The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1897, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DEATH I VILE CHINESE CICARS Dr. Hart Traces the Danger- ous Manufacture of Many Brands. A Report of Filthy and Disease- Propagating Methods of Imitation. The Doctor Asks That W. H. Tobin Be Appointed Inspector of the e Deadly Traffic. Dr. Henry H. Hsrt, member of the Board of Health, will present the follow- ing startling communication at one of the coming meetings of the board: £ FRANCISCO. Aug. 19, 188 Board of Heaith—G Wy ilvestigations into of sanitation by the pro s ana inmates of the Chinese iaun tries I have found it mecessary (o inaugurate s new departure and 1o take upon mysci the the interests of good healtn, 3 vour honorable board, to thor- hly investigate ‘he condiiion of the mauy inese cigar factories in the heart or our To the Honor T) While T was tolerably acquainted with their condition prior to my 1nspection I but liitle realized what a source of contagion—absolute defiance of health and sanitation—would un- fold itself as my res eeded. I can nardly believe that in a city such as San Fran- cisco considers herself to be, in a common- wealth ¢ d of most intelligent citi- v 1 any American community, fiving disense, zealously propagated, can exist in our iders the great umber umptive and syphilitic help engaged in | e of so-called Cuban and Key and then actuaily sees these peo- When one co ple, in the last steges of their -lisease, biting off ‘the stems of ¢ to improve their ap- pearance, one stops again to wonder under tem we are living ¢ of our smoking popu- we their salvation from two of the aded diseases known to mankind. I can assure you that it is no pleasant task we 10 call this, and that which is to fol- your attention, but the lives of our in. uts and that of their posterity is men- -d by one of the greatest eviis that any city d to contend with. ted by luspector William M. Tobin, I ny of the principal cigar factories town and on the outskiris thereof at the day in order to thor- . myself with the systems in of the help. As stated side by ¢ workmen enzaged in a:l essary to the final comple- Nor is thisall. Laborers | .pioms of cancer and skin | d eigars in & manner en a first cursory ex- that here was to be as dangerous as i what kind of a social The water bore evidences, in the bottom of each bowl, of enjc inucd use, waile the bowls themselves seemed to deny any contact | with ordina!y cleansing appliances. Chines3 with rare abandon bit off the ends rolled the end to be smoked in to improve their appearance ompleted or to facilitate and aid the cigar presses 1u their future work. The stumps bilten ofi were deposited upon the floors until an sccumulatior sitated the sweeping of same into large sacks, w ch, I was trankly in- formed, were afterward sold in Chinatown to be used in the man of cheap eigars, consider how mauy thousands of bacilli iere to these stumps when bitten off and how many more were swept into the filthy sacks. Future smokers at each indr nhale & sufficient number of tuberc pread of consumpti m the germs of syp I diseases. Foul-smeill ves generousiy used s to mold cigar-ends to- g00d appearance or to enfold the erly by a_ leaf previously spraved aud saliva. This paste, composed ngredie iy but vag of B and the poor. or the cheap laborer, absorb course of ed with eases, the of which is puzziing alike both Lo the P t &nd physiciap. One of the most dangerous vractices noticed was the common use of dirty clothes and un- clean receptacles for holding leaf and filler tobacco prior toits use in cigar form. The filthy bags used were sostuined hy the rav- ages of time and the accumulution of filth that it was &n impossibility to determine with eny execiness what was the original color of the goods composing them. It is hardly necessary for me o say what effect a combination of filth &nd its attendant bac- teria will ultimately have upon a human being. > 0If barrels were used with good effect to sosk dirty tobacco stems and other tobacco refuse in order to change the color of the water to a dark hue and to impregnate it with dendly nicotine. When this water has at- tained the desired hue and strength light- colorcd-leaf tobacco is indiscriminately de- posited therein to color ii the rich deep brown s0 muci sou:ht after by the deluded cigar en- thusiast. After this process the tobacco is Iaid upon foul-smefling ficors to dry, which floors, let it be undaerstood, bear evidences of ~onstaut expectoration by the Chinese help and is_otherwise in an unfit condition for even & human being to be upon. In a number ses 1 have seen tobacco leaves lying upon eisfof lavatories and upon the side- e and 10 walks to d Tobacco es are washed in sinks com- * other and more disgusting pur- voses, tue only idea veing, 1t seems to me, is to produce the greatest number of cigars com- | ible with the slightest inconvenience and regard for hesith. i In many cizar factories the laborers sleep and eat in the same rooms in which the Cigars ured, payi: g not the siightest re- e passed by the City au- and made compulsory upon the pro- and help of -white companics. The d_ health regulations, enforced witkout partial business blocks, the- ntlers and private residences in this City, are in thiese factories totsily and willfuily ignored. Returning to the meking of cigars I desire to say that imitationsof the best imported and domestic cigars are manufactured in'Chi- natown filthy es. They possess r nd the center of tifies to their genuineness, pus: the sale of such olation of the trademark s. These cigars, while u grade to the commonest e, nevertheless. packed in quarters and handied by unccan workmen. for the sbatement of this on of sffairs aud for the suture suvervision of these establishments is to detdil an inspector, without relief from his regular duties, to undertake & constant and weekly inspection of same. It is necessary that the quuriers be thoroughly overhauled, whitewashed and plumbing placed ina sani- 1 condition. The mouth spray shoud be reremptotily abolished and prohibited by law. The soaking of tob.cco leaves in filthy water shouid ve condemz , Uniess the same is fre- 7 v changed and before it becomes a men- ace toihe life und hesith of the future smoker. The method of drsi ves upon floors axd sidewatks should no!, in auy case, be permit- tzd, but proper pans or racks shouid be or- d. The help shonid be compelled to sleep 1e and 1Ot in the Tooms in which ranufactured. The purc-air reguls siiould be rigorousiy enforced and the Y v ventilation demanded. In order that official action by your honor- able budy may be taken in the premises with- out uunecessary deiay I submit the follow: inz: WHEREAS, After a thorough inspection it Das been found that the establishments in natown wherein cigars are made and 0 prepered 10T use &re in An unsanitary tion and the cigars so manufactured argze-ous to ths Leaitn of the smokers thercof and A men to life; and whereas, it has heen 10und necessary lo appoilt an iuspecior of Health Department to give that quarter, wherein cigars arc manufactured by Chinese, constant attention and special iuspection; be it Resolved, By the Board of Health that Wil lism H. Tobin be appointed inspector foF that rolled arc mak nd_copyri oI el gars are ewl petition the district without relief from his regular duties, and that he shall furthermore Ilffl"a the en- tire charge and imspection thereof. o2 PeCiENRY H. HanT, M.D, LAST OF THE KLONDIKE FLEET. The Gasoline Schoover Bessie K Will Get Away This Morning. The gasoline schooner Bessie K did not get away or the Klondike last night. Owing to the crowd around the vessel the deckload coul! not be properly lashed, 8> she was taker to Sausalito, where tu:e work will te completed and an early start made this morning. The yacht ElI Sueno, once the pride of the Encinal Yacht Club, occupies a part of the deck of ine Bessie K. She has been transformed into a steam launch, and would not be recognized as the fleet and preity boat that skimmed the waters ot the bay. Caplain Stannard expects to reach St. Michael in about sixteendays. Onarrival there the expedition will be transferred to the El Sueno, and she will endeavor to proceed up the Yukon to Dawson City. She will tow a metallic lifeboat, which will contain a year's supplies. In the event of the yacht being unable to pro- ceed up the river the balance of the jour- ney will be made in the lifeboat. Wiliiam Coffe of San Francisco, an en- zineer and miner, will be captain of the El Sueno, assisted by William Bray of Alameda, an experienced sailor. The rest of the crew consists of Charles Kane, a miner; F. Bonner, an_enginee: Humphrey, a stndent; S. Young, an en- gineerand miner; Bailey Terrill, a stu- dent, and F. Do little, a carpenter and house builder. Tnere will be about twenty people on the Bessie K, but these eight men constitute the Ei Sueno party. The promoters of the company, who are residents of Alameda, together with Com- modore Leonard ot the Encinal Yacht Club, have spent §16,000 in fitting up the expedition and purchasing supplies. There are sufficient supplies to last two vears and the expedition is one of the best and most complete in point of equip- has yet ment - that left this City for Alaska. ON SOUTHERN HEIGHTS, Improvements on ‘‘Scotch Hill” | » Are Deemed an Urgent Necessity, The Residents Now Make Their Wants Known Through the Medium of the Club, “Scotch Hill,” or in the vocabulary of | the district **Southern Heights,” through | its Improvement Club, has come to the front with a long list of necessities, which are termed “improvements’’ when placed on file in the archives of the clerk’s office of the Board of Supervisors. This list when segregated into items would embody the following list of im- provements which the residents on that southern summit deem necessary for their comfort: A chemical engine stationed on the brow of the heights. As it is now there is no fire-engine within a mile of Southern Heights, and it was decided by the club to Fire Commissioners for a chemical engine, to be stationed in the vicinity of Twentieth and Connecticut streets. To accomplish this ooject J. W. Feit, A. Raymond, R. D. Scott and James Glackin were appointed a committee on this matter. Following this comes the demand for a school building. Itis claimed that there are 150 children of school age deprived of an education because there is noaccom- modation for them in any of the schoo's on the Potrero division. And even those children who are provided with school accommodation have to go a aistance of two miles to the Irving Scott School, on the eastern bluff of the Potrero Heights, clo<e to the water's edge. Street improvements have of late been obtained, and as a consequence the Super- visors have acted on the petition of the Improvement Club and recommended grading and sewering on Minnesota street, netween Nineteenth and Twentieth, and Iowa street, between Tiwenty-second and ‘Twenty-third. The graaing of Iowa street, from Twenty- second to Twenty-third, will be com- menced to-morrow. This wili afford many laborers employment for several months, 25,000 and 30,000 cubic yards of as between 2: earth required will be taken from the hill at Twentieth and Kentucky streets. Mariposa street, from Mississippi to Kentucky, seven blocks, i< to be macadam- ized, curbed and sidewalked. The work of grading, curbing and mac- adamizing Railroad avenue, from Eight- eenth avenue south to the County line, 1s alm. st completed, and will in the course of a few weeks be turned over to the City. Seventeenth street, from Potrero avenue to Mississippi street, a distance of thirteen blocks, is to be graded and macadamized. This improvement will give an outlet from the Mission to Southern Heights and the Potrero. GOING TO West of Castro-Street Improvement Club Loses Its Chairman for a Year. The West of Castro-street Improvement Club met in Judson’s Hall, Twenty-third and Douglass streets, Friday night. There was a large attendance. The chairman, Captain R. W, Anderson, tendered his resignation, but it was re- fused and ne was granted one year’s leave of absence to enable him to go to ihe Klondike goldfields. As there had been complaints made apout School Superintendent Webster ana Deputy Superintendent Stone being un- friendly toward the establishment of a school in the distriet, W. J. Dixon of the committez on :c.ools reported that he had interviewed both :entlemen, who were heartily in favor of the project, as there were more than enough children in the district to necessitate the erection of schooi buildings. The ciub placed itseli on record as favoring the $1 tax limit, except in regard to money fur school purposes, and in- dorsed tie proposed park and zoological wardens for the Mission, but left the se- lection of the site to the Board of Super- visors. KLONDIKE. ———————— SHANGHAI COOLIE RIOT. Five Thousand Wheclbarrow Men Created Confusion for Five Days. Mr. Koford of London, whose father and grandiather were pilots at Shanghai in the days when it was a Jucrative business, is at the Occidental with his wife, having arrived bere.yesterday by the Coptic on his way nome. He went to Shanghai last October to take possession of and settle an_estate left to him, and during his stuy witnessed last May the gresat coolie riots in which 5000 wheel- barrow men, who do all the trefficking in Snangbai, participated for five daysand finally obtained xfle concess'on for which they went on strike. The European resi- dents were fearful during the disturbance. Had they been determined, says Mr. Koford, they could have sujpressed the riot. The rioters subsided on condition imposed by the authorities that their terms be granted for three months. At the expiration of that time recently another riot was generally expected, but the coolies remained submissive. ————— Surrendered Himself. T. Stanton, clerk in Price’s bookstore, for whose a:r>st a warrant was issued Friday by Judge Joachimscn on the charge of libel pre- lensd h«-‘l’ hPr nl;e D;{eenn A. E. Lucas, sur- rendered himself at +he City Prison yesterday. He was released on $500 bonds. ! % HALE BROS, RSN You Are Pretty are benefited. it. want you to stay with us. SO SPECIAL SELLING OF THE NEWEST IN BLACK A\ 53 NEW TO-DAY—A case of Black Broche Mobalr Sultings, in mediom a:d small designs, 42 inches wide. Price. ARRIVED — 40 pieces Black ancy Granite Sviting, all small de- slzns, 40 inches wide. Price JUST NEW ON THE COUNTER — Black Crepe Suitings, 42 inches wide, smail, na. figures of mobair on 1ncy crepe zronnds. To be sold at old tarif? prices. B VERY NEW-—Blac: Figured Armures, a fine. heavy fabric with black mo- hair fizures, comes 1 medium de- si<ns and i3 44 inches wide. lot must cost more. ... FIRST SHOWING—Bla a beautiful satin-finished cioth with small pattern woven over the sur- $38880002000000000202882.0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-C-0-0-0-O 43 4488880000000000002008 Safe Buying Here. We have no desire to trade our goods for your money unless you THINK THIS OVER. Your money back with- out question if you’d rather have We are here to stay, and we We’ll both be bettered by the doing so. DRESS GOODS OLD TARIFF PRICES 50° ! HALE EBROS. I N AUGUST 22, 1897. HALE BROS. ! 0000000010000 C.0CO0.C0 Co.C.0.CI0.0. COC.0C0) HALE BROS. 1 222209900499222222222242 0.0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-04-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- O 1 18 S 45 15 554888 WESTERN TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY RE- CEIVING GOODS FOR HALE BROS. (lncorporated). Pr the The above scene took place just before the hand of tariff fell and explains why UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES now. ® 1000 0'0'00CI0.C0CCC0 CI00 0000000000000 00000000 00000000000 0000C000000 0000000 b SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 2 PRI the ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® [COCO000CI000CO00CO0000000000000CCIO0000000) 0000000000000 0000C000COO0C00C0CIC00000C0] DOMESTICS. WOOL Loom cunning never EIDER- evolved a more luxi- DOWNS. rious weave. Pienty of welcome colors. Largest as- sor ment wesi of Chicago. $4 9BC yards wide. Fancy stripes. £ rice. . S Yard A _VERY EXTRA QUALITY— 3-4 wide. This you should ex- amine. See now the rich, soft surface mellows the Lints. Prices..... .....40c, 50c and (See show windows.) 60° Yort | FY ANNEL- Light colors. The B0 ETTES price s Impres < 6OC| siveiylow..... s (O Yard 75°¢ Yard | $1 Unbleached, extra v . beavy, our 10c quality. Special.. ¢ ORGANDIES The summer yet ahead of AND DOTTED SWISS. us, but our time to sell, the 1234c lines. All (¢ 00| &R z Yard Yard | LACE Nottingham Lace, (50 CURTAT 3yardslong white 3 and ecru 2 Pair $120 face, 42 inches wide, very heavy. 314 yards long, very swell pat- $] .25 Present price.. . Yara | ueros, white and ecru — HALE'S HIBIT Of NEW BLACK DRESS < GOODS is a matchless collection on this coast. | Fish-Net Lace Curtains, 3% yards $1.7.. Our leadership 1s plainly shown. Not alone | long, white and ecr e of black goods, but out of foreizn cases are | . Pair tumbling hunareds of novelties in colors. We — invite a looking of them over. They are tempt- | Very Special—A new line of Flsh- $c). 50 ingly priced, but none are urged to buy. nét and Nottingham Lace Cur- Q& —— SRS Sl e el AINAS W ADA 6CTIL o Jotayeseess Fair 2 patterns in Now Cream mbroidered Flannels, | TINSELED 8 shades, 30 inches ] ()C inst come to the counter, aristucratic siyles. | DRAP SRY. wide, an art ex- prices 5 to $1.50 yard. hibiion of cheapness. ............ Yard Yard | 10c Each. Value 15¢ and 20c. 150 dozen HANDKER- CHIE samples,” Ladjes’ Swisy Embroidered, edges A chance that happens about once a year. , want and gev about three ¥ yards for one, regular odds and ends of No. 2 Moire and Nos. 5 and 7 Casbmere and Satinand G. G.. 9C all sil<. former prices e, 81zc and R 10c. Remember, oad shades. Special Yard MBROIDERY BARGAINS—We have just receivea by express a lot of manufacturer's odds and ends of Em- broidery. made up in remnants of about 5 yar s each, a donble money’s See them, widths 2 10 4 5°¢ | Yard | 9rc 25 Each KID GLOVE:! 3-clasp, extra nne quality, in re greens, blues, 1.25 tans. browns and grays, warranted — and fitted. Price........ Pair WRAPPERS—Dark colors, sizes 34 49°¢ Each 9.50 front Jackets. bound seams. pleated €L —— back, sizes 32 10 40, were $350. Now Each 1 (INCORPORATED] 1937-945 Market Street, i SAN FRANCISCO. “Drummer’s | scalloped | CLOAKROOM BARGAINS—Continued &1 5 ooI | | | | | | | | | | | | ALL-LINEN SUITS — Fly - front Jacket, extra full skirt. ... 95 Suit SKIRTS-Just received, colors “reen, brown, purple, red, blue, old rose. Prices range.. | | MOREE Each HOUSE FURNISHINGS. It's worthy things at prics moderate s thal has wade here In a vast business. short season ENAMELED DRI 58 AMELED BaS iucnes iong | BRI HEEHR N 00000000-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-0040-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0$244.0£220202999000 993999 Soon Strengthen Under the new tariff, but never a penny more to pay here than the actual obliged to pay. TACK-HAMMERS, ladies’ pride, pol- Z e L S P Eheh 5o | LADIES NATURAL ~WOOL UN- sach Ba DERWE AR, heavy qunlity plain and 750 SCRU NG ’ b shrap:d shirts, silk-bonzd neck and B e i hes bo | front, drawers o match, all sizes.....Garment h“?h’;f“. = ehes LADIES' WOOL UNDERWEAR, Jer- gray. vests H. N. L. S., silk front, crochet neck, arawers to mateh’ ()()C French make, button on side. New ¢ sall price......... B . Garmeut Catalogue for fall will September. HALE BROS. ] NeeeN B ices Must that are We gather with least waste possible. OLD 28 CES STILL RULE and the 23 increase we A L L L LR wisest are stocking up, anticipating rise sure to come, SN ik BLACK DRESS GOODS, Bargains New as the Morning. 1000 DOZEN KNIT UNDERWEAR, for Ladies and Children, Fall and Winter Weights. INTRODUCTION OF NEW FALL AND WINTER UNDERWEAR BY SPECIAL PRICES. v ribbed, colors pink, black and ' ALL-WOOL UNDERWEAR, | colors pink, red. black, | R R | white and n; LN LS. @125 | silk_front, drawers ob | = UNDERWEAR. | it oo Snde i snel 2 | = Special prices to start the selling: | LADIES' NATURAL GRAY WOOL CHILDREN'S NATURAL GRAY AND UNDFKRWEAK, heavy quaiity, plain CAMELHATIR WOOL-MIXED l'\‘n}:l(»i aud shaped, vesis H. N.' L. 5. slik- £()C W KA R—hirts silk-bound neck and fropt, bound neck and front, drawers to < pants to mazen (no drawers); sizes 16 10 26 match. Price. eeeee..Garment oo | Sizes... 16 18 20 22 26 — oo ONEITA UNION SUITS, but- o Prices. 3c 8c 13c 18c 23c 28c in nawral gray and 4EC obo F.gyptian cotton, heavy quality, H. N. 3 2 T 2 cases CHILDRE\'S NATURAL GRAY 1.8, ankielengtl, all sizea. Special Each RIBBED UNyERWEAR—Heavy quality, L T PP =8 Jersey ribbed and tieeced, shirt siik-bouad —_— o neck and front, pants to match. Sizes.. 16 18 20 22 24 MAIL ORDERS o Carefully and promptly executed. The new be ready early in 1f you want a copy ask for it WE PAY THE POSTAGE. 2909999 24500000 SUPERVISORS NUST ANSWER Judge Wallace Overruled Their Demurrer Yes- terday Afternoon. Holds That He Has Jurisdiction to Try the Defend- ants, Attorneys G. W. Schell, W. T. Baggett and Garret McEnerney Were Heard in the Argument. Judge Wallace of the Superior Court listened to argument yesterday in the case of George K. Fitch against the Board of Supervisors. The action was instituted 1o remove the defendants from office, on tlie ground that they were guilty of mal- feasance because they failed to fix the water rates for the City and County of San Franecisco during the month of Feb- ruary, as required by the constitution of the State and statures passed subsequently in pursuance thereof. A demurrer was filed to the complaint by Garret W. McEnerney on behalf of the Supervisors, claiming that the complaint did not state facts sutficient to constitute cause of action, and that, further, the court had no jurisdiction over the subject matter of the acticn. The action was brought under section 1, article X1V, of the constitution of tie State and under section 8 oi the act of March 7, 1881, providing for the fixing of water rates by Boards of Supervisors witnin the month of February, and de- claring neglect or failure to do so to be malfeasance in office. Now, the present Board of Supervisors dia not fix the water rates in Febraary last, nor until some months Iater, and the present care is a test case brought by the veteran editor. In presenting his argument supportine his demurrer, Mr. McEnerney stated four reasons for asking for a dismiusal of the complaint; first, that the action should have been brought'in the name of the peo- ple of the State of California; second, that malfeasance in office being designated as an infamous crime, it must be prose- cuted by indictment or information; third, that the water iates having been regu- larly fixed before July 1, the beginning of another fiscal year, no one was hurt by the delay; and, therefore, the complain- ant wes not an interesied party; lourth, that the con t tution provided for the fix- iug of the water rates durinz the month oi February, ‘*‘where necessary,” while the statute under which this action was vrought made it compulsory for the board to fix the rates during the month of Feb- ruary, without saying anything about *‘where necessary,” and that on this ac- count the statute was unconstitutional. Attorney William T. Baggett and George W. Schell represented Mr. Fitch, and argued that the law declaring that the rates should be fixed in February is mandatory, and was passed for good and sufficient reason. Failure to fix the rates within the time specitied is set down as a malfeasance and punished by the re. moval of theoffenders from office upon the suit of a citizen. Mr. Fitch is an interested party, claimed the attorneys, for he had to purchase water and he had to purchase itat the vrice fixed by the Supervisors. “A mere negleet is cause enongh,’ argued Mr. Schell. *It is not for the court to say what is malfeasance.” At the nclusion of the argument Judge Wallace decided that he had juris- | diction to try the case, and ordered !holmomw. demurrer overruled. The Supervisors were given until next Thursday to answer the complaint, and Friday tue cass will be set for trial. RAN HIM DOWN, C. C. Hilton, the Complaining Witness in a Case, After Two Years’ Vigi- lance Captures the Defendant. David Ring, who says he is an insurance agent, was arrested yesterday afternoon and booked at the City prisén on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. In October, 1896, Ring called upon C. C. Hilton, an vmploye in the mail service, at his rooms, 328 Ellis street, and soid he had been sent by Mr. Merrill, a friend of Hil- ton, to get him to insure in a Cnicago accident company of which he was agent. Hilton had been 1n a train wreck a short time previous and agreed to take out a $2000 policy. He paid Rine $16 premium and received a receipt, Ring promising to iet him have the policy in ten days. When Hilton saw his friend Merrill the latter told bim he did not know Ring. Hilton after waiting some weeks wrote to the company in Chicago, and received a reply that Ring was not connected with the compuny, and to have him arrested. Hilton swore out a warrant for Ring’s arrest, but it was not till yesterday that he saw bim again. He met him on Bush and Dupont streets and chased him to California street, where he overtook him and held him till Policeman Clark appeared. EXCEEDED ITS POWER. The Supreme Court Passes Adversely Upon a Superior Court Order. The Supreme Court, in a long opinion rendered yesterday, decided that depart- ment 9 of the Superior Court of this City exceeded its power in making an order in the matter of the estate of Harry Gardiner de Greayer. Septimus de Greayer, under the will of Harry’s father, was appointed general guardian of the person and estate of theson, who is a minor. It will be remembered that De Greayer was killed seven or eight years ago by a park police- man named Harper in_Golden Gate Park while, according to Harper’s statement, he was attempting to shoot the officer. The estate;is in the process of adminis- tration, and under the will the ward is to receive a large sum of money, which was deposited by the guardian with the Cali- fornia Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Upon the distribution of the fund the zuardian was required to give 2 bond in double the amount of the fund, and an order was made that the money be trans- ferred on the books of the trust company to the petitioner’s account as guardian. But in addition to this the Superior Court Judge, upon his own motion, made a further order that said moneys ‘“be held by said California Safe Daposit and Trust Company subject to the order of this (Su- perior) court and be’paid out only as authorized by this court.’”” It was contended by the petitioner that the last order constituted an infringement upon his rights as guardian, which was beyond the power of the court, and that tue order was void. The Supreme Court takes the same view of the maiter and Justice Van Fleet says: It is obvious ata glance that the effect of the order is and mamfestly wes 8o intended, to deny to and deprive petitioner, as guardian, of the possession and control of such fund, and to tbut extent of the possession and con- trol of the estate of his ward. * * * The or- der in question has the cffect to deprive the guardian of this right and to practically place the custody and control of the funain the hands of the court, exclusive of the guardian. Such an order is without doubt in excess of the power of the court and vo.d. ———————— For Stealing Milk. Charles Rosner, who made a iiving by steal- ing milk from the doorsteps of hotses in the Western Addition in the early morning aud seliing it, was yesterday sent to the Couniy Jail by Judge Low for sixty days. The charge against hiu was petty lnceng. He was ar- rested early Friday morning by Policeman e Lo Ran Over a Boy. Hart. Cord Wetjen, who was a candidate for Tax Collector at last election, appeared in Judge Low’s court yesterday to answer a charge of battery. While driving along Folsom street Friday night he knocked down Arthur Rosen- f"' a boy, who fortunately was not seriously njured. The case wes continued until to- FOOTBALL MEN LEASE A LOT Berkeley and Stanford Se- cure New Athletic Grounds. On Eighth Street, Near Harri- son, and Suitable for Baseball, To Be Fitted With 8500 Seats and to Be Ready for the Season’s Games, The athletic managers of the University of California and of Stanfora University vesterday leased for two years the large vacant lot on Eighth street, between Fol- com and Harrison. It will be immedi- ately converted into athletic grounds, where all the college football and baseball games will be plaved. There this year’s great Thanksgiving match will be decided, and there ‘all the earlier contests of the coming football season will be neld. Grand stands and boxes are to be built for the accommodation of 8590 spectators, 3000 of whom will have covered seats as a protection from possible rain on the day of the great contest of the season. The intention is to make the place in every way a model recreation ground. The lease was taken out by the two uni- versity football managers and T. P. Rob- inzon, acting for a stock company not yet mentioned, but largely controlled by Mr. Robinson. The preparation of these or some other grounus was made necessary by the exciu- sive engagement of the old Central Park zrounds by the managers of the coast chamyionship baseball tournament now in progress and drawing such large crowds that the universities could have little bope of securing th: grounds for the eariy football zames or for the Thanksgiving match. The lease was finally made yesterday forenoon after several weeks of parleying on the part of the college men. The con- tract calls for seats for 8500 persons and covers the use of the grounds by the uni- versities for two seasons. The first football game of the college season will be pluved on the new grounds on October 5. The proprietors have re- served the right to rent the grounds on such days as they are not to be used by the universities. Probably many or all of the minor teams will also play their games on the new grounds, as the ar- rangement and prices at Central Park are ! practically prohibitive. | Although no arrangements have yet been made for the accommodation in this City of the two big Eastern baseball series of games, ‘it is likely that the will play on the new field: Lo FevEh ddte i SOCIETY. [Conténued from Page Twenty-sixth.) Fooiem; Faunie Nellie Conar; Walker, Miss ks, Miss gopolelon'l servant), I. ardup (Arthur's wife), M Mrs. Trapem, Miss Candage; Mrs, Hattie Collopy: Miss Georgiana §; Clarissa Seaward; Miss Jemim: ugleton, Miss Neille Oakes; Mrs. Handy (Poppleton’s housekeeper), Miss Aq\tn Hammar; Master teams that are coming out for a winter | pleton’s servant), Frank H. Seaward; Thomas | Hardup (the baby). too young to know. Scene: Room in Poppleton’s house. ~Dancing as usual will conciude the evening's enter:ainment. The first entertainment and dance of the Folinn Social Club will be held Friday even- i:1g, September 3, at Teutonia Hall, 1322 Howard street. A grand testimoniai benefit entertainment and ball will be tendered to Miss Mae Keane at Odd Fellows’ Hall on Wednesday evening, August 25, on which occasion the Western | comedy-drama “The Lost Mine” will be pre- | sented with an excellent amateur cast. The Soc ety of Oid Friends wili give a bulls- head breakiust in Perner’s summer garde Sausalito, Sunday, August 29. Dr. J. S. Know! ton will officiate as carver and Theodore G. Cockrill will bs master of ceremonies. The committee having charge of the affair is as fol- lows: Judge C. T. Conlan, Walter S. Hinkle, M. C, Kean, R. Plassberg, Dan O’Connell, Judge G. H. Bahrs, Colonel Alfred Perrier, Judge J. A. Campoell. M. Rothenberg, Judge | J. S Bellrude, Dr. F. F. Lord, J. E. Slinkey. The pupils’ of W. W. Anderson’s Dancing Academy will give a private masquerade on Thursday evening, August 26, ai Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street. A grand concert and ball, under the auspices of the San Francisco Schwaben Verein, assist- ed by severai German societie-. to be given in | aid and for the relief of the suffering innabit- ants of Wurtemberg, Germauy, who have re- cently suffered irreparable damage and joss of lile and property by most disastrous floods, hail and wind storms, will be held on Satur day evering, August 28, atSan Francisco Turn- hall, 323 Turk st. The reopening of Teutonia Hail will be cele- brated with & grand entertainment and ball on Sunday evening, Auzust 22. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Gilbert (nee Lachman) will receive on Sunaay, August 29, at the ir bome, 631 Green street. Sailed Away. Among those sailing on the steamship Ala- meda Thursday, August 19, were: For Honolulu—Miss H. E. Audeney, E. Bem- merly, W. J. Bemmerly, Brother James, Brother Ignatius, Brother Henry, Mrs. A. Brown, Miss Augusta Bruce, A. de S.Cana- varro, C. D. Chase and wife, Miss H. Coan. Master Coan, H. E. Coleman and wife, Miss M. Ely, William Eassie, Miss M. Ferreira, Miss M. Forbes, George S. Gay, John Grace, R. Ha stead and wife, Miss B. Halstead, Professor F. A. Hosmer, Dr. Howsrd, M'ss Howard, M:ss Hyde, Miss W. Joehnke, Miss Rose Johnson, Miss A. Kunapp, Miss Mabel Ladd, C. A. McDonald, Dr. T. McMitlan and wife, Miss M. McMillan, H_Moore, D. M. Newcomb, Charles F. Perr -, Miss Rosalina Resmuse n, Frank Schra- i man, Miss Steele, Miss C. T. Thurs- ton, R G. 1 Ness, Miss M. Weir, R. F. Wood« ward, Miss Woodward and companion, For Apia—Hou. J, S. Udal. For Auckland—E. C. Ashley, Frank Dilling- ham, wife and two children, E. B. Jones, J. McNub, W. H. Monigomery, Dr. George Thi- lenius, For Sydney—A. Anderson, L. O. Banting, Joseph Barnicot, Hon. A. Brassey, M. P., and valet, the Misses Brassey and maid, Houn. J. P. Bray, Cecil Dent and wife, A. A. Fraser, R. P. Greer, W. Zareizky, A, Hill, D. P. Mitchell, Miss A. d, George Pietrusky, Mrs. Dr. Porter, W. Reynolds aund | wife, G. H. Robinson and wife, Miss M. Robin- | som, E. Sanford, Mrs. Avada M. Thul. Join at Honolulu for Sydney—E. G. Cooke, E. | J. Rector and wife, G, M. Welty | PERSONALS. Mrs, Clarence Martin Mann has gone to Paso | Robles to visit Mr. and Mrs John A. Russell | and Miss Ada Russell. she will be absent two weeks. | Mr. and Mrs. D. Samuel 2nd fam ily are again | at their nome ou Octavia strect aiter passing & month in San Rafacl. Mre. Pation, Mis; Dorothy Patton, Mrs. | Wildes aud Mrs. Berry and f{amiiy are spend- ing August at the Hotel Rowardennan, Sania Cruz Mountains. Mrs. A. Eastland, Mrs. Landers end Mrs. Burnham hive returned to Oskiand aftera most pieasant soj urn at the Hotel Rowarden- nan, Santa Cruz Mountains. 5 Mrs. J. Fred wp, actompanied by her son Howard, 1s speniding the summer at Gien- Wwood, i the Santa Cruz Mounizias. Herr Anton schoit, tie famous Wagner tenor, who has been in the scuth for several | months, will return on the 1st of September to | resume his professional engugements. Mr. A. A. Louderback of (his City has left for Paris, where she will spend the winter with Mr.’ and Mrs, A. P. Lord (ne Louder- k). b‘)clr.)nnd Mrs. Jake Jacobs (nee Furst) have returned ana will be p.eased to receive their ir enas on Wednesday at 2331 Pine street. | L:onard Chenery and Joseph O'Sullivan are spending s two weeks' vacaiion at the Hotel Rovardennan, in the Sants Cruz Mouniains, r Ben Lomond. M Gabricl Jacobs is yisiting 03 Portiand, where e will remain sor three weeks. L S e Davia of 1ho Swedenborg Mission Society has just returued from a three weeks’ lecturing tour in the country. He will be at J e T T T T e e | v, James Hill_and wife, Miss | IO KRR AA AR A AR KRN KA 3o e A& Ok KK an extended European visit, be absent one year. James Breck and famiiy, of Oakland, ae spending the summer at the Hotel Roward- ennan, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Ben Lomond. Miss Mabel Levy of 3 Clarence court is spending a month with her aunt, Mrs. 5. Kingolsky, in Oakiand. Mrs. M. L. Leonara has returned from Hich- land Springs, and is stopping at the Belia Vista Hotel, Pine street. Mr. und Mrs. €. L. Braverman and child have taken rooms at the Hotel Miramer. Mrs. J. Proctor ana daughter, Miss May, and e D. Souther have returned from Niles Canyon. After a three months’ sojourn at their coun- try residence in Sausulito Mr. and Mrs. R P. W. Wirthle have returned to their home, Clav street, for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Carmon R. Hetfield (nee Sie- bersl), after one month's <tay in Londos, are now making a tour of the Bri Dr. nnd Mrs. F. A. Bliss have raturned after aseven weeks’ sojourn through Lake and Men- docino counties. Dr. A. H. Giannini has returned home after a four weeks’ sojourn in Southern Californin. Miss Marie Wiison has returned to the City after a two months’ visit to Santa Barbara as the guest of Miss Thompson. Miss May Lucine Potvin, a pianist of excel- lent reputacion iu the Kast. who is s for the summer in the Northwest, w thls City during the eurly part of September and will probably give une piano recital at Sherman & Clay’s Hall. Miss Potvin has & large number of friends in this City, some who have hewrd her at the Chicago concerts, and they predict a rare treat in siore for our music lovers. i Prosecuting Attorney J. A. Spinetti and wife will spend several weeks traveling through Southern California. Mrs. Rosa Alexander and son have returned from an extended northern trip. Miss Laura Hyman of Folsom is down from Bartlett Springs, and is the guest of Mrs. H. Jacobs, 1439 O’Farrell street. He expects to NEW TO-DATY- Fededeedede A ko ek kA Ak 6 ok K “THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. Large Family Sideboard, bevel mirror, bold carving, deep, wide drawers. Just the thing for the dining-room. 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