The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1897. TY TAXES T0 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN TwrATER.—“The Heartof Maryland,” 10 morrow night. COLUMBIA . A¥ATER—Held by the E ) orosco's OPERA-Housk - The Fire Pac ALcAzAn THEATER “The :porisman” “Napoleon’s Old Guard.” TivoLr OPERrA House. - Aida’ ORrHEUM.—High-Class Vauucville ORFRON.—Grand Concert, Judge Seawell Hands Down an Important Opinion on Revenue. emv."” 1 and SUTRO BaTms.—Bathing and_Performances. THE CHUTES AND CHUTES FREE THEATER— “Solvent Credits Secured by | Mortgages and Other Chat- tels Are Assessable. gian violin' PRESIDI vATION—Milltary Tournament for venefit of Lincoln Monument League, | Thursday, September 9. CoumrsiNe—At Ingleside Park, this afternoon. | G OLLEN GATE PARK—Golden Gate Park Band L STATE FAmm—Sacramento, commencing Sepien- | Banks and Other Holders of Collat- x erals May No Longer Rely on the Weyse Case. AUCTION SALES. BY VON REEIN & Co.—Tuesday September 7, Real Fstate, at 513 California st.. at 12 o'clock. - CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Fair Sunday. Fresh westerly winds. William Schnittke, a sailor, committed sui- cide 1 st evening by swallowing carbolic acid. Dr. Goodfellow of Tucson arrived from New York on the Central overland train last Judge Seawell yesterday handed down his opinion in the suit of tne San Fran- cisco Security Savings Bank against the City and County of San Francisco to re- cover $3300 paid under protest for taxes on personal property. After the bank had made its return of assets for taxation purposes in the year 1896 Assessor Siebe discovered that the report of the same institution to the State Bank Commissioners indicated the pos- session of about $600,000 worth of solvent credits that had not been put on the list. ‘When President Baldwin of the bank was called before the Assessor to show cause rels run to Golden Gate Park wes the of the second day’s convention of the Y. M. C. A. Maoy Italian property - owners expressed their indignation at tne delay in building the Hall of Justice. el G. Murphy, president of the First ional Bank of this City, returned from New York last evening. C. A. Johnston, a butcher, was arrested last BE COLLECTED BAPTIZED A NEW STEAN SCHOONER ' The Hueneme Has Her Trial | Tripand Is Added to the Coast Fleet. | A Smart Little Craft of Steam and Sail That Will Carry Alaskan Rushers, | The Umatilla Is a Day Late With Klondike Aftermath—More Go to Copper River. | The new steam-schooner Hueneme had | her trial trip yesterday and is thereby | added to the fleet of that sort of craft | which is peculiar to the Pacific Coast. The speed mads was eight and a half knots and her machinery behaved splen- didly. The new craft was built by Ben- dixen at Eureka for Gray & Mitchell, and will be commanded by Captain John- son. Her length is 146 feet, beam 33 feet, deptn of hold 11 feet and tonnage 201. ‘The Hueneme will go to Trinidad with freight and will probabiy enter the Alas- kan trade in the spring. The Umatilla, which was due from the LACKS BORAL PERGEPTION { Police Commissioner Tobin’s Opinion of Dr. Harry Cooper. | Chief Lees Believes He Has a Strong Case Against the Prisoner. | Hearing of the Two Charges of Forgery Is Deferred Until Next Wednesday. Dr. Harry Westwood Cooper is finding out that he made the mistake of his life in coming to San Francisco to vo e as the heir to a baronetey and attempt to swindie local banks by passing fictitious drafts. He was again taken before Judge Low yesterday morning. He was chained to a dirty fruit vender charged with peddlin: without a license, and no stronger con- trast could be imagined, as Cooper looked spick and span in his Prince Albert coat, silk hat and other accessor.es. Cooper appeared 10 answer to the two charges of forgery preferred against bim night by Meat Inspector Devis for baving im- mature veal in his possession. The fountain at Mason and Market streets ! be unveiled at 11 o'clock this morning ithout any unusual ceremony. The Supreme Court has decided that the City owns the improvements on the Lincoln School lots on Fifth and Market streets. The first delegation of German colonists for the St. Joseph’s colony, near Salinas, will leave Chicago on the 20th of this month. A new “League of Goodroads” was yesterday organized by the State Board of Trade, fiiteen counties being represented at the meeting. millmen, Who have established here for ten years, have 1, and Welter Sutton has been appointed w McFariand Brothers, been fail Judge Seawell has decided that the San Fran- | cigco Security Savings Bank has no right to re- | 300 paid as taxes on personal prop- 7 under protest. The Native Sons have completed all arrange- ments for the night parade on the 8th of Sep- ber in this City, and for the celebration in 2 Rosa on the 9th. J. Riley, a laborer, living at 93315 Folsom was arrested last night for arson, but quent investigation led o the belief that was accidental. reteson wheat and other products ed East by the Southern Pacific will be reased to 60 cents a hundred pounds on 1 aiter September 20. utenant-Colonel F. 8. Pott, paymaster on seneral James’ staff, has resigned, and fter the ex-paymaster will not recognize major-generel socially. Ferem, a tant surerintendent of the Home, was arrested vesterdayon a f having illegally charged two sailors ach for shipping them. ‘' Bay Yesterday. Kl The New Steam Schooner Hueneme, Which Had a Successful Trial Trip on the .. Main’s circus and menagerie at- | large crowds yesterday afternoon and | They gave a firstrate snow, and e went away happy. J. Smith, a laborer, was charged before ge Conlan yesterday with obtaining money r ent people on the false pretense of ing for the benefit of & widow. why the omitted items should not be in- serted he revlied that in his opinion the mortgages and other evidences of indebt- ednexs reported to the Bank Commission- ers are exempt from taxation in this State. Assistant Ciiy Attorney Borden, in his | argument of the case, contended that the r. Harry Westwood Cooper appeared in | bank officials had no right to pass judg- J » Low’s court yesterday to answer to the | ment on what 1s and what is not assessa- . es of forgery, but as no complaints had | he jn this State, but that it is their duty i the cases were continued till next | ay. arks, brother-in-law of fsaac L. Rosen- cet shoe merchant, nar- | to make a truthful return of all their as- sets and leave to the courts a determina- tion of the legal status of the assessment. He illustrated his position by saying that & man who ownstwenty horses could with equal propriety return only ten of them on his list of livestock, and if the A-se<sor should insist on putting all the animals | on the list then the owner of the horses might say that ten of them were spotied horses, and he thought that spotted L.orses are or ought to be exemp: from taxation in California. Such an allegation would be as reasonable, Mr. Borden thought, | for the bank officials to admit that th had the property wentioned and reiuse to make return of the same to the Assessor because of their peculiar opinion of the reveaue laws of the State. Judge Seawell appears to have given rowly escaped asphyxiation yesterday morn- | om in the Rosenthal residence on | isadero street. Charles M. S. Bartlett, the witness in the case who admitted having committed jury, was_sdamitted to bail yesterday by ge Carroll Cook, pending the hearing of & of habeas corpus. The letter-carriers have decorated the large 1win Hotel parlors as piaces for receiving auudreds of delcgates, some of whom | arrived, but most of whom are on their irom Eastern cities. reat has the demand been for tickets for ek’s entertainment in the California | er, for the benefit of the Police Widows | phans Aid Association, that its finane | sl success is already assured. Williem H. Crocker, president of the Crocker- | Woolworth Bank, narrowly escaped serious in- \ast Friday night irom a bullet fired | the window of the train on which he | 1. That the Assess: 5 Assessor has no power in mak- iding to his country residence at Bur- | ing the assessment ot ;rlnmn‘;{\ property in lingame. | the manner sbove mentioned, to include said Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the | 10ans on stocks, bonds and pérsonal security. he says that the propositions on which the plaintiffs relies are: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will swear | 2. That said loans are not liable Lo taxation. out a warrant_Tu v for the arrestof c"_,AI It is claimed by plaintiff’s counsel that the tain Charles E.Jenks of the First California | case of Weyse vs. Crawford, 85 Cal., 196, is Guard for wilifully neglecting horses which | G€Cisive as to the first proposition. 1 do not are under Lis charge. |v that that cuse has any application 1o cts of this. The court mereiy held i t the man and woman who areac- | cused of keeping a minor Chinese zirl in an : payex: 5 immoral place was conciuded before Judge | Sl ARl Low yesterday. A number of Chinese w s Uiy ssesmor HiEA UO poWEL (LE | make an ar peyer refuses h tax- miued rary assessment unless su 10 appear and be e ified that the house in question wa: 1y respecteble one. United States Commissioner Heacock yester- | day set the examination of C.E. Frank for next Wednesday. Frank isaccused of selling | trary assessu.ent. The taxpaver in that case cigars without a license and of rcfilling cigar- | was assessed for property which he did not boxes with Chinese stinkadores and repre- | , und the Tax-Collector attempted to col- senting them to be pure Havanas. {lect from him taxes for which he was not In that case notice w ne Assessor, without giving the ch the iaw required, made un arbi- Th~ Los Angeles nine defeated the Heese. | €88l lieble. In this case there was no arbi- | mans at Central Park yesterday by a score of | /ATy _assessment. On the contrar 5 to4. The contending teams were tied at the | DAthematically correct in every pi close of the eighth inning, but in the last half o sproL credits assesse: w owned by of the ninth Held batied outa three-bagger int ff, aud they were fu worth the t st which they were valued by the ASsessor, e southerners, which brought the neces- winning run. 1e second dey’s session of the California State Spiritualisis’ Association was productive of much strife and discord amoug the several factions, but it resulted in the selection of what is believed to be a strong and conscien- tious buard of directors. The convention will close this evening. Representatives of organized labor met last night and demanded the prosecution of Sub- contractor John Kelso for violating the Fed- cral eight-hour iaw. They condemned the | VAlUation made by the Assessor is too high, he tractors for the delayon the Hall of Jus- | has an ample remedy by application for re- and passed complimentary resolutions on | duction io the Bontd of Equalization. If ne THE CALL for the course 1t had iaken in the | Das not made a statement whe: requested by the Assessor, he will not be relieved agair st An assessment even as to properiy which he | didnot own. (Orena vs. Sheimwn, 61 Cal., | 101. Bode vs. 1ioltz, 65 Cal., 106.) ' The pleintiff here admits that there was no error committed by the Assessor as to }roperty owned by the platatiff or as to its va! Upon this state of the law ana facls | Judze Seawell holds that the Uity and County is in the right and that the p:anuff corporation i3 wrong in its con- tention. Touching the second p:oposi- tion his Honor reiers to the construction that ouuit to be placed on s otion 4 oi article X1II of the constitation and con- cludes that it is evident that this section was never intended 10 apply to pledges of personal property. Judxment i there: fore given for the defendant, and the bank will never get its money back unless its attorneys can convince the Supreme Court that Judge Seawell was wrong. This is a sign-1 victory for the Assessors throughout the State, as it disposes of a big obstacle that has hitherio stood in m'eu way in the sh:pe of the so-calied Weyse decision, a decision on which banks and other lurge holaers of personal | property and chattels of various kinus re- i lied for relicf in the matter or taxation. ‘,Mr. Borden’s point was that the Weyse < | case had noapplication 10a case in which [ the propertv-owner appesred before the Assessoi (even though not subpenaed) and acknowledged that the prop rty in controversy belonged to him on tax-day, though he failed to return it in his state- ment. sary to accept as true of taxpayers either as to property subject to asscssment or as o its value. If he can discover the existence of taxable property in any way, I know of no principle of law or statutory provision which prevents him from using the knowledge so | acquired in making assessments. The tex- payer cannot, uniess he has neglected to make a statement, be compelied to pay taxes on property which he does not own, and if the 65 % /0 Is now being paid by | commission druggists | for physicians’ pre- | scriptions. Why will ] you be swindled any longer? Bring your | prescriptions to us | and save the com- mission. PRICES TALK. ceeveeree...82.50 to 825 3 (the best assortment in town)..... 7 OCKINGS....covivennn OBESITY BELTS (an immense stock) . scot’s Emulsion Cod Liver -il. Pierce s Discovery... Cupidene.......... Ely’s Cream Balm. .. Wyeth's Peptonic Pill Swift's Specific. Pinkbam's Compound. . Mme. Pray’s Special Prescrip! Todd's Health Tablet Orange Blossom Humphrey’s Speclfic. NO-PERGENTAGE PHARMACY 9538 Market Street, South Side, bet. Fifth and Sixth. One of Our Customers. —_— Archbishop :.iordan to Lecture. An address will be deliverad by the Most Rev. P. W. Riordan on behaif of the Cathoilc Ladies’ Aid Society at Metropolitan Temple next Tucsdny evening. Tickets may be se- curcd at the Temple on' feptemper 5, 6 and 7, from 1 t0 5 P. M. The grand cou cil will con- veue on Sepiember 6, with high mass at St. H Mary's Cathedrai. this view of the matter his sanction, for | | that case that aiter the taxpayer had mede | | under oath after veing served with a subpenx. | Sound yesterday according to regular schedule, wili not arrive until to-day, as the steamer was a day behind on leaving | here on her last trip and departed from | Beattie a day late. A new fishing steamer of small propor- tions, owned by a number of local fisher- | men, was launched from Folsom street | yesterday. The Alaska expeditions for the season have not corme to an end after ail. The schooner W. G. Phelps is announced to The <chooner Berwick,which is aiso billed away to-day, though the list of pussengers | 18 very small. Assistant John Ferem of the Sailors’ Home Accused of Extortion, | Two of the Witnesses Get Into a Fight and One Stabs the Other. John Ferem, assistant superintendent day by Deputy United States Marshal Gal- | lagher on a charee of unlawfully extorting money from Anton Nygram and John Andrew Peterson. The complaining wit- nesses swore that they were obliged to pay Ferem $5 each for shipping them on the good ship St. Francis, and that in lieu of the payment of that sum tneir baggage was held by Ferem. The complainants were placed in custody and detained as witnesses, Ferem's case has been set for ‘i3 | next Tuesday, when it will be heara by United S1ates Commissioner Heacock. John Wogatzki—his name being not his fault—and Bernard B. Coster of the British ship Howth, were wanted also as witnesses in the case, and Deputy Marshal Gallagher started aiter them., They were not on board of the ship, having secured shore leave, end were enjoying low lile on the Barbary Coast. Shorily after 2 o’clock vesterday morn- ingz Wogaizki, Coster and Otto Stuck were seized with seasickness or remorse at the corner of Kearny and Sutter streets and got into a free fight, Wogatzki being the aggressor. In the scrimmage Wo- gatzki plunged the blade of a pocket- knife 1nto the back of BStuck near the shoulder. Coster ran away. Wo- ~aizki was arrested by officers from the California-street station, and Stuck did not know that he had been stuck until a policeman who had put his hand on s shoulder felt the blood which was flowing | freely rom his wound. Stuck was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital to have his wound dressed. — e BUNKO THIEVES CAUGHT. They tiad a Loon From Santa Barbara in Charge and Were Plucking Him. W. H. Russell and H. Beimont, alias “Painter Kid,”” met a stranger from Santa Barbara last Friday night and showed him how easy it was for him to lose a $5 bill on the top-and-bottom game with dice. Bejore they reluctantly l-it the sucker they made an engagement to | meet him yesterday at a saloon, No. 409 Grant avenue. At 10 o’clock the prey ap- peared at the apj.ointed place with a cap- 1tal of $15, with which he hovped to bank- rupt the buuko-steerers at their favorite game. Justas they were about plucking the loon from Santa Barbara Policemen G aham and Sullivan, who had been shad- { awing the trio for some time, entered the saioon and piaced th: bunko men under arrest on charges of petly larceny and vagrancy, the $5 note *“won’’ from the sucker being the basis of the charge. — —e———— Single 1nx Meeting. J. D. Stevens, an eloquent speaker from Portland. Or., will speak on the advance of the ~Single Tax Philosophy in Oregon,” at Wash- ington Ha':. 320 Post sireet, this evening, be- ginning a: 8o'clock. VisiTORs to the city shonld not fail to inspect . & G. Gump's gallery of paintings and different depurtments of art goods, piciures, crockery and glasswar . | | leave for Copper River about the 20th inst. | | for the Copper River, will probably gt | A TALE OF TWO TARS. of the Sailors’ Home, was arrested yester- | ’by Cnief Lees Friday. The charges are | based upon the two drafts alleged to have been drawn by the Bank of New South Wales upon the American Exchanee | National Bank of Chicago in favor of Dr. Harry Cooper. One of the drafts for £140 he passed for collection through 1ine 4 lo-Californian Bank and the other for | £3.0 e deposited tor collection with the Loudon and San Francisco Bank. Each bad the name ot “Samuel Bowman” as manager signed to it, whereas the name of 'he manager is Charles M. Palmer. | Walter Gallagher, who appeared for th- defendant in court yes- terday, wanted the preliminary exam- ination proceeded with at once, but, as Chief Lees had been unable to file the complaints, the case was continued till next Wednesday. Chief Lees 1s satisfied that ha has a strong case against Cooper, and will be able io hold him regardless of any crimes }.nut may be unearthed against him in the ast. | T Chiet is proceeding under section 476 ¢f the Penal Code, which reads as fol- lows: Evory percon who makes, passes, utters or publishes with intention to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intention, at- tempts to pass, utter or publish, or who has in his possession, with like intent to utter, pass or publish any fictitious bill, note or check purporting to be ke biil, note or check or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of some bauk, corpora- tion, co-pertnersh.p or indgividual, when, in fact, there is no such bank, corporation, co- parmanhl‘) or individual in existence, know ing the bill, note, check or instrnment i writing to be_fictitious, is punisbubie by im- prisonment in the State prison for not less than one nor more than iourteen years. A note to the section sa To sustain an indictment under this section it _is necessary that the evidence should show that the name alleged to be forged is that of a fictitious per- son. Cooper was meuasured and weighed at the prison vesterdav by Detective Bain- bridge and Corporal Geimann. His chest was covered with porous plasters and he told the officers that he was a sufferer from heart troubles, his heart being about an inch and a half out of plumb. Police Commissioner Tobin visited the prison yesterday afternoon with Cuief Lees and the commissioner expressed a desire ‘o have a talk with Cooper. They had a talk for about half an hour and the commissioner afterward said that Cooper impressed him as a man with a lack of moral perception, or, in other words, that hedid not have a proper perception of the difference between Tight and wrong. There was an apparent defect in his *“‘up- per story.” The police are inclined to think that the distinguished prisoner is addicted to the morphine h:bit, and his appearance would give that impression. A number of morpnine tablets were found in his pos- session when arrested. There were no marks on _his body thai would indicate he used the drug by injection. Cooper stiii poses as a much injured man, and claims that he can acquit him- self of all the char es against uim. He sav~ he has money deposized in the Bank of N w South Waies, and that the drafts ue trie! to pass for coilection are genuine. As an filustration of Cooper's idiosyn- crasies, a few days before ne was arresied he sent word irom the Langham Hotel 1o police headquart>rs that e wauted to see a detectice. Detective Ant ony was de- tailed to see him, and when he went to his room Cooper complained that a woman had robbed him of his gold watch. He said he was in a saloon on Rilis street with awoman. He had been drink- ing too much wine and feil asleep in a (chair. Wnen be awoke his geld watch Wwas missing. 3 He went with Anthony to a saloon and pointed out the box where he had fallen asleep. He sa d a tall waiter with a florid face had served the iiquor to him and the woman, but the only waiter in the place is acclored man. Anthony interroeated the proprietor of the :aloon, and he decianted that he had never seen Looper in his place, and he did not believe he had lost his watch there. Cooper insisted that he had been robbed and promised to send the numoer of the watch to police hradgqnarters the follow- ing day, but he did not do so, and when searched afier being arrested a pawn ticket ior the watch was found in his pocket. Asnes.or Siebe Sued. Assessor John D Siebe and_his bondsmen, John F. Ortmarm, Henry Plagemann and Henry F. Fortmaui, have been sued by the | State of California for $8197 95, which' it 1s alleged he tailed to colleet for taxes on per- sonal property unrecured by real esiate. | namea a HORE PRIZES FOR HORSENEN The Pacific Coast Jockey Club Issues Its Stake- Book. Rich Purses Which Should Draw Many Eastern Owners, The Palace Hotel Stake Has Been Changed to a Steeplechase Affair. Some weeks ago tae California Jockey Club gave to the turf world a long list of rich prizes to be coatested for dur- ing its fall meeting, and on Friday its rival organzation, the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, issued a stake entry book with a long string of twenty-eight stakes for owners to peruse. The conditions and the allotment of dates of these events, for which entries close on October 15, are as follows: The University stakes—A sweepstakes for three-year-olds (ioals of 1894), the association to guiratee tie value of the stuke $1000, of which $200 to the second, and %100 to the third horse. Entrance, $10 each, to accom- pany the nomination; additional to start. Winners of two stakes ot $1000 or one of $3000 to ecarry five pounds; of three or more of any value or one $4000, eizht pounds penalty. Other horses, nou-winners of $2000, allowed five pounds; of $1000, eight pounds; maidens ellowed fitteen pounds. One mile. To be run Monday, November 1, 1897. The San Francisco stakes—A sweepsinkes jor two-year-old filiies (.oals of 1895), the asso- ciation 1o guaraniec ihe value oi the stake $1200, of whieh $200 to the second and $100 to the third horse. rance, $10 each, to accompany the nomination; $25 additional to start. A winner of a stake of the vulue of $1500 or two of any value, three pounds; of oue of $2500 or three or more of any value, five pounds penalty. Other horses, non-win- ners ol $3500, allowed five pounds; maidens allowed twe unds. Six {nrlongs. To be run Wednesday, November 3. The Golden West stakes—A selling sweep- stakes for three-year-olds and upward, tue associntion to guaraniee the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to the second and £100 (o the third horse. Entrance, $10 each, {0 nccompnny the nomination; $25 adaitionat 1o start; $1500, weight for age Allowance, one pound 107 each $100 less to $500. Starters 10 be named aud seliing price stuted the day preceding the rave. One and a half miles. To be run on Saturday, November 6. Sunnyside stakes—A sweepsinkes for two- s and geldings (fouls of 1895). y iation to guar the vaiue of tae stuke $1200, of which $200 to the second ana $100 to the third hors-. Entrance, $10 cach 10 accompany the nomination; $25 additional ro start, A winner of a stake of the value of £1500 ot of two of any value to carry toree pounds; of one of $2500 or three or more of any value, five pounds penalty. Other hors nou-winners of $500, allowed five pounds. Maide llowed twelve vounds. Seven far- '0 be run Saturday, November 13. aio stakes—A selling sweepst:kes r ar-olds (foals of 1894). The associa- tion to gusrantee the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to the s 5100 to the third horse. Entrance, $10 each, to accom- pany :he nomination ; $25 udditional to start; $3000 weight lor sge. Al owance, threc pounds for each $500 to $2000; then one pound for each $100 1o $1500, and two pounds for each $100 less to $1000. Starters to be u selling price stated the day preced- ing the race. One mile and a furlong. To be rur: Wedne-day, December 1. The Rancho del Puso stakes—A sweepstakes for three-year-0.d> and upward. Entrance, £10 each, to sccompany the nomination; $50 aaditional to start. The xssociation to guar- e the value of the stake £1500, of which $250 to the second and $i50 to the third 1ors-; the fourth horse to save his stake. Al- lowance, non-winners this year of a stake of the value of £1500, seven pounds; of a stuke of anv value, filteen pounds; maidens, 4 years old and upward, twenty-two pounds. Oue and three-quariers miles. To be run Saturday, De- cember 4. The Pulace Hotel stakes—A handicap steeple- chase for three-year-old end upward. En- trance ¥10 each to accompany the nomina- tion; additionnl 10 start. The association to guarantee the value of the stake $1000, of wh eh $200 to the second and $100 to the third horse prior to the race. Weinesday, Dee The Hobar stakes for :hree-year-olds (foals of 189 ciation to guarante the value of the stike £1500, of which $200 to the seeond and $100 1o the third horse. Entran 10 each to ac- company the nomination; $50 additional to start. Weight to appear five days before the race. Winners after publication of weights to carry five Bonnds penalty. One mile and a quarter. To be run 8aturday, December 11. Tne Crocker siakes—A sweepstakes for two- year-olas (foals ot 18¢ The association to guarantec the value of the stake $1200, of which $200 to the secona and $100 i the third horse. Eutrance $10 each, to accom- pany the nomination; $25additonal to start. Winners of two stakes of $1600, or of ane of 500, to carry three pounds; of two of $2500, or one of $5000, five pounds penalty. Other horses, non-winners of $1000, allowed three pounds; of $500, eight pounds; maidens al- lowed fourteen pounds, Osue mile. To be run Wednesday, December 2: The New Year handicap—A handicap sweep- stekes for threc-year-olds and upward. The association to guarantee the value of the stake $1500, of which $200 to the second and $100 to the third norse. Eutrance $10 e~ch, to sc- compaiy the nomination; $50 additional to start. Weights to appear five days before the race. Winners after publication of weights to carry five pounas penalty. Two miles. To be run Saturday, January 1, 1898, Tne second stake bock, comprising the eighteen events which will be run in 1898, will be issued later, and entries for the same will close on November 15. In the supplementary edition tue distances will be svecified for the two-year-old events, and the term two-year-oid in this connec- tion reiers to foals of 1896—those who are now classed as yearlings. The 1898 events Weights to appear three days Fall course. To be run are: The Ocean View stakes, value $1000, for two-year-old fi lies. The Malowansky stakes, value $1000, for two-vear-old colts aud g2ldings. The Androus stakes, value $1000, for ali two-year-olds. The Olympic handicap, value $1000, for all two-year-olds. The Oceiaental stakes, selling, value $1000, for all two-year-oids. The Corrigan stakes, value $1500, for all two-yenr-o!ds. The Schreiber stakes, value $1000, for two- vear-old colis and geldings. The Balbon boulevard handicap, $1000, for three-year-oids, one mile. Tne California Oaks, value $2000, for three- yenr-old fill ies, one and an eigntn milcs. The Caitornia derby, value $5000, for three- year-olds, one and & gunricr The Tarpey handicap—Value £1000, for threc-year-0lds and upward, one and an eighth miles. The San Rafael stakes (selling)—Value $1000, for three-vear-olds and upward, oneand three- eighihs miles. The Lakeside stakes—Value $1000, for three- value year-olds and upward, one and a it miles. T. e Ingleside handicap—Value $3500, for three-year-olds aud upward, four miles. The Crocker-Woolworth Bank stakes—Value $1750, for turee-year-olds and upward, two miles. The J. F. Uliman handicap—Value $2500, for three-year-olds and upward, three miles. The Evergreen stakes—Value $1500, for three-year-olds and upward, mile heas. Tie California steepiecnase handicap—Value $1000, for three-year-olds and upward, full course. Park Music To-Day. The following programme will be rendered to-day by the park band: Overture. “Macbeth’ “Lauder aufder Aim'’ Scenes fron “Linda di Chamoun}’ “Toreador et Andalousu Fantasie, “sigurd” Mosai : from ~Alda” Sid ......Jeraan The celebra «d minuel .J. Paderewski Waltz, *Jolly Girl 7 March, **1ress U ub” - ADVANCES made On jurniture and pianos, with or without removal. Noonan, 1017-1075 M | decensed. NEW TO-DAY —DRY GOODS. GREAT LIQUIDATION SALE TO SETTLE THE ESTATE o — THE LATE J. J. OBRIEN. OURENTIRESTOCK -oOF————— STYLISH DRY GOUDSAND CLOAKY THROWN OH THE MARKET AT A TERRIFIC - SACRIFICE To Effect aS_pegdl Clearance, SALE BEGINS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 MURPHY BUILDING, ‘Market Street, Comer of Joneg San Francisco. DEATH OF MRS, DR POTTS. Succumbs to an Operation at Her Residence in This City. sue bacame connected with a distinguished fam:ly of me ticists, from whom she seems to have imbibed the love for the profes- sion which =he adopted. One of tnis fam- ily was Dr.- Joseph 8. Longshore of Phila- delphia, the founder of the first woman's medical collvce in Amer ca. Avotber was | De. Anna M L. Potts of London, better | «nown as Dr. Longshore Potts. The lat- | ter is known in all English-spsaking coun- ‘ tries as a_specialist_in the diseases of AR women. Dr. Flora Potts, the deceased, A Noted Member of a Noted Pamily | became a protegee of this relative very soon after eitering the medical profession of Specialists in Diseases | and under her direction made herself a specialist in women’s diseases. of Women. Following in the footsieps of her Eng- | lish relative Dr. Potts began a course of | lectures in various portions of California. The lec:ures were devoted not so much to tie diseases of women as to their general bealth. Sue believed earrestly in the cul- tivation and strengthening of the female plys.que as the surest racthod ot eman. paiion from the evils to which the sex is more or less bound. She was opposed vigorously to the fad of the “new woman.” Dr. Potts’ lectures were universally | pupular, so much so that she was able to con‘inue them successfully for ten years witheout interruption. Throu h their in- strumentality she became very widely known alons the coast. Death came to Dr. Potts althe age of 38 S e was still in almost full health, and, up to the day before the operation, worked with ber customary vigor and in- dustiry. She was cousiaered both capable and ori L in the practice of her profes- sion. Both socially and professionally ,e was exiremeiy popular. Those who knew her best speak of her as eminently platn, -ensible and sound, and they pay high tribute 10 ber for her effort in pro- Dr. Flora M. Potts, a physician who has made herselt weil known tnioughout the State during the past ten years by her | lec:ures on women and women’s healih, died at her residence in this City yester- day morning as ihe result of an operation. Funeral services will be held at Si. John's Church Tuesday afiernoon, after which the remains will be ent to Su Joseph, Mo., the resilence of the p rents of the Aside from the ai!ment for which the operation was performed Mrs. Potis wes well and strong, and her demise came as a very sudden blow 1o her relatives and friends. At the time of the overation she was planning for another lecture tour in | che interior. Her passing away will tbus | be doubiy rezretied by the many hun- dreds who have been accustomed to look to Dr. Poits’ annual visit for tueir medi- cal advice. Tuae deceased was a graduate of both the | modnz Lealthy womanhood on the Habnemann and the California medical | coasi. coileges and has been in practice ten or Dr. Potts leaves a hushand and two children to mourn her loss. The children are Willism and Charies, aged 15and 9 years respect.v 1y L ee The marriage of a Javanese bride is not complete until she baties the feet of the bridegroom. twelve vears. Sne was Scotch by birth, but bad passed her childhood in St. Jos- eph, Mo. Her maiden name was Jamie- son. She came to California about six- teen vears ago and in the same year mar- riea Emerson J. Potts, who suivives bher. Through the marriage with Mr. Potty NEW TO-DAY. Closed August 3i1st That Sckilling's Best tea missing-word contest closed August 31st. We shall announce the winners and the word at the first possible moment. A $2000.00 missing-word contest begins at once. Schilling's Best baking powder and tea are because they ave money-back. What is the missing word ? Every ticket taken from Sch:/ling’s Best baking powder or tea is good for one guess at the missing word. Send your ticket with your guess and name and address to MONEY-BACK. SAN FRANCISCQ.