The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1897, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1897. BARNES 70 SPEAK FOR CUBA LIBRE He Condemns the Cleveland Administration for Its Apathy. | The Local League’s Mass-Meet- ing Will Be Attended by All Classes. Reasons for Believing That McKin- ley’s Cebinet Will Call Spain | to Time. Every arrangement for the forthcoming mass-meeting of the friends of Cuba that can be perfected before the meeting of | the general committee has now been | made. The . general committee of the league | will meet at California Hall, Bush and Powell streets, on Friday night. The business will be to organize to promote | the work of the league and make arrange- ments for the mass-meeting. The committee felt gratified last night at having made arrangements for a num- ber of short speeches at the mass-meeting. In addition to speeches by ex-Senator | Frank McGowan, Attorney A. R. Kanaga, | W. S. Scott, H. E. Highton, General Salomon and A. Ruef arrangements were | completed yesterday for an address by | General W. H. L. Barnes, one of the | most ardent friends of the Cuban revo- | lution. Speaking of the matter yesterday ; General Barnes said : | ““I shall be very much pleased to speak for the Cuban League. They are doing | a loyal work, and Jones and Mascherini | .and all the others back of the movement ! deserve great credit. { “I am outraged and incensed at the | brutality of the Spanish, whose barbarities | are revolting; but a thing that makes me | t as bad is the pusillanimity of | sent administration. It seems to me we have reason to look for something | ve when the McKinley administra- tion is fully under way. If they do not | reverse the passive_policy of the present | | | | would be glad to go with me. incubus they might as well go out of the business of trying to govern.” In this connection it should be remem- bered that John Sherman is one of the stanchest of the friends of Cuba, and he is looked on as a strong power in the Mc- Kinley administration. Possibly he would not have been so outspoken had he known how close he would be to the administra- tion, but it is well known that Shérman has been an avowed opponent of the Cleveland policy of non-interference and an advocate of drastic measures for Cuba’s relief. Attorney A. R. Kanaga, formerly a well-known Ohio attorncy, but for ten years prominent in Washington and Cal- ifornia, is a strong friend of Cuba. He also knows McKinley very well. Speak- ing of the Cuban question, he said: ““l think there is every reason to be- lieve that the McKinley administration will do something for the Cubans. They ought to do it by all means and without delay.” Callers continue to visit the headquar- ters daily, and every mail brings letters | of encouragement to the secretary. The following came yesterday: HAROLD, Cal, Feb. 21, 1897. Faust Mascherini —Dear Sir: am pleased to see that there is such a wide- spread sympathy with the Cuban pa- triots. 1 write to assure you of my hearty sympathy with the cause of Cuban liberty, and incidentally to offer my services should an opportunity pre- sent itself of sending troops to Cuba. I have had very little military experi- ence (eighteen months in N, G. C., Sev- enth), but such as I am, Cuba is welcome to me. There are twenty or thirty men who Tam 22 ars of age and very strong physically. hould there be a chance for us to go, kindly let me know. Yours for the cause of liberty everywhere, CLOUDESLEY T. JOHNS. P. S.—If you think it would be any use you might forward my letter to Secretary Quesada. C.T.], The foregoing is a fair sample of the letters from men who stand ready to do more than. talk should occasion arise. The following is a letter of another type, of which there are many: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 23, 1897. Faust Mascherini Esq., Secretary Cu- ban League, 2008 Mason Street, City— Sir: 1 wish to sign the roll of member- ship of the Cuban League, and to lend all the aid and assistance in my power fo help right the terrible wrongs in Cuba, that ery aloud in pitcous appeal to God and man. Very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, T.A. NERNEY, 6 Eddy street, San Francisco, Cal. President Jones has issued a request for every member of the Mayor’s Com- mittee to be present at the meeting on Friday night. Important arrangements | will be made at this meeting. They others are doing a loyal work, and back of the movement deser whose barbariti are revolting ; just as bad is the pusillanimity of the present admin seems to me we have reason to I the McKinley administration is fully under way. shall be very much pleased to speak for the Cuban League. Jones and Mascherini and all the ve great credit. am outraged and incensed at the brutality of the Spanish, but a thing that makes me feel tration. It ook for something decisive when If they do not reverse the passive policy of the present incubus they might as well go out of the business of trying to govern. W. H. L. BARNES. A BISE 1N GRAIN BAGS. The Price G;;g—Up t;n Account of a Considerable Short- age. i State Prison Directors Have Made an | Advance cn the Convict-Made } Stock. From all indications there will be a scarcity of grain bags this year. The market has already feit the influence of this state of affairs. As usual the poor | farmer will have to suffer and but little | assistance may be expected even from the convict-manipulated looms in the jute- mills at the San Quentin State prison.. { Within the past few days there has been | a great jump in the price of grain bags and the top figures are far from reached yet. The Pacific Coast usually consumes | about 35,000,000 grain bags. Last year five sailing vessels from Calcutta arrived on this coast laden with about sixty million bags. Two of these vessels landed at Portland, Or., and three at this port. This year but three vessels are to arrive laden with grain bags, and they will not carry over 26,000,000 bugs. As stated the average annual consumption is about 35,000,000. The shortage will have to be made up by shipping by steamer, which comes high. On _the sailing vessels the freight is $3 50 per ton of two vales, each bale containing 1 bags, but on the steamers the freight amounts- to $10 per | ton or for 2000 bags. The difference will, of course, be add«d to the cost of the bags | and the farmers will have to stand it. | The Board of State Prison Directors is | fully aware of thiscondition of affairs, and it has not been slow to take advantage of the market. Eary in Januvary a lot of | 1,000,000 bags were offered at $4 65 spot | cash, as the directors wanted to raise | some money. At that time there was no great intimation of danger and the sales were small. About Feoruary 13 the War- | den was authorized to seil 1,000,000 bags | at $475. It did not take long to dispose of the 2,000,000 at that price. At the meeting of the board last Satu: day the price was jumped to 5 cents, or $5 * per hundred in lots not 10 exceed 10,000 to legitimate farmers or grain-zrowers. The quantity to be sold is limited to 500,000 bags. At present there is about 1,500,000 grain bags in bond at San Quentin, and by July or August this number will be in- creased by ,000. With the prospect of a shortage in the supply and the uncertainty of what the next iariff on jute may be the farmers will be Jikely to pay good Stiff prices this year for bags for their grain. ———————— CUT ON THE CHIN. Result of a Row in a Valencia-Street Eukery. Fred Vallandt, cook in Ruiz’s bakery, 836 Valencia street, and Fred Ludeman, ariver of one of the wagons, had a dis- pute vesterday afternoon and Ludeman cut Vallandt on the chin with a knife, inflicting an ugly gash and Valiandt was tzken to the City and County Hospital in the patrol-wagon, where his wounded chin was stitched and dressed. Ludeman was arrested by Policeman Jobn Young und A. B. Riehl, and taken 10 the Beventeenth-street station, where bhe was booked ou the charge of assault to murder. | | ————— The Suits Against Mrs. Craven, The suits of the Fair estate against Mrs. Net- tie R. Craven were called in Judge Slack’s courtand the trial was postponed until the 1st of next montu. + LIDY WASHIGIOY TEk Entertainment in Aid of the Natbaniel Gray Kinder- garten. Patronessss in Powlered Coiffure Serve Refreshments in the Name of Charity. Society ladies, patronesses of the Na- thaniel Gray free kindergarten, powdered their hair yesterday and donned the quaintly picturesque Martha Washington £OWN 10 serve tea in the name of charity. Each year the patronesses of this kinde: garten hava appealed to the generosity of the public, and the affair of yesterday was equally as successful as its many prede- cessors, Mrs. Will ¥isher generously placea her lovely home at the disposal of the ladies. Drawing and reception rooms were made beautiful with many flowers, and in the dining-hall a tempting table was spread. The hours of the tea were from 3to 5 and 8 to 11 o’clock. During both after- noon and evening there was an excellent musical and literary programme pre- seuted, the numbers being contributed by the best local talent. Tickets were sold at $1, and a tidy sum was realized. The ladies of the reception committee consisted of: Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. F. L. Whitney, Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Mrs. W. M. Pierson, Mrs. Georze East- man, Mrs. Judge Myrick, Mrs. Raiph Hooper, Mrs. H. T. Ames, Mrs. Huff, M1s, Dr. Laine, Mrs. Howland, Mrs. Dr. Law, Mrs. H. Law, Mrs. John Fiournoy, Mrs, W. Stow Baliard, Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Mrs. Charles Slack, Mrs. Norwood, Mrs. A. D. Tuttle, Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Mrs. George F. Ashton, Mrs. M. B. Higgins and Mrs. Cyrus 8. Wrigh ——————— FOR HIS INSANE SISTER. William Mangan’s Property WIll Be Devoted to Alleviating Suffering. The will of the late William Manean was filed in the County Clerk’s office yes- terday by Attorney Daly. Itisa peculiar document, written on small scrap of puper about 4 by 2 inches in size. At first it was thought that Maugan died intestate, but in looking over the papers this small screed, written with a lead pencil on a page torn from a pocke:- book, was discovered. It reads as follows: SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 6, 1896, 1, Williem Mangan, leave ali and everything 1 have of this world’s goods 10 my sister, Delia Maugan. She shall heve all power 1o do as she pleuses with it without bouds. Nobody shail have power to Juestion her suthority to do as she pleases with it. WILLIAM MANGAN. On the opposite side of the document is the statement that the testator never made uny other will. Mangan’s estate is estimated to be worth §7500. The sister to whom the property is bequeathed is insane and an inmate of the asylum at Ukiah. Steps will be taken to have her provided with all the comlorts to which a paying patient in that institution may ba entitled. ————— Smuggled Opium Sold. A quantity of smuggled oplum wes sold at the Appraisers’ store yesterday at unususlly high prices, and of the 185 tins on hand 50 wer= £:1d at $4 60 per tin and the remuinder a1 ¥4 30 per tin. These prices are considered to denote thatopium isscarce In the San Fran- cisco market. e ————— TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Teke jaxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- @ists relund the money if it falls to cure, 29¢. A FIELD DAY FOR THE DOCTORS Played a Leading Part in the Supervisors Yesterday. Dr. Doige Submitted an Argu ment on Dangers Due to Expectoration. Committee on Legislation Made a Suggestion for a Strest-L:w Amendment. The doctors in the Board of Supervisors had a field day yesterday. Dr. Rottanzi presided and Dr. Dodge, as chairman of the Hospital Committee, filed the report of leading interest. Dr. Dodge urged the passage of the order prohibiting expectoration on the floors of public buildings and sidewalks anu sub- mitted a long report. This set forth that the habit is disgusting and in the nature of » public nuisance, The principal fact urged was that consumption is propagated often by the habit. A part of the report bearing on this point was as follows: There are certain parts in tne south of France that were tormeriy noted health resorts for this class of patients, that have become hot- Leds of infection, largely owing to {he satura- tion of the soil by its long exposure to the presence of large numbers of consumptives. iven now many physicians hesitate to send patients to many of vur own health resorts in the southern part of this State, for fear of the evil results tnat foliow the aggregation of any considerable number of these patients. Scattercd about sidewalks and on floors, the method of infection by sputum is direct. Gathered on shoes, it is carried direetly into our homes, inf: carpets and risiug ina fiie dust When t are swept. And while the femaie portion of our population persist In weariag long skirts to their dresses on the streets, just so long are they in coustant dan- ger. Ceses have come to your writers' notice of womon who had been observant enough to notice that whenever they ripped the bindiug from the bottom of thcir dress skirt to replace it they contracted a severe cough, and no doubt here lies a great danger. Your committee does not desire or rather will not attempt to legislaie against the wear- ing of svch garments ou the street. It does, however, desire to see suitable legisiation taken with & view of lessening the propaga- tion of this dreadfal disease, consump:ion. Many Eastern cities, a8 woll as several cities and towns in this State, are successfully en- forcing orders relating to this habit, and your committee would ask the adoption by this board ofthe order which it hes prepared on this subject. This report was adopted by the board. The ordinance transferring from the Fire Department to the Police Depart- ment the duty of keeping the aisles and lobbies of theaters clear during perform- ances went over for another week, upon motion of Supervisor Britt, the motion be- ing seconded by Supervisor Smith. Mr. Britt said that the purpose of his motion was to give the chiefs of the twodepart- ments time to come to some understand- ing before the question sbould be argued by the board. The order providing that the public printing shall be doneonly in offices which are approved by the labor unions went over for one week more, Supervisor Smith only voting no. A communication was received from Dr. J. F. Morse, charman of the Committee on Receiving Hospital of the Board of Heaith, asking that the driver or the Receiving Hospital ambulance may be required to purchase & uniform 1n accordance with the order of the Board of Health, The ordinance tavored by the Board of H ezlth, as introduced by Dr. Hart, to pre- vent the spraying of clothes by the mouth in Chinese laundries, was received. James H. O'Brien asked that the Super- intendent of Streets be instructed to enter into a contract with him *“for the 30-foot front for which the City and County is linble, on the crossing of Gough street and Willow avenue, H. M. Newhall petitioned for the can- cellation of assessments against the Lon- don Assurance Corporation and the Atlas Assurance Company. A draft of an act to amend the street law was received from the Merchants’ As- sociation. The principai point is a pro- vision requiring a contractor for paving to maintain the pavement laid by him free of cost and to keep itin good condi- tion for a period of not less than five years, with the exaction of a guarantee. The Committee on Judiciary submitted areport dealing with the draft of a bill submitted by the City and County Attor- ney to acquire by condemnation or pur- chase lana or property for the laying out, opening, extending, widening or straight- ening, in whole or in part, for a distance of 500 feet or less, of any road, highway, boulevard, street, equare, lane, etc. Con- cerning this the commitiee expressed the opinion ‘“‘that whenever property is to be acquired for public use proceedings should be taken under the law of eminent do- main and the City and Count same at tne public expenss.” The com- mittee also reported in favor of the amendment of Assembly bill 151, to pro- vide the mode for changing grades of vublic streets, =tc., by striking out the provision as to making protests of the own- ers or one-half or more of the owners of the property terminate all proceedings. Concerning this the committee reported: “The object of changing grades is for the benefit of the property, and the rights of all persons are protected by the statute as 1o damages, if any, from such proceeding, and any provisions of the character named wouid be to render nugatory the object of the bill.”” The Commitiee on Finance and Audit- ing reported that they could not find out how the City and County couid order and pay for improvements under the plan pro- posed by Labor Exchange Branch No. 26. The ax swang only once. Clarles Wil- son lost the position of janitor in the Re- ceiving Hospital and Charles Whelsn was appointed to take his place, ‘ It was decided to refer to the Street Committee the report in favor of discon- tinuing the issue of permits for private contracts for such work after March 1. The Superintendent of Streets was in- structed to make a guarantee for five years a part of the contract for_the repay- ing of Geary street, between Kearny and Powell. This was one of the measures favored by the Merchants’ Association. Another measure favored by that org: ization upon which favorable action was taken was a recommendation that three street-crossings be paved with asphait, brick and cobbles, property-owners to pay one-half the cost, tne total cost not to ex- ceed 22 cents per square foot. The Street Superintendent was also instructed to pro- ceed to remove obstructions from certain streets in the neighborhood of the Pre- sidio, to which General Forsyth some t'me ago called attention, claiming that the City was not fulfilling the conditions under which the lanc¢ was granted to the City by Congress. Supervisor Sheehan was appointed a member of the Judiciary Committee, vice Supervisor Rottunzi. he customary annual resolution mak- ing provision for the collection of delin- quent taxes was adopted. Alfred Fuhr- man was named as special counsel to coi- lect the taxes. Resolutions were finally passed awara- ing to. the Troy Laundry Company the contract for a laundry piant at the Alms- acquire the | | | { house; also permitticg the Olympic Gun Ctub to discharge firearms at Ingleside. STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work Acted on by the Board. e following is a complete summary of the street improvements which passed the B.o-rd of Bupervisors at yesterday's ses- sion: AWARD OF CONTRACTS. and avenue, Misslon to Andover —Fo s Clark, plank sidewalks. ireet. Jones to Leavenworth—To Flinn & v, basalt javements. LOWEST BIDS ON STREET WORK: street south, crossing to Twelfth ave- outh—Storm-water inlets, W illiams, Belser Cortl: Tho street south and Thirteenth svenue south—sam N sirce ¢ Fourteenth avenue south— Siorm-wa M. C. Ho enue south—Same. ‘b evenue south— P sireet souih and Thirte Storm-water iulets, Williams, Beiser & Co. oL sireet south avd Fourleenth avenue south— me. Mo itgomery avenue, Eay to Point streets— Grading, Warren & Maliey. OBIECTIONS TO STREET WORK OVEREULED. Lyon street, Union to Chestnut—Sewers, eic. Devisadero stree., Chestnut to Beach—Same. RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK, First avenue, Fulton i0 Point Lobos avenue— Bituminous pavement. Eirst avenue, Clement to Califo venue. California to Clay. venue, Clay 10 Washing!on—>am First avenue, Point Lobos (o Clement—Same. uuerrero, Nineteenth 10 Twentieth—Stone side- walks. . Kigateentn, Valencia to Guerrero—Same. Saichez, Tweuty-niuth to Army—Pla walks. Clement street Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fitth avenues—Pipe sewer. Clement street and Twenty-fifth avenue—Pipe sewers, culverts, manoles, eic. Clement street, ‘I wenty-itth to Twentysixth avenues—Pipe sewer, et lement sireet and Tiwenty-sixth avenue—Pipe Sewers, mantioles, cesspools, culverts, eic. Geary sireet, Kearny to Powell Bituminous pavement; work (0 be guaranteed five years. Stockton street, Elils to ' Farrell—Same. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER STREET VORK. Hampshire street, Tweuty-third to Twenty- fourth—Curbs and paviug. Stable alley, Valencia sireet to Caledonls alley— Biiuminous pavemenc. Secon €. 290 feet from A street to Polnt Lobos & —Fipe sewer, etc, Fourth avenue, 180 fee: from A street 10 Polnt Lobos avenus—Pipe sewer, ete. Fourzeenth street, Noe 10 Castro—Granite curbs and basalt pavemeits Alpine street, Thirieenth to portherly termina- tion—Grading, curbs. sewer, macadamizIng, ewc. 2:ission s.reet, Highland 10 Crescent avenves— Curbs, pavement, etc. Mission street, Cortiand to High'and avenues—At VArious poluts curbs, pavement, 8:Urm - Water inlets, gratings, eic. O'Farreil street, Bagby place ecsterly along northeriy line for forty ieet—Sione sidewalks. Vallejo street, Weoster to Fillmore—Curbs and paving. BECOMMENDED PASSED TO BESOLUTION OR- DERING, Bush street, Pine to ~coit—Stone sidewalks. Pl h to Capitol avenues— , Plymor damizing, et Twenty-second to Twenty- s pavement. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF & X Thirteenth sireet, Levisadero to alpine—Pipe sewer, ec. Kilery street, aving. Harrison street and Precita avenue—Cesspools and cuiveris. 2 Treat und Precita avenues—Same. Riocon place, Harrison to Bryant—Curbs and bituminous paving. X ghteenth streel, Braonan to Townsend—Curbs and asalt paving. enth sireet, Townsend to Rhode Island— Bryant to Federal—Curbs snd Same. Rhode Island strect, Division to Alameda—Grad- ing, curbs. ete. ¥node Isiand and Alamed: Ehode .sland street, e, treets Alameda to F e. ificenth— & on street, Beach to Jefterson—Grading. Masoa and Jeiferson sireets—crading, sewer, etc. RESOLUTION OF ACCEPTANCE. Greenwich a»d Octavis—Ritnminous pavement. Linden avenue, Laguna to Buchsnan—same. Turk an? Gough stree's—=ame. PROPOSALS TO BE READVERTISED, Clement street, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth avenues—-ewer. FURTHER FROCEEDINGS RECOMMENDED FOR OMISSIO: Leavenworth and Union. First avenue, Fulton siree Maca amizing. First avenue, Point Lobos avenue to California street—same. Thirteenih street, Devisadero to Alpine—Sewers, ete. brick one_sidewalks. 10 Polut Lobos ave- nue- EXTENSION OF TIME RECOMMENDED. ole and Wal.er streets—To J. J. Dowling, 60 on paving. er sireet, Tonquin to Lewls Malley, 90 day= on grading, etc. EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED. Emerald—To B. Dodson, ading, etc. reets—To Pacific Paving n paving, curbing, etc. California and Locust sireets—To same, sixty @ays on paving, curblug, etc. Sheridan sirest, Ninth 10 Tenth—To Gray Bros., sixty oays on stone s.desalk. Baker street, Tonquin to Lewis—To Warren & Mal ey, ninety days on macadamizing, Broderick street, Jefferson t0 Tonqs Dinety days ou grading. etc. Xighteenth nvenue ‘and K strcet—To Same, tneiy days on macadamizing, etc. Folsom street, Sixta to Third—To E.G. Keen, sixty days on paving, ete. ORDER XSTABLISHING GRADES. Tannesswe and Twentleth sirects—Lowered four and established at 52 fee.. Tennesses strect, at point 400 feet southerly from soucierly line of Twentieth—Established at 42.15 foet. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. De Boom and Spring Valley tracts—R. C. de Boom, for postponement of sction in regard to rades. orth avenue, Holly Pars aveoue to Cortland e—Holly Park and Company, sixty da; —To same, 5 av Ciub, for macadamizing and eriog. Holly Park avenue—S.me for same. Elsie street, Holly Park to Cortiand avenues— Same for same. Mission street, C: erty-owners, for paving. Chenery stree:—Fairmount Improvement Club, to proceed with grading. scent 1o Siiver avenues—Prop- Van Ness avenoe, Bay to North Point streets— | I stoomit | Warrea & Mal.ev, for concract for krading. Thirteenth street, Sanchez to Noe—J. N. Litz, for laying stone sidéwalks oo south gide. Twenty-first sireet, Guerrero to Dolores—Prop- eriy-owuers, for stons sidewalks. Michigan streci, Twentieth to Twenty-first— Mzs. B. F. Willlams, for improvem ent of roadwa: Twenty-first avenue and California sireei—S. Tucker, for private contract'for Culifornia ame for same. Sixth aseaues, Clement to California elix McHugh, to remacadamize. Army sireet, Castrs to point 250 feet easterly— R. F. Buras, 0 grade sewer, eic., by private coa- rac. AArimy street. Noe to Diamond—Corcill Manufac- |" turicg vompany, fur permission to xrade In front of premises. Aci amending street law—Submitted by Mer- chants’ Assoclation on request. Chestnut street, Polk to Larkin—Mortimer Fen- ton, for permission to grade. Kuth avenue, Point Lobos' avenue to Clement streei—Johu Greely, Lo regrade by private contract. Leavenworth stteet, Bay to North Polnt—J, J. ©'Connur, 10 construct pipe sew Mission street. Cortland to Silver avenue—Mis- sion Five-mile Improvement Club, for bituminous pavement. Castro street, Twenty-sixth to Army, Twenty- sevenih 1o Army and Twenty-seventn to Dun- . B. Burns, to grade, sewer, eic., by private contract. avenue, Buchanan to Webster—J. H. aussat O'Brien, to pave by private contract NEW TO-DAY. CITY Street Improvement Co. Reoms 11 & 45, Fiith Floor, Hills Building. ] Telephone Main 5377. SACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD } C.'B. STONE T. B. BISHOP McDONALD E.DENNISON | Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. (Retired), CONSULTING ENaINEER. PROPRIETORS Santa Crugz, Cal., and King City, Monterey Co., BITUNEN HINES. Direetors CONTRACTORS All Kinds of Street Work, Bridges ~and Railway Constraction. Wharves, Jetties and Sea Walls. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. reet, Twenty-first to Twenty-second | Devisadero street, Waller to Halght—Same for 6. Webster street, Hermann to Waller—Same for ame. Fillmore street, Haves to Fell—Same for same. Gouh street and Willow avenue—same for con- tract for 80-foot front. Vallejo streer, Pierce to Scott—J. G. Vaughan, for stayiug the faying of sidewalks thirty days. Ivy avenue, Lagunn to Buchanan—k. F. Reed, 10 pave by private contract. Filbert street, Fillmore to Stelner—Warren & Malley, to ave with bitumen. _Bryant street, Seventeenth to Twentieth—City Street Improvemen: Company, 10 pave With bltumen. Twenty-second street, Sanchez (0 Noe—Property- oWners, 1o construct stone sidewalks on north sl by private contract. Noe sireet. Sixieen'h to Seventeenth—Union Paving and Contracting Company, to pave. Eureka streer, Twen. feth to Twenty-tirsi—Same 10 pave. Lackin street, Filbert to Greenwich—Same 10 ave. Fourteenth, Noe to Castro—City Street Lmprove- ment Company, Prosper sireet, t0 pave. St. Mary's avenue, Cuvier, Milton and Roanoke gireels crossings—Property-owners, 1o . remove Southern Pacific Raliroad Company’s fences. PHOTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. First avenue, Point Lobos avenue to Clement street—Property-owners, against paving, First avenue, Point Lobos avenue to Fulton street—Same. First avenue, Clement. to Callfornis street— e. Eirst avenue and California street—Same. Eirstavenue, Clay to Washington streci—Same. First avenue, Clay (0 Ca ifornia strset—Same. Filbert street, Polk street to Van Ness avenue— ame. t0 pave. Sixtesnth to Seventeenth—Seme E Fllbert, Van Ness to Franklin—Same. Flivert, Plerce to Scott: Fiibert and Scott Fil- bert, Scott to Devisadero; Piercs and SCoti— Property-owners, against sewers and grading. Twelfth avenue, to Fu.ton—William F. Wallace, agalast erading. ete. ird to Twenty-fourth—W. & stove sidewslks. enue, Clement to California—Prop- s, against same. avenue, Clement 1o California—Sam a avenue. Folsom to Alabama sireet— John iielso, against passage of order establishing Wldih of sidewalks and roedways. ! Precita avenue, Alabama (0 York—Property- owners, agAinst grading, sewering, etc. Florida, I wenty-sixth to Army—Same. Vallew' Pierce to Scoti—thomas McDonald, sguinstlaying sione sidewalks. COMMUNICATION REFERRED TO sTREET COMMIT- TEE, Leidesdort street, California to Halleck—Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company’s pian of pro- posed exiension of underground system of con- uits. PETITIONS BEFERRED TO STREET LIGHT COM- MITTEE. Clarendon Helghts Improvement Club’s request for placing eight eiecir.c lights at various points in that district. Crescent avenue, Richian: street—Holly Park snd M Improvement Clab, for electric lights at certain poinis. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT. Lower Terrace, nenr Serpentine piace—Grades recommended changed and established. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTER Franklin street and Linden avenue—Contractor erty-owne: Sixth P avenue and Ellert Avenue—xe meaded paying balf of demand to Mrs H. J. Swales for right of way for sewer. Union acd Taylor streeis—Lo favor of proceed- ing with work to completion immediately. Second avenue, California to Lake street— Against regrading and In favor of paving under former proce-dings. Presidio reservation, eastern borders—In favor of investigation by Superiniendent of streets. Aliine sireet, termination—Grading referred to City Engineer. New pavements—TIn favor of experimental work 83 usked by Merchanis’ Association. nolooper and Sixth sireets—Lu favor of removing ouze. Fourth avenue, Point Lobos to Clement—In favor of exciudiy,® sidewaiks from specifications. Leavenwor h and Jackson, McAllister (o Golden Gate avenue—Lu favor of Stone sidewalks. LAWYEB§ REMANDED, . Judge Wallace Sustains Judge Jo- achimsen in the Chinese Gam- bling Cases. Attorneys J. F. Smith and Joseph Cof- fey appeared in Judge Wallace's court yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus. The lawyers_were employed to defend Yee Yick, a Chinaman arrested on a charge of gambling. When called on to answer to the charge the defendant refused to re- spond, although it was admitted that he was in court. 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