The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1897, Page 30

HE JURY REPORTS AND EXITS | ! i RN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Afl;ilc -“m"'"(nv ALL THE WORLD.. 21,000 OFFICES IN [ the following message subject to SEND = theterms! 'on back hereot, which are.hereby o Business-Like Recommenda- tions Touching Public | il Affairs, ‘ CLEARANCE SALE IN Garments ‘of known excellence: - Stylish, up-to-date, ‘well made, perfect fit.. Cheaper garments save you Jittle and cost you much. ‘Better -be sure. Hale's is surety. 5 Clearanee sale now: on.. A. WRAPPER- ON SPECIAL: SALE READY - MADE. ‘SEITS REDUCED Midsummer. sacrifice at San Francisco's most popular dress goods-store. Summer specialties and season’s nov- “0LD STORAGE” FOR. THE MORGUE || EYVARS Plan by Which Cadavers May‘ i Bs Kept: for Identifi- H T READ THE NOTICE AND AGREEMENT ON BAGK..L) i N bother you o 2 FOR 49c—Our six-bit wrapper, dark % | FROM 8700 to 85 05 064 Denv sition | elties must go-in season. No: holdovers to bother y TS E S S E ST T BB VB8 B B00 L0000 00000808080000 colors, _big. -sleeves, ‘good it," wel . QGO { mersey fl,'(mt:fully g ack, pet ca bs or-us. ‘Now is the time. The place is Hale’s. A1l of the ; ::I;T:;;::;e.mrhousewor On-gale all an R ey e SR .435_ profit .:and. part of the cost clipped for a speedy clearance. . : : ciosed o’ st g Each ; - . EMPIRE SUITS ' REDUCED FROM BLACK LACE FIGURFD ETAMINES, 9)nC | FOUR LOTS af our 750 Faucy Silks and % ; BLACK FIGURGD ALPACA SKIRTS, Jas 315 1087 HaRYy chevior sergn PLAIVTS AGAINST THE PESTHOUSE S m Sl O Lo e SO0 o0 Iot k90, it i DY) 3 s “ound.seams. - thoroughly made, per- ge ] Burple or. green, Jacket Hnished with AINTN 463NN 3 : -.¢ Yara ther, evers color &-good one, all pat- c “ 5 v " sect fit: dow't:judge.by the price, . At @ L=—— snis.- and: silk Fired, &n @, COMPL out-at. H 4 T O O e 50 Some mighty interestin’ readin’” about' our Bazaar. . School I doendee by The e Each | Eioans gutts’ Bertect: v eintamions B 00 e e 3D nulell - Yard| begins Monday, you know. : Our #15 Suits to be dlond out 4t Sty T lack only.. -Gur entlre 75¢ Hne. w e ¥ — ; L & LO1be Sionod ot & f closedout at.. Yard { TWO LOTS of our 8160 Fancy Silksand __ | gaTis_patent, red-cloth [THE 'BIGGEST NICKEL|COUNTE R-BOOKS. for | READY - MADE SUITS | REDUGED cous;g\ATlflizogH‘rié%u TS 0 - e 1 : e e § Suslol acBLAR Iinveboe b oRethen, b bound, noiseless Slate: NOTEBOOK IFOR INK | groceries, bakeries, etc., 1|~ FROM '$12 .50 10 $8 50 — Extra- DUCED - ¥RAM $1508°1Q Once More This Institution Declared | OUR DOLLAR *SNOWFLAKE" CHEV. (GRC| s splendid fabric, heavy, wenravie, de k0 | qRoR00u0Bee S BnG wo | INS. . elazed paper 50| foot "lonk, 5" inche 50 | heavy serge, box tront, jucket silk Pialn serge, tatetasiiiclined fackers <, & 50-inch cloth and every yari () sirable. Your caoice til sold at........ Y& eh. Falets ‘thick At wide, Special e lined, a suit for & hundred uses, staple $8.50 college chec b jaokets irtmmed g 50 to Be a Place for Hopeless uew this season. -Beglunlug to-morrow Yaed | o 4 1) v CY ALT WOOLSUITINGS, 9re| Daumle100, 14, 180 and Each [ <.oiiceics Bach | . s Kioudyke gold.” Our $12 50 suit to PO e S L S Rl ALL-WO0OTL NOV 45 every yard new Lhis season. To be 24c each’ A s e 0860 0L BL. ..5.cp sivs sssort byt 3 T thi e hacainy Mrainyova ToTme. 2DE] SicisdgIEA - oo 7| sgmoow sroNaEs—A bis |TCIALY & bxply eoon- PENOIL TABLETS, over | THIS WEEK WE WILL OLOSH OUT OUR i " spe adc 3 Z PSR a B o P ey TR twine stitched schoul bag, | one inch thick (2 S | SR e NAR | A TACQE A DS, an elogant THC.| 4 oot big sponge for..... 1e | linedand very strong, O()C | pazes), 6x9 fuches. AL 4C ENTIRE LINE OF WASH GOODS. | OUR 75¢ SILK: AND WOOL SUITIN stik in eariy fall desigus, patterns ex- | A better sponge for..._.L.. 2¢ s podaa) ! The réport of -the Grand Jury was pre- A o o o ciusibe, fAF ale8 3 PR Lt LN ol 2 Kl | B.ck of the novelty, the beauty and the freshness is quality as staple as sented to Presiding Judge Seawell yester- O I I sseion | Two / LINES OF FANCY SATIN | gold. Better goods than clearance sales usually offer. 1'; . Thiese prices and rétuctions are exactly as we | JACQUARDS. 16 beautitl combins g .00 i it E e e T e daz. : < G s they are. . Bring this “ad” for comparison if tions; a vanguard of fall fashion. * At 1— ODS AND TIONS b oL EciEn A . The domouentynesls Sl pibin Mok o naeen i Ik Hik CLOSING -OUT. OUR “DIMITIES AN» DOTTED SWISSES, dainty little patterns for . ¢ 4V ters ‘1n & business.like - way,: wm“’“‘.;“" | "‘.,J" children’s-dresses, our 100 line. - Mall orders filled it in time. _Clearance price o Yard 5] pretense of ‘rhetoric, but with an evident | I} WEEK WE WILL CLOSE OUT OUR PILLOWCASE LACE, from 4 to 614 C | THE L AST OF THE MILLINERY FLOW: | DIMITIES, DOTTED:SWISSES AND ORGANDLES, reduced -from 1214c and 15¢, huo- ~1¢ desire toadvance the interests of the com-.| [l THIS 1 Inches wide, lots of Eactorme and Bil Yid ]l:"l?:. N’x"‘x;a;:::;a:fi::‘;sa’nvreb:dllgr x‘y;;e: dreds of pretiy pattérns for children’s dressis, ete. - Clearsnce price 5 yard 42 . it ) riCe.seeucne s u et mniy. o | ENTIRE LINE OF SHIRT WAISTS, | s i e bcomelh ot ¥ Sl e e e e i the 09 e 1 6° It is to be regretted that the wise sug- | §| e gt Unis Y 3 gestions and the well-considered warnings | {|/ Every waist in the house has been either marked 35¢, 49¢, 69¢, 98c or{ ;. , xoy MESH VEILING, 14 5¢ "i",og‘ ’fiég}‘é“ L"ég‘g" OUR 1214c IRISH LAW bundred good paiterns will ‘be closed outat! 1c of this Grand Jury should not be heeded, | \i $1.49. Every line has been grouped at one of these five prices: g,lgn.. w'df}x::o"' white, navy. g 1) om;.nx.ou cu’r‘f‘ow CBEPOVS“-;MG e i 2, R s : ~ nce P . y > NS, 'y hy e 3 yet if the past.is to be taken as a eriterion | K} 4717, or oUR s0c SHIRT WAISTS separable latndered collar, medium and darkc colors, SEC aNAA Cg‘n‘;:e:;r,’y""':)n‘"“n‘:;ilfif’e‘f“" Daisles, ‘etc. | O ron's evening and stternoon dresses. Closing them out at-. : Yard 5° i of the future there is little hope fof secur- 1‘ Tatest siyles; Sizes 32 (0 40, The entire line murxe — T ptem b ol Slegelin - UL i Rt i | ing reforms by means of Grand Jury.re-7 }/[§ AL OF OUR 75¢c SHIRT WAISTS, separable aundered collar and cuffs, elegant patigrns, 40| CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY EDG- 910 as gingham. Closing out the iine at 3 er lors. eVery waist new this year, The en:ire line marked....., ... Bactl NG, 2 10 9 Inches wide, bigassort- 1 £2 | LADIES' SATIN BELT HOSE c v N SRC. port;. Mw”:{ N::‘:::gn l:teyv.h:n?n'u::.e‘ ; ‘M:z:v;: ul\)\'n $1 95 SHIRT WAISTS, separable laundered collar, soft-finished Taent Clearaace Frice’ ..o . Yard | " SUPPORTERS. 80 pair in the lot 10 J000 X ‘1?2355:3* 10c PERCALE, all light colors. Mal orders fll’m_ff_{‘f_f"“ The entlre 5e urged upon the -a s | ALL OF A 5 STs; separabl - z and the publie. | More tban passing notice should be | given o the recommendatisn in: regard | to. improvements at ‘ttie Morgue.: Tne | proposed ‘‘cold-storage’’ department will donbtless receive the attention it deserves: from the proper authorities. | ‘As usual the police courts come in for & | share "of condemnation. . Many ‘of ‘the | abuses there rampant appear .to grow outj of the patronage-hawking sysiem that has been inaugurated by the Board cf Super. Visors. i Words of praise are bestowed on ‘tha | Police ‘Department, the Public Library, the Almshouse, the Sueriff’s office and the | Board of Heaith. it Recommendations for: improving - the Connty Hospital. and . for -rebuiiding ths.| Pesthouse are not'new; but they sreé neyer- thaless entitled to respectinlconsideration | by the public officers. | The full text of the renort iy as follows SAN cisca, July 30, 1897.. | To. the Hon. J. Seaierly - Preiding Fudge | Superipr Court, City and Ovunty of San Francisco, State of ¢ i Grand Jury impaneed Decenber 26, 1 begs leaye o siate that, having compleied its Labors; ft- Teports as fol- lows, viz.: TRUE BILLS FOUND AND GHARGES: Recelving proper state from 4 for Stealig property Staie ftom a foreign country Attempt au bri Embezzlenent Grand jurceny : Obtalniig goods under falss pr Obiatuing jbuey uuder taise pretenses. : AND AVDITOR. [ We find th © 10 e well conducted and the Assessor doing ‘his best to have the sey- eral duties of Liis deputies peri rmed not only in an economical bul aiso iu a courteous man-. ner. 80 far as the condict of the ‘office is con- cerned, we tu easure in stating (hat all engaged therein “ere courteous, obliging. and busily employed in-their respeeiive duties. Ave would recornmend that i book be. made d 80 arranged - as. to show in’ alphabet- ical order; The name of each employe of: the City and County. The department in which employed. The date of appointuent. And whether un extra or regular daputy. Bome system should ‘be inaugurated -which will be for.the benefit and protection of the party or parties furnishing supplies to the City and County. That all requisitions from any person fur- nishing suppiies to the Cily and County be 1~ tached to ihe vouchers and warrants for a period of not les8 than two yearsafter said warrants or demandsare paid; Under. the. present sysiem. the "original Tequisitions ere not kept in-any department. There seems:to be no authority of law to de- stroy these requisitiofis, neveriheless they are destroyed, and. therefore -it 1s not possible to know whether or not the original requisition agrees Wwith thestub on file with the Board of Bupervisors. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. In inspecting & number of schoothoiises We find them in a rather poor condition: - Tin roofs, from lack of paint, have rusted, and planking has rotted away. Thesé matters, as well a5 the plumbing.-should ' be- attended to, 80 a8 (0 make the classrooms healtnful. We condemn . the “practice - o - ¢onstantly changing the schoolboaks: for: the varicus grades and strongly disapprove the action of the preset Board of Bducation in transferring £0 many of our-.leachérs for apparently none other than political reasons. CORONER, MORGUE. AND POUND: The Morgue—FPending - the ' répairs to ‘be made to the building owned: by ‘the: City and until recently occupied -for such purposes by the Coroner it js very strongly recommended thatsuch improvements be made as1o place this grewsome place in-at iesst such & condi- tion #s 0 -be- presentable 1o those finding it Decessary. to atiend. The great improvements.to these:places in othercities should receive the immediate at> tention of the Board of Supervisors, snd onie of the most important is .the sysiém of cold: storage, the sdvantages of which. are oo ap- perent to even theanost casual observer. The cost of operating such a plant’ could ‘be reduced 10 & mMmimum figure; inasmuch a8t will be absolutely uecessary 10 provide power for the building about. {0 be erected on.the Kearny-street lot, with :very little care and attention we venture to state that said- addi- tional machinery could be instilled in the building-for from $1000 to $1500 Woe would ask the attention of the: proper suthorities: 10 the plant . instailed in the morgue of ‘the city ol Philadelphia, and de- 1ails of which appeared in the public. prints of June 2, 1894. This plant, as-weil as the ope instalied in the Chicago morgue, i3 found. 10 be of absolute necessity 10 meet modérn re- quirements. A uniform’ temperatiire- of. 20 deg. can be maintained -in these vaults, and thus bodies.can be kept indefinitely, or until the. deceased is-identified, also. making the sanitdry -eondition of this imstitution most perfect. Pound—In this connection we find that the carensses of dead animals are cared for. by the National: Fertilizer Company, who receive. ihem free of charge, and thus profiting thereby 10.the extent of between $3000-and $4000 per annum. The last Board of Supervisors granted a irunchise to other ‘pariies, giving them: the carcasses of all animais killed at the public pound for a-period of fifty years. We believe this.franchise to_be unconstitu- tional and against public policy,.as the for- mer frenchise has not yet expired, aud that some- return be received -for the City and County . from this ~source. We ' therefore strongly ‘recommend -that the action of the last board be rescinded and that bids be in- vited for such privilege and franchise as soon ‘as the present contract’ for the removal of déad animals expires.; % \ ALL OF OUR ‘8250 ORGANDIE SHIRT sofc turn-back cufls, elegan: floral effects. ' -{ions sre.absolutely bona.fide: BOYS SCHOOL W.ATSTS; patent“Mother's Erlend” can’t-tear-the-buitons-off walst- Dbina. beavy percale; every waistin:the 10t s0ld : for° 75¢ “0F $1. 10 eloye Liem oty : | | | , ‘ T | f 1 [INCORPORATED] 937-945 Market Stre SAN. FRANCISCO. ul‘r Cuffs, & big sssorumen., pretty fioral design ALL OF OUR #1 50 AND :$1'75 SHIRT WalIS Jsundered coff bands, every Waist new this year. entire line marked. . kach white lsundered separable collars, e entirs iine marked Each WA The entirs line marked. .. white laundered separable collars, .. kachl HALE'S FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT. CHILDREN'S SCHOOL ~'STOCKINGS, & biack cotion nacrow-ribbed- SLOCKINg, doubls knees, heels'and toes, seamless, sizes 6'to 815, To close "efn-out... OUR ~GREAT KAS RON BOYS SCHQO1; STOCKING, a “~andow " hose 10r boys’ rough se, doubie knees, soles and toes; fist black, ful ninish; close i Try a pal 5 LADIES! BLACK. COPTON. HOSE, maco yarn; Hermsdort dye, high-spliced heéls, etc, a.l sizes.. ‘Cle:rance sale price.. 50° Each $1,‘9 NOTE—Not one walst in the house but what sell s forone of the above five prices. These reauc- Thidy take effect (-MmOTFOW 4t 8 A. M. 69° 98° FANCY BLACK CREPE RIBBON with a satin stripe: . 9 reduced froni 16 . 12 reduced from 20c to. 0. 16 reduced trom 25¢ Lo N NO. 2 RIBBON, odads and ends, satin C and gros grain and plain moire, re- . Quced from be a yard, Toclose.... Yard LADIES' .10¢ AND 124¢ HAND- 3 10¢| xERcHIEFS, colomf’ embroid-" 71C ered and colored hemstitched. All ¢ 2. Pair{ Linds on the tab.e for. ivivee: . ECR 95¢ .G light! LADIES': CHEMISETTES, slightly s solled, whit and colored, were 2,6 5,C Pair| -and 50c. To .close the' lot in & £C| huste.... Each | MADONNA CROCHET COTTON, GENTY -NATURAL - GRAY ‘MIRINO ©QFC et, UNDERWEAR. . heavy .quality,- silk 25 ecru only. extra large balls, reduced ' £C bound.” Clerance price.: -Garment | from }2ige, 1ic nnd 20, sizes 30,60, . " (This Is a snap—come early.) Ball and 80. ~ Your pics TR v for the first 80 callers. (That's cheap, ladies), irin time. FANCY FRILLED ELASTIC, silk finish, good colors. The 1Uc line to close at..... # 5C Yard Ask for our great dollar glove, the “Alice.” OUR NEW $1 26 GLOVE; an ele. gant 3-clasp. high-grede kid,.the Iates: shades. 1 _all sizes,:em- broigered back: A $1 60 giove selling at Hale's for.. = s12 Pair OCKINET DRESS To. KO HALE'S ST SHIELDS, size 1 (regular 9c) close at. = = s 8 ach, Pure Aluminum’ Thimbles, light feather. Speclal. E EXTRA-QUALITY HEMMED SHEETS, hand torn, dry ironed, 2- mch hem, Launders straight, best make snywhere—- BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, thread -pure_ flax: 1inen you wou't be ashamed of after washing— 58 inch; 72 62 inch’ 7 1G SAFETY PINS, No. 3 1dozen - QC . i 5 Bofi-cAmflor. B ® S LAMINATED €OTTON DOWN : FILLED COMFORTERS, best. siik~. aline . coverad, wool: knoted; $2 60 comforters got slightly - soiled: by coal dust. MAIL-ORDER . INFORMATION." We are about to issue our Fall Catalogue, . Seiid 1n your name if you.wish one. ¢ HALE’S DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT., WHITE: WOOL ' BLANKETS, wool and cotion mixed, 10-4 size, & warm, beavy, full-sized and. 214x25 vards, .50 each 21px29, yards. - .B5e each LITY HEMMED - PIL- every handsoms -patterns, three dozen :of- our s Each ‘Iliese to. be closed bug oy, 937-945 Market Street, biadket. Price $2 65 $228 Eacn || $ho Pajr ALL-WOOL BLANKETS, an eldgant blanket of pure once:a- lected Californta wool, 72x84 Inches. The best value in the market.. .. year clip se- OUR GREAT 7-LB ALL:WOOL RLAN. KET, gray of -vieuna,. 72x56 inches, the best blanket for heavy use in‘this At Hale's $5.m\ | Pair, ‘ [(INCORPORATED] SAN FRANCISCO. condition‘of ‘the courtroom of Presiding ge of The Superior Court, the :Hon. J. M: Scawell, | Itis presumed that thisis ull That is necessary, 8 it is-in sucha disgracefnl condiz tfon..that veded, 3 The ventilation of the Tooms ‘of the:Police Courts. is abominable-gnd a-disgrace 1o the Citys. There should be no question as to their imptovementationcs, o] Falice and Justice’ Courts—We believe the prac:ice of making appoiniments by the. Su- perylsors 10 the various. offices connected with ihese Couris to-be.jupst pernicious. - This, with fhe imperiées laws governing toe same; makes: thede courts the merest Linvesty on justice.and wi have therefose & state of affairs (hat.is most: depiarable. Sharp, stern ‘and‘energetic meds- ures should be taken 10 clean out.thesein< iquitous piaces. - e recommend -the enactment of proper laws placing them wndér the -controliand caré. of- County. Clerk, Sher!ff -and District’ Attor: iey's-offices réspectively, and as1hese changes the J l¢gn- only be. made through the. Legisiaiure thatthe-officers above named. be. Xuxl.mcv.ea o Use their UGNost endeavors to place Uhe matter before: the: legiklators that proper action ‘be teken: : Diyes and sqcial evil—The dives we. believe to be upderstrict surveillance of :{he-police, and found no compiaint azainst them. The oeial evil we find & most important roblem: -In our opinion this matter should relegated: to the Hoard-of Health and by -it caréfnlly -regulated. - Houses of ill- repute shonld bs 16cased insueh places as: not:10 be near-any of ihe principal thoroughfares, and, it possible, in' one: district. In -all seapoit cities oi note this evil is Tecogriized and regu- lated. - The: cities of Eurepe and' the. Contj: nent are all regulated, and occupants of these places licensed ‘and proper protéction given, not only to themselves but to visitors thereto. FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE ALABM. The - condition of the department reflects great cred!t upon the commissioners and their able and efficlent chief-engineer. Their administration " of ' the affairs has been characierized by economy aud- the - most rigid discipline enforced. We recommend the following and believe if adopted the efficiency of the' department will be greatly benefited, Viz.: F.rst—That all companies. throughout the business district of the city be- fully paid and subject to conzinuous duty. Second—That. the cutiying portions of the City be provided with larger ‘mains and more hydrants, and thiai lhe present hydrant sys- tem be supplemented. with a £ystém of cis- terns fed. directly from-.the Water mains throughout the entire City. Tonird—That all wires at present strung upon poies throughout the 'City be placed uider- ground. : Fourth—That a light-draught. fireboat ot Iarge pumping capacity-be provided as an ad- junct to the department, for the inore efficient proteciion of shipping: and other: property along the water froxt. 3 Fifth—That the Fire Alarm :Telegraph:sta- tion be removed at the earliest ‘aate possible from its presentexposed location on Brenham place to the dome of the City Hall, thereby Temoving the considerable fire risk to the costly equipment ol the station. GAMBLING, This: matter was the subject of the most earnest consideration: It iscouceaed. that all Lumanity 15 possessed of ‘an-inheront love for gambling, and in different countries and ciimes it takes d:fferent shapes, To stamp 1t out-altogether Is an impossibility, but it may be regulated and certein forms prohibites, and the action of the fast Board of Stiperyisors, in-closing -all ‘places where. pools. for horse- races: were sold, deserves favorable comment and has our approval. 3 ALMSHOUSE. 5 We areglad to state that we found every- thing in and about this p. in good condi- tion: and. ‘properly kepl. The buildings are quite'old, and much can be ‘desired in im. vrovements so iar as they are concerned. The City and County Hospital buildings are 46 thoroughly inadequate for the purposes used &8 10 be a waste of_criticism. Itis to be hoped thatthe présent young generation may live to.see this.City and County heve & hospi- -tal, not such a misnomer as the poof and un- fortunate ure now -compeiled 10. occupy when sickness compels them to seek a refuge. Concerning the- Pesthouse, it seems to be utterly useless to say anyihing of the doubly unfortunate ones- whoie uecessities compel them to inhabit so vile a place. & g Of them ‘it may be well said, “Who enters | here leaveshope behind,”. We earnestly recom- mend that the matier be taken up ana the in- stitition be placed under the care of the State, -The present Board of Hesith deserves and hould receive notonly the hearty commen- dation of every good citizen, but the heartiest co-operation ofall in its herculean’ efforts to improve the samitary and food conaitions of this great and beautiful City. Too much praise caunot be bestowed upon the members thereof for their-efforts in that direction suce their COURTS. - 3 The attention of the.proper commitiee of the Board of Supervisors 18 respectfully called to l assumption of their duties, and of them it can and should be said, “Well done, th faithiulseryants.” HEpREsol and We recommend - that when the money is improveinent . caimot longer - be | available for new buildings. for the City and County Hospital; the same. be erected .on the Almshouse tract; thus utilizing the' whole appropristion for - builaings and sppuriens ances. PUBLIC ‘LIBRARY. This department of our municipality is con- duéted “under: tha-guidance of -a. board of {rustees; whose manegement we find -above eriticism; Al "employes must™ updergo & thorough examinaiion to qualify for ‘their re- spsclive positions: --The benefits. arising: from tuis institution, in Ipmmonugum education of our inhabitauts, will bé bettér understood. by a.-personal visit 10 the same, and’ we- consider |Atnext In importance to-our public-schoos, andrecommend that this‘temple of knowledge be generousty rememb.red by our- Supervisors. in approprialing to it suficient funds to_ meet all the demands necessary. for:its rapidly in- creasing circulation.: e ‘.. POLICE, 3 : We find tlie personnel of the Police Dep meut to: be very good and the discipline exce Each ' ompany -and -battalion. - is, in- spected at short and regular intervals, and the uniiorms ‘and:&ccouterments of. each -officer must-be up'io the high standard demanded by. the,Cnief and hisstaff.. We have personally attended. the daily assemblies of (he various companiés -et the: different” stations unan- nounced, and in none have we found aught to censure a5 to the membership- of the: depart- ment. g Our inspection 61 the various stations.shows. as follows: Central station (new: City: Hall), Captain -Wittman—In good.order. - Factiities: fof catryingon the -work of the department very good. The €ity. Prison, located with this statiom, 18 well kept and the -records -pertain- ing to the arrests, character and final-disposi tion are welt and properly kept. Seventéenth-street station, in charge of Cap: taiu J. Gillen, located on Seventeenth streét, near Howard—This station. we find to be in ‘a deplorable condHion. considering -the pur- poses' it is:used for. The buiiding, previously used_for a livery-stable, is old .and utterly in- adequate:as a police station. The wooder cells dre-absolutely rotten, it being possible to pierce. many pirts of.the wood with the finger. As to ventilation there is none, the air being foul at most all.times. Theé officers’ quarters are too small aud cramped. This station when. first established about twenty yéars ago reported: about -fifteen men, There are now eighty-lwo mex -reporting there and eighit mounted men.. The inportanceoi thisstation is-too great to'have it housed in the miserabic qguarters it uow.occupies, covering as it does ine entire district from Ninth street to the county line. The efficiency of the depart- ment demands an immediate change. - The . ses used for some of the patrol ‘wagons and mounted men are kept in a leased stable opposité this station. ILe stock is1in good condition and well kept. Tne Folsom-street station, Captain John Spillane, located on Foisom’ street, between Fourth and Fifth, which from the number and character of the arrests is of even greater importance than the Seventeenth-sireet sta- tion, we'also found to be in as bad or worse condttion. This building is old and rotten, Dbeing propped- up on ail sides to keep it from falling in. Tne ceils are of wood, whicn is old and very much decayed. Liberal applications of asphultum serve to hold much of it to- gether: This station contains a large stand of r.fles for the.use of ‘the companies located there, and to expose these weapons to the. -atiacks of a frenzied mob, for which it would | be but child’s: play to secure them. is negii- gence snd carele-sness of the worst kind, - I'he Chief and Captain Spillane have been asking for better protection for a long time, and the Board of Su})ervllm'l should have their immediate attention called to same and aibor balice stat Harbor Police station—Captain J, Dunleavy; situated at 28 Sacramento lg'cll. We flulg t'h’ll station 1o be in good order and well con- ducted. The gymnasium attached thereto is uccessible to all members of the department, and is of great value in allowing the men to keep themselves in -good physical condition. A competent {nstructor in physical culture is in atiend ance. Owing to the numerous acci- dents occurring on the City front and the lim- ited number-of men at Captain Dunleavy’s commsand, a patrol wagon for this station is an absolute necessity. There is none toere now and one should be provided at once. Calilornia-street station—Lieutenant Esola; situated on California street, near Kearny. This station we find in good order and well kept. It is but temporary, awaiting the con- struction of the Hall of Justice on the corner of Kearny and Washington streets. Washiogton-sireet station, situated Washington street, west of Pol, Shields—This is one of the new st. erected, and is clean, well lighte assembly-rooms ups 1ot for horses attached to in all respects a model s street station, situated on O'Fa; tween lero and Broderick, is the last new station constructed. While not so large the Washington-street station, it is well apted for its gnrpmo and 1s a credit to the department. Police paurol—We find the ‘wagons of the patrol in fairly good condition, conaldering the numbes, an rt: i work performed; The wagons should be coy- ered A‘; in all Eastern cities, to shieid the un- fortunite pccupants from the gaze of the curiovs. The appointment of patrol drivers by the Board of Supervisors we. condemn: as peruicious, their position being subject 1o the whim of every changing Combifiation of Su- pervisors; who appoint -and depose these ém- vloyesal’ their. pleasure, to-the detriment of the discipline of the department. - The drivers snould be under the direct control “of the Po- lice Department, of which-they form an inte- gral part. Policestations—The system of renting pri- vate properties for police stations is to be con- demned as belug contrary ‘10 public policy and good business judgment. Our police stations, as well as our firehouses, should be bnilt upon City lots and be the City property: The say- ing in feed ‘of horses- alone, 1" emount to many. hundreds of dollars each “year.. The City has some available properties suitable for police: stations and, where they have none, they should acquire'it, as the Police Depart- ment s 100 important to be neglected in- the matter of safe and suitabie stations. Hall of Justice (situated on Kearny and Washington streets)—Ihe delay in the - work of erecting this building is without exp.anation. The contractors evidentiy intend to finishit when they please. The attention of the Board of Supervisors should: be:called to.this work and sters at once. taken tocompel the con- tractors-to proceed according 1o the terms of the contract. - In‘accordance with the we earnestly recommend : - First—That: the: Seventeenth:streat station be abandoned-as s0on aspossibie and proper buiidings' be' erected. by “the Cfty upon City lot in block 50,:Mission property. - This:prop- | erty:is large enough to erect ‘stables sufficient to.house all the. wagons Gf the department,” which would save many: doiars annuaily, since the déparument could feed iheir horses atan average of -§9 per.nontn per bead, in contrast to $25 per mouth per-head; as is now. paid by the City to boarding:stables, - second—That a suitable lot be purchased and buildings erected thereen for the Southern police station, Referring to this station we haveconsujted -the Map of City Properties and find that-tue City owns.none-in thc soutuern district ‘suitable for this pnrpose. The renting of private proverty-im this.case should not” be entercained. A modern and safe station. is demanded for this disirict, and the request of the department for the same should not be ighored,but on the contrary complied with as soon as possible. Third—That a patrol wagon be. provided for the Harbor station as soon as possible. g Fourth—That the appointment of patrol- drivers be vested in the Board of Police Co: missioners, subject to the rules and reguia- tions of the Police Department; that the pa- trol wagons be provided with covers. Fifth—That the completion of the Hall of Justice be demanded according to terms of contract. COUNTY RECORDER—HALL OF RECORDS. The condition of this building and the mat- ter of caring for the books and papers con- tained therein is of vital interest io every property-owner of this City and county. Re- pairs boih inside and out are of absolute ne- cessity for the preservation of the records. Electric lights only should be used in the buiiding, thus placing the risk of fire at a minimum. Election Commissioners—Total expense of office to date, for fiscal vear 1896-7, nmountzd to toe sum of $195,459 28. The zbove sum, including the costof the registration of 72, 992 voters—58,691 in central office, new Cit; Hall, and 14,301 by precinct registritipn, an The cost of general election held Nover ber 3, 1896. Alsoinciuding the sum of $5117 06 for counsei fees, ete., in defending one suit against the Board of Election Commissioners, and -seven against the Regisirar of Voters. In each of said suits the Kegistrar was sus- tained by the court. The old records of the office are well pre- rved and 8o the registers and ballot-boxes are well kept and in good order. Sheriff—We find this office 1n good working condition, and we would recommend that the Board of Supervisors be requested to provide better facilities for carrying on the volume of business of this very important office. ‘We found el the jails in excellent order and condition, ana the ‘respective officers deserve credit for their efforts in this direction. Jail 1 having been erected over forty years ago has iong since outlived its usefulness. From time immemorial Grand Jur:es have recommended its removal and that another be erected in its stead, and we follow the lead of our predeces- sors and emphatically call attention to this monument of antiquity and trust that our lives will be spared to witness the re.noval of same. . The matter of lighting jails 2 and 3 should be changed to that of eleCtricity, as the time has come when, in our opiuion, it will be for the best interests thereof and is more eco- nomical, Employment—In this matter we find that upward of 300 inmates are living in idleness, and it Wouid seem a matter of mercy to them to procure employment, thus serving to assist cts above set forth 0 amount of | the City and County in maintaining them and | JCAL rendering their detention therein less irksome and not allowing them to herd together and their discharge, The Board of Supervisors shoald arrange with the Federal authorities for street work performed on streets. fronting - the military reservation.. Such work is now paid for out of the Street Department funds in our City Treasury. fronting thie Black Point and Presidio reserya- tions are an unjust and heayy tax on this fund, and considérable work on such streets contemplated for the coming fiscal year. This matier should be taken up by the City and County Attorney, and if it is a jus: claim, the Government should pay as well as.any privaie citizen. We recommend that the condition. of Oak. stréet at the panhandle receive the immedi- ate attention of the Board of Superyisors and the: street. be pavedwith bituminous rock from Baker to Stanvan streets. ‘The. law_concerning the: bituminizing of streets above a srade of 13.per cent we find to very poorly earried out. The Street Com. mittee” of the Board-ol:Superyisors should be (which is & .most excellent one) should be more strictly adhered to. . z The ele vator seryice in the new City Hall is very defective ‘as to numbers and efficiency. The very large: niumber of Git'zens requiring their services are greatly retarded by ‘tie - fact thatouly two arein the building aud in . use. 1tis to be hoped tnat speedy changes will beé made it this regard. = . g T The exhaustive report made by the Commit- tee on Public Squares, Parks, eic., on Golden matters relating tothe same.- The unqualified of ‘our municipality:by the-bulk-of ‘the recent visitors ‘from-the "East, is onlyanother evi- dence: that the same ‘i good” hands, ane should be. fully appreciated by our citizers as NEW . TO-DAY. Sometimes it seems to weary woman that she must certainly give up. The: sim- plest and easiest work ' becomes - an almost “insurmount- able task. - Lassitude almost. overcomes. -her. = Nervousness and sleeplessness and pain harass her and life seems hardly. = worth the living. That her sufferings are due solely to her own fault seldom occurs to her, but often it is so. Health, strengt] h and vigorous vitality are hers if she will but ask and reach for them. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. was made for her. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery was made for her. The for- mer is for the ills distinctly feminine, the other for her general system. Together they supply. a scientific and successful course of treatment. The ‘‘ Favorite Pre- seription ” restores healthy, regular action to the organs distinctly feminine. . It forces out all impurities, strengthens the tissues, allays irritating inflammation. The “Gold- en Medical Discovery’’ makes appetite, helps digestion, promotes mimi&tio'n, fills out the hollows in cheéks and neck with good solid flesh and brings back the gladsome glow of girlhood. Best of all, with these remedies there is no need of detested " examinations ”’ and “local treat- ment” so abhorrent to every modest woman. g Thousands of grateful women have written letters like this: MRS. SAMANTHA M. CRANMER, of B . Le | . Roy, Bradford Co Pa., wiites: © Tt e with Hices ure that in favor of Dr. Ficree's Gatden Mogical bisey erce’s en d ‘Fa- B e, ot D [F done me so much . I was completely run down so that I could scarcely drag myself around the house, had been getting weaker and worse for several years until I lost all of ever get- u;.‘_ any better. thook four your medicines and am now perfectly well,” Respectfully yours, SfomonPho M G Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense M Adviser, a 1600 page doctor book. prapecar ‘which 680,000 have been sol: dEpm e e ping only. Wonme;’lg::mn::ym TION, Buffalo, N, Y. concocting new schemes for themselves upon | The grading, sewering and paving of streefs | most careful in making contracts; and the laiy Gate Park, on’ April 19, 1897, fully covers all’ delight and praise bestowed upon. this portion | i ‘street, and the Judge fined of each of - the best place of the ‘kind in®the. United States. S g We: recommend that the Board .of Buper: visors take no-steps looking toward - the' estab- lishing of ‘a -zoological “garden ~within' the bounas of the City.and County, believing that tue Golden Gate Park antwers-all purposes. It would seem to be better for the wholé city if the mouey thiat is apparently iniended for: this purpose’should -be utilized for the improve- ment of oursewers. The system of ‘sewering in this City is a'ery- ing evil which -has been. presented so long that the memory of Mt runneth not-back -6 it, and we most earnestly recammend _ that an entirely new system of sewersge be adopted. Competent-engineers should be at once ap- poinied. to estubiish-grades, and a harmoniaus system adopted, so that.our sewers wiil be & help'to the City instead ‘of a hindrance; as at present constituted. i E 1t15.to-be lioped that the sewer south of - the park will' be: pustied to‘completion with: tha east possible delay, as the inhabitants in.that portion of thie-City.are sorelyin need of :same; In closing the repori the Grand Jury desirg to return 1ts thanks .to° Assistant Distfict Al torneys H. Ai:Hosmer and A. P, Black for their courteous and:oblicing serviees. <80 W. Backus:{foreman), Willigm™ A, - Lutz (secretary); M. F. Fragiey, A; L. Piper; L, . Kast, P. 0. °Aliern, 0 E: Brady, H.- W.. Hanne: mann; J, €, Noburan, R: Mohr; A. E. ‘Bucking- ham, A, S. Hubbard. 3 ‘Thére is:talk'of a - scandal growing. out of ‘the manner:in:which. Becretary: Lutz. performed: the duty.of compiling the finak report. It appeéars’ that . the .conrmittee ‘reports'on. the -County- Clerk's office, the Justices” clerk’s office “and. the treasury were entireély oniitted’ from Mr, Lmz's summary. . These offices ‘are held by Re- Rlub““m and-the reports were. -favo; Mr.'Lutz is: a rampant Democra hinuted that political bias affected his -acts ion'in this-matter. 'HURT HIS FEELINGS. A Question Asked by D. J. Shechan, Grocer, I Court Leads to a Fine of 85, Prosecuting Attorney Reynolds of Juige Low’s cours had- his feelings ruffled Fri- day by D. J. Bheeban, grocer, 225 Ninth Sheehan. $5 for contempt of court. Sheeban was the complaining witness against W. Walsh, charged with stealing fifteen cans:.of oysters,’ two pieces of bacon ana two sacks of oatmeal frow his store. . E; It was the first time Sheehan had been in a Police Court, ‘and he 'was not:accus- tomed to the mode of examining a wit- ness. 3 CE R “Can you identifly these cans as your property ?’ asked- the prosecuting attor- ney: - 5 XI can,’” replied Sheeban, g “‘Have you any particular mark on them to identify them?”* & CHIRBETE **Why, no,” replied Sheehan,” “but .I know théy are mine. Just let me ask. have you any particular mark .on. your shirt?” 3 E This raised & laugh in: court and. the. prosecuting attorney waxed indignant.’ He cousidered ine witness was guilty of contembt.of court and the-Judge promptly: finea Sheenan §5. 2 3 Later a friend of Sheehan’s went: to the Judge and explained that-Sheekan’s ques- tion was notasked with the intention of ‘hurting “the feelings of any one,- but merely as an _illustration, and ‘the.Judge remitted the fine. SRR i - BARNES' ANNUAL REPORT. - t He Tells the Supervisors How His Office | Has Been Conducted. k The District Attorney hias rendered his annual report to'the Board of Supervisors as follows: .~ | s During the fiscal year the office received 472 felony cases. and 242 cases were pending for trial June 30, 1896. There have been 221 convictions and 103 aequittals; 79 defendanis have been discharged on .account of- insuffi- clent evidence; 43 in furtnerance of justice; 1 on motion 10 set aside information; 5 on ac- count of death of defendants; 26 sgainst de- iendants sentenced on other chirges; 1 under sixty-day rule; 9 on demurrer, und 7 on habeas corpus. The comparatively large number dismissed isdue to the fact that I ordered dismissed a KARNNN NN NN NI KRR RO KRR largo. number of what are known as “dead? cases, whicn have been peniding and carricd.on the books for many vears—some as long as ten andiwelye, and which it was plainly im proper 1o yeariy teport as pending, Diring the year 182 writs of habeas corpus ‘were issued, and: four ‘pending Juie 30, 1896 Of these, 102 were denled and writ dismiss. o 50 were grauted, 8 issued aud- no reiurn mad. up to June 0, 1897, and 26 ate pending. inety-three appeals from the. Police Cotris were filed durfng the year, and 30 were pend. ing July.1; 1896." Of ‘these, 37 were aflivined, 40 reversed, 12 dismissed; 5 recalled and re yersed, and'29, includxnf cases, reversed and new-frials granted, pending June 30,1897, During thie year 5 incorrigible minors wers eommitied fo’ the' Whittier Staté'Schoul, and 12 ta the Preston. School of Industry, During the brief time in. which this office had clarge of the trials.of parties arrested un- der the pure food law in the Police Court, my represeniative coniducted 9 ‘trials, which re- sultedin 7'convictions and ‘2-disagreements. Ttiree:hundred and thirty-five dollars was col- leécted as fines: and' paid:-into the: treasury. Respectiutly submitted, Es, District Attorney. WILLIAM S. BARN: A O i ke Sentenced by Judge Dunne. Yésterday was sentence’ day in Judge Dunne’s conrt. W. H. Robinson, eonvicted of burglary; was sent to 'San Quentin for threo years, .J. Sullivan, for grand larceny, was sen- fenced to tie same - instiintion. fora simiar tornt and "T"nm?s?&? for assanlting Officer ‘aples was fines or sent to i C hl‘; for fifty days. fa i e ——————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. { Feed AR AR AR AR AR KA A *“THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six_Stories High, HRAORNK Oriental Draped Couch, fine cov- ering, coil ‘spring, well made, with casters. 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