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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896. 11 MILES OF TRACK THAT DISAPPEAR, Dalton Proves That It Es- caped the Notice of the State Board. RYAN’S TEN PETITIONS. His Corporations Ask That a Million Be Taken From Their Assessments. MR, MOREHOUSE TO APPEAR. All the Stat: Equalizers Subpenaed to Come Forward and Make Explanations. OAELAND OFricE SAN Fraxcisco OALL,) 908 Broadway, July 15. | Assessor Dalton scored one point to-day | against the railroad. The fight being made by the Southern Pacific is that it is | being assessed twice for the same track in | this county. Mr. Dalton has discovered | that there are 200 miles of track in this | county and the State board assesses only | nminety-six, and he declares he is certainly entiiled to tax the remaining 104. This | statement caused the board to issue sub- | penas for all the members of the Shne‘ Board of Equalization to explain matters. | No less than ten applications for reduc- | tion of assessments were filed to-day by | E. Black Ryan in behali of the various | Southern Pacific corporations. They in-| cluded the Southern and Central Pacidc | Railroad companies, the Pacific Improve- | m ent Company and the Oakland Railway ‘ Company (San Pablo and Telegraph ave- l nue car lines) which asked for a total re- duction of §1,404, 615. f Immediately on the board’s coming to| order this morning the clerk read a letter | from C. M. \'uul%n, clerk of the State | Board of Equalization. He said the board | would meet next Monday, and as soon us | the request for an extension of ten days’ time was acted upon ne would wire the re- sult. As the matter now stands the Board | of Equalization must make all calcvlation | upon closing up its business on next Mon- | day. No case can be set for hearing after that until the request for an extension of time is granted and that fact cannot now be ascertaiped until noon Monday at the earliest. Mr. Ryan then took the floor and pre- sented bis petitions one at a time. He made his arguments in each caseas he presented it, which took him until nearly 12 o’clock. The first was the Southern Pacific’s assessment upon one-third of a mile of roadway into the gravel bpit at Niles, assessed at $300, and one-fourth of a mile of roadway to a wine celjar at Irving- ton at $400, and a sidetruck at Newark for $1500. The Central Pacific Company’s case followed. It was assessed for three and a half miies of railroad and rollin, stock at $125,000, forty miles of sidetiack at $60,000, franchise $250,000, Long Whart o $250,000. In taking up the first case Mr. Ryan said: ~ “Your petitioner avers that the State Board of Equatization only has the power to _assess the above property, under article XTI, section 10, of the constitution of the State of California; that your peti- tioner operates its railroad in more than one county in the State, to wit, in more | than fourteen counties, and has made re- | turn of all the above property to said board; and said board will assess the same | for the year 1896; that said board has | assessed said property for years past, and the taxes thereon have been paid.” | In denying the right of Mr. Dalton to | assess the Seventn-street line asa separate | line, Mr. Ryan said: “The franchise of that line has been amalgamated with the Central Pacific franchise and the city of Oakland has no control over that line. | That franchise is now extinct.”” The request is for a reduction of the Southern Pacific assessment from $2200 to | $5, and the Central Pacific from $655,000 to 10, on the above grounds. Continuing, Mr. Ryan said, “‘We offer no objection to the amount of Mr. Dalton’s assessment, but the State board claims the right to and has always heretofore assessed this property, which cannot be doubly as-| sessed. I would rather accept Mr. Dal- ton’s figures, personally, for they are less than the State board assesses us. The real contention snould be between Mr. Daiton and the State board.’” | Then came the petition of the Northern Railway Company asking for a reduction from $115,000 to $10. This is the Berkeley branch from Shell Mound. Mr. Ryan made the same claim for exemption as in the cases before mentioned. In the case of the ferry depot at the end of the mole the fizures were $150,000 for improvements. | He asked that these be reduced to $85,000 | and $7000 respectively, and for evidence as to their value referred the board to the testimony in their possession taken last vear of W. 8. Palmer, the company’s resi- dent engineer. The narrow-gauge depot was assessed at $45000, and was only worth §25,000. The board could see the testimony of L. Filimore, taken last year. The Pacitic Improvement Company asked that the assessment of $134.950 on the undivided interest in a tract of marsh land equal to 44989 acres be reduced to $65,000. This land is situated on the Ala- meda shore of the Oakland harbor along- side the narrow-gauge tracks. The Cen- tral Pacific had about sixty acres of marsh land over there which the Assessor had assessed at $300 per acre, making a total of $18,000. This they asked to have reduced to $1800. Mr. Ryan said the land was worth nothing. If he had to improve it he would not take it for a gift. He closed by asking the board to go over and see it themselves. Assessor Dalton answered these state- ments. He first produced the State statutes, and turning to section 3665 read: “Within twenty days aiter the first Monday in August the board must appor- tion the total assessment of the franchise, roadway, rails and rolling-stock of each railway to the counties, or cities and coun- ties, in which such railway is located in proportion to the number of miles of rail- way laid in such counties and cities and counties.” He thou hit that the State Board of Equalizers should apportion to Alameda County the taxes on the entire length of the road 1n this county. He held that the main and side tracks should be counted in the total. This was againstthe stand taken by Ryan, who claimed that tie ninety-six miles assessed was all there was {0 assess. Mr. Dalton produced the figures of the State board sand submitted them to the board. They are: SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD COMPANY. i\!i:erge of main zulcx in state, 96.16. otel assessment, §1,300,000. Main track in Au:nd- County, 31.46 miles. Aesessed value per mile, $13,619 13. Total assessea value for county, $425,812. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. Length of main line in State, 1736.40 miles. Total nssessed value, $16,250, 000. 'h of main track in county, 1.40 miles, sed value per mile, $! assessment for al $13,1 NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Length of main track in State. 385.25 miles. Totel nssensed value, $8,100,000. Length 8 10--’10Km11e‘2 main track in Alameas County, Assessed value per mile, $8046 78. Total assessment for Alameda County, $84,490. o CENTRAL PACIFIC RATLROAD COMPANY. Main track in State, 746.76 miles. Rate per mile, $17,408 53. Total assessment, $13,000,000: Length of main track in Alemeda County, 83.14 miles. Total = assessment in Alameda County, $1,447,346. Mr. Dalton said he had 200 miles of track which he coula point vut to the board. ~Supervisor Talcott wanted to know if the Assessor recommended the ussessment of the untaxed rtion. “Well,” he replied, “you have &o‘ -five miles of it on the books now, and I be-! lieve it should stay there.’” Supervisor Church moved that the Clerk be instructed to issue subpenas for the members of the State Board of Equaliza- | tion and their clerk, requiring their pres- ence in this city next Friday morning at 11 o’clock, to give testimony as to how the assessments of the raiiroad company’s tracks are made and to show how Alameda County only gets an apportionment of ninety-six miles when there are 200 miles of track in the county. The resolution was passed. The application of the Piedmont cable line_ask:d for a reduction from $261475 to $79,455. The hearing was set for 2 o'clock Friday. A double assessment is charged by J. E. Baker of the Alameda Savings Bank. The money in the bank assessed was deposited in another bank before the first Monday in March, and had been paid for by them, hence he should not be assessed. This was set for to-mor- Yow morning. SAVED A LIFE. The Alameda Electric Line Proves the Usefulness of Their Fenders Without 2 Dummy. OAKLAND, Can, July 15.—The Ala- meda electric line has proved the effi- ciency of its fenders and used a two- vear-old boy instead of the usual durnmy. The boy is still alive and in no wise in- jured, to which the company points with pride and claims its fenders the bestin uee. This afternoon little Harry Brown of | Alameda was playing on the street. Not | noticing an approaching car he ran across | the tracks of the electric line directly in front of car 19 and was knocked down. The spectators expected the usunal fatal result, but were greatly surprised to see the fender pick the child up and carry him along without a scratch. The car was soon stopped and the boy taken out. | ———————— W. E. Miller's Funeral. OAKLAND, CAL., July 15.—The services | over the body of the late W. E. Miller were | neld at the iamily residence, 1277 Webster | street, this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The | varlors were profusely supplied with | sweet peas and liliee. Upon the doors | h great wreaths of sweet peas and the calianthus, which was Mr. Miller's favor- ite lower. The services were conducted by Rev. E. 8. Chapman, who came home from Lytton Springs for the purpose. The pall-bearers were Isaac L. Requa, Henry Rogers, Thomas Prather, W. H. Knight, Mack ‘Webber ana J. L. Bromiey. The inter- ment took place at Mountain View Ceme- tery and was private. e | SAN LORENZO ELOPERS, Farmer Lavin of the County Infirmary Weds Mamie Ross. Told No One of Their Intention and Cause a Short-Lived Social Sensation. OAxrAND OrFicE SAN FrANCIS0O CALL, 908 BRoADWAY, July 15. z’ The quiet little town of San Lorenzo is busy discussing an elopement. One of its airest belles named Mamie Ross disap- peared Monday afternoon. As 8an Lo- renzo is like one large family the loss of | one of its members is at once the business | of the whole community. Next morning it was also discovered | that Thomas Lavin of San Leandro was | missing. Lavin is the farmer employed | at the County lInfirmary, and is a very industrious, steady young man. It was known that he had made a few calls on Miss Ross, but a marriage was not anticipa- ted. Both partieslive with their respective mothers and are highly respected. Tuesday morning the news was received that Mr. and Mrs. Lavin were living at | the groom’s mother's house in San Leandro. They had met in Oakland and were quietly married and no one’s consent was asked. Monday night Miss Ross’ big brother went on a hunt in & mood that boded no good to any one who might cross him. He came home late, but refused to talk, and it is supposed that he discovered the elopement and thought he had better keep his hands off. Mrs. Ross said to-night that Mamie is in good hands and that her only grievance is that she was not asked to give her con- sent. | All parties concerned will bury the | hatchet in a few days and San Lorenzo’s ephemeral sensation will be but a memory. Twenty-four Governments, including the United States, Japan, China, Persia, and npearly all the European countries, have given official notice that they will exhibit in Paris in 1900. | LUDLOW TESTS MCKINLEY'S FATE. Nature Proves That He Will Be the Next President. MAEKES A UNIQUE TEST. The Master Car-Repairer’s Faith in Flowers Cannot Be Shaken. WAS ENCOURAGED BY BRYAN. McKinl=y’s Name Grew Ons Inch When the Democratic Nomina- tion Was Made. OaxrLAND Orrice SAN Fraxcisco CALL.} 908 Broadway, July 15, One of the most original tests of the chances of William McKinley has been gloriously to-day. “If I did not vote for McKinley after that,” said Ludlow, “I should be worse than an infidel.” FIRE IN BERKELEY. Job Hatfield’s House Burned to the Ground. BERKELEY, CAL., July 15.—The house of Job Hatfield, & contractor employed in San Francisco, situated high up in the hills behind Berkeley, was burned to the ground this evening. The fire was discovered about 7 o’clock, and an alarm was at once turned in at the Columbia Fire Company. 1t was impossi- ble to reach the scene with the fire sppar- atus, however, and the firemen confined their efforts to saving furniture, ‘The fire was first observed by Mrs, Hat- field, who found the basement of the dwelling full of smoke. Ascending the stairs she discovered that the flames had already reached the upper stories, and all efforts to contest their progress were un- availing. It is thought that an cil stove was the cause of the fire. Mr. Hatfield’s residence was at the cor- ner of Cedar street and Bonte avenue. It was valued at $1500 and was partially in- sured. The dwelling was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield and their children, who Epent the night after the fire with a neigh- or. ————— A Populist Paper. OAKLAND, Cav., July 15—The Indus- try Publishing Company has incorporated with $3000 cavpital stock, of which $1280 has been subscribed. The subscribers and shares are: P. B. Preble, $1000; J. M. Moore, $10; J. A. Heanessy, $200; J. C. Butner, $20, and R. E. Bush, $20. The company proposes to do a general printing and publishing business. 1t also runs the Industry, 8 weekly Populist pa- per. Itisasserted thatthe latter may be published daily during the campaign. Master Car-Repairer Ludlow’s Test, Which He Declares Has Settled the Fate of McKinley. made by Master Car Repairer Ludlow of the Southern Pacitic. Mr. Ludlow said to- day that the result of the test proves that the Ohio man will assuredly be the next President. Mr. Ludlow places great faith in natare. He believes that any question askea her will be truthfully answered. His method of procedure is somewhat unique, but he insists that it is logical and based upon correct conclusions. When McKinley was nominated, Mr. Ludlow was anxious to know whether his The man who has repaired all the cars of the great corpora- tion for an ordinary lifetime is a pro- nounced protectionist. He was very en- thusiastic over McKinley and when the St. Louis nomination was made he could | net pauently wait to know what next He decided to election was certain. November would produce. consult nature. As soon as his day’s work was done Mr. Lualow prepared a section of his garden and marked out the word “McKinley” in trenches. Into these he sowed alternan- thera seeds and all around it he planted green moss. He then muttered some incantations and said, “if he is to be elected, those seeds | will all start up and the name of the next President will soon appear in red ona green background.” In a few days the young plants shot? through the soil and looked healthy. ““When the Chicago convention met,” said Mr. Ludlow to-day, “‘they seemed to hesi- tate and I was somewhat despondentabout t he success of my man. When, however the Democrats fairly got down to business | and the free silver shouts reached the West, the plants lifted their heads. When I went to look at them on the morning after the nomination of Bryan I saw they had grown nearly an inch in the night. “I consider that these facts augur most favorsbly, and I feel confident of success for my candidate. I know I am right. You can always depend upon nature to do the proper thing at the proper time."” Then Mr. Ludlow told a littie story of | how he had used a plant to get the truth outof a boy employed at the railroad shops. “lt was a sensitive plant,” said Mr. Ludiow, “and after the boy had told me- his story I said: ‘Now, touch that plant, and 3f ybu've told the truth it will remain as it 1s; il you've lied, the plant ‘will all shrivel up,’ He touched it, the | plant shriveled up, and he thereupon toid me the truth. The plant is of the same kind that are in the park conservatory. That, however, was a joke on nature, but my McKinley test is thoroughly reliable.” The McKinley garden was thriving PAMMED THE BRIDGE. Webster-Street Draw Saved by the Liberal Use of a Hatchet. The Paul and Willie Breaks Adrift. A Big Barge in the Way of Navigation. OAELAND OFFicE SAN Fraxcisco Cauy, 908 Broadway, July 15. } This was an unlucky day for shipping on the estuary. As thejschooner Mary Buhne was trying to dock at Webster- | street wharf she.started a series of acci- | dents that left the schooner Paul and | Willie a helpless wreck, threatening de- | struction to the drawbridge. | The Paul and Willie was leaving the wharf as the Mary Buhne approached. | Somehow the two craft locked booms and | the Mary Buhne plowed along the rail of the Paul and Willie, leaving destruction in her wake. The latter's boom was | snapped off and her mooring being loos- | ened she drifted fast down on to the Web- ster-street drawbridge. | The punch she gave the bridge disturbed | the tender and he climbed upon the bridge and created a dramatic scene with a | hatchet. He knew that a few good drives | would destroy the bridge and throw him out of a job, so he vigorously chopped away at the schooner’s stays and when he | was through nothing was left standing but | the masts. The Mary Buhne got off | easily and docked in safety. A large barge broke away from its moor- ings this afternoon and floated on the tide through the drawbridge. It was right in the way of the large ship Craigmore that was towing out, and & collision was only averted by Charles Chambers, watchman atthe Adams wharf. Chambers and two companions worked for two hours towing the barge to & place of safety and they declare that unless they are recompensed they will claim the barge for salvage. ————————— Louis Porter Released. OAKLAND, CaAL., July 15.—Louis Porter | has been released from the Stockton | asylum., He was committed several months ago for attempting a harrangue and the drawing of a revolver in the First Unitarian Church. Jobn P. Irish and others captured and disarmed him, when he was taken to the City Prison. It caused considerable ex- citement in the church, which was crowded. ' California Un'iversity Quartet En Route. BERKELEY, CaL., July 15.—The University of California male quartet will leave on a concert tour through the central 44. Alameds County, | part of the State to-morrow. The clubis composed of C. R. Morse, T. A. Smith, Dwight Hutchinson and Frank Argall. Their first concert will be given to-morrow evening at San Rafael. The following evening they will perform at Petaluma, and then their tour through the small towns south, such as Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, Monterey and San Luis Obispo, Will be begun. The singers will vary their programme with music on theirbanjos and guitars, in wbich they will be assisted by Durant ’91 and Baid- win '04. AFTER THE PROPRIETOR. The Plant of the Observer Dis- appeared During the Night. Ball Heid an Assignment of It to Pay the Printers. Foreman OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO Cu.u} Broadway, July 15. The Observer was not published this morning. Seven weeks ago the paper was born in the night. It came into existence on the eve of the awarding of the city printing contract. It had tobe out on a certain morning in order to bid. Type was distributed at night, a press was pro- cured after dark and printers were enticed out of their beds (o get out the new paper. Everything was successful, and next morning every householder in the center of the city found the Observer on his door- step. It disappeared last night. Ever since its birth the ‘“‘ghost” of the Observer has been of a very intermittent character. Things got so cramped on Monday that the printers were paid with the fol- lowing check: OAKLAND, July 13, 1896. I hereby assign all my right, title and inter estin and to the Obsérver to Thomas M. Ball in consideration of wages due the compositors employed thereon. This assignment includes all the material and paraphernalia used in the publication and printing of said Observer. FRANK H. ROBINSON, Publisher and proprietor The Observer. Witness: A. F. ELDRIDGE, F. J. GREGORY. Yesterday morning the money was to have been paid, but as it was not on hand the printers were the owners of the plant. ‘When they went to the office this morn- ing they found that a large part of the plant had been removed during the night. Ball at once conciuded that Robinson had taken the material and this afternoon he swore out a warrant for Robinson’s arrest for grand larceny. The paper has been running behind ever since it started gnd when Robinson’s bid for the city printing was not accepted the crisis came. “Frank Robinson broke into that office and carried away those forms,” said Mr. Ball this mornming, “and I will make it hot for him. When he made that assign- ment to me there was a chattel mortgage on the property, and, unless I am greuatly mistaken, we can put him through for that. Itis just possible that the Prosecut- ing Attorney may be correct about the burglary business, but the property is worth $500, and I think that amounts to grand larceny.” The city editor of the Observer said to- night that the paper will be published in another office, in accordance with a con- tract recently made. Frank Robinson, proprietor of the Ob- server, was arrested to-night on a charge oBl“Fnud larceny sworn to by Thomas “This is a cinch job of my printers,” he said, *‘because they learned that I was go- ing to have my printing done on ma- chines. They agreed on a special rate and now they want the whole thing. The assignment I made was not legal, anyhow. I got out my paper to-day 80 as to save my legal advertising, and I exmct to get bonds in a short time and at work under different conditions to-morrow.” THROWN FROM A WAGON. H. F. Freeze, a Dairyman, and a Little Girl Painfully Injured. OAKLAND, Car., July 15.—H. F. Freeze, a dairy produce dealer, living at Nine- teenth street and Broadway, had a narrow escape from death this evening. He was driving home, and on descending the hill in Hayes Canion, near town, he applied the brake, as his team was slipping. The connections broke and the horses ran away, throwing Freeze out and break- ing his left leg and right arm. He had a little girl with him bringing her to town, and she was thrown out and her left leg broken. Freeze was taken home by a passer-by, and thegirl's father, a Mr. Hen- den, was notified. He at once brought his daaghter 10 a physician. Freeze was brought to the Receiving Hospital, and after being cared for he returned home. SAYS SHE WILL SHOOT. Mrs. Woods, the Rawhider, Greatly Incensed With the Doctor. The Marital Troubles Are of Long Standing—The Wife’s Stories of Cruelty and Neglect. BERKELEY, CiL, July 15—“I will shoot him as surely as I am alive if he at- tempts to steal any of my children again.” This is the defiant remark which Mrs. Dr. Woods of Berkeley made of her di- vorced husband to-night to a CALL corre- spondent. It was only a few daysago that she horsewhipped him, as she says, at her house, where he had come to pay a visit to his children, according to the per- mission granted him by the Superior Court at the time of the divorce proceedings. “He did not come merely to see the children and pay a fatherly call,” said the incensed little woman, “but to steal them away from me. He has my only boy now with him, but if he steals another of my children he will do so at the peril of his miserable life.”” The story of the Woods difficulty is an old one, and has been a subject for frequent comment in the neighborhood 6f Ashby and Telegraph avenues for many months past. Mrs. Woods has a pitiful tale to tell of unwonted cruelty to herself and children by ber husband, and she has not the least scruples_about makine them known. Twice have Woods and his wife been divorced, and consequently their do- mestic troubles have extended through years, as theireldest child is now about seventeen. 7 < The tide of affairs runs. smoothly be- tween them foratime and then a storm arises which stirs the wrath of both, but more particularly that of the wife, as she claims that she is in absolute poverty and need and lives in a small, lonely cot, while he is a well-to-do insurance man with a mansion for his dwelling-place. “I have three children left,” said she; “girls that T love more dearly than my- self, and when I see how luxuriously he lives with the boy he bas stolen from m. bosom, and at the same time I, myself, and my tnueoglrll living in dire need, it makes my blood within me boil. ] cannot begin to express the de, of cruelty and disgrace he has hea upon me, bnt there is one thing certain, he will t riddled through and through if he ies to induce another of my children to leave me.” - Two Bunaway Accidents. BERKELEY, CaL., July 15.—Two run- away accidents took place to-day in Berke- ley, in both of which the occupants of the vehicles narrowly escaped death. This morning, while Dr. F. H. Payne was about to step into his buggy, the horse started to run and dragged the doctor, who held on to the reins, for a considerable distance, severely g him :mt the head m:.ah%ulden. [ time ‘harles Hop; nfimnml‘ both of the junior en: at the university, were thrown from their bnggfinax the vostoffice, in which acci- dent Hoppe received a severe wound on the leg, while Boegle escaped uninjured. The vehicle was badly demolished, one of the shafts having been broken and the wheels sprung. Canes From Cabbages. BERKELEY, CaAL, July 15—Samuel Wakeham, the keeper of a paintstore in Berkeley and a lover of curiosities, has found use for the cabbage-stalks which he is growing in his back yard and will turn them into walking-canes. Wakeham is the man who created considerable noto- riety a sbort time ago through exhibiting in front of his establishment on Shattuck avenue & cabhagf-sulk twelve feet high, grown under his own cultivation.” The canes have much the same appearance as those made of Congo wood, but are not so bulky. In color they are much lighter, being of a delicate tan hue. Wakeham expects a big rush after them by curiosity- seekers as soon as college opens. Important News Note: BERKELEY, CaL, July 15.—The wed- ding of Lee Carlton Mayhew of Massa- | chusetts and Miss Mary E. Smith, a former | teacher in the Berkeley schools, took place | this eveniing at the residence of the bride’s | parents on Virginia street, West Berkeley. Great preparations are being made lorl the Republican rally to be heldin Shat- | tuck Hall next Friday evening. It has: been announced that Susan B. Anthony will be one of the speakers of the evening. President Richards of the Town Trustees and Town Attorney Hayne have been irnnted thirty days’ leave of absence. Mr. ichards has gone to Lake Tahoe. Mr. Hayne will spend his vacation at Santa Barbara. Ata special meeting of Columbia Engine Company held last evening the constitu- tion and by-laws as reported by the special committee were adopted. Foreman James Kenny appointed as his assistants James D. Ray and George Mohr; hydrantman, Andy Frick. There will be a special meeting of the Lorin Lyceum Literary Society on next Friday evening to arrange a programme for July 24. SIXTY DOLLARS MISSING. A Bay-Street Druggist Meets a Gentleman Who Carries Greenbacks. The Boys’ Brigade Home From Camp. Harry Lomax’s Body Not Yet Found. ALAMEDA, CaL., July 15.—A peculiar incident happened at the store of J. R. Young, druggist, Bay-street station, a few days ago. A man walked into the store and bought a toothorush, tendering a twenty-dollar bill in payment. At 9 o’clock the same evening the toothbrush purchaser came back and asked Mr. Young if he would give him the bill back and Le would give him gold instead. Mr. Young complied and put the double-eagle in & box in his kitchen, just off the store. The man explained he wa s from the East and preferred paper money, at the same time exhibiting a roll of bills. He engaged Mr. Young in conversation and obtained a rubber band from him to keep his bills to- gether. Mr. Young says he observed two men standing outside the shop in the evening while he was talking with the stranger, and imagines they must have been con- federates of his, because when he went to get the box containing the $20 and other money off the kitchen table he found the box and its contents—some $60—gone. The men had gone, also. He is of the opinion that the men were sneakthieves and that the conversation and rechanging ;fl the bill was simply part of a plan to rob m. As he is unable to give any description of the men, the police have no clew to work on. The Boys’ Brigade Outing. ALAMEDA, CarL., Jnlfi 15.—The Ala- meda companies of the Boys’ Brigade re- turned last night from Bohemia, on the Russian River, where they had been camp- ing for the past eight days. Major Al Taylor rescued two young ladies named Betsy Harnden and "Alice Hand from a watery grave. They were in swimming, and ventured out too far. J. E. Baker, cashier of the Alameda Savings Bank, saved the life of Private Bush of Kast Oak- land, who got into water that was beyond hisdepth. The boys report having had a most enjoyable outing. The Oakland Exposition. ALAMEDA, CaL, Juiy 15.—The secre- tary of the Oakland Exposition has writ- ten to the chairman of the City Trustees | asking him to appoint a committee to make arrangements whereby Alameda will have a certain day of the exposition set apart for it to be known as Alameda day, and on which day the residents of the city will turn out in force and patron- ize the exposition. George Roeth, the secretary, has made similar requests to all the towns around the bay. r. Forderer is favorably inclined to accede to the re- quest, but before doing so will consult the wishes of his co-Trustees. Brevities. ALAMEDA, Car, July 15.—Fire Mar- shal Krauth is compelling the owners of three-story structures to put up regu- 1ation fire escapes. A public meeting will be held on Mon- day, July,20, in Linderman Open house, to discuss the removal of C. F. True from the principalship of Wilson School and to select a deputation to wait upon the Board of Education at its next meeting. The body of Harry Lomax, who was drowned yesterday afternocn, has not yet been recovered. Ralph Hamlin the bridge- tender, Stanley Stephenson and others have been dragging since the accident was reported, but so fur their efforts have been fruitiess. The Board of Education held a meeting last night to award the bids for supplies to the degartmem for the ensuing year. Only three bids were received and the supplies to be purcnased were divided among the three bidders. ————— She Wants ding. OAKLAND, CaL., July 15.—Rose Gilli- gan has caused the arrest of Fred Sprinkle, | a youth working on the steamer Emma, | charging bim with being responsinle for | her condition. She wants to marry him and a s not to prosecute if he will take her. This he refuses.to do. He has se- cured his release on bonds and will fight the case. DIED. SHIELDS—In_ this eity, July 15, 1896, Ruth, | daughter of John and Sallie Shields, a native of | Franelsco, aged 10 months. 8@ The funeral will take place TO-MORROW Friday), at 2 o'tlock . from the resi- ence of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Scully, 1616A Folsom street. Intermen: Mount Calvary Cemetery. RAILROAD TRAVEL, Atlgnntic Pacific RAILROAD Trains leave and arrive at Market-Streot Ferry. SANTA FE EXPRESS. To Chi 0 via A. & P, % “pirEee Tin P. M., Carry.. ruliman Drawing-room Sieepers, nl.ou)‘:ud-.rn Up- Tourist Sleeping-cars, with clean linen s -Mlnhs‘::tfieo' a afl.‘, ran dally for Denver and St. Lonia. St Personally conducted Boston Exeursions via Kansas City, M A Cnyi ontreal and the White The best every Wednesday. Now ralln netw fiev: oG Taioreetios romy and good Harvey's dining-rooms. ¢ Ticket Ofco—644 Market Street, o Auction Sales 185.0 AUCTION SALE AT 514 SECOND STREET. General Line of Merchandise, comprising Fur- nishing Goods of all kinds, Shoes, Hats, Csps, Remnants, etc., (0 be sold without reserve to tha trade. Auction Sale commencing THURSDAY, July 16, at 10:30 a. M., and continuing until entire stock 1s sold. Fixtures and goods must be sold. WALTER FU Auctioneer. RAILROAD TRAVEL. Bl REDUCTION_TO_IEATES BY RAIL PORTIL:AND, OR. S T O Y, T, FRIDAY ..JULY 17, And Every Fifth Day Thereafter, Leave from S. P. Co.’s Ferry landing, foot of Market st., at 8 P. 3. —Inciuding Berth in Pullman Tour- ist Sleeper. ....ALSO.... Firsi-class tickets, {ncluding berth in @7 ()-00 Pullman Standard Sieeper. — SPECIAL NOTICE. This train will not stop to deifver or take on pas- sengers at intermediate stations, nor will tickets be sold or baggage checked to such points. 25~ Through Tickets for Pugzet Sound Points on Sale at heduced «.ates. For further information apply at 618 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel Ticket Office), San Francisco. RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Traflic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) Trains leave snd are to arrive at SAN FRANCISUO. LEAVE — From JUXET, 18%. — ARRIVE *#6:004 Niles, San Jose and Way Stations... en aud Tast, ; Sacree vis 7:004 Atlantic Express, O; 31004 Benicia, Vacaville, I‘nel.lfl':), Croville and 71004 Martinez, San Hamon, toga and Santa. 8:304 Niles, Sau Jose, Ktockion, Sur-m umonw. Marysville aad uff, . #8:304 Peters gnd Miiton 91004 Los Angeles Express, t 4:00p Martinez, San Kamon, Napa, Calistogs, El Verano sad Sauta Rosa... “ree i ‘Vacaville, Landing, _Oroville and Sacramento . 4:80r Niles, San Jose, Liverm BLOckOn sovesresesss 4:307 Merced, Berenda, Hias Yosemite) and Fresn 4:00p Benicia, Knights 518@r New Orleans Express, Fresno, Bakerse field, Santa Barbara,Los Angel miug, El Paso, New Orleans an 4 8:00p European Mefl, Ogden and 1last, 6:00p Haywards, Niles and Ban Jose... £7:000 Vallefo ... 7:00p O1 a Jixpi TRed, Sacramento, A Portland, 10:454 SANTA _CRUZ DIVINION (Narrow Gauge). 174454 Smum(?m Excursion, Santa Oruz ns an incipal Way Statior . 1800 83154 Newark, Centerville, Sau Joso, Felton, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way s #8157 Newark, Almaden, Santa Crus and Principal Stations .. 1157 Newark, S COAST 1 *6:454 San Jose and Way Stations (New Almades ‘edne e 9:474 171804 Sunday mmn'gvd usmfim 18:352 8:15A 8an Jose, Tres Piuos, Santa Criz, Pacific Grove, Paso Robles, Sax Kanis Obispo, Gi d Prin- 11:30A Palo Alto and *2:30r San Mateo, Gilroy, Tres Pinos, Santa Crus, Salinas, Monterey and PacificGrove *19:404 *8:30r San Jose, o Grove and Way Stations ... . *1;30¢ +4:30¢ San Jose and_Way Stations. 5 0p San Jose and Principal Way Stations 0p San Jose and Way Stations 5p San Jose and Way Stations. AN LEANDRO AND HAYWARI Melrose, Seminary Park, Fitchbarg, Sau Leandro and Haywards. l 9:005 | § Runs through to Niles, . {#11:15p ) ¢ From Niles. 112:00; CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAN FRANSISCO—Foot of Market Strest (Slip 8)—e *7:15 900 11:00a. $1:00 *2:00 *4:00 16:00 *6:00r.. From QAKLAND—Toct of Broadway.— 10:00A.:. $12:00 *1:00 $2:00 *3:00P.M. $3:00 *6:00 8:00 300 $4:00 A for Morning. * Sundays excepted. 1 Sundays 1t Monday, Thursdey and § Saturflays and Su P for Afternoon. + Baturdays only. only. b urday nights only. a nig] .! CIFIC RAILWAY (0. Tiburon Ferry—Foot of MarketSt. San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEE DAYS_7:50, o] :38, 280, 5: :30 P. M. ursday: uaxlzl.‘w sg M. Saturdays—Extra e p.x:? l’:’ll‘ and 11:30 ». u. BUNDAYS—7:30, 9:30, 11:00 .3c; 1:30, 3:30, 6:00, 6:20 ». 3. San Rafael to San Francisco. WEEK DAYS—6:15, 7:50, 9:10, 11:10 a. u.; 12:45, 8:40, 5:10 P. 3. Saturday: s i OOTA S U , 9:35, 11:10 L: 1 B 5:00, 6:25 P. . S el Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leave Arrive Ban Francisco. R:fx';? San Francisca. WrEx | SUN- 130! ¢ N | WEER Davs. | DaYS. ’qu.lnlflnn\ DAYS. | Davs 7:30 AM|7:30 AM| Novato, [10:40 aM| 8:30 #|9:30 M| Petaluma, | 6:05 Px| 5:10 ¥x|5:00 Px|Santa Rosa.| 7:30 rx| | _Fulton,, 7:30 ax ‘Windsor, ‘Healdsburg, Geyserville, 8:30 P |7:30 am| Cloverdale. | 7:30 pu| 6:15 »x ’ Pieta, 7:30 Ax Hopland & 8:30 Py 7:30 A| Ukiah. 7:30 am| :30 AM | Guerneville. 7:30 AM|7:80 ax| Sonoms | and 5:10 pM|5:00 Pu| Glen Ellen. 7:80 AM|T:30 AM| 8:30 P |5:00 pu| Sebastopol. Stages connect at Sania Rosa for Mark West Springs: at Gevserville for Skoggs Springs: b Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Pleta for High! Springs, Kelseyville, Soda Bay and vakeport Hopland for Lakeport and Bartiett Springs: at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Saratoga Springs, Bluo Lakes, Luurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley, John Day's, Riverside, Lierley's, Buck- pell’s, Sanhedrin Heights, Hullville, Booneville, Greenwood, Orr's Hot Springs, Mendocino City, Fort Bragg, Wsstport, Usal, Willets, Cahto, Co- Velo, Layionville, Harrls, Scotis and Eureka. Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduged ates. On Sundays round-trip tickets to all polnts be- yond San Rafael at half rates. Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle buflding. H,C. WHITING, Gen. Manager. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD ia Sausalito Ferry). From San Francisco, Commencing Juae 15, 1896, WEEKDAYS. For MIll Valley and San _Ratael —7:00, *5:00 9:15 10115, 11:45, A M.i *1:45, 4:15, 5:15, *6:00, :35 P. . Extra trips for San Ratael on Mondays, Wednes aays and Saturdays a; 11:30 . M. SUNDAYS. For Mil Valley and San _Rafacl—*8:00, %:1 *10:00, 11:30 A. 3. ; **12:80, *1:30, *2:18, -«R 5330, 6:45, 8:30 P. M. Extra trip to Ssusaliioas 11:00 . M. Trains marked * run to San **12:39 7. does Mot Tun to Mill Valley. > THROUGH TRAINS. or Poin; Reyes ana way stations—8:00 a. Baturdays: 9 A. M. Sundacs; 5:15 . M. mkdny: For Point Raves, Cazadero and starions— 8:00 4. 3. Sunday, o waekdava: Chronicle Bullding. - | Telephone Main 1531, - Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 tnll;t'l:e ue‘tmtmfigmvm s oty o a0 Skin Diseases. e doctorcureswhen im. othersfail. Try hi Cu: -anteed. Call orwrd Box 1957, San Francisco, W, te,