The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCITOBER 25, 1898. FATHER 0TS WRITES OF THE SOCIAL EVIL Deprecates Localizing the Curse. CRITICIZES FATHER CARAHER| EXPLAINS HOW BROOKLYN WAS | MADE CLEAN, His Life Shall Be Spent in an Un- compromising Fight—Ear- nestness of Purpose Required. | | | | The following letter has been received | by The Call: | October 24, 1898. or of The Cali—Dear Sir: ly permit me to use the | heCall to make a few com- | nts upon a communication published | the issue of the 23 inst. relative to the | work undertaken by the Society for the | Suppression of Vice, namely the closing of the immoral resorts on Bacon place. The | writer of the article protests against the | influx of dissolute women into the North | Beach district and argues that it will | ve @ blighting effect upon the children, Wwho are very numerous in that section o the city and would have to gaze upon the disgusting spectacle. We are In ac- cord with this view and are pleased that he is striving to prevent such a degrad- t airs, and will render him a He declares that he has called of Police to assist him, ry has helped him by an er dumbness” and a ‘‘masterly {nac- er words the chief has ig- A he asks the public, par- “to judge of his con- | y whether the morals of are safe in his keeping.” 1In| fon they are not. We think the reason to complain and we | e with him and urge him to op- | every lawful means In his power £ ect of the Chief’s inactivity. that the premises surround- ‘alifornfa and Dupont streets | ruined_irreparably”’ by this | . We acknowledge the s it further. A thing irre- s no longer reason to ur contention | ice our efforts | able ruin’ le in the form | inhabited by to supplan breathin; sirth of a child is | ‘Why? Because are there. If they were on would undoubtedly in this respect even A good reason for s that it is his belief ed of should be “im- in our power to destroy | pany and others. The bill was brought to obtain an injurction ainst the Sheriff, the Donohoe-Kelly Banking Company and 8lher creditors of the Francis-Valentine ompany from selling, disposing or inter- fering with tgs property of the Francis- Valentine Company, until after proceed- ings can_ be brOuE‘ht in the bankruptcy court to have the Francis-Valentine Com- pany adjudged & bankrupt. Upon the prayer of the bill Judge Hawley issued a restraining order to flrevent the sale of the property. The banking company then filed an order denying the allegations of fraud, collusion and conspiracy and that the injunction be dissolved. —_——— Asthma, bronchitis, catarrh cure guarant'd. Dr. Gordin, Sanitarium, 514 Pine, nr. Kearny, 8.F. Cal. —————ee J. A. LEONARD RETURNS. Is Recovering From an Injury Re- ceived on His Way Up the Yukon. Joseph A. Leonard, who went from here last June as manager of an expedition to, dredge for gold on the Yukon River, arrived yesterday on the steamer Walla Walla. ‘While on the way up the Yukon River a month ago his foot slipped and caught in the machinery of the boat and was badly crushed and mangled. From lack of surgical care and proper medicines blood poisoning and erysipelas set in, and hope of saving his life was given up by the other members of his party. his urgent request he was sent back down the river, accompanied by J. C. Hums hreys, a’ dentist of Alameda. After en- uring’ many hardships they made St. Michael. Mr. Leonard’'s condition re- malned extremely critical until after leaving St. Michael, when a supply of medicines, obtained from a doctor on the steamer they had taken passage on, proved so beneficial that he soon began to_improve. Mr. Leonard hopes to be able to save his foot, and expects next summer to rejoin his party,_ who believe him to by this time dead. His vessel {s the Dawson City, which sailed from San Francisco on the 23d 1 last June with twenty pas; sengers and apparatus for dredging gold from the river beds by means of & Cen- trifugal pump. Mr. Leonard was carried from the steamer on a mattress and was taken to his home in Alameda. A BOOM IS ON THE WHEAT MARKET | WAR SCARES ARE GIVING FOR- EIGNERS UNEASINESS. | General Advance in Prices Here and Among the European Traders. A general bull wheat market s upon the country. There is no Lelter. Supply { and demand rule the market. War scares are giving forelgners no little uneasi- ness. December wheat In the Chicago market advanced 3 cents yesterday. Liverpool quoted wheat 6 cents advance over Saturday’s closing prices and a still greater advance on the curb after the | regular trading. Consols declined 1 point, the greatest decline in months. French | rentes opened at 101f %0c and closed at 101f 55c, with late sales at 101f. Reports from the United Kingdom and Continent were of the most exciting char- acter. Liverpool cabled that all sellers of wheat had withdrawn their offers and gll kinds of prices were being paid. The out- sed.”” Is he reported | ze evil! Did God ever | ize a crime? Did he con- | it alizing the lechery of and Gomorrha? Did he not| h the power of his wrath? | I )t cauterize the very ground on cities were built with fire and Did Christ try to_localize a the temple? Did he say 1gers here or there— r or that door? Did he | miscreants, being driven ccupy some other temple? wrath he seized a them from his sight— night—settle where they em in theirs wowd his “loving your | id he act to- | charity, mercy and s the State act with j’usxlca ibits the crime, as | aze with a h or ct it has do It is well contended that a fire is not | i -ading it industriously | We agree to that. Let be called and stamp it chance in thelr efforts a k be carried on the breeze to c ings, let our neighbors arouse | themselves and quench the spark. No one who is not terribly deceived will say that immorality is a necessary evil. Weak as | human 3¢, believe btter things | L 21 od is not God if sin er have us do? Does te tho abiding | ¢ that has crowded | e it has existed | not give it a | . He may remove his | , If he 8o pleases, | e law is on our side we | he oppe s moral pestilence. he regret has been expressed that | thers is 1o law to reach and punish the | who make this traffic » ig a law, but our Police t it. An efficient Police De- could solve this whole prob-| week. 1f our Police Department wsculine S m em in o watchful, active and aggressive the | would not exist. Brooklyn to-day fis | the ¢ t city in the Union, | ago had you stood by its {ght haunts of shame within a radius of 300 was _that city's expurgation 47 Public indignation_ was Tow sh An st and efficient Police pent was secured; its Chief was in the harge of his duty. week the btains reported their | Tespe g s publicly | etated that there were captalns there in | power who were recefving a percentage old in these sham- from all the cribs These captains protested, pro. ly and madly and long. Th rk could not be done. A po: on every bottle of w b le red him from ad- hell-holes. They would the crime, therefore he Chief announced *‘break in the doors. er captains said, “The f too long standing; we cannot the police Chief answered: | badges and your resigna find other men who can.” | D 4 to a single case the | look would indicate matters growing Forse before getting belter. The trads {n general s dfsposed to look upon war as being impossible, but while conditions re- maln threatening there is no telling where prices for food products may go. America is about the only source of wheat and corn supplies from which Eng- land and France may draw at the pres- ent time. The Continent was a good buyer of wheat futures during the latter part of | yesterday's session, giving the market re- merkable strength. If conditions become more alarming wheat will advance rapidly. The last French complications sent prices far be- yond $1 2 per bushel. It is just dawning upon the trade that wheat has been too c Ea}). It 18 more than llkely America will feed the world this year with her big crop, which means renewed prosperit and less likolihood of prices oing. back to_their former low level. The advance in cereals during October means over $100,000,000 to producers—a sung sum. Wheat has influenced corn prices, the latter advancing about 4 cents er bushel. Hog products are strengthen- B Snf eamine & soudixet nizsnne in | the near future. Cotton declined 10 points | on_war rumors. The local wheat market was strong, De- | cember sell!ni{ at $127%, May $129. Con- | siderable selling by those who had good profits in_sight took place. There Is a strong undertonse to the market and much depends upon Liverpool quotations. Yes- terday’s trading was the largest since the late decline. Barley was dull and neg- lected, traders awalting developments. TEACHERS MAY HELP THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN SIGN A PAPER TO FOREGO SALARIES. Only Way, According to Superintend- ent Webster, to Avoid a Shortage. The financial difficulties of the School Board will not lead to the closing of the public schools in December, as stated in an {1l advised rumor circulated yesterday. Superintendent Webster said to a Call reporter: “There {s no reason to think that the schools will be compelled to shut down, even for & part of a month, This cry about the mecessity of closing the schools is heard reguarly every year when the funds run low. So far as I can see the School Board cannot stop the| pay of the teachers, nor cah it reduce their pay 10 per cent, as the year's sala- ries were fixed last July. If an attempt should be made to cut the salaries I be- lleve that the teachers would take action in the courts. Nor can the board reduce the number of teachers on the payroll, ac- cording to decisions of the courts. Once a teacher is upon the payroll he or she must remain there, unless charges can be brought which will result in dismissal. “There is but one way in which the ooked, Police Chief Camp-| g.hoo] Board can be hélped out of its bell rallted a handfil of his men around | jimculties by the teachers. and that is nim and swept down upon it like a wWhitl | by gecuring their voluntary signatures hes 1 0 el o ase Camong. the | to- an agreement to releaze the board point of morals foremost among fr“{nd“ail, ty for "their suhlxgle% rr{‘r a o » eriod of two wecks or a month, erhaps s Iof whio Gunines o | Phe. teachers would be wiliing to make con arotze the law loving citizens of this | Shortage. Any other way of handling the city to ac we can free ourselves from | matter will, in my opinion, be subject to in which we held. At e Chief of Police we lay the e law forbids the use of this immoral traffic. The | thralldom door of writer in the le counsels impounding | and comp In spite of divine and | State la do so, but we 1 make no promise with erim The suggestion in an cvening paper for a conference absurd until the law is| changed. W may we see our | du plain and un- t God is with all fight this of our being— needs be singie-handed and alone ntil our hands fall lifeless by our 1 others more worthy and more than we rise up to take our | Yours gratefully, M.'0oTIS8, C, 8. P. ity al capable places. Turn Verein’s Stiftungsfest. The San Francisco Turn Verein, the oldest German soclety in San Francisco, has appointed a committee, with Christ Speigel chairman, to make arrange- ments for the celebration of its forty- sixth a ¥. It hag been t of this socloty, which has for 1s eosirs healthy mind in a healthy body,” and | has for its purpose the education of ‘the young, physleally as well as mentally, to eep : resh annually the m institution in 1852, &'hp :-p)rll:rr‘?x?lg;sl?!fl ll:: {n the nature of a stiftungsfest in Fure Verein Hall on Turk st of the 6th of November. o' OF the night —_—— Creditors’ Rights. United States District Judge Hawley yesterday rendered an opinton denying the motion to dissolve the injunction in the case of Blake, Moffitt & Towne and others against Francis-Valentine Com- i legal dispute.” YiAre there not too many substitute teachers?”’ was asked. “Perhaps. 1 think that the schools could get along with fewer. “There are thirty-six pald substitutes in the day and night schools, drawing salaries aggregat- | ing $16,000 a year. As against this expen- diture the School Board saved last year from the salaries of the regular teachers absent from their schools the sum of $7300, so that the net loss by .the employ ment of the substitutes was about $8000, Asks for an Accounting. Oscar Newhouse has sued E. A. Wiltsee, his mining partner, for an accounting. The plaintiff alleges that in June of 1895 he entered into a copartnership with the defendant, whereby It was agreed that ; should engage in the mining busi- Since that time, the plaintiff al- leges, the profits have exceeded ,000, wfilch the defendant has a.gpned to his own use to the exclusion of the plaintiff. Smith’s Dandruff Pomade Cures eczema, dandruff and itching scalp when all other remedies fail. For sale by all druggists. Price 50c. Sample sent free by Smith Bros., Fresno, Cal. . —_————————— Cyclers’ Theater Zarty. The annual theater party of the Cali- fornia Associated Cycling Clubs will be held at the Tivoll November 2. This is one of the big annual events in the cycling fraternity, and attracts a large attendance of wheelmen and their friends. The va- rious clubs in the assoclation have se- cured blocks of seats for the occasion. PHILANTHROPIC SWIFT AND HIS LUMBER BID It Is Far Below the Cost of Boards. IS AWARDED THE CONTRACT APPORTIONING THE VARIOUS CITY FUNDS. No Reason Given by the Finance Committee for the Long Delay in the Segregation of the Money, The Board of Supervisors met yesterday and passed the resolution segregating the funds of the various departments, mak- ing no changes in the schedule previously announced. No reason was offered by the Finance Committee for its long delay in presenting the resolution, although it was ready in the form adopted fully a month ago. On several recent occasions there have been discordant notes utttered by several members of the “harmonious ma- jority,” and resolutions have been pre- sented and withdrawn in a most inex- plicable manner., That a falling out has taken place among the brotherhood s be- lieved by many who are close observers. The delay in segregating the funds for a full month and then the final failure to do anything except to pass the original resolution causes this report of a dis- agreement to assume tangible grounds. The board granted a contract for one year to P, Swift to supply first-grade Ore- gon pine lumber to the Street Department at §$11 75 per 1000 feet. Mr. Swift sent word to the Supervisors that he was not the P. Swift who is under investigation by the Grand Jury, but only his son. Inci- dentally it' may be remarked that the price of the first grade of Oregon pine in carload lots, delivered in San Francisco, is $15 per 1000 feet, according to the state- ments of several reputable lumber dealers. Mr. Swift, contractor, will, according to these figures, be placed in the attitude of a public benefactor, donating to the city not only his reasonable profits, but also $325 on each 1000 feet which he is per- mitted to deliver. The next lowest bidder to Swift asked $18 per 1000 for his Oregen pine, but the Board of Supervisors did not even consider his proposition, as it in- volved a profit of §3 per 1000 feet on the face of it. The Supervisors voted unanimously to return to the various architects the plans which had been presented for the con- struction of a new City and County Hos- pital. The board did not see fit to add apology, stating that it had foolishly put the architects to great expense of time and trouble, which could have been avoid- ed if the board had before advertising for plans asked the City and County Attor- ney if the procedure were legal. Supervisor Smith, in behalf of Father Otis, presented a petition asking for the closing of the disreputable dens on Bacon place, It was promptly referred to the Health and Police Committee until after election. Electric_lamps were ordered placed at Fell and Devisadero, Fell and Broderick, wenty-first and Guerrero, Hoffman and Alvarado, View avenue and Twenty-third, Douglass and Twenty-first; Tremont, near Frederick; Liberty, between Castro and Noe; Brannan and Third, and a gas lamp at Bartol place, off Broadway. The City Engineer was Instructed to make surveys of streets on Columbia Helghts and for a main sewer in the dis- trict south of Golden Gate Park. - STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Complete Record of the Work Passed by the Board of Supervisors. The following is the complete record of the street work adopted by the Board of Supervisors at yesterda session: AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. Cole, Frederick to Carl—Granite curbs and paving with bituminous rock to Pacific Paving Company. Ecker, Jessle to Mission—Paying with bitu- minous ‘rock to City Street Improvement Com- pany. In ‘front of lots and lands at a point on the southerly line of California street, distant 165 feet west from the westerly lne of Leaven- worth, and thence westerly along said south- v line of California street for a distance of according to plans and specifications—Ar- Cial stone sidewalk with runway and con- all to Gray Bros ng of Sixteenth and Vermont—Cess- culverts, granite curbs, artificial stone aving with bituminous rock to e San Francisco Paving Company Washington, Cherry to First avenue—Twelve- inch iron stone sewer with two manholes, to Frank L. Sheerin, RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Clement street and Fifth avenue—Cesspools, culverts, granite curbs and artificlal = stoné sidewalks. Hulbert alley, southeaster] southeasterly termination flfy Paving with bituminous rock. Vulcan alley, Vallejo street to Card alley— Paving with bituminous rock. Shrader, Vallejo to Frederick—Curbs, artifi- cial stone sidewalks and paving with bitumin- Gus rock Baker, Greenwich to Lombard—Granite curbs and paving with bituminous rock. Twenty-first, Florida to Bryant—Same, Ninth~ averiue, L to K-—Sixteen-inch stone plpe sewer with three manholes, etc. Northerly and southerly portions of the cross- ing of Ninth avenue um{!{ street—Sixteen-inch iron stone sewe Easterly and westerly portions of same cross- ing—Elght-inch Iron stone pipe sewer. Southeasterly and southwesterly corners of same croesing—Cesspools, culverta and redwood curbs. Northeasterly and northwesterl; same crossing—Redwood curbs. X oot Roadway and sidewalks of same crossing— Regrading and re-macadamizing where not al- ready done. EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED. plones, FPaciflo to Broadway—To Flinn & reay days on construction of stone sidewalks. sy Bernard, Jones to Taylor—Same, : Scott, Lombard to Chestnut—To Fred Lefer; w0 days on grading. : xicenth avenue, south, K to L—To M. C. Hogan; %0 days on grading. - RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Jullan avenue and Fourteenth, crossing—Bi- tumen. Valparaiso, Jones to Roach—Basalt. ‘Waller, Scott to Devisadero—Same. Capp, Twentfeth to Twenty-first—Bitumen, North, Twenty-first ' to = Twenty-second— Macadamizing and grading. Seventh avenue, B to C—Grading and mao- adumizing. Crossing of Capp and Twenty-first—Bitumen, Twentleth, Castro to Hartford—Plank side- walks. Vincent, Green to Unlon—Eight-inch sewer and three manholes. Bighteenth, Sanchez to Noe—Granite curbs and bitumen. Crossing of Jackson and First avenue—Arti- ficial stone sidewalks, ten-inch sewer, etc. B, Sixth to Scventh avenues—Grading, curbs and macadam. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Chestnut, Hyde to Leavenworth—Basalt. Montgomery court, Montgomery street west- erly—Bitumen. Twenty-first, Harrison to Alabama—Same. Twenty-first, Alabama to Florida—Same. Filbert, Steiner to Plerce—Same. Crossing of Twenty-first and Alabama—Same. Crossing of Twenty-first and Florida—Same. Crossing of Seventeenth and Bryant—Bitu- men. RECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPT- ANCE. line of Clera to Hurlbert alley— tron Bryant, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Bitumen. Crossing of Bryant and Twenty-fitth—Same. Bryant, Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth—Sam RECOMMENDED PASSED TO RESOLUTION ORDERING. Page, Masonic avenue to Ashbury—Bitumen. ORDER CHANGING AND ESTABLISHING GRADES. Sixteenth street on a line at right angles northerly from its southerly line at a point 311.45 feet easterly from Ashbury street—IHs- tablished at 472 feet. ‘Sixtaenth, on a line at right angles northerly feet west- ————————— Lurline Salt Water Baths. Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths. Saltwaterdirect from ocean. from its southerly line at a point 11 erly from Upper Terrace—Established at 434, t. £ “f;uu-mhv, at a point 25 faet westerly from Upper Terrace—To be estublished at 487.24 feet. Sixteenth, at the westerly line race—To be established at 488 feef Sixteenth, Upper Terrace to a line at right angles northerly from southerly line of teenth at a point 41 feet westerly from Upper Terrace—To be established to conform on a vertical curve to the points described. Bixteenth, Ashbury to a line at right angles northerly from the southerly line of Sixteenth at & point 41 feet westerly from Upper Terrace —To be established to conform on true gra- dients between the points described and the present official grade at the Intersection of Ashbury. PRIVATE CONTRACTS. Montgomery, Broadway to Vallejo street—To City Street Improvement Company, for paving with cobbles. Frederick, Clayton to Cole—To same, for pav- ing. ‘Walter, Thirteenth to Fourteenth—To same, for paving, sewering, etc. Pacific avenue, Baker to Lyon—To property owners, for paving with basalt blocks. Lyon, Jackson street to Pacific avenue—To same, for paving a 17-inch strip in the center of the roadway with basalt blocks. Nineteenth, Folsom to Harrison—To property omvoass, for puvh}m = Ninth avenue, J tg K—To same for ving. Pacific avenue, ro to Brl,;au‘lc - ame. Frederick, Clayton to Cole—8ame. ORDER REDUCING THE WIDTH OF BIDB- WALKS. Chenery, Randall to Thirtieth—From ten to seven feet. RESOLUTION ORDERING CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE NECESSARY SURVEYS. Columbia Heights Tract—For the City and County of San Francisco at 4 contingent cost District bounded by Orizaba avenue, dolph street, Vernon streot, and a line 550 feet Tortherly from Garfleld_street—Batablishmsnt grades, an e making of necessary recommended to the Oity En, 0 18 report back the pomsibility of work at a contingent cost of $4! RESOLUTION DIRECTING U] ENT OF STREETS TO !‘osamm TO COM: RES- PETITION JRIN BT e ON DURING THE P) Bosworth street—Grading. PETITIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. PR ‘Washington, Spruce to Locust—] -own- ers, “for Gonstruction of aribeal By S wajks. to Sansome—Citizens, ’geflormlnl the goerchant, Montgomery or the immediate improvement Presidio sewers— K. Herman, for nesmeetry outlets. | Adjolning premises at 8019 Sacramento street— Howard C. Holmes, £or repair of bnll('guA. Northerly line of Ellis street, ne. s—L. H. 8ly, for permission to alter and :pfl"r“ Drem- 1ses. 1143 Market street—Henry W. Burmelster, for open elevator door in permission to keep an sidewalk. Francisco street and Van Ness avenue—Prop- erty owners, for the erection of electrio lighte. Ashburton place—Eureka Estate Company, ;:rqth. closing of a portion of ths thorough- re. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET - MITTEB. S Linden avenue, Gough to in—J Becker, against the assessment for paving. Ninth avenue Clement to Callfornia—Prop- erty owners, against constructi ank sidewalis. o ssings of Harrison and Beale and Harrison and Main streets—Property own e perty ers, against Crossing of Beals and Harrison—¥. A. Hihn, against grading. Crossing of Filbert and Baker—Same, against paving. Scott, Greenwich to Lombard—Same, against grading. Shrader, Waller to Halght—Property owners, agalnst paving. Twenty-ninth street, Church to Sanchez— Property owners, against same. TESGHTERS SUBMITTED AT PREVIOUS J AT SESSION. s Montgomery, Broadway to Vallejo—In favor of paving by private contract. Cole, Frederick to Carl—Same. Pacific avenue, Devisadero to Broderick— Same. Frederick, Clayton to Cole—Same. Walter, Thirteenth to Fourteenth—Same, Nineteénth, Folsom to Harrison—Same. Ninth avenue, J to K—In favor of sewering. Cole, Frederick to Carl—In favor of City ‘Slrue! Improvement Company curbing and pav- ng. . Sixteenth, Ashbury to Upper Terrace—In fa- vor of referring establishment of grades to City Engineer. Fourteenth, Church to Sanchez—In favor of artificial stone sidewalk. Casselll avenue—In favor of changing this neme to Ashbury from that portion from southern boundary of Park Lane tract to Cor- bett avenue. Crossing of Bosworth and Berkshire streets— In favor of plans and specifications for con- struction of tunnel under Southern Pacific Company’s tracks. Chenery, Randall to Thirtleth—In favor of reducing width of sidewalks from 10 to 7 feet. Sixth avenue, K to L—In favor of an ex- tension of 9 days on grading. Fuiton, Fillmore to Steiner—In favor of prop- erty-owners paving & strip 18 feet wide in cen- ter of roadway. Bosworth—In favor of eompletion of grading before the expiration of the present year. Capp street, Army to Precita avenue—In fa- vor of the petition of James Mulcahy request- ing a denial of the forwarded petition for grading. Julian avenue, Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets —In favor of sidewalks. Northwest corner of Nineteenth and Sanchez —1In favor of compelling construction of side- walks in ront of Indicated property. Capitol avenue, Lobos street to Ocean avenue —1In favor of grading. Belcher, Thirteenth to Fourteenth—Against paving. Hampshire, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Bame. Crossing of Polk and Chestnut streets—Same, Lily avenue, Octavia to Laguna—Same, Fureka, Nineteenth to Twentleth—Samo. Crossing of Pacific avenue south, Raflroad avenue to R street south—In favor of the pro- test of property-owners against grading. Lyon, Page to Halght—Same. T street, First to Seventh avenues—In favor | of the protest of Adolph Sutro against grading. Other petitions and protests reported on ad- versely or filec ANARCHIST IMMIGRANT TO BE EXCLUDED ARRIVAL OF A FRENCH WOMAN WITH A HISTORY. She Was Exiled From France for Holding Dangerous Doctrines and Will Be Deported. Among the passengers arriving on the Walla Walla yesterday was an old French woman named Bertha de Giraud d’Agay. Deputy Immigration Commis- sloner Geffeney questioned her and found that she was a pauper and had been assisted to this country by a priest in British Columbia. The woman made an affidavit, of which the following is the text: 1 am a native of France, aged 57 years. I came from Vancouver, B. C., where I have re- sided for two years past. 1 was agent for W. Watson & Ives, opticians, London, for one year, with two sons of mine. After that time 1 became poor and lived for six months by sell- ing my goods and jewelry. For the past six months T have been supported by Rev. P. Dom- meau, & Cathollc priest at Vancouver, B. C. He sent me to this city by the steamer Walla Walla, which arrived here this morning. He pald my passage and gave me $1f cash, of which 1 have $4 left. 1 have real estaté in France (Langrume Sur Mer, province of Cal- vados, near Havre), valued at 25,000 francs, from which I recefve 600 francs each year. If the resident French Consul will guarantee for me I can get money from the French Bank in this clty now. I have no parents nor relatives in this city. I desire to get assistance from the French Soclety in San Francisco to send me to France. Myself and some four were ex- pelled from France as suspected anarchists, T am a Royalist. I want to g0 to England. The above happened on the 14th of July, 1852, BERTHA DE GIRAUD D'AGAY. Mr. Geffeney called on the French Con- sul and on the president and cashier of the ¥French Bank, and found that they did not know the woman and had no desire to make her acquaintance. The Consul said there is a French Consul at the port from which the woman had been Shipped and he was the proper person to have looked after the woman. The Imm(finuon Commissioner will send her back to Victoria. —_———————— HIS WORK APPRECIATED. Art Association WETendar a Re- ception to T. Alexander Har- rison. The San Francisco Art Assoclation will tender a recéption to T. Alexander Har- rison at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art on Friday evening of this week. Mr. Harrison is an artist of whom the agsociation is justly proud. He has trav- eled extensively, and wherever any of his work has been placed on exhlibition it has received universal admiration. In = this city he has had an unusual honor con- ferred on him. It is the custom of the as- soclation to give a medal every year to the student doing the best work, {t bein, tipulated, however, that the artist spend a year in the institute. Mr. Harrison has been there but elght months, but the quality of his work was so high that a pecial ruling was made in his favor and e recelved the coveted medal. ineer, who is to | T SUBSTITUTED. LEAD PIPE FOR GOLD COINS Bold Crime of Three Men. WORKED AN OLD GAME THE ARCHCONSPTRATOR ELUD] THE POLICE. His Companions Landed in Prison and Booked on Charges of Grand Lar- ceny. Two clever confidence men are locked up in the City Prison. Their names are Joseph Beaumont and John Demaria. They were arrested last night by De- tectives Gibson and Wren and Police Officers Maloney and Daggett, and booked on two charges of grand larceny. Some time ago the arch conspirator, who has not yet been arrested, visited M. Gagne, a florist at 1634 Pacific street, and by representing that he was a wealthy Italian soon won his confidence. Heo claimed that he was possessed of econ- siderable money, and offered to buy him out. The following day Beaumont and Demaria appeared and anxiously inguired about their “rich friend” who had recent- ly arrived from Italy. A few minutes later the arch conspirator put in an ap- pearance and renewed his .offer to buy out Gagne. He carried in his hand & tin box containing, so he claimed, $2000 in gold. Passing it to the unsuspecting vic- tim the bold schemer told him to take charge of it until he returned. Just then | one of his pals asked Gegne how much he would take for his business. Thinking that the time for him to sell out had ar- ;%d. Gagne offered to sell the place for The offer was quickly accepted, but as the chief consplrator was not ready to take possession he suggested that Gagne place the amount he wanted for the nur- sery in the box as a ‘‘guarantee of good falth.” As he claimed that he had de- foslted $2000 in the box and as he offered 0 allow Gagne to retain possession of it, the latter, not :us}metlng anything wrong, lost no time in going to his home and se- curing the amount required of him. He then deposited it in the receptacle along with the money of the confidence man. Beaumont then took the victim to one side and asked him if he did not intend to reimburse him for hig trouble in effecting the sale. Gagne told him he would give him 320, and as he started for home to get it the clever schemer ab- stracted his money from the box, On his return he was given the box and told to keep it until the next day, when the gale would be consummat As the prospective buyer did not ap- pear, Gagne became suspicious and opened the box. To his surprise he found that it contained a quantity of waste pa- per and a F‘ece of lead pllpe. He at once reported his loss to Chief Lees, who de- tailed Detectives Gibson and Wren to ar- rest the thieves. While they were searching for them they learned that they had robbed John Garrigues, a hotel keeper at 814 Jackson street, out of $800 by a similar trick. One of them represented that he was anx- jous to buy the hotel, and induced the proprietor to Ylue $800 in & tin box, which was “filled with gold” just to show that he ‘“‘meant business.” ~While Garrigues’ attentlon was temporarily distracted the thieves opened the box and purloined his money. It was then securely locked and handed to Garrigues, who placed it in his safe. The men promised to show up on the following day, but as they did not ap- pear ho became suspicious and forced open the box. Like their former victim Garrigues found that the box was filled with lead pipe and scraps of paper. From a description given of the ma upon Mrs. Mary Schaefer, a dressmaker ADVERTISEMENTS. living at 108 Mason street, and he was ordered to appear for sentence this morn- ing. Friday ht tson entered the | house and made his way into Mrs. Schaef- er's room. He made an insulting proposal to her and struck her in the face, knock- ing her down. The Judfe severely repri- manded Whitson for his unmanly con- duot. —_——— A PIONEER PASSES AWAY. John J. Hutchinson Dies at His Home in Fruitvale. John J. Hutchinson, a pioneer of 1843, died at his home in Fruitvale on Sunday last. Mr. Hutchinson arrived in San Francisco Bay in 1842, and after a few , months’ stay at what is known as Rich- ardsons Bay, off Sausalito, sailed for the Arctic regions. He returned to San Fran- clsco as first mate of the ship Elizabeth Ellen and then engaged in mining on Weaver Creek, and afterward engaged In the newspaper business in Sacramento, where he remained until the great flood 15 Ha canie to San Francisco and in_com- pany with J. H. Gilmore and G. B. Dens- more bought the Golden Era, which paper he edited and managed for man ears. Later he entered the business of- ce of The Call, and for twenty-two years was connected with therpaper. He retired from business about four years ago, and was stricken with paralysis a zear later and has since steadily failed in 8] &lth. r. Hutchinson wi a8 o Mason and a member of the hts of Honor. He leaves a 'amily. The funeral will be held at pthe ‘Wednesday at 2 p. m. FELL A DISTANCE OF SIXTY FEET| MIBACULOUS ESCAPE FROM ‘V DEATH OF FOREST ANGEL. Masonic Temple Plunged From the Roof of a House on Post and Leavenworth and Seriously Injured. Forest Angel, a painter, had an almost miracujous escape from instant death yesterday morning, and as it is he is very serfously injured. He was engaged with two other men in painting the house of Levl Strauss, cor- ner of Leavenworth and Post streets, and was on the roof painting a dormer ‘window that jutted out onto Post street. While walking round the cornice he missed his footing and fell. In falling he struck the scaffold, which was about six feet from the roof, and tried to save him- self by grasping hold of it, but the mo- mentum was too great and he went downward. An iron fence surrounds the house and Angel's left arm was caught on the point of one of the pickets. It tore the mus- cles and ligaments of his arm into shreds and fractured the bones. He struck the stone sidewalk after falling a distance of about sixty feet. He wmsgsicked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the Recelying Hospital, where Dr. Weil found that bot! bones of his left leg were broken, his left arm and hand were frac- tured and terribly lacerated, and his left collar-bone was dislocated and there was a wound on his scalp, besides internal in- Juries. Dr. Well thought it would be necessary to amputate the left arm, but deferred the operation until Angel had thoroughly recovered from the shock to his system. Angel is a married man and lives at 31 Oak street. e e Acts Like a Lunatic. R. T. Owen, a sewing machine collector, charged with assault to murder in stab- bing Alexander Bable, a bartender. last week at Fourth and Howard streets, ap- eared before Judge Mogan yesterday for Bis preliminary examination. His conduet was such that the Judge ordered him to be taken to the insane ward of the Re- ceiving Hospital so the Insanity Commis- sloners could examine him. The case was continued until Saturday. Owen claimed | the officials in the City Prison tried sev- eral times to poison him. ADVERTISEMEINTS. the detectives, with the assistance Policemen Maloney and Daggett, arrested two of the men and formally charged them at the City Prison. The chief conspirator is still at liberty, g;.\t the police are hopeful of catching m. SOLDIERS TO BE DISCHARGED. The Undesirable Men of the Tennes- see Regiment Will Be Mustered Out. Orders were issued from department headquarters yesterday afternoon for the discharge of 160 men of the Tennesses Regiment, who were found not suitable for the service by Major Field, who in- spected them. Another general order was also issued for the discharge of a number of men from the Washington, Kansas and Iowa regiments, whose applications for discharge have already been approved by the Secretary of War, There are forty- one of these men from the three regi- ments and 164 from the Tennessee Regi- ment. No shortage has been found in the books of First Lieutenant Cnd¥, the regimental uartermaster of the JIowa Regiment. %olh the lieutenant and Colonel Loper stated yesterday that the account of the alleged” shortage, as published in the Chronicle, was {ncorrect. Lieutenant Cady sald ho knew nothing of the matter until his attention was called to the ar- ticle fn the paper. Inquiry at division headquarters showed that instead of being short Lieutenant Cady had submitted his returns of all property and that he has a large surplus he desires to return in to the quartermaster’s department and, author- ity to do so has been given him. Captain Thompson, the quartermaster of the Presidio, who has recently been made chief quartermaster of the depart- ment, has been succeeded at the Presidio by First Lieutenant Nolan, Fourth Cav- Iy. Tivate Fred Carver, Company G, Fifty- fret Towa Regiment, dled ot the Division Hospltal yesterday of typhold fever. e DEATH WITHOUT WARNING. Clinton C. Gurnee, a Pioneer Lawyer, Stricken Down While Partak- ing of Refreshments. Clinton C. Gurnee, a pioneer lawyer, was stricken down by death without a mo- ment's warning at 40 minutes past 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Linn’s sa- loon at 446 California street. Mr.. Gurnee stepped into the saloon and called for a drink. The liquor was placed on the bar, g he placed his hand in his pocket g;‘!('i r:znei' pwnh which to pay for it he suddenly fell to the floor. Dr. Cluness was Immedflnelx sent for, and when he arrived he found that Mr. Gurnee had died instantly, the indications b}:in that he had been taken with an apoplectic stroke. The dead man was 72 vears old and resided at the residence of his son in East Oakland, The son Is at present in Alaska engaged in making sur- veys for a fish company of which his father was the attorney. A d ter is in New York and one in Paris. —_—————— Coolie Slaves Turned Loose. United States Attorney Foote yesterday entered a nolle pros. in the cases of the Government against Tso King Shin and Leung Ngan Shin, Chinese women slaves captured or Moore's party in the ‘hinatown, e women them. A Soldier in Trouble. John Whitson, a member of Company Y, Tennessee Regiment, was convicted = WILL HE EVER Of what he has taken? he will you don’t know him! LET GO! If you think And when a man has found a laundry that will turn his linen out in such perfect beauty of color and exquisite finish as is done at the United States Laundry you couldn’t drive him away from it with a new ax! We are proud of our fine laundry work, and know that it is beyond competition. 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Sacramento, October 12, 1898 In accordance with the Drovisions of Section 3668 of the Political Code, notice is hereby given that I have recelved from the State Board of Equalization the “‘Duplicate Record of Assessments of Railways” and the “'Du- plicate Record of Apportionmeat of Rall Assessments,” containing the ~assessments upon the propertv of each of the following- named cssociations or corporations as fized by the said State Board of Equalization for the year 1888, to wit: California Pacific Railroad Company, Central pany, Pacific Rallrcad Company, Northers Callfor- nia Railroad Company, Northern Rallway Company, South Pacific Coast Railroad Com- pany, Southern Pacific Rallroad Company, Southern California_Motor Road Company, San Francisco and North Paciflo Rallway Company, Southern California Railway Com- any, Santa Fe Pacific Ra.road A Company, Saa North Pacific Coast Railro Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rallway, Company, Nevada County Narrow Gi Rallroad Company, Carson and Colos Railroad Company, Nevada-California-Oregon Rallway Company, Pajaro Valley Consolj~ dated Rallroad Company, Pacific t Rail- Joaquin way Combany, Alameda and San Railroad Company, Gualala River Railrosd Company, California and Nevada Railroad Ce yany, Slerra Rallway Com, t A ferve Valleys Baltway Bon sty CBas tway 4 a ransisco and. San Mateo Blectrid Balimay Company and Pullman's Palace Car Come ny. nfe Etate and County taxes on all personal property, and one-half of the Btate and county faxes on all real property, are now due and payable and will b» delinquent on the last Monday in November next. at six o'clock p. m., and_unless paid to the Stats Treasurer at the Capitol prior thereto, five per cent will be added to amount thersof and unless 8o paid on or before the last Mon- day in April next, at six o'ciock p. m., an additional five per cent Will be added to the amount thereof. The remaining one-balf of State and taxes on all real property will be due payable after the frst Monday in Janu- ary next, and will be delinquent on the last Monday In April next at six o'clock m., and unless paid to the State urer at the Capitol prior thereto, five Der cent will be added to the amount théreof. BV COLGAN., State Controller. IONEY axo |ASHSEBITTERS BETTER'THAN PILLS. It was the storekeeper related that the first he ever nounced victim of dyspepsia by Judge Conlan yesterday of battery is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. at—a—litfle Iowa town who heard of Ripans Tabules was from a runner for a Buriington house, who gave him afew. “I had been telling' him that 1 had been a pro for several years, when he. took from his pocket a small vial, saying: ¢Here 'nvhnt' you want.” Well, from that it came about that I began, to use Ripans Tabules. It may be that I would have go{well anyway, but of th's I am certain: I havenq been troubled at all with dylspepsia dusing the last peas ; :