The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896. —_— e e AN N N e e e e e e I MISS ASHLEY'S BOSTON RECORD, [nteresting Disclosures De- veloped in Yesterday’s Trial. NEW WITNESS ARRIVES. Detective Wood Gives Damag- ing Testimony Against Plaintiff, DECLARED HER A BLACKMAILER Claimed to Have Living Evidence Against Her of Many Other Misdeeds. The arrival of Detective James R. Wood of Boston has infused new interest into the Asbley trial. In the brief time that he Was on the witness-stand yesterday after- with Baldwin, and how the Thompsons, with whom she was living, intended to gome to California at the invitation of Baidwin. She had also'been invited, and at the last moment the Thompsons could uot come and she had to come alone. Baldwin met her at Oakland and took Dher to his hotel where she was dazzled with the _splendor about her. There, at various times and also at Coronado, she de- clared, Baldwin had been intimate with her and had_caused her downfall. She understood Baldwin was worth about §15,000.000 and she asked Mr. Wood what she should do. He advised her to go back to California, get settied in her little home at Pasadena and then sue Baldwin. Wood also told her that if, when she re- turned, would forward to him an affi- davit stating that Baldwin had ruined her, be (Wood) would take action about it. Before she left, however, Wood had sev- eral conversations with her, in which he learned that several of the letters she was to have surrendered in the Pope affair had been kept by her, either in the original or in copy. From this ana other circum- stances Wood claims to have become coz- nizant of the woman’s perfidious and blackmailing character and_he refus:d to have anything more to do with her. How complete a revulsion occurred in his feel- ings toward Miss Ashley can be seen from the following extracts of a letter which he sent her in August, 1893, two months after her return to Pasadena: I hardly know how to commence this letter to you, but I will say that I have had thirty years’ experience with the criminal class of America. 1 have had to do with some of the smallest thieves in the country, and a great many of the largest, also have been connected with twenty-five different murder cases, and I must say that with all my experience, I never saw a case where so much deception and so much depravity was displayed as in your own case. When I adyised my client to buy you & little home near Los Angeles 1 believed what you told me (or at least a part of it) might be 80, although my client told me square to the contrary to what you told me. ButIam kind- hearted and I looked upon you as & woman in need, and I thought by giving you a little as- sistance, and by trying to put you in & posi- JAMES R. WOOD, THE D ETECTIVE FROM BOSTON. noon he gave an account of incidents that | happened in the East, which, to put it | mildly, would prove very interesting if it could appear in full. Besides his oral testi- | mony a letter of the witness was intro- | duced, despite the objection of Mr. Crit- | tenden, Miss Ashley’s attorney, which, as a cenuine scathing is rarely matched. | Farmer John Osborn of Oregon was asked further about the love letters he had written to Miss Ashley. Incidentally, a conyersation he had in Lawyer Johnson’s | office was gone over in which Osborn had said of Miss Ashley that she “had carried out what she said she would; if Baldwin | knew what I know he would not want me | | as his witness.” After some inquiries about Mr. Osborn’s trip home to Oregon he was allowed to de: part and Detective Wood was sworn. Mr. Wood, who served through the Civil | ‘War under Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant, has been a detective in' Boston for | the pasi thirty-two years. He has been at | his present quarters,256 Washington street, Boston, nearly seventeen years and first became acquainted with Miss Ashiey in June, 1893. Detective Wood went to Miss Askley to find out what she intended to do in regard | to Colonel Albert A. Pope, whom she was ithen ‘trying to see. She acknowledged that she was going Lo Pope’s home to see his wife and she declared that she would see Pope or commit suicide by taking a bottle of laudanum, which she had with ber then. When Wood asked her why | she was persecuting the colonel, she de- clared that he'had ruined her and she was going 1o make. him settle. A year before, in 1892, Miss Ashley claimed that she had been sent by a charitable woman to Colonel Pope, who, she was told, was charitably inclined and would assist her. Accordingly she saw Pope and told him she wanted money to go to Kentucky. Afver calling twice without obtainin, satisfaction, the third time she calle Colonel Pope, she averred, accomplished her ruin. Thereafier the colonel gave her various sums of meoney. She declared, however, that she would have more money or she would expose the colonel. Final she said if she had enough to buy a littie home near Pasadena or Los Angeles she thought she and her brother could make a living. She told this to Detective Wood, who was then in Pope’s employ, and he com- municated it to the colonel. The colonel said that he was under no obligation, but Mr. Wood, thinking perhaps that Miss Ashley would leave Boston and that it mizht be a good thing, arranged to furnish her the $2000 upon her signing certain paeprs. Accordingly, upon her declara- tion that she would not annoy or bother Colonel Pope any longer, Wood maae ar- rangements for her to purchase her little home, which was to be deeded absolutely to her at the expiration of a year provided she kept her promise to cease troubling | the colonel. 515 Wood then executed a conditional deed to this effect, and Miss Ashley signed a saper which was delivered to Colonel ope, in which she did “release and dis- charge the said Albert A. Pope, his execu- tors and administrators, from all claims, demands, damages, debts and sums of money recoverable by me, or due to me, or to which I am entitled from the said Albert A, Pope, for or on account of any and eyery matter, cause and thing what- soever, which bappened or existed pre- vious to the date hereof, and for or on ac- count of or by reason of any act or doing of the said Allaert x?. Po;}e” at any time revious to the date Lereol. pAl this time Miss Ashley confided to Wood that she was then in trouble and that “Lucky” Baldwin bad caused it. She | gave them an tion to maintain yourself it might be doing & good act, it my client was not under any obli- gation t0 you, as he always told me he was 1o r that paper was drawn up in my office and you told me about your connection with “Lucky” Baldwin it attracted my further sympathy for you. Itold Baldwin what you had said. He heard me all through. He then told me it was all & lie from beginning to end, and he said your letters to him would show to anybody that he had never been intimate with you. He told me that tine first he ever knew of you you wrote him some two or three years before he ever saw you. You wrote him bout horses. He answered your letter, think- ing that n might Le some one who was infaiuated with horses, or a half crank. He re many letters from you in and about the same strain that he never answered. Finelly he had business in Boston at the time he called on you at Thompsons in ster. He went there merely out of cu- y. He saw that the Thompson's were people. They treated him kindly. He nvitation to call upon him when they came to California, and you led him to believe that they were coming to California and that you were coming with them. You led bim to believe that you were an adopted daughter of theirs, and when you did appear in California_and came to his hotel he treated you kindly on account of the Thompsons, but he soon saw tnat there was something wrong. You tried to solicit him; you held outinducements to him; you begged of him to give your brother a situs ation, in other words, you did everything that your wit prompted you to do to get him in your possession. 1 when he leit to go to Pasadena after the train had gotout & few miles he was surprised to see you upon the train. Ycu said you thought so much of him that you wanted to be near him, wanted to go with him. And your story and his does not agree because he says he only remained over night at Pasadens, returning to Los Angeles the nextda, {mn Ashley, I have seen all your let- s, of many of them, to him. Long before you ever knew him you wrote to him about your *dear Uncle Balch;” you called him “your dear Uncle Balch”, 'When you met Mr, Balawin in California you referred time and time again to_your ‘“dear Uncle Balch,” and ou said that it was sad he took his own life. n many of your letters to Mr. Baldwin you said to him if he would only give your brother & situation you would do anything he might ask of you; you even tried to stigmatize the man_he nad in charge of his billiara hall. You held up to him an argument in your let ter that if he would only give your brother that position to have charge of the billiard hall you would write to all your influential friends in Boston and ‘New York to Fa(rm_flzc his house when they came to San ‘rancisco, and that they would fili his house full. How absurd the ideal You wrote to him on several occasions that 1f he would do so and 80 by your brother it would show the manager of his house that he (Baldwin) was the man- ager, and that he would have his own way. In fact, your whole communications to him all g0 to show to me that instead of he being inti- mate with you it was far from that. You would nave written to him differently about giving your brother a situation if it had been s0. Mr. Baldwin is a smart man and at the same time I think & pretty honorable man. I have made & great many im}nlrlel among peo- ple who know him, and [ believe if he did with you as you say he did he would do the right thing by you, but 1do not believe he has had any more to do with you than I have had. I dislike very much to go to the graveand dig up one’s misdeeds; they ought 1o be buried with the individuals; but in a case like this it becomes necessary. Mr. Balch is dead and buried, but there are lodsg witnesses alive who know about many of his transactions. And when I say to you there is living evidence of what I have referred to in regard to you and Mr. Baleh Iam telling you what you must know is the truth,or I could néver have known it. Now, believing as I believe, and knowing as I know, I could not be a party to the scheme to be played on “Lucky” Baldwin. Iam not the blackmailer you took me for. Neither would I be s party to & blackmailer, and I firmly be- lieve that if there were ever two blackmail- ing schemes concocted and attempted to be carried out, the one upon my client and tne other upon “Lucky” Baldwin are the blackest Iever heard of. I am surprised when Ithink thata woman like you, born and educated in Vermont and had the ld\'lnl«l?el tnat you had, should turn her wits in the direction that you have turned them. Had you used haif of the energy and rection, you would have bsen nicely situated somewhere to-day. 1 can only account for it in this way: That vou distike to do anything that there is any iabor to and that you had & desire to become immensely wealthy. I will admit you have played tor high game, but your whole transac- tion only demonstrates the idea that “murder will out.” Itis said the world over: “Give the devil rope enough and he will hang him- self,” and you have ‘*hung” yourself. My client is & gentleman of high standing— a great, noble-hearted man—a man who has given away thousands of dollars every year, ever since he had it to glve, to the poor and deserving. You preyed upon him as an object of charity; he gave to you out of the purest of one motive, and that is all he did it for. What did you do? You lied to him about the lady who sent you to him; you lied to him about many other things that it is unworthy my time to mention, and when you thought you had got every dollar that he would ever give you, you then ‘turned your attention to “Lucky” Baldwin. Now, Miss Ashley, I shall advise my client never to buy any home for you nor to do any- thing more for you, and he will stand ready at any and all times to defend any and all suits you may bring. I am satisfied from what Mr. Baldwin said to me thatif you should attempt to make any trouble that you would be very apt to get be- hind the bars. That is just the position that my client stands in here to-day. You are wel- come to all you have had from him, but you will never getany more, and if you see fit to trouble or annoy him in any way, shape or manner, he is now in & position to go to the front and desl with you as with any other blackmailer. I would therefore advise you to try and turn your attention to earning an honest living, &nd give up tois scheming and aitempting to get big money, because you are not adapted to the business. The trial will be resumed this afternoon, when Detective Wood wiil be further ex- amined, and when details even more spicy and interesting than to-day will probably be divulged. SUICIDE IN THE PARK. Sickness and Despondency Cause J. H. Andersen to Take His Own Life. J. H. Andersen, formerly of Stockton, committed suicide yesterday morning near the Golden Gate Park lodge by shoot- ing himself in the head with a revolver. At an early hour yesterday morning Andersen called on John Bendicksen and asked him when he was going to Marysville. Bendicksen told him and he left, appar- ently in good humor. Thirty minutes later the dead man’s friend received the follow- ing note: Friend Bendicksen : Please mail these letters and papers for me when you hear of my death. Good-by. JOHN ANDERS Please do not tell anybody about this you hear of my death. The letters and papers mentioned did not come with the nete, the presumption being that in his excitement he forgot to place_them in the package. Bendicksen stated that Andersen had been sick for some months and was despondent. ACHMOND' POSTORFCE A New,_Branch to Bz Located in \l‘hat Progressive District. ntil Meeting of the Point Lobos Club To- Night—Scooping Up the OlId Racetrack. To-night the Point Lobos Improvement Club wiil hold an important meeting at Crosthwaite’s Hall, on Fifth avenue, be- tween Point Lobos road and Clement street. The principal order of business will be a strong opposition to any exten- sion of the Geary-street Railway franchise, which will expire in 1903. The Richmond people are strongly against the provosition and they intend to make their influeace felt. They hold that their locality is fast building up and be- coming more valuable to the Geary-street concern, which taps the district. Inafew years—say about the time their present franchise expires—somebody else may be anxious to pay tbe City for so rich a privilege as running a railroad along Geary street from the bay to the ocean. This the Market-street company sees and is desirous of securing or rather of resecur- ing so rich a plum. Anotber idea which the Richmond dis- trict improvement people propose in their us vally strong way to carry out is to work by themselves. They do not intend to join the confederation of improvement clubs and have refused to do so. “We must sta}; at _home and work for ourselves,’’ said President Fletcher of the Point Lobos Club yesterday. *‘All that Richmond has ever received she fought for and she won without the help of out- side clubs.” Another indication of the progress of the distrizt is in the fact that a branch Postoffice is to be located there. The building selected for that object is on Sixth avenue, between Point Lobos road and Clement street, near the center of the present settled portion of the district. The rapid growth of the place has moved the postal authorities to establish the branch in that section. The nearest delivery station at present is F, situated on Dayv'sadero near Post street, far away from Richmond, and the letter distribution there is very irregular. Even this station will be farther away when it is moved eastward down Sacra- mento street, as is intended when the street-railway delivery is put on. The Richmond station, which will be known as M, will be opened in_about two months. It will be proyided with five car- riers and mails will be distributed out as far as the Cliff House. Warren & Malley, the graders, are be ginning to scoop away the old bay Dis- trict Racetrack. The high fencingand a number of buildings have already been torn down and six-horse teams are plow- ing up the great hard track, where for a score of years fleet hoofs have beaten the turf so solid. To-day 100 men and a number of teams will be boarded and lodged in the old grand stand and stables and the work of clearing up the grounds will begin in earnest. About 1,000,000 cubic yards of earth will be moved in the leveling of the hills inside the grounds. The southern sagacity that you have displayed in those two recounted how she had become acquainted plots, if you had turned them in the right di- part will not require much scrapicg, but the northern half will be entirely removed to make the tract surface again correspond with the natural dip of tue ground to the north, as it did twenty years ago. When the grading is finished the streets, which heretofore have halted on all sides against the old track fence, will be ex- tended on through the grounds, sewered and macadamized. Ina few months not even a memory of the old Bay District will remain. ——— THE WOODWARDS' WOES, Reopening of the Divorce Suit to Introduce New Testimony. Judge Seawell yesterday reopened the divorce case of Mrs. M. Woodward against Frank Woodward, in order that additional testimony as to cruelty might be heard. Mrs. H. 8. Walters was on the stand yesterday afternoon and testified to prac- tically what she told on the first hearing. She told of Woodward’s bareheaded wan- derings about his yard and of the abuse he hel:lped on his wife when she brought him a hat, Mrs. Woodward’s sereams for help were of such frequent occurence that the neigh- bors talked of tarring and feathering her husband. Certain talks of great vehemence were aiso frequently heard after the couple had retired. It wason account of Wood- ward’s drunken antics and loud quarrels that the charge of insanity was preferred against him, Mrs. Walters said. The case will be continued on Thursday. ———— GROCERS’ PICNIC to-morrow, Schuetzen Park, Ssn Rafael. * | THE STREETS WILL E 1N DARKNESS, Supervisors Order All the Lights Out for Two Weeks. / A MEASURE OF ECONOMY Auditor Broderick Gives the Board a Financial Warning. HEALTH FUNDS OVERDRAWN. Dimond’s Transfer Check Ordinance Finally Passed Without a Protest. Beginning with the night of the 15th inst. San Francisco will be without street lights until July 1, when the appropri- ations for the next fiscal year will be available to pay for the same. Like nearly all of the funds that are used to carry on the City government, the street-light fund is nearly exhausted, and the two weeks of darkness was occasioned by a resolution introduced yesterday by Super- visor Hirsch, chairman of the Street- lights Committee, who by this means in- sures that the funds under the control of | his committee shall not be overdrawn. Auditor Broderick politely but firmly gave the board to understand that he was keeping a watchful eye on the various appropriations under the control of the board in the following communication: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco: eg leave herewith to submit a tabulated statement showing the condition of several.avpropria- tions made by ordinance 2903, approved September 23, 1895, so far as the auditing of demands relates thereto, up to date of June 4, 1896. This statement will show the condition of each appropristion account, but does not show what the condition of each appropria- tion would be if outstanding demaunds against | the same now in the hands of the Board of Su- pervisors were included. 1 respectfully suggest that it is more than probable that sections 1 and 4 of ordinance 2905 are being ted, and would resvect- fully ask that some action be taked\ by your honorable board to meet the situation. Section 1 limits all boards, officers and de- partments in expenditures for the fiscal year 1o the various appropriations. Section 4 df- rects the Auditor and Treasurer to refuse audit or payment of any demands in excess of ap- propriations, unless required to do so in pur- suance of decision of Bupreme Court. An examination of the condition of the various appropriations, as shown in accompanying statement, and the demands against the same now awaiting your action, will show that faany domands must be denled by myself and the Treasurer if we comply with the terms of section 4 of ordinance 2905. I have been ine formed that many demands are being held in suspension by your honorable board, so that other certain demands may be allowed by the Auditor without the violation on his part of section 4. 1i this be so I beg respectiully to call your attention to the terms of section 90 of the consolidation act that demands. that may now be legal should not suffer by the pen- alties imposed upon failure to present for al- lowance and audit within the time specified in said section. Yours respectiully, WILLIAM BRODERICK, Auditor. The tabulated statement referred to by Mr. Broderick shows that several funds going to make up the Health Department funds are heavily overdrawn, Healtn De- partment expenses being $653 60 behind and Quarantine funds $324 49 overdrawn. Other funds overdrawn are municipal . re- posts $461 78 and reporters’ expenses in criminal cases $4033 87. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee without debate. ‘I'he Sunset Telephone Company sent in a communication calling attention to a petition signed by over two thousand of their subscrivers whose telephones are supplied with nickle-in-the-slot attach- ments. The petitioners stated that the ‘‘drop-a- nickle’” arrangement was of great benefit to them, as it reduced the cost of their machines and prevented in many cases strangers from using the phones and caus- ing the subscribers extra expense. This matter, as well as the question as to which of the many street-car fenders that have been submitted shall be adopted by the board, was referred to a committee of the whole. Supervisor Dimond’s ordinance, doing away with the transfer check system es- tablished by the management of ‘the Mar- ket-street system, and which has caused the patrons of the cars so much incon- venience, was finally passed, and only awaits the Mayor’s signature to make it a law. Four ineffectual ballots on the plans for the new municipal building were taken, the result being a scattering vote that failed to indicate any definite change from previous ballots. Shea & Shea had five votes that stuck closely to them, but the otiier six scattered over nearly all of the other candidates for coin and architec- tural honors. - The matter was finally laid over for one wee! — STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Work Under Con=- sideration of the Board. Following is a detailed account of the street work before the Board of Super- visors: AWAED OF STREET WORK. Baker, Tonguin 10 Lewls—Grading 40 cents, ‘Warren & Malley. Chestnut, Larkin to Polk—Grading 37 cents, Jonn Kelso. Railroad avenue, Eighteenth to Twenty-fourth avenue south—Grading 1434 cents. roadway 814 gents, sldewalks 14 conts, Gurbs 147 cents, John elso. Rallroad avenue, Thirtieth to Thirty-fifth ave- nue south—Grading 12 cents, roadway 255 cents, sidewalks, 13/ cents, curbs 15 cents, M. C. Hogan. Railroad avenue, Thirty-fifth to San Bruno— Grading 12 cents, roadway 253 cents, sidewalks 13/, cents, curbs 15 cents, M. C. Hogan. Capp and Twenty-nfih, crossings—Bitumen 18 cents, Pacific Paving Company. Church, Eighteenth (o Ninetcenth—Basalt 1614 cents, granite curbs 68 cents, Unlon Paving and Contracting Company. Douglass, Seventeenth to Fighteenth—Basalt 163 cents, granize curbs 68 cenis, Union Paving and Contracting Company. Eddy, Gough to Octavia—Bitumen 18 cents, granite curbs 80 cents, Pacific Pump Company. Fillmore, Page to Oak—Bitumen, 1934 cents, granite curbs 69 cents, Union Paving and Con- tracting Company. Lyon, Turk to Golden Gate avenue—Stone side- walks 15 cents, granite curbs 80 cents, ¥linn & Treacy. Twenty-first, Florida to Alabama—Plank side- walks 6914 cents, J. M. Handley. Palmer, Fairmount to Whiiney—Twelve-inch sewer 7614 cents, manholes, etc., each $25, J. M. Handley. RESOLUTIONS ORDERINGSTREET W ORK. Pierce, Eddy to Kllis—Stone sidewalks. Pierce, Kllis to O’'Farrell—Stone sidewalks. Hayes, Steiner to Pierce—Stone sidewalks, Scott, Ok to Fell—Sione sidewalks. Fifth and Shipley—Stone sidewalks. Twentieth, Howard to Shotwell—Ten-Inch sewer. : Freelon, Fourth to Fifth—Bitumen sidewal ks. Brannan, Fourth to Fifth—Hitumen sidewalks. Filimore, Broadway to Vallejo—Granite curbs stone sidewalks and cobbles. 5 Pierce, Golden Gate avenue to Turk—Stone side walks. to Eighteenth—Stone sidewalks. Alameds, Potrero avenue to Uta h—Grading. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Lombard, Van Ness avenue to Franklin—Bi- tumen. Lombard and Franklin, crossing—Bitumen. - Lombard, Franklin to Gough—Bitumen, Lombard’and Gough—Bitumen, Seventeenth e e e e e e e e 22 et e e o o, Lombard, Gough to Broderick—Bitumen. Lombard and Laguna—Cesspools, stone covers, ete. TLombard and Buchanan—Cesspools, stone cov- ers, ele. Lombard and Webster—Cesspools, stone covers, e Twenty-first, Potrero avenue to Hampshire— Eight-inch sewer. Octavla, Jackson to Broad way—Stone sidewalks. Octavia' and Broadway—stone sidewalk south- east corner. Geary, Buchanan to Webster—Stone sidewalks, Geary, Laguna to Buchanan—Stone sidewalk. Buclianan, Geary to Post—Stone sidewslks. Webster, Sutter to Post—Stone sidewalks. Union, Scott to Devisadero—stone sidewalks. Eighteenth and Guerrero—Stoue corner, south- east. Sacramento and Baker—Stone corner, soath- east Grove and Devisadero—Stone corner, north- west. Stanyan, Hayes to Fell—Twelve-Inch sewer. Stanyan'and Fell—Twelve-inch sewer, manhole, granite curbs, stone sidewalks, corners, etc, Stanyan and Fell crossing—Bitumen. ASSESSMENTS. Seventeenth, Clara avenue to Douglags—Grad- ing, etc., by Williams, Belser & Co., confirmed. Montgomery and Shotwell—Appeal by Carville Manufacturing Conpany on cost 0f sewer. To be heard June 15 at 3 0'clock. LAFAYETTE PARK. Resolution granting permission to Cltizens to bulld a reservoir for use of the park. Resolution requesting Jobn Tu:tle to perform the work of grading in conformity withnew grades provided by City kngineer. GRADES. Army, near Castro—Petition to establish grades referred to City Engineer. rresidio Heights—Petition for resumption_of construction of sewer system referred to City En- gineer 10 report and estimate cost. SPECTAL PERMITS, \Valencia, Seventeenth to Eighteenth— Artificial stone curbing will be accepted. . Waller to Devisadero—Artificial stone curbing will be accepted. EXTENSIONS OF TIME. Onondaga avenue and Mission—Water inlets, thirty days. / Lombard and_Polk—Cessyools, etc., thirty days. Caselli, Falcon to Danvers— Grading, thirty days. an:elll and Falcon crossing—Grading, thirty ays. ., Seventh avenue, Point Lobos to B—Grading, thirey days. York, Twentleth to Twenty-first—Paving, etc., thirty days. Grove, Baker to Lyon—Paving, etc., fifteendays. Ninth' avenue south, M to X south—Grading, tweive months. ACCEPTANCES. Folsom, Ninth to Tenth—Basalt. Masonic, Waller to ¥Frederick—Basalt. Masonic and Waller crossing—Bitumen. Folsom and Ninth crossing—Basalt. Folsom and Eleventh crossing—Basalt. Folsom and Twelfth crossing—HBasalt. SIDEWALK REDUCTIONS. Thirteenth, Howard to Harrison—Reduced In width three feet and established at ten feet; re- ferred to Street Committee. GRADES LOWERED: Second avenue and B—Two feet. Second avenue and C—Two feet. Third avenue and A—One f00t. Third avenue and B—Four feet. Third avenue and C—One 00t CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Stelner, Washington to Jackson—Bitumen. Carlos place, O’Farrell to end—BivGmen. FULL ACCEPTANCES. Elwooa, O'Farrell to end—Bitumen. Bernard, Leavenworth to Jones—Basalt. Capp. Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Bitumen. Devisadero, Thirteenth to Waller—Bitumen. Page, Shrader to Stanyan—Bitumen. Steiner, Clay to Washington—Basalt. S Sanchez, Sev Scott and rell—Bitumen. Fell, Masonic to Ashbury—Bitumen. Fell, Ashbury to Clayton—Bitumen. Fifteenth, Valencia to Guerrero—Bltumen. Grove, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. San Carlos, Eighteenth (0 Sycamore—Bitumen. Twenty-second, Church to Chattanooga—Basal Fell and Ashbury—Bitumen, Fell and Clayton—Bitumen. RECOMMENDATIONS BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Fifteenth, Castro to westerly termination of Fifteenth—That grades be estabiished. Railroad avenue, Twenty-fourth to Thirtieth ave. south—Thac City Engineer be instructed to ascértain amount of grading to be done. EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED BY SUPEBINTEND- ENT O SREETS, N south, Fifteenth avenue to 'ineteenth south— | Grading, ninety days. Van Ness, Union to Bay—Paving, etc, sixty days. Thirteenth, Castro _to Scott—Paving, sixty days. Alameda, Potrero to York—Grading, sixty days. ¥olsom, Sixth to Nineteenth—Repairing, thirty ays. south, Rallroad avenue to Sixth avenue— tivelve months. ‘OBK RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Faight and Cole—Stone sidewalks, cesspools, etc. Cortland, Mission to Andover—Plank sidewalks. Church, Market to Fifteenth—Plank sidewalks. Devisadero, Waller to Thirteenth—Stone side- walks. Fell, Buchanan to Webster—Bitumen. Arniy, Church to Sanchez—Plank sidewalks. Geary, Polk 10 Van Ness—Stone sidewalks. Julian avenue, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Tiwelve- fnch sewer, Sanchez, Twenty-ninth to Army—Plank side- walks. Dougluss, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Plank sidewalks. T'wenty-third, Castro to Douglass—Plank side- w alks. Elizabeth, Castro to Douglass—Plank sidewalks. Jiubbard, Howsard to Folsom-—Stone sidewalks. Pine, Dupont to Stockton—Stone sidewalks. Jes Stone stkewalks. Stone sidewalks. sewer. manhole, cesspool, granite curbs, plank sidewalks, etc. Bernice and Thirteenth—Stone sidewalks. t, Clayton to Cole—Eight-inch sewer. ) Asiibury to Masouic—Ten-inch sewer. FULL ACCEPTANCES RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Market, Sanchez to Noe—Bitumen. Market, Noe Lo Castro—Bitumen. Seventeenth, Castro to Dinmond—Bitumen. Seventeenth, Dinmond 1o Douglass—Bitumen. Seventeenth and Diamond. crossing—Bitumen, Filimore and Hermsnn, crossing—basalt. Market and Sanchez, crossing—Bitumen. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Brannan, Ninthto Tenth and New Channel— California Paving Company, for extension of sixty days on paving. Tattler test—San Francisco Asssociation of Im- provement Clubs, to abolish. Fifth avenue, Point Lobos to Fulton—Property- owners, for cancellation of paving proceedings. Polnt Lobos, Fourth to Fitth avenues—w. O, Ralsch, for reconsideration of application forre- lease from contract for water fnlet. ugh and Lily avenue—Flynn & Treacy, to construct 10-inch sewer. Street work performance—From Willlams Asphaltem Paving Company, requesting pre- scribed rules. M South, Ninth to Tenth avenue South—Prop- erty-owners, grading. 3 Van Ness, Green to Union—Van Ness Improve- ment Club, for sidewalks. Sansome, Broadway to Union—Western Sugar Relinery, to erect poles for electric-wires. Hampshire, near Twenty-fith—Plank side- walks. Nineteenth, Castro to €anchez — Property- owners, for permission to lay plank sidewalks. Romiin, Corbett 10 o Dougiass—Property-owners. for postponment of grading. Vhn Kess, Union to Bay—Union Paving and Contracting Company, requesting proportional assessment for paving, etc. Jones, Green and Lincoln—Plank sidewalks. Romsin, Corbett to Lincoln—Property-owners, closing. Central avenne, Haight to Waller—Property- owners, for sew Mlufll"hl for sidewalks, etc.—California Paving Company, for repeal of order pertaining thereto. Folsom, Thirteenth to Fourteenth—Property- owners, that establishea grades remain. Oa, Stanyan, Baker and other streets surround- ing Golden Gate Park—From association of im- provement c[l‘nbs{or appropriation for putting in roper condition. P chmond, property-owners regarding franchise of Geary-stréet Railway. PETITIONS REFERRED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE. Lobos square—From | roperty-owners for $10,000 for improvement. From Mission Improvement Union for appro- riation to purchase two blocks bounded by Fiehteenth, Lwentieih, Dolores and Church for & public park. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. nth svenue, H to I—Grading. ;l;e“t.:u‘ Tenth to Eleventh avenues—Grading. "Phirteenth avenue, H to I—Grading. Sixth avenue and A—Property-owners against Y ifteentn, Valencia to Guerrero—Mrs. C. Tobln ainst acceptance. "H,':Sslxm mpseventh avenues—Grading. Dore, Harrison 10 Fryant—Property-owners t changing sidewalks. ufi;?z.lubelh,: Diamond o Douglass—Property- for sidewalks. O irove, Davisadero to Scott—Pacific Hebrew Or- phan Asylum against 10-inch sewer. Fiilmore, Geary to O'Farrell—Sidewalk. Steiner, Turk to Eddy—Property-owners against sidewalks. Cole, Haleht to ‘Waller—Property-owners against ewalks. Clayton, Haight ' to Waller—Property-owners against paving, ete. Eiith avenue, Point Lobos to A—Property-owners nst paving, etc. etk Deanne, Boint Lobos to A—Property-own- ers against 8-inch sewer. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. Laurel, Clay to Sacramento—From Willlams Belser & Co., plank sidewsalks. LOWEST BIDS. Fifteenth, Castro, to westerly termination— Grading 39 cents, John Kelso. ‘Thirteenth, H to I—Grading 9 cents, John Spencer. ‘Twenty-fifth, San Bruno to Vermont—Grading 16 rents, J. M. Handley. Twenty-fitth, Vermont to Kansas—Grading 3 cents, Warren @ Mailey. Bay, Jones to_Leavenworth—Basalt 1614 cents, curb 75 cents, City Street Improvement Company. Central and Pacific avenues, crossings—Bitumen 18 cents, Pacific Paving Company. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Eighteenth and Diamond, crossing—Bitumen 18 cents, Pacific Paving Company. Eighteenth ana Collingwood crossing—Bitumen 18 cents, each corner $31, Pacific Paving Com- pany. Fuiton, Baker to Lyon—situmen 18 cents, curb 40 cents, Jeffsrson Martenet. Seventeenth and Sanchez crossing—Paving 18 cents, Pacific % Taylor, Green to Union— Cobbles 934 cents, curb 78 cents: Pacific Paving Company. Twenty-fitth and Lilsc avenue— Bitumen 18 cents, curb 60 cents; City Street Improvement Company. Twenty-fifth and Cypress avenue—Bitumen 18 cents, curb 60 cents; City Improvement Com- pany. Vallejo, Fillmore to Webster — Bitumen 22%2 cents, stone sidewalk 1 cent, curb 25 cents; John T. Brennan, Gough and Clay crossing—Sewer 70 and 85 cents, conuection §59, manhole $35: John Dolan. Gough, Sacramento to Clay—sewer 69 cents, manhole §30; John Dolan. Gough, Washington to Clay—Sewer 69 cents, manhole $30; John Lolan. NOTICE OF STREET WORK. Charles, Chienery to right of way of Southern Pa- cific Railroad—Grade. curbs, macadam, etc. Caledonia_alley, Fifteenth to Sixtesnth—Side- walks, bitumen. Eighteenth, Dolores to Church—EBitumen. Eighteenth' and Church crossing—Bitumen. Eighteenth, Church to Sanchez—Bitumen. JKisnteenth'aud Sanchez crossing— Bitumen. Eighteenth, Noe to Sanchez—Bitumen . Eighteenth'and Noe crossing—Bitumen. Vallejo, Pierce 10 Scott—Complete with cobbles, Mission, Teuth to Eleveuth, south side—Side- walks. Dolores, Twenty-fourth to Army—Plank side- walks. Twenty-fifth, Guerrero to Church—Plank side- walks. Chattanoogs, Twenty-fourth to Jersey—Plank sidewalks. Jersey, Dolores to Church—Plank sidewalks, Twenty-fifth, Florida to York—Plank sidewalks. Twenty-second and_Dolores, northeast, south- east and southwest corners—sidewalks. Twenty-second, Fair Oaks to Dolores, south side—Sidewalks. Steiner, Green to Union—Basalt. ASSESSMENTS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. Clay, Locust to Spruce—Sidewalks. Jackson, Maple to Cherry—Sidewalks. Jackson, Walnut to Laurel—Sidewalks. Capp, 1'wenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Paving. Twentieth aveuue, Point Lobos avenue to Clem- ent—Grade, etc. Jackson, Locust to Spruce—Sidewalks. Pacific aveuue, Walnut to Central avenue— Grade, etc. Clay, Locust to Spruce—Sidewalks. Jackson, Maple to Cherry—Sidewaiks. Jackson, Wainut to Laurel—Sidewalks. Capp, Tiwenty-third 10 Twenty-fourth—Paving. Twentieth avenue, Point Lobos avenue to Chest- nut—Grade, etc. Jackson, Locust to Spruce—Sidewalks. Pacific avenue, Walnut to Central avenue—Grade, ete. Seventeenth and Kansas crossing—Sewer. Tenth, Folsom to Harrison—Paving. ASSESSMENTS WAITING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE. South Broderick and Fourteenth, intersection — Macadam, etc. ASSESSMENTS BEING MADE QUT. Eighteenth and Connecticut crossing—Granite, curb. macacru. ‘Thirteenth, Scott to Noe—Bitumen, Scott, Hayes 1o Grove—Sewer. Olive aveuue, Octavia to Laguna—Sidewalks, == Fourteenth, Castro to Noe—Plank sidewalks. BIDS TO BE OPENED JUNE 16. Broderick, Jefferson to Tonquin—Grade, mac- adam, etc. Fillmore and Fell. crossing—Bltumen. Noe and Fifteenth, crossing—Bsitumen. Webster, Feil to Uak—Bitumen. Fell, Scott to Devisadero—Sidewalks. Union and Pierce, southeast corner—Sidewall, Union and Steiner. northwest, northeast and southwest corner—sidewalks. Fifth avenue and A, southwest corner—Cesspool, ol eto and B, southwest corner—Cesspool, sidewalks, etc. Fifth avenue and C, southwest corner—Cesspool, sidewalks, etc. Point Lobos and Seventh avenue, northeast cor- ner—Wa'er inlet. Point Lobos and Ninth avenue, northeast cor- ner—Water inlet. Point Lobos and Eleventh avenue, northeast corner—Water iniet. Polnt Lobos and Twelfth avenue, northesst cor- ner—Water inlet. Haight, Shrader and Stanyan—Se wer, otc. Ninth avenue, Clementto Point Lobos—Sewer, h and Seventeenth—Sewer, corners, etc. h, Seventeenth to Mariposa—Sewers, etc. Vallejo, Webster to Fillmore—Seywer, etc. Street Committee Report. PETITIONS, FTC., REFERRED TO JO ON JUDICIARY AND FINAN Park il Improvement Club for $75,000 appro- priation. Mission street and Precita Valley property- owners for acquisition of land on east side of Mis- sion, at junction of Valencia, fora park. Mission Improvenient Union —To secure for park purposes the old Jewish Cemetery blocks. RECOMMENDATIONS BY STREET COMMITTEE Harrison, Second to Third—Basalt, stopping pro- ceedings, and that owners be permitted to plank roadway. Thirteenth, Howard to Harrison—Making side- walk ten feet wide. Guerrero, Kighteenth to Nineteeth — Stopping work on slaewalks for six months, Leke, First to Second avenue. Second avenue, Lake to Point Lobos. Second avenue crossings—Referred to Superin- tendent of Streets (o recommend bitumen. Cole, Haight to Waller, Clayton, Haight to]Wal- ler—Postponement for six months, sidewaks. PETITIONS REPORTED FAVORABLY. Jackson, Front to Davis—Plank sidewalk. Chapultépec, Coso to Esmeralda—Grading, sew- ering, etc. H, Tenth to Eleventh—Grading. Nineteenth, Alabama to Florida—Sewer outlet. PROTESTS FAVORED. Nineteenth, Sanchez to Noe—Sidewalks. Army and Guerrero—Against change of grade; 1aid over one week. Seventeenth and Ashbury—Against change of grade: laid over one week. Chestout and Polk—Against paving, etc. Folsom, Sixth to Nineteenth—Property-owners against reducing width of sidewalk and in favor of indefinite postponement. PETITIONS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Seventh avenue, K to L—John Tuttle for con- tract for grading, until petitioner states a definite sum. PLACED ONX FILE. Seventeenth, Uranus to Ashbury—Petition of property-owners for assessment district. Lafayette Park—Protest of S. W. Holladay against providing Spring Valley reservoir. Guerrero, Twenty-seventh to Arm y—C.C. Bemis, against sidewalks. SUPREME COURT. Pacific Railway Company Suit Must Be Brought in Illinois. The Supreme Court yesterday unani- mously affirmed the order and judgment of the Superior Court in the case of Ed- ward Russell vs. the Pacific Railway Com- pany etal. This action was brought by a judgment creditor ot the Pacific Railway Company in his own behalf and for other creditors of the corporate defendant and of the Los Angeles Cable Railway Com- any for the appointment of a receiver, for he sale of the railway property, and asked that the sum due from stockholders to the company on their stock, so far as neces- sary, be called in. Many stockholders resident in California were made defend- ants. A complaint in intervention was filed in behalf of many creditors of the ralway company. They have no joint or common interests, but claim the right to join under the provisions of a statute of the State of Illinois, which was proven at the trial. In Chicago in 1891 a judzment was ren- dered in favor of Charles H. Morse against the Pacific Railway Company, and an execution was issued which was afterward returned as no good. Afterward, the cor- poration being declared insolvent, Morse caused a receiver to be appointed by the Chicago court. About the same time Russell recovered a judgment in Los Angeles, commenced this action and procured a receiver to sell the property of the railway company. It was found that the railway was in- solvent and judgment was entered in its favor. The case was then appealed. THe Supreme Court decides that the company, being an Iilinois corpgration, the remedy of law can only be obtained in that State, and hence upholds the judg- ment of the lower court. ——————— Miss Mary Anderson made her stage ‘?‘ehut on November 27, 1875, in Louisville, Y- R R — NEW TO-DAY. PACIFIC REFINING AND ROOFING CO. 168 CROCKER BUILDING. Coal Tar, Asphalt, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Roof Paints, Roofing Felt. Felt, Pitch and Gravel Roofs as put on by us are the standard roofs for business bpildings in the most progressive cities of the East#rn States. The quality of our work is unexcelled anywhere. P & COMPOSITION AND : s GRAVEL ROOFING. Paraffine Paint Co., 118 Battery Street. PHILIP S. FAY, Artificial Stonework, Bituminous Paving Sidewalks, Driveways, Cellars, Etc. 124 SANSOME STREET, ROOM 2, ‘ard—S. W. Corner Harrison and Eighth Sireets. NEW TO-DAY. JOHN E. MILLAR. THOS. B. SIMPSON, Searchers SIMPSON & MILLAR, Seszcheors Branch Office, NW. cor. McAllister and Larkin. 535 CALIFORNIA STREET. Telephone 1852, San Francisco CITY Street Improvement Co. Rooms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Nills Building. Telephone Main 5377, SACRAMENTO OFFIiCE: 411 J STREET. H.DUTARD )2 L C.’B. STONE S W B BISHOP 13 AN [£ Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. JB (Retired), CoNsSULTING ENGINEER. PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Santa Cruz, Cal, All Kinds of Street 1d Work, Bridges and Railway Constraction. Wharves, Jetties and Sea Walls. ane King City, Monterey Co., BITUMEN MINES. REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SHOULD HAVE THEIR TITLES INSURED Before purchasing. Property which does nos have a pertect title isa bad investment. A policy of insurance in the CALIFORNIA TITLE ISSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY-- GUARANTEES A PERFECT TITLE, And secures the purchaser against all lost and damages incident to record defects. The Company has a paid up cash capital of $250,000 and a cash reserve fund of $25.000. Abstracts Made for the Use of Attorneys. MONEY LOANKED on real estate at cun Tent rates. This Company has the best abstract plamf west of the Rocky Mountalns. OFFICE—MILLS BUILDING- OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Timothy Hopkins J. §. Severance, N. T. Smith. A. C. Bassett J. H. Swift . F. C. Lewis. -Secretary PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY (Incorporated 1887), GENERAL STREET CONTRACTORS. Santa Oruz and San Luis Obispo Bitu- minous Rock For Sale in Any Quantity. OFFICE~Rooms 106 and 108 Phelan Building. Telephone—Main 656. GRAY BROS. Concrete and Art Stone Work. CRUSHED TRAP ROCK ——FOR—— Macadamizing and Concrete. OFFICE--316 MONTGOMERY ST, ‘Telephone Main 5111. A.E.BUCKMAN, 802 Montgomery Street, Room 4, GRADING, SEWERING, MACADAMIZIRG,' BASALT and BITUMINOUS PAVING. TUNNEL, RAILROAD and CONCRETE WORK. OFFICE TELEPHONE Main 991. STABLE, STEINER AND WALLER STS, Telephone West 14. Telephone Main 110, THE FIRM OF SINPSON & MILLAR, SEARCHERS OF RECORDS, S STILL COMPETENT TO CONTEND against all competitors and to conduct all busi- Sner than fho well-merlied CoLAGERCE Ex1e0a6A bY the public. WARREN & MALLEY, flal(g‘fl(;;‘::x;ry St. CONTBAW‘)B’S 213 Nioth Sheser O % Telephoue, South 161 B ephione, West 769. San Bruno Quarry. Telephone, Mission 200, 4 bells. ALIFORNIA ONCRETE %_ OMPANY. mental Work. % 14 POST ST. CUSHING-WETMORE COMPANY. CONGRETE AND ARTIFICIAL STONE. FIRST QUALITY ONLY. 508 CALIFORNIA ST., ROOM o. JOHN TUTTLE, CONTRACTOR, Telephone West 583. 516 Haight St ENSIGN & McGUFFICK, LUBRICATING OILS, Paints,Varnishes, Nevada Compound,ete 23 SPEAR ST. Telephone 5320. P & BUILDING SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. GEORGE GOODMAN, PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF ARTIFICIAL STONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. OFFICE--307 MONTGOMERY ST. NEVADA BLOCK. FLINK & TREACY. ART -- STONE -- SIDEWALKS -- AND STREET PAVEMENTS. 801 MONTGOMERY ST. FIRE PRODFING S52220a Neaminas™ ROMAN BRICK S542°BS aainas C. B. EAGER, President. California Construction Company, CONTRACTORS FOR Street Work, Railroads, Teaming, Macadam and Concrete Rock. Granite Curbing, Cement, Gravel, Etc, Office—404 Seventeenth Street. Barns—533 and 535 Seventeenth Street. Telephone Mission 188. President and Secretary's Office—659 Markes Street, Room 12. Telephone Malu 5780,