The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1895, Page 4

4 EVENTS AT SAN JOSE. Legal Separations Asked by Unhappy Married Folk. TWO CASES OF CRUELTY. A Wife Abuses Her Husband and a Husband Abuses His Wife. ARSON,BURGLARY AND ASSAULT Preliminary Hearings Place Suspected Criminals in the Trial Courts. Other Items. Dec. 26.—William J. n suit for divorce from Marcum on the grounds of cruelty and desertion. They were married November §,1894. M m says that since their marr] wife has frequently sed him, a heated ar- 25 last she struck hjm | e with a piece of wood. a Marcum left her husband and took up her residence with her mother on the Stevens Creek road. There are 1o ¢ d no community ommenced snit T. Buethuis on Dora M. Buethu for a divorce from the charge of cruelty. married in Marin ¥ in November, 1893. The result of their union is a child, now 13 months old, of which plaintiff ants the custody. The plaintiff charges Eer husband with all kinds of cruelty, and alleges tust on frequent occasions he drove ber from the house and compelled her to seek shelter for the night in the barn. She asks for alimony and her st f about $2000 worth of proper - ARRAIGNED FOR ARSON. William Sharratt es to Jail in Default Bail. SAN JOSE, Car, Dec. 6. — William Sharratt, the young man who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of having started three fires early Wednesday morning, was arraigned before tice Gass this after- noon on achargec on. 'The complai was sworn to by Officer Pfau, Sharratt of setting fire to the barn of J enth street. S y, and his examination was set for Junuary 11. Bail was tixed at 2000, in default of which he was sent to ail. S WIZH BURGLARY. Tom Jones and Peter Bellinger Held to the Superior Court. CHARGED SAN JOS Tom Jones | CAL., Dec. and Peter Bellinger, ahas John Schaffer, | the two men arrested in 2 cabin on the marsh near Mountain View, were a raigned before Justice Diwyer this noon on a charge of burglary in entering a cebin belonging to Manuel Pacheco, near Alviso. The men were held to answer be- fore the Superior Court, bonds being fixed at $1000 each, and in default of which they went to jail. Epags i The Deal Declared Off. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 26.—The agree- ment filed in the Recorder's office on | | | | { | | | | | | Tuesday by Mrs, George's attorney w for the purpose of showing that the deal | between Mrs. ieorge and Cornelius F. Sullivan of San Francisco, whereby the latter wes to secure a loan of $15,000 on the Arguello blo for Mrs. George, is off, as Sullivan bas failed to carry out his part of the contrac 3y the terms of the agree- ment, if Sullivan had secured the loan, Mrs. George was bound to take $12,000 of | the capital stock of the Pacific States Life Assurance Company and the remaining #3000 was to be paid over to her. ey Is Not a Wild Man. SAN . JOS Car., Dec. 26.— John | Hirschi, who was arrested near Saratoga Saturday on a charge of insanity, was re- leased from the County Jail to-day by order of Judge Lorigan, who investigated the case and found no ground for holding him. Hirschi had been camping outin the vicinity of Saratoga,and the rumor that he was a wild man became general and his arrest followed. — e Frost Estate Appraisement. 8. JOSE, CaL., Dec. 26.—John Robert- son, J. Sweigert and ¥ Hambly, ap- praisers of the estate of Elezer Frost, de- ceased, filed their report to-day, showing the total value of the estate to be $94,- 281 56. The value of the real estate is placed $56,380, and the balance is personal roperty, of which $30,490 55 is cash ia the ands of the executor: Arraigned for Assault B8AN JOSE, Car., Dec. 26.—Joe Locket, the young man who attacked Fred Mason with a razor at the corner of. First and Santa Clara streets iast evening, was ar- raigned before Justice Gass this morning | on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He entered a plea of not guilty, and his examination was.set for Jannary 9. Bail was fixed at $1000. — - Robbed by a Bi SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. Joe Riozye, University avenue, reported to the police to-day that early Christmas morning he was held up near his home by a man oh a bicycle and rehieved of 45 cents, a nickel watch and a gold chain, Rider, Eighteen Hundred Dollars Damage With $1200 Insurance. MODESTO, Car., Dec. 26.—A mysteri- ous fire this morning at 1 o’clock destroyed 8 cottage belonging to Mrs. J. B. Hyslop at the corner of I and Fourteenth streets. Wnen discovered the entire inside was ablaze. The house had not been occupied for two days. E. D.Groveand wife, ten- ants of the house, who are in Oakland visiting, lose about $700 on furnishings. Insurance $300. Loss on the house $1100; insurance $900. ’ Visalia Man Insolvent. VISALIA, CAL, Dec. 26.—J. S. Bidwell of Dinuba, Tulare County, has filed his petition in insolvency. He owes $15,950, of which there is due the Grangers’ Bank of California $14,000, Hoit Bros. of Stockton $1200 and the balance to parties in Han- ford, Lemoore, S8elma and Dinuba. The amount of his assets is $370, which is all exempt from execution. e L, Bancorille Abandoned at Empire. EMPIRE, Or., Dec. 2.—Efforts were made last week and the week preceding to shove the Bandorille, wrecked almost two months ago, into the Umpqua River from where she grounded, a distance of about half a mile. A portion of the way was passed, but the vessel leaked badiy. The attempt was abandoned and the Bandorille will be left to go to dpxeeeu on the beach. Chiet Engineer Anderson | claimed by Rivers | kn of the Robartis at l'mpiua superintend- ing the removal of the ship’s machinery, which will probably be sold. s g ESCAPED NEAR PENDLETOM. An Insane Woman Eludes Her Keeper and Jumps From a Moving Train. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. OnWednes- day night Mrs. Green, an insane woman, jumped from the Spokane train at a point | near the junction, one mile above this city, and made good her escape from her keeper, Emma McPherson, an attache of | the Idaho penitentiary | Mrs. Green was arrested at Wallace a few days ago and was being taken to the Idaho penitentiary at Blackfoot. TFearing trouble in _escorting her to the hotel to await the Eastern train Mrs. McPherson telegraphed the Sheriff to meet her at the depot. Deputy Sheriff Kimberk was on band when the train arrived and then it was discovered that the insane woman had escaped. Mrs, Green had enterea a closet when above town and slammed the door and locked it. The supposition is that the woman leaped through the window in the closet. Nothing has been heard or seen of her up to this afternoon. - 1 HIGHLAND PRIZE ORANGES. They Take the Medal at the Atlanta Expo- sition and Cause Great Rejoicing. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Dec. 26— rowers of Highlands are quite jubilant to-night and it is a case of general bandshaking. Thisis due to the fact that the Highlands oranges captured the gold medal at the Atlanta exposition. The news arrived this afternoon. The oranges grew on_trees belonging to Jobn H. nderson of Los Angeles and were packed by J. H. Yerkes, agent for Allen Bros., packers for San Bernardino. The oranges winning the medal were Washington navels. This shows that Hignlands is the banner orange belt of Southern California, which has long been ide orange-growers, STABBING NEAR COLUSA, Japanese in a Ranch Camp Dis- grace the American Christ- | mas. In Their Drunken Row One Man Is| Killed and Another Badly Wounded. COLUSA, Car.,, Dec. 26.—Several Japs were celebrat Christmas at a Japanese | camp about four miles below Colusa, near | the place where Fremont Smith killed the | twe fishermen. During the day they | drank a good deal and got into a free fight, | but were separated by the boss of the ranch. Ngashima, one of the combatants, went to another Japanese camp and stayed all night, returning this morning. He found Watanaki, another of the partici- pants in the trouble of the day before, in the kitchen bnilding a fire. Without saying a word he came up b hind Watanaki and began slashing him across the neck and head with a butcher- . Watanaki jumped up, pulle¢ bis knife and they stabbed and slashed e:x h other until Watanaki fell to the floorina dying condition and the other ran bleeding from the house. Constable Gibson of Sut- ter County, on his way to Colusa, picked up \\‘llnré Dr. Belton found he was badly cut about the head and neck and two or three gashes in the back. His hands were also badly cut, probabiy by grabbing his oppo- nent’s knife and having it drawn through the After having his wounds dressed he was taken to the county jail, where he stated that he was badly hurt and believed he would die, but did not care. He said two Jap boys were fighting and he tried to make them quit. One boy got mad and threatened to kill him. He went away, and when he returned in the morning, he | said he found his bed taken away and burned, and was atta and another Japanese. At this time two other Japs came in and reported the fi%m and said that the Jap that was in jail had cutand killed one of his countrymen. Coroner Gray and Sheriff Jones went to the scene of the murder and found Watanaki lying dead in the kitchen with two ugly cuts on his left side, the right eer nearly severed and & large wound on *heright side of the neck. He was brought to town and taken to McNary’s undertaking parlors, where Coroner Gray held an inquest. Two other Japs have been arrested, and it is thought that more than one had a hand in the killing. ked by Watanaki INDIAN KILLED AT SILETZ, The Slayer Claims That Hts Vietim At- tacked Him. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 26.—Billy Tom, an Indian, was killed by Alex Jefferson, another Indian, in a fight at Siletz, on the reservation, Tuesday night. Jefferson, who slept in Howard & Selic’s store, claims that about 10 o’clock at night Tom came in the back door of the store and started a guarrel with him. The room was | in darkness and Tom drew a knife, when Jefferson struck him two blows over the right ear with an iron nail-puller. U. 8. Grant, a justice of the peace, heard the noise in the store. He went in and ound Jefferson behind the counter par- tially dressed. Showing the nail-pulier, Jefferson said: ‘“This is what I defende myself with.” Tom was lying on the floor and could not speak. He lived aboutthree bonrs. The feelingis pretty strongagainst Jefferson at-Siletz. g SHOT AT WALLACE. A Spokane Man Killed by a Jealous Husband, SPOKANE, Wasn., Dec. 26.—Dr. Curtis A. Hughes of this city was fatally shot at Wallace, Idaho, to-day by Attorney W. A. Jones. Jones was jealous of Dr. J. E. Hugh es, son of the victim, who only re- cently moved to Wallace, and not knowing the difference between father and son, when he reached the latter's office he opened fire on the father mortally wound- ing him. Dr. Hughes was a prominent citizen of this city, and had cone up to Wallace to spend Christmas with his son. Jones was formerly District Attorney in {)daho, and is a prominent member of the ar. e e d KILLED AT BAKER CITY. Thomas O’Donnell Falls Down a Shaft in the Virtue Mine, BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 26.—Thomas O’Donnell, a miner at the Virtue mine, last night fell down a shaft from the 350- foot level to the bottom, a distance of 220 feet. His brains were dashed out and every bone in his body broken. O'Don- nell’s mother resides in 8t. Louis, Mo., and he has a brotherin Virginia City, Nev. The deceased was about 25 years old. s S S Shooting at Santa Kosa. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Dec. 26.—Antonio Cneno, one of the lessees of the Guardella Hotel, was shot in the arrh to-day by Olindo Bianchino. The trouble grew out of a quarrel over the recent stabbing of M. Bacigalupi. The Italians are greatly ex- cited over this last affair. Bianchino has been hidden away by friends or made his ;:cape. as he cannot be found by the offi- 1S, hima and brought Lim to town, | BAKERSFIELD ITEMS, Two Tramps Attack a Team- ster and Get Badly Hurt. VINING CARKER DEAD. Fell in the Roadway Stricken With Apoplexy and Expired Shortly Afterward. STRUCK WITH A HAMMER. Harry Pensinger Probably Fatally In- jured in Play by His Brother. BAKERSFIELD, CArL., Dec. 26.—Early this morning a teamster left the land company’s corral on Twenty-fourth street to go to Stockdale. When a short dis- tance out of town he overtook two tramps who asked him for a ride. He told them to jump into the wagon, which they quickly did and rode along quietly until after crossing the old river bridge and the private gate to Stockdale was reached. Here he told his passengers he bad to turn off and they would have to alight, They did not want to do so and tried to per- suade the driver to o on along the main road in the direction they wished to travel. But he refused and peremptorily ordered them to get out. They did so, but as soon as they got down one said to the other, “Give me that gun; I'll fix him.” The fellow drew a 38-caliber revol- ver and handed it to his partner, who fired point blank at the teamster but did not hit him. In an instant the latter yumped down, attacked the armed tramp, taking the gun away from him, and hammered him over | the head and face with it, breaking his nose. The other fellow, too, received similar attention, and then the teamster started to get into his wagon. But the | tramps had not enough of it and went after him again. In the second attack they made him maa clear through. drew a pocket-knife, with a good-sized biade, and cut the two men badly. He then returned to town, reported to the of- ficers what bhe had done, and left word where he could be found if wanted. Noth- ing has yet been heard of the tramps. S AN OLD DEATH OF c1r1z Zining Carker Dies on His From Town. BAKERSFIELD, Cax., Dec. 26.—Vining Carker, one of the oldest and most promi- nent citizens of this section, died early this morning. He had been in town yes- terday morning, and about 1 o’clock in the afternoon started for home. When some eight miles south of town, as is evident from appearances, he must have stopped his team and alighted. Some time later some boys passing along the road found him lying unconscious by the wayside, his standing a short distance away. WWay Howme team They at once gave an alarm and the un- conseious man was taken to_the residence of D. M. Pyle. Dr. R. A. Fergusson was sent for and everything was done that could be, but he did not regain conscious- | ness and died at 2 o’clock this morning. The cause of death was an apoplectic fit, combined with Bright’s disease, from which Mr. Carker had been suffering for some time. INJURED IN SPORT. A Young Man Acciaentaily Strikes His Brother With a Sledge. -~ BAKERSFIELD, CarL., Dec. 26.—Harry Pensinger, 20 years old, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured this afternoon by bis brother William, near town. In com- pany with several of the other young fellows they were enjoying athletic sports. William was swinging a heavy sledge- bammer,trying to make his brother dodge. Failing to 'do so he shouted “You won’t dodge, won’t you?” and threw the sledge, expecting Harry to dodge it, but he did not and received the force of the heavy sledge directly over the liver. He was rendered unconscious. and Dr. Taggart was called. He pronounced the case a rerious one, fearing that the liver had been ruptured, which would result fatally. Lt Another Power Scheme. BAKERSFIELD,Cax., Dec. 26.—Rumors are prevalent of still another power de- velopment scheme on Xern River, near town. It issaid that Los Angeles parties are negotiating for valuable rights and privileges for the purpose of developing guwer for electrical transmission to the outh. This makes three such enter- prises under way. IN CONTEMPT AT CARSON, Barney Brule’s Case Before Judge Hawley Is Set for Hear- ing. Defendant Files an Answer and Asks a Continuance, Which Is Not Granted. CARSON, NEgv., Dec. 26.—The case of Barney Brule, cited for contempt of court in disposing of the witness Langevin in the Heney case, came before Judge Haw- ley this morning. He had secured the services of Judge Murphy, an ex-member of the Supreme bench, to represent him as counsel. Judge Murphy asked that the case be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, as the matters charged in the affidavit did not constitute an offense, insomuch as at the time young Langevin had been furnished money to leave the State he had not been subpenaed as a witness, The court replied that it bad anticipated such a defense and cited a Michigan case, where the Supreme Court had decided that the removing from the jurisdiction of the court of any person having any knowledge of the case, even before summoned as a witness, was a crime against the peace of the commonwealth and an obstruction to the admimstration of justice, fully as reprehensible as if the person whose absence from the county was secured by corrupt means had been served with a subpena as a witness. The motion to dismiss was overruled, The counsel for the defendant then filed an answer, including a denial of all the charges, and asked until Monday next to prepare a defense. The court then said: ““This is a case that, from the very nature of it, as you can plainly see, justifies no delay. On what grounds do you ask it?'’ Judge Murphy replied that he had sev- He | HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1895." eral witnesses whose attendance was ma- terial, but he did not know their where- abouts. The court said in that case he should require an aftidavit, and if the de- fense were not prepared to produce it at once, the case would be called to-mor- row morning at 10 o'clock. The attorney said that he had no aflidavit to make and the order stood. The Government has just discovered that Heney, aiter the verdict of the jury on the 21st inst., made a transfer, in the County Jail, of his property by assigning mort- gages as follows: To William Woodburn, on Washoe property valued at $6000; to Trenmor Coffin, on San Krancisco prop- erty valued at $3000; to his wife, Mary Heney, on property in this city valued at $2500. The Government oflicials hold that such transfers are nuil and void, and that the Government can follow and seize the prop- erty 1n satisfaction of the fine of $5000. More arrests are to be made to-morrow in the Mint cases. The Government offi- cers were hard at work ail day securing new evidence and getting affidavits in shape. e e Saved by Good Whisky. CARSON, NEv., Dec. 26.—Jack Horn of this city drank two quarts of whisky at Whitney & Wall’s saloon. He was in- sensible for several hours last night, but came out all right this morning with the aid of two stomach pumps. The whisky was genuine Kentucky bourbon and only a portion of it was recovered. S 2 Miss Moore’s Case. CARSON, NEv., Dec. 26.—An investiga- tion of the charges of interference with schoo! duties, made by Miss Moore, a teacher of the Orphans’ Home, against the superintendent and matron, began to-day. She holds that her appointment as teacher came from the board and that she 1s answerable to no one else. LOST AT HALENOH B, Captain Whitney and Two Young Men Companions Are Drowned. They Had Been Stranded a Month Ago and Were En Route to Santa Barbara. HALFMOON BAY, Car Captain Whitney and two whose names are unknown, who four weeks ago were stranded on Draffins Beach. about a mile north of Point Mon- tara fog signal, were drowned on Tuesday last, while attempting to resume their journey to Santa Barbara. They had a small sailboat which was badly damaged and they had been spend- ing their time since their previous disaster in putting their craft in repair. Despite the protests of the wiole neigh- borhood they persisted in putting out on Tuesday, and just as they struck the breakers an immense sea broke over them, swamping their boat and turning it upside down. The captain never appeared above the water. The two younger men rose with the boat and clung to it desperately for their lives, but the heavy sea washed their boat off in’' a few minutes and they, too, disappeared. Neither of the bodies has been recovered. Nothing is known of the parties prior to the time they landed here. They said, when they came, they were on their way to Santa Barbara. In muking the effort to reach their destination they lost their lives. Their boat was washed in on the beach to-day, a complete wreck. This makes six men that have lost their lives in about this same manner within a month. Three Chinese fishermen went out from Halfmoon Bay to fish in their small boat on Tuesday. About 11 o’clock in the forenoon "a heavy squall came up suddenly from the north, when they immediately tried to run into the bay, but the wind was blowing so hard they were driven south. TkLe boat and one body were picked up near Pesca- dero. The other bodies have not been re- covered. LIS MURDER THIAL Preliminary Hearing of the Slay- ers of Jack Littlefield Set for Monday. Defendants Insisted Upon an Imme- diate Examination, but Were Overruled. UKIAH, Car., Dec. 26.—The legal battle has commenced in the case of the People vs. Joe Gregory, John Crow and Baylis Van Horn, who are charged with the mur- der of Alired (alias Jack) Littlefield in September last in the Red Mountain coun- try. On Monday the hearing was com- menced before Justice Philbrook at Weaverville. District Attorney Bartlett moved for a continuance until December 30, at which time he said the prosecution would be ready for the preliminary examination. The defendants by their attorney, D. G. Reid, demanded immediate hearing. Justice Philbrook granted the continu- ance, and the examination was set for the 30th inst. A writ of habeas corpus was then issued, returnable before the Superjor Court on the following day. The point urged in favor of granting the writ was that de- {endants were entitled to immediate hear- ing, and that the Justice had no right to postpone the examination. The matter was taken under advisement by the court, and yesterday afternoon the writ was denied and the defendants remanded to the custody of the Sheriff. | ————— BURGLARS AT NAPA. Several Suits of Clothes and Money and Jewelry Stolen. NAPA, Car., Dec. 26.—Early Wednesday morning burglars broke into Stevens & Hartson’s clothing-store, Main street, and carried off several suits of clothes; also over $100 in jewelry and $20 in money. One hundred and forty dollars, which had been hid under the counter, was saved, and also some change in the cash drawer. Entrance to the building was made through the courtroom in the rear of the store, and the glass door connecting was broken open. Tt is thought to be the work of local men, as most the valuable clothes in the store weré taken. * astad gl Al An Enraged Father at Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, Car., Dec. 26.—A war- rant was issued to-day for David Fisher, the young man who got a license to wed: Annie Blakeley of Forrestville here on Tuesday. They were married on that day.’ . Fisher swore the girl was 18, thongh she is but 16, and her enraged father proposed to have him punished. But they have fled and the officers cannot 10cate ther. R T Drowned at_Canyonville. CANYONVILLE, Or., Dec. 26.—News has been received here that two boys, re- spectively 8 and 11 years old, sons of Ed- ward Maloney, were drowned Tuesday while crossing” the Souvh Umpfiun River, seven miles north of Canyonville. Their boat was found floating down the river empty. Their bodies havenot been found. BURIED THREE DEEP Startling Assertion Made by Attorney Charles Hubb. RICHMOND CEMETERIES. The Fight Against Burials in the City Limits Still Continues. PROPERTY-0WNERS TO CONVENE Resolutions Will 'Be Drawn Up and Placed Before the Board of Supervisors. The Richmond District Property-owners’ Association will convene next Thursday for the purpose of vlacing resolutions re- garding the burial of the dead in ceme- teries adjacent to Richmond District before the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors. The resolutions read as follows: WHEREAS, The unlimited burial of the dead within the City and County of San Francisco is dangerous {to life and detrimental to the health of the public; and whereas, the right of those who have already purchased lots or lots for their own use or for the use of their amilies in the said cemeteries in the City and County of San Franciscd be recognized, there- fore, be it resolved, SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful, after the passage of this resolution, for any person, association or corporation to hereafter within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco, purchase, acquire, sell, lease, or in any othe:’ way dispose of or make available any land situated therein for the purpose of interring any human body, or any portion of any human body, except in_ such lots or plots as may have been already pur- chased by parties for their own use, or the use of their families, provided the said lots shall not be used for generzl interment purposes. Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this order shall be deemed guilty of & misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or impris- onment mnot exceeding six months, or both such tine and imprisonment. Sec. 3. Any aud all ordinances or orders in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This order shall bein force from and after its pas- sage. Attorney Charles Hubb, president of the Richmond Association, yesterday said : I this resolution should be passed upon and adopted by the Board of Supervisors it would benefit_and_protect not only the health of the whole City, but als0 the owners of property ad- jacent to the cemeteries and the owners of ots and plots within the cemeteries, Accord- ing to the California Reports, book 42, page 554, the municipal corporations may provide for the removal of cemeteries from the center of population as a police regulation, and also order 1961, passed by the Board of Super- visors on March 15, 1888, states tnat the burial of the dead is designated as dangerous to life and detrimental to public health, but ex- cludes the Richmond district, in the bound- aries of the City, wherein the burial of bodies shall be unlawful. If the burial of the dead be dangerous to life and deirimental to public health in any other part of the City, why shouldn’t it be in the Richmond district? To show that the land in the cemeteries inside the City limits could and should be sold for other purposes—as & nursery, for instance, which would be very profitable—I would refer them to section 615 in the statutes of Cali- fornia on page 61 and aporoved March 4, 1889, \\'lllcl}: states that cemetery corporations mey sell lands held by them upon obtaining &n order for that nurgnle from the Superior Court of the county where the lands are situ- ated. Before making the order proof must be made to the satisfaction of the court that no- tice of the application tor leave to sell has been given by publication in such manner and for such time as the court has directed, and that the lands are not acquired for and are not in use for burial purposes, and that it is for the interest of the corporation that such lands be sold. The application must be made by petition, and any member of the corporation may op- pose the granting of the order by afidavit or otherwise. Alsoin the statutes of California of 1891, page 264, section 13, reads as follows: ‘Whenever all the bodies burled in any lot or plot shall have been removed therefrom with the consent of the majority of the board of directors of the corporation owning said cemetery, it shall be lawful for the owners of sald lot or plot, with the consent of the directors, to, trausfer the same by deed. s The cemeteries in this district are now full to overflowing and the walks and drives, in some places, have been narrowed and cut down to make room for more bodies, and it has been noticed that among the poorer classes the dead bodies have been buried one upon the other sometimes three deep. - We are in great hopes that our resolutions will be adopted by the board. Stole a Horse and Wagon. Charles Murry, a peddler, was arrested last evening at the instance of Joseph Miller, a fel- low tradesman, for stealing a horse and wagon. Murry was taken to the California-street sta- tion by Officer B. F. Rathfor and booked on & charge of grand larceny. IMPROVING ISLAIS CREEK, Congress Has Been Asked for a Ten Thousand Dollar Ap- propriation. Senator Perkins and Representative Maguire Championing the Measure. The.movement to have Congress eppro- priate $10,000 for the removal of obstruc- tions in Islais Creek has assumed formal shape. Peter T. Seculovich, president of the Tslais Creek Property-Owners’ Association, has received letters from Congressman Maguire and Senator Perkins, now at Washington, to the effect that they will do allin their power to pressthe matter to a finality in both the House of Representa- tives and the Senate. Senator Perkins writes as follows: ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., December 9, 1895. Peter T. Seculovich, 3241 Mission street. San Francisco—DEAR SIk: The Islais Creek petition and bill. which you announce have been sent to Congressman’ Maguire, will be pushed by him in the House, as itis a very meritorious measure. ‘When it reaches the Senate I shall take pleas- ure in doing everything possible to secure its passege. Very truly yours, GEORGE C. PERKINS. I will present the memorial of the asso- ciation to Congress,” writes Congressman Maguire, “and will determine within a few days the proper course to pursue with respect to the introduction of a bill orreso- lution to carry out its purpose.” “I will gladly co-operate with Senator Perkins and Representative Maguire,” said Congressman Grove L. Johnson in a letter to President Beculovich, “in any measures they. may offer to the advantage of your association. These gentlemen are men of weight and prominence in Con- ress, and if they champion your measure t will undoubtedly be successful.” The obstructions complained of are two embankments that dam the channel of Islais Creek, one at Kentucky street and the other at Fifteenth avenue. The creek at Kentucky street is 200 feet wide, but the tilling in, which was doue by the Potrero and Bay View Railroad Comvany, leaves an opening of about twenty feet through which the water flows. The embankment at Fifteenth avenue was caused by the City in extending the thoroughfare. The | property-owners claim_that with these obstructions removed the channel of Islais Creek would be iree to navigation for its full length of three miles. _ “We have been fighting to have this creek made navigable as nature intended for the past twelve years,” said Mr. Seculovich yesterday, ‘‘and we shall con- tinue the battle for twelve years longer if necessary that we may accomplish our purpose. But the questionis likely to be settled, now that our Representatives in Congress have taken hold of it with a seem- | ing determination to force it to a conclu- | sion. | “Judge Maguire has already introduced the bul in Congress. It provides for an appropriation of $10,000. | “The removal of these obstructions from | and the improvement of Islais Creek gen- erally means much to the property-owners | along its course, Fully 700 acres of land, baving a valuation of $1,000,000, are in- volved. With thecreek cleared of obstrue- | tions it would give ten feet of water | in the chanuel at full tide, and ferry- | boats and other vessels could run up to | Fiiteenth avenue without difficulty.” i — CORNER GROCERES W Women Petition That the Stores and Saloons Be Di- vorced. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Is the Chief Promoter of the Plan. “The grocery and saloon must be di- vorced."” So say members of the Woman’s Chris- | tian Temperance Union, whose latest move was the circulation of a petition asking the | separation of the sale of liquor from all | connection with trade in groceries or any | other line of business. The union believes | the saloon should stand on its own merits and not on the nether members of any | class of business which they regard as le- gitimate. | The work of circnlating the following |} petition, which is to be presented to the | next Legislature, has been going on quiety | for nearly a month under the direction of | officers of the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Union here and elsewhere, and the ‘ ladies declare their intention of letting nothing prevent the thorough canvas con- templated : | To the President, Speaker and Members of the | Senate_and. Assembly of the Staie. of Califor- | nia—GENT! fne undersi gned, citizens s of the State of California, respec- tively retition your honorable bodies, and in that behalt set forth that, | WHEREAS, We believe that one of the most harmful methods employed in the dispensing of spiritous, vinons and malt liquors isin the maintaining and licensing of what is famil- iarly termed the ‘‘corner grocery,” wherein the sale of liquors as aforesaid is the main busi- ness, and the sale of groceries only a pretext; and whereas, we believe that the business of selling said spirituous, vinous and malt lig- ors as aforesaid, save for medicinal purposes. should be conducted and carried on separate and distinet from any other busin 850 as to | be more easily controlled. Now, therefore, we respectfully request your honorable bodies to pass such ‘laws as ‘will | remedy said evil and will forbid the mainten- ance and sale of spirituous, vinous'and malt liguors under the conditions as aforesaid. Signers must be residents of California and over twenty-one years of age.] The petitioh is in circulation in the cities and larger townsof the State, and | measures will bé taken to prosecute a vigorous warfare on those lines. Mrs, Aunnie L. Barry, State Superinten- dent of Legislative Work in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, has the | supervision of the work. WALLEY BOAD T FRESHC. | | No Obstacle to Be Placed in| the Way of the Railroad Company. The Proceedings in Courtylnstitutedli for the Purpose of Legal Accuracy. FRESNO, Carn.,, Dec. 26.—The report that Fresno had placed an obstacle in the way of the Valley road by refusing to grant a franchise through the city is un- founded. The suit in the Suprems Court brought | by Attorney Preston is a friendly one and ‘ is in accordance with the programme ar- ranged by himself and the Trustees of this city while he was here on his recent visit. 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