The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1897. AMUSEMENTS. FALpwrx THEATER —-Tle late Mr. Castello.” to-morrow n IHEATER ‘The Two Escutcheons.’” sco's OrERa-Housk Captain Paul B1cAZAR THEATER “A Victim of Clrcum- stances” and “The First Born.” 1 OPERA Houswe Wang Crrurus.—High-Class Vaudeville. UK¥RON.—Grand Concert. FUTRO BATRS.— Bathing and Performances. THE CHUTES AND CHUTES FREE THEATER.— Adgie and her Lt CounsING—AL Ingles PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. }1 Campo—Music, Launcing boating, Flshing, 0\ (1) bunday ALLTIGY & AL BY P.J. BARTH—Monday, July 12, Chinese and Jupay 7:0 Iy Curios, a 1886 M P Vox RBEIN & Co.—Thursday, July 15, Estate, st Salesroom, §13 California sireet, . UMBSEN & Co.—] te, at 14 Montgom, sday, September o'clocs CITY NEWS rew City Hall dome was completed yes- The Philbarmonic Society Guiseppe Verdi d. may scon disbi A s hetd at ecial nusical service will be piscopal Churca this evenin, e Pacific Coast Dontal Congr e Lonohoe building on Tu nex st of the Ci ied by vis: suburban churches will be ng pastors at both services uy The Bushnell A feated the Union Iron Works by a score of 7 109 in Central Park yes- terday. On tne 5th of Auzust Henry J. McCoy, tary of the Y. M. C. A. of this City, w completed twenty-five vears of service. of Pomona 1 1talians are indig the amendmen Miss Ida cius d the i of Miss Jen: a Associated | decided to | t which pro- ether. of the St. b yesterday He was treated | The dog escaped. | ding at 17 Va- | vesterday at | Receiving who caused the arrest of nlan’s court and the Ph.D., of Boston, 1 the Metropolitan Temple tn SWi of Orange, George incoln, the Fou the American will meet the Chris he Marivers’ Church rs will be brought in a tug. be & mothers’ meeting at the , at 3 Rev. in C. A. Troop of 1 en route -five men of the left on the steamer for Healdsourg, where they The haliting places on the afael, Petaluma and Santa te San R ing of the Christian Endeavor Southern Pecific Company has records of tne kind, and has 1y to care for any kind hoose to meet in San vy Hall Commission yesterday de- ve the electric light and telephone at the hall put under ground. Steps are as for electric lights ¢ bronze lamps to ht int nce Committee of the Board of Su- vervisors will begin the work of fixing the ennual appropriations and the tax levy based 1 on.” Chairman Rottanzi has been trim- thie es somewhat that have been all fires are becoming very front. Three blazcs : Harbor officials dur- 2st forty-eight hours, aud the captain schoonér Fortuna was robbed in his last Friday night. ers of the First Infantry at a meeting Th ions thanking the 1t for the efficient manuer in which h treets clearon the occa- e last Monday. Longstreet, the well-known r of Bosto:, delivered an in- teresting lecture last evening before the local gle-tax Society. His subject was, “The Natural Law in the Social Worid.” He is on Dis way to the Stete of Washington. Justice Harrison of the Supreme Court ana Colin M. Boyd E+q. made a special ples before Professor B. single-tax ora the Finance ttee of_the Board of Super- visors yes for the $58,000 callea for 1or the Free Library. They sa'd mearly all the money would go for books, as the salaries were not 1arg: The Supreme Court vesterday, in the cass of Diego Water Company vs. the City of Diego, denied the appeal of the former corporntion for & change of venue on the ground that the trial judge wws & taxpayer and disqualified. Italso rebuked the appel- lant’s councel for indelicate criticism. The matter of the park and zoological gar- dens remains in the nands of the Supervisor: end that body has instructed the clerk to a > for sites. The matter will in all prob- iy remain in this condition until Septem- 1, at whicn time the snnusl appropristions ere'made for the running of the City govern- men FOR DYSPEPSIA Weak Stomach— Dyspepsia, known by loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad taste and general depres- sion, Indigestion or Bilious Con. ditiom—caused by too heavy a meal, or fat r.ch food; the tongue is coated; tad taste; headache. Gasiralgia, or Cramp in the sStomach—known by violent pain at the pit of the slomach, with nausea and vomiting. Heartburn, or feeling of heat, or rising of hot, burning fluid in tke throat; often caused by excessive smoking. No 10 relieves almost in- stantly. INFANTS.—For Teething, Colic, Crying and Wakelulness, use No. 3. A'ldruggists, or sent for 25¢, 50c or $1. MEDICAL BO »a.—D:. Humphreys’ Hom- eopathic Manual of Ali Discases mailed free. Humphreys' Med. Co., cor. William and John ., New York, | et street, at 2and | IN BRIEFE.| | UNDER THE (UEENSBERRY RULES. | position—and it occurred last Thursaay ! wolf carr; ctured his | was branded as | gainst the young man was | s Christian Tem- | LIKE DEMONS HEY FIGAT FOR A GIRL Richard Donovan and Wat- kins Jones Clash Over Their Idol. DONOVAN FALLS IN ROUND NIX. ;Jones Has to Be Carried Home an Hour After the Con- test Ends, “ Another Fellow” Makes It One More Case of the Wolf Oarrying Off the Spoils. They fought, fought hike demons for six | rounds, Murquis of Queensberry rules, Richard Donovan and Watkins Jones, and in the sixth round Donovan went to earth, The battle was a pure grudge fight— rumored to be for the hand of a Mont- gomery-avenue maiden of a flirtacious dis- evening at the rooms of a North Beach amateur athletic crganization on Lombard street, near Powell. The story of the fistic encounter for the posses<ion of the young lady’s smiles and favor is a rich and racv one, and the cir- cumstances connected with it are of a rather romantic turn, notwithstanding its belligerent termination. Strange as it| may appear, the story is after all only the | exemplification _oi the old fable of the 2 off the lamb while the bear ana the lion wearied themselves out in a | fruitiess aiscussion of the quest.on as to who was entitled to the prize. Donovan is a young feilow employed in | his tather's shoestore on Stockton street and Montgomery avenue, while Jones is | of about the same a e and engaged in the laundry business. The young laly in guestion is a rather comelv miss, the daughter of the proprietor of a grocery | and fruit store on Montzomery avenue. | The young lady, it is alleged, has been | rather lavish in her manifestation of favor or both the young men in question, and | bad blood has existed between them for | some time. About two months ago the opportunity for an open breach between | the two presented itself. Both of the boys—for they more than tuat—were attending a party, |and while Jones was on his knees on the floor, being engaged in some gan.e, Dono- | van threw a table-cover over his head. | This made Jones the butt of considerable joking, and, ri-ing mp in virtuous indig- nation, he d the thing ‘“‘that was not,”’ in the estimation of his rival, and chal- lenged him to mortal combat. Nothing resulted at this time, except to embitter the already strained relations existing be- tween the two persons. Astime dragged on they came to the conclusion that the only way to settie the dificulty was to have it out. Thne result was that last Thursday evening they repaired to the rooms of the club in ques- tion, and everything was made ready for a battle. Uifo Cuneo, who recently de- | feated Cnarles Fowier at Woodward’s Puavilion, acted as Jones’ chief second, while ovan was esquired by Joseph Rock. The regular paruphernalia of the prize ring was placed 1n readiness, and a referee was secured. Then the pair went at it hammer and tongs. Neither knew the least thing | about the science of the manly art, and the affair was made the more awkward | from the fact ti.at one guarded himself | left-haaded and the other right-handed. The fight was a bloody one from start to finish, and the floor was soon made slipperv with the ruby life fluid, while the eloves were so smeared as to change from tan to ox-blood in color. Donovan had all the best of the battle till tne last round and punis .ed his oppo- nent severely with left-hand jolts. Jones had to be lifted from his chair at the ex- piration of the third round and thence- forward. In thesixth round Donovan be- came soexhausted thataslight blow felled him and he remained down wuile the ref- eree counted eight seconds. He finally rose and Jones’ seconds, who were think- ing of throwing up the spoage, lifted their man from his seat and another light push from him again seat Donovan to the floor and be was nnabie (0 rise this time. The defeated man had io go over and shake hands with the “‘victor,” who was unsble to rise. Donovan left the place followed by the crowd, which was very large, in groups of three and four so as not to excite attention. Jones was so weak that he had to be carried to his dressing-room and even at the expiration of one hour was s0 weak that four companions, two on each side, had to assist him to his home on Green street, near Jones, He had so far re- covered by evening as to be able to visit his inamorata and tell of his lucky en- counter—lucky, certainly, from one point of view. The comic part of the affair asserts itself when it is made known that the “victory” 18 not likeiy to profit the winner in any great dezzee after all, The young lady is taid to have trapsferred her affections to William Bock, a handsome *‘tonsorial ar- t,”” and a combat between Jones and nim is being mentally billed by their friends as a star attraction in tte near future.: are hardly AGNES BLANCH: KING. The Little Girl Wil Remain With the Waters Family on Foisom Street. Judge Carroll Cook, sitting in Depart- ment 10of the Superior Court yesterday, heard the petition for writ of babess cor- pus filed by Amanda 8. Shnerdewind. The petition alleged that Agnes Blanche King, daughter of petitioner, was re- s raineG of her liberty by William J. Waters ard his wife, Martha J. Waters, at 1724 Folsom streei. As the ckild whose Liberty was in question is 14 years of age, Judge Cook ca'led ber to the witness-stand. ‘The little girl expressed a desire to remain where she is, with the Waters family, and the court held that she was not restrained of ner liberty. The prisoner was dis- charged and the writ dismissed. In the habeascorpus case of John H. Whalen, the prisoner was discharged and the writ dismissed. In the habeas corpus proceedings of William Aiken, the prisoner was re- mandea to the custody of the Chief of Police. — e e ADVANCES made on ifurniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission e leniaadus gty Result of Runaway. Harriet O. Mattern and Frederick W. Mat- tern, as plaintiffs, bring suit against Thomas M. Cluff, Alonzo Averill, Sidney Newell and Henrjetia Newell, defendants. Thesuit grows out of 8 runaway of Cluff’s hors*, In the run- away Mary Etta Averil! was knocked over and 50 badly hurt that death resulted from the in- juries received. Cluff was sued for £20,000 damages. PRECITA VALLEY. Active Work Among Progressive Mem- bers of the Local Jmprovement Clubs. A very enthusiastic meeting of the Pre- cita Valley Improvement Club was held at Graham’s Hall, Precita avenue and Alabama streets, last svening. The principa! subject under discussion was the grading of Bernal Park, which promises to be one of the most delightful outing spo's in the City. At the present many substantial improvements are in progress in the expectation of this park being compieted at an early date, and it is hoped by over 500 property-owners in close proximity that the Finance Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors will take immediate action as to appropriating a sufficient amount to fill up ihe holes and swamps which now mar this place. The erecting of a school house at Po- trero avenue and Costa street where there is none for over a mile distance, and where the littie ones are found by the dozens, was taken up and discussed by some of the leading members. In no other part of the City does this state of affairs exist and it is hoped that the Finance Cummluee. of the Board of Education will remedy this much needed improvement. Tae executive commit es forwarded the following communication 1o W. F. Am- brose, Superintendent of Streets: Would you kindly have the following street work attended to, as it is b:dly needed and has beeu reported to your office months ago and no attention paid to complaint, towii: Sewers flushed on Harrison street, south ast And southwest corners Precita avenue, as tne sewage is backing up in private dwellings; also Rpley piace and Folsom street. The cesspoois on the southeast corner of Folsom sireet snd Precita avenue have not been cnanged as per contract let by your office (o Garrett Burke. on the above mentioned corner, endangerin, the lives 0 residents. - At Precita avende and Harrison street the southeast corner is two feet above the grade of Precita avenue and is dangerous to life and limb. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Much satisfaction was expressed by the club at the Board of SBupervisors over the recent contract being let to prade Harri- | son street, between Serpentine and Pre- cita avenues. John Reynolds, a large property-holder on Alabama street, has kindly donated the City a strip of land on the line of Alabama street in order to make this street of a uniform width. The executive committee also sent the following communication to Thomas Rivers, chairman Street Light Commitiee: Would you kindly inform Precita Valley Improvement Club when to expect the elec- tric hehts petitionea for by this club some months ago? [N A HORIBOND $TATE The Italian Philharmonic So- ciety May Soon Cease to Exist. If the Members Do Not Respond to a Final Appeal They Will Disband. To the regret of the Italian colony, the Philharmonic Society Giuseppe Verdi is in a moribund condition and will proba- bly soon disband. The immediate trouble is a debt of $200 | incurred by the last performance at the Baldwin Theater, when ‘La Traviata’ was given to Lhe slimmest audience in the annals of the society, There was a time when the Philharmonic Society only had to announce its intention of giving an opera to have the house almost solidly sold out, but the audiences have grown smaller by degrees and beautifully less, until the climax was reached in the last performance of “La Traviata,’ which planged the singers into débt. Various reasons are given for this gradual falling away in public interest. A member of the org anization speaking yes- terday said: ‘‘The society was founded by amateurs, with the idea of getting up the operas among themseives and bringing to the front any special talent that couid be found in the ranks. At first this plan was adhered to ana the whole colony went, partly out of curiosity no doubt, but out of interest also. We wanted to hear what our friends could do, and whether they sang well or ill we were interested in their efforts. “Lately quite different councils have prevailed, One or two peonle have taken upon themselves to ran the organization, and have considered it recessary to en- gage professional talent for the leading solo parts, and the amateurs have been given Jittle or no chance to rise above chorus work. Professor Spadina, who has always given the greatest satisfaciion by the way in which he has acted as conduc- tor, has had his councils set aside lately, although the rank and file of the organi- zation wish him to have considerable voice in giving out the parts. At the performanc: of ‘La Traviata’ we ull recognized that it was better to engage Miss Ida Valerga for prima donna, as the soclety was without any lady of sufficient experience to play the role of Violetta, but we saw no necessity for en- gaging so many professionals. The ama- teurs were nearly all relegated to the chorus, and as a consequence their friends feit little or no persounal interest in the affair. The result of this was seen in the small box-office receipts.” At its last meeting, the Philharmonlc Society issued an avneal to the members to raise the sum of $200 to pay off the de- ficit. If this response is answered, the society will, no doubt, continae to exist, but the general impression is that the singers will take the opportunity of regis- tering the.r dissatisfaction with the exist- ing state of uffairs by refraining from re- sponding to the appeal. At the nextm et- ing the matter wilt probably be brousht to an 1ssue, and the life or death of the Italian Philnarmonic Society be decided upon. NOW INSOLVENT, John F. Corriea and Henry Vollers, of the Sun Francisco Fireworks Com- pany, File a Petition, John F. Corriea and Henry Vollers, of the San Francisco Fireworks Company, filed a petition in insolvency yesterday. Judge Seawell appointed July 20 as the day for ng the petition ana directed that the property of the concern pe placed in the keeping of the Sheriff. According to the application filel yes- terday the debts of the corporation amount to $2938. Tthe personal debts of Corriea amount to $898. The assets of the company are given ai $178. The San Francisco Fireworks Company had the contract for the display of fire- works on the evening of July 5 on the biock bounded by Haignt, Page, Clayton and Cole sireets. It was there that Ed- ward J. Matthews, a driver for the Novato Ranch Dairy, was siruck in the forehead by a fragment of a bursted wortar and killed. Corriea_as superintendent of the dis- play and Vollers assisting had charge of the mortars that evenin — e Booked on Three Charges W. Lodtman, the alleged journalist, who was arrcsted Friday while passing a fictitious check upon Hammersmith & Field, was booked at the City Prison yesterday on three charges. One is for passing a fictitious check; another for obtaining goods by false pretenses, and the third for having a fictitious check in his pos- session. Hs told Detectives G.bson and Wren in ihe prison that we would commit suicide if he got the chance, and a watch will be kept upon him, The cover is off the manhole | A HooDoo 1§ - ON THE FRONT Burglaries and Small Fires Are Now of Frequent Occurrence. The Captain of the Schooner Fortuna Robbed of Every- thing He Possessed. Went to Sleep in the Cabin and Awoke to Find That Even His Underclothes Were Gone. Burglaries and fires still continue to be numerous on the water front. Three small blazes that seem to have had an in- cendiary origin have been reported during the last few days, and several ourglaries have been committed during the same space of time. At Beale-street whart a fire was discov- ered under the wharf on which was stacke! a pile of lumber. If it had not been for the great exertion on the part of Wharfinger Dryden and his assistants there would have been a conflagration. | Had the fire gained headway and the | lnmber pile caught the flames would have | spread to the Oregon Improvement Com- pany’s coal bunkers and the loss would have been very great. On Folsom-street whart 2 there werea | number of bales of jute which had been | discnarged from the British ship Fingal, which were !ound to be on fire early yes: terday morring. The night watchman and some of the sweepers put out the blaze, but a few minutes iater another fire troke out on the bulkhead between Fol- som No. 1and 2. This also was put out | without much difficulty by the employes of the Harbor Commissioners. These | small fices, couvled with the ones that 1ook place last week, have confirmed the | barbor officials in toeir beliet thatan in- cendiary is at work on the front. The latest burglary committed was on | board the schooner Fortuna, lying at Union-street wharf. During Friday night some thieves eluded the vigilance of the | watchdog and, entering the captain’s | cabin, got away with evervthing in sight. Not sausfied with taking Captain Rasich’s new suit of clothes, hi1s watch and chain and about §15 in cash, they even took his his nightshirt and a pair of socks. In order to get uptown the joliy skipper had | to borrow clothes from the members of his crew. aiso a sufferer. He lost his Sunday suit | and a sinall amount in cash. The Harbor Police are ot the opinion that a gung of sneakthieves is working underthe wharves and at the same time starting small fires along the waler tront out of pure devil- | ment. The rush of Christian Endeavor- ers will be over in a few days and then a | number of men will be detailed to root | out the vagrants. A water-tower is to be placed on the State firetug Governor Irwin. The need of one was apparent when the Commo- | dore was on fire during the Folsom-sireet | fire. Tue sails and main and mizzen | masts of the ship were burnt when all could have been saved had there been a water-tower. With the new fire appa- ratus the tngz can deluge the mastsand yards of a burning vessel from a disiance of 300 feet, and thus put out a fire among the sails in a few minutes. Captain Alexander of the SBanta Rosa is a sick man, and will not be able to go oat on his vessel to-day. Captain Bennett, superintendent of the company, will tuke out the big steamer. News was received from the Oceaniide iife-saving stution yesterday alternoon that a three-masted schooner had drifted in close near the shore off Point San Pe- jdro. Captain Smith of the station tele- | phoned for a tug, and the Ses Queen was i sent out. The schooner Czar irom Tres | Marias pnssed close to the schooner, and | Captain Huiman says she was at anchor. T e schooner was later ascertained to be the Jennie Stella, which was on its way from this City to Portland. In the ab- sence of wind it bad anchored and all was reported well. The captain of the Czar also reports that in latitude 34 north, longitude 128 west, the bodv of a saiior was passed. The remains were dressed in oilsking and had on a southwester. The corpse 1s thought to be all that is left of Harry Johnson, the mate of the Maxim, who was washed off the jibboom during a gale about ten days ago. Tnere will be a great gathering ot Cnoristian Endeavorers and sailors in the Mariners’ Church this morning. The men from the British ships Barfillan, Lansing, Arranmore and Thistle and the German bark Paul I-enberg, besides a number of others, will send their men ashore early in the morning to attend the gathering. A tug will visit each vessel and take off the men, returning them to their quarters in the afternoon. Speeches will be made by manv prominent Eastern | men and there will be singing by the Christian Endeavor choir. Captain C. A. Jenks and fifty-five men of the first troop of the cavairy, N. G. C., leit for Healdsburg on the 3:45 s eamer for Tiburon yesteraay. The first halt will be made at San Rafael, the second at Petaluma, the third at Santa Rosa and the last at the camping ground. The re- turn march will be over the same ground | Barber, Portland, Or., president; J. underclothing ana left him nothing but | F The mate of the schooner was | Z and the men exvect to get back about the end of the wee! Not Foreign Coai. 8AN FraNcisco, July 10, 1897. Editor Call, San Francisco, Cal.—DEAR SIR: The article that appeared in your paper of this dae under the heal of “Foreign Coal Trade' 1s sadly incorrect. Had the gentiemen who signed the petition called on me they could have got the facts and gone away wiser. Irepresent the two best American coals com: ing to this market, and I am proud of it. I wiil now say without feer of contradiction that notone car in fiflty that I am shipping belongs to other freight lines, i 1f the Manuiacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation wouid encourage the shipment of more of Utah and Wyomlug coals as inst toreign grades they wouid show the stuff they are known to be made of. Very truly yours, PEYTON i. BROOKS. Recovered the Money. The carelessness of Willlam H. Taylor of Decatur, Ill., almost resulted in his losing greenbacks and drafts cailing for the amount of $120. Fearing that some pickpockst would relieve him of his money, Tayior before he | started for this coast placed his weaith in an improvised pocket in the inside of a white shirt he was wearing. Theshirt became soiled en route, anda on arriving ai this City its owner sent it to the Modern Lsundry, 55 Fifth street. The following day Taylord.s- covered that his money had accompanied his shirt to the laundry and he reporied the mat- ter to the Southern peiice station. Officers Rysn and O'Dea were detailed on the case, -n;, rmuch to the relief of Taylor, recovered the money. ————— Estates In Probate. Charles Altschul has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Jules Dazet, deceased. The value of the estate is $1200. Isabella Fowler has applied for let ers to & ffairs of the es The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, the glow of the rose, an e flush of Hebe combine in PozzoNt’ o d ‘wondrous Powder. Duncan, deceased. Petitioneris a daughter of the decedent. The estate is valued at$9000, and consists of money in bank and securities. DENTISTS TO MEET. Paclfic Coast Dental Congress to Con- vene Tuesday. The triennial meeting of the Pacific Coast Dental Congress will be held this week, opening Tuesday morning at the Donohoe bailding. 1t -is expected that about 200 members will attend the con- gress from all over the coast. The afternoons will be devoted to the reading and discussion of papers and the mornings to clinics. In this connection all persons desirous of haying dental operations performed on them are invited to apply on Tussday morning at the Don- ohoe builaing. The congress will probably wind up with a barquet. The cfficers of the congress are: S, J Whitney, Honolulu, vice-president; K. ‘W. Meek, Oakland, secretary-general; W. | A. Knowles, S8an Francisco, treasurer. SR ‘Wanted in Tuolumne County. Harry P. Manon was arrested on Mont- gomery street yesterday by Policeman Williams and taken to the City Prison, where he was booked en route to Tuolumne County for embezziement. Muanon was an agent for the Pheenix Insurance Com- pany, and is said to be a defaulter. The arrest was made at the instance of two re-idents of the countv, who went ou his bonds to the extent of $o00. [RONWORKERS BEATEN. The Bushnell Alerts Wina Hard- Fought Battle at Central Park, The Hottest Game of the Season Decided in the Eleventh Inning. The Bushnell Alerts defeated a team from the Union Iron Works in eleven rousing innings at Central Park yesterday afternoon. The game was a hot one from start 10 finish and was the best seen in the fietd this year. The official score is as follows: BUSHNELL, ALERTS. AL. R. BIL SB. PO. A E. Schmeer, s3. S T O'Kan, c., St sl s S L Rt Hammond, 3b,c.. 6 2 1 2 2 3 0 Mosximan, Lf,p.. 8 1 3 1 2 2 0 Croll, r.f. 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 I rockof, sb, Lo S T e MecKee, p 1o 051028025, 050 (050 Jacobsen, 1 Ol e o [ S ! Brd,Lf. 5 1 2 0 0 [ 0 G oidworth, 1. FEdi0 104 T 6% 11071 O Total . 46 9 1L 1232 11 4 UNION IRONW'KS. AB. R. B SB. PO. A. E | | sandeman, 2b..... 5 0 1 o 2z 2 0 Tt s i gosg (T ge SO Hanley, <.t . & 1 1 9 3 i 0 bi 75051 L6 05 0 28l 1 () S0 0520 BRI T TR NG A 1 il W e Ll s e T B0 10140 856 50 Totals, 447 0y ia ese By £ *Schmeer and Delmas out on missed | field flies. Bushnell Alerts. 20002002102- 9 Base hits.. 8—11 Union Iron Works Base bits... 000101 080000 051011 bor i SUMMARY. Earned runs—Aleris 3; Unions 2. Three-base bits—0'Kane. Landeman. S .crifice hits—0’ Brockoff 2 First base on error—Alerts 8. Firs base un cailed balls—Alerts 8; Lett on ba<es—Alerts | nions 10, ‘>truck out by—Moskiman 2, W . Hit by pi cher—Zan, Hanley, Passed balls—Zan 4. O'Kave 1. Wi pi.ches—Moskiman 1, Wh Ofticial scorer—b. M. ! 2 ‘made: TROUBLE OVER ASSESSNENTS Piedmont Railroad Company Asks for a Nominal Valuation, Wants the Figures of the As- sessor Reduced to One- Quarter. Contra Costa Water Company Also Values Its Franchises at a Trifle. | OARLAND OFFICE §AN FRrANcIsco CALL.} 908 Broadway, July 10. ;’ The Supervisors be d their first meeting to-day as a Board of Equalization. TChere are several applications on file, but it is known that there will be m:any more dur- ing the coming week. Assescor Da ton has placed the value of the Southern Pacific property, ai the fig- ures he valued it last year, and as it was greatly reduced by the Supervisors the company will certainly ask that it be re- duced. The most important apvolication heard to-day was that of the Piedmont and Mountain View Railroad Company, who | ask that the value of their property be re- duced from $231,925 to §66 925, about one- fourtn of the Assessor’s figures. The details of the application show just where the company estimate the big cuts shouli be made. They ask that the Wasnington-street line be reduced from $16,450 to $8000, Broad way line, $24,000 to $10,000; Clay-street line, §9150 to $3500; Webster avenue line, $15,950 t5 $3000; Oak- Iand avenue line, $18,250 to §6000; . power- house lots from $4000 to ; power- bouse improvements, $20,000 Lo §5000; cars, machinery, etc., $43,000 .0 $19,500; Wash- ingion-street frauchise from $35000 to §$2 | Broadway franchise, §7500 to $25; Twenty- | fourth street {ranchise, $1000 to $25; | Fourteenth street and Peralia, $7500 two | $25; Webster avenue line, $14,600 1o $3000; the gravity loop, $2000 to $1000; other | franchise- assessed u. $12,500 to §75. | Ira Bishop, manager of the rouq, stated | that the property had g eatly depreciated | during the past year because of the aban- | donment of certain portions which had hitherto been considered valusble. He said that changing the road from a cable to an electric line had also reduced the value of the property. Mr, Bishop saiu that the property, compared with San Francisco assessments, would be equitably ‘ assessed at the reduced figures asked for | | | | | | by the company. Assessor Dallon objected to the argu- | ments of Mr. Bishop., and asked tne ‘bnard to iuvestizate the matter by next Monday, and then to finally hear the mat- | ter, and this suggestion was adopted. J. H. T. Watkins, the agent of the Con- tra Costa Water Company, made applica- tions to have the franchises of his com- pany reduced to anominal fizure. The company wants the following reductions Franchise in Brooklyn Township, from $25,000 to $100; in Oakiand Town- | ship, from $25,000 (0 $100; in Eden Town- ship, $25,000 to $100, and in the city of Oakiand, $75,000 to $100. DOCTO NEW TO-DAT. NO MORE There Are Some Diseases Which Medicine Will Not Cure—For These Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Is the Only Safe Remedy. 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M.; Sundays, 10 to 1. imgton ssreet; Denver, Colo., 9. 632 Market Street, Ooposite Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Angeles office 204 South Broad- ixteenth sireet. L 35 STREET. Make note of it TRUSS CURES RUPTURE. NEW TO-DAY. TIME T0 BUY CARPETS! Dissolution of Partnership Clearance Sale. The story doesn’t matter much—the sezing is the main thing. What you save here is about half what DOWNTOWN stores are charging you for the identical goods. $1-2 850 50 bales Japanese Rugs, all sizes, direct from Tokio, all new patterns, 8 cents per square foot. 9oc Tapsstries, including Rox- burys, Hinson’s, Smith’s and Sanford’s best makes. $1.25 Lowell and Whitehall Body Brussels, standard quaiity, in beautiful designs and colorings. $1.10 Wilton Velvets, in ele- gant parlor, dining-room and hall designs....... PATTOSIEN'S, Cor. Sixteenth and Valencia Sts. STATEMENT .+..OF THE.... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ....OF THE.... Fidelity and Casualty COMPANY F NEW YORR, IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 31st aay of December, A. D. 1896, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insuran e Commissioner of the State of Cali- foru . pursuant tothe provisions ot sections 810 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in 250,000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Companv.... $596,554 32 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonas owned by Compan: 1,437.050 00 casn 1o Company’s Office. 22,187 81 Cash in Banks......... .... & 62,370 50 Interest due and accrued on ail Stocks and Loans. . FE 1,161 67 Premiums in due Course of Collec- YN L2 E 844,476 26 Rents due and accrued. ... 960 16 Reserve Relnsurauce Deposit (ca fn Company’s Possess.on) 9,962 67 Total Assets $2.474.675 49 LIABILITI ES. Losses Adjnsted and Unpaid...... 3y Losses in_Procesy of Adjustment | or in Suspense - Losses Resisted, POUBER. ... ¢ eseies Gross Premiums on Risks ri one year or less, $2.546,74 reinsurance 50 per cent.’.... Gross Preminums on Risks ranning more than one year, $255 33 07; reinsurance pro Ta All oiher Demands agalnst the $458,978 81 inciuding 1,278,37101 140,952 47 pany. Total Liabilitles. . INCOME. Net’Cash actually received for Pre- miums.. &) Received for interest and divids on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, trom all other sources Received for Reuts Total Income.. 64,481 40 55,412 06 EXPEN Net amount paid for Losses. ..$1,108,372 74 Dividends to Stockholders. . 40,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or . Brokerage.. 693,600 28 Paid for Saiaries, Feesand other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 133,347 03 Paid for State, National and Local axes. 48,774 82 All other payments and expendi- tores..... .. oo . 646,764 83 Total Expenditures... Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of Javuary, 1897, E. A. RABENER, Notary Public. GEORGE F. SEWARD, Presifent. ROBEKT J. HILLAS, Secre.ary. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, S. C. PARDEE, Manager and Attorney Mutual Life Bullding, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL REFEREE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Y VIRTUL OF TWO DECREES OF THE Superlor Court_in and for the City and County of San Franeisco, Mate « f California (Department No. 10), 1he firs: of which decrees was made and is dated the 22a day of November, 1895, and the second of which decrees was made and Is da ed the 25th day of J:ne, 1897, and both of which de- crees were made and entered in an action pe iding in sald Superior Court, wherein Adam Grant is plain:ift ava Daniel T. Murphy and others are de- fendants, belng case No. 49,033 in the said court, the undersign d, who was by said court appoint, referes in said action, will sell av public auction, at the auction-rooms of G. H. Umbsen & Co., 14 Montgomery St., in said City and County of San francisco, om Thursday, the 2d day of september, A. D. 1597, at 12 o’clock noon of that day, to the highest b dder in iawrul money of the United states, j+ct to confirmution by sald court, ali that Puece or parcel of Iaud situaie, lving n the City and County of Fran- cisco, State of California, and bounded and par- ticularly described as follows, to wit: Commenciag at & point where the norther!y line of Bush street 1s Intersected by the easterly line of Sansome siree:; running theuce easterly along th- northerly line of Eush street one hundred and thirty-seven (187) feet and six (6) inciies; thence at right angles noriherly aud parallel with =an- some street one hundred and thirty-seven (137) fo-tand six (6) inches: thence au right a.gles wesierly and parailel with Bush street. one hun- dred and thiriy-seven (137) feet and six (6) inches, and to the easierly side of Sansome street: and thence southeriy along the easterly shle of somestrest. oné hundred aad thirty-seven (137) seet and six (6) inches to the point of commence- togrther with the bufidings and improve- ments thereon. ‘It he purchaser shall take the seid lot subject to the right of John ¥. McCauley and Henry Thorn- ton Templeton, their heirs and asgns, to use the brick wall along the northeriy line of sald lo¢ here- in described as a purty wall. Terms and condiions of sale—Cash inlawfal money of the United States of America; t-n per «encof the purchase price 1o beuaid o'he ref eree on the duy of saie, when the lot Is knocked down to the purchaser.and :he balau e on con- firmation of said sale by said court Dated San Francisco, Cul., Ju'y 1,1897. GUSTAVE H. UMBSEN, Referee. DR.MCNULTY. "HIS WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE OLL Speiailst cures Private,Nervous,Blood and Skin Diseases of Men only. Manly Power restored. Over 20years’experience. Send for Book, free. Patients cured at Home. Terms reasonable. Hours, 9 to3 :30 08,30 ev'zs. Sunduys, 10£012. Consulta- tion free and sacredly confidential. Cuwil or addr P. ROSCOE MceNULTY, M. D., n NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WAKD & CO, zni?un plan. 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