The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1895. WILL BE TRIED AGAIN Street Superintendent Ash- worth Acquitted Yes- terday. A STARTLING NEW ISSUE. Where Can Responsibility for Millions of Dollars of Work Be Placed ? JUDGE MURPHY ON THE LAW. The Grand Jury Investigates the Court Procedure—New Charges to Be Preferred. Superintendent Ashworth was yesterday promptly acquitted of the charge of mal- feasance in office, founded on six counts | presented in the indictment by the Grand Jury charging him with willfully and knowingly accepting in behalf of the City six pieces of street work imperfectly and fraudulently done. | The jury was out thirteen minutes, which was a long time, considering the collapse of the case for the prosecution under the construction of the tangled mess of law bearing on street matters, which Judge Murphy preseuted to the jury. Under the law as expounded by the court the jury could do nothing but acquit, because it was established that no official responsibility attaches to the Superin- tencent of Streets in his supervision and | acceptance of street work done by private contract. | The prosecution, conducted by Assis ant District Attorney Black, and ably sec- onded by Experts George W. Elder and George T. Gaden, piled up the evidence, made a case perfect enough so far as the | character of the work went, but the alle- | gations of the indictment, charging cor- ruption, were not supported and were withdrawn. The case has a far greater interest and importance than its relation to Mr. Ash- worth personally, for it reveals to the pub- lic for the first time the fact that the bulk of the street improvements made every year in San Francisco are made by schem- ing contractors, under a wholly irrespons- | ible supervision, and that property-owners for street work by private con- tract have no guarantee of getting what they pay for but their own vigifance, and no recourse if the contractor gets his money before frauds are discovered. Each year between $1.500,000 and $2,000,- 000 worth of street improvements are made by private contract, and this amount does not figure at all in the big budget of the Street Department, which provides for little more than repairs. The newly | paved streets and the newly constructea | sewers as they are turned over to the City by the contractors are iormally accepted | and thereafter cared for by the City. If a rascally contractor does a piece of work | that will soon have to be done over again the City is the loser if the street is ac- cepted before the fraud is found out. The immense cost of repairs made by the City vearly is largely due to the bad character of the work that has been accepted in the past. If an expert inspector or somebody else discovers a fraud, such as a sewer running up hill or built of cement barrels, before the contractor gets his money and before the street is accepted, the contractor will have to do the work over again. If he has got his money and then the Board of Supervisors refuse to ac- cept the work the property-owners have to dig down in their pockets and get the work made right. If they get the bad work off their bands and into the City’s they are yet saddled with a sewer that flsods their cellars, or a street thut becomes early un- sightly, while the City spends taxes on a block that should have lasted without re- pairs for years. Now all this is supposed, in theory, to be gnarded against by the constant in- spection and supervision of the work by the Street Superintendent through depu- ties he appoints, through specifications he prepares and through the necessity of his acceptance and approval of the work. The character of this inspection and | { supervision is prefty well known, and has been periodically illus- trated when attention has been directed to the services of some small | politician-inspector, and it was illustrated | in this case when the inspector of the | Broderick-street sewer, who was recently a Tivoli chorus singer, couldn’t tell on the witness-stand whether the “Y’s” in the Broderick-street sewer were fifty or twenty-five feet apart or whether there were any “Y’s” at all, but still it has always been supposed that this negligence was merely a usual feature of public busi- ness and that the Street Department had official responsibility in such matters to which it might be held to account. Now, in trying to hold Mr. Ashworth to account for accepting alot of fraudulent work, perbaps negligently and carelessly, rather than corruptly, it transpires that all this inspection and supervision is a mere courtesy and an unofficial doing to which no responsibility attaches. Judge Murphy says that the Superintendent of Streets is responsible only in regard to public work, and that in accepting street work he is mereiy a sort of arbitrator be- tween the City and the property-owner. That is the important feature of the Ashworth case and it leaves the annual expenditure of $1,500,000 or more of money for street work to the voluntary vigilance of property-owners, poiitical inspectors, Superyisors and others with no official re- sponsibility anywhere and nobody who c:mkbc called to account for fraudulent work. P JUDGE MURPHY EXPLAINS. He Tells of the Special Venire and the Law at Issue. ‘When asked why a special jury bad been drawn in the case Judgé Murphy said last night: I am glad of an opportunity of setting people right on that question for once. Miue is a court of equity and no1 s criminal court. Whenever & criminal case is tried in my | court it is because it has been transierred thereto. Now, thet being the case, I have | no standing venire from which to drew a jurv and must get my jurors from e special venire. That is to say, I send | the Sheriff ont to get the jury. The only crim- inal courts are departments 6, 11 and 12— Judges Wallace, Belcher and Bahrs. I think it must be clear now to those who can read and Teason why I hed to have a special venire for my jury in the Ashworth case. Asto Mr. Ashworth’s jurisdiction and responsibility.in the matter of private con- they want a portion of & certain street paved, macadamized. etc., he gives them a permit. ‘After the work is finished if the property-own- ers tell him it is done to their satisfaction then he accepts it, but not on_the part of the City. He does not represent the City—the City is not concerned in any wise. His acceptance of the street is merely as an erbitrator—a pro- tectant as it were, to both property-owners and contractors. 3 After Mr. Black, the essistant prosecuting attorney, had “investigated the counts in the indictment to his satisfaction he moved for the dismissal of all but one, and among them were the Guerrero and Brod- erick street contracts, which were considered the strongest. In the first instance the work had been done under Mr. Ashworth’s prede- cessor and was accepted by the street comnit- tee. In the latter instance the violation of the specifications was due to the demand of one of the property-owners. The counton which he was tried was one of the most trivial. COURT PROCEEDINGS. It Took the Jury Ten Minutes to Declde That Ashworth Was Blameless. The prosecution in the Ashworth trial finished its case yesterday morning with gome immaterial testimony, and then Mr. Ackerman, counsel for Ashworth, asked the court to dismiss the indictment. There was nothing to show that any crooksd work had been done, he said, an perhaps from a legal standpoint and in the light of the charge of the court he was right, but 1t did seem as 1f the thickness of the Elwood-avenue pavement, the depth of the Clay-street cesspools, the uncertain and ‘‘y-less” course of the Broderick-street “sewer were mnot all straight. Mr. Ashworth had no guilty knowledge of the condition of the street work, Mr. Ackerman said, and until guilty knowledge had been proved the jury could not convict him. The court de- clined to be instructed, however, and ordered the case to proceed. Mr. Ash- worth then took the stand. It was Donovan, he said. Donovan issued the permit for the Broderick-street sewer, who had sent out the inspectors and who had told him it was all right. The work the work. Mr. Donovan, his chief deputy, was_then called and he gave testimony similar to that of hisemployer. Mr. Black bad annonnced that he did against Mr. Ashworth—only a negligence which warranted his removal—and so the case for the people rested mainly on the Broderick-street sewer, because in that case Mr. hworth came nearer to know- 1ng something about the work being done than in any of the other cases. This sewer was built by private contract, however, and that further weakened the people’s case. There was no argument and the court at once commenced to charge the ury. : Under the confession of the prosecution that they did not charge corruption, the court said the jury had only to do_ with the Broderick-street sewer. [n order to convict Ashworth of any misconduct in this case, it must be proved to the jury that he willfully and deliberately accepted the work. It was a private and not a pub- lic contract, and so, without knowledge of fraud, Mr. Ashworth could not be held re- sponsible for the character of the work. in ten minutes the jury submitted a ver- dict which exonerates Mr. Ashworth from ceptance of the Broderick-street sewer. GRAND JURY TO ACT. Securing Proof to Justify a Second Accusation. As the members of the Grand Jury were assembling for a regular session yesterday afternoon the news came from Judge Murphy’s court that Ashworth, the Su- perintendent of Streets, had been acquit- ted. The verdict was not unexpected. It transpires that grand jurors predicted that result when the jury was impaneled. The determination of the Grand Jury to pursue the investigation of defective street work has not been in tne leasy shaken by the rulings of the court on the street law and the indgmen( of the jury as to the re- | sponsibility” of the Street Superinten- dent. Itisstill the purpose of the Grand Jury to proceed with the examination of material used and compare it with the quality required by specification of con- tracts. Since last Friday several members of the Grand Jury have been active in their investigations and sacks full of samples of pretended cement have been secured. On Laguna street, near Oak, the cement under the gutterways of basalt is not more than one and a half inches thick, yet the specifications require a thickness of five inches. Twenty jobs, it is said, can be cited showing ufter neglect of the Street De- partment to secure first-class material and lgood work. Property-owners are comiag forward from all sections of the city with positive proof that specifications are | 1gnored, and that the work is being done | to suit the convenience of contractors. The additional evidence of incapacity, neglect and misconduct in office which the | Grand Jury has securea will, it is said, | justify another accusation. The Grand Jury yesterday called as wit- | nesses the twelve bailiffs who were ordered by the Under Sheriff to go out and sum- mon jurors for the Ashworth trial. They testified that their instructions were to serve the addressed subpenas, and if the persons addressed couid not be found to select respectable men from the business community. They told the Grand Jury that they obeyed the instructions from the men they could find. Last Friday Sheriff Whelan and Under Sheriff Clack were ex- amined on the same subject. This method of examination tends to show that the Grand Jury i1s anxious to get all the facts regarding the manner in which the special venire was obtained. Among the witnesses on hand vesterday who were called to give information touch- ing the character of street work recently performed were Fisher Ames, A. 8. Lillie and George W. Elder. Owing to the in- vestigation of other matters the Strect Department inquiry was deferred until next Friday. Mr. Ames is a property-owner on Hay- ward street, at the corner of Harrison, where a specimen of sidewalk work, dis- graceful, inferior and wholly at variance with the specifications, was pronounced by Ashworth himself to be good, and on his recommendation accepted by the Board of Supervisors. The assessment was levied in due form to pay for the work. Mr. Ames | is alawyer and will probably knock the assessment clear out of court on the proof which he can produce that the specifica- tions of contract were not complied with. DEAD NERVES In *he Bodies of Living Men—It Is the Pace That Kills—A Great Discovery. “Did you notice that man passing down the street?” said the doctor. “I did not, doctor.” “Well, it is of no moment. I will describe him toyou. He is five feet ten inches tall. His hair is black and straight. He ought to be astrong and vigorous man. If you had noted how he shuffied; if you had seen his limp shoulders; if you had perceived how he car- ried his head, you would have known him to be & man suffering from that which ‘unmans.’ Men walk about to-day with dead nerves. They are unable to perform the duty of & man, and live in a shufiling sortof way. 1f that man wanted to be restored to perfect manhood, if he wished to be a true man, he would use the Great Remedy ‘Cupidene.’ ‘Tt is oné of the best and most eflicacious Nerve Restorers. It will put the manly vigor into your veins so that every vein in’ your body will throb with de- light. Don’t be mistaken about this wonderful remedy. You will not have to take & big car- load of it to convince you what it will do for you. Take ‘Cupiden 2 One dollar per bottle; “Cupiden is for sale at Brooks’ Pharmacy, 119 Powell street. * e Tried to Pass Confederate Bills. A man giving the name of William Harris tendered & $6 Confederate bill to the clerk of the Mocha restaurant last night in payment tracts, Judge Murphy explained that he is simply an arbitrator between the proverty- owners who bave the work done and the contractor who does the same. When the property-owners go to the Street Buperintendent and represent to him that for a 10-cent meal. The clerk, who was but a boy, was about to give the man his change when the fellow asked him to take a $10 bili insteed. He was €0 eager that the boy became suspicious, and, examining the biil, discovered its worthlessuess. He called Oficer Knight, who put the man under arrest. was done by private contract, and that was | all be knew of it except that he had passed not press the charge of corrupt knowledge | all responsibility attending upon the ac- | | Sheriff’s office and summoned the best | i and A VOICE FROM TRE DEAD, It Inspires a Search for the Re- mains of Andros B. Pico. HE DIED TEN YEARS AGO. Mrs. Gottliebson, His Sister, Receives Mystic Word That He Was Murdered. Mrs. Josephine Gottliebson, one pf the daughters of the late Antonio M. Pico, Governor of California, and one of the heirs to the immense Pico estate, startled the police and Judge Low yesterday by swearing out a search warrant for the re- covery of the remains of her brother, Andros B. Pico, who she claimed was mur- dered ten years ago at 107 Hayes street. She claimed to have obtained her infor- mation of the crime and the location of her brother’s body from Mrs. E. Young, a spiritualist medium at 605 McAllister street. The story told by Mrs. Gottliebson was weird and full of horror, for it not only re- cites the commission of a terrible crime, the murder of her brother, but the return of his spirit from beyond the grave and communication, in which he told of his taking off and where his body was placed. Mrs. Gottliebson in prefacing her strange tale stated that in her religious be- lief she is a Catholic pure and simple, and that she is not u spiritnalist. She was forced to take the step mentioned because the information obtained through the me- diumship of Mrs. Young substantiated everything she bad known for years, but was unable to prove, concerning the death of her brother. She said that her relative was 33 years of age. She last saw him ten years ago last month, and he was living at 107 Hayes street. One day a woman told her that her brother had died in San Jose. Soon | after she met her sister, who said that the day before she had found her brother’s vest in her yard. Some one had thrown it over the fence, and the garment was cut and slashed as if with a knife. Mrs. Gottliebson, then Miss Pico, went to San Jose, but she was unable to find any trace of her brother or where the body buried. Detectives were called into se, but to no purpose, and the death and disappearance of Andros B. Pico, the heir to a big fortune, became one of those mysteries that clog the pages of criminal As may be expected there was a woman in the case, but exactly what part she played was not stated. That was a family skeleton that has not been expodsed in the closet of the Pico family. Coming down to more recent dates Mrs. Gottliebson re- iterated that she is a Catholic, and she has always attended the Catholic church in the southern part of where she and her husband lived untila few months ago on one of the Pico ranches. A few weeks ago a lady friend induced her to attend one of Mrs. Young’s seances. Mrs. Gottliebson sai To my surprise & spirit came and toid me that he was ny brother and gave the full name, Andros B. Pico. He said that he wanted to speak to me when there were not so many resent, and the mext day I again visited Mrs. Young. My brother’s spirit came again told me that he was murdered in his rooms at 107 Hayes street and that his body was buried in the basement under the house. Jealousy and revenge he said were the causes of the crime. 1 will siate that the Pico estate has never been settled but will be before very lonz. The absolute proof of his death and the way of his taking off would cuta con- siderable figure in the manner of the settling of the estate. 1was naturelly astonished and pained, but I wes not in a hurry to proceed. From time to time I visited Mrs. Young’s and learned many more things that corroborate the fact that I was previously certain of. I consult- ed with the proper authorities and was told how 1o proceed. Before pro- ceeding I called at 107 Hayes street with Young and an officer, and asked for per- on to explore the basement. That was last Saturday evening. The premises are oc- cupied by R. Sideman as a cloak and dress making establishment. Mr. Sideman said that we could do £0 by paying $100 for the privi- lege, but tie officer advised us not to do any- thing of the kind, so to-day 1 got out a search warrant to search the place Last evening at 10 o'clock Officers Smith and Benjamin received the search warrant. 1he iawness of the hour was to accommodate Mrs. Young, who had an engagement earlier in the evening. Her presence was necessary, she main- tained, to point out” the spot where the remains had been burned. It was an odd-appearing procession that left the City Hall. = Officer Benjamin carried a lantern, while in Officer Smith’s belt was the big official document that gave permission to search 107 Hayes street. With the officers was Mr. Young, armed with & long-handied spade; Mr. Gottliebson and an- other man. Mrs. Gottliebson and the medium followed, while interested reporters brought up the rear. Sideman submitted to the entrance of the party to his premises. Before eatering Mrs. Young said: “I know the body was there Saturday and 1 know that it has been removed since our visit by people hereabouts who are intcrested in concealing the crime. However, we will go down there.” Withont hesitation she passed through the house, downstairs into the basement and to the north end, where there was an opening in the wall. She turned into the basement under 105 Hayes street and went to_the east wall. There she stopped and asked whore the sewer was located, as the body had been placed near the 'water and at & point where the ground was kept wet. It a strange sight. The crowd gathertd eround the medium and waited for developmente. Sud- denly she appeared to g0 into a trance and Mrs. Gottliebson called upon the name of her brother Andros. From the 1ips of the me- dium came an answer in Spenish. In the was conversation carried on between the anxious sister and the alleged spirit of Andros the latter said that his body had been buried on the other side of the wall and that when buried the basement extended under almost to the corner. Furthermore that the bones had been lately taken up and partly destroyed, but that there was glenty of evidence that the earth ad been disturbed or flooded, leaving a cave or hole in the ground. Mrs. Young subsequently became ‘‘con- trolled” by the ghost of an Indian, who said he was not afraid of the crowd and would just as leave fight as not. This did not alarm’the Ppoliceman to any extent. The latter said that they could not proceed any further on the warrant. Mrs. Gottliebson says she will get out a similar warrant in order to continue the search through the other base- ments. Thedpnrl)' filed out of the low base- ment, much disappointed and more or less dis- gusted that no human bones had been un- eartyed. As they took their departure Mr. Sideman took occasion to hand out his business cards end request a call when goods in his line were wanted. FOOD FOR THE POOR. Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church to Give a Thanksgiving Dinner. In accordance with an old custow the 1adies of the First Presbyterian Church have completed arrangements for a dinner to be given to a certain number of the deserving poor on next Thursday at the Christian Union Mission. A very inter- esting programme of addresses and musi- cal selections has been prepared for the occasion, and there are any number of reasons to anticipate an entertainment of rare excellence. The circular which has been distributed and explains the purpose of the banquet-board gathering gives in- formation to the effect that the affair will be conducted on an elaborate scale. The success of last year’s dinner has prompted the ladies of the First Presbyterian Church to work more energetically with the Eurpose of attaining a greater success on this ‘rhanksgiving day. The officers in charge of the affair in- Califernia | 'tend to wmake a discriminate and careful selection of applicants for admission to the spread. Only those who are destitute through no fault of their own will be given tickets. It has been nrmnged that the students of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at San Anselmo shall contribute a number of features to an excellent musical pro- gramme. Among other things the ladies bave made arrangements for a number of addresses appropriate to the occasion. The Christian Union Mission is now pre- Yaring a magazine for early publication. tisto benamed the ‘‘Mission Herald” and will be out in a few days. — A FEVER OF TRAVEL It Is Created by the Low Rates to Portland. How thoronghly the traveling public are enjoying the rate war being waged be- tween the Southern Pacific Company and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany on passenger traffic between this City and Portland is indicated by the heavy travel on hoth the steamers and the trains of the velligerents. The State of California, which left yester- | day morning for Portland, carried 240 pas- | sengers, and the Columbia, which left Portland Sunday night, is bringinz down 402 passengers, who will arrive to-morrow. In fact, so great has the rush southward become that passage on the Oyegon Rail- way and Navigation Company’s steamers has already been refused to quite a num- ber of applicants. 2 : The Southern Pacific claim to be getting its full share of this increased travel, and claim to have no cause of complaint as the contest now stands. — THE COMISG HORSE SHOW, All Society Is Looking Toward the Day With Great Longing. Friendly Rivalry Between Hobart, Crocker and Others Promi- pent in Society. Next Monday will witness the opening of the second annual horse show of the Pacific Coast Association. President Henry S. Crocker, surrounded | by half a score of assistants, is hard at work getting everything in shape, and he promises that this exhibition will be equal if not superior to anything ever given in staid old New York, where horse shows i have grown to be the fashion and not the fad. The entries so far bave been much in ad- vance of last year, necessitating a com- plete change in the programme as origin- ally made out. Messrs. Hobart, Crocker and other leaders of the ultra-fashionable set are making extensive preparations for the great event, they having horses entered in nearly every stake worth struggling for. In addition to the regular exhibition of bangtails, thoroughbreds and such, in- cluding, of course, all kinds of two and | four wheel vehicles, from the tally-ho to the up-to-date dogcart, there will be any number of new and interesting features. For instance, Walter Hobart has offered | a handsome prize for the most accurate throw of the lasso, only mounted park policemen to pnrl,iciratc. This event will no doubt excite a lively interest among the spectators and great friendly rivalry among the actual participants. Captain Thompson of the park force isacknowl- edged 0 have a splendid seat and is said to be equally expert in the art of lasso throwing. There is a great rivalry between Henry Crocker and Walter Hobart as to who shall have the honor of presenting to an admiring public the handsomest and best equipped “‘sviked’’ team. These gentle- men are net giving away to each otherany pointers concerning theirrespective teams, 50 a genuine treat may be expected when the “spikes’” dash around the sawdust ring of the horse show. Another interesting feature of the five days’ show will be an exhibition drill by mounted troops from the Presidio. Their “rough riding” is said to be something marvelous, and is certainly not to be seen outgide of Uncle S8am’s regulars. These same troops appeared at the last show, but they have learned a good many things since then, and are prepared to startle the natives with fancy and marvelous tricks of horsemanship. President Crocker advises everybody to go in the afternoon to see the horsesin their stables. These stables, he says, will be a feature of the show, for every exhib- itor will strain every nervefor the praise of the fair sex. These aiternoons will be somewhat in the nature of dress parade | events, in which all the finery of starle life will be on exhibition. The programme is not yet published, but President Crocker says it is so arranged that the racing people who have thorough- breds on exhibition can visit the show dur- ing the forenoon. During the afternoon carriage and saddle horses will hold down the sawdust, while of evenings tandems, four-in-hands and high-jumping will charm and awe the audience in turn. A BROADSWORD FINALE. Holbrook Stopped the Gonzales. Davis Contest at Midnight. A Wounded Horse Falls Upon His Rider, but the Principals Renew the Fight. The mounted broadsword contest last night between Senor Gonzales and Ser- geant Davis at the Pecple’s Palace came to a sudden, unexpected; intensely excit- ing and almost tragic stop at midnight. The men had just entered the third bout when Gonzales, with a cruel plunge of his sharp spur, ripped his bronco so severely that the long, gaping, bloody wound at once attracted general attention. A heavily built man witha grap mus- tache was standing near the small sawdust ring and he made a dash to stop the con- test. It was Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. But before he could reach the plunging horses Davis bad struck the Mexican a powerful blow acrose the chest and unhorsed him. The horse, reeling to the side, fell upon bis prostrate rider, and then Holbrook was upon them jerking each horse by the bridle, while the great crowd wondered at and admired his daring and yet hated him for interfering with very thrilling sport. Like a flash Gonzales jumped up and velled to Davis to come on, and the nvals went at each other afoot with their broad- swords. Davis siashed and made rapid swaths and with a vigorous stroke splintered his opponent’s broadsword short off at the hilt. Following up his advan- tage he dealt his helpless and injured vic- tim a mighty blow across the chest and Gonzales fell backward apparently stunned. The crowd was over the rnilinE with a rush upon Holbrook, and in the melee Gonzales was spirited away by his friends. Holbrook, aided by a few iriends, avoided personal injury for the moment, and the wounded horse was taken in charge by a veterinary surgeon. — e e There is a miniature Indian corn grown in Brazil. The ears are no larger than a little finger and the grains are the size of mustard seeds. A NEW SOCIAL OROER, Local Socialists Do Not Dwell Together in Peace and Unity. MORRISON SWIFT GODFATHER. The New Society to Be Distinctively American in All Its Char. acteristics. Socialists, like other portions of the human family, have not learned to live to- gether in peace and unity according to the biblical injunction. The San Francisco section, itself an off- shoot of the parent Socialist Labor party, has lopped off another branch which is to be known as the American Socialist Soci- ety. The San Francisco branch accuses the parent tree, which since the separation has come to be known as the German sec- tion, of continental practices in regard to Sabbath desecration by means of beer- drinking and dancing on the seventh day, and the latest organization brings the charge against the San Francisco section that it is European rather than American in its methods. . Morrison Swift of Boston is the god- father of the newly christened socialist child, whose ambition it isto be distinct- ively American in all its characteristics. The movement for the organization of a new society freed from all anarchistic taint, which it alleges the others possess, has been in contemplation for some months. Mr. Swiit's visit to the coast hastened the step, and the recent action of the San Francisco section in repudiating the Socialist, the Coming Nation and the Altrurian for what it considers too con- servative utterances did not retard it. The People, a radical organ of socialism, has been indorsed, and the other expo- nents of what the members of the new order pronounce the highest phase of socialistic thought repudiated. The offending article in the Socialist contained an objectionable ‘platform.” Expressed in a dozen words this union platform would read as follows: For free coinage of silver, a genuine American bauking system and direct legislation. The Altrurian cut loose trom orthodox moorings in these statements under the the caption, “Orthodoxy’s Discomfiture.” The new society is_still in the prelimi- nary stage of committees on organ‘zation, but 1t is being formed and proposes to do active work. L. M. Kelsey, Mrs. Smith, Miss Boyer and others are among its pro- moters. WOMEN WRITERS MEET. Mrs. Dickinson’s Views on the Question of Publishers. The Pacific Coast Women’s Press Asso- ciation held its monthly public mesting at Golden Gate Hall yesterday. Mrs. J. G. Lemon read a paper reminis- cent of personal acquaintance vith authors, local and otherwise. There was a review of the works of Robert Browning by Miss Mary Lambert. Rev. Edward Davis gave an address on “The Influence of Women in Poesy”; also an original poem, ‘“The World.”” Mrs. P. T. Dickinson led a discussion of “Book Publishing,” in the course of her remarks depioring the scarcity of pub- lishers on the coast. Mrs. Eila M. Sexton called attention to Mr. Doxey’s plan for a ‘‘California Authors’ Club.” Miss Nellie Caldwell read a weird little tale of hers, entitled ‘‘Transmigration ofa Cat,” which was published not long since in the “Chap Book.” Mr. Davis further entertained the ladies with piano improvisations. MARRIED TO THE QUEEN. Queer Hallucination of Joseph Me- Laughlin. Joseph McLaughlin was before the In- sanity Commissioners yesterday and he left their presence only to be taken to the asylum at Ukiah. McLaughlin had been arrested for vagrancy. a fact which caused him much disquietude. He said he was no vagrant, as he held the position of British Consu to this port and was, besides, Lord Me- Laughlin of Queen’s County, Ireland. He said further that he had recently been married to Queen Victoria. At this inter- esting ceremony it seems that Judge Joachimsen presided and tied the knot, and Carroll Cook looked after the legal in- terests of the bride and groom. ——————— McLean Need Not Pay. Judge Seawell has set aside his former order directing A. A. McLean to pay fo his wife, Jennie McLean, $40 a month alimony. Mc Lean showed to the satisfaction ot the court that he himself had no income to speak of and was struggling along on the ragged edge. The order is vacated without prejudice, however, and should McLean ever be able to pay any- thing his wife has but to ask for itand the court will order it paid. NEW TO-DAY. NEW TO-DAY. ItHa REASON. 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Every elt broken or by any circumstance, whether the fault of the belt or the wearer, having lost its curative powers of ele tricity within one year, is replaced with a | new one at no expense to the wearer. If Dr. Sanden’s Belt was twice its present . cost it would «till be cheap, a3 no other ap- pliance made can be sold with this guarantee. CONVENIENCE. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT is applied on retiring at night and worp until 'time of arising in morning. No care or trouble 1s incurred in its use; no time is wasted in using it, as its soothing, strengthening current absorbs into the weakened organs while yousleep. Benefi- | cial results are noticed in one night’s use, and the sleep is made sound and refreshing. e o e sNo Equal! “The sound, thrifty chase on the established basis that a good article is cheap at a reasonable price, while a poor one is dear at any price.” A. T. STEWART. POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. You Can Regulate Its Power. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT is con- structed with a patent regulator. No other Electric Belt has it. When you have placed | the Belt on the body and feel the powerful cure rent penetrating your system you adjust its strength by turning to right or left a small screw attachment, setting the cnrrent at any desired force, and you can then enjoy & restiul, quiet sleep without being awakened in the middle of the night by a sensation which m&es you tmagine you are being electrocnted. Those who have used the old-style belts know what this is, and hundreds who have dis carded them and are now being peacefully re. stored to health and sirength by Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt are testifying to the value of the new method. If youdor’t wantto be burned to death in your sleep use Dr. Sanden’s. $5000 REWARD. DR. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC BELT gives into the body & genuine current of electricity for several hours at & time. $5000 reward will be paid for one of tnese Belts, which will not generate a current which is perceptible to the wearer immediately after charging and apply- ing to the body. IT CURES. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT is credited with seme three thousand cures on the Pacifia Coast alone during the past ten years. Cures in fact. Cures of men who are manly enough to proclaim to the world the hood and the means of ge den’s Electric Belt is no expe ngmes and addresses of hundre citizens of this State can be found book, “Three Classes of Men,” w It quiets the nerves and builds up the weak _ parts in 2 natural, humane manner. Office Hours--8 information, a cientific diay which can be cured by Itis free. Get it to-day. es lectricity, and prices. SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 632 MARKET ST., ORPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. 6; evenings, 7 to 8:30 ; Sundays, 10to 1. FPortland, Oregon, Office, 255 Washington Street. GRATEFUL~COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA BREAKFAST—-SUPPER. ‘RY A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and b; tion of the fine properties of wi Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately flavored beverage, which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every téndency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, redy to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves wejl forii- fied with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Seld only in half-pound tins, by grocers, labeled thus: S EPPS & CO., Ltid., Homeopathio Chemists, London, England. RADAN'S MICROBE KILLER S THE ONLY KNOWN REMEDY THAT will destroy the Microbe in the Biood without injury to the system. Millions of people testify to its wonderful cures. BY REMOVING THE CAUSE— IT DESTROYS ALL HUNAN DISEASES. Price, 83 per Gallon Jar. $1 per Bottle. Advice free. Write for pamphlet. RADAN'S MICROBE KILLER COMPANY, 1330 Market St., San Francisco. Reduced from 139 million to 30 million that is the record of the annual imPortations of Hav- ana Cigars into the U. S. during the past 5 years. Smokers have learnt to prefer the Cigars made from Havana tobacco in this country—as being fully as good yet, costing less. Among Key West Havanas “Estrella” fi Cigars have long held first Fry place. Ask forthenew ones —new crop—new colors— 8y new sizes—each one banded. ™ ESBERG, BACHMAN & CO. WHOLESALERS N ] Ely's Cream Balm| Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and 1nil ses of e and Smell. Heals the Sores. Apply Balm into eac] ALY RO e are STORRS’ ASTHMA REMEDY, CURES ASTHMA. Stops the severest paroxysms in ONE MINUTE. 10c, 25¢ and 50c sizes. All druggists have it, or any size will be mailed on récept of price to KIBBLER'S PHARMACY, SW. Cor. Larkin and Turk Sts., S. F. OR.HALL'S REINVIGORATOR stops all Losses in 24 HOURS. CURES LoST MANHOOD, Nervous Debility, [Prematureness, Emissions, ~mpot: ency, Varicocele, Gleet, Fits, Kid- Effects neys. and all other Wastin Errors of Youth or Excesscs. 2938 SENT SEALED. b o3l =3 Bottles FIVE Dolldrs, Guaranteed to €. any case. All PRIVATE DISEASES quickly for men mailed free. cured. Book f Hall’s Medical Institute 865 BROADWAY. CAKLAND. CAL. RIGGS HOUSE, Washington, 1D. C. Otthe Nionss Somital ~Fires ooy 1 a4 Appotate ments. G. DEWITT. ‘rreas. | American plan, $3 per day -nd;: upward. | 1 i AUCTICN SALES. | TO THE SICK - At Auction I THIS DAY, TUESDAY..... NOVEMBER 286, 1895 AT 12 o'crock NooN. At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel. | PROBATE SALE! Estate of Joseph W. Dager, Deceased. N. E. corner o Joues and Jackson sts.; compris- ing vacant lot on N. E. cornerof Jones and Jackson sts.; residences Nos. 1502, 1504, 1506. 15064 and 1508 Jones st., and 1224, 1226 and 1228 Jackson st.: being 8 residences and one vacant lot; present rents, $305.50: one vacant, $45: total rental, 8250.50. This is choice property: fine view; resi | dences in good condition; Powell and Hyde ‘street cables; will be sold as an'entirety; do not fafl to ex- amine this property ; large corner property. 140x 137: feet. Terms—Cash; subject to approval of the Superior Court—Probate Department. Also, for Same Account. S. line (No. 21) of Bernard, 160 reet E. of Jones st., bet. Pacific and Broadway: a comfortable house of 7 rooms: rents for $17; now vacant; street bitu- | minized; elezant car accommodations; examine this; lot 23x60 feet. Terms—Cash: subject to ap- provalof the Superior Court—Probate Department. Golden Gate Park—Residence Lot. N. line of Grove, 125 feet W. of Baker st.; this elegant residence 1ot is all ready for building: two blocks only from the Golden Gate Park; a fine lo- cation for a gentleman’s home; several car lines; lot 25x187:6 teet. Pacific Heights—Residence Corner. N. W. corner Clay and Baker sts.: this choice residence corner should be examined by any gen- | tleman desiring an_elegant location for a family home; car facilities not excelled; grand coruer lok, 81:3x100 feet. Presidio Heights—Residence Lots. S. W. corner of Jackson and Maple sts.; who de- sires to live in this unequaled location ? Marine view, pure air. near the Presidio Reservation: ex- amine these lots for a home; Sacramento-street and to-be Pacific-avenue cables:corner lot 32:214x 117:9 feet. Insidelot adjoining, 31:10x117:9 feet. Down-Town French Flats. N. W. line (Nos. 112 to 11414) of Welsh, 1. S W. of Fourth sk. (bet. Bryars and Branuas oy improvements consist of 6 French flats of 4 and 3 zooms: full reuts, $64; sirset bituminized; lot 25x Mission French Flats. 8. line (No. 123) of Valley, 175 fee: st.; Improvements a 2.8tory bay-windowel. maiL ing of 2 French flats of 4 rooms each; San Fran- cisco and San Mateo and fon- coate i ST Mission-street electric ‘Western Addition Residence Lots. . line of Cook, 150 feet S. of Gears st.: 2 rest- daence lots all ready for building; must be sold: only 150 feet from Ge ary-street cable; fine chance for a specuiator ombuilder, or a person wanting to | build a home; lot 25x120 feet. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., A 1axatlve refreshing for frult lozengn, very agreeable (o take. CONSTIPATION hemorrhoids, bile, loss of appetite, gastric and intestinal troubles and headache srising from them. E. GRILLON, 33 Rue des Archives, Paria Sold by all Druggiste. TAMAR INDIEN GRILLON 638 Market street. Auctioneers. AUCTION EXTR3ORDINARY. $50,000 WORTH OF MUSIC. The Catholle Art and Book Company, formerly A. Waldteutel, having decided to dispose of their music departmen:, Instruct me to sell without re- serve orlimit their entire music business. Auctio 1 saies to commence on Saturday, Nov. 30, 1895, at 11 A. 3., and to be coutinued dafly untit the entire stock is disposed of. J. T. TERRY, Auctioneer. A LADIES' CRILL ROOM Has beer established in the Palace Hotel ON ACCOUNT OF REPRATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the piace HANMERNHITH & FIELD AUCTION Of high grade JEWELRY, WATCHE < MONDS “anc. SILVERWARE, with MR, 1 B, FKENCH of New Vork as'auctioneer. Sales y at 10 4. M. and 2 P. a. till fu Absolutely NO RESERVE. e 118 SUTTER STREET NSY PILLS! ALL DRUS IRE. 4c. SAFE iieen BPEGIFIG CouPHLAPA