The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1896 THE TAX ROLL MILLIONS SHORT Assessment Data in Pos- session of the Grand Jury. LIGHT ON FRANCHISES. Deposits and Securities Valued at $108,000,000 Listed for $6,000,000. SOME STARTLING FIGURES' €arl W. von Tiedeman and Harry Wilkins Indicted for Perjury. Frank Miller’s Case. Several members of the Grand Jury strenuously denied yesterday that any de- Jinquencies or misconduct had been found 4n the Assessor’s office, or that any inves- tigation of that office in particular had been directed. It isknown, however, that the Grand Jury committee on Assessor, Auditor and Treasurer, of which John Landers is chairman, and to which G. H, Umbsen amd Theodore F. Payne belong, paid a visit secretly to John D. Siebe and made inquiries concerning the general management of the Assessor’s office. Itis surmised, moreover, that this committee $sin possession of information which is very important, if not startling. Members of the Grand Jury gener- ally are exceedingly reticent - with everything but denial, yet it was obvious yesterday that John H. Burke had been callea as a witness by the jury. It is sknown that he gained a great deal of pub- | {lic notice scme sixteen years ago in a per- sistent eifort to have Assessor Badlam list ¥for taxation a vast deal of property which *had not then been assessed. The result of \the agitation whick he then instituted rand brought before the Grand Jury was Nhe creation of a supplemental assessment | yoll of $90,000,000. The valuation of the gas compapy’s franchise was increased rom $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, and & similar “yaise put on the Spring Valley franchise, Mr. Burke was called as a witness late in the afternoon, and was not detained for agreat length of time. It isunderstood that he will go before the jury again. When questioned as to tne nature of his testimony vesterday be divulged no fur- ther information tban that it related to the assessment roll. The Grand Jury committee, however, of which Mr. Landers is chairmax, is be- Jieved to be in possession of data showing hat sworn statements of nine of the banks of San Francisco show that these institu- tions possess $52,000,000 more of taxable property than they are charged with on the assessment rolls. There 1s data to show that the banks of San Francisco, all 10ld, hold of taxable property $108,000,000. Yet Assessor Siebe has assessed the whole lot for only $6,000,000. It is calculated that from the $108,000,000 some $47,000,000 should be deducted for unsecured debts, but that the residue is under the law ta: able. The point i1s advanced, again, that the banks are not entitled to the deduc- | tion because the assessmentsarearbitrary. Had sworn statements been wade the off- set could be allowed, but not after neglect or refusal to file sworn statements. From what source the committee has obtained this information does not tran- epire, but a hikely solution is that John H. Burke, since his arrival from Minneapolis two months ago, has been delving into assessment stattistics, The observation has not escaped the committee that the gas company fran- chise, once raised to $5,000,000, is now down to $1,000,000, and a similar reduction has followed with reference to the Spring Valley franchise. The same rule of light assessment is said to apply to the Pacific Improvement Com- pany, the Southern Development Com- pany and street railway franchises generally. A conservative grand juror is quoted as saying: “If this system of assessment is carried much further the whole burden- of taxation will fall on the owners of home- steads and the actual possessors of real estate. As it now stands, the vast volume of cash, stocks, notes and securities de- posited in banks and the great storesfilled - with merchandise of common value pay taxeson but a small percentage of just ¢ Valuation, while the owners of real estate must pay on a full valuation a rate amounting almost to confiscation in order to furnish the millions required for the tax-eating classes of the City and State ! governments.’ It is known that some members of the Grand Jury are in favor of resolute meas- Iures to make the Assessor assess the rich ¥in the same degree that he does the poor, Others of the jury are inclined to be con- i servative, holding that public good would not be advarced by the adoption of radi- cal measures against corporations and the frich. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the matter of taxing : franchises is hailed as a benefit, and some of the members of the Grand Jury are in- terested in seeing that the franchises are assessed to their full value. Horace D. Dunn, expert of the Grand Jury, has concluded his investigation of accounts and records in the Recorder’s —e NEW TO-DAY. A 50 CENT Bottle of CUTICURA RESOL- VENT, greatest of humor cures, is often -sufficient to complete a permanent cure of the most torturing and disfiguring of skin, scalp, and blood humors. SPEEDY CURE TREATMENT FOR ALL BRIN AND Broop HUMORS. — Warm baths with CuTicura Boap, gentle applications of CUTICURA (oint- ment), the great ekin cure, and mild doses of CuTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of humor cures. the world. - Priee, Curic: ExT, S0c. and 81 Forres basa Roston. Every Humor,” mailed free. axp Cuzw. Corr., 8~ How to Cure office. He submitted a voluminous report yesterday and received instructions from the Grand Jury to continue work. The jury declined to say where the expert was ordered. While the Grand .Jury was in ses- sion District Attorney Barnes was called out for a conference with Cap- tain Lees. It is understood that Lees has placed in the possession of the District Attorney. for Grand Jury use, some important facts connected with the killing of an alleged burglar by Frank Miller. The jury will probably investigate to ascertain all the facts and circumstances of the tragedy. The Grand Jury went into Judge Slack’s court yesterday and reported three indict- ments. Carl W. von Tiedeman and Harry Wilkins were indicted for perjury and the bail of each fixed at $3000. Two weeks ago THE CALL told the story of Mrs. Sarah R. Spencer’s appearance be- fore the Grand-Jury and her production of positive proof that she was in Chicago when Harriet P. Christy’s name was forged in March, 1894, in this City, to an instrument conveying a block of land in | the Richmond-district to one Horace G. | Pratt. - | In the trial of Tiedeman in the Superior | Court, Dopartment 11, Jdly, 1895, a vhotograpn of Mrs. Sarah R.{Owen (now | Mrs. Spencer) was produced, and both Tiedeman and Wilkins swore positively that it was the photograph of the woman who introduced herself as Harriet P. Christy. She was then introduced to Lee D. Craig, the notary, as the owner of the property. The Grand Jury was convinced by the testimony of numerous witnesses that Tiedeman and Wilkins willfully com- mitted perjury. | The third indictment was that of Felix | Truett for assault with a deaaly weapon. He cut Jean Garrigus in the neck, but | somehow managed to get clear in one of | the police courts. Truett’s bail was fixed at $1000. The case of Thomas R. Ashworth, Superintendent of Streets, against whom an accusation of official misconduct was laid by the Eldridge Grand Jury, will come, by order of court, before the present jury, of which Frank Maskey 1s foreman. The subject was not considered beyond informal discussion yesterday. PREPARING TO WED. Clerk Edward W. Williams to Become a Benedict. Edward W. Williams, the popular clerk | | of the Justice's Conrt, is preparing to be- | come a benedict, and on the 22d mst. will | be married to Miss May Doremus Snook, one of the many pretty girls who make Oakland society so attractive to the mem- bers of the other sex. | The ceremony will take place at the | home of the bride's parents, 806 Thirteenth | street, and is expected to bea swell though quiet affair. Miss Snook is a sister of Charles E. Snook, the District Attorney of | Alameda County, and is one of the most pepular voung ladies of the A thens of the Paci fic. Mr. Williams is one of the best known of the young politicians of San Francisco, having been many years in municipal of- fices, and always serving with credit to himself and those who appointed him. He served terms in the Registrar's office, the County Clerk’s office and in the Re- | corder's department, and after the last | election was the unanimous choice of the Justices of the Peace for the important position which he now holds. After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. liams will reside in this City. CARS DN DIAHOND STREET The Market-Street Company to Extend the Castro- Street Line. Wil- Noe Valley Residents Seized With Boulevard Intentions on Their " Own Account. The Market-street Railway Company bas in contemplation the extension of its Castro-street line from its southern ter- minus at Twenty-sixth sireet to connect with the Mission road at its junction with Diamond street. This additional link will be made by the equipping of an electric line from Castro street at either Twenty-fifth or Twenty- sixth streets. The exact route has not been positively decided upon yet. From Diamond street near Castro, how- ever, the line will run along Diamond street to Mission, as this is the only street that has been cut through that portion of the hill west of Noe Valley. Work would probably bave been commenced by the railroad company before this were it not that the Spring Valley Company is about to tear up the street for the purpose of putting in 2 main service-pipe. This done, the construction force from the railroad company’s department will proceed to lay tracks and string wires for the construc- tion of the Castro-street line over the hill, tapping a new section heretofore inacces- sible so far as streetcar accommodation was concerned. With this new branch and the old-established lines there are now four branches of electric lines tapping this section. % e The San Mateo line on Guerrero, Thir- tieth and Chenery streets, the Twenty- ninth-street continuation of the Mission- street line, the Twenty-second street branch of the same and the Eighteenth- streev.branch of the San Mateo line with | the now proposed extension of Castro on Diamond, wiil be the mcans of building | a section of this City that a few years ago | was grazing ground for milch cows and | sportive goats. Even the residents out there ara now getting the boulevard fever and nothing less than a Dolores-street boulevard will .satisfy their ambition. They point with pride and pleasure to the commanding width of this street, which has correspond- ing dimensions with Van Nessavenue, and, as they claim, for a mere trifling expendi- ture in cutting down the hill between Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth streets, no prettier boulevard could be found in the City. This they say will give an outlet for the Mission people to get to the Golden Gate Parkand to the Western Aadition ‘without the necessity of coming down to Valencia street. are clamoring for a police station in that section known as the Mission road and the Fairmount District. All however, have lofty and commenda- ble pretensions on the growth and beau- ties of their respective sections. —————— Two Years fur Isaacs. W. C. Isaacs, who swore he had witnessed a marriage which took place some hundreds of miles from where he was, pleaded guiltytos charge of perjury before JudgeBahrs yesterday, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, | Isaacs was & witness in the suit of Inez Mercer when she sought to secure a divorce on the ground of fraud, The marriage took place in Portland while was in the City, and yet he swore that he was present at the ceremony, Others thereare on Mission street who | and that the bride was imposed upon, BLYTHE HEIRS RENEW THE SUIT, Will Combat Distribution of Millions to Mrs. Hinckley. APPEAL TO BE TAKEN. Case Perhaps Only in Its Infancy After Years of Litiga- tion. JUDGE COFFEY AN OBSTACLE. To.Day’s Action but a Stepping-Stone to the State and National Supreme Courts. THe remarkable Blythe inheritance case will pass another milestone this afternoon in its long journey through the courts. Abill of exceptions to Judge Coffey’s ruling will be settled at 2 o’clock by the Judge himself, who will either grant itand thereby allow the numerous Blythe heirs to take an appeal to the Supreme Court at once, or will refuse it and thus force the applicants to secure a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court compelling him to show cause why he should not grant the bl 3 “This bilt of exceptions to Judge Coffey’s decision,” said Attorney George W. Towle Jr., speaking yesterday for the oppoanents of Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckley, “is merely a stepping-stone to an appeal that we shall take to the Supreme Court of the State, and if unsuccessful there we shall appesl to the Supreme Court of the United States. “*As far asthe leneth of time of the litiga- tion over the Blythe estate, the case may possibly be said to be still in its infancy. “The judgment rendered that Florence Hinckley was heir to Blythe was void for want of jurisdiction. “That judgment rests on section 1387 of the Civil Code, which provides that every illegitimate child is an heir if the father of such child acknowledges it in the presence of a competent witness. “The judgment rests on that section which wasa re-enactment of section 2 of the act of April 15, 1850. That section 2 had been passed upon twice by the Supreme Court prior to the time of re-en- actment, and they had held in the case of Pina vs. Peck, reported in 31 California, that writing produced by the child to be sufficient under that section must show upon 1ts face that it was executed for the purpose of making the child an heir; must refer to the child as illegitimate, and must bear the signature of the witness to | its executiou. “The writings in the Blythe case do not meet the requirements of the court in that case in any single particular. They are simply letters constituting a mass of social correspondence. **Justice Garoutte in his decision on the Blythe case, quoted in 96 California, said: ‘Pina vs. Peck is not authority in this case for two sufficient reasons: Four Justices participated in the decision [Jus- tice Sanderson not taking part], and two of these Justices couferred alone in the judgment.’ “The opinion in Pina vs. Peck, as pub- lished in 31 California, begins, ‘By the court, Rhodes J.’, Justice Rhodes being the writer of the opinion, with which Jus- tices Shafter and Sawyver concurred spe- cially, following which are the words, ‘1 concur in the judgment,’ to which no sig- nature appears. “After Justice Garoutte’s opinion was published discrediting the opinion in Pina vs. Peck, the Blythe Company instituted proceedings to perpetuafe the testimony of Justices Rhodes and Currey, the only members of the court at the time the opinion in Pina vs. Peck was rendered that are now living. Both remember the case distinctly; both are emphatic in their statement that it was the opinion of the court. And Justice Rhodes deposes that he is as certain that Justice Sanderson did participate in the decision in that case and did concur freely in the opinion written by himself, as published, as he is that he him- self wrote it. “I said to him, ‘Judge, 18 your belief in that fact such-that it amounts to an abid- ing conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of that statement, to such an extent that if a human life depended upon your so saying you would still so declare?” He replied that it did. “In the hearing of our appeal before the Supreme Court in February last the depo- sitions of Justices Currey and Rhodes were tendered to the court in support of the opinion in Pina vs. Peck. The depo- sitions were objected to by counse! for Mrs. Hinckley, and the court declined to receive the depositions in evidence. “In connection with the offer of the depositions counsel stated to the court the substance of the depositions. - In Pina vs. Peck the decision is material because in an unbroken line of decisions in courts of all States including California the law is that where a statute such asthe actof 1850 has been construed by the highest court of the State and subsequently re- enacted without substantial change in phraseology, that such re-enactment is a legislative adaption of the construction that has been placed upon it by the court. “‘Referring to this, Justice Garoutte says in his opinicn: ‘There can be no question that if the rules of statutory construction are the same now as when Pina vs. Peck, 3L California 359, was decided and the views then expressed had been adopted by a majority of the court this principle of the construction of statutes would have controlling effect in this case, but it is equally true thatrules of construction have been changed. Buch principle in the very nature of things could not maintain.’ *“The rule of construction that he refers to as having been changed is that estab- lished by section 4 of Civil Code, which reads that the common-law rule of statutes and derogations thereof should be strictly construed, has no application in the code, but that its provisions should be liberally 'conégued to effect its objects and promote ustice. A *‘Our purpose in this bill of exceptions is to avpeal from the judgment of final dis- tribution of the Blythe estate, permitting Mrs. Hinckley to enter into possession as legal heir.” A Sudden Death. F. P. 8t. Thomas, & draugntsman, 50 years of age. died suddenly last evening at 7 o’clock in bis rooms, at 1137 Mission street. Itis pre- sumed that death resulted from heart disease. The body was removed to the Morgue. o NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOOD! BARGAINS IN NEW GOODS! As samples of the UNUSUAL VALUES that are making our magnificent NEW SPRING STOCK so popular with every one interested in securing the best bargains for their money we present a few of TO-DAY’S GREAT LEADERS! HANDRERCHIERS ! At 5 Cents Each. 300 dozen LADIES’ AND MISSES’ COL- ORED BORDERED HEMSTITCHED AND INITIALED HANDKER- CHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular value $1 20 a dozen, will be placed on sale at 5¢ each. At 10 Cents Each. 200 dozen LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED LAWN HANDKER CHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular value §3 a dozen, will be placed on sale at 10c each. At 15 Cents Each. 100 dozen LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS (slightly imper- fect), regular value $6 a dozen, will be vlaced on saleat 15¢ each. VEILING! VEILING! At 25 Cents a Yard. BLACK TUXEDO AND DOTTED VEIL- ING, trimmed with Butter Valen, ciennes Lace, regular value 40c. ( At 50 Cents a Yard. DOUBLE-WIDTH CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEILING, in all colors; ex- tra values, new styles. At 50 Cents a Yard. DOUBLE-WIDTH TUXEDO VEILING, with velvet dot, embossed in gold and silver, in black, cream, navy and brown; the latest novelty. NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR! At 35 Cents Each. NECK RUFFLES of Black Net, with WhitejLace edge, regular price $1, will be placed on sale at 35¢ each. At $1.00 Each. YOKES of Butter Point Venise Lace, trimmed with Oriental Lace, regular vuhtxe $2, will be placed on saleat $1 each, GLOVES! GLOVES! At 45 Cents. 1000 rs 5-HOOK UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, colors mode, slate and tan (sizes 614, 63, 7, 7)4 and 8), regular value $1, will be offered at 45¢ a pair. At 50 Cents. 1000 pairs BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, col- ors tan, mode and slate, regular value 85¢, will be offered at 50c a pair. At 65 Cents. | 800 pairs 6-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE CHAMOIS SKIN GLOVES, in white and natural, regu- lar value $1, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 500 pairs 5-HOOK UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, black only, regular value $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. MEN'S FURNISHINGS! At 5 Cents. 500 dozen MEN’S FANCY BORDERED HEMSTITCHED HANDKER- CHIEFS, extra large size, regular priche $1 20 a dozen, will be offered at 5¢ each. At 15 Cents. 200dozen ALL-SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, in assorted opera shades, navy and | white figureq, black, light, fancies, etc., extra value for 25¢, will be offered at 15¢ each. At 12} Cents. 75 dozen FULL-FINISHED IMPORTED COTTON SOCKS, in assorted tan shades, with?double spliced heels and toes, worth 20c, will be offered at 1214¢ a pair. R | At 75 Cents. 52dozen MEN’SUNDYED AUSTRALIAN ERS, medium weight, warrauted thor- will be offered at 75¢ each. WOOL UNDERSHIRTS and DRAW- | oughly shrunk, regular price $1 25, | LADIES" WAISTS AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES! At $2.00. LADIES’ FANCY PERSIAN DIMITY WAISTS, detachable collars, bishop sleeves, latest novelties, will be offered at $2 each. At $3.00. 5 LADIES'’ FANCY BRILLIANTINE WAISTS, tigured silk effects, bishop sleeves, detachable collar and cuffs, regular price $3 75, will be offered at $3 each. | At $7.50. = | LADIES’ FANCY PERSIAN SILK WAISTS, made in the latest style, fin- ished with velvet collar and belt, reg- ular price $8 50, will be offered at §7 50 each. At $2.00. CHILDREN'S LAWN AND DIMITY DRESSES, made with fancy square and pointed collar, finished with em- broidery, will be offered at $2 each. 'HOSIERY ! HOSIERY! At 25 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN’S 1-1 RIBBED FINE MACO COTTON HOSE, double knee, beel, sole and toe, Hermsdorf dye, black and assorted tan shades, regular value 35¢. At 16% Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, extra high spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular price 20c. | At 25 Cents a Pair. | LADIES’ MACO COTTON HOSE, high | spliced heels and toes, plain and Rich- | elieu ribbed, 1n black and assorted tan shades, regular vaiue 25c. CORSETS ! CORSETS! PARASOLS ! PARASOLS! At $1.50. LADIES' SILK GLORIA PARASOLS, with celluloid handles, entirely new, value $2 25, will be offered at $1°50. At $2.00. LADIES' 22-INCH SILK GLORIA PARA- SOLS, real Dresden handles, in blue or white, value $3, will be offered at $2. At $2.50. LADIES’22-INCH STLK GLORTA PARA- SOLS, in handsome Dresden handles, value $3 75, will be offered at $2 50, At $1.00. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in gloria_silk, silk lined, value $1 50, will be offered at $1. PANCY RIBBONS! At 35 Cents. Sai FANCY SHADED RIBBOY, in elegant Bss%rleu colors, will be offered at 85¢ a yard. At 50 Cents. DRESDEN RIBBON, 4 and 5 inzhes wide, in handsome designs, will be offered at 50c a yard. At 65 Cents. DRESDAN RIBBON, 4 and 5inches wide, in Dresden and shaded effects, will be offered at 65¢ & yard. | At $1.00. LADIES’ SATTEEN CORSETS, extra well | boned and double belt, long waist and | | high bust, perfect fitting, patent loop | | eyelets, black and drab, regular price ]‘ $1.50. % | At 25 Cents. TAFFETA RIBBONS, 5 inches wide, jn blue, white, niaze and pink, value 45c, will be offered at 25¢ a yard. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Stregs. Murphy Bullding, - Market and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones -Stregts. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Stregts, ————een e ——————————————————,—e,ee—_—_—_—_—,—,e————eee— TOOK H B0V BY FORCE William S. Eaton Creates a Sen- sation on Market Street Yesterday. A Lad of Seven Years Taken From the Custody of His Mother by His Father. William 8. Eaton created some excite- ment on Market street, opposite the Palace Hotel, yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock. by forcibly taking his son Arthur, aged 7 years, from the custody of his mother, and driving rapidly away with the child. Mr. Eaton is in the employ of the Good- Mrs. Minnie S. Eaton. [From & photograph.] year Rubber Company as City agent, and is quite well known about town, having been the plaintiff in a sensational divorce suit against Mrs. Minnie 8. Eaton, in which the defendant, Mrs. Eaton, was eranted the divorce. The court awarded the custody of the little boy to Mrs. J. M. French, residing at 332 Haight street, under the condition that both the father and mother could see the child, but not take it away. Eaton was driving down Market street in a buggy yesterday, and when near the Palace saw his former wife leading the boy down Market street toward the ferry. The enraged husband whipved up his horse, and when near the couple leaped out of the bugey, grabbed the child, and jumping back into the rig, started away at a wild pace. The incident happened in such a short space of time that it wasall over before the people in the vicinity realized what had happened. Mrs. Katon began to shriek at the top of her voice, and in a mo- ment quite a crowd collected. Eaton and the child were already far away, and the | lady refused to give her name or say any- thing about the matter. Eaton turned the horses’ heads toward the beach, and took quite s long drive, finally taking the ohild back to Mrs. “| French’s home on Haight street. Mrs. French was seen last night,’and said Mrs. Eaton had called at the house about 11 o’clock that morning to see the ¢hild. She took the young one out saying that she would bring it back before dinner. Mrs. French' said that she did not think Mrs. Eaton intended to keep the boy, and could not account for Mr. Eaton’s actions. “He has probably had some trouble with his former wife,” said Mrs. French, “and seeing her on the street with the child, grew angry and took itaway. The little fellow is here again, hisfather having fore ainner. The troubles of the Fatons were re- hearsed in the divorce courts not long ago when Duncan B. Harrison, well-known throughout the United States as play- wright, actor and manager, was named as principal co-respondent. Eaton accused his wife of many misdeeds, and claimed that Harrison and Elliott Sanford wrecked his home. damages, but nothing ever came of the matter. When the divorce suit was tried before Judge Hebberd he granted the lady | a divorce. Mrs. Eaton has been threatening to take the child from under the care of Mrs. Frenci, and Eaton claims it ‘was for this reason he took the boy away from her. MEAT INSTEAD OF CATTLE. Supreme Court Defines the Difference Between the Quick and the Dead. O. L. Smith of Mendocino County will be given another chance to tell how heand Andrew Spoerner carried home another man’s steer, for the Supreme Court has re- versed the order denying him a new trial. He is now serving a four years’ sentence in the penitentiary for his offense, but he will fare better when his case comes up again. The evidence showed that Spoerner Filled the steer without Smith’s knowledge or assistance, but that afterward, when he told Smith, Smith helped him to cari it home and salt it. Both men were charged with grand larceny and Smith was con- victed. In instructing the jury the lower court laid down the rule thatas Smith had as- sisted to carry away the beef, knowing it had béen illegally kflled by Spoerner, he was guilty as an_accomplice. The Supreme Court detines grand lar- ceny as the taking away of live cattle, the taking of property from another’s person, or the taking of property valued at $50 or over. To constitute grand larceny, says the Supreme Court, the cattle stolen must be alive, otherwise it is merely the stealing of meat, which, uniess it be of the value of $50 or over, cannot be called grand larceny. It was found that Smith wasnot concerned in the actual killing of the beef, and he could therefore not be held under the pro- vision which refers to cattle. The decision practically reduces Smith’s crime to petit larceny. ———————————— BANKS SEEM SOLID. The Bank Commissioners Have Still a Few Reports to Receive. On the 14th inst. the time will expire within which the State banks must send in the reports called for by the Board of Bank Commissioners. All but two of the City banks have aiready complied with the request, while out of the sixty-seven savings banks in the State only sixteen have not yet reported. In most instances the banks. have been prompt in respond- ing, and in every case the reports are in- dicative of a firm, buoyant condition in the money market. e . e An Address to Young Men. To-morrow. afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev. J. C. Smith, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, ‘will deliver the fifteenth addressin the series to young men, exclusively, in the Christian Association building, Mason and Ellis streets. Mr. Smith’s subject will be “The Two Reforma- Beats f; d all young men wel- ———— toe. Ryan & Ryan, 10 Mongomery avenue, * brought him back this afternoon just be- | Harrison threatened to sue Eaton for | Ladies’ Southern ties, $1 45, all shades, every | Leggett, James D. Phelan and J. Richard UT FOR BARE CURIS An Expedition From Stanford University to Go to Far | Kamchatka. Will Go on the Kotik in a Week. Timcthy Hopkins Has Furnished the Money. Stanford University hopes to profit by | another scientific expedition. A week | ifrom to-day the schooner Kotik, of the | Russian Sealskin Company, of which C. M. Grunwaldt is general manager, will sail for Kamchatka. She will have on board two students of the Stanford University, who are going out to collect scientific curios 1n that new and | strange land. The young men will make a specialty of zoology, and therefore will spend much time in studying the fishes, but they will dip a little into geology and botany also, if they run up against any which strikes them as unusual. . { For a good while Stanford haslooked longingly at the sailing of the Kotik and other vessels of the sealskin fleet. It was looked upon as a good opportun- ity to make conquests in a far country. The trouble was, however, thai with all the other expeditions and expenses gener- ally of the university she didn’t have the money. At this juncture Timothy Hopkins came forward and threw himself into the breach. | He guaranteed to pay all the expenses of | the two students during the time they may be out, including the cost of the requisite paraphernalia. President Jordan at once made arrange- ments with C. M. Grunwaldt, the general manager, and now all is serene. It is said that a student named Williams, who has been out on various fish-hunting expedi- tions, will probably be one of the students who will go to Kamchatka. Who the other one will be is not known. ‘The students will be gone six months. The expedition is expected to cost, all told, 80 it is said, somewhere near $2000. BIG UNITARIAN RALLY, Pacific Coast Couference to Be Held at Alameda. A conference of the Unitarian churches | of the Pacific Coast will be held at Ala- meda April 22, 23 and 24. Dr. Stebbins will conduct the opening devotional service and will give the closing address. Rev. N. A. Haskell of San Jose will de- liver the conference sermon on Thursday evening. The programme will consist of: ‘“Modern Unitarian Churches in Small Towns,” Mrs. 8. P. Carr; ‘“The Mis- sion of the Church in Social Ameliora- tion,” Professor Ross of Stanford; ‘‘The New Psychology,”’” Rev. Solon Lauer; “‘How to Hold the Young People in the Church,’” Mrs. T. L. Eliot; “The New Pilgrim’s Progress,” Miss Eva Carlin; *The Assured Results of the Higher Criti- cism,” Rev. Earl M. Wilbur; “‘Church Life and Organization,” Rev. W. G. Eliot Jr. On theclosing evening Rev. C. W. Wendte, Sheldon G. KeMNogg Esq., Dr. Stebbins and others will smmkg.'z e Lot The Women’s Conference will hold a business session Thursday morning: THE WILMERDING SCHOOL. Strong Efforts to Induce tHe Regents to Place It Here. Alfred Bouvier, Hugo D. Keil, Joseph - | crowned with success. cure the location in this City of the Wil meraing School of Industrial Arts, held a private meeting yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Merchants’ Association. Mr. Bouvier, who presided at the meet- ing, said that arrangements had been made for a number of meetings to be held next week and during the week following, at which reasons would be given why the Wilmerding School shoula be located here. He was sure the project would be The regents of the university at their last meeting had laid the matter on the table for a month, ana since the meeting a number of the regents had been intervfewed on the subject by members of the committee. While un- willing to commit himself, Mr. Bouvie: expressed his individual conviction thn{ the school would ultimately be established in this City. BADLY BROKEN TUP. A Salt Dealer Falls Down His Own Elevator Shaft. William Bryan, an Englishman 40 years of age, is a very much bruised and broken up man. Heis a dealer in salt at 209 Sac- ramento street, and lives at 22 Hampton place. Last evening, in the darkness after 6 o’clock, he was roaming about the third story of his place of business and fell down the freight elevator shaft. The employes of a printing establishment next door heard the man’s groans and went to his rescue. They found him wedged in the elevator machinery and unconscious. At the Receiving Hospital Dr. Weill found that Bryan was suffering from a broken right Wwrist, a fracture of both limbs and a severe concussion if not a pos- itive fracture of the spine. ———————— The Building Fund. During the present week $1300 have been added to the fund for the Young Men's Chris. tian Association building indebtedness. This brings the total sum'up to $89,250 to date, and the directors are anxious to secure the bal- ance at as early date as possible; to this ena they are putting forth strenuous efforts. A large number of business men aze becoming interested as they see the success of the enter. rise assured. The amount is so near the 100,000 mark that there is but little question that the balance will be made up very soon Young men desiring to join the association during the present month, and who will take n;ii;m;lt‘ngfi ‘:)gst‘l;re ;8%(’:‘ chfih n't“e]s gflend to by rane of v, T N NEW TO-DAY. The proof of the pudding isin the eating; and the proof of the shirt is in the washing. Ask your laun- dryman what brand proves best, Compare STANDARD SHIRTS ' With others after they come from the laundr y— that’s where qual- ity talks. Look for this Trade Freuq, of the committee orzanized to se- Marls Ll