The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1%95. 5 FORM WAS AT A DISCOUNT, Heavy Going and Figures Get| Somewhat Mixed at Ingleside. THREE (OUTSIDERS RAN FIRST.| Potentate Looked All Over a Winner, but Quit and Was Beaten Easily Vinctor. visitor to horsemen, ssing effect on .ace-goers, r crowd viewed the racing The track was 1st damp enough o grotesque shapes and vester: t sloppy; to dist La Viente, who led the way into tnel stretch, finished a close third. Dan Honig’s Billy S was made the me- dium of a heavy plunge in the next race at six furlongs and finished third. Johnny Payne, a 30 to 1 shot, was away from the }»ost first, and led until about a sixteenth rom the wire, where Carmel came strong under Macklin’s hard riding and beat him out alength. The winner was at one time as good as 15to 1 in the betting, but was backed down to sevens. A race at five furlongs, with light welter- weights up, resulted in a comparatively easy victory for W. B. Sink’s mare Philo- mena, who drifted back in the betting from 8 t0 5to 3to 1. She always held Ser- vice, the even-money favorite, safe in_the stretch and won by two lengths. Red Will was beaten but a neck for second place. The last race was also a five-furlong spin, with the weights raised twenty-eight pounds above the scale. This race was ap- | parently a conundrum to the talent, for the favorite, Redington, was a decidedly { lukewarm on He opened at 6to5 and receded to twos. Sligo and Mainstay un- | doubtedly carried the most coin. When | the flag fell George Miller, the KansagCity | *“Domino,” carrying pounds and ¥n 8 to1 chance in the betting, took the lead | and, never very bard pressed, won very | handily from Princess Rose II. The fa- | vorite ran into show. ers a trifle hard. ow colt Can’t with his field in the opening ingly, and Potentate’s Vinctor's belt, but out- named horses the his- choices is a yarn of make pick The I altzed s wa e two doubtedly spoiled a great st in the fourth race on the imp. Star Ruby and Mag- ched, which leit the issue tor and Potentatc. The first to 20 favorite at post time nst the Burns and Water- e other starters were but red in the betting and never _in the running. Poten- in front *‘chock full’’ of run, me to a drive in the stretch, spond to Griffin’s urging, and t him easily, stepping the 41 e the meeting Mr. s all green, with white sash, was the front in the opening race seven furlongs for two-year-olds by It Can’t Dance, who started a 4 to 5 favorite and won handily from Doubtful. Dance | Track and Paddock Items. | “Jimmy” McDonald, who for several | years has been head groom at Rancho del Paso. has been engaged by W.O'B. Mac- donough to take charge of his stock tarm near Menlo Park. | Felix Carr, who has_grown too_heavy to do any lightweight riding, bad the mount | on Service, owned by his employer, Bar- | ney Schreiber. Felix rode with all his old- | time vigor, but was beaten out by Philo- mena. La Viente showed a great deal of speed mn her race and wiil evidently do to bear watching in her future race Starter J. F. Caldwell is suffering froma severe cold, but his starting continues to be above the average. O el now runs under the name of or, and his behavior at the post ng speaks well for clever trainer. of ndiwor lifornians believe Frank to be the ast Ed Sacl the third speed in hi backed him hea | but he has proved a grea iy in his Ja t disa ppointment. “THE CALL” venth Day of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club Ingleside Track, San Francisco, Thursday, Se RACING CHART. Meeting. Weather stormy. Track muddy. December 5, 1895. i; {3, FIEST RaCE even furlongs; two-year-olds; penalties and allowances; purse $400. Time, o049, 1:3314 dex. | Horse and weight. |St.| 34 | 14 3% | st | Fin Jockeys. |oDetting, 2 1 13 |OL Berzen 3 b 2h |McHugh.. " 1 | 135 | 3n |Garner b 6| 31 1 1% | 4% | 510 5 8 Y Betting, op. CL Jockeys. purse $100. Time, 1:04%. x. Horse, age and weight. Betting. op. C1, Philomena, 3. J10 20 Himyar-Lost Ban. also bought other property, as I could, and paid for it out of my rents. I quit working for anybody after I puat in three vears at the Custom-house, and I ought to have quit before. That's what I should advise all young men todo. I built sev- eral buildings on various properties and accumulated money fast. “In 1863 times got bad here and I sold BLACK KING OF FINANCE. Arrival of Daniel Seales, Who | i some of my property and went East. I Owans Proge_rty in Many bought real estate in Chicago, Cleveland, Cities. Lexington, East St. Louis, Indianapolis and other places, making it a business. In Chicago I bought the southeast corner of La Salle and Munroe streets, and at dif- ferent times a Eood deal more in other places besides the west side, where I still own considerable. In Cleveland I own on North Logan street, and also on Lonlotto street, 140x500 feet. Ialso bought property WAS ONE OF THE ARGONAUTS. Remarkable Story of His Rise From a | on Blake street, in Indianapolis. I also A X | bought much other propert'f in different Clerk in the San Franeisco | cities, much of which L resold. I have felt that.real estate in the right cities was al- ways a good thing, and this is why I have stuck to it. L “I have four children, two sons and two 2 daughters, and I have spent a good deal of Danjel Seales, known as the *‘colored | money in fitting them for the battle of life. king of finance,” because of his skill in | One of my sons, a druggist in Chicago, isa business and his large real estate holdings | graduate of Yale in the class of '61 and of = S i 5 % | law in 1893, Another is in the Society of m!Clvev?!l_und:-C}:‘lf:gofiSAquranclsco and | Savings, o banking-house in Oleveland. other cities, is at the Russ House, | He craduated at the High School, as did He was a California pioneer of 1851, and | i) other children, and all are doing well. though leaving here in 1868, to deal in | & property in other great cities, has since | California and renew acquaintance with Custom-House. [Sketched by a COLONEL DANIEL SEALES. “Call”’ artist. | horses; conditions; purse $400. Time, | Tockers. | motting Ci. s b. c., by imp. Bratus-Mo'lie H. purse $400. Time, 1:0414. on Betting. | . Jockeys. op. Gl 1 Sundon 6 0 75 9. % -1100 301 distancs Abore “THI:: CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at the Ingleside Track, With the Weights, Best Records and Pedigrees. In races where the horses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest n FIRST Bes! Index. Name. Lbs Record| Dist. [Lbs T! k.| Owner. | Pedigree. 101 93 1:16 The K Red Glenn. Josephine “gsg .| L Ezell.. % orrigan. .. | Elkton stable. _|Lone stable. Spendthrift-imp. Piccadilly Rapture-Ventura Imp. The Rake-Tecalco Glen Eim-Red Girl oquito-Cimaron Girl ad-Jennie D {ot-Bessie Hcoker Panique-Tllie. Bonnie Brown-Dispatch oe Daniels Miss Hooker selling. Best | Name. Record Dist. [LbsT] | k.| r Maggie. Eaindrop. THIRD RACE—Five furlongs: two-year-olds. - | Best Index Name. |Lbs| record. | Dist. Lbs e | Owner. Pedigree. ..1105/N0 ree. | ) Perhaps. .........|105/1:02% ] ) Wm. Pinkerts 11051:04%2 | |B-&Waterhouse Racine-Imp. Flir: 3 imp. Sir_Modred-Plaything 8t. Carlo-Bagatelle Apache-Tricksey il & Couey. .. | Kosciusko-May Valley Hildreth...|Shannon-Fannfe Lewls FOURTH KACE—One and an eighth miles; handicap. T Best | TR ; Index. Name. |Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lvs|T| Owner. | Pedigree. = = 1% m |15 ¥ Seola Aniiastable.. Imp: Cheviot Viente e m (107 B..|P. Dunxe.... et |¥... | Einiwood sto¢k fm.| Imp. Brutos-Bonnie Jean D |G. B. Morris & Co..|Imp. Sir Modred-Preciosa " FIFTH RACE—Seven furlongs; selling. e Best | Index. Name. Lbs record.| Dist. ‘th‘Tk.l Owner. ! Pedigree. 11 103 F..|D. A. Honig |Plenigo-Jaconet. 1:22 STOLE CONDEMNED MEAT | Chinese Employes of Charles Alpers ¥orce Inspector Ben Davis to Adopt Extra Precautions. Meat _Im;nvrmr Ben Davis and his depu- ties will hereafter carry as an extra bit of paraphernalia spri ing cans filled with coal 0il. These nc weapons of defense are to be assumed to-day. The action was forced upon Mr. Davis by the thieving propensities of the Chinese employes of Mr. Alpers’ fertilizing company. All that meat which is”adjudged unfit for human food is sent to Buichertown in charge of an officer and given to the Na- tionai Fertilizing Company, on Sixth ave- nue, to be destroyed. It was only when the condemned meat had to be left till a wagon could be summoned that it was in- jected with coal oil. This was to discour- age any attempt to spirit it away. But Mr. Davis has learned that the Imp. Wagner-Mamie Cole Hanover-Deceit Three Cheers-Dairy Maid Apache-Virgie ‘ochran. . d-May Belle ' BMacdonough | Imp. Cheviot-imp. Zara . Ferguson.....| Imp. S rge-Levee mp. Eothen - Wyandotte Capt Al-Goid Cup thrifty Chinese working for Mr. Alpers were unwilling to allow meat to go to waste. They would cut choice bits from immature calves and diseased cows and carry them home, where they either sold them to others or consumed them. The new sprinkling cans will put a stop to this, for now every piece of meat that is condemned will be freely sprinkled witn kerosene so that it will be repugnant even to the blunted senses of the Mon- golians. Musin Recital. An entirely new programme was presented at the second Ovide Musin recital which took place st the Columbia Theater yesterday after- Toon. An equally attractive programme will be presented at the recital which takes place at 2:30 o’clock to-day. — BEAUTIFUL large colored pictures, medal- then made fifty-one trips to the Golden | | State, but always in a quiet way. Proba- | bly there is no other colored man who, | unaided, has accumulated so large a for- | tune. He is estimated to be worth | $1,000,000. | The colored Creesus is now 74 years old. | His life is a wonderful story, reading like | a chapter out of Monte Cristo. All the money he has he made himself, and he made it amid difficuities so great as to ap- pal the average man. Daniel Meyer, the millionaire banker, is | his intimate friend. He and his brotner, | | the banker lately deceased, were married | in one of the houses now owned by Mr. Seales on Green street. Isador Jacobs was | born in another, as was Mrs. Rosencrantz, | the wife of the noted painter. Mr. Seales | has since his arrival called on Daniel | Meyer at his uptown mansion, and the | two moneyed princes had an interesting | session discussing old times. The colored money king regrets that he did not have an education and become a lawyer. His large real estate holdings in different cities, however, had at various | periods involved him in so many contests in the courts that he has become a pretty good lawyer as it is. While battling in the courts he read some law, and thus is pretty well fortified. Besides this he is naturally a most entertaining talker, having all the oratorical gifts of his race. He is a heavily built man of medium | height, with grayish whiskers reaching al- | | meeting his friends since his arrival. thousands here who knew me well. Many of these people are now among the wealth- iest and most influential in the City. They all remember Daniel Seales. “I shall stay probably a couple of weeks and will then likely go to Los Angeles and remain a few days, and then go on to my home in Cleveland, reaching there just be- fore'New Year’s.”” The old gentleman has had a busy til:[n_e is singular success in amassing a large for- tune amidst great difliculties has caused him to be greatly talked about. WILL EXAMINE SHOLTD, J. J. Rauer Is Anxious to Know About His Available Assets. His Lordship Was Angry When Served With a Writ From the Justice Courts. This afternoon those who have never had the pieasure of hearing a real live most to a point. Provably he wei 200 | lord tell what he does and does not possess pounds. A white piug hat sets off the | in the way of woyldly goods will be given regular features of the self-made million- | an opportunity in Justice Cook’s depart- aire, and his rotund form and_easy speech | ment of the Justice courts. 2 would mark him asa man of affairsany-| Yesterday morning, after a vain search where. | after assets to attach in his suit against Never a Republican National Conven- | Lord Sholto Douglas, the noble Thespian, tion goes round that the noted colored | J. J. Rauer decided upon a new course of man does not have a=seat in it, and he knows statesmen as the farmer knows the trees in his yard Never, either. does a meeting of the California Pioneers take place in Washington that he does not jour- ney to it. His children have graduated at some of the best educational institutions in the country, including Yale, and alto- gether he is an up-to-date man, with points to give and to spare, and yet be at all times interesting. Briefly, he is here to get the money for his rents and pluck his coupons otherwise. With 275 feet of buildings on_ Green street, and half as much on Dupont, and with soil and hereditaments in other localities, he feels that it paysto ¢ome to | the land where he got his start quite often. “I arrived here first on the ship Panama on January 2,1852,” said the visiting King, “and 1mmediately got a job at $120 a month in the warehouse Jensrtmenz of the Custom-house. My father, who, for- tunately, never was a slave, was an owner of horses at Lexington, Ky. I had no money, but, as I had the California fever, I borrowed $700 of bim and got off. Transportation, you know, was then very high. “I had $100 left when I arrived, and I immediately sent that back. In six months I had made the other $600, and I sent that on, too, and paid the whole thing up in full. “My expenses I cut to low-water mark b{ hitting on some very advantageous plans. Two white men and I rented three rooms, I taking the attic at $25 a monih. To square the $25 I made up the beds and swept the rooms of the other two. Ihad brought a mattress and some covering along, and one of the first things I did was to make a sawbuck, get a saw and proceed to make a bedstead. This I set upin my attic. Tnen 1 wag all fixed on the rent question. . “In the room, too, I did my own cook- ing. For something to drink I used to buy half a dozen bottles of maple syrup and mix with water. T'he syrup came on ships, was cheap and made a good drink. Coffee was out of the question, because it_cost 25 cents a cup. Asfor my washing I did that myselt, too, so there was no expense there. “Then 1 began to buy property. 1 bought at Dugom and Green streets, then on the southeast corner of Union and lions mounted on glass with Florentine gold frames at $7 50 each. Small ones 15e, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1. Come &nd see them. San. born, Veil & Co. . l Kearny; at Calhoun and Union, at Union and Dupont, on v‘l‘lfilffli!&) street; where the Unitarian church now is, and also where the Fourth Congregational was. I procedure. He swore out an order of ex- amination, and, with a deputy Sheriff, served it on hislordship in his apartments at the Baldwin. _ g Lord Douglas, wearied with his arduous labors doing a walking part at the Alcazar, nad not arisen when the deputy knocked at the door, but soon appeared clad in pajamas and the scowl of a man aroused trom pleasant slumbers and demanded the deputy’s business. When told the nature of the errand he looked blank for a mo- ment and then said: “Bah Jove, this is a bea it don’t go. See? beastly writ. See?” To emphasize his words he grabbed the paper out of the deputy’s hands and threw 1t on the flcor and danced on it. Then he turned to shut the door in the deputy’s iace. Thai individual was not to be de- feated, however, and managed to kick the order into the room before the irate nobie- man succeeded in slamming the door. He had been served in the presence of a wit- ness and that filled the legal require- ments. Unless the claim of Collector Rauer, amounting to $230, is settled before 2 o’clock this afternoon the attorney for the latter will ask his lordship questions which will doubtless bring out answers and interesting facts never before known to the publi s R THOMAS !(_)OTB.Y'S WILL. He Leaves $10,000 to Relatives and to Charity. : The will of Thomas Mootry Jr., dis- posing of an estate worth $10,000, was filed for probate yesterday. To each of his sisters, Margaret and Mary Mootry, of Brooklyn, he left one- third of his estate. To his brother, George H. Mootry, he leaves $1, announcing that he does not consider, from his past con- duct and habits, his brother is deserving of any more. To the wife and children of his brother, Richard Mootry, he leaves $1000; to the Old People’s Protestant Home. of San Francisco, $1000; to the Protestant Benevolent Socicty of San Francisco, $1000; to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, $500; to the free library of S8an Francisco, $500; the residue 18 left to his sisters Margaret and ary. Thye will is dated September 10, 1887. In its closing paragraph 1t directs that the body of the testator shall be cremated. | stly outrage, and I don’t want your “It does me lots of good to come back to'| THE TRAIL OF BOODLE, Downtown Pool - Brokers Are Summoned by the Grand Jury. SOLID EIGHT TO TESTIFY How Large Sums of Money Were Used to Defeat Good City Laws. THE WAGNER ORDER INVALID. Ordinance Drawn and Recommended by the Jury Will Remove the Gambling Curse. Now it cannot be definitely stated how many witnesses will attend the session of the Grand Jury to-day, but there will be enough to constitute a crowd. The sub- penas have been served through the office of District Attorney Barnes. The young gentlemen whose names adorn the frosted vlate-glass window of the District Attorney’s office at the new City Hall are more reticent than even Foreman Elaridge of the Grand Jury him- self regarding the names or number of witnesses called. The information is not withheld by the jury that eight Super- visors and several poolroom managers have been requested to attend. As to the number of pool-sellers the intelligence was elicited at the District Attorney’s office that there might be fifty. Members of the Grand Jury were active yesterday, and frequent conferences, in which some two or three jurors partici- pated, took place downtown. Points of information gained since the last meetin, were exchanged and suggestions advance: as to the manner of questioning the Super- visors. Pointed questions were Fropmmd- ed to Supervisors Spreckels, Taylo and Dimond last Monday, and inquiries equally direct will be addressed to each member of the Solid Eight to day: The Grand Jury is profoundly impressed with the belief that the downtown pool- sellers have raised boodle to defeat the passage of the ordinance to prohibit pool- selling which the jury recommended to the board. Whether the money so raised to in- fluence municipal legisiation has been used or proffered is a point that the Grand Jury will not ignore. The fact is clearly pre- sented to the Grand Jury that some influ- ence has checked the order at a time when every moral agency in San Francisco de- clared in favor of the immediate passage of the Erohibitor_v ordinance. Speaking on this subject a member of the Grand Jury said yesterday: “I firmly believe that the e{lagner ordi- nance to regulate pool-selling downtown and also out on the racetrack was pre- pared in the interest of the downtown pool- shops. It may not be fair to say that Wagner understands this, but if he enter- tains an opinion that the order emanated from a good source with an honest pur- pose in view to prohibit pool-gambling he 1s deluded. “The order is claptrap. Itisdesired to catch the applause of citizens who do not understand the facts, and it is surely the duty of the press to make the proposition clear: Thata State law permits pool-sell- ing within the inclosure of a racecourse. Perhaps this law was passed at the in- stance of the Agriculiural Society to bene- tit the State Fair, but whether it was so passed or not it is on the statute books and cannot be annulled or set aside by the Board of Supervisors. *It is, however, within the power of the Board of Supervisors to pass an ordinance, as a police regulation, to prohibit pool- selling in the City, and it is such an ordi- nance that the Grand Jury desires the board to pass. “The Wagner ordinance, whici has been referred to the Joint Committee of Judici- ary and License of the Board of Super- visors, and which may receive a favorable report to-day, will, if passed, be contested in court at once. It will not prevent pool- selling, inasmuch as it attempts to inter- fere with a State law, but it will annoy the police authorities and embarrass the Grand Jury. Every intelligent man who studied the subject knows this, but the Supervisors hope to catch the applause of those who have only bastily considered the matter.” l Another member of the Grand Jury, who has worked earnestly to break up the gambling dens of San Francisco, said: “These downtown pool establishments are the kindergartens of San Quentin. Young men and boys are lured into the saloons and tempted to invest their small earnings. It may be bad enough on the racecourse, but there it can ounly affect those who have money enough to pay $1 for admission and time sufficient to attend the races. But while we cannot regulate Ecol-seuing within a race enclosure the oard of Supervisors has ample authority to stop the practice downtown.” *“I have not learned,” said the grand juror, *‘what the Bupervisors intend to do. do know that the Grand Jury is receiving the thanks of leading men in the commu- nity for what we have done. There seems to be a universal protest against the toleration of these poolroom nuis- ances. The gambling practices there | indulged are demoralizing the youth of tue City. Why, they sell 25-cent pools and children put nickels together and get the biggest boy in the crowd to buy the pool-ticket. The Chief of Police, the Mayor, the Police Commissioners, the business men, professional men and good citizens in every walk of life are imploning the Grand Jury and the Board of Super- visors to abolish these gambling shops. We are endeavoring in the Grand Jury to do our du ‘We do not content ourselves with making recommendations and then dropping the subject, but we patiently and honestly consider the matter in all its bear- ingsand then have an ordinance drawn and transmitted to the Board of Super- visors, with an earnest and polite request for their co-operation in the good work. The ordinance has been referred to a com- mittee and there it rests. We understand that tlwoolroom managers stand ready to pay $1000 a month to kill the order. “‘I'he matter now stands thus: The pro- prietors of the gambling dens are on one side and the people of San Francisco, who oppose gambling, are on the other. There is no mistake in public sentiment. Tt is reflected by the daily press and it is ex- pressed by ieading citizens a hundred times a day to the members of the Grand Jury. “Kortunately we have a leader or a pointer to g2 on now. We know that one member of the Board of Supervisors asked, ‘How much is there in it for me?’ whena certain matter of municipal legislation was discussed. If rank perjury isnot com- mitted we will bring out some important facts to-morrow. Yes, we will ask leading questions.” T “Now, look at the billiard-table order which the jury prepared,’”’ continued the rand juror. **We took the advice of the istrict Attorney and the chief deputy in the License Department. They pro- nounced the order a fuo@ one and held that it should pass. It Blmpl{ proposed that hundreds of billiard-tables kept in saloons should pay a license. They had been exem})t because the proprietors made no charyge for a game. ‘e found that the tables were used by players to play for drinks and checks, and were, therefore, as much a source gkprofit as tables on which a charge for playing was stipulated. This ordinance, it was understood, affected Su- r, Hobbs | Pervisor King, and, therefore, the City 0ses a revenue of $5000 a year use would be compelled to pay license on five tables.” The Grand Jury may not be able to take un street work to-day, but the expert of the Board of Supervisors, George W. El- der, is prepared to submit additional facts relating to crookedness in the depart.ent over which Mr. Ashworth presides. There have been lively times at Martin Keating’s saloon since the Grand Jury re- sumed its investigation of street contracts. Raabe, whe once fifiured in the carpenter- shop of the School Department, when the *‘tough old Board of Edvcation” gained notoriety, is now Keating’s right bower. A short time ago a member of the School Board who is familiar with past records, went to Superintendent Ashworth and in- quired if it were possible that Raabe was connected with the Street Department. Ashworth replied: “Yes, he is; but heis all right now.” The Buckley influence is becoming quite dominant in the Street Department. There is some doubt expressed as to whether Buckley is keeping that promise which he made to keep out of the Ashworth investi- gation. Old-time Buckley lieutenants are said to be rallying around Ashworth with great demonstrations of friendship and support. Buckley, since he told Mr, Willey that the“‘old man was honest” (meaning Ashworth), has sent a very iriendly message toanother member of the Grand Jury. Superintendent Ashworth can hardly es- cape another accusation of misconduct in office. Facts have been submitted to the Grand Jury showing that he did assure Mayor Sutro that the work of paving on Laguna street, between Qak and Fell, had been done as the specifications required, and on the personal assurance of Mr. Ash- worth Mayor Sutro approved the assess- ment. Subsequent investigation has shown that the specifications in many im- portant respects were violated. SIS Sty THE WAGNER ORDINANCE. -2 @ It Is In Derogatlon of the State Law and Therefore Invalid. Attorney John T. Dare is of the opinion that the ordinance introduced by Super- visor Wagner as a substitute for the order recommended by the Grand Jury is in- valid. “The State ldw on the question of pool- selling,” said Attorney Dare yesterday, “‘prohibits all persons from engaging in selling pools or bookmaking, or making wagers on horseraces, except within the inclosure of a racetrack where the trial of speed is to be made. “In section 3 of the old municipal order as passed by the Board of Supervisors March 23, 1891, the same exception is made, allowing pool-selling within the limits of a racetrack, and in the ordinance rocommended by the Grand Jury, which is now in the hands of the joint Judiciary and Health and Police committees, the same exception is made. “The Supreme Court has held that the Board of Supervisors of any city and county cannot pass any ordinance in dero- gation of a State law; but they may pass an order in furtherance of legislative en- actment. An illustration of this decision was evinced in the passage of a law by the Legislature prohibiting faro games. An ordinance was passed shortly afterward by the Supervisors making it a misdemeanor to visit a faro game, which, not being in derogation, but in furtherance, of the State law, was held valid by the Supreme Court. “The State law makes provision for the sale of pools within the inclosure of a race- track, and the ordinance introduced by Bupervisor Wagner strictly prohibits the sale of pools or bookmaking within the limits of the tracks; consequently the or- dinance is in aerogation of the State law, and according to the rulings of the Su- preme Court in like cases it isinvalid upon its face.” CHANGES IN A LAW FIRM. John Garber to Withdraw From the Firm in the Hobart Block. Reports have been in circulation for the past few months assigning various causes for the approaching dissolution of the law firm of Garber, Boait & Bishop, or rather the withdrawal of the senior member of the firm and the reorganization of thefirm under the style of Bishop, Boalt & Bishop. Among the reasons thus mentioned for the action of John Garber was that Mr. Bishop had refused to accept a retainer in behalf of the Southern Pacific Company, and that this course on his part led to estrangement between Mr. Garber and the other members of the firm, which resulted eventually in Mr. Garber’s decision to withdraw. From a gentleman closely allied to the law department of the Southern Pacific some interesting and reliable information on this subject was obtained yesterday. It was first denied in_most emphatic terms that Wilham P. Herrin, the head of the law department, had ever tendered Mr. Bishop a fe: which he had refused. It was stated, on the contrary, that the most friendly relations have always existed be- tween Mr. Herrin and each individual member of the well-known firm in the Hobart building, and still exist. The reason assigned by this gentleman for the withdrawal of John Garber, which isnot, however, to take place until the first of the year, was that he was evidently desirous of establishing a new law firm wherein his son, Joseph B., and his cousin, Eugene R. Garver, would_have ample op- portunities for the exercise of their abili- ties. The new firm is to be known as Garber, Garber & Garber. Referring to the report which ecredits Mr. Herrin with having been responsible for Mr. Garber’s proposed course it was stigmatized as a malicious attempt to create ill-feeling. “Why,” said the gentle- man who was being interviewed, ‘such an assertion to apy one who knows John Garber must be simply absurd. John Gar- ber cannot be run by any vne.” | TO BUILD THE BOULEVARD, Supervisors Decide to Improve Folsom Street at an Early Date. URGED BY PROPERTY-OWNERS. The Street Committee Is Unanimous in Favor of the Bituminous Pavement. An early date will see the beginning of work on the Folsom-street boulevard, which has so long been prayed and peti- tioned for by the residents and property- owners along that thoroughfare. Several days ago a monster petition, bearing the names of a majority of “the property-owners on Folsom street, from Steuart to Nineteenth, was sent in to the Board of Supervisors, asking that the street be not repaired, as had been pro- posed by the Superiniendent of Streets, but that it be paved with bitumen be- tween the streets named and made into a first-class driveway. Attention was called to the fact that re- pairs would cost from §30,000 to $35,000, while 3 complete new pavement could be laid for about $65.000. This latter estimate was furnished by George W. Llder, the expert on streets and street repairs. The petition passed into the hands of the Street Committee in the usual course of events, and was considered ata meet- ing of that body held yesterday. A aelegation ot property-owners was present to champion the cause of the ho[ulevurd and a long session was the re- sult. George D. Chadbourne was the spokes- man of the party and addressed the com- mittee on the subject. He calied attention to the legal powers of the board to lay the pavement asked for and also to the stat- utes relating to the keeping of streets in repair. “As Folsom street now stands,” he said, “its condition 1s simply horrible and no amount of repairing will ever put itin even serviceable condition. It is worse than a wagon road in a_backwoods county and is a disgrace to a civilized commuaity. I know of no other city of any size in the United States where streets are allowed to remain in such condition,and it isa blot on the fair name of San Francisco that former Boards of Supervisors have allowed the only really available street ou the south side o fall into such a state. “The petition which you have before you represents half of the area of San Fran- cisco, $80,000,000 of taxabie wealth and one- third of the population of this Cisy. The laying of bituminous pavemeant on the street is a crying necessity, the City has the money in its coff. and the work should certainly be done without unneces- sary delay. “By laying such a pavement the present crowded condition of Market street at cer- tain hours of the day would be avoided, for much traffic would certainly be diverted to Folsom street. The cost of a bituminous pavement is not more than stone, and ex- perience has demonstrated that the former makes by far the best roadw. It has been estimated that §65,000 will lay the pbituminous pavement and the City should certainly be able to spare that | amount out of the $500,000 in the Street | Department fund.” James Phelan followed in much the same strain, calling attention to the cry- ing need of a boulevard south of Market street and the availability of Folsom street. He thought the increase in the value of taxable property in that section would more than repay the City for the improve- ment. Ex-Supervisor Russell also spoke on the subjec: and added other suggestions for the guidance of the committee. Supervisor Spreckels assured the delega- tion that the committee would look into | the matter carefully and do whatever was | necessary in the premises. After the delegation had retired the matter was again discussed in the meet- ing and an understanding arrived at, It was unanimously decided to begin the work at once or as soon as estimaces could | be procured as to the money and materials necessary. 5 ‘I'he sense of the committee was that in- stead of waiting for the entire $65,000 to | become available—in case it was found | that it was not almeady so—the work | should be begun as early as possible and carried on as long as the fundsin hand would permit. It was found that two blocks which have never been accepted by the City must be paved at the expense of the owners. Secretary Russell was instructed to com- municate with the Superintendent of Streets and obtain all the figures ana data possible to aid an early estimate on the work. Dresden Keramic Club. The members ot the Dresden Keramic Club give their first exhibition of china-painting at Red Men’s Hall, 320 Post street, Saturday, De- cember 7—hours 2 to 6 and 8 to 10 o’clock P.M. The officers are: President, Mrs. C. 8. Packard; vice-president, Mrs. Langley; treas- urer, Mrs. A. C. Freese; secretary, Miss Louise Schweitzer; sergeant-at-arms, Jefferson Graves. The club is composed of the foilowing members: Miss Dorothy Baruth, Miss Emily Herzer, Miss Nelye Giusti, Miss Mae Hoesch, Miss Myrtle Scoit, Miss Chariotta Fricke, Miss Ella Gutzkow. Miss Rector, Miss A. Spreckels, Miss Searles, Miss Kleinhaus, Jeffer- son Graves, Odin Kelso, Mrs. C. L. Packard, Mrs. Walker Graves, Mrs. A. C. Freese, Mrs. Green, Mrs. M. Fcster, Mrs. Charles Gruen- hagen, Mrs. Horace Scott, Mrs. Kelso, Mrs. Langley. Mrs. William Alfs, Mrs. Naber, Mrs. Arber, Mrs. George D. Graham, Miss Lacy. NEW TO-DAY. TABLES OF ALL KINDS. At this season of the year TABLES are especlally In demand. We are showing an excellent assortment of these in all the various woods, [n- cluding FLEMISH AND ANTIQUE OAK, CURLY BIRCH, MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE, Ete. THERE ARE i Tess s PARLOR TABLES, TEA TABLES, HALL TABLES, DINING-ROOM TABLES, SIDE TABLES, BEDROOM TABLES, LIBRARY TABLES. PRICES ARE EXTREMELY REASONABLE. INSPECTION INVITED W.& J.SLOANE & CO,, Carpets—Furniture—Upholstery, 841-847 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO.