The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1897, Page 11

RIS EINY - EXPERIENCE e ber of peculiar Probably require tion to settle. thThem is a rumor in circulation that € San Francisco parties interested intend to take steps to follow Har- bourne, but this has not been verified. There is some criticism of the action of the Board of Trustees in appointing | one of their own number to the posi- | tion made vacant by the removal of | Mr. Harbourne. It is pointed out that questions, and will] considerable litiga- | . it was a somewhat extraordinary pro- 5 History ' of the geeding for a trustee to sit in juds- | Tally A ment upon and participate in the re- | allmers Is Told in moval of an employe, and then to at | once resign and take that employe's Court. place and salary, without considering any other applications that might | =i have been made, and it is a fact that | A there were two or three applicants for | VOst'of:Them Have Been In- |the place. i ————— s&ane or i e THE CLUTE INQUEST. Asylum. The Case Will | Chief Lees Has All the Evidence 1 Ready to Proceed This ! | | Probably Go to the Morning :dury Before Thur a P X The inquest on the body of Mrs. Night. Oakland Office of The Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 21. Clara “Fallmer's defense was com- menced to-day in her trial for mur- dering Charles Ladue. Her attorneys g sélely on one proposition. S that the girl has been led to be. lieve that Ladue would marry her and that when he refused and was about 10 cast 'her off she was rendered tem- porarfly insane and did not know What she ‘was .doing when she shot him: 1uring the day Miss Susie White- } Who was Clara’s friend for the months prior to the murder, was d the prisoner in court P a much shocking Mrs. Leslle, t onary under whose teach- b s 2 claimed to have been con- €d in’the County Jail two months nce the trial began very little of religious phase of the case that 0 prominent some weeks ago s be#n heard of, and Clara, the con- . at this trial does not appear to any different from Clara uncon- verted at her preliminary examina- tion. Attorney George Reed in his open- ing addr followed in detail all th events of the girl’s life from the tim Charl Ladue. He al to her # s little t there & Fallmer anc; 5. Her insanity in two genera- grandmother y for rnal Clara's sister to Agnews violently there at the age of 16 prepared to testif ther has been men- since the birth of and was so when Theattorneys stated lara’s mind was weakened by fever many y ago, brother Charles suffered in > way. 2 then related v the that irl Ladue a became g her un d that she was from that time her first witness. § a choleric man d testified t his wife was me: hé had attempted H daughte ath but upon he admitted th: 3eulah R Louise, girl 24 years who has been married ard di- the next witness. She told ersation with Clara to th t Ladue was going to marry aid she accompanied her ancisco on one occasion of buying brother, Rudolph, also his mother's insanity. where his sister Alma fs. court sustained an ob- ction to this question, but everybody 1ce the murder of Ladue new- that “Fallmer has been committed to an incorrigible. se expects to close the case and the fate of the mur- TOW, wedding i Mary A. Clute will be held to-da: | Chief Lees was busily engaged all day yesterday preparing for the event. He l he has got the evidence into| such shape that, in his opinion, the | guilt of Hoff will be made apparent to | any person. 1 Hoff will also appear this morning in Judge Joachimsen's court, but under the circumstances it is likely that the case will be continued pending the re- sult of the Coroner’s inquest. An old lady called at the City Prison | yesterday afternoon with a policeman. | She was taken to Hoff's cell, and after carefully looking at him she said: | “Yes, that's the man.” Hoff said after | she left that he had never seen her be- | fore, and Chief Lees declined to say | anything about her except that she | would give her evidenc at the inquest. | RICE GOES T0 | - MULTNOMAH CLUB Rival Portland Elevens Hur- riedly Summoning Stan- ford Players. Fickertand Thomas to Follow, With All Expenses Paid, to Coach for the Christmas Game. “Jack’™ Rice, the Stanford tackle, left | here Monday night by rail for Port- land, Or., to coach the Multnomah Athletic Club football team for its | | great game with the Portland Athletic | | (lub eleven in Portland on Christmas day. | He was telegraphed for and went with all expenses guaranteed by the Multnomah Club, of which he will be the guest until just after New Year day, when he will return to Palo Alt It is probable that Thomas, Stan- ford’s other Varsity tackle, and Fick- el the big guard and ex-captain, will | also start from Palo Alto to-day to act as additional coaches for one or " | the other of the rival elevens at Port- land. Th e teams met ng day of the in in Portland on what was the Northwe: and won, but not by such a that the Portland Club eleven | vinced that they had met su- ers. | ted in their hope of receiv- | | ing a California team for a holiday | match, the Multnomah me! the Portland Club playe: |to another game for great match Multnomah margin = Ch ristmas. | hould the Portiand team retrieve its | lost laurels and win this match the | two teams will meet again on New Year day, finally to settie the suprem. acy for this season; or if the Christ- | mas game results in a tie another| match will be played. The character of the rivalry of the two teams and of the interest taken in the coming game may be judged from the following extracts from a Portland paper: of | managers the met of them, Each that the many with agreement, was | one, the t, and rognizing 1k places in his team, had begun st about for some good m: parator; e | to_c may be known by Thursday | Multnomah had in mind Fi Oregon man), the crack halfback on | Stanford’s Varsity team. who has been | |2 elected ¢z of that t m for next | HARBOURN MAY GO FREE. | [ und Fickert, stanford's guard. | R — | ¥Portiana figured on getting TRic o | i of Stanford,” and several others whos Ne New Developmentsin the Case. | 0% L 8% 0TS 80w e matter was itiati | fin ymised, it is said, by both No One to Take the Initiative [ T o, e R in Prosecuting. | % next snag was in the se- e ,, o | Tection of " officials, who were to be ALAMEDA, Dec. 2L.—There have | chosen before the game. n no new developments in the case | It is very probable that some r;)nerwlll s e to-day. Al- | he brought from ornia to perform f-ex-Librarian Harbourne to-day. Al- | be brought from Cellforhe fo, perfotm t the Library Board has dis- | sigeration the cost involved this would faclare e . seem to be a u es: expenditure, as | ¥ declared thnt fhe m:'?,s of for- | 3o ‘ot good men can ba found In’ the Ty.and embezzlement have been | Northwest who could fill the position. iitted, yet it does not appear to | Clemens of Snohomish (the old Stanford any one's business to institute a | hero) may yet be chosen. | osecution or to endeavor to bring | In a later issue the same paper says: bourne back to answer for his| The question of eds. It is a three cornered prop- sition, with the occupants of neither | ers ready to assume the re- of inaugurating which might be construed taking the position of being way onsible for the loss. st move will probably be made . parties in San Francisco who & claims against the library repre- P ; the forged warrants. They will present their claims to the Board f Library Trustees, who will respond vhat they have been audited and war- nts drewn for the same. The next tep will be to demand from Treasurer secler the amount of the warrants, he will pond that they have paid and produce the canceled ments. It will then be in order the claimants to show that they r received the money and that r signatures to the warrants are ed. h?.rgr;rinams to be seen, but the proba- bilities are that he will still refuse payment and that a lawsult will be next in order. This will raise a num- of the cor sibiity ent any | What the treasurer will then | officials, which has | been a troublesome one, has been finally arranged. Dorsey Hill of Portland U versity will be referee and Harry Wal ton (the old Stanford veteran and Re- liance captain), coach of the Seattle | Athletic Club's football team, will prob- | ably umpire. The timekeepers will . be Charles Cook and Allan Ellsworth. Neither club will play any imported | men. Rice and Cotton were dropped by Portland _and _Fickert and Fisher by | | Multnomah. The teams will be made up of local men, bona fide members of the clubs that they represent. | | Notwithstanding this reference to an | agreement debarring outside men, Rice, when he left here last night, half expected to play with Multnomah on Christmas and perhaps again on New Year day. Morgan of Stanford, who is an old member of Multnomah, will play end for that club on his return home to | Portland for his Christmas vacation. When cotton thread was first made 840 yards of it weighed one pound. Hence itis No. I. A pound containing twice that number of yards is No. 2, and so on. NEW Bash o - inferior Substitutes. 35" "Saal G00D COOKERY COM PAJ\'I__YB;E.Xtract ation of gravies, soups, sauces, meat pies and all savoury dishes, ‘and digestibility. Nothing can take its place. TO-DAY. FOR LIEBIC | essence of the finest beef, its use in the prepara- essential features of good Note this Signature in BLUE on evsry Jar: % Co., P.0. Box 2118, New York. | thought fit to enlighten | Junction THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, PARTED FOR MANY YEARS Josiah Garrett Unveils the Mystery of His Life. Started for a Walk That Lasted | 2 Nearly Fourteen Years. He Now Returns to England Much Wiser and a Little Richer. Oakland Office of The Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 21 Thirteen years and a half ago Jo- slah Garrett walked out of his home in London in a temper. He and his wife had quarreled over a trifle, and, pick- ing up his hat, he walked off, intend- ing to be gone not more than halt an hour. As the distance from his home increased so did his temper, and with- out any more preparation he took a steamer for this country, and his short walk lengthened into a tour of the world, occupying nearly fourteen vears. Ever since Josiah Garrett came to Oakland he has been a man of mys- tery. Although a man of pronounced domestic tastes, he passed as an old bachelor, and nobody was able to draw out of him anything relative to his past. He has been prominent among the Seventh Day Adventists [ \ | \ 1 and has accumulated a neat sum of | money and is a very familiar figure in Oakland. A few weeks ago there was much surprise when Garrett announced his determination to go at once to Eng- land. He has just left, but before de- parting from Oakland he told the story of his life. “My wife and I have fust become reconciled,” said Garrett, “and we shall live the remainder of our lives together. But for a little nonsense we | should never have beén separated. We differed over a religious matter, and I walked out of the house in Argyle Mansions, London, and I have never been back. I am now 65 years old and we have been married nearly forty years. Since leaving England I have made several fortunate speculations, and am going home richer than when I left My walk has lasted nearly fourteen ars and it started over a little foolishness. Many people in Oakland have looked upon me as a man of mystery, and I have not them. Now that I am going away I want to people into my secret. THE TAY BUREY FAMILY AIDED Kind Hearted Ladies and Gen- tlemen Most Cheerfully Respond. Money and Provisions Forwarded to the Home of the Distressed. The humble home of Mrs. Van Buren at 722 Grove street was visited yester- day by dozens of kind-hearted and sympathetic callers, who came, not with empty hands. On the contrary, each cailer brought something to relieve the mother and little ones whose wants a few days ago were of the direst. Early in the forenoon several persons called at. The Call publication office and silently left a donation of money, with the request that it be for- warded to the family. This request was faithfully complied with and the several sums were sent to the house. In the majority of cases the parties | leaving a remittance declined to give their names and those who were per- sonally known asked it as a favor that their names be not mentioned. This request was complied with when made, but as others did not place this in- ith their donation, a few of the re here given. Mrs. T. M. Lilienthal, who {s stopping at the Granada Hotel, left $5, with the re- quest that it be given Buren in person. to Mrs. Van A gentleman from | Sacramento, who had read in The Call an account of the condition of the fam- ily, sent $5 to John D. Spreckels to be given to the family. With this amount several smaller sums were left and for- | warded during the day. A visit’ to the residence showed that the immediate wants of the Van Buren family had been relieved. Among those who lost no time in driving the wolf from the door may be mentioned: Mrs. H. B. Pumphrey, of 1402 Ellis street, who supplied household furni- ture; Mrs. 8. M. Bennell, of 7 Van ess avenue, who saw that two months’ rent for the home had been paid in advance; Mrs. Nellie Watt, of Alvarado street, money and groceries; Mrs. M. Schulte, ofi 5 Lotta street, a basketful of choice preserves and gro- ceries; Mrs. J. W. Wilson, of 25 Minna street, personal attention in nursing and taking care of the sick child pre- vious to its death and otherwise look- ing after Mrs. Van Buren’s comfort; Professor Bunnell, of Berkeley, for an order on a grocer for a full supply of what he thought was necessary; Mrs. Hattie L. Travers, Miss Sherman of 1081 Stockton street, and several others. Through the kindness of Mrs. Pum- | phrey Van Buren was taken to a cloth- ing store and rigged out wearing apparel with which he looked presentable to accept a job which has | Kennel Club is in receipt of a letter | from Judge Mortimer requesting him ' been promised him. ‘With this aid the family has been re- lieved and it now remains with the father of this unfortunate family to see that they are provided for in the future. —_———— AXE IS FOUND. The Missing Employe of the Gas Company Writes to Eureka Friends From Los Angeles. According to dispatches received the publication in Monday's Call that Fred | M. Axe was reported missing in this | created considerable excitement | | s 1ves. | in Eureka, his native home, upon the | Ave tHemay city, arrival of the mail yesterday. This was soon dispelled, however, by the re- ceipt of a letter from the supposed missing man to Thomas D. Petch, su- perintendent of the Eureka Electric Light Company, dated at 6041z East Fifth street, Los Angeles, December 18. In the letter Axe stated that he was in | Los Angeles in good health and was let | geles Electric Company as an oiler. He wrote to Petch for a letter of re- commendation. —————— KING SOLOMON’S OFFICERS. Masonic Installation in Frank- lin Hall—Presentation of Silver Plate. The officers of King Solomon’s Lodge, F. and A. M., were installed Monday | night in Franklin Hall in the presence | of almost the entire membership of fllcl lodge and a large number Of visitors | from other lodges. The officars who are | to serve for the current term are: Fred | B. Wood, W. M.; C. L. P. Marals, S. W. | George P. Godsey, J. W.; B. F. Jellison, | Harry Baehr, 8.; G. W. W'lean,i S. D.; C. W. Mores, J. D.; Samuel Mc- Kelvey, M.; C. W. Benjamin and A. H. Lau, stewards; George C. Dawson, tyler; | A. A. Atkin, organist. The installing | officer was A. M. Blade, the retiring master, assisted by William Filmer, mas- ter of ceremonies. At the close of the very interesting ceremony there was a presentation by Past Master G. Gunzencorier on behalf of the lodge to the retiring master and his wife of a magnificent silver service in recognition of the effective manner in which the master had presided over the | lodge during his term of office. There was an appropriate response, and then followed a programme of vocal and in- strumental music by the lodge’s sextet and orchestra and addresses by Robert Ferral, Rev. W. E. Smith, Rabbi Voor- sanger and others. This was followed by a collation. CARING FOR THE m STATE'S INSANE How People of Means Impose | on the Public for the Sup- port of Patients. The Commission Is Making Them Pay Their Dues—Indigent Foreigners Deported. The State Commission on Lunacy | met in the office of the Attorney Gen- eral yesterday and several interesting features were discussed. There were present: Governor Budd, Attorney General Fitzgerald, Dr. Mathews of the State Board of Health, and Dr. F. H. Hatch, general superin- tendent of the State hospitals. The Mendocino Hospital was represented by Dr. E. W. King and John C. Rud- dick, Agnews by Superintendent F. M. Sponigle and Director Upham, Napa by Dr. A. W. Gardner and General Barrett, and the Southern California hospitals by Dr. M. B. Campbell and John C. Kays. In the forenoon there was a long discussion relative to the proper diet to give the patients, and the idea seemed to prevail that a uniform diet was the best. It was de- cided that each of the superintendents should prepare a dietary, which will be presented at the next quarterly meeting. | The matter of the payrolls of the em- | ployes of the various institutions was | discussed at the afternoon session, but owing to the absence of Secretary of State L. H. Brown nothing was done, but the subject will be taken up again at a meeting to be held on the 28th. The report of the secretary brought out the fact that the commission is | now a self-sustaining institution, be- ing able to pay all of its own expenses out of the money collected from pa- | tients of means. He said that blanks | were sent to all the State hospitals | | to ascertain the names of the pay pa- | tients, and these were ail returned, after some delay, giving the number | of patients in the several hospitals ' who pay, as follows: Stockton 63, | Napa 80, Agnews 61, Mendocino 19 and | | in decent | result of a bad cold. seeking eraployment with the Los An- | Southern California 49—272. The report called attention to an- other class of patients who are, or rather have been, treated at the ex- pense of the State. At least 40 per cent of the whole patients in the sev- eral hospitals are foreigners—that is, persons who have never become citi- zens. The commission is doing all in its power to weed out these, holding that no foreign country has a right to ship its insane into this State to be- come a burden. Many of these for- eigners have been made to pay. All others have been sent on their way. Another source of expense to the community has been the practice of the officials in the Eastern States sending their old and senile to this coast. These have been sent back as fast as they were found. The report in conclusion sa “There are now in the five State itals 4893 patients, divided as fol- Stockton 1524, Napa 1460, Ag- news 913, Mendocino 450 and Southern California “The following is the status of the contingent fund of the five State hos- pitals on December 1, 1897: Agnews, bank balance December 1, $21,173 64; Stockton, 5179 04, Napa $10,254 36, Mendocino $3042 £0. | —_————— ALL ABOUT FIELD TRIALS. Death of Two—fllh;ble Hunting Dogs. Al Truman has been very unfortu- nate of late with his dogs. He had two young pointers entered for the Bakers- field trials and they were returned to him a few weeks ago by F. J. Stone of Fresno, who was handling the dogs for the trials. They were both down with distemper, and one of them, Don Crox- teth, died a few days ago. The other pointer, Bang Croxteth, was very {ll, but good treatment pulled him through. If everything goes well with Bang Mr. Truman expects to see him give a good account of himself at Bakersfield next month, It is said that George E. Gray, a well known Eastern field trial handler, has contracted with the Verona Kennels, which are located near Pleasanton, to take charge of the kennels for three years after he has completed the East- ern circuit of field trials. He is ex- pected on this coast in the latter part of January. | Fred Venker lost a valuable young dog a few days ago by distemper, the -l - ariton of the San Francisco to inquire into a certain article that appeared in Field Sports relative to Judge Mortimer and the last bench show held in this city. The matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the club. R UL A Consort With Thieves. Santo Spano, 14 years of age, and his brother, Dominick, 11 years of age, were | arrested Monday night and booked for a public institution. According to the police the boys go around selling bou- quets, but simply as a blind as they are spotters for thieves. At the request of Attorney Glover Judge Campbell yester- day allowed them to go home with a married sister on their promise to be- Not Pledged to Free School Books. 1 Editor of Call: I see a statement that | T had stated that the fusion of Freehold- ers were pledged upon the question of free text books in the schools. I desire to say that I have never made any such statement. None of the candidates ever spoke to me upon the subject, nor have I ever spoken to any of them or any one else upon the matter. Very truly, THOMAS V. CATOR. | | Qur Surplus Products, and How WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1897 “PASS OUT T0UR MONEY The Startling Injunction Addressed to Two Men in Oakland. 13 A Shot Was Fired by the Rob- ber, Who Then Escaped Into the Darkness. Baffled by Determined Resistance. The Wounded Man Is Expected to Recover. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—“Pass out your money, and be quick about it, see.” Such was the language ad- dressed to William Cron and his brother-in-law to-night in their butcher shop in FEast Oakland. As they did not show any willingness to comply, the robber fired a shot at Cron’s heart and then fled. William Cron and Louis Brubschi were in the butcher shop at Fifth avenue and East Eighteenth street to- night about 6:30 o'clock. They were clearing up the tables and blocks pre- paratory to closing when a stranger entered. He was a man of fair com- plexion and about 25 years of age, and as soon as he was near the counter he held up a gun and ordered the pro- prietor to deliver the contents of the till with speed. Cron had a cleaver in his hand and Brubschi a large knife, and instead of passing over the money they hastily made preparations to carve the in- truder. This did not suit the robber, and his anger found expression in a volley of oaths. At the same time he fired at Cron’s breast while the butch- er was only four feet off. The robber then ran away without making any attempt to intimidate Brubschi. Officer Cockerton heard the shot and went to the shop, but there was no trace of the robber. A doctor was called for Cron and it was found that the bullet had struck a rib and had followed it around his body and at no place had gone deep into the flesh. It is one of the luckiest of wounds, for the ball struck the rib clear over the heart and one-third of an inch higher or lower must neces- sarily have proved fatal. Unless some unforeseen circumstances arise Cron will soon recove: CONDEMN THE USE OF HOBBLES The Trotting-Horse Breeders’ Association Will Try to Prevent Their Use. An Interesting Meeting, at Which the Needs of the Light-Harness Horse Is Discussed. The first meeting of the new board of directors of the Pacific Coast Trot- ting-Horse Breeders' Association was held yesterday at the rooms of the as- sociation at 221 Geary street. It being the initial meeting of the di- rectors since their election two weeks ago, there was a full attendance. E. P. Heald occupied the chair and after a few preliminary matters had been dis- posed of Director Cohen was instruct- ed to draw up articles of incorporation, it being the intention of the associa- tion to incorporate under the laws of this State. It is probable that when incorporated it will be known as the California Horse Trotters’ Association. The election of officers resulted in Professor E. P. Heald being chosen President, G. E. Knight first vice-pres- ident, and A. G. Gurnett second vice- president. F. W. Kelley, the present secretary, was re-elected to the same position by a unanimous vote. Immediately after the election sev- eral topics pertaining to the benefit of the light-harness horse was broached and the use of hobbles was discussed at length. It was agreed that they were ugly appendages to a horse and the attempt to make a trotter out of a pacer should be discouraged. to discourage as much as possible their use, and kindred organizations will be requested to do the same. It being the tendency among trot- ting-horse men generally to have all races shortened, it was so decided. In- stead of the old three out of five heats to be run to decide a winner races will be shortened to two out of three heats. The association intends to give the public all they desire. Short dashes will be the rule, and it"is the in- tention to have all the races up to date. Progress is the word and the spirit of progress is rife. There is more life at the present time among trotting- horse men than there has been evinced for several years past. Encouraging reports from Eastern tracks show an awakened interest in harness horses there. Following is a list of the gentlemen who compose the directory of the new association: E. Heald, Cairn Simpson, John F. Boy: B Agnew, A. B. Spreckels, F. W. Covey. D. E. Knight, M. 8. Severance, A. H. Cohen, T. J. Crowley, Wiillam G. Layng and A. G. Gurnett. ————e—— Your name in gold without charge on leather goods at Sanborn & Vall's. . —_————— Got Knock-Out Drops. May Mazie, the woman accused of stealing $100 from James F. Williams of Michigan in the White Wings saloon, was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court b?' Judge Conlan on_a charge of grand larceny in $4000 bonds. The Judge said he was satisfied that some one had Flven ‘Williams knock-out drops in his wine, and he had a strong aus‘;iclon as to who did it. but_suspicion could not hang a man. He advised the police to work on the case and find the gullty person. T ————— Mechanics' Institute. The trustees of the Mechanies' Tnsti- tute, at a meeting last night, accepted the resignation of Joseph Leggett. J. Alfred Kinghorne Jones was awarded the medal offered at the recent fair for the best essay on ‘“How May We Dispose of Best Employ Our Surplus Labor?" tees Oscar Lewis, P. J. Healy and George Presson were appointed a committee to draft resolutions of re: t to the memory of Charles M. Plum, former president of the institute. is acquired by ladies who use Pozzoxr’s Comrruxion Powpns. Try it. On | | motion of A. B. Spreckels it was voted 11 Auction Yalcs GRAND AUCTION. $6000 FURNITURE AND CARPETS. THIS DAY. Wednesday December 22,1897, .M. 314 Hayes Btrest, Near Franklin. Elegant New Parlor, Library, Chamber and Dining-Room Furniture. Full particulars in Chronicle. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, 602 Market Street. AT 116 SUTTER STREE:[. THIS DAY, at1l A. M. and 2:30 P M. The Important Sale at Auction ——OF THE—— Rare Porcelains, Enamels, Bric-a-Brac and Artistic Furniture. CLOSING OUT THIS WEEK. WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. OCCIDENTAL HORSE EXCHANGE 721 HoWward street and 225 Tehama street, s Near Third, San Francisco. Wm. C. Layng & Co., Livestock Auctioneers GREAT AUCTION SALE —oF— THOROUGHBRED HORSES Yearlings and Two-year-olds Belonging to . J. BALDWIN ESQ. Thursday Evening - Dec. 23, 1897 Commencing at 7:30. This sale includes brothers and sisters to the greatest racehorses in California and were sired by Gano, Amigo, Emperor of Norfolk, imp. Chesterfleld, Conveth, Emperor of Norfolk. best mares on Santa Anita farm. Catalogues ready. Horses at salesyard. Address WM. G. LAYNG & CO., 513 Bush st. MISSING AND IN DISGRACE Mendocino Supervisors Oust Sheriff Johnson From Office. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. UKIAH, Dec. 21.—The Board of Su- pervisors to-day considered the al- leged shortage in Sheriff J. K. John- son’s office. After the taking of testi- mony the office of the Sheriff was de- clared vacant. The testimony of witnesses was in- troduced to show that the Sheriff had the combination of the Tax Collector’s safe and that a few days previous to his departure he had been seen work- ing the combination, although it was generally understood that he had no access to the funds of the Tax Col- lector’s office. It was shown that Johnson expended large sums of money shortly before his departure. Deputy Sheriff Lafe Van Dusen testi- fied regarding certain way bills for a large quantity of merchandise shipped by Johnson after he left Ukiah. Under Sheriff Philo Handy testified that he had made diligent inquiry as to his superior’'s whereabouts, but had met with no success. No state- ment as to the amount of the alleged shortage was received, nor was that considered by the board. A motion was then made by Supervisor John Flanagan, seconded by Supervisor A. M. Duncan, that the office of Sherift and Tax Collector of this county be declared vacant, and without a dis- senting voice the motion was carried. An application for the appointment to the vacancy created by the board having been previously filed by J. H. Smith, it was considered, and, there being no other applications offered, Smith was appointed to the vacancy. The board referred to the District Attorney the matter of the apprehen- sion of Sheriff Johnson and the re- covery of the amount of his shortage from his bondsmen. The report of the expert fixes the shortage of the Tax Collector at $5775. ROADS TO BE BUILT IN YOSEMITE VALLEY. Department of Highways Expresses lis Appreciation of the De Vries Bill. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 21.—The De- partment of Highways has received from Congressman Marion de Vries a letter inclosing a copy of bill No. 5012, introduced by De Vries on the 14th inst. This bill provides for the crea- tion of a commission of three mem- bers, two of which shall be officers of the Engineer Corps of the United States army, and the third one of the members of the Department of High- ways. This commission is required to examine into the existing roads and possible routes for the new roads into and through the Yosemite Valley, and to report the results of its studies to Congress not later than the first Mon- day in December, 1898. An appropria- tion of $5000 is asked for to defray the expense of surveying and mapping and the traveling expenses of the com- ssion. The members of the Depratment of Highways regard the bill as an ad- mirable one and heartily indorse its provisions. They have mailed to Con- gressman de Vries their.indorsement and a few suggestions regarding the details of the bill. Their letter is as follows: SACRAMENTO, Dec. 21, 1897. Hon. Marion de Vries, M. C., Washing- | NEW TO-DAY. HE SENDS IT FREE A Never Failing Remedy That Makes A Man Young Again. TRUE MANLINESS QUICKLY RE- PLACES THE WORN OUT NERVES AND VIGOR. ‘When a man’s strength and vigor is slowly wasting away from nervous weakness, the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most severe pain. There is no let up to the mental | For years the | suffering day or night. writer rolled and tossed on thetroubled sea of Nervous Debility, Emissions, Lame Back and the various other troubles of Sexual Weakness, until it was a question whether he had not better take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles. But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combination of medicines that completely restored his general health and enlarged his weak, emaciated parts to natural size and vigor, and he now declares that any man, young or old, who will take the trouble to send his name and address may have Free full particulars of this wonderful home treatment which quickly restored me to my full strength and vigor of youth. Now, when I say free, I mean absolutely without cost, because I want every weakened man to get the benefit of my experience. There are thousands of men suffering the mental tortures of weakened man- hood who would be cured at once could they but get such a remedy asghe one that cured me. Send for it, and learn that there are a few things on earth, although they cost nothing to get, are worth a fortune to some men, and mean a lifetime of happiness to most of us. Write to Thomas Slater, 178 Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo, Mich., and the information will be mailed in a plain, sealed envelope. Pe Chichester’s RNYROYAL PILLS 8APE, “sivays reifabie. for Chichester s Co., Madison’ PHILAY A PA C.—Dear Sir: Your letter of the , and inclosure of . 5013, 0 the highways approaching the Yesemite - valley, reached us this morn- ing. The members of this department have had occasion to thoroughly study - the facts and conditions connected with the roads in and around the Yosemite valley, and congratulate you in presenting & measure which prescribes a thorough and exhaustive examination by a compe- tent body and the determination of the vital facts as a basis for the important road work which must be done to prop- erly utilize and develop this great park. We thank you for the compliment im- plied in asking for recommendations or suggestions, and have only two to offer: First—The shortness of the season of ‘work in the high Sierras, and the prompt- ness with which all work must be done, makes the suin of $5000 appear inade- quate. If possible, it should be raised to and be made available by May 1, Second—The members of this depart- ment are now on a salary from the State. Our dutles embrace all work relative to the highways of the State In which our | services may be required. We therefore | urge that the per diem of $10 be omitted and the fund appropriated be called upon only for the necessary traveling expenses of Such members. We return the copy of the bill with a few verbal corrections, again expressing our personal and official indorsement of your work. NEW TO-DAY. The only genuine Hunyadi Water. Hunyadi Jinos BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINTS & HEMORRHOIDS ““The prototype of all Bitter Waters.” Lancer, ‘‘Speedy, sure, gentle.”” British MedicalJournal CAUTION: See ihat the label, bears the signature of the firm Andr eas Saxlehner. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debillty or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. I'he doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, Box 1957, Sau Francisco. OCEAN TRAVEL. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers leave Broadway wharf, San Francisco, as follows: For ports in Alaska, 9 a. m., Dec. 17, 22, 27, and every fifth day thereafter. For Victorla, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- gend, Seattie, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom_(Bellingham Bay, Wash.), 9 a. m., Dec. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, and every fifth day thereafter, connecting at Vancouver with | the C. P. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P. Ry.. | at Seattle with Great Northern Ry., and Alaska_steamers, For Eureka (Humboldt Bay), steamer Po- mona, 2 p. m., . 8, 7, 11, 15, 20, 24, 28, Jan. 1, 5, 10, 14, 13, 22, 26, 31 For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Ca- yucos, Port Harford (San Luis Obispo), Gavi- ota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Huenenie, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, 9 a. m., Dec. 4, §, 12, 16, 20, 24, 23, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Fort Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m., Dec. 2, 6 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, and every fourth day thereafter. For Ensenaca, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz Santa Ro- salia end Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., 2d of each month. The Company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing. 5 | CTICKET OFFICE—Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery st. | i GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., General _Agents, 10 Market st., San Francisco. THE 6. R. & N. C0. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PO R TLAND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. AlE $5 First Class Including Berth F $2.50 2d Class and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SATLINGS State of Columtia. “alifornia...Nov. 15, 24, Dec. 4, 14, 24 Nov. 19, 29, Dec. 8, 13, 2 Through tickets and through baggage to all Fastern points. Rates and folders upon appli- catlon to F. F. CONNOR, General Agent, €30 Market street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. EI“I S.S. AUSTRALIA, for HONOLULU only ©npa 6, 2 p. m Tuesday, Dec. 25, at " Janua p. m. e a0 X RDIE, Australia, and CAPR 2 p. m. Special party rates The MOANA Line to COOLG TGWN, South Africa. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, Compagnie Generale Traasatlantique. | River, foot of MNorton st. Travelers the channel In a small boat. New York to 114 Montgomery Street. Frelght Office—327 Market st.. San Francisco, French Line to Havre. Company’s Pler (new), 42 Nnnhfi by this line avoid both transit by English railway and the discomfort of crossing Alexandria, Egypt, via Paris, first class $160, second class $116. LA BRETAGNE December 11, 10 a. m. LA GASCOGNE. 10 & m. LA NORMAN 10 a. m, LA CHAMPAGN' .January 1, 10 a. m. LA January 8, 10 a. m ther particulars apply to Ror Suhe R A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. 3. F, FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomery ave., San Franclsco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St., at 6 P Daily, FREIGHT RECEIVED UP TO §:30 P. M. Accommodations reserved by telephone, The only line selling through tickets and glv- ing through frelght rates to all points on the Valley Railroad. AMERS: STEA T. C. WALKER, J. D. PETERS, MARY GARRATT, CITY OF STOCKTON. Telephone Mxin 805 Cal. Nav. and Impt. Co. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. te: Steamer ‘ Monticell Mon., Tues:, Wed., Thurs. and Set. 6:45 a. m.'and 3716 p. m. (9 p, m. ex. Thurs.) Fridays. ~1p m,$p m Sundays .10:30 'a. m. and 8 p. m. ding Mission Dock, Pler 3. Telephone Green 381, For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pler 1 dally (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays gxoepted) at 5 p. m. Frelght and Passengers. Fare between San Francisco and Alviso, 50ci to San Jose, Tic. Clay street, Pler 1. 41 North First street, San Jose.