The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1897, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1897. SATY PER CENT LOWER Figures on Property for the New Mission Park and Zoo. Exhaustive and Conclusive Pe-| tition to the Board of ‘ Supervisors. Baldwin & Howell Submit OCertain Incontrovertible Facts to Sup- | port Their Bid. Yesterday afternoon a petition was pze- sented to the Board of Supervisors by Baldwin & Howell which gives some in- teresting facts and figures bearing upon the value of the property offered by them to the Boara of Supervisors last Monday | for a Mission park and zoological garden. The brokers submit a list of names of par- ties who have bought property immedi- ately adjacent to the tract offered by them to the City, and show conclusively that they have sold within the past eighteen months about $36,000 worth of property, and that the average price is $6865 per acre, and that property offered by them to the City, which lies immediately ad- jacent to the property recently sold, is offered the Board of Supervisors for $2 per acre, 80 that the price asked the City is 60 per cent lower than the prices ob- tained for the aajoining property. The agents in question evidentiy have no de- sire to conceal anything from the public, as they not only have given the names of eil parties who have purchased property from them, but have also given the lots which haye been sold. Tue petition is worded as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July 17, 1897. To the Honorubie the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—GENTLE- | MEN: “he undersigned respectiully beg leave | o submit to your honoratle board the follow- iats relaiive to the value of the property | ed by your petitioners to your houorsble d on the 12th instant for the purpose of a and zoological garden. { r petitioners pectiully represent that ge price for said property (exclusive re tract upon which the City will i two years) is $2605 per e : to advise your honor- hat bhave within the past 1s sold to bona-ide purchasers, ber of whom have built Comfortable eon, 135 lois in_what is known as 1’ of the Castro-street Addi ately adjacent to the tract sub- | 1d that the character of 1 addition is no better 18 wish park and zoological garden. For your further information we desire to te that the followiug is a list of names of of the lotssold: V. P. Paul, J. H. Cafferty, P. Foley, Eric Anderson, | . . C.'D. Fraser, W. J. Tillfe Atkinson im 18, Agnes M. Le T. Lewls, J. F. Sall, L. P, E. Erickson, Annis . Smith, A. P. McDonald, P. a Kroon, Mary T. McGuire, Annie C. W. Hintman, J. J.and M. Mahood, E. ly, D. L Dewery, P. E. Murray, V. P. , T. N. Heilbron, Mary Nerney, Saran Langan, W. H. Angstein, Josie Cramer, N. and K. O'Leary, Charles Weineman, Mamie V. ira- ham, Mary Finberg, A. M. Leggatt, L P. Smith, 3.M and I C. Jacobson, P. J. Smith, E. P. Allen, John O.Swanson, A. F. Enguist, Alice E. E. Manseau, L. P. Smith, J. J. W. Sterp Jr., Amalia T, sen, E. . Johnson, Elien dder, H. enson, P. Nelson, James Crouch, J. H. Dierck: Crow- , Minnie 1k Cerlson, Harry A. C. Colting, Strickiand, Lillian E. King, F. C. . Davidson, Christine Nelson, iite, . Hansen, J. M. Morris, J. J. 7 5. Murray, Lottie Swain, Walter L. Car Th, immons, A. P. ,John A. Lyon. following is a list of the lots sold: Lots inciusive in block 1;10ts3 to 10 in- lots 2 1o 12 inciusive, 1 usive, 28 to 41 inclusive, 7 and 58, in biock 3; lots 2 inclusive and 24 in block 4; lot'1 m ;lots1to5and 13 to 15 inclusive in ;lois1to5and 9 to 14 inciusive in 3 ots 1to 15 inclusive in block 8; lots 2,4,5, 6,12 and 13 in block 9. Aftacied hereto 1s 8 map of said Subdivision 1 of said Castro-street Addition, which will enable your honorable boerd to make an ex- aminztion of said property if you so desire. Your petitioners represent that the total aren of the lots sold is 352,054 square feet, which is equivalent to 8.02 acres. The aver- age price, therefore, for the property sold to date is equivalent to $6865 05, the total sales being §50,48 Your peuitioners appreciate the fact that while this is the retail value of said property, we believe tna: in offering the adjacent prop- erty to the City and in making & discount of more than 60 per cent below the retail price, the figure piaced upon the tract submitted by us is fair and reasonsble, and that your hon. orable board will, upon & thorough investiga- tion of the merits of our property and espe- cially upon its adaptability for park purposes, readily appreciate its merits, and we trust you will acquiesce in the acquirement of it by the City. Your petitioners hold themselves in reaai- ness at all times to verify any statement made to your honorable board in submitting the property offered to you on the 12th inst. Re- spectiully submitted, BALDWIN & HOWELL. VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS, Reedley Will Be Reached About the Middle of This Week, By the middle of this week the Valley road will have reached Reedley with its tracks. The grading of this branch of its line has already besn completed to Visa- lia, and track laying to the latter point will begin on Wednesday. It is expected to reach Visalia about the middle of August. Work on the big bridge across the St. Jonns River, just this side of Visalia, has been commenced. It wiil take about ten days to “‘swing” this bridge. On the Hanford branch all the grading has been done to the boundary line be- tween Tulare and Kern counties. Work in Kern County will not be commenced until al1 the right of way is secured. This cautious method of proceeding has been adopted in view of the experience of the company in some of the more northern counties. Tracks have been laid for twenty miles south of Hanford, and an additional twenty miles has been graded. There is now, therefore, only about forty miles of unbroken ground this side of Bakersfield. If there are no unexvected drawbacks the Valley road will get into Bakersfield this fall. * The Visalia and Hanford loops will come together about twenty miles south of Hanford, at a place that has been named Joaquina. e — Two Laborers Fight. Thomas M. Manning, & laborer, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon onm a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The complain. ing witness is George Kimmel, also a laborer. The two men were employed in tearing down & building on the corner of Sutter and Mont- comery sireets. Friday they had a quarrel and Meoning quit the job. Yesterda: after- noon Manning went to the building to get his wages end the quarrel was renewed. Manning was kicked on the head and he used an iron bar upon Kimmel's scalp. Manning’s son heiped his father and was arresied for bat- tery. ... Sudden Death of Lawrence Lynch. Lawrence Lynch, a saloon-keeper of 350 Brannan street, died suddenly on_ Friday morning, while taking a walk around South Park. He was 62 years old and a native of Ireland. Heartdisease wasinecause of death. HALE BROS. ! HALE EROS. HALE BROS. U HALE BROS HAL® BROS | HAL® RROS. Do L T Lk ok 0 ko h k ch ot h ok ok kot o e otk ok ok b ot ko ok ko ok ke okt ok ok b ot ok 2k ok ok o e o ok 2k o b k20 sk k20 1h b b b ok e bbb ol 2okl ok 2 » s : M SAN FRANCISCO, LY 18. VOO O OOLVLODVOOOCQQPUO O OC 9 A SUNDAY SERMON BANCISCO Iy L o0 0® A G 095 |lg = 3 710 |ige § o ! ON THIS WEEK’S s 0 [: OPPORTUNITIES. I il | " i” L d IS s > » v » » < ® 3 Liittle prices here to=day, o » Better goods and less to pay, ” > The lIxind of goods that pcople scels : :g At prices that’ll boom the weels. 4 » [C.00C0CCCI000 000 00COCCO000] » L | * 0 LONG AS A BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED JUSTLY, CANDIDLY AND 4 * . | [ = © HONESTLY PROSPERITY WILL -REMAIN ITS ALLY. SO LONG AS | » | © | ha = = ooe® | : P0c0RERR00000000 A MERCHANT REMAINS TRUE TO HIS PRINCIPLES, HIS PROMISES AND ADVERTISED ] 3 6 HIS FRIENDS AND PATRONS. THERE IS A REASON WHY HALE’S :‘ ¢ STATEMENTS THE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE R | | » ) | M IS FRISCO’S BUSIEST STORE. i s - 1000000000000000000 | | | 00-0-0000-0-000-000-0-000 0-00-0-000-00-0-0-00-00-00-0 0-0-0-0000-00-0-0-0 000000 000000 : DRESS GOODS “Wmmmfifim DOMESTICS—CURTAINS, ETC. | FURNISHINGS. E ha 2 iery Silks at 1c skein: Crochet Cotton | As staple as Alaskan gold. Nuggets from the biggest and busiest Domestic Department if | These fittle prices are an infustice to the | g ¥ | Double ti uickstep prices on popular | Gros-Grain Ribbon. 10 yards for 3c; Washable Embroidery & San Francisco. | e < wlp | ouble time, quickstep pi pop hat whisper a ome Early. : aristocratic values we offer. " » Dress Fabrics. at 2c ball, etc., etc. Items that whisp ) ! 1500 YARDS OF DUCK SUITING— OUR %150 MARSEILLES SPREADS, s | i PLAIN AND P(OT EDGE BABY EARCY COT 0N A LK, Small figures on light ground, neat as 5¢ 65x90 inhes, for 34 size beds, hem: @1.15 S e | s v o e RIBBON, 10 yards to a piece—biege, ¢ a good reliable v Bo yard can be, an actual reduction from 12c. e med and ready v use Clearance g LADI NDERVESTS, our | |48 % | OUR POPULAR 4'c FANCY ALL-WOOL nuvy, dark garnet and yellows oniy ¢ Zinches wide, 90 yard Clearatice p.ice. Yard Sale price. Each 25c lines, H or L N. N. 8. pink, | | » SOLN R ket eeplihecltics 500 pieces. Cloarance price. Piece 10 incues wide > (None $0id {0 dealers.) T e s e A bine, white or blacic; your pick. Cear. \: » = 2 A NG ETRIPY = = 5 BT : 2o i ance prics f > "4 0 YARD: CY STRIPE ECK C AN '8 ] COTTON LAC! 1V cc = 90x90 ipches, extra large size, extra 49 » 260 __ard. RIBBO 4 inches wide (No. 40), ]()C “i\c,}' “wl.‘cgflclenun::e price, per yd 47| 750 YARDS COTTON PLAIDS—A very 710 weight, ex'ra quality, hemmed. lr.—- 19c Each. *® %/ | OUR 50c *TLE CHECKs—Youwll recos- colors changeable greius, reds and Sh nahee d papalaTidress: 'f‘-TJl‘;‘,n‘c"}'i.c?“’“‘ 92 Clearance Sale. .. Each " : 5 o 2 ok pate 5 e price..... 5 . ; SaiEy ot »| nize them as our E‘Ume.(bng\nlv‘,. gnarey navy. Clearance price. ..... A TO Sl ok Ao B BC check pat WHITE BLANKETS, 62x80 Inches. a g 9.45 | LADIES' 50c LISL U‘{dnv.,\ D UNDER- | (g Fobmeof the yoar A Dl Hneto g0 at | 768 YKEINS OF WASHABL terns, 315 inches wide. Clearance £ . good, warm, beavy-weight fleeco pO— | VESTS, I N. % 8 and [ N ™. & jer- | (o » bricoftheycag A Pllioe o st BROIDERY SILK—Rope Silks in e, ... Yard | 3000 YARDS COTTON CHALLIES— 10 e Cleatanes oo e o sey or Richellou ribbed, drawers Lo » 25c Yard. blue, gray, navy, grueu,;llmlh*‘.’ etc.; 5 ¥ Llignl. colors. The bc line to go in 'Yfrd TUESs S match. Clearance price " ing S in’ pink, cld gold, tan, L o y clearauce at. ............ : 2 i » tFles the above HTERin oux windtyr) e Ponyriataen, gk, Sklm IRISH CROCHET TRIMAING, 1 fuch ] £ (None soid to dealer LACE CURTAINS. 35c Garment. : B bronze, old rose, e:c. your pick vide, 3 R £ 5 1 [ | A o hT .G » S il phy ming, elc. Clearance price .... ece We probably handle more Lace Curtalns than | AN opD LOT OF BOYS' AND MEN'S B O B A N Oy sooa sciioe. || 144 iBALLS! CROCHATHGOTEOR-_200 (10 yards in ench piece) HEMMED SHEETS—Standard muslin, any retail dry-goods firm wese of the Rockies. Ut IRt ks moat ey | P » Ablo cotors, & soild. bargaln, 45 lnches yards in @ ball,a blg assortment of c carefully made, well hemmed, hand Boarding-houses, hotels, eic., find our prices below SR e e L e G | wide. Clearance Sale pri 3 shaded colors (lmited quantiy=no 9C) pipr warer Bows, band and 10 torn, dry ironed: quotations of wholesale jobbers. We buy direct, L B DiS 15 ana 1755 The | (g ¥ : mail orders filled); come early. Ulear- % | SHIRE | WAL, BOWS, bnd, wiS 123 7 x90 inches, were 40¢, reduced to 34c each | pay cash and purchase for 6 stores. We are es: entire lot at » 44c Yard. ance price . .- eloRslonT Atk g Yard 81x90 inches, were 45c, reduced (o 39c each | pecially strong in popuiar prices (irom $1 up to as it L #/| OUR 75¢c FANCY ENGLISH CURLS, | FANCY TURKI FRIEZF. BIBS— ] (OC 90X40 inches, were dUc, reduced Lo 43¢ each | #3). Inspect the department. c Grarment. " | £00d staple combinations to select from, 10x15 inches, assorted pauterns. Our BASTING COTTON, a dozen spools < 5 g | NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, white < SE St v Sk e »| value and satistaction for your mouey, 15c bibs for clearan e. R e naal G O | LONSDALE AND FR oF THE @10 Errplir e 81.00 Pair | OB SOFT - FINISHED =OUTING | | » 12 inches wide \learance Saie price | GRETONNE HE " Package | LOOM MUSLIN —86 Inches wide, U4 ecr AlonE s> SHIRTS, heavy coided twiil cotton || | g v (320 Bhon A e bleached. At Hale's. <. .. Yard | NOTTINGHAM CURPAIN:, white cloth, cream groand, with little colored | |ga » 850c Yard. ruffle, sizes 1616 b8 s S ST e T e c (Limit, 20 ya1ds {0 a customer.) or ecru, 814 yards long ......81.25 Palc stripes. yoke back and sateen neckband, | | %11 GUR DOLLAR TWILL VIGOUREUX. a ey oty imica—ng wail OF Sess s tloar varsCine i 1110 — | NOTTINGHAM OURTAINS, white . well made, plenty big. Clearance price | [ L2 'L VIGOUREDY Guancicy ¢ 55 3 - oG SOOK — | 7 or ecru, 4 yards long .....81.50 Pair ‘:{ sultlng thac never sold for iess tha one Gers oliea). Clearanc - price. Each ance price....... 5 Set ‘”‘i‘nfl",(,‘.,,“J'L.,'Er.?‘“‘.,‘m?"gl’; SELE (e O RO e 45c BEach. .‘: ollar, a smcoih cioth for tailor gowns, ST o , 2-prong, o ecru. 4 ya g .82, 1 = B4 yery ‘awell,4%-inch. Clearance. Exie ANGYSSHELL EUALSES PYORE: | ORN BONE HATRPINS, 10 in box, for..3c box | __1ines togo In together a MG P L I SO0 Eaix | 100 dren CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON lge o | 3 HOS extra ms rn, narrow rib, ! » 75c Yard. i = = R. spliced heels snd oes, seamless, sizes & | % sl e e o) HALE'S BUSY BASEMENT BAZAAR. |FROM OUR CLOAK AND SUIT PARLOR.| pieipeiution s 14 »| $1 25 an! 81 50 Fagcy Sitks: a big lot sk L REGULAR $15.00 EMPIRE <ULTS— OUR $2250 CANVAS CLOTH OUT- i2%c Pair. |» In a variety of desi-ns and colors, for | v imo - TR =c|LACE SHELF PAPER, In 10-yard The sult we asked 815 for ail the (32280 CAX : > » B eranchr otidounn O eion | WITCH HAZEL AND BUTTERMILK 5 Tols, a big line of colors, looks like C| season, green or purple, jac el siik ING =UITS. Kton jackets. trimmed - » e e Gemnes s sic. & Clear 1 SOAC 400 cakes to/bs Koldy 8 oakestey ool RS da iiTo wra or 4 Tined ang fa-tened wivh braid frogs, @@/.00 | With gilt braid, saun lined, & per- 100 dozen LADIES' BLACK COTTON | |g > ance Sale clean-up al inabox. Cearance price. elegant skirts, sizes 34 to 38. Clear- = !{fi"’,’ fitting sklr!{ o ,;A o 3% $ 7-50 HOSE, a good, heavy high-splict = | ] 3 n Che few suits remaining to be close: — stocking. double soles and toes; our 15c b4 75c Yard. ance price....... . Suit out at & sacrifice..... Each Iine, Clearance ,,:“»..’ g » || OUR ENTIRE LINE OF 50c PRINTED . ISHES, Tte brialon: OUR REGULAR $18.50 PIN-CHECK 7 | » FOULARD SILKS, will be puton Clear- | pAVORT 3 MILLS—A good, b e e C| SUITS-Silk-lined cutaway jackets, 12%kc Pair. » » ance Si.e at strong, simpl ructed, nevar-get- 1,')C 18 S et 4 trimmed with bands of solid color $104m » » 25c Yard. out-of-order Coffee Grinder. Clear- v o7 Each 10 match, perfeciy fittiog skirts, — | OUR $18.50 LLEGE CHECK COM- 151 PAIR OF LADIES = { The ety v = ance pric semossee - MOOH sizes 34 to 38, Clearance price..... Suit BINATION STITS, cutaway jackets gcovered with heavy . » bl (These Silks are 22 inches wide.) = 2 of solid brown and green silk lined; E;“iféfi?:.’.c:fmc;& 23, 24, 25, I3 » OUR EXTIRE 1INE OF 75c AND 85c !k‘!l.. c:.ull.r\n a ‘ll llnmmm,< of col- .50 v » FANCY PRINTED FOULARD SiLKS: | gRAVY TIN. COFFEE - POTS—114 J0S e LU e Rl $8~|,T 25c Pair. 1 | il dark grounds ‘1he whole siock i e ot 3 s »n * tarow r Clearance | unrts. 10 dozen for clearance sale = : : * rown in for Clearance ~ale at [ Each ODD LOT OF CORSETS, black, drab and | | » ac S peier e —_— white, broken sizes, coutii or sa » » SOoOc Yard. SERGE SUITS, biss or ifack, facked ered, 8 riped wizh }’ | A BIG LOT CF E Y CHANGEABLE silk lined, fly front, skirt fall lined 3 e e e " » S O anght colored com- | o\ ROLLER TOWEL BACKS—Neat 10¢ and bound. sizes 52 to 88; this is our € closad out at » » Thoyiiole IEforOIAEsnos Bait s as wax well finished. 150 of them 1 @ $7suit. Clearance pric - Suit 39c Pair » ( et for thissaleat...... - ac! - »! 88c Yard. —_— l» 4| = . o INCORPORATED‘ ETON AN - o LADIES' SILK V , 1. N. N. S, the %|| BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, guaranteed ETON AND FLY FRONT SUITS, fy B A N s tiegiB F ye K. erie 2 & L jrckets, ht or k ti al e g % cov h | Ll o s beanmt b ter mateorieCt [ EMBOSSED PICTURE FRAMES. for % Tate amair, carstally mate’ aad pet b Q.95 they are all small sizes; were sold a: 50c. | /% % linings ot skirts, Sate price Y o O 7 937 939 94[, 9439 945 arke l‘eet. fectly fitted, sizes 54 to 58, all wool. QD¢ Ueamg price AR » e 100 Kind left. 3 Cleutance Price.......... : 3c Bac * ¥ 85c Yard. clearance sale at 3 Each | ’ . PYPRPVRVE RRERRR T T T T T T L T T e T bbbttt b b it FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Annual Picnic of the Jour- neymen Butchers at Shell Mound. Members Will Meet at Pythian Castle and Parade to the Ferries. A Long List of Prizes Offered to the Winners of Competitive Events. The Journeymen Butchers will hold to-day, the occasion being their eleventh annual picnic. The members of the association will meet at Pythian Castle at 9:30 o’clock anc will march down Market street to Sixth, to Howard to Third, to Market, pass the Baldwin Hotel and proceed to the ferries. A committee consisting of George Rup- pert, Ben Osswald, Charles Ruisinger, Joseph Shepstin, Walter Frost and Matthew Brady has been working zeal- ously for weeks and has provided an un- usually attractive programme. There will be races of all kinds for young and old, and handsome prizes will be aworded to the winners. Among these will be the splendid articles of silverware whicn were to have been given at the re- cent picnic at San Jose, but were with- held onaccount of the large number pres- ent and the attendant difficulty in decid- ing who was the winner. Sunday games and amusements have also been provided for the little ones and all who zo will have occasion to remem- ber the event as one at which nobody was forgotten and all enjoyed themselves. The programme as arranged is as fol- low: Race, boys under 12 years—First prize, air- gun: second, one A ger story-boo k. Girly’ race, under 12 years—First prize, cel- luloid workpox ; second, toilet set. Cashboys race—First prize, alarm clock; secona, fine comb and brush. Young men’s race—First prize, silver ink- stand; second, nickel alarm clock. Young ladies’ race—First prize, silver belt; second, pair silver garters. Fat men's race—First prize, silver syrup pitcher; second, nalf dozen silver knives and forks. Married ladies’ race—First berry-dish; second, silver pickle-dish. Members' race—First prize, silver sugar- bowl and twe.ve spoons; second, silver sugar- bowi and six spoons. Married men's race—First prize, set Russell's carvers; second, Rodgers’ table-xnives. Members' wives' race—First prize, hand- satche ; second. plated mirror. Fat women’s race—First prize, silver cake- basket; second, silver butter-dish. The proceeds will be devoted to the v:nlows and orphans’ fund of the associa- tion, prize, stlver MAY SETTLE HERE. Distinguished Visitors From Hillsboro, Ohio, Enthusias ic Over the Climate. Among the visitors to the City during the Christian Endeavor convention was Charles H. Colling of Hillsboro, Onio, a high revel at Shell Mound Park all dav | distinguished lawyer and aushor. He left the City yesterday to make an ex- iended tour throughout the State, accom- panied by his son George. They will rrobably decide to permanently live here. Father and son are both enthusiastic over the glorious climate of San Franctsco. Mr. Collins is the author of ‘‘Echoes From Highland Hills,”” “Highland Hills to an Emperor’s Tomb,”” “Wibbleton io Wabbleton,” “Our Common Schools,” “The Love of the Beautiful” and other works. % Another visitor m Hillsboro was Miss Daisy Spargur, niece of John Spar- gur, a wealthy wholesale merchant there, She was accompanied by Miss Leone Dut- ton, a teacher in the Conservatory of Muse, Boston, Mass. Both ladies are now making a tour of the State. - GRAND OOUNCILORS, The Young Men’s Institute Celebration at Santa Rosa. The Young Men’s Institute will hold its thirteenth Grand Council at Santa Rosa on Wednesday, August 18, 1897. it will be composed of delegates from ail the subordinate councils of the Pacific juris- diction of the institute. Matters of great moment to the organization will be brought up for discussion and an ex- tremely busy session is anticipated. During previous vears it has been the custom of the Y. M. L. to have a granc¢ parade and celebration at some time dur- ing the meeting of their Grand Council, in which not only the delegates, but also members of any subordinate council that might be present, would participate. This year the grand directors of the Y. M. I, recognizing the proximity of Santa Rosa to San Francisco and the practicability of taking nearly all of the members of the institute from here to participate in the celebration during the meeting of the Grand Council, appointed 2 committee of prominent members of the Y. M. L to confer with the board of m agement of the San Francisco councils in regard to the celebration. 3 The committess appointed met in joint session with the board of management last evening and resolved itself into a committee of arrangements for a grand parade and celebration to be held at Santa Rosa on Saturday, August 21, 1897, the concluding day of the session of the Grand Council. Past President Frank J. Kierce was elected chairman, and R. A. Miller secretary of the committee, and the following sub-committees were ap- pointed: Parade committee—C. F. Healey (chairman), Colonel J. €. O'Connor, J, F. Comyns, C. W. Murphy, M. E. King, T. Kyan and E. B. Thomas. Transportation committee—Dr. T. H. Morris (chairman), F. J. Driscoll and F. J. Kierce. Printing and publicitv committee—M. E. King_(chairman), E. B. Thcmas, J. J. 0’Toole, P. J. Whelan and N. J. Hoey. Visiting and invitation committee—F. J. Kierce, chairman; D. E. Hayden, F.J. Dris- coll, R. Tobin, F. E. Mahouey, P. J. Hagan, A. Pilcevich. Music committee—T. H. Fallon, chairman; E. R. Myrick, G. R. E. Maxwell. Finaice commitiee—E. R. Myrick, chair- man and treasurer; R. Tobin, E. J. O'Rourke, D.J. Moynihan, W. J. Coyne, W.J. Kelly, D. J. Mahoney, C. Cummins, J. C. 0'Connor, D. E. Hayden, W. A. Breslin, G. R. E. Maxwell, Dr. T. H. Morns, T. F. Ryan. P.J. Whelan, John Murphy, N.J. Hoey, P.F. Canavan, A. Pilcevich, J. Cantlen. A special train, under the auspices of the committee, will be run from this City to Santa Rosa on that day, and the fare for the round trip will be placed at greatly reduced rates. MAHONEY'S CONDITION. The Ex-Senator Shows Wonderful Re- cuperative Qualities. The condition ot ex-Senator J. H. Mahoney, who has been operated on at the German Hospital for cancer in the neck, is much improved. The change for the better has been continuous since the oper- ation was performed on last Tuesday. At that time his physiclans were undecided ! | as to the result, in consequence _n! the severity of the operation. Both sides cf his neck had been affected by cancerous growths, which had to a certain exient permeated the entire muscles, causing swelling and pain. The operation, which was searching and severe, lasted 2 long time, and, as a mat- ter of course, taxed the patient severely. He came through, however, all right. but yet :he danger was far from past, as a re- action was liable to set in at any time during the following forty-eight hours. That period has now passed, and this fact has given the physicians and his many friends hopes that his recovery will soon follow. His gain yesterday was of such a character as to confirm these hopes. - In Aid of McNulty. Ata monthly meeting, held yesterday after- noon of the executive committee of the Ameri- can Women's Liberal League the following communication from Dr. Lawlor, the resident physician at San Quentin, was read: Yours of the 24th inst to hand, and in reply I respectfully state that John McNuity’s physical | condition at the present time is as good as could | be expected He has been in confinement and punishment for the past four weeks, owing to belng one of the prominent men in the late strike in the mill. Most respectfully, Wt M. LA WLOR, M.D. In reply the leacue has requested that the following be published: 515 VAN YESS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, Ca'.. July 15, 1897. /| Dr. W M Lawlor. Resident Physician, San Quen- | tin Prison—DEAR STR: Your note of June 25 was duly receivea ana read vesterday afternoon a: a meeting of the eXecutive committee of the Amer- ican Women’s Liberal League. [am Instrocted to write you again tor the Information you have so cleverly faled 1o give. It is 1o answer, si. (0our question to state that ‘John McNulty's phvsical | condition at the present time is as good as could | be expected,” etc. 1f we knew that he had bren humanely treated—which, unfor:unately, we do not know, for the savage measurss employed by prison officers to crush the sp rits and break the bodies of the helpless creatures within their power is still fresh in our memory—it, for instance, we knew that he was one-quarter as weil fed as yourseif: If we knew that you attended to your dutles and gave nim such” medical attention as his case may require; if we knew tha, although condemned to IiVing death, yon and others ‘cioaked with a little brief au hority” over him do not forget that heis a human being insteaa of a caged wild beast: if we knew all these things then we wonld know what you mean by sayine that ¢-Jobn McNulty’s condi- tion Is as good as could beexpected.” As we do not know whether he is being snbjc ed toslow torture by tricin - or othervise: to what extent heis be- ing starved to death and how lone it will take to secure the desired resalt: whether he has been vaccinated with mucilage or not; how far the ords of the middle ages and of Niberian prisons huve been consulted and improved upon, to sdd to his misery by those who oppose the commuta- tion of bi« sentence, and who have tried to murder him ever since he hay been in San Quentin: as we do not know any of (hese (hings we ask for, and we have the right 10 expect, a_definite answer to our questicn: “What i John McNulty’s physical | condition?” Your former response to the same | query was that of one who shaws hls position to benot that of master, but of a weak-knred ser- Y ours, etc., MARY T. COLEMAN, t tecretary Americun Women's Liberal Leugue. e e To Spring Valley. The following petition has been sent to the directors of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany: We, the undersigned residents of the Sunny- side dis rict, in mass-meetinz assembled, do most respectfully petitio | your honorable board o grant said peti foners better water facilities than we bave at present. This district 15 greatly in need of water both for domestic and fire purposes, and by granting said peiitioners’ request you would confer a lasting benefit to this community. We are petitioning (he City for fifty feet of the westerly end of the House of Correction i ract for asireet. which, in_our opiuion, wou.d be suliable a3 a means of bringing water into_Sunnyside. For further information refer to accompanying diagram. Respecitaily, Sunnyside District Improvement Club, E. Dasse, president, sud C. Mi ler, s-cretary. ————————— Dr. NELLIE BEIGHLE has returned from her well-earned vacation, and is again successfully treating diseases without the use of any medicine; diagnosis being without questioning. Strangers who are afflicted are welcome to her spacious offices, 6234-5-6.7 Spreckels building, where they will ba astonished at the won- dertul powers of Dr. Beighle. —————————— In certain parts of Hungary it is the custom for the groom to give the bride a kick after the wedding ceremony, in order to make her feel ner subjection, New Laws of Duplicate Whist. In the final session of the seventh wnist con- gress, held at Put-in-Bay, the most important matier of the meeting was the report of P. J. Tormey, chairman of the committee of re- vision of tne laws governing the game of whist. The following is the complete code as it now stands and was adopted by the unani- mous vote of the seventh congress of the American Whist League: To the President ard Delegates of the American Whist League—LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The committee on laws begs leave to submit the follow- ing report: During the past year very many changes inthe code have been submitted to and considered by youg committee, but after careful deliberation the committee is unanimously in favor of leaving wholly unchanged the present code, which is tha work of masters and which has been in exisience for four years, giving, upon the whole, entire satis- taction. inkering and tampering with such a code is to be deprezated, and we believe thit o change should ever be made in it unless it should b vitally important. This is not the case at pres- ent, nor is jt lixely ever to be. Respect for a good code grows and increases astime passes, and the varlous provisions become imbedded in the minds of the whist-playeis of the world. Duplicate whist, however, requires some special provisions, and nence this league promulgated a code for its government atthe Chicago congress in 1893, At the fourth congressin Philadelphia in 1894 the prestnt code was euacted and has stood without change since. Your committee proposes certain changes in the laws of duplicate whis: as hereafter stated, and it belleves that whist-players generaily will apply to straight whist such of the special laws of aupli- cate as are applicable, and thus the allezed de- fects and deficiencies of the present code will be obvlated. THE LAWS OF DUPLICATE WHIST. AS ADOPTED BY THE SEVENTI AMERICAN WHIST CON- GRESS. 1897. Duplicate whist is governed by the laws of whis', except in 30 far as they are modifi d by the following special laws: THE GAME AND THE SCORE. (@) A game or match consists of any agreed number of deals, each of which !s played once only by each player. The contesting teams must be of the same num- ber, but may each consis: of any agreed number of pairs, & half of which, or as nesr thereto as pos- sible, sit north and south, the other half east and west. Every trick taken is scored,and the match ls determined by a comparison of the aggregate scores won by the competing teams. In case the teams consist of an odd number of pairs each team, In making up such ageregate, adds, as though won by it, the average score of all the pairs seated in the positions opposite to Its odd pair. Each ~ide shall keep its own score, and It is the duty of the players at each table to compare the scores (here made and see that they correspond. In a match between two teams the team which wins & majority of all the tricks scores the match as won. by that number of tricks which it has taken In excess of one-ha'f the total. In a match between more than two teams each team wins or loses, s the case may be, by the number of tricks which its aggregate score ex- ceeds or falls short of the average score of all the competing teams. In taking averages fractions are disregarded and the nearest whole number taken, one-halt counting &s & whole, unless it is necessary to take the fraction into account to avoid a tie, in which case the match is scored as won by “the fraction of a trick.” FORMING THE TABLE. (b) Tables may be formed by cutting or by agreemeni. In two-table duplicate, If the tables are formed Dy cutting, the four having the preference play at one table, and the next four a: the other. The highest two at one table are partners with the lowest two at tbe other. The highest two at each table sit north and south: the lowest:two eest and west. DEALING AND MISDEALING. (c) The deal is never lost; in case of a misdeal, or of the exposure of # card during the deal, the cards must be rele It by the same player. THE TRUMP CARD. (d) The trump card must be recorded before the play begins on a slip provided for that purpose. When the deai bas been played the slip on which the trump card has been recorded must be placed face upward by (he dealer on the top of his cards, but the trump card must not be again turned up- til the hands are taken up for the purpose of over- playing them, at which tiwe it must be tarned and left face upward on the tray until it is the dealer's turn to play io the first trick. The slip on which the trump card is recorded must be turned face downward as soon as the trump card is taken up by the dealer. If the trump ca d has been Oiher- wise recorded such record mus: be also turned | down. Thedealer must leave the trumy card face | upward on the tra: untii it Is his turn to piay to the first t1ick, when 1t shouid be taken inio bis hand. Ifitis not taken inio the hand until after 'he second trick has been turned and quitted Itis liable to be called. After it bas been lawtully taken up It must not be named, and any player thereafter naming it, or | Jooking at the trump s:ip, or 0 her record of the | trump, 18 liable to bave hi, highest or lowest trump called by his right-hand adversary at any time during the play of that deal, belore such ad- versary has played (0 any current trick, or before the | receding trick is turned and quitted, in case it is the offender’s turn to iead. 'The call may be repeated until the card is played, but it cannot be changed. IRREGULARITIES IN THE HANDS. (¢) taplayer is tound to have either more or less than his correct number of cards the course to be pursued is determined by the time at which the irregularity is discovered 1. Where the irregu'arity is discovered bafore orduring the orlzinal play of a hand: ‘There must be a new deal. IL Whire the irregularity is discovered when the hand is taken up for overplay, and before such overplay has begun: The hand in which the irregularity is so discov- ered must be sent back to the table from which it was last recelved, and the erior be there rectified. 1IL Where the irregularity is not disccvered until after the overplay has begun: In two-table duplicate there must be a new deal; but, in & game in which the same hands are played at more than (wo tables, the hanis must be recti- fled as above and then passed to the next table without overplay at the tab.e at which the error was alscovered, in wiich case, if & player had a deficlency and his adversary the corresponding surolus, each Leam takes the average score for that deal; if, however, his partner had the correspond- ing surplus, his team is given the lowest 8co.e made at any table for that deal. In the overplay of a dealif a trumpis turned other than that recorded on the trump slip; in & game of three or more tables the player at fault shall be given the low score for tha: geal, and in single or two-table duplicate there must be a new deal. PLAYING THE CARDS. (/) Each player, when it is his turn to play, must place his card Tace upward before him and toward the center Of the table, and allow it to remain upon the table in this position until all have pluyed the trick, when he must turn it over and place it face downward and nearer to himself, placing each successive card, ashe tarns it, on top of the las card previously turned by him. After he has piayed this card, and also aiter he bas turned it. he must quit by removing his hand. A uric< 1s turned and quitted when all four 1layers have turned and quitted their respective card: The cards must be left in the order in which they were played until the scores for the deal are recorded. CLAIMING A REVOKE. (9) A revoke may be claimed at any time before been turned and quitted and the scores of that deal recordea, but not thereafter. CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED. (h) The holder of a card liable to be called can be required to play it ouly by his right advarsary: if such adveisary plays without calling it the holder may piay as he pleases. If it Is the holder’s turn to lesa the card must be called before the vr-ceding trick is turned and quitted, or the holder may lead he pleases. The unseen cards of & hand faced upon the table are not liable to be called. ENFORCING PENALT (i) A player having the right to call a sult loses such right unless he announces to the adversary first winning a trick, before the trick won by such adversary is turned and quitted, what particular suit he desires led. A player has the right to remind his partner that it 18 his privilege to enforce a penalty. and also to inform him of the penalty he can euforce. 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