The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895. HORSE MEAT PREPARE D FOR THE MARKET, Successful Raid on Slaugh- ter-Pens Near Butcher- town. DEAD ANIMALS FOUND. Arrest of Two Men for Infrac- tions of the Butcher Ordinance. DEALERS AIDING AUTHORITIES. Belief That Horse Meat Is Sold to the Patrons of Chinese Retailers. Are many of the Chinese residents of 8an Francisco being fed on horse meat? That is a question which some of the butchers of this town are endeavoring to determine. They are working in conjunc- tion with the authorities of the Health De- partment to this end. It is believed that horse meat is being sold to Chinese re- tailers in Chinatown and by them to the consumers. it is declared that the decrepit old work horses that are| slaughtered 1 the neighborhood of | Bu own find their way to the local meat market in boneless form. The Chinese butchers receive a large from their fellow coun- en, but sometimes from white people. ake a specialty of cheap, diseased erefore they are not considered g horse flesh, which can be in sausages and as steaks, and be bought at a low price. The hat they do sell horse meat be well founded. Anyway & raid ap slaughter-pens just south of ertown by Chief Market Inspector )avis yesterday revealed a startling condition of thin The inspector visited the premises of P. Malarkey and J. Florentine and discovered evidence sufficient to warrant him in caus- ing the arrest of both men for violating iinance respecting the slaughtering within the corporate limits of s W orentine is proprietor of the Four-mile se, which is located on the main high- mmediately south of Butchertown. y lives in a hollow hard by Both men are far from being angels, though their diligence during the longand silent hours of night would leave znother | impression. ! ‘lorentine evidently worked quite as- | ously Thursday night, for two freshly } essed horse carcasses were found in his ughter-pen in the rear of his roadhouse I[nspector Davi i The meat ed, as a sub- sequent analysis of samples taken to the Health Department at the City Hall clearly showed. The slaughtering place was strewn with fragments of horse anatomy. There were horse joints, horse steaks, horse chopsand horseshoes of all kinds. e innkeeper admitted having paid $1 50 for one of the horses. He did not consider the price exorbitant. Though the animal bad sprung from aristocratic par- entage it was hardly fit to enter the con- test for the blue ribbon at the horse show during the latter days of its life, and equally unfit for table use in death. But Mr. Florentine declared that the horse meat had not been prepared for the market. He reserved it for his chickens and dogs. There was meat enough in sight, however, to feed all the dogs and chickens in town for a month. Florentine talked excitedly. I have done no wrong,” he said, “‘and don’t see why the health office should send its inspectors out to my place before ing me. If you had sent me a notice u were coming I would have had place all cleaned up nicely. It is not r—it is not fair,” and Florentine wrung hands in despair. ‘‘Are you going to arrest me,” he in- quired, “for what I have done? Well, I don’t care, anyway. Send me to San Quentin if you like; send me anywhere out of this place. I don’t care what you do with me. Ido not sell the horse meat; I feed it to my dogs and chickens. That isall.” Inspector Davis paid little attention to the jabbering of the proprietor of the Four- mile House, who was completely bewild- dered over the sudden visit of the health officers, in whom was reflected a corre- sponding satisfaction over the find. “Inspector Davis made an almost equally succesful invasion of the Malarkey prem- ises, located ashort distance from the Flor- entine Hotel. Mr. Malarkey was not at home. His wife, who is not burdened with discretion, said that he bad gone to town with a horse hide. She did not say that he had taken any horse meat with him. Sections of a dead horse were found strewn about the yard. Hogs had eaten their fiil of the horse meat and wallowed lazily in the mud while the swine and fowl nibbled at will at the choicest parts of the carcass. The slaughtered horse was one of three which had been purchased at prices rang- ing from $1 50 to $6. The two_horses re- maining were on exhibition. It was plain that, while Malarkey was an expert in horseflesh, he got more bones than horse for his money. The animals were able to stand alone, but were noticed to hug the side of a barn somewhat tenderly. Could they speak those relics of the once noblest of animals, crushed to the wall by the bicycle and other modern means of tran- sit, would dountless urge Mr. Malarkey to proceed with the execution. President Hammond of the Butchers’ Board of Trade, and others who are in- ted in keeping the local market clear an meats, accompanied Inspector Davis on his expedition yesterday. They were much pleased with the results. The butchers declared that by protecting the market from horse and diseased meats they would not only be performing their duty toward the public, buz be advancin, their individual business interests as well. There is a belief in some quarters that the enterprising Celestial butchers would not hesitate to introduce mule meat to the market if they couid find purchase Dr. Creely, the veterinary surgeon, ited the scene of operations late yesterday afternoon and made a thorough inspection of both the Floientine and Malarkey premises. On the former he found a cow suffering from consumption, while one of the dead, but dressed, thoroughbreds, had suffered from latent glanders. The cow was killed. LITERARY LUNATICS. Does the Divine Afflatus Develop Mad- ness in the Brains of Geniuses? Are literary men more prone to insanity than others? Dr. Toulouse, the cele- brated Paris alienist, answered this ques- tion after the suicide of Hippolyte Ray- monds, the French writer of comedy, says the New York World. “Mental disorders among men of let- ters,” said Dr. Toulonse, “‘always appeal more forcibly to the imagination than ordinary cases of insanity. But we must not conclude that madness is more fre- ?uent among them than in other walks of ife. The English have a saying that ate follower of art or literature. There is no special form of insanity which attacks artists or writers, but the celebrity which the successful ones achieve fascinates a great many men who have talent but who also have abnormally emotional tempera- ments. y e *“The active brain work, the feverish im- Fa(ience with which they seek to gain ame, and often the privations that they endure—all these favor the development of the germs of madness which lie dormant in many brains and which would never have made themselves manifest if these persons had adopted a calm and more vegetative mode of existence. It is my opinion_that_the life led by most artists and writers is of a sort that 1s especially favorable to the bringing out in full force of any tendencies to insanity which may exist in embryo in the brain. ~ The slight- est thing may then unbalance the mwd. and it is that which too often bgppcxxa. SRl S pee NEW PASTOR CHOSEN. Dr. Wells of Redlands Will Preach in the Second Unitarian Church. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Second Unitarian Church, corner of Twentieth and Capp streets, last night, Rev. Dr. Wells was invited to become the pastor. Since Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Sprague, who had been filling that pulpit as pastor and assistant respectively, decided to remove to Tennessee, Dr. Wells has been preach- ing to the congregation. SR He was formerly a Methodist minister, and about fourteen years ago pastor of Grace Methodist Church on Twenty-first and Capp streets, just one block from his present location. The question will be laid before the con- gregation of the Second Unitarian Church in a few days, a mere formal proceeding, as the candidate is the unanimous choict and the new pastor will be installed in his office. He came to this City recently from Redlands. SWING THE FRUI TREES It Is Very Easy to Prevent Them From Splitting at the Forks. He Says That Cutting Limbs Back Makes More Branches but Ruins the Trees. The orchardists of this State are fre- quently annoyed by their fruit trees break- ing down by the force of the wind, but more frequently by the heavy burden of the fruit. Many methods have been tried, with more or less success, to prevent the trees from breaking at the forks. Among them is one suggested by A. N. Juad of ‘Watsonville, who claims that he has solvea the problem. In order that his fellow orchardists may have the benefit of his experience he presents the following expla- nation of his method: It seems as if all the orchardists of the State, or for that matter the United States, have been treating their truit trees as if they belonged to aclass that was wholly depraveé, believing, perhaps that the curse that was placed upon Eve also followed the tree, and that all fruit altivated by men do not come under me influences of nature as the wild crab, ', pawpaw or persimmon. it that the wild ones persist in grow- ing right? Nature thinning out the super- fluous limbs, leaving the tree beautiful in symmetry,vigorous and healthy, while the cul- tivated ones require coaxing, propping and pruning, to finally reward us with & decayed stump, with, perhaps, one-half of the original tree standing off at a angle of about 50 de- grees, and only remaining in this position by & few props that the wind, harrow or workman aljowed to remain. Now, Ilay down this proposition, and I do it without any fear of successful contradiction, that the result of cutting any tree is to do it an injury. *Yes,” says one, “the trees you get irom the nursery have been cut back,” and hence the trees are all forks or crotches, and you are instructed by the nurserymen to cut alllimbs back to six or eight inches, which only multiplies the evil, for every limb that is cut makes a fork. Now to repair the difficulty to a certain ex- tent, and to save your trees from splitting at the forks of limbs, I offer you the following remedy, which I use with great satisfaction, at & cost of about 3 cents for material per tree. One man with reasonable intelligence will prepare about thirty trees, 12 or 14 years of age,a day. First procure some No. 14 galvanized an- nealed steel wire. The tools necessary are a hammer, a pair of long-bitted wire Elicrs with wire-cutting jaws, and a tool for making hooks on points of nails that stick through the limbs when driven. This tool is made from 3-16 by 1 inch steel, according to diagram 1. Its Diagram No. 1. length is 1 foot, and lengih of side handle 7 inches. Take & lot of assorted sizes of wire spikes from No.16 to No.60 pennyin & box with partitions for different sizes, and the ebove stock and tools, and you are ready for business. First the nails are driven through the limbs from the out or back side. In driving the first nail you will see the ne- cessity of the holes left in the hook or eye- maker marked thus, X, in angle formed by braces on side handle, For atier starting the nail you will put the head through said hole, which should be large enough to admit easily the head of the largest spike. You will find if your hammer slips the surrounding steel will protect the bark from being bruised, which would be the case without this protection; and another advantage, having hold of the handle, or for that matter either end, you can steady the nail in the course of driving, which pre- vents it from doubling up in case of an unfair stroke of the hammer. Good judgment must be used in selecting a proper nail, having one sufficiently long to go through the limb, leav- ing about an inch and & quarter of the point sticking through on the inner or upper side of the limb, as the case may be. Take the hook tool with the opposite end from the jaw in the left hand, side handle up, place your back toward the trunk of the tree, place the jaw so the point of tne nail only comes about even with the upper side of the jaw, reach under and outside of the tool with ihe right hand, and grasp the top of the side handle, then pull down and toward you in order to make a hook on the end of the nail, at the same time hold the tool firmly with the left hand, and at right angles with the nail and limb.’ The jaw is made slightly V shapea, 80 it will it any size nail or spike. ~After turn- ing the hook, drive the point of the nail back into the limb. After treating aillimbs that are lisble to split in this manner, you are ready for the wire. Put the end of the wire through the hook, or eye; make a sharp turn by pinching it to- gether with pliers, leaving a sufficient end to turn at Jeast three times around on the wire, Take it to the opposite side of the tree, meas- ure, cut your wire, place the end through the eye, or hook, grasp the end with the pliers and pull it sufficlently taut so you can 80 & nice Job of turning the end of the wire around the main wire. Practice and judgment will dictate to you the proper distance from the trunk of the iree to drive your neil. 1f out too far you destroy the elasticity of the limn. Place it well inside of the center of the arc, or curve, of the limb, when loaded with fruit, which will allow small extremities to hang with a graceful curve. Trees treated by, this method are in no danger of being split down in the forks by fruit or snow. There are no props (or the wind or the harrow or the workmen to knock down, and in two years the nails are all nicely grown over and only the wire is left in sighi, and is by no means unsightly, as you would have to call the attention to it as I have done great geniuses are all madmen, but it would be going too far to assert that a man =oes insane because he becomes a passion- in my own orchard. Itisnotonly a thing of beauty but a great satisfaction; besides 1t s mechanical, looks neat, is cheap and ought to last & long time. So far I have only used this method on apple, pear and_prune trees, but | can see no reason why other fruit trees should not be treated in the same manner. To make this method more easily under- stood I call your attention to diagram 2, which ~ N ) I 2 Diagram No. 2. 1 hope will give yousufficient confidence to tr; for yourself, believing that if you do you wil use nothing else. Respectfully, A.N.JUpp, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, Cal. RATL IS HELD TO ANSWER Judge Campbell Fixes His Bond at Twenty Thousand Dollars. The Woman's Federation for Public Good to Make a Vigorous Fight for Morality. The case of Philip Ratz, charred with rape, came up for hearing before Judge Campbell yesterday. Ratz was held to answer before the Superior Court in bonds of $20,000. Julia Christensen, the prosecuting wit- ness, described minutely the details of de- fendant’s crime, ending her testimony by positively identifying the accused man, Louisa Oliver was the next witness called. She gave her age as 14, but be- came very much confused when questioned closely. Attorney Mack objected strongly to the admittance of what he was pleased to call “‘uncertain testimony.” Judge Campbell, however, overruled the objection. Dr. Weil of the Receiving Hospital testi- fied as to the physical condition of Julia Christensen, after which the defendant was held to answer. Frank Emond, known as the “blind fiddler,”” was booked at the Central station vesterday on five felony charges preferred by the following witnesses, many of whom have already appeared in the cases of Lane, Ratz and Meyer: Augustine Parritt, Eva Gunasso, Lillie Lindse; Emma Marchand and Julia Christensen. A plan of organization of the Woman’s Federation for Public Good was adopted at the women’s mass-meetlng at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium yesterday and will be reported at the meéting to be held at the First Congregational Church to-morrow afternoon. The attendance was not what might have been expected, the audience comprising not more than 125 ladies and “Father” Waugh, the veteran temperance worker. There were representatives from almost every sect in the City however. Among the societies whose members re- ported personal interest in the plan were the Native Daughters, the California Girls’ Training Home, the teachers of the public schools, the Waldensian Mission, the Mothers' Auxiliary of the Boys’ Club of San Francisco and ‘the Missionary Society of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Henrietta E. Brown, chairman of the committee on plan of organization, called the meeting to order and asked for nominations for presiding officer of the meeting. Mrs. D. J. Spencer was unanimously elected to that position. Mrs. A. B. Shep- herd was elected secretary. After an opening prayer was delivered by Mrs. J. C. Mason, Mrs. Spencer stated the object of the meeting to be the adop- tion of a plan of permanent organization of a society for the suppression of the so- cial vice. Mrs. Henrietta E. Brown presented the following report of the committee, each article being discussed at length and final- ly adopted with amendments: Recent events in this City have so aroused the women to the necessity that something should be done for the protection of women and children that it seems wise that a perma- nent organization should be formed which should have for its object the remedying of the evils existing in society to-day. In furtherance of this object your committee respectfully submit the {ollowing plan of or- ganization: A society shall be organized consisting of delegates from the various women’s societies of this City which are organized or shall be organized for the public good. he representation shall consist of one dele- gate from each local society and an additional delegate for every twenty-five members or mni'or fraction of twenty-five members. The name of the society shall be the Woman’s Federation for the Public Good. Mrs. J. B. McGilroy, Mrs. Luse, Mme. Sorbier and Mrs. Rose M. French gave practical addresses, and the statement of the presiding officer that a mothers’ mass- meeting was held at San Jose yesterday, that the women of Oakland have taken up similar work and that the Stockto: W. C. T. U. was about to take up similar work awakened applause. Mrs. Rose M. French reviewed the cases briefly and told of District Attorney Barnes’ promise to personally prosecute the cases provided the ladies continued to hold mass-meetings and so influence pub- lic sentiment. She quoted Judge Low’s promise that ladies would be admitted en masse to his court Monday afternoon if they desired. . ‘It is not because we want_to hear the vile evidence,” said Mrs. French, “but because we should shut out the unfeeling, unthinking rabble that usually witness Police Court trials that we advocate the attendance of women upon these trials.” She said the attorney forthe defense had admitted that only technicalities as to the legal points would save his client, and the lady impressed upon her audience that dur- ing the time that would elapse between the preliminary trial and the trial i the Su- premel Court there would be the greatest need of work by the women interested in the case. Sir Henry Irving’s Dog. Henry Irving’s dog, Fussy, is his in- separable companion. “Fussy is an old friend of mine,” said Sir Henry. ‘“‘He has been with me many years now.’’ Fussy is sleek and fat and sedate now, but some years ago be distinguished him- self by a remarkable feat. Mr. Irving was on his way to America. In leaving the train at Southampton Fussy became sepa- rated from his master and was lost. A thorough search was made for the dog, but nothing was heard of him for three weeks. At the ond of that time he turned up at the Lyceum Theater, more dead than alive. He was a sorry looking dog, but he made the trip from South- ampton to London and had found his way bac?( to the place where his master was usually to be found.—New York Sun. Presbyterian Lecture. The second lecture of the Presbyterian theological extension course will be given Tuesday evening by Professor John H. Herr of the ey Francisos Theological Beminasry st Howard Church, Mission street. Subject, “The Formation of the New Testament Canon.” ———————— Grand Exhibition Of Turkish and Persian rugs at 16 Post street. They will besold at auction on Monday, No- vember 25. Will E. Fisher & Co., auctioneers.* MONEY STILL PILING UP The Finance Committee Has Made a Pretty Good Record. SENATOR JONES ENTHUSIASTIC. Nothing Further of Any Importance Can Be Done Until Our Delegates Reach Washington. Secretary Litchfield, at a meeting of the finance committee yesterday, said that there was something in the neighborhooa of $92,000 collected for the convention fund, or that that amount had been guaranteed by various business men and private citizens when it was wanted by the National Committee. Others expressed their intention of add- ing a great deal more to the fund assoon as it was definitely settled whether or not the convention was to be held in this City. In a great many cases this was the answer Mr. Litchfield and his assistants received when soliciting subscriptions for the fund. There is nothing more to be done now but wait for the results of the trip soon to be made by the delegates who will go on to ‘Washington before the meeting of the National Committee. It will, however, be necessary to appoint another delegate in place of George A. Knight, who sent the following letter to ‘Wendell Easton of the executive com- mittee: 8AN FRANCISCO, Noy. 22, 1895. Wendell Easton Esq., Chairman Citizens' Com- mittee on Republican Convention—DEaR SIR: I have this day received notification of my ap- pointment by your executive committee as oneof the five citizens to act as an executive committee to attend the meeting of the Na- tional Republican Committee to further the project of securing the next National Repub- lican Convention for this City. Permit me to extend my thanks to your com- mittee for this honor, and at the same time decline the responsibilities of the important trust. Iam goingto Washington on business— at that time. T will join the volunteers, and at my own ex- pense do all in my power to further the cause of San Francisco in the fight. I would suggest that a member of the Repub- lican State Central Committee be chosen in my place, that the influence of that organization be utilized in behalf of the movement. Yours sincerely, GEo. A, KNIGHT. Mr. Knight, in an interview, said it was his intention to do all in his power for this City in the matter of bringing the Convention here, but that he was going to Washington solely for himself, and had in- tended to do so for some time. This fact, however, would not deter him doing any- thing for San Francisco that was in his power. Mr. Easton will appointanother delegate to take Mr. Knight’s place, and will proba- bly make the selection from the State Cen- tral Committee. Already the Washington people are be- ginniny to reach to securs the California delegation, as the subjoined dispatch from an enterprising hotel-keeper will show: WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 22. M. H. de Young, San Francisco: The Hotel Arno will take the California delegation com- ing tc Washington to secure the Republican Convention for San Franciseo at $3 per day, room and board, and tender to the delegation free of charge its parlors and reception-rooms. JOHN J. RAE, Manager., e EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH. A Suggestion to Pay the National Com- ‘mittee’s Debt Immediately. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 21, 1895. Charles M. Shortridge—DEAR SIR: As one of the many who are interested in bringing the next Republican Convention to 5an Francisco I desire to offer a few suggestions: It isa well- known fact that the convention city must pay over to the Republican Committee $40,000 to meet the past obligations of such committee. This being the case, would it not be advisable, anc in facta winning stroke of policy, to for- ward that amount to the secretary of the Re- publican Committee &t once. It the local managing committee should deem such a step advisable and finally forward the money as here suggested one of two things would as- suredly follow. First, it would place the Re- publican National Committee under an obliga- tion to this City, and, according to all reason- able expectations, contribute to a greater ex- tent than anything that has yet been done for bringing the convention to San Francisco. (It isnot at all improbable that this plan would of itself result invictory.) Second, if the deci- sion should be unfavorable and the convention held elsewhere, nobody will doubt that the money would be returned to our local commit tee, because 1t was given with the express un- derstanding_that the convention should be held in San Francisco, and of course so under- stood by each and every member of the Na- tional Committee. - It is not difficult to perceive that there is a Ercnl deal to be gained. and a certainty of no oss, by the adoption of the plan suggested. Another indispensable feature which should receive immediate attention and be embraced in the preliminary arrangements is that a com- mittee of five or any other number agreed upon should be sent East at once to call upon every doubttul or unpledged committeeman, at his home or wherever he could be found, before the committee meeting at Washington. Tam fully convinced that very much can be accomplished by the well-directed efforts of & thoroughly energetic and wide-awake commit- tee sent out asadvance agents in the interest of California, with full power and authority to do all things necessary for success. This com- mittee should be composed of broad and ag- gressive men, some of whom should be taken from the progressive representatives of the press in this City. The advantage of sending out ar advance committee without further delay is self-ex- planatory to those %ho are but slightly familiar with the'duties to be performed. . All of which is respectfully submitted. M. M. MILLER. e SENATOR JONES ENTHUS1ASTIC. The Silver Champion 1s Strongly for San Francisco. SANTA MONICA, CaL., Nov. 22—To a CaLL representatiye to-day Senator J. P. Jones of Nevada, who is spending a few days at his magnificent seaside home here, was especially enthusiastic over the pros- pects of securing the Republican conven- tion for San Francisco. He said: “It would prove of great advantage to the en- tire coast in educating the brains of the country of the resources and possible de- velopment of the western coast. The con- ventions are composed of the best men in the various communities of the Nation end it will be the means of opening the eyes of many who still believe we are in the pick and shovel state of developments. Many of them are and would be influential mem- bers of Congress and they would see for themselves the needs of the coast as far as harbors, coast defenses and other public works'are concerned. Every Californian, in fact every citizen of the coast, should do what he could toward the accomplishment of what at this time looks like a success. It would also have the good effect of awakening our people more thoroughly in the resources of the coast and shaking up the few silurians. THE CALL should be praised for the fight it has made in this re- spect for the coast as in all others.” —_— SANTA BARBARA MOVING. The People There are Getting Ready for Work. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., Nov. 22.—The committee appointed to promote the inter- . 4 ests of Santa Barbara in the matter of aiding to bring the Republican Convention to San Francisco to-day name an executive committee, consisting of eleven of the most prominent residents and business men of the city and county, who will co-operate with the officers of the organization and at once begin active work in securing sub- scriptions, etc., for the promotion of this object. A notable feature of this work is that in this committee are named some of the most influential Democrats, as well as Republicans, among our citizens. It is generally recognized that the effort to secure the convention is not a partisan matter, but will conduce to the benefit of every man, woman and property-owner in the State, irrespective of political party. i S AR Oakland Comes Up Smiling. OAKLAND, CaL., Nov. 22. — Mayor Davie and A. C. Henry have been apoointed a committee to secure support in this city for the bringing of the Repub- lican National Convention to San Fran- cisco. They will issue a call to-morrow for a meeting to be held, and will appoint i a canvassing committee for the purpose of raising funds. ANOTHER MEETING CALLED. Santa Oruz Proceeds to Business for the Convention. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Nov. 22.—A call has been issued by Lieutenant-Governor W. T. Jeter and John T. Sullivan, mem- bers of the promotion committee, for a public meeting of the citizens of Santa Cruz to take action in the matter of haviog the Republican National Convention held in San Francisco in 1896. The meeting will be called in the Superior Court rooms on Tuesday evening of next week at 8 o’clock. Good for Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Nov. 22.—The Chamber of Commerce to-night pledged $500 to the fund for bringing the Republi- can National Convention to San Francisco. T0 WAR FOR NOEVALLEY Disbarment Proceedings Threat- ened by the Aroused Prop- erty Holders. A Joint Meeting of Improvement Clubs Determine on Decisive Protective Measures. A joint meeting of the improvement clubs of Noe Valley district was held last night in Judson’s Hall at Douglass and Twenty-third streets for the purpose of taking action on the suit brought against certain property-owners by the Noe heirs, involving title to the lands of San Miguel rancho. Several resolutions were offered and mo- tions made, and the discussion on them was kept up for hours. Finally all the motions were referred back to the original committee, and a com- mittee consisting of George W. Lewis, W. B. Curtis and E. P. E. Troy were appointed to inquire as to whether the conduct of attorneys who brought suit was unprofes- sional. The committee will hold meetings and formulate a communication call- ing the attention of the Bar As- sociation to the matter, that is provided the committee feels sure of its ground and has sufficient evidence to justify the %roceeding. In such a case the ar Association will be asked to have disbarment proceed- ings brought at once against the attorneys for the alleged Noe heirs. Among the attorneys under fire is W. H. H. Hart, ex-Attorney-General, who with others brought the suit, which Noe Valley property-owners, their attorneys and the Title Insurance Company = claim is nothing more nor less than a blackmail scheme. The meeting adjourned until Friday night and meanwhile_the indignant prop- erty-owners will take decisive action, so that it will very soon be definitely known how the plaintiffs’ attorneys stand in the premises. —————— An Impossible Password. “What is the matter?”’ asked one of Mr. Vivvies’ boon companions. ‘“You haven’t taken the pledge, have you?” “No; but I’'m not looking on the wine when it’s red in the cup, just the same.” “Reformed, have you?’ “Yep. You've heard of a woman’s marrying a man with the idea of getting him to stop drinking. It doesn’t always work; but it did in my case. My wife isa stupendously clever woman.”” “Made you promise, did she?"” “She didn’t have to. When I started downtown to-night she said, ‘l've lost the latch key, dear, but it won’t make any difference. You ring the bell and I'll let you in.” I said, ‘All right.’ ‘Only,’ she said, ‘we’d better agree on some password, so that when you ring I can look out of the window and make sure it isn't a burglar.’ ‘Of course,’” said I. ‘What’ll the password be?’ ‘I have it,’ she answered. ‘Ii musn’t be too simple. You just say ‘‘irrepressible reprehensibility,” and then I'll come down and let you in.’ ‘Gentlemen, if I can’t say irrepressible reprehensibility when I get home I don't get in, and, moreover, I assume the chances of being taken for a housebreaker I've simply got to be careful.’”” And he went over and resolutely seated himself lsxext to the ice-water tank.—Washington tar. e An Early Morning Blaze. An alarm was turned in through box 293 this morning at 12:30 o’clock for a fire in & tene- ment-house, occupied by Mrs. Adams, at 113 Trenton place. The blaze was caused by the explosion of a'lamp. Damages to the building and furniture will amount to $160. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Business Ollits, $8.75 and $10. To any one who does not care to pay $10 for an every-day business suit we have a special line of Single-breasted Sack Suits that are asgood as the suits you see advertised elsewhere as bar- * For $8.75 Our lines of both Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits at $10 are the best value we ever offered for that money. ‘We challenge any one to produce as good a suit for less than $13 50 as the suits we sell For $10 Fall and Winter Overcoats At $10.00. Get the very best Overcoat you can find offered by any clothing house in San Francisco at $15 and compare it with the Fall and Winter Overcoats we are selling at $10. If we cannot con- vince any unprejudiced person that © $10 Overcoats are as good value in every way as the garments advertised else- where as bargains at $15 we will make you a present of an overcoat. Winter - [lsters At $7.50. Wo want to impress upon every in- tending purchaser of a Winter Ulster that our medium and low-priced gar- ments are proportionately as good value for the money as is the highest priced Ulster we sell. We court com- parison. We want you to see what values we are offering for $7.50 and then have you try to duplicate thera. For $7 50 we offer you a splen- did Blue Chinchilla Ulster that will give you two to three seasons’ good service and always look well, besides, HYAMS, PAUSON & (0, 384-36-38 and 40 Kearny Street E ~hen A N D e 25 and 27 Sansome Street, Wholesale Manufacturing Clothiers, Selling Direct to the Public. The leaves of the talipat palm, in Ceylon, sometimes attain a length of twenty feet. The natives use them to make tents. FREE! We will give you a trial of our Electric Treatment with Vitalizer, For all forms of NERVOUS PROSTRATION, WITHOUT COST. +....15¢, 30¢c, 80c 85¢c Munyon’s Remedies. . Malyina Cream or Lotion. R. & G. Peau d’Espagne 850 Camelline or Cream de Li 35¢ Orlental Cream....... $100 Mme. Pray’sSpecial Prescription or W Friend—We guarantee this preparation; if not satisiactory money refunded—cut price...... 750 .Switt's Specific..... 86c Cuticura Resolvent..... 700 Belladonna and Allcock’s Plasters. Big G and Inj. Brou Electric Belts. ... Trusses—Others ask $5 to $10 Our price, $1 75 to $5 00 silk Stockings. ...83 50 Galvanic or Faradic Batterles. $5 to $25 00 NO PERCENTAGE PHARMACY, 953 Market Street. FERRY DRUG CO. No. 8 Market Street, S. F. 2 RATTAN ROCKERS . WERE NEVER %0 CHEAP. THIS PATTERN Our name guarantees its quality; made in our factory here, too. WAKEFIELD RATTAN (0, 125 Geary Street. ROB'T COULTER. o L FURNITURE FOR 4 ROOMS, $85.00. Parlor, Bedroom, Dining-Room, Kitchen. ‘Tapestry, Brussels, per yard, Oilcloth, per yard, at Matting, per yard, at. Solid Oak Bedroom Suits, 7 pieces.. Solid Oak Folding-Bed, with Mirror. T. BRILLIANT (Successor to Aronson Furniture Co.), 410 POST ST., ABOVE POWELL. Four-room Catalogue Mailed Free. Easy Payments it desired. 11895-TAXES-1895 OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE first installment of Real Estate Taxes, and all unpaid Personal Property Taxes, including balance due from those who have already pald the Assessor, will be delinquent and 15 per cent added on MON- DAY, November 25, at 6 o’clock P. M. No checks received after Saturday, November 16. In paying by check please send with your bills a list of amounts. Office open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, November 21, 22 and 23, from 7 to 9 P JAMES N. BLOCK, Tax Collector of the City and County of San Fran. cisco. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT i 'Notary Public, 635 Market 9..;'&.‘:.“ Reaidence 1630 Feitar Tae phone 570,