The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1897. 5 - ENDED HIS (- LIEE IV A TRERTOP V. Fagiolli's Skeleton Found in Chileno Valley. SUSPENDED HIGH IN THE AlR. Had Cut His Initials in the Oak and Then Swung Into Eternity. HUNTERS’ FIND CLEARS A MYSTERY. A7welve Months Azo the Man Had Disappeared From a Marin Coun'y Ranch. Special Dispatch to THE CALL SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 18.—Toward the end of October, 1896, there disap- from Chileno Valley, in the north- of Murin County, a young man named V. Fagiolli. 1i the esrth had op-ned and swallowea him he could not bave gone cut of sight more quick At the time his sudden depar- ture caused considerabls comment, yet, as days developed into weeks and woeks into montbs and no trace of him was found, the disappe: nce was rated as ong of those mysteries which might never be six months hsd passed sotten. after Fagiolii’s disappeara :r quail- hunters came upon tue remains of a man hanging from | one of the topmost branches of an oak Baron ranch, in Chileno A} astly sight startled them, Ine for the clothes hung limp and the grin- ning skuliseemed to laugh down at them in its horrifying hideousness. Elisha H. Lignt was the huntsman who discovered the uncanny remains. Lightis a y man who bas lived in Chileno Vall ve Ta tree thre ke ic and was approac t of t ing the oak game when, looking up k foliage, he saw the h won. ht lost no time in making his dis- v known to his companions, and the little group stood in awe at the foot of the tree. No one cared to climb up #nd in- spect the remains. The viewat a distance was enough. There, with only a piece ot balingrope around the neck, the :keleton g from tbe stout branch to which oiher end of the rope was attached. tae 1e was that ot I of Fagiolii had, with 8 per 1fe, cut his initials into the tree and they are there now, a silent iden- tification. The inscription was as fol- lows: The four buntsmen returned and told of th find., Coroner Eden was notified and leit San Raiael this morning for the scene. There is absolutely no doubt that the remains are thosegf Fagioll. Up to the time of his disappearance the suicide was working for Charles Martin, a dairyman in Chileno Valley. He arank | considerably and when in a partial state of intoxication became almost insane. His actions at th, times were noticed by those witn whom he cime into contact and tney arrived at the conclusion that he was not in his right mind. ¥ 0ili had a vrother in San Francisco doing a junk business, it is said, near the City Hall. The brother has taken charge of the dead man’s trunk and watch, which were in the keeping of Charles Martin. The finding of Fagiolii's skeleton has created somewhat of a sensation in Chi- leno Valley, and while the mystery as to his wner ts has been c eared, that as to why he ended his life is yet to be ex- plained. That he committed suicide in a moment when his brain was fired by liquor is the general opinion, but that he waus in a condition to care!ully cut his in- itials in the bark of the old oak tree be- fo:e he climbed to the top and swong him- seif into eternity rather discredits the be- lief. } The e tree on which Fagiolli’s remains nd by the hunters is on a vart of L~ Baron ranch, which irequently visited. L. R. Fillippini is the manager of the ranch, and he as well as others has passed the oak tree scores of times when Fag olli’s remains must have been swing- iug in the wind. WANTED T0 60O 10 PRISON. Fresno Prisoner Asks the Cowrt to Oyder His Incarceration. 3 FRESNO, Oct. 18.—An unusual charac- p terora in the Superior Court to-day. His name was William Taylor and he was charged with breaking into Brownstone’s -tore at Selma and stealing about $150 worth of goods. Thedefendant arose in court im- mediately after a deputy had brought bim in and addressed the Judge as fol- ‘Your Honor, 1 broke into that store and stole {hose clothes. I don’t wantan atlorney. 1 want you to sentence me nent here. I want to take my medicine Iike a man and give it to me as heavy as you want. I deserve it.”’ The court was somewhsat surprised, but accommodated the prisoner by sending him to Folsom for a year. -~ COSTLY BLAZE AT HOWARDS. Storehouse Containing Etght Thousand Gallons of Wine Destroued. SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 18. — Word has been received here that a $10,000 blaza visited Howards, on the boundary line of Marin and Sonoma counties, last nighi. A storehouse of the Sonoma Winery, in which 8000 gallons of wine and 2000 sucks of charcoal were stored, was burned to the eround. The buiiding was owned by R Meeker and 1he charcoal was the property of Mertinelli & Co. The 8000 galions of wine was the stock of T. L. Orr of the win- ery. The cause of the fire is unknown, Pt e 4 FALLEY FORD CUNKLAGE AT10M Half of the Somoma Village Destroyed by @ Fire, SANTA ROSA, Oct. 18.—Report reached here this morning that half the town of ’Valley Ford, about twenty miles from here, had been destroyed by fire. Loben- stein’s meat marker. a big merchandise- store and a number of otner buildings are said to have been burned, but as the tele- plone office was also desiroyed no further particulars of the confagrationjhave been Zeceived Lere yet. soner was before Judge R sley | MR, SAGE AFTER THE - PROPERTY He Wants a Shy at the Union Pacifc Road. {STEPS TO DELAY THE SALE. Possibility That a Writ of In- junction Will Be Issued. | WOULD GIVE TIME TO FORM A SYNDICATE. The Aged New York Cspltalist Be- lleves He Could Find the Mosney to Buy. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. aim of the Pacific railroad reorga tion | committee is to close the ceal and capture | the road before Congress meets. Mean- while plans have been formed to delay the sale by injunction, which a Judge of the Supreme Court stands should occasion require. When questioned to-day as to the feasi- bility of (ke plan for giving the Govern- ment a full and fair equivalent for its debt, Russeil Sage, who controls colossal sums of money, said he would join any wdicate that would undertake such a work. A hich officer of the Government recently asked Mr. Sage’s advice as to what, in his opinion, was the best course to pursue in handling the claim against the Union Pacific Railway Company. Itis under-tocd Mr. Sage said the de- cree ofsale as it now stands makes it im- possible tor any other taan the reorgan- ization commirtee to succossfully bid. If i the Government does not change that de- | cree there will be a total loss of public | money of over $42,000,000 on the two properties. The World s ‘Mr. there are in New York to-day responsible { financiers and corporations who have sufficient regard for the credit of the i community aud for the credit of vernment, and who in addition have such faith in the value of this prop- erty as to cause the formation here within i a reasonable time of a responsible syndi- cate which would make a satis‘actory bia, and Mr. Sage would be one of such a syn- dicate and a very large subscriber to it."” LONLON, Oct. 19.— Commenting this { morning upon a jong letter of protest against the Union Pacific reorganization scbheme, which i has received from W. H. Rosenbaum of New York, and which it Save believes 10" pressure of its space, the Standard in | its financial article says: The whole story is one of undisguised rapacity. The assessment was unreces- sar, is excessive aund uncalled for. Nobody cares much to help those who scem to like iosinz their money. But it might pay the 1aarket to take the honest side in this instance, for there is enough substance in the railroad to make the ordinarv shares worth par. Whoever is to iead in the matter if the shareholders sit with foided hands?” RRNOUNCES WEALTH IN & NOBLE CATSE Miss Florence Niles of Pacific Grove Joins the Salva- tion Army. Quits a Life of Luxury to Labor Among thes Poor and the Suffaring. Special Dispatch to THE CALL PACIFIC GROVE, Car., Oct. 18.—Miss Florence Niles, a prominent member of Pacitic Grove society, has astonished her friends by joining the Salvation Army. She enlisted ix: the local corps, and being an expert cornetist, immediately took a leading part with her instrument in the hallelujah services at the Pacific Grove barracks. Miss Niles is an accomplished young woman and the daughter of wealthy paren's. The late Charles Brown of San | Jose was her grandfather. She hasgiven up all her accustomed lux- uries ‘and will go from here to Watson- viile, where she will share the foriunes of her fellow-salvationist — FENNELL S uxns. PROPEKTY. Corporation Formed to Manage H.r Fresno Interests. FRESNO, Oct. 18 —Mrs. Amanda J. Fennell, formerly Mrs. Marceau and Mrs, Fiske, to-day deeded all of her Fresno property to the Fresno Estate Company, which earlier in the day filed articles of incorporation with the County Clerk. It is presumed here that the corporation, of which 8. N. Griffith is at the head, was organized to manage Mrs« Fennell's proverty, as she does not want to be burdensd with business affairs, A few | months ago Griffith became manager for ibe woman capitalist. Mrs. Fennell’s proverty here is valued at about $160.000, and is some of the best in the city. She owns the big Fiske baild- ing, in the center of the city, the old Grady Opera-house property on I street, also in tue business center. a handsome residence jusi back of the Courthouse, and some ints in Arlineton Heiguts addition. Mrs, Fennell is still sojourning in Ozkiand, P e Ao i 7o Kefund Montercy Bonds. MONTEREY, Oct. 18. — An import- ant decision hss just been reached by the Board of Bupervisors of Monterey County relative to the county’s bonded indebtedness. 1In accordance therewith $130,0.0 of this indeb'edness will be re- funded at a rate of interest lower than that now being paid. Towbridge & Co. of Chicago will take the bonds—$60 000 of 7-per-cent Courthouse bonds and $78,00) of 5-per-cent bridge bonds—at 414 percont and will pay therefor a premium of $1650. The county will thus save annuslly $1800 interest. The necessary special election will be held on October 30, NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—The immediate | ready to grant, ! regrets it is unable to print in full owing | , and the proposed i-sue of new stock | |A Diversity of Opinion ! WITH WORKINGME) | Bank Officials Are Almost! Unanimously in Favor | | ‘ of It. 5 POPULAR THEIR ~ OPINIONS ~ FREELY GWE!.? | Some Object to the Existing Methods of Civil Service Appoint- i ment, | | | | | | The question as to whether the postal savings bank system would or would not | be agood thing for the countrv is one | that has been arguea back and forth for | many years,as has als) that of Government | control of railroads, telegraphic svstems, | ete., and many good arguments have been | advanced both ways. Thoese who naturally are strongly inter- | ested in the guestion are the vast multi- | tude of bread-winners who strive and toil day by day, denying themselves of little luxuries 10 lay by & small sum for the | | time when old age will cut off the source | of income. Hundreds of these have at | times managed to accumulate a few hun- | | dred doliars only Lo see them swept away by dishonest officials. This is one of the | arguments advanced by the promoters of | the scheme, for if the Government controls | tue banis every penny is safe as long as | the nation exists. | Although the matter is of great im- | portance 1o the wageworker, it aiso ap- | plies directly 10 those of the other halt— | the bank oflicials. For this reaon THE CaLL has sought interviews on this ques- | {1en with officers of some of the most | promment savings banks in the city, who expre sed their opinions as follow: ert Miller, President N, | anciscoSavings Union: Wit a good civil government, such as exists | in some paris of Europe, the postal sav- | | ings bank would be a spleadid 1nstitution, | but under our present system, where | officials are changed every four years, I think it would prove to bhe a failure. | | When a man is placed in a responsible position which he kno ws he can hoid 1 | life by faithiully tulfilling the duties A of s office he wiul honestly endeavor to do E his best, but where the position is a | political one and subject to chaage on an | | average of once in four years, it only acts | as an incentive to dishonest business | methods and often to downright thievery. . N. Lilienthal, manager of the Anglo-California Bank: "I | don’t Enuw any reason why the pustal | | savings bank would not be a good thing. | | I believe that there is room in this coun- {iry forallof us. I do not believe thatit | will aff-ct the savings banks, for the peo- ple in the cities will prefer to dc business with the reguiariy incorporated banks. The world is progressing and the postal | savings bank will soon become a necessily. | It can handle the monev of the poor peo- | | ple telligently and safely, and the con- | | tidence which it will inspire will be productive of much good, for the working people in the country will be encouraged | to save their dollars for the rainy day. 1| am of the opinior that the postal bank | will be a firsi-rate institutio; | E. C. Denicke, presidemt of the California Morigage and | Loan Bank : "1 think 4 postai savings bank isa good institution and should be | established. [twill be a fine thing for the ! masses of the people, especially in those places removed from cilies where there are no banks or representatives of bauks, | for it will enable the people to place thair ymoney safely. I believe postal savings | banks will be just what are needed for the ma:ses. Peopie who live in the country are a_great deal inconvenienced as it is and the establishment of such a system would enable them to do their banking at the postoflices, therehy affcrding them great accommodation.” J. Le Breton, president of the French Savings and | Loan Institution: “l Lave not | studied the question very carefully and, | therefore, do not think my opinion is very | valuable.' I have, however, read articles on the subject from time totime and have noted the workings of these instiiutions in France, wiere they have been very successful. A depositor can have no bei- | ter guarantee that his money is in a safe | place than the fact that the United States | Government is responsiole for it. On the | other hand, the civil-service sysiem of | | this country seems to be rather a farce, as | appointments and positions are still purely in the hands of the dominaung political parties, and a bank whose chiel | officers secure their positions wheliy | | through jolitical influence and are not sure of ho.ding them more than four years coula never be a success. If the cvil | | ~ervice were on a good, solid basis und | officials would secure their appointments | throuzh ability only the postal savings bank would be a splendid institution.” S, C. Bigelow, president of the Savings and Loan Society “I have not given the wmatter much thought. While a postal savings bank | system might be a good tuing for the | masses, it might not be such a fine thing for Uncle Sam. The Government will have 10 be responsibie for all the money paid 1n through the postoffices, and vou know there have been defauiting postmas- {'ters. There are thou-ands of postmasters | in tue country, and it seems to me that it will not be such a good thing for tho Gov- ernment as it may be for the people. It will oe Ylurinzu great deal of responsibil- ity on the Government, but I witl not that it will not be all rignt for the peopl M. Kretchman, secretary of the Califormia Mortgage and Loan Banlk: “Speakin. as an indi- vidual and not as an employe of a bank I will say that a postal savings bank system is the best thing in the worid for the masses of the veople, and it is a pity that it was not established long ago. Too much cannot be said in praise of a system that will enable the people outside of the cities to deposit their savings in a safe place. A great many country people have no confidence in banks, for some- times banks fail. The establishment of postal savings banks will make the masses of the people more interested in the Go ernment, for the man who bas placed b savings in the keeping of Uncle Sam will not join in the first cry of dissatisfaction that is raised against’ it by some discon- tented persou. The postal bank system will encourage frugality and economy | SHALL TNCLE SAM LK AR O STRRLUS CASH? Whom the Movement Appeals Directly. | not work very satisfzctorily. | city of New York in 156 | nia has more than 130. Tke membership | sation, | there will be an exemplificaiion of the | work by Oak Leaf Chapter of Oakland. | The night for this work has not yet been | 63, Onkland; grand warde Expressed by Those to among the peopie. As soon as the masses learn that they can deposit small sums of money where it will be safe they will not carry it in their pockets, to be stolen or spent foolishly. I know that the posial savings bank system w.ll be the best thing that could be established. In factJ think itis one of the great necessities of the times.” ©O. D. Baldwin, president ol‘! the Security Savings Bank:| “Well, I haven’t eiven the maiter any | consideration at all and am not prepared to express an opinion now. Besides, you | see. I am the president of a bank, and bankers, vou know, would probably have a selfish feeling in regard to the subject. I will have to decline to give an opinion further than to say it might be a good thing.” James R. Kelly, president of the hern avings and Loan Society: “1do not think thut the postal savings bank would be a good thing. It wouid have a tendency to iie up the monev, for as soon as it was depositea it would be sent to Wasnington. The people would not be able to get their money out when they wanted ir, for the Government | would have to establish some rigid rules | in regard to deposits, for it might not be in a position to accommodate the people when calis were made upon it unless it | did so. The Enczli~h colonies, I am told, | bad a trial of the system and it did | The money | was all shipped to England, and when a | man waniel a suit of clothes he had to| make a pair of boots for it. [ believe it would be & good thing if the Government would issue a thousand million dollars’ worth of bonds of siaall denominations bearing a low rate of interest—say 214 par cent—so that those who had a few aollars | to spare could buy the bonds and thus | help the Government to build a fleet of | war vessels and strength n the coast de- | fenses. But for the man who may require | his earnings for the support of himself and his family I do not think that the | postal bank would benetit him much. The | Government wou!d bave to invest its | money in its bonds, and would not have the cash ready to pay the depositor should ‘ any exigency cause him to make a sudden call for ir.” | ORDER OF EASTERN STAR | Twenty-Fifth Annual Commu- nication of the Grand Chap- | ter of California. i Growth of the Organization in This | State—Increase in the Num- | ber of Chapters. The twenty.fifth annual - communica- tion of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the State of California will be neld in Golden Gate Hall, in this city, commencing this morning. | This order, wiich is composed of Ma- sons in good standing, their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters and the widows of Masons, took its rise in the | , and since then has grown rapialy in various parts of the Union. In California the order, which was established a quarter of a century ago, has made wond-rful strides. It has a greater number of chapters than the State of New York, and numerically tue membership is equal—aboat 10,000. New York has but 74 chapters, while Califor- embraces tue best class of the commnn- ity, and in this city, Oakland, Alameda and San Jore the membership has been | particularly active. The reports to be presented at the ses- sion of the Grand Cbapter will show that during the past year there was anincrease of about 500 and that six new chapters were instittied, these being under dispen- | Financially, as well as numeri- cally, the affairs of the order have been very satisfactory. ° Dauring the session of the Grand Chapter selected. On Thursday night there will be tendered to the repres-ntatives a thea- | ter party. The headquariers are atthe Baldwin. Tue officers of the Grand Chap- ter are; Worthy grand patron, James Robert Tap- scott, No. 39, Yreka; worthy grand matrou, Mrs, Eila Tyier Hall, No. 94, Tulare; associate grand patron, John Adam’ Gallup, No. 110, | Pomona; associate erard matron, Mrs. Susan Rucker, No. 31, San Jose; grand secretary Mrs. Kate Josephine Willats, No. 1, San_ Fran cisco; grand treasurer, Mrs. Isadora Horton, | No. 124, San Francisco; grand conductres: Mrs. Polly Martin, No. 122, Reno, Nev. associnte grand conductress, Mrs. Lily Forhes, No. 117, Sicramento; grand chaplain, Mrs. Jane Frances Raabe, No. 82, Healasburg; grand marshal, Mrs. Maud T. McCollougn, No. 57, Auburn; grand Adah, Mrs. Florence Potts, No. 133, Los Augeles: grand Ruth, Mrs. Marie Leonard, No. 136, Los Banos; grand Esther, Miss Jenuie Steen, No. 19, Sants Cruz; grand Martha, Miss Nellie Dinwiddie, No. 61, Petaluma; grand Electa, Mrs. Mary Littier, No. Mrs. Nancy Jane Andrews, No. 126, Merced; grand orgzanist, Mrs. Nellie Augusia Darling, No. 1, San Fran- grand scutinel, Maurice Pritchard, rra Valley. SRR NEILSON FAMILY TROUBLES. Judge Slack Stiikes an Trrelevant Document From the Court Files. Judge Slack yesterday ordersd stricken from the files of his court the supple- mental report of William M. Neilson in the case of Nan Neilson, an insolvent debtor. Mrs. Neilson was formerly Mr. Neilson’s wife, and since they separated he bas made many grave accusations against her, the latest being that she and her sister committed arson and that At- torney Charles G. Nagle was im the plot. Mr. Nuczle yesterday asked that Mr. Neilson be committed to jail for con- tempt of court for filing a false and defam- atory document, but Juage Sizck held that’ the communication was privileged, although 1t did not appear to nave any substantial legal bearing on the question under consideration. Attorney Curran made no opposition when Mr. Nagle moved to strike the paper from the files, | and it was so ordered. Mr. Nagle sad | Mrs. Neilson stands ready to answer lhe, charges ‘made by Mr. Neilson if he will present them in proper shape, and a con- tinuance was granted in order to allow the petitioner to see what iie can do to fortify his position. HEADS ARE THE BASKET Reinstated Supervisors Take Prompt Measures of Retaliation. Clinton’s Brother-in-Law and Rottanzi’s Friend Lose Their Jobs. The Mayor's Veto of Assistant Attorney Dunne's Salary Was Overruled, Thbe measures of retaliation that were expected when the Board of Supervisors was put back into office by the Supreme Court materialized at yesterday’s meet- ing, several heads falling into the basket. Supervisor Brittintroduced a re-olution, that was adopted, deposing I. an assistant clerk of the board, who was named by Supervisor Rotitanzi, and ap- po nting Jobn E. Hammill, who acted as assistant clerk while the board was bold- | ing its sessions in the Fulton House, in his stead. E. J. Nolan, a brother-in-law of Supe visor Clinton, who held the position of police patrol driver, was discharged and | J. Murphy given the job. A resolution to oust O’Brien 1n favor of J. Janitor J. J. Hynes failed to | carry, by one vote, Supervisor Morton be- | ing of the opinion that O'Brien should stay. P. Hayes was appointed a fireman in the City Hall, vice T. Doyle, deceased. The salaries of two assistant clerks of the Board of Supervisors, Charles Parent | and George Mclunis, were reduced from $150 to $100 per mon:ih. Mayor Phelan’s veto of the resolution appointing J. J. Danne an Assisiant Dis- | trict Attorney was overruied by a unani- | mous vote, Supervisors Dodge and Clinton being absent. Supervisor Rottanzi asked permission to explain his vote and stated that on a pre- vious occasion he nad voted to sustain the Mayor in the matter. “If the Mayor had looked into the matter,” he satd, “‘and ascertained what | service Attorney Dunne is doing the city he certainly would not have vetoed the resoiution. I have learned that Mr, Dunne’s services are necessary.’’ The Judiciary Committee was anthor- ized by resolution 10 have prepared a com- | pilation of the consolidation act and sup- plementary acts and such general acts as | apply to this city and county, and :o have the same printed in pamphlet form. Supervisor Smith introduced an ordi- nance intended to prevent the practice among merchants of giving away valuable presents to purchasers as an inducement | 10 patronize their stores, the present being given to the person holding a cer- tain number. Vioiation of the ordinance is made punishabie by fine and imprison- meni. The measure was passed to print. Supervisor Clinton was granted a ninety days’ leave of absence with per- | mission to leave the State. B STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work by the Board. Schwariz, | RECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. | Lombard. Hvde to Leavenworth—Cobbles. | Larkin, Lombard to Chestnut—Bitumen. Devisudero and Pacific avenue—same. Larsin, Lambard 10 Chesto: Levi adero and Pacific ave Lar<in and Ches:nui—Sam. | REsoLUTION OF coxbrTIO: Sta.le alie; t—Same. ue—Same. AL ACCEPTA Vatencia to Caledonia a I cE. Bita- OMMENDED FO - CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Pevisadero, Pacific avenus to Broadway— Bitu | men Lariin, Filbers 10 Greenwich—Same. Tarzin, Greenwicu (0 1 ombard—Same. { ECOMMENDED RFADVFRTISED. | Aorrelt place, Broadwa, to Pacific—Bituminous paving. ORDER ESTABLISHING GRADES. Twentleh street — Grades leveied and estab- | lished st various points in region of Maryland, | Michigan, Louisiana and Delaware streets; aiso at | rolnis on'said cross streets. Golden Gate avenue and Taylor—Established at our feet. . Golden tiate © gradient. Golden Gate avenue. Tayiorto Jones—Same. I sireet and Twentieth avenue—Established at 212 foet. 1 street and Tw. nt; -first avenu: 211 venue to Turk—To con- Cstablished at irades established atvarious inity of Sianyan sireet. teent i street—Kstabiished s points in vi- | einiiv of Devisadero, Castro and 2lpine street: | RESOLUTION OF INTENTION To CHANGE AND ES- TABLISH GRADES. | North Point and Leavenworth strests and Mont- | gomery avenue—Grades raised, lowered and estab- | hished at varions joints. North avenue—Grades to be lowered, raised and established at various polnts between Eugenia and Ceriland avenues. " Seventh avenue, K 10 N—Grades to be raised, lowered and establisued at various points. EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED. Bryant, Twent-sixth to Army— Property-owuers, thirty days on xrading, etc. Harrison, Serpentine avenue to ATmy- man Contractiug Company, thirty ing, ecc | Harrison, Army street to Precitaavenne—Same. Lower terrace, Pluto to Serpentine pace—Tro | Fred Lefller, thirty days on contract Lo construct | sewer. EXTENSION OF TIME RECOMMENDED. Tows, Twenty-second to Twenty-tbizd — To Henrs A. Whitley, ninety days on coniract to | grade, etc. Baker, Tonquin to Lewls—To Warren & Mal- ley, nibety duys on contract Lo macadamize. etc. Prospect and ksmeralda avenue—To John Kelso Company, toirty days on coniract for sewering, et | = ITIONS REFERR}D TO STREET COMMITTEE. | nton Park, Valencia to Stevensou—Propercy- | owners tor gradin: I'wenty-sixth, Dolorss to Sanchez—Same for | sidewalis Sunchez, Market to Sixteenth—Property-own- ers 1or estublishment of uniform grade Va encla, ~ixtecnth (0 “eventeenth—Same for acceptance of imj rovements. Wooi, Cort and to Kugenia avenue— Property- owners 10r water muing. Wool street and Eugenia avenue—Same for hrdran | Twenty-first, Noe to Sanchez—Liberty Heights | Tmprovement Club for sewer. Hi'l, Noe to Sanchez—>ame. PETITIONS REFERRED To STREET LIGHTS COM- ITTEE Alvarado, Guerrero sirec( to San_Jose avenue— | Peoperty-oiwners for laying of gas main and pl ing stre-t lamps. PROTESTS REFEEKED TO STR | Tentn avenue, U 10 P street | against gradin Heiman, V. | St Mary’s T COMMITTEE. Property-owners lencia to Markei—Same. y -nue, Missiou 10 the Southern Pa- | cifi~ Kaliroad—R. C. deBoom sgainst sewe | Fraukiin, O'Farrell to kliis—Property-owners | against pas ing, ete. Tenth avenue, N to O—same against zrading. | _imurel plac-,'Van Ness avenue to Franklin— | Bame agains. sewer. | . Seveuth, Berry to Chanuel—Same against pav- ing. Page, Fillmore to Plerce—t state of Egbert Jud- <ainst paving, eic et, Valencia to sunchez— «, 08k to Page—Pruper paving, etc. Fifteenth avenue south, San Bruno read to S street south—ame againsi resrading Chapuliepec, Eugenia to Virginia avenue—Same agaiust grading, etc. enth and Beiry—Francis Cut:ing, against | s0 | me. weers, against | pavi Peventh, Bercy to Chann<l_Same. Brosnan, Valencia (o Guerrero—Property-own- ers, ngaiost pav ng. etc. Ciinzon paik, Valencia to Guerrero—Same Gough, Turk street to Golden Gate avenue— first, Sanchez to Noe—K. Strozynski, againstsewer. Linden ayenue, Frauklin to Gough—Property- owners nst paving, ete. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON MATTERS SUBMITTED AT PREVIOUS MEETING, S:abic alley, Volenda sueet (0 Caieaonia alley— Recommends acceptancs of bitumen paving Vaiparaiso, Joues 10 Roach—Sewering recom- meunded postponed. | _Flist sveoue. south of Point Lob’s avenue— ’ Petition of R'chmond District Improvement Club 10 rezard 10 removing gum. trees recommended re- | terred to Street Lights Committee. Folsom, Niuth to Tenth—Paving to be done | 1ater. | “Bacon place, south of Pine—Gates should be re- The following is 2 comuplete summary of | moved the street improvements which passed | the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’s sesslon: RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK. Twenty-first and York—Stormwater inlet. Valparaiso and Eoacn—Pipe sewer. Minnesota, NMineteeuth to Twentieth—Grading. Bay and Laguna—Pipe sewe: Bay, Laguna to suchanan: Bay and Buchanan—sam Bay, Buchanan to Webster- Bay'and Webster—Same. W ebs er, Bay to North Point— me. Twenty-third, Cbatianooga to Church—Curbs, paving, etc. Fulton, Masonic avenue to Cole—Grading. RESOLUTION OF INTENTIO: Q street south and Sixteenth avenue south— Cesspools, cui bs, sidewniks, etc. Q sireet nue suth—Curbs, gutierways, etc. Q street south and Seventeenth avenue south— Same. Q street south, Seventeenth to Eighteenth ave- aue south—Curbs, gutterways. etc. Ninth avenue, Point Lobos lo A street—Pipe sewers, curbs, erc. Ninthavente and B street—S Ninth avenue, B to C sireet—Plpe sewers, etc. Niuth avenve and C s.reet—Pipe sewers, curbs, stdewalks, etc. Laguna. Greenwich to Lombard—Curbs and pay- tng. Tiarrison and Norwich—Pipe sewers, sidewalks, curby, etc. Lily nvenue, Laguna to Buchanan sireet—Curbs and paving. I 1ly avenue, Octavia 10 Laguna street—Curbs. paving, pipe sewer, etc. Alavsmna and Norwich—Pipe sewer, curbs, cul- verts, etc. St. Marys avenue, Mission street to roadbed of Southern Pacific Railway— Pipe sewer, etc. Ninth avenue and A street—FPlpe sewers, curbs, | ete. RECOMMEN DED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, «ole, Eeulah to Frederick—Bl:uminous paving. Cole and Frederick—same and sidewalk Cole, Frederick to Carl—Curbs aud pav Buwie avenue, Eleventh street to norcheasterly terminstion of Bowie a ue-—=ame. Central avenue and Wa ler—Bituminous paving. Central avenue, Waller sizee. to Buena Vista avenu=—Curbs, paving, etc. on, Jackson to Pacific avenue—Curbs and | paving. Leniral avenue, California to Sacramento—Side- walks. California, Central avenue to Lyon street—Same. Twenty-third, Castro to Sanchez—Same. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Stockton, U’ Farrell to GGeary—Biiumen. ameda to Fifieenth—~ame, vant, Fifteenth to 3. xteenth—>ame. Hampsbire, Twenty-first 10 Twenty-second— Same. Lexi gton avenue, Eighteenth street to Syca- more avenue—same. Sycamore avenue, Valencia street to Mission— Same. Taylor, Union to Filberi—Basali. outh, Sixteenth to Seventeenth ave- | Juilan avenue, Fenrteenth to Fifteenth street— Fence should ve zemoved. | “Kighth, Point Lobus avenue to A street—Sewer- | ing postponed six months. | A, Fifih (0 Eighth—Same. Fiorids, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth — Against reducing width of sidewalks. Rhode Isiand, near Twenty-thira—Changiog of | grade reterred to City Engiveer. | " Twenty-third and De haro—Same. Lower terrace, Pluto to Serpentine place—Thirty days’ extension of .ime recommended. Army, Mission 1o 2labama—Otjection (o side- | walks sustained. | “Harrison. Serpentine aveuue 10 Army sireet— | Sixty days’ time recommended. | Union, steiner to Pierce—Favor laying of arti- | ficial stone sidewalks. Lleventh aveuue, H to I—Favor rejeciing bids | for zradi g, ete. Seventh avenue and L street—Change of grade recommended. seven:h avenue and M s reet—Same. Twen y-seventh avenue, Clement to California street—Cha ge of grade recommended referred to Superintendent of Stree:s Bryaut, Third to kighith—Same, ¥ilbert' piace, Union to Filbert protest against seweriog. Florida, 1 wenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Same agalnst reducing width of sidewal Seventn avenue, K to N strest— grade Jessie, Thirteenth to Hermaun—Favor protest against Sewering Jullan_avenue. Fourteenid 1o Fifieenth—Favor | petition for removai of feuce obstructions Devisadero, Lombard to Greenwlch—Property- ave by private contract Twenty-second, Folsom to Treat avenue—Sew- ering recommended referied toSuperintendent of Streeis. 3 Ninth to Eleventh—Same. Baker—Petition 10 extend sewer to deep water; | same. A |~ Laurel avenue, Van Ness avenue to Franklin— | Petition against pavingstops work six months. North avenue, Cortland to ».ugenia avenue—Fa- | vor change ot grade. Icugenia and North avenue—Same. Sixth avenue, A street to Point Lobos avenue— Protest agalns: sewer favored. California, Central street to First avenue — Against extension of time for «rading. 1wen y-fourth and Guerrero—Froperty-owners may pave by priva’e coniract. Leavenworto, Green to Union—Protest against paving siops work six months. De Haro, Twenty-second to Twenty-third—Favor protest agaiust s wer. Clay, Waluut to Laurel—Property-owners may Jave by priva‘e contract Lioyd, Scott 10 Devisadero—Favor referring pe ti.lon for paving to Sup-rintendent of Streets Thira avenue, California o Clement street— Favor remacadamizing. Bush to Pine—Property-owners may pave by private contr: . Kansas to Arkansas—Favor pro- inst macadamizing. Seventeentn, POLrero 1o Kansss—Same. Chapu tepec, Kugenia to Virginia avenue—Fa- vor petition for gradin; aud jrotest sgainst sewers Chapultepec and Fugenia avenue—same. Leavenworib, Union 10 Greeu—Favor petition street—Favor ‘avor change of NEW TO-DAY. NO MORE DREAD OF By leaving your order for Teeth in the morning you can gei them the samedar. No charge for Extracting Teeth when plates are ordered. THE DENTAL CHAIR. AVING ENLARGED OUR PARLORS BY the addition of anoiher room #nd two operat- 11 g coairs; alo having complete! our s aff of skilled ~pecialists by securing the servives of an exper. (rown and bridge worker frim New York City, we are now in & position to ofter Special Inducements In the Lie of PAIXLESS CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK. Pesides our PAINLESS filling we have demonstrated to the public that by the proper ap- Pl cution of electricity we can Extract Teeth Absolutely Without Pain. FULL SKT OF TEETH for. .$3 00 up GOLD CROWNS, 22k, 400 up BRIDGE WORK, per Tooth 400 up. SILVER FILLING. 26¢ up GOLD FILLING.... . -75¢ up CLEANING TEETH. .50¢ up Work done as well at night as by daylight by the modern electrical devicss used hare. VAN VROOM & CO. ELECTRO-DENTAL PARLORS, 997 MARKET STREFT, CORNER SIXTH. Ten Skilled Operators. Lady Attendants. German and French spoken. Open Evemings till 10 oclock Sundays, 9 till 12 TELEPHONE JESSIE 1695, The fac-simile signature of Bore Taroat, Colored Spots, Hair-Fe AVEOU for paving, but on accoust of siopped ix months. Lincoln aud Leavenworth—Same. Seventeenth. Dolures to Church—Favor referring to =uperintendent of ~trects the matter of laying sidewalks. ghteenth avenue south, Ka West street—Same ior srading, eic. Hermann, Market 10 Valencis provements. Jackson. Cherry to First avenue—Same for grad- ing. ete. Greenwich, Dupont to K-ainy—Same for re- pairing. iweatv-third and Rbode Island—Favor peti- tion for abatemen: of nuisance caused by wooden sewer. *subury, Fell and Hayes—Favor petition for paving, eic. Peiry and Third—Favor cutb n Army, Mission 1o Alabar laying of sidewalks. rth and Leavenworth streets, avenue—Faver chan ing ziades Divis, easterly side, 120 teet southerly from Washington—Favor petition for plank sidewalk. Uavis and Oregon—=sme. Lombard, No. 811 —Same. ‘ruder, Ok to Page—ravor retain protest work ad avenue to Same for im" ‘avor stopping Mon zomery curbs, y street and Mont;omery avenue—Favor pay- ing with basait. Clinton Park. Dolores to Guerrero—Properiy- OWRers mav puve ry p-iva e con.ract _North ordand o kugenia avenue— Sanue for zrad ns, ete. Dolor s” Seventeenih to Twenuneth—Favor re- feiring to ~uper.nicudent of stre-ts the luying of sidewalks, Filbert, Fillmore 1o Steiner—Same. (JFair Ouks, Twenty-secoud to Twenty-third— Same. I street Thirteenth to. Fourteenth avenue— ion for graci g. e:c. Valencia to ~anchez—Favor referring (o Superintendent of Streets the pe:ition for paving. 1 street, Fourteenth to Eighteencth—Same for grading. Clay, Baker to Lyon—Favor paving. Other re‘ltions and protests either reported on adversely or placed on file. MRS, VAN DUZEN'S SANITY Judge Hebbard Could Not See That the Old Lady’s Mind Is Aftected. Judge Hebbard’s court was crowded again yesterday morning when Mrs. Eilen J. Van Duzen was called up to be exam- ined on a charge of insanity. It was thought by her accusers that because this old lady, who has seen 70 years of hard work, should have §5000 on her person while dressed ina shabby gown that was patched with half a dozen kinds and colors of cioth she must be insane. Mr: Van Duzen's appearance yesterday much the same as it was on Saturday. She wascalm and dignified, never spea g unle-s first addressed, and answered all’ inqulries intelligenily but sometimes with s touch of sarcastic asperity. Her money is the theme of conversation most often” touched upon by her visitor though she is never first’ to mention i When pressed for a reason for not telling any one that she had this large sum of money concealed on ner person Mrs. Van Duzen replied that she carried it herself because she feared that somebody would take it from her if she did not look out for it. “And they did, tco,”’ she added with a sharp ring of anger in ber voice. “But they do not intend to keep itex- cept to take care of it for you,” was ex- plainead. “That remains to bé seen,” she returned with bitter doubtfniness. Attorney H. H. Reid explained to Judge Hebbard that an applica ion for letters of guardianship of the old lady’s person and estate bad been filed and that Judge Siack was 10 hear the case this morning. Judge Hebbard remarked that he could see no resson for sending the woman to the insane asylum on the showing made thus far and that unless sometuing addi- tional should be deveioped be would order her discharged from custody to-day. He asked the officers to give this information to Judge Siac TR BELL ESTATE CONTEST. Daughters of Mrs. Lell Testify Strongly in Her Behalf. In the Bell estate contest yesterday two daughters of Mrs. B:ll testified in her be- { half for the purpose of disproving the a legation made by her son Frea that she is not a proper person to act as guardian of her minor children. The girls—Muriel and Robina, aged 15 and 16—proved good witnesses for their mother, Muriel appearing to ba the | brigh:er of the two. Thneir stories iallied perfectly in regard to the excellent treat- ment received by them at the hands of their mother. Attorney William H. Schooler seemed to think that there was a little too much similarity, and suggested that the cuail- dren had been trained, but Attorney Fisher Ames, representing Mrs. Bell, thought it was only an instance where both had to tell the same story when both were telling the truth. Farther hearing of the case will be taken up 10-day, NEW TO-DAY. . U you require Baco-Cure, it inal Guarant: (money refunded if it fails to cure) Write &7 proo of cures boxes (guaran- It leaves the sy teed cure) $2.50. tem fres from every trace of nicoiine, g Druggists, or Eureka Chemical and Manufac« turing Co . La Crosse. Wis NOTICE. Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made by the State Board of Equali= zation. Con‘roller’s Department, State of California, Sacramento. Oct.ber 12, 1897. in accordance with the provisions of Section 8668 of Lhe Politicn Code, no'ice 1. hereby given that 1 have received from tie Siate Board of Equalization the “Duplica e Record of Assess- { ments of Railways” and 1he “Duplicate kecord of Apportionment of Kailway Assessments,” con- tanin: the assessmenis upon the property of cach of the following- named associations or corpora- tions. as fixed by said “tate Boad Of Equaliza- tion for the year 1887, Lo wit California Pacific Ralroad Company, Central Pacific Reilroad Company. Northern ( alitoruia Raliroad Company, Nurthérn Railway Company, South Pacific Coast Railroad Compaay, Southern acific Rai road Company, Soughern California tor Road Company, Sonthern Pacific Railr. ad Company (Atisnuc and Pacific Baiirosd +om- pany Lessees), San Francisco and Norih Pacid ailway Company, Southera California iailw Compan n Francisco and san Joaqui: Va.iey Alameda and San Joaguin California and Nevada Kaii- road Company, Carson and COl0:atv Hali road Company, Gunlala Rivir Raliroad ¢ ompany. Nevada-California-Orego 1 Rai wav Company yada Countv Narrow Gauge Railroad Compan North Pacific Coas. Rai roal Company. Pac Coast Railway Company. Pajaro Valler Hailra( Compan “raucivco and Sun Mat Ri Slerra Val'eys Kalway Puallman’s Palace Car Company. The State and Countv Taxes on all personal property, and one-half of the State und Couniy Taxes ou all reai propeity, aie now due and pay- able. and wil! bs de fnquent on the November next, at 6 w'clock P. M. less naid 10 1he State ‘YTeasurer, at the Cap Loi, prior there- 10, per cent will be added (o the amouaL thereot. and uniess so pald on or before the last Monday 1a April_next at 6 o’clock p. 3. an additional 5 per cent will be added to the amonnt Liereaf. The remalning one-ba'f of he State and County ‘Taxes on ail real property wil be due and payab s Al any time after (he first Monduy i1 Jaiuary next, and will Ie delinquent on the last Mondaz 1n April next, at 6 o’clock P M., and uniess peia o the State I reasurer, ac the Capitol, prior therato, 8 per cent wiil be added to tie amount thereof. E. P. COLGAN, ~ta e Conzroller, WILEGX COMPOUND INSYOPILLS ‘The only reliable female regutator Send Lo for WomAme Saeranie 'WILOOX KEDICAL €0.228 . 8th St, Phila,Pa & Monday in