The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1897. GOM TREE GROVE FOR THE 200 Rousing Open-Air Meeting for the New Park in the Mission, BENT SITE S0 FAR OFFERED. Dame Nature Has Done Her Part, Now Let the People Do Theirs. RESOLUTIONS FOR SYEEDY A 10N, Many Prominent People Strongly Advocate the Purchase of the Tract. Under the auspices of the Fairmount Improvement Club a rousing open-ai mass-meeting was held last evening at Johnson’s Hall at 235 Chenery street. It was a representative gath and the | purpose of the assembly was to give voice 10 the demand for a zoological garden in what is known as the “Gum-tree Grove,” just east of Su ide. A platform had been raised on the outside of the house, which served for the speakers and the band. This was decorated with Japanese anterns and the American flag. Near by e ire threw thousands of to the air. sp! John L. McLaughlin, the president of the club, opened the meeting by stating | that the Mission 1s sadly in need of a athing-spot for the inhabitants and partici'a ly the younger element. He called attention to the fact that all the ge cities of the world have their recrea- tion parks, and so has San Francisco for that o r, but what the people of the Mission desire is a place near by, where they will not lose halt a day in travel, as they do now whenever they go to Goiden | Gate Park. The wcipal speaker of the evening was U, A. Lewis, who said that all fair- minded people are in favor of the project of purchasing a large tract for a park of the description under consideration. A little park, such as the one on Eighteenth street, wounld be of no use whatever. For one he is in favor of the Gum-tree Grove tract, with its fine climate, its diversified topography and its accessibility to all parts of the City. The total assessment roll of this City is $340,000,000. The cost of buying this tract, which consists of about 130 acres, wouid be only about 10 cents on each $100 of assessable property, and the cost of maintaining it would be less than 1 per cent per $100. The sugzestion to postpone the purchase, he said, of this park until bonds can be raised 1s not made in good faith. The people of the Western Adaition will op- pose the purchase, and will try to defeat | the bond issue in order to keep the travel in their direction, and keep up the price of their property. The Mission must lock out for iiself and do all that can be done to compel the Mayor and Supervisors to get the land before it is 100 late, Mr. Lewis bitterly opposed the proposed purchase of the cemetery block, and stated that only those favored it wuno have property in that locality. In his remarks be said: “The gum-tree tract is the place. We want crowds to visit the Mis- sion. A zoo tbere will bring the peop le here. Many live near the grove, and can walk there. The streetcars pass it. Those who want to drive there can do so, and after passing through can drive on to the Golden Gate Park and to the Balboa road, without having to go turee miles out of their way. It is the natural outlet and driveway from the Mission to Golden Gate Park. We don’t care what kind of a trade the Supervisors make with the own- ers, but we want them to purchase it at once, and the cheaper the better.” Thomas Crouch, the vice-president, and J. P. Tuohey, the secretary of club, also made saort speeches, in which they dwelt upon the desirability of the Gum- tree Grove asa park aud zoological garden. One particular feature was that there are now about 100,000 trees of various kinds planted on the grounds, which of self will be a saving to the City in that direction. Another item of no small con- rideration is that the entire land is filled with natural springs and running water. This item will alone save the City at least $6000 per annum, At the conclusion of the meeting the fol. | lowing resolutions, offered by Mr. Mec- Laughlin, were unanimously passed: Resolved, That we protast against the pur- chase of the 1wo blocks of land lying between Eighteentn, Twentieth, Church end Dolores streets, which are recommended by certain in. terestea parties upon the pretense that ‘th wiil satisfy the needs of the Mission for a park; that we further protest against the pur- chese of this property for the reason that the rice 18 exorbitant, and this iact is, or should Be, el known 10 those persons who are ad- vocating the ucquirement of them by the City. Resolved, That we favor the purchase of a large tract of land and the estaplishingofa zoological garden upon it for the reason that the cost of buying a large park will be only ebout 10 cents upon each $100 of assessable pioperty within this City and County and the costof mainteining it will be less then 1 cent ser §100 on the total assessment roll, and a arge Flrk and & zoo will bring more people to the Mission and sfford more enjoyment toa larger number than a mere squuce; and be it furtber Fesolred, Thal the tract between Thirtieth street and Sunny Side, known as the “Gum. tree Tract,” is well adapted for the purpose of « park and a zoological garden, and it is there- fore the sense of this meeting that the Board of Bupervisors should purchase it at a fair price and for it out of the taxes for the present fiscal year, and that &s soon as itis purchased immediate steps should be taken 10 improve it. ey CHOICE OF LOCATICN. What Misslon Residents and Others Think of the Prcperty Offered. Next o the Klondike excitement the subject which is creating the greatest lo- cal interest is that of a Mission park. Two propositions are under consideration by the people, and the Supervisors have been petitioned by a Jarge number of Mission residents 1o purchase a large tract of land in that district and establish a zoological garden on it. This plan has met with some objection, the most active opponents being those who live in the vi- cinity of the Jewish Cemelery property, which coneists of two blocks of land be- iwaen Eighteenth and Twentieth, Church and Dolores streets. - The people residing in the vicinity of this property claim that it should be purchased by the City and converted into a small park, They con- g { issue. it- | tend that the purchase of a large tract and the establishing of a zoo will entail a teavy expense, and that there is no guar- antee that the City will improve it after it isbought. Tney also claim that theat- traction would be gquite as remote from the Mission as Golden Gate Park s, and for this reason they do not want s large park. T.eadvocates of the zoo claim that the people who oppose 1t constitute a very small proportion of the Mission residents, and they are advopating a scheme which will not benefit anybody but a tew people living in the immediate neighborhood of the proposed piaza. The rroject of establishing a Zoolozlefl zarden atthe Mission has been earnestly agitated for a number of months past and it has met with the generai approval of the daily rapers and nearly all of the weeklies. In the latter part of May a petition was filed with the Board of Supervisors asking them to parchase a tract of land suitable for a zoological garden. The matter was referred to the Street Committee and on the 10th of June the advocates of the zoo as well as those interested in the cemetery tlock appearad before the Street Commit- tee and laid their respective claims before the members of the committee. By unani- the committee reported in mons vot : favor of purchasing a large tract suitable for a zoo al varden. Their report was unanimou indorsed by the Board of Supervisors and on the Ist of July the clerk of the board aaverti-ed for offers of land for this purpose. On July 12 the oi- fers were presented in open meeting be- fore the full board. The proposals were sting of ninety-five acres, vounded by Raii rond avenne and the Pzul Tract on the west, by the Wheeler Tract on_the south, by the biy on the east and by Thirty-second avenue )) on the morth; offered by the Bay Land Company; 000. ract of land, consisting of 93.56 scres adjoin- ng the dividing line of S rancisco and 1 Mateo counties, fronting on Amazon av- nenr the Mission road; offered by the r E-tate Company; ,000. § s College property, consisting of fifty- six acres of land on Mis-ion sireel, between Channel street and Crescent avenue; offered Green & Co.; $260,000. and immediately east of St. Mary's ege property, consisung of 55.11 acres, lng hrough ‘rom Silver avenue to ; offered by Bovee, Toy & Sountag; AT, tot Chirtieth ana Diamond streets, ) 13 acres; offered by Baldwin 0. acres, adjacent to the hatwo yerr. option city, offered aiso by Baldwin & 000! metery property, cousisting of bounded by Eighteenth and Dolores and hurch streets, offered by N. Schlessinger: $300,000. vortion of the property beionging to Adolph tro, consisting of 330 acres lying between bett rosd and Sunnyside avenue, if ex- tended; offered by Charles W, Pope; $726,- 000, The following persons have also beesn interviewed upeon the subject and a nu ber of them set forth the merits of their respective tracts: | Oneot the most active advocates of a large park and zoo 1s William M. Bunker, Mr. Bunker when interviewed upon the sub- ject expressed himself as follows: “The Mission needs a park and ought to have one, and the City needsa zoo and ought to have one. “The zouo should be at the Mission, be- cause the Mission haspaia a very large pro- portion of the City taxes and yet received no municipal recogniiion. The land forthe 200 shou'd be bought now, when real estate1s low, and should be paid for in this year’'s appropriation. D to raise the money by issuing bonds would fail, because no matter what site is | selected and what prics is to be paida people who cannot see a direct benefit to themselves will work against it. Once es- | tablished, however, the charms of a zoo | will be apparent and its popularity con- | vinein, . “Ine people who are against the present movement for a zoo favor no zoo that cannot be paid for by posterity. The idea is good enough if ii were feasible, but in this case it means a fatal delay. In the first place, in the light of past experience, | we may readily assume that it will take ! years 10 gec the City to vote for a bond In the second place, if we voted to issue bonds for the purpose of buying a park and zoo tract, there would be a fresh fight over location that would Kill the en- terprise. In the third piace, the prices of ands would have risen to such an extent | that we would have to pay an immense | sum for some tract thatis now well within | our reach. The Supervisors should bear | these facts in mind and not allow them- | selves to be bullied or blackguarded into ignoring the demand for a zoo. They snonld pay no heed to silurians and those who are against everytning and for noth- ing. Enterprises of the zoo class, in fact | any enterprise involving an attempt to | vote money for public improvements, is invariably termed a job or steal by its enemies. “Itis a significant fact that peonle who are against a large park and zoo are urg- ing tne Supervisors to buy the blocks of |land that have veen used as a burial | ground and for which the extravagant | price of $300,000 is asked. I am not in favor of any particular site. I do not veak for any particular site. I simply | say the City should buy the best site and | getit as cheanty as possible, but let it be | sure that itjs buyine the best sit the | site that shall have been shown to be the Pest adapted to park and zoo purposes. The main object is to get a zoo and to | get it for the Mission district. If we were | to place & zoo in Golden Gate Park, as some have suggested, we would not be do- ing anything for the Mission and we would not be doing the best thing for the Howell, $2 City. We need a zoo as an added attrac- tion, and in order 10 get the greatest ma- terial Lenefit from this artraction we must place it in a locality entirely apart from | Golden Gate Park. | tion of 1tself. attraction. “If I were not satisfied that & zoo was a | neeessity, if [ were not satisfied that we could easily and cheaply get a zoo, if I were not satisfied that after we had the %00 it would be the recipient of many valuable gifts and would be the pet anu pride of the people and a potent atiraction for visitors, 1 would not advocate it as I have done and shall continue to do.” {THE *“GUM-TREE” The park is ar. attrac- What we need is an added Advantages of This Tract Cleariy Set Forth—Some Interesting Interviews, What is known as the Gura-tree Tract, consisting of about 140 acres of land, lying between Thirtieth street and Sunnyside, Stanford Heights and the Fairmount Tract, bus be n offered through Baldwin | & Howell for $:62,500 A number of inter- views were had with parties familiar with pfla_ property, and their indorsement is an | indication that they think highly of it for a park and a zoological garden. A. C. Robison, the well-known dealer in birds and animals, says that 2 zoological garden ought to be established by all means. Mr. Robison estimates that a very attractive collection consisting of about 170 animals can bz purchased for about $2000. In fact, he offers to furnish them for this figure, and in an interview pub- lished in an evening paper he has fur- nished a complete list of them and the prices of each. Mr. Robison says that just as soon as it is known ihat a zoological garden is establiched here there will be many donations to it and in a little while we will have all the animals we want. Continuinz, be says: > ‘*A wrong impression seems to prevail with many people in regard 1o the proper location for a zoological garden, A num- ber of persons seem 10 think that it ought to be in Golden Gate Park. This is, 1n my op:nion, a great mistake. A tract of land should be purchased and should ba de- voted exclusively to a zoological garden. 1 have not examined all of the properties that hbave been offered to the City. In fact, the only one that I have thus far bad time to inspect has been the property lying south of Thirtieth street, offered by Baldwin & Howell, containing, I believe, 135 or 145 Any attempt | TRACT. | I | tion and Golden Gate Park. acres. This tract, in my judgment, of- fers much greater advantages for 00 than any otherlocation submitted. Itcon- tains n1ll land and valiey land, has a creek running through the center of it wilich could be made into small lakes with rustic bridges over them, and there are many sheltered spots on it which can ba made even more so in a few years by planting trees. There are plenty of animals that will thrive better on the high portions of the land, such as deer, antelove, mountain goats, eiks, reindeer and buffaloes. “1 noticed in going over the land some splendid places for a fine aviary. A great improvement can be made on the Golaen Gate Park aviary, where so much inter- breeding has taken place that beiore long it will be a difficult matter to tell what species the birds belong to. This is a great mistake and care should be taken when a new aviary is built to keep <ceparate the different species of birds. am surprised that there should be .any division of sentiment among the Mission® people about the advantages of a zoological garden. If they are fortunate eudugh to get one they will soon appreciate its value. Itseemsto me that 1t will be the means of greatly increasing the value of all property around it, and it will cer- tainly be a great card for the Mission if it is located there. The railroad companies ought to be willing to subscribe liberally toward this enterprise.’” John H. Dawson, the druggist at Twen- ty-second and Valencia streets, has been a resident of the Mission for twenty years. He favors alarge tract for the proposed zoological gardens. He thinks that the property submitied by Baldwin & Howell is finely situated for the purpose. ‘‘The Mission,”” said he, “has paid for a genera- tion a very large proportion of the taxes of the City and has received notling from the City in return, while the revenues have been lavished on_the Western Addi- The Mission is entitled 10 ask for a park, not alone on its own account, but the park that is asked would insure to the City a magnifi- cent zoological collection and be a boon to and asource of pride to the whole City.” “I'he proposed Jewish Cemetery site would not afford more than one-tenth enough ground for the zoo alone, It is not believed by people who have the prog- ress of the City at beart that there need be fear of any such mistake as the pur- chase of that cemetery site as a makeshift for a public park. In the first place, an enormous price is asked for the thirleen acres it contains and in the next place its transformation into a public square would benetit, if it benefited anybody, only a few surrounding blocks, and wou!d espe- cially attract no one to even the Mission, far less to the City. The purchase would simply be throwing the Ciiy's money away. On the otner hand, an investment in alarge tract capable of being turned into a general public nleasure-ground and of containing a fine zoo collection would form an attraction that would be reckoned among the resources of the coast. There | a1e several tracts, of course, that are of- fered to the City, but you can state that I am decidedly in favor of the 140 acres at Thirtieth and Diamond streets, and I think you will find most all other citizens of this section favoring this subdivision.” Patrick Wall, another resident of the Mistion district since the early days and alarge land-owner, had the following to say: “Every one seems to reslize that the proposition” to give the residents of San Francisco another extensive and beautiful pleasure ground is one which shoula com- mand the support of all. The northern part of San Francisco is well supplied with parks. Notonly is Goiden Gate Park available, but the Presidio and Black Poiut reservations and Sutro Heights au- swer the same purpose. No part of the Western Addition is at an inconvenient distance from some agreeable breathing place. But further south, where the need is greater, there are nosuch opportunities. There are bare, open spaces as vet, but even these will disappear in time if we do not save some of them from the advance of the builders. The Mission isentitled to a park and it will have one some day whether we do anything now or not. I do not favor the selection of a small tract for the purpose of a zoological garden. I have studied the desirabuity of the several properties offered and have selected the Gum-tree site at Thirtieth and Diamond streets that is being submitted through Baldwin & Howell as the most preferable by far.” The following remarks by J. Murray, a prominent merchant of the Mission dis- irict, will no doubt set at rest ihe rumors of the poorness of the soil in the tract at Thirtieth and Diamond streets: ‘‘As far as what has been said about the unproduc- riveness of the soil of the land offered by Bulawin & Howell,”” said Mr. Murray, *there is no truth in it at all. Inave tarmed the land in question until very re- cently, living thereon for about twenty- six years and raising large crops of hay and some of the finest vegetables thst could bs produced. Tnere are at least twenty-seven springs on the land and during all my long lease I Lad an sbund- ant supply of water. Iu my belief the idea of selecting such a tract as the ola cemetery tract 18 absurd. We want a large ground and no finer place could be found than tne land I have farmed.”’ C. G. Stubr, the well-known Mission lumber, thinks that the giving to the gflssmn of a zoological earden would tend more to enhance the interests of that sec- tion than any other appropriation from the City. *Iu the selection of a site,” said Mr. Stuhr, “'the tract in my mind should be a large one. Np small one would do for the purpose, and I, as a merchant of this district, recommend the purchase of the Diamond ana Thirtieth streets prop- erty, by reason of it being particularly well adapted for the purpose. The con- tour of this tract is such that I donot think a more desirable tract could be se lected, ana when a general comparison is made of the several tracts offered to the City this property, I think, should be the choice of the people. “There has been much said by persons who have not the interests of the Mission and the City in general at beart that the tax on the City for maintaining such a place would be a big addition to the one already imposed on the property-owners, but the fact is, an addition of 1 per cent would more than pay for the maintenance of such a place. “The Mission people who are advocat- ing the placing of a zoological garden, as proposed, in the Golden Gate Park are a set that have been disappoinied in not having their particular site selected, and, since they see there is nochance for them, they want the park to take care of the zoo, with a view of at some future time dis posing of their lands to the City for park purposes.” DESTITUTE OHEILDREN. Counterfolter Johnson’s Offspring Al- most Starved on Sixth Street. The attention of Secretary F. H. Hol- brook of tne Eureka Society for the Pro- tection of Children was called yesterday to a sad case of neglect of the two little children of Johnson, the counterfeiter, who was sentenced to serve seven years in the State prison for making spurious money. Mr. Holbrook, accompanied by Mr. Moulton of th me sociely, went to the Brunswick House on Sixth and How- ard streets and jound the children in a pitiful conditicn. The boy is 3 years old and a cripple. He was taken to the Chil- dren’s Hospital by the secretary, as he is sorely In need of medical attendance. The other isa baby girl oniy five months old. The people in the house say that the mother is frequently absent all day and the children are practically cared for by the other lodgers in the house. The baby was also taken charge of by the officers of the society. Pacific Expiora lon Company. Articles of incorporation of the Pacific Ex- ploration Company were filea in the office of the County Clerk yesterday, with a capital stock of $1,000, The directors are H. Atkinson, C, W. Willard, J. B. Goldstoue, J. C. Aathony ana William A. Plymire. The com- pany will conduct mining operations in Cali- fornia and elsewhere. The newest thing in letter-boxes is a box with an electrical attachment which will ring a bell in the kitchen when a letier is dropped 1n, NEW FEATORES - (F THE FAR Those Who Will Help to| Make the Show a Success. The Lincoln Monument League to Have a Special " Night,” Pure Food to Be One of the Objects. Partioular Precauntions to Be Taken Against Fire, Ample precaution against fire is being taken by the trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute to provide for the safety of those | who will visit the tair during the coming exposition. Arrangements have been made with the Spring Valley Water Works to run a 6-inch main from the high-pres- sure main on Market street to the Pa- | vilion, which will connect with the stand- | pipes all over the building, insuring a flood of water in a moment. In addition | to this a new fire extinguisher is to be | tested to-morrow afternoon at Central | Park. The inventor proposes to ‘give a | practical demonstration of its workings, with the view of having the same adopted as an additional precaution in the Pa- | vilion. | One of the most interesting features of | the fair will be the analyses of food prod- ucts in the model kitchen by W. H, Hollis of the California School of Mechanical | Arts, who has been selected by the man- | agement to make the tests of everything | submitted, and to zive a certificate as re- | gards purity. These demonstrations and | analyses will be conducted daily in plain | view of the audience, and will serve asan object lesson for all who care to know the | purity of such goods as they may pur-| chase. { Tne management have listened to the | request of the Lincoln Monument League i for a special might during the fair, when they can erect a booth and dispose of | their certificates. It is proposed also on | this occasion to invite the Grand Army of | the Republic and to have aspecial pro- | gramme of musical events, short ad-| dresses and a few recitations of patriotic odes, in aadition to the rendition of the descriptive battle piece composed by Bandmaster Rogers, and entitiea *‘The Battle of Gettysburg.”” This was produced at several Grand Army encampments in the Kastern States and awoke great en- thusiasm among all those who heard it. This eccasion will be the first time the piece will be heard in California and it | will be produced on a scale of military | magnificence. 45 Following will be the exhibitors in the fair: Clot & Meese E. 0. Bennett | Charles Moore & Co. Dow Steam Pump Works | Keliance =~team Spe- Onkland iron Works cia ty Co. Union Iron Works Pacific Tool & Supply Co. George Cumming & Co. Washburn & Moen Mfg Dwyer sros Co, Midas “Gold-saving Ma- Parke & Lacey Co. chine Co Joshua Hendy Machine E. v Denniston Works Rosenbolwz Rock Drill Risdon Iron Works g Heald’s Bus ness College Western Flectrical Co. 8. sShotwell Dr. H. G. Young | Miss Katie M. Breen Van Vrcom & Co. Ms. Dr. Treadwell Simonds Saw Co. Wh te Sewing Mchue Co. Bennett Buttonhole Ma- T u ouse & Deloriec: cnine Co. Trenton Iron Works D, M. Osborn & Co. John Sweeny G Tandy Cal. Stump Puller Co. O’Frien & Sons Studebaker Bros.Mfg Co. H. B. Schindler ker & Hum lton McNab & smih . Nichols & Co. kobt Malcoim & Co, n ‘A homas N. Furiong ockton Art PotteryCo. Ohio Foundry Co. Geo. F. Atkinson Thomas C. Butterwor.h Cal, A1t Glass Bending Simplex Mirror Co, and Catting Works P. Hossl & Co. G. A. Herzog . J. Grauman & Co Norih Western Mining. and Inv. Co. Miss A. Wickham Mrs. A. D, Baker | Veronica Min. Water Co. Chocolate kmaulsion Co | Santa Barbara Mineral Bibo, Newman & Iken- ers Pac. Ceast Syrup Co, nd Soap Co. John Loefller Greenebaum & o, Cul, Fruit r.vap. Co. J. P. Forbes & Co. ¥. H. Busby Pacific Congress Springs Tlimaon & Bendel Co. Herrmann & Co. Mercy Medicinal Water Mrs. W. Critcher Adelsdorfer & Branden- . F. Cluft stein W. J. o’Neill Hull, Rogers & Co. Paul Rieger & Co, John H. spuhn Bates & Suydam IX L Tamale Co. Honeymoon Gum Co, L. Becker & Co. B. 7. Babbitt Sherwood & Sherwood ~t. Bernard HerbTea Co.W. D. MeArthur Wilson Bros. rmpire Milling Co. Mansfleld Lovell Helvetis Coudensed Milk Co. Russell Cream Milk Co. Mrs. C. ). Jacobs Mrs. ¥. Worth ngton J.G. Ward & Co. Goluberg. Bowen & Co. Du Val & Carroll ¢. B. Importiug Co. F. & Green'ee & Co. Jullns Wuift Ioward ii. 150 Mrs. 8, C. Rolerts H. Wihilmann D.A. Hopkin Alaska Codfish Co.. A.J.de Lamare Hilvert Bros. Paraffine Paint Co. S._F. rloneer Varnish Weir Filter Co. Works Hail & Co, Williams Gas Regulator Steiger & Kerr Co. James Graham _Gas and Electric Co. stern Acetylens Gas Meapgrum & Otterm, Inc. Ho.brook, Merrlil & Stetson 1 Telescope Coffee-pot Co. W. k. Harmon ‘Aransparent ~hade Co. E. L Marwedel | Co J. Habrie M. Poll and D. Fenai G M. Depew Reversible W indow Co. Chas M. Pum &Co. Miss J. Ginaca Fu da Bros. Buchanan ros. Marsh « Kida Geo, A, Turner i. P. Dexe J.S. Brownell Unlted Typewriter Co. L. H. Moise A. Vau der Nafllen Gliver Typewriter Com- @. 0. Heine & Co. Lamsoa Con. Store Ser- vice C Alien’s Press Clipping Burea L. & M. Alexander & Co. J. Gupzendorfter pany ‘Wyckoff,Seamans & Ben- edict Dempster lzn; Simonton ornemann Polytechnic High School H. &, Crocker & Co., T, k., Miles Dodge Bros. { B Knight G. W. GLenss iohler & Chase S.F. Music Company L. C. Giuus H. Liebes & Co 3. 3. Piister Kuliting Co. Berwin & uassner ison-Guirier Co. McDowell Dressmaking School C Herrmann Compan, Mrs. k. D. Lawrence 1) ¥. Samish Miss k. Mason Ital-Bwiss Agl. Colony ~t. George Vineyard Co. Golden Gate Champagne 3. Dewing Company Company J. R. Hodson Jones & Kennett ¥. H. Bushnell 0. Von Bargen Perley & Calp Lincoln L.vening School Eaith E. Nixon John Swett Grammar s, Miss Rose Marx Calitornia Condensed Juice Company Mis E. Vestey J. W. Madden Payot, Upham & Co Mrs. J. H. Gumore Company California Asso. Cyciing N. J. Herby Ciubs Charles Brown & Son G. Schier J. C. Sala Miss A. M. Brutscher Mish A. K. Corder Zucker Insect Fowder Co W. C. Eiliow a & Co. J. Kames Mr. Bradley B. E. Heuriksen Blackhawk Remedy Co. Y. M. C. A. Woman’s Exchange M. H. de Young. Monitor Fliter Co. K. Maizshita Baker Knameling Co, E. W. Dunn Del Aionte Milling Co GGeorge H. Pennington F. H. Ames Co. San Felipe Tobacco Co. A. J. Glibert William Hilton Western Creamery. Lyuton *prings Mineral Water Co. Croc .er Art School Pacific Ammonia Co, Mrs. Bogle 3, Barr Tuorkish Rug Co. F. A. Plaisied Mra Baver A. Strand A. Keller Bashay & Wood Mme. Hupert Mme. M irchand Uscar L Levy 3. D, Gibbs J.deln Mon anya mith's Cash Store 8. B. Kothenberg New Electric Corporation. The Brooks-Follis Electric Corporation h: ‘been incorporated, with a capital of $25,000, of which stock has been subscribed as follow; James H. Foilis and John W. Brooks, $23 each; Harrison Brooks, Richerd H. Follis and E. A. McInerney, $100 each. On ‘Cremation An address on “Cremation” will be given by Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast, V. G., for the ben- tof the Children's Day homes at St, Mary's ;.;;:ednl next Thursday evening, the 19tn | Josephine Block, which will take place | son, i arrival there were only five white ladies | in the settlement. | surgical operations, 1 I | relations in this city, said: “I am getting | | | | When the men from the White came | A BONANGE 'FROM ALASKA How Dr. Clarence Dickinson | of Kodiak Won Fame and a Bride. 3 J Saved the Lives of Many Sur-| vivors From the Schooner White. Will Be Married To-Day to Miss| JTosephine Block, the Belle of Kodiak. One of the prettiest romances that have come from Alaska reached a happy end- ing in the announcement of the wedding of Dr. Clarence Dickinson and Miss this afternoon from the residence of the | bridegroom’s father, Samuel Dickinson, at Stockton. A little over two ycars ago Dr. Dickin- a young graduate of the Cooper Medical Institate, was sent to Kodiak as physician for the Alaska Fur Company. Societv is perforce very exclusive in Ko- aiak, for at the time of Dr. Dickinson’s Miss Josephine Block, a beautiful bruaette in her seventeenth yeur, was the acknowledged belle of Ko- diak and the young doctor soon suc- | combed to her attractions, Miss Block had admirers many, how- ever, not only on account of her beauty, but because of her social standing in the settlement. She was the daughter of the manager of the Alaska Fur Company at Kodiak, ard on her mother’s side was con- nected with one of the best-known Rus- sian families in Alaska. Two yearsago Dr. Dickinson, from being an obscure young graduate of the Cooper Medical Coliege. suddenly sprang into fame. The schooner White was ship. wrecked and the wretched survivors tramped through miles of ice and snow before they could reach a settlement. They erected temporary shelters of drift- woodd and sometimes slept in the snow. Part of the way was over a plain of snow, right in the teeth of a piercing wind. One man sat down for a few minutes, and as his comrades helped him to rise he feil forward dead. Others fell by the wayside to rise no more, one man went insane and | another was frozen so badly that he could [ not move. | Finally some of the survivors reached | an Indian village, and a party of Alas- | kans, under the guidance of a Russian | priest, started out to carry relief to the | helpless siragglers. Later on the sur- vivors were taken on board the little schooner Lesnoi, and were taken to Wood Island, where they were vplaced under the care of Dr. Dickinson. The young doctor was totally unpre- pared for the advent of sevenieen men, many of them blorribiy frostbitten, with | linbs that needed instant amputation. He had not the necessary instruments, neither had he assistants to helpin the Without an instant’s delay, however, he set to work to impro- | vise insiruments from knives and other | weapons that were at_hand &nd took off | arms, legs, fingers and tees with a skill | and tenderness that won him the grati- tude ana admiration of his unexpected patients. One of the patients, writing home to his the finest treaiment in the land. Don't worry.” The successful way in which the doctor carried his patients through the danger, and his skill in averting operations not absolutely necessary, won him words of | praise from physicians twice his years. down to the Sound they made a hero of “our doctor,” and to this day Dr. Clar-| ence Dickinson is the best-known phyai- cian in Alaska. The way in which her admirer rose to the emergency in the White disaster was | father at Stockton and to-day the wedding | | lew days for Alaska with his bride. not lost upon Miss Josephine Block. Dr. Dickinson soon became the favored suitor, and although the young lady was sent to school at the Sacrea Heart Conventin Oakland intimate friends of the family knew that the two young people were en- | gaged. This summer Dr. D.ckinson came to visit his family in California. A day | or two ago Miss Biock leit her conventand went 10 the residence of Dr. Dickinson’s | will take place very auietly. | Dr. Dickinson, who is a nephew of Dr. W. L. Dickinsen of ths City, will sall ina COUNTERFEIT BRANDS, Steps Taken to Preserve the Reputa- tion of American Made Goods. Collector of the Port Jackson was notified Thursday by the Secretary of the Treasury in a circular not to admit any article of | foreign manutacture purporting to have { been manufactured in the United States. | The following is a copy of the circular: To the officers of customs and others. The attention of officers of the customs and others is invited to the following pro- vision of section 11 of the act of July 24, 1897. | Section 11. That no article of imported mer- chandise which shall copy or simulate the name or trademark of any domestic manu- ture or manufacturer, or which shall bear a nume or mark which' is caicuiated to induce the public 1o believe that the article is manu- | factured in the United States shall be admit- | ted to entry at any custom-house of the | United States. And in order to aid the officers | | of the customs in enforcing this prohibi- tion, any domestic manufacturer Wwho has adopted trademarks may require his name and residence and a description of | his trademarks to be recorded in buoks which shall be kept for that purpose in the Depart- | ment of the Treasury, under such regulations | as the Sscretary of the Treasury snall pre- | scribe, and may furnish to the depariment fac- similes of such trademarks, and thereupon ‘ the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitied | to each collector or other proper officer of the | customs. | The owner of such trademarks must | make affidavit, certified to- by a notary | public or other officer entitled to admin- | ister oaths, and having a seal. These will | be recorded and no fees will be charged | therefor. i FOR TOE MEN [N GRAY. Earnest Preparations for thei Letter-Carriers’ Big Convention, Co-Operating Generously With the | | | | Citizens Alive to the Importance of | Entertainment Committee. | The letter-carriers are drilling three times a week under the supervision of | Lieutenant Finley, for the purpose of | making a good appearanc: the day of | their parade—September 6. Postmasters | from Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, accompanied by their corps of assistants and the letter-carriers of those cities, will participate in the parade. All the letter- carriers of this city will be in line in new | uniforms and new military caps that have | just been adopted. The Mayor has signified his intention of participating in the parade, as well as many other prominent citizens, the Post- master, W. W. Montague, and his staff of | officers. The committee on wines and funds are now out ampngz the business houses and | report good progress, as none know bet- ter than tne business community that no | body of people can advertise a State bet- ter than the “‘men in gray.” | The State Board of Trade has appointed | a special committee to aid the carriers in | every possible way, in fact the commercial | bodies are doing all they possibly can to assist this convention and make 1t an honor to San Francisco and the State of | California. | The executive committee consists of | Frank E. Smith, chairman; Conrad Tril- | ber, secretary; Thomas C. Finnegan, trea- | surer; R. M. Roche, J. 8. Sullivan. | g o Divorce Litigants Startled. Judge Hebbard of Department 4 of the Supe- rior Court has made a new rule that will star- tle those who are particularly interested in divorce litigation. The notice reads as fol- lows: “No default divorce cases will ba heard in this department of the court unless the same have appeared upon the printed calen- dar of the Law Journal for a period of at least three days.”” NEW TO-DATY. ARE YOU GOING TOKLONDIKE It requires two kinds of capital to make this venture. The man who goes through must have strength and nerve as well as money. | Money will not carry you through and hardship. Strength will count then. left behind; poor, weak constitutions will give out, and the hardy, well-developed man is sure to win. Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt. This is an electric life-giver. tutions. strong by this famous Belt. leaving on the Excelsior a few weeks ago. Men are made manly by it. It saturates the nerves and muscles with animal magnetism, which is the force that builds up weak consti- Many who have already started on this trip have been made It is a wonderful life-giver, and no man | who is doubtful of his physical vigor should go without it. Will Make You Strong. After you have worn a Dr. Sanden Electric Belt for a few weeks you will be fit for the greatest hardships. “] was a physical wreck three years ago and was cured by Dr. Sanden’s E'ectric Belt. Iam now 52 years old, but am going to the Klondike and exnect to hold my own with younger men,” said L. L. JACCARD, a former 3an Leandro jeweler, before Read about itin Dr. Sanden’s book, “Three Classes of Men,”’ sent free, sealed, by mail. SANDEN ELECTRIC CO Office Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.; Sundays, 10 to 1. 204 South Broadway, 253 Washington street, Portland, Or.; 935 Sixteenth street, Denver, Col NOTE,—Make no mistake in the number—€& 3= MARKET STRE! the long weeks of exposure to cold‘( There will be stragglers Call or address 632 Market Street, Opposits =y Palace Hotel, San Fun’é‘l’:co. Los Angeles; | Make note of it i anm % % % % | i % More Trouble for the Shoe-Dealers All San Francisco knows what bargains we have been giving during our Tan Shoe Sale. Now, commencing to-morrow, we will start in on A Sale of lack Shoes! | 3 Q E % B % We will close them out at the same low prices we have been selling our Tan Shoes. We don’t care what price you want to pay, we can fill your order. If our shoes are not worth twice what you pay for them return them and we will refund your money,wilh your streetcar fare both ways. Thus wemakeitall in yourfavor—youhave nothing to lose and everything to gain. We \\’ill_l’gr_alyze the Shoe Market for 30 Days at Least. We have the shoes and we pro- pose to sell them. And the quickest way to do this is to sell them for less than half what you have been paying at other stores. Every pair of shoes will be marked in plain figures. Call early before the day’s rush starts in. | : 20 EXTRA SALESMEN WANTED AT ONCE! We Have No Braneh Stores. NOLAN BROS. SHOE Co.,, PHELAN BUILDING. % 812-814 Market Street, S.F. 0000000000 000000 0000000000 00000 Q0V0000 000000 00TTTT GVVIVVV0VV 00V 000000 000000 0VVVVVITTVVTATACOC 000000 g 3 % § REFEREE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Y VIRTUK OF TWO DECREES OF THE Superfor Court fo and for the City and County of San Francisce, Stae < Calliornia (Department No. 10), the first of which decrees was made and is dated the 224 day of Novewber, 1895, and the second of which decrees was made and is dated the 25th day of June, 1597, and both of which de- were made and entercd in an action fng uperior Court, wherein Adam Graat is plainiift ana Danlel T. Murphy and others are de- feudants, being case No. 49,033 in the said court, the undersigned, who was by sald court appointed referee in said action, will sell ai public auction, | atthe auction-rooms of 6. 0. Umbsen & Co., 14 Hontgomery St., fn safd City and County of San traacisco, on | Thursday, (he 2d day of September, A. D. 1597, at 12 o'clock noon of that to the hichest b dder for cash in lawful money of the United States, d subject o confirmation by sald court, all tha rtal 107, piece or parcel of land situate, lylng and being in the City snd County of San Frane giseo, State of California, and bounded and par- ticularly described as follows, 10 wit: Commenciag at 4 point where the northerty line of Bush streat 1s intersected by the easteriy line of Sansome siree:; running thence easterl v along th northerly line ot Hush sireet one hundred and thirty (187) feet and six (6) luches: thence al right angles northerly d parallel with Ban- reme street one hupdred and thirty-seven (187) gles hun- dred and thirty-seven (157) feet and six (6) inches, a0d 1o the easierly side of Sa thence southeriy aioug the easterly side of Sa- somestreet. oué bundrea and (hirty-seven (137) feel and'six (6) 1nches (o the polnt of com mence- ment: together witn the bulidings and improve- ments thereon. 7 he purc haser shall take the sald lot subject to the right of Joho F. McCauley and Henry Thorn- ton Templeton, their heirs and assigns, to 036 the brick wall along.the norther.y line of suid |0t here- in described as & pariy wall. Terms and conaliions of sale—Cash fnlawful money of the United States of America; t*n per rems of the purchase price 10 be paid 10 (he ref- eree on ihe duy of sale, when the lot is knocked down 10 the purchaser, ani the balan. e on con: firmation of said sale by sald court. Dated Sen Francisco, Cal., Juiy 1, 1 GUSTAVE H. UMBESE DR. WONG WOO, HINESE PHYSICIAN AND surgeon, graduate of the most famous medical coliege in China. bas practiced his profession in San “¥rancisco for over twenty years with warked success. Thou- sands of patients t sklil and knowledge, medicines used. Ao minera: cures, not attempis to core, I matism. Paraiysis, Piles, ep- - sia, Consumption. Astima, Erighi's and all Kid- ney Diseases, Biinaness. Heart Disease. Diseases of the Inroat, Cancer, Tumors and Biood and Sk'n Diseases, Male aud female maladies suc- cessively treated and cured. Cousultation free Oftice, 776 Clay st, wherhe may be consuited ag any tme during the day or evening. Hours—9:30 to 114 x,1:30t0% 7109 P. 20 \» A