TURKISH AND PERSIAN G00DS NOW ON EXHIBITION. mas or Wedding Present, RUGS! A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT OF RUGS AND. CARPETS! Just Imported from Constantinople by ISKENDER BEY, Have o Been Placed in Our Hands to Seli : Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 25 and 26,1895, at 11 o'clock A. I AT OUR SALESROOM, 18 POST STREET. CATALOGUES CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION. There is nothing so appropriate as a Genuine Turkish Rug for a Christ= WILL E. FISHER & CO., Auctioneers, 16 FPost Street.