The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 7

< > v THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896. FEBRUARY 12. 1896 WEDNESDAY. AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.-Grand Opera—‘“Aids.” + Richard IIL" Hendrick Hudson Jr." My Partner.” “The Gentle Savage.” gh-Class Vaudeville. White Slave.” GOLDEN_GATE HALL ony and Popular Concerts, Friday afternoon, Feb.14, at 3:30 o'clock. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE—Benefit Concert of the Morning Orchestra. Monday evening, 17 GROVER' Sioor THE Cmures—Dally at Haight street, one block east of the Park. Yaci¥icCoast JockEY Crus.—Races. AUCTION SALES. BY Hravy.—Thursday, Febraary 13, Horses, at Thirteenth and H S0N streets. BY SULLIVAN & DOYIL arday, February 15, horses and mules, at 220 Valencia' street. at 11 o'clock. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Potrero and South San Francisco has taken on an improvement spell. Local items, bright and brief, can be tound on this page of the CALL every morning. The information against Mrs. Mary A. David- €on has been assigned to Judge Bahrs' court. Burial of May Smith, who was strangled last Bunday night by some unknown on Morton street. The Native Sons dedicated their new home on Mason street last night with a very swell dance. Kamsin, Zamer, Sir Vassar, St. Brandon and Ferris Hartman were the wihners at Ingleside Yyesterday. Congressman Pat nt should tal Railroad. The Woman’s honored b Aunthony yesterday. The local Furniture-workers’ Union has §oined the Amalgamated Woodworkers’ Inter- national Association. The Zealandia arrived yesterday from Panwma. First Assistant Engineer Dave Zim- merman was killed en route. The State Board of Trade hasindorsed J. A. Filcher's management of the California ex- hibit at the recent Atlanta Exposition. ge Conlan’s ison reasons that the Gov- possession of tlte Central tate Sufirage Association was a visit from the niece of Susan B. Ambrose Watson, clerk of J court, in view of tne decision of Judge Troutt, wwill retire from the position on Saturday. Counsel for rant have been allowed twenty days’ fu time in which to prepare end file their bi The sanitary condition of the district around Isiais Creex is very bad, and sewers find out- lets in places that should be nealthy and clean. Albert Newman of 222 San Jose avenue, Ala- meda, was knocked down by a Mcallister- Btree esterdey morning at the ferry and seriously injured. The mystery of the manner of the death of H. Cransion Potter has notyei been cleared. Detectives Gibson and Wren are now investi- gating the matter. ack has rendered judgment in favor ce Cavanagh im his suit against his for an interedt in whathe claimed was ity property. centions on appeal. Judge of Mau wii eloping young couple from Tacoma were rged irom the City Prison yesterday and are now staying at a hotel. They to Tacoms. e large north coast crab is to be planted in const will be placed in the northern bays by the Fish Commissioner: frost in the vicinity to- night and iesday night; fresh northerly winds.—Ex- tract from last night’s prediction issued by Forecast Official W. H. Hammon. oll Cook has moved to dismiss the in- t against Peter F. Lane for felonious t. The trial of the in mation will come e Judge Belcher on February 14. Gustayus Hurlbert has brought suit against the S. S. Construction Company and the San ) and San Mateo Railway Company to 15,000 duc on various loans. 1preme Court yesterday ordered that a of mandate be issued compelling the Trustees to grant e franchise to the road without bids or advertising. Valley Jane Simpson, alias Mrs. Hawley, tne female swindler, was yesterday held to aAnswer before the Superior Court by Judge Campbellin $3000 bonds on the charge of felony embezzlement. Mary Maurico, & girl brought from San , was taken to Mount St. Joseph Orphan yesterday by Secreiary Kane of the fic. Comst Society for the Suppression of J. P. Maloney says, in an answer filed in the Justice courts, that he paid & claim of Theodore C. Marcean, the photographer, under duress, and that he has been damaged t0 the extent of §25,000 Nella Marie Olson, mother of Thomas Whit- more, mate of the bark McNear, who was killed by falling through an_unprotected hatchway, 35 suing the owners of the ship for 20,000 damages. gns were submitted at yvesteraay’s meet- the Municipal Building Committee of ot Supervisors for the proposed Court building on the site of the old Board of Regents of the University of rnia met yeslerday afternoon; but de- on_on the choice of a site for the School and of plans for the Affili- ceman Joha P. Woest was fined $25 by the Police Commissioners last night for ap- pearing on duty in o slovenly condition, and ol 1 R. J. McGrayan $50 for using vul- language. The Fruit and_Poultry Dealers’ Association, st their regular bi-weekly meeting last night, drafted & petition to be presented to the Chief f Police asking that peddlers be compelled to p moving about the Cit he tese of P.J. White against Rev. Father Denis Nugent to recover $140,000 alleged to have been secured irom Mrs. Ellen Gallagher through undue influences wes begun in Judge Hunt's court yesterday morning. Rev. Joseph McDonsld lectured before the readinig circles last night in Metropolitan Hall, on “Catholic English Literature,” in which he impressed upon his large audience the im- portance of selecting good books. The Reid Collection Agency carried out its threat yesterday, so far s bringing suit against Hugo Goerlitz was concerned. They filed the complaint in the Justice Court and took out &n order of examination. Goerlitz gave bail in 61 The bunko man who has been posing asa nephew or intimate friend of college graduates 3n the East and obtaining money on this pre- text from their friends here, met a warm re- ception at the hands of George Cumming Jr. Monday evening. Dominick Linder is suing the Union Iron Works for $10,000 dameges for the death of his son, Joseph Linder, caused by the breaking of 5 scaffolding upon which he was working. The father alleges negligence on the part of the works in carelessly constructing the scaffold- ing. Abram Ruef, attorney for the owners of the horse Morello, is going to bring his objections to the sufficiency of the bond recently accepted by the County Clerk before the court. He cflims that Van Ness, the Dre!enl{msle. or of the horse, is only killing time until the season NEW TO-DAY. KANSAS™ *(ITY CUTICURA Disfiguring i REMEDIES ECZEMA MEDIES. E:m) and CUTICURA SOAP, and e g application we could see & “After we Qsed them one week some of the sores had healed entirely, and ceased to spread. In less than & ‘month, she was free from scales and blemishes. an 1o-day has as lovely skin and bair as any child, e, IO ot i Caby over sl kiags ofrs: rett] ., over b Frema s PARK. 1600 Belleview Ave, Kan. CIty. sreywaere. PorTEs DEVO & Cus. CORE Bostols Pedro Bay and the razor-back clam of the | The Valley Railway Need Not Advertise for City Fran- chises. STATE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL Supreme Court Issues a Writ Com- pelling Fresno Trustees to Grant a Franchise. The San Francisco and San Joaquin lley Railway Company won a victory yesterday which gives a precedent for steam railways securing rights of way through city streets without having to observe the statutory rule of advertising and bidding for the privilege. The suit grew out of a difference of opinion between the Trustees of Fresno and the Valley road regarding a franchise along Q streetin Fresno. The Fresno Trustees elected to give a franchise to the Valley Railway in ac- cordance with the statute of 1893, which required that the franchise be advertised forin the public press and sola to the highest bidder. The railway directors, acting on the advice of E. F. Preston, counsel for the board, declined to accept the franchise under those conditions for various reasons. It'was held by Mr. Pres- ton that the act of 1893 was not constitu- ticnal in regard to steam rail ways, and that, therefore, the proposition of the Fresno Trustees was not legal. Again it was contended that a franchise accepted under the statute of 1893 would not have a clear title, and this fact would prove a serious obstacle in the event of bonding the railway at any future time. ‘The Valley road’s attorney consequently filed a petition in the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Fresno Trustees to grant the franchise in conform- ity with his contention. g The first petition, submiited with the belief that oral argument before the court would be allowed, was not successful, as the writ asked for was denied January 10 by the court. This order, however, was made with the undersianding that an amended petition be filed. ¢ In the second document the petitioner stated that mandamus was the proper remedy, holding that a steam rail way was a public use, and the power of the Board of Trustees of Fresno City. with respect to the granting or denying the application was a quasi-judicial function. Several authorities are quoted. The Board of Trustees was empow ered to act for public purposes, vi: to control or direct a public use. He said: A steam railroad asks permission to use cer- tain public streets. The board advertises for bids, and John Doe, who has never made any application, is the highest biader and the board grants him a franchise. Where in the law outside of this statute of 1893 is there any | authority given for such a procedure ? Where does th any consideration whatever? What becomes of the rights flowing to the company by virtue ofits franchise obtained by its organization under and its complisnce with the general { laws of the State relating to railroad corpora- tions? Again, what other remedy has this petitioner but mandamus? MHow can it obtain that dis- cretionary action if the board refuses to con- sider atall? It may be said that the applica- tion can be denied, but is it a presumption to | be tolerated that the consideration will be other thau one that is just and fair to the ap- plicant and to tne public, with due regard {o the rights of both? " Petitioner only deslres to obtain such a consideration. ! _Upon the question of remedy we very respect- fully submit that uniess the statute of 1893 is ! valid snd operative the Board of Trustees | of the city of Fresno should be compelled to pass upon the application of petitioner. In the second part of the petition it was shown that under settled rules of statutory interpretation the statute of 1893 did not apply to steam railroads, and casesand au- thorities were cited to support the conten- tion. Regarding the act of 1893 it was held that that statute was unconstitu- tional, since it provided for “the sale of railroad and other franchisesin munici- palities, and relative, to the granting of franchises,” while the constitution of Cali- fornia stated that ‘‘every act shali em- brace but one subject, which subject shal! be embraced in its title.” The Supreme Court decided in favor of the petitioner as follows: The foregoing order is set aside and ordered thatan alternative writ of mandate issue as prayed, returnsble before the Supreme Court in bank at San Frencisco, on Monday, the 2d of March, 1896, at 10 A. M. BeatTY, C. J. TEMPLE, J. VAN FLEET, J. HARRISON, J. H. W. Spalding of the Valley road’s law department will go to Fresno to-day to present the writ to the Board of City Trus- tees in person. I PROGRESSEPUTRERD Several New Buildings Other Improvements in Evidence. and The Rough Cowboy and Tough Hood- lum Have Been Compelled to Re- treat in Dismay. That portion of the metropolis known as the Potrero and South San Francisco was until quite recently as remote from the real city of San Francisco as though it was an adjacent and separate township gov- erned by a corporate body of its own. This condition of affairs has, however, changed since the old time. ‘“Long Bridge” has disappeared and in its stead extends a continuous well-paved street running from the southern end of Fourth street to the far end of South San Francisco, and upon which a line of electric cars run regularly from North Beach to the end of Kentucky street and Sixteenth avenue. This with a cross-line on Sixteenth street tapping the Western Addition to Kentucky street at the Union Iron Works has brought the heretofore isolated section into direct travel line with all the principal sections of the City proper. Asa consequence of this facility of direct and speedy means of- travel the southern section has started in to improve its con- dition by commencing to buiid hanasome residences and.stores on the principal streets. The old rookery on Kentucky and Yuba streets known as the “King’s Casile” is being torn down for firewood, and the owner of the premises, Dr. Wilkins, is about to erect a substantial three-story prick building in its stead. Other less pre- tentious buildings will also soon be built on that portion of Kentucky street adja- cent to the rolling-mills and Spreckels’ sugar-mills. Such buildings bave become a necessity in consequence of the number of workmen employed in that portion of the city. The Jnion Iron Works alone has over 1700 men on its payroll. Spreck- els’ Sugar Works employs about 600 men the year round. These, with the rolling- mills, where there are between 200 and 300, and the rope works and other smaller places, including Butchertown, contain quite a population, the grel!er portion of which has resided this side of Islaig Creek, but the members of which are now to en- gg their_homes on the sunny slope of trero Heights. In addition to all these marks of pros- | application of this railroad receive | perity there is still another that speaks well for the law-abiding element in that section. This is that tge ““Butchertown rowdy™ isa thing of the past. For this condition of affairs the inhabitants are grateful to Lieutenant George Bennett of the police force, who has been the real cause of driving the rough cowboy and tough hoodlum™ out of the south end of the City. In days gone by when there used to be over a hundred arrests registered from that section there are not twenty now, and the few that are made by the ten police officers are generally for some minor offense GOERLITZ SUED. Paderewski’s Private Secretary Defend- ant in an Action in the Justices’ Court for an Old Claim. Suit was begun in the Justices’ Court vesterday against Hugo Goerlitz to re- cover the claim of $251 alleged to be held against him by G. Verdier & Co., together with $290 interest. Mr. Goerlitz is the pri- vate secretary of Paderewski, An order of examination was issued and served upon him, and he gave $600 cash bail and was released. This action is brought in accordance with the threat made by the Reid Collec- tion ufency. in whose hands the claim is placed, Delmas & Shortridge are attorneys for Goerlitz. They will resist the collection of the claim, as Goerlitz denies responsi- bility for it, although he offered to pay the ALONG THE WATER FRONT Coal Vessels That Cannot Get Rid of Their Cargo Owing to the Glut, SOME HELD THIRTY-FIVE DAYS, A Protest From Passengers on the Sausalito Ferry About Blowing the Whistle, The enormous quantities of coal that havé arrived lately from Newcastle, Eng., Swansea, and Newcastle, Australia, have almost glutted the market and in conse- quence the merchants have found consid- erable difficulty in handling the ship- ments, Vessels have been compelled to stay out their full lay days and the masters are protesting in consequence. The Re- liance was thirty-three days at anchor be- fore an ounce of her cargo was taken out, than regular dealers and in some in- stances sell with no license whatever. Thus there is an unjust discrimination. The association recognizes that there are certain laws which fuily cover this point and therefore they will have their petition carefully prepared before presanting it. FRED EMERSON BROOKS. The Poet Arrives Here, Hale and Pros- perous, After an Absence of Six Years. Fred Emerson Brooks, the California poet and author, who has been absent 1n New York for the past six years, is at the Palace. He is accompanied by J. Williams Macy, the humorist and buffo-basso. They have been giving entertainments over the country, something after the order of Nye «nd Riley. In one way or another, sometimes asa lecturer and "again as a poet and play- wright, Mr. Brooks has been before the pub- lic nearly all the time during his absence. He says he has done very well, having made money, and he now owns a fine place in New York. He says that when he went away from here many of his friends counseled him against it. They said the East was full of everything he could furnish. Under all the circumstances he is gratified at the kindly reception shown him and with the success he has had. The gentlemen are traveling under the auspices of Major Pond. They will appear The British Ship Reliance Docking at Mi — [Sketched by a “Cali” artist.] on No. 2 to Discharge the Remainder of Her Coal Cargo. original amount rather than be subjected to the annoyance of the suit. Goerlitz says be will be in the City for three weeks, giving him plenty of time to make his defense. THE PROTESTANT ORPHANS Reports of the Work for a Year of the Orphanage on Haight Street. | Decrease in the Number of Inmates and the Explanation Given. The forty-fifth annual meeting of the Protestant Orphan Asylum was held yes- terday at St. John’s Presbyterian Church. Reports were read to show that there were | 205 children in the asylum at the begin- | ning of the year—February, 1, 1895. Since that time forty have been admitted, fifty- nine have been removed by friends, eleven have been indentured to homes, two have been sent to the home for feeble-minded children and two have been adopted. One report read at the meeting sets forth that the decrease in the number of chil- dren cared for is not from any lack on the part of the management to receive and care for the homeless little ones, but that the explanation may be found in the re- cent establishment of other Protestant or- phanages which draw from the class which but a few years ago could find shelter only within the walls of the Protestant Orphan Asylum or those of the Home of the La- dies’ Protective and Relief Society. The year was a prosperous one, and there were but two changes in the corps of emploves and two in the corps of teachers. Mrs. E. A. MeNear, the matron, is still in charge, and Mrs. von Tillow still holds the Erincipalsnip of the school. Extensive ut necessary repairs were made to replace what decay had weakened. During the year R. E. Raimond, one of the trustees, passed away, and W. B. Hooper was ckosen to fill the vacancy, and C. R. Bishop was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the continued absence from the State of William Babcock. The report concludes with expressions of gratitude for legacies and contributions received during the year. Not a death nas occurred at the asylum for five years. There are now 170 children in the asylum. Thisisa smaller number than the society has had to care forin many years. Itis felt that the decrease in applications for assistance is an encourag- ing sign, The report of the treasurer, Mrs. W, A, Haight, 1s as follows: February 1, 1895— Cash on hand Cash recetved from Iegacies Interest on legacies invested. State appropriation. Boar! of half-orphans. Donations.. Subscriber Total Cash paid— Provisions. ..... 81,416 46 28.900 00 28,770 10 7,795 00 8 Taxes and insurance. 5 Legacles invested. 26,900 00 Medical and legal services. 634 2 Miscellaneous expenses. 901 20 woeveen.. 860,170 85 Officers elected yesterday are as follows: President, Mrs. William Alvord; firstvice- president, Mrs. J. R. Garniss; secoud vice-president, Nirs. C. O. Gerberding; treasurer, Mrs. Henry Haight; secretary, Mrs. Frederick MacCrellish; assistant sec- retary, Miss Ella L. Adams; boara of managers—Mrs. William Ashburner, Mrs, ‘Willis E. Davis, Mrs. 8. E. Dutton, Mrs. C. V. Gillespie, Mrs. Charles Holbrook, Mrs. D. W. Horsburgh, Mrs. John Middleton, Mrs. W, R. Smedberg, Mrs. Albert T. %?ottu, Mrs. 8. B. Welch, Mrs. Kirkham right and Mrs. William G. Dodgze. e ——— Captain de Winter Fined. Captain Jolin de Winter, who was convicted by e jury in the United States District Court for cruelly beating a seaman named Woywood, was yesterday fined $100 by Judge Morrow. Total.... and the Monkbarns of the same line will not dock before next Thursday and she will then have been thirty-five days await- ing a chance to discharge. Even with his cargo out Captain Atkinson’s position will not be very much improved as chartersare going begging at 20 shillings, and as his owners refused 32 shillings when the ves- sel was loading in Swansea, the chances are that the Monkbarns wiil be laid up at Sausalito. After being shifted from post to pillar the Reliance was finally docked at the Rosenfeld bunkers yesterday to discharge the last of her cargo. In spite of the fact that she has discharged over 3000 tons of coal she looked more like @ yacht than a coal ship. Captain Robinson takes great care of his vessel and in consequence everything was shipshape and as clean as anew pin, As she was towed up to the wharf a great crowd gathered and when the docking was successfully accomplished there was a rush to get aboard and inspect the ship. The Reliance is one of the best built and finest vessels in port. Captain Robinson has been in ber seven years and he knows whereof he speaks when he says ‘“‘a faster vessel is not afloat.’”’ She is certainly an ideal vessel 1n which to travel, Hercabins are large and commodious and the crew’s quarters are perfect. The only objection the men have to the vessel is the height of her masts. The main is 180 feet from deck to truck, and one old salt voiced the sentiments of the other men yesterday when he said: “If the old man would only have the sky- sail pole taken off, we would travel all around the earth with him. Av it is, there is too much climbing, and we sailors don’t want to get to heaven before our time.’” Belonging to the same line as the Re- liance is the Pegasus, which sailed a few days ago; the Sir Robert Fernie, now on her way from Newcastle, Australia; the Glencaird and Kearny Hill, which will be here next spring, and the Monkbarns, now in port. The Reliance brought the mail from Pitcairn, and Captain Robinson has now a number of souvenirs of the islanders on board. Among them is a piece of wood which is painted “For Auld Lang Syne’; another has on it “‘I Love Thee,” and two polished cocoanuts have on them ‘““Wel- come Home.’ All have painted in the corner “‘Pitcairn.” The Reliance will load wheat at Port Costa, and from here will go to Cork for orders. The following protest about the whist- ling of the Sausalito ferry-boats before sailing time comes from a tourist: Editor Call—This morning the whistle for the 10:05 boat was sounded fully ten minutes before the hour at which the boat is timed to leave—five minutes being the usual time. Passengers began crowding the waiting-room expecting every minute o g0 aboard, but the boat did not leave the wharf until 10:30 or ex- actly forty minutes after the blowing of the ‘whistle. This is not an isoiated case, as passengers Dby this boat are otten greatly inconvenienced by the irregularity and delay in leaving. Iand other patrons of the road think that there is no need of blowing the whistle three-quarters of an hour before it is possible for the hoat to leave, the usual five minutes being more con- venient. . 1i it is found impossible to start this boat on her schedule time why not change the time? The crew of the American shi}) Wachu- sett are having a hard time of it to keep the ship clear of water. She was badly strained on the run down from Puget Sound and the men were constantly at the pumps. Since her arrival there has been no chance to deck her and every day the different watches have to take their trick at the pumps in order to keep her afloat. As soon as her cargo is discharged she will be docked for repairs. PEDDLERS MUST MOVE, Fruit and Poultry Dealers’ Association ‘Will Petition for Relief. The Fruit and Poultry Dealers’ Associa- tion devoted the greater part of the time of their meeting last night to organizing. The most important work of the evening, however, was the drafting of a petition to be presented to Chief of Police Crowley -asking that peddlers of fruit be prohibited from standing in one place on the street while selling their wares, but be compelled to_move about the Gity. This petition will be presented to the Chief of the Police 1n a few days. The dealers advance as a reason for this request that peddlers will come to a stand in a location very near to a fruit store and thus injure that dealer’s trade. further claim that these itinerant fruit- dealers pay a very much smaller license | to-night in Santa Rosa, to-morrow night here, and then will go south and east. Mr. Brooks has grown somewhat stout. His face is bronzed, and_he is looking ex- ceedingly well. They will not be in Cali- fornia altogether over two weeks. MORE CHATTEL-DEALIG Wholesale Landing of Chinese Women in This City Yesterday. The Notorious Lee Gee of Forged Opium Stamp Fame in Business Again. Collector of the Port John H. Wise is evidently being hoodwinked by some one. During the past three months no less than sixteen Chinese women have beenjlanded by the Chinese bureau, and of that num- ber fourteen are now in Chinese dens. Almost all of them were passed by the Collector as ‘““native daughters,” but the evidence that supports their claim is all that of their own countrymen. The whole scheme to beat the Govern- ment and so get slaves into Chinatown will be revealed in a few days and the Col- lector will then wonder that he was ever so. credulous. Little Pete and Lee Gee, who came into prominence when Internal Revenue Agent B. M. Thomas’ name was forged on the revenue stamps, are rivals for the control of the slave trade and each is telling tales on ‘the other. When the Gaelic arrived from Honvkong a few days ago she had seven women aboard, all of whom were said to be wives of merchants or native daughters. When the Rio de Janeiro got in some weeks ago she had three women aboard, all consigned to Little Pete. The Coptic brought five women, all of whom were landed, and the three previuus steamers brought two each. Pete’s taree women who came on the Rio de Janeiro were landed yesterday and two of those on the Gaelic were also given their liberty. The other five, who are still detained, will be brought before the Col- lector to-day, and if the Chinese succeed in carrying out their programme they will be landed. One thing is certain, as long as the ‘“native daughter’” mill can be worked there will be no lack of slavesin Chinatown. 54 Connected with Lee Gee in the business of landing women is Lee Hoy. These two and Little Pete control the business, but latterly there has been a split and now each side is ready to sacrifice the other. In the meantime very few women will be landed in San Francisco, and by the time the im- portations begin again Collector Wise: will probably have learned something of the inside workings of the gang. Of the women now on the Gaelic Lee Gee and Lee Hoy have an interest in every one, and should they succeed in landing them the market price of the girls would be $1250. The chances are that the Gaelic will take them back to China. ——— ACCIDENT AT THE FERRY. Albert Newman of Alameda Knocked Down by a Cable-C: Albert Newman, who resides at 222 San Jose avenue, Alameda, met with a serious accident dt the foot of Market street, yes- terday morning, about 8:30 o’clock. He is employed by Carroll & Carroll, 306 Market street, and had just left the ferry when the accident occurred. He was trying to lift his dog out of the way ofa McAllister-street car, which was nearing the turntable, when he was struck by the car and knocked down. % He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found there was a cut in his scalp about eight inches long and his left side was badly contused. The physicians thot:;ght that his skull was possibly frac- tured. ——————— Barbers to Celebrate. At theregular meeting of the Barbers’ Asso- ciation of San Francisco it was decided to have They |- all barber-shops close at 12 o’clock noon on Saturday, February 22, Washington’s birthday. Twenty-two new members were initiated. The ‘association is in & prosperous condition. A social will be given next month at 102 O'Far- rell street. BREEDING A PESTILENCE, Sanitary Conditions Along and Around Islais Creek Are Bad. BOARD OF HEALTH SHOULD ACT. Sewers Find Outlets Along the Prin- cipal Streets and Run Entirely at Large. The filthy sanitary condition of that section of San Francisco known as San Bruno road and its tributary settlements is such that the Board of Health should look into the matter at once, before the hot weather comes on and hatches the | germs of disease that are now reposing dormant in the garbage and butcher-shop refuse scattered in profusion along the shore line of the bay. The Southern Pacific Company has built up an embankment across the bay on Kentucky street and the ebb and flow tide is permitted only to come and go through a culvert not more than twenty- five feet wide. This embankment—more roadbed for the electric cars going over jo0 South San Francisco—serves the double urpose of shutting off nayigation up slais Creek and at the same time makes a dumping ground for the butchers and tan- ners. When the wind blows from the south and southwest a sickening odor of decayed meat comes across the low swamp and heads for San Francisco's more popu- lated districts, where it certainly spreads disease and pestilence, to say nothing of the ularming possibilities right on the ground. Army street, running due west from Ken- tucky, is lined on either side by strips of water that threaten to become stagnant in warm weather, and which at the present time is discolored with refuse from the slaughter-houses. At theena of Army street, where it comes into San Bruno road, a sewer finds its outlet and the ordor is something ter- rific, particularly on a still day when the stench curls up into the atmosphere like heat waves, ‘and compels a passer-by to grab his nose and make haste toward a fresh-air belt. The JCortland-avenue sewer breaks out right at the edge of San Bruno road, and half of the sewage finds exit in a small box running under the horsecar track. The balance becomes an overflow and runs along the side of the street in front of the homes of people living in that section. Residents of that part of the City have long complained of the sanitary condi- tions which appear to reign there and which are not in the least bit improved by the placing of the roadway across Ken- tucky street. It confines a great deal of water that should be freshened by con- tact with the main bay, and is also a bar to navigation. There has been something said of this stream by Tue CALL, but 1t was never known before that its practical confine- ment to such narrow outlets and inlets was so distressing to the people from a standpoint of health. All of the scenes referred to in the fore going were witnessed by a CALL reporter yesterday, who made the round of that garl of the City in the company of Peter . Seculovich, president of the Pennsyl- vania Avenue and Islais Creek Property- owners’ Association. Mr. Seculovich claims that the creek should be opened up to navigation so that the now worthless and pestilential smamp could be used to the advantage of the property-owners along its course and made healthy by freedom of flowing and im- provements. He also maintains that the sewage from Cortlandt avenue could be easily disposed of by conveying it through a big pipe running along the verge of Islais Creek directly into the bay. The makeshift method proposed by means of a wooden ‘‘box’’ he considers an_ outrage, the more so as it is proposed to have the “box’’ empty into the creek, which is private property. Everybody knows that from 50 to 75 per cent commission is being paid for physicians’ prescriptions. We have been fighting this contemptible rob- bery for five years. Don’t be robbed any longer. Bring your prescriptions to us and we will save you from 50 to ; 75 per cent on the price. ‘We guarantee our Drugs the purest and best. References: All the whole- sale dealers. 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REPERTOIKE TO-NIGHT “ Thursda; Friaay Saturday Saturday N Sunday : Monday, Feb. 1 CALIFORNIA THEATER—Extra. Messrs. Al Hayman & Co. have the honor to announce | PADEREWSII In Five (5) Piano Recitals. which will occur on the afternoons, at 2:30 o'clock, of the following: THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOC FRIDAY AFTERNOON... Fo MONDAY AF NOO | | | PRICES: 82, £~ Seats for all the above recitals now ready at herman, Clay & Co. Steinway & Son’s Piano used at all the Paderew- | sk recitais. . Ano Co; L INCORP'D Bl'rnEATRE PROPS. —SECOND WEEK ot the Famous MARIE— TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO., Under the Direction of CHAS, H. PRATT. Presenting the following Repertoire: Matinee TO-DAY (at pop. prices). “MARTHA’" TO-NIGHT. Thursday. Friday. Saturday Matinee | Saturday Night S TROVATORE" ANNHAUSER" Monday, «Ha- Repertoire third and last week: guenots”; Tuesda; prices, “Miguon” valieria Rustican: turday night: ready for all remaining performances. . {Shealie, FRICDLANDER.GOTTLOD & Co- LESSES ANDFATAGERS -+ THEY _] TO comeE us LIKE A CYCLONE~—2000 People a Night! KIMBALL OPERA COMIQUE COMPARY! Headed by the Original and PEERLESS CORINNE In ““HENDRICK HUDSON JR.” Monday, Feb. 17—Charming Katie Putnam. % ALCAZAR “Wednesday Pop” Matineo To-day 2 P. M, Princlpal Gift, a BICY CLE—highest class. Valentines for Everybody (5¢ to $5.00). Superb and Emphatic Success of THE WHITE SLAVE! OLD TIMES IN KENTUCKY. A Carnival of Jubilee Singers! Buck and Wing Dancers. Pickanniny Band., Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢. 25c. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c Monday—The Great ‘“FAUST.”” MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Zole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Bartley Campbell's Masterpiece, “MY PARTNER” In the Opinion of All Leading Critics *“The Best American Melodrama.” EVENING PRICKS—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle and Gallerr. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. FIRST BENEFIT CONCERT OF THE— SLATURI)AY MORNING ORCHESTRA. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 17, 1896. Reseryed seats One Dollar, on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s, on and after Friday, February 13. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Etreet, Between Stockton and PowsiL TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK A New List of Vaudeville Notables! THE PANTZER BROS., THE GARRISONS, WALTER STANTON, TINA CORRI, RACHEL WALKER, CARROLL JOHNSON, BILLY CARTER, Etc. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10¢; Opera caalrs and Box seats. 50c. GOLDEN GATE HALL. SYMPHONY AND POPULAR CONCERTS BY THE—— San' Francisco Symphony Orchestra FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:30. ——Soloiats— Frank Coffin, Bernard ¥ ollenhauer, s Nathan Landsberger. 3 THIRD CONCERT FRIDAY, FEB. 14. Course Tickets on sale at 308 Post street. NO FUN IN TOWN LIKE SHOOTING THE CHUTES ~nd TRIPPING THE TROLLEY Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION—— 10 CENTS. Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ADMISSI! $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 P. i Fare' for round trip, including admission to graad stand, $1. Take Mission-sireet electric line direcs iy W. . LEAKE, A. B. SPRECKELS, g ] President. Secretary.