The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1900, Page 12

FRA THE SAN JISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1900 ADVERTISEMENTS. TELEPHONE GRANT 33, ENBA LW 222.224 SUTTER ST. Arrival of New Goods Since Last Report— Goosebreast k Herring. Hatzeln) SPECIAL REDUCTIONS THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY, ! Bon Bons 3 boxes 25¢ test movelties 20¢ tin Bone'ess, reg. 25¢ l Slrfiines. Slaret, ** Private stock, "' reg. $1, 65cea! This wine combines body and bouquet Olives Pimento, rez. 12:c ICc tot corn'Péppe's rfg. lS‘c s 1Cc Fopcorn ez, 5 Ib for 25¢, 6 Ib for 25¢ Toiet Soap carten of 3 cakes 20¢ na V ch H-ze’) Hammams i, * Wit Paprika (Hunzarian Sweet Fepper 65 $1.15 bot & Jamaicz Rum € Holiday llustratelicltllngue Free. never have greasy, estible food if you Have vou it since the vement was facture? It is The N.K.Fairbank Company, Chicago—Soie Manufacturers. FREZE] ur dainty bookiet plic Secret.” ree to any address. For BOTTLERAT THE(D) PURE- AGEQWHCLESOME . Used 1r1 the Medica/ Departments of the U.S.ARMY & NAVY Service WILLIAM WOLFF & Co. “San FRANCISCO, DISTRIBUTORS. Bowere of imiterions ox refitied Bomies The *‘DANK" RECLI A Handsome Christmas Present Easy and Comfortable. Price 815. w. A. 19 New Montgomery Street. Come and see it. SCHROCHK, A Careless Bridge-Tender. Through the carelessness of the Fourth- street bridge tender in leaving the draw- bridge an uneven condition after he had closed it there was a whole lot of pro- fa used b carmen and passengers yesterday afternoon. The bridge was left ins trol ach a condition that the inward-bound ey cars jumped the track and stuck on the side of the trackway, blocking up traffic at a time when hundreds of labor- ing men were returning from the various ma turing industries in the Potrero to their homes. The act of the bridge tender used a general blockade of all travel over the bridge, as cars and teams were compelled to halt until the cars were lifted back on to the track. BISPHAM the famous Wagnerian bary- tone of the Grau Opera Co. Steinway Piano: Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Nov. 27th, 1900, Messrs. Sherman, Clay & Co. City. Dear Sirs:— Allow me to thank you for the Steinway Grand you have lent me during my stay here. I have for ten years past used the Steinway Pianos rot only in my home in Lon- don but invariably at my reci- tals there and in New York, as well as in all other cities where 1 appear. I consider it the only piano for a singer's uge. Sincerely yours, DAVID BISPHAM. You are cordially invited to visit the Steinway salesrooms of Sherman, Clay & Co. Stein- ways are sold on casy pay- ments when desired. Sherman, Clay & Co. Steinway Piano Dealers, Cor. Kearny and Sutter sts., 8. F. Oakland. = CONVALESCENTS 'IT v | | . § " Chaplain W. D. McKinnon, U. 8. A, re- 2{:f‘&?sc‘°]'““l"5 » h;rmra,n. | cetved orders vesterday assigning him to lay ©0.,- who are the Ya- | duty in the Philippines. He will go out cific Coast dealers of the on the Meade, ~SIEGFRIED” VERY WEARISOME " AND MORE DRAMA THAN OPERA i | ITH the hard and fast | conventions of Italian opera dramatic criticism has nothing to do. These 1% conventions are above or beneath criticism, | whichever ~you please; | in either case they lie outside the province of those who ask from the drama 3 | incredible representation of human i 1 With Wagnerian opera iy | The founder of that school proclaimed his | mpositions to be “music dramas,” ar as dramas they are largely lauded by | those who believe Wagner to a poet as well as a great musician fried.” 1 suppose, is fairly representative of Wagner, the dramaturgist; 1 saw it | | excellently performed last night at the Grand Opera-house and followed it with form myself unto the pattern of the P t my me d T completely fafled. *St is, in my opinion, puerile ous rst as to the puerility say of a serious drama that Are we back in the ¢ of the bear-bait- | in lizabethans, or is this rea 8 T roke of the great Wagner's x ur souls with p nd * (1 quote from the omfic retto) legfriea confroms Fafmr the janer reeps more over the knoll and spits from | s at him. S ed springs afnir cur his tail forward 10 fried, b he LV is it and k of the dragon with | | follows him and al- im he wounds 1t with his | hastily draws back art of his sidews Siegfrie his breast to him. Sie the pos of his heart ana_plunges his sword 1t ery hut. Fafnir rears st and sinks down ed leaves g0 and the stage What musi- I am I am at times vacant from this amatically essentials of a good drama are an interestir story, | v, passion, imagination, beauty. In fegfried er has drawn his story mythology that children, but can i women. His with the poverty me Siegfried alone carries 1 the first two acts with ve 1ttl f that ciash and conflict with ot | ers which is essential to the drama 2 | until the 1 act does there come any | thing that rouses aught but a languid in- > it noticed The closer you look at it, the more, 1 sure, will you be convinced that | " is not an opera at all, but a > onstructed drama; legitimate material for dramatic criticism. The most telling and beautiful devices of operatic composers—quartets, sexte chorus: studiously avoided; musical declama- »y single characters is closely ad- to until the last fe last act. Whether such declamation is a | bars of the | | | | higher or a lower form of art than that Wagnerian Production Is Characterized as Puerile, Tedious and Exasperatingly Dull. AIME BuPONT PHgTe - 5 | HERR DIPPF WAGNERIAN TENOR, WHO SANG SPLE DING ROLE IN “SIEGFRIED" AT THE | ST NIGHT. | LS L e | is “said to have Verdi and Gounod I those employed by Moz must leave fo skilled in mus rt ter DUPONT SYLE. FRENCHMEN HONOR STARS OF THE OPERA more | tricolor and there Artists of the Grau Company Enter- | tained by Their Fellow Countrymen. In Red Men's Hall last evening the French colony gave a delightful recep- | tion in honor of their compatriots, artists of the Grau Opera Company. | | The hall was gayly decorated with the music and speech- o nd a mutudl pledging of health and prosperity in an excellently well brewed punch.” The committee of arrange- | ments consisted of P. A. Bergerot, chair- | man; J. 8. Godeau, tr urer; P. Delsol, E. Blanquie and E. Giraud. he speakers of the evening were J. M. naking Dupas, A. Goustiaux, P. A. Hergerot and E. Raas. Mr. Gou: ux pledged a lonst‘ to France. Bergerot answered with a | bumper to McKinley and Mr. Raas asked | the company to drink to the health of Mr. irau. The artist guests of the evening were T. de la Tour, cel Journet, Eugene Sizes and Albert Saleza. AND DIVIDENDS Despite Efforts of Captain Rumbaugh They Buy Into Exchange. Rl has been going on for ks in which the principals | after and Captain D. J4‘ | Rumbaugh, Third Artillery adjutant | at the Presidio. A difference of opinion | concerning the right of the two companies | of convalescents at the post to the bene- A controversy | the last two w | are General S fits of the canteen and post exchange caused the conflict. The men of the convalescent companies | spend their money at the post and get no benefit from the 10 per cent profit made on the goods sold. On the other hand, the men of the Eighteenth Infantry and Third Artillery receive at the end of every quar- ter the profite of the concern. The con- valescent companies petitioned Captain | Rumbaugh to be allowed to buy in, there- by placing themselves on an equal footing with the Infantry and artillery manning the post. This petition Captain Rum- baugh, as president of the board manag- ing the affairs of the exchange, saw fit 1o retuse, claiming that convalescents formed no regular organization and were not entitled to a share of the profits. he matter was brought to the atten- tion of General Shafter, | with Rumbaugh, claiming that at the time the laws relating to the post exchange | were made convalescent companies were rot thought of, consequently no provision | was made for them. In his opinion they | were part of the regular organization and as such had eve; Tight to increase their company funds with a share of post ex- change profits. An order was issued by General Shafter directing the exchange board to sell panies a share in the post business con- cern, which gives the men a right to & portion of the money accruing. Rumbaugh still contends that his judg- ment is correct and has forwarded to ashington official documents supporting claim. In the meantime the men who pend their money at the canteen and post store will receive a portion of it back in the way of dividends. Lieutenant Colonel James R. Campbell, Thirtieth Infantry, has been ordered to | Manila on the Meade. He will report to | the commanding general for assignment to_duty. | _One hospital steward and elghteen pri- vates from Fort McDowell and eighteen | Presidio and one private from the post | hospital have been assigned to duty in [ the Philippines and will sail on the Meade. Ralph Hannum, private, Company E, Seventeenth Infantry, died yesterday at | the general hospital of tuberculosis. s Colored Girl Used a Dirk. | Isabella Ward of 526% Pacific street yes- terday swore to a complaint in Judge Mo- | gan's court charging Trudie Purse with assault with a deadly weapon. Both are | colored. The trouble occurred in a saloon at 433 Pacific street Tuesday night. After some dispute as to who was the “bully of Pacific street” Trudle, so Isabella alleges, drew a dirk and slashed the cther girl on the forehead and chin before the weapon could be taken from her. ———— As a tonic, nothing in the world beats Jesse Moore “AA” whiskey. i — Independence of Portugal. Vasco de Gama Grove of the United Ancient Order of Druids will on next Sun- gay mieht give a grand entertainment and ball in Union-square Hall in honor of the ::eo :'e‘:'t‘::etdl and lllx‘uheth' -dnnh:drlny of ation o e independence Portugal. There will be preu,:ted a m:! to the convalescent com- | | privates from the general hospital at the | | has vanished. ANDERSON SURE T0 BE ELECTED Apparently No Further Doubt As to Result of Speaker- ship Contest. AR Frank J. Brandon of San Jose seems to have a clear fleld for another term as secretary of the Senate. The slight oppo- sition organized shortly after the election | without opposition, although the six Dem- | witnesses in who disagreed | sical and literary programme app: to the occasion. © © T s (Ppropriate | ber 10, ocratic Senators may caucus and decide to give a candidate of thelr own political | faith a complimentary vote. He will probably be chosen | The office of sergeant-at-arms of the Senate pays 36 a d. to say nothing of perquisites. In the good old days the | “‘perqs’” were worth considering. If the sergeant-at-arms had to summon twenty an Francisco to attend committee’s inquiry in Sacramento mile- age was charged against the contingent fund for every subpoena served. J. Louis Martin of this city, who was Senate sergeant-at-arms at the last ses sion, will doubtless be chosen again. Indi cations are that he will have no oppc tion An animated contest for chief clerkship of the Assembly is promised. The com- pensation of the office is $3 per day. Among the leading candidates for the place are H. S. and Clio Lioyd of Santa Barbara. Alden Anderson, who made an excellent record as Speaker in the regular and ex- tra sesslons of the last Legislature, will, no doubt, be re-elected. The aspirants for subordinate legislative positions who have traveled throughout the State interview- ing in their own behalf members-elect report that his re-election is everywhere conceded. Mr.. Anderson iz at home in Suisun attending to his business affairs. Voluntary assurances of support received by him from Assemblymen in northern, southern and central countles convince h‘l‘xln that he will be called to the speaker- ship. PRETTY VALLEJO BELLE Is BRIDE OF A DOCTOR Banquet Follows the Eidenmuller- Rounds Wedding at the Cali- fornia Last Evening. In the parlor of the California Hotel last evening Dr. William Cooper Eidenmuller and Miss Goldie Jane Rounds were mar- ried, Rev. 8. C. Keetch officiating. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Ida Rounds, and H, L. Slosson was best man. John Gleason officlated as groomsman. ‘The bride, who is the daughter of Mrs. Emma Farmer Rounds of Vallejo, looked e€xtremely pretty in her dainty gown of white organdle over white silk. A vell and wreath of orange blossoms.completed the charming costume. Miss Rounds, the maid of honor, wore a white ory gown over pink, and Miss May Osborne, the little ringbearer, wore a pretty frock of red tulle over red sille: After the ceremony a dinner was served in the banquet hulf of the hotel. This morning Dr. and Mrs. Eidenmuller will leave for a southern trip and on their re- turn will occupy their new home on Lom- bard street. —_———— Four Hours’ Grace Given. To-morrow (Friday), between 10 a. m.’ and 2 p. m. On sale—1000 pairs ladies’ fine shoes, all sizes, widths and up-to-date styles for §1 65; worth $4 and a palr. Only one pair to each customer. The Standard, 1029 Market, bet. 6th and 7th streets. . Sons of Exempts. At a meeting of the Sons of Exempts held Tuesday evening a committee was eppointed to arrange for a grand smoker to be given in the old engine house on Brenham place on the night of Decem- Wanzer of Santa Cruz | BOYS SUSPECTED OF ROBBING SHF Large Amount of Money Stolen From Hotel on Water Front. PRty SIS A bold safe robbery was committed in the Il Capitano Hotel at 702 Front street, Tuesday night. Nearly $1000 was taken and the persons wanted by the detectives for the crime are James Pardini and Fred Fregnoria, two 13-year-old boys, the for- mer a son of the proprietor, and Vincenzo Todino, a laborer twelve years their sen- for. Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock A rdini, proprietor of the hotel, opened safe and was startled by the discovery 5510 which he had deposited there missing. A large portion of the money belonged to Condito Andreucetti, a rancher from Sacramento. The proprietor t once reported the case to the police and detectives were sent out on {t. About the time that Pardini found that he had been robbed his son, in company with the other two suspects, was found to be missing. Pardini says that he locked the interior compartment of the safe and placed the combination on the outer door before re- tiring last night. He left his son in charge of the place and the boy alone knew the combination. The proprietor thinks that Todino induced his son to obtain the coin and probably used the other boy as a tool. The detectives arrested an Itallan who s sald to have some information as to the whereabouts of the missing money and placed his name on the detinue book. P AUGUST DRUCKER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS 0ld and Well-Known Resident and Former Supervisor, Succumbs to Attack of Grip. August Drucker, an old and well-known resldent of San Francisco and at one time a Supervisor, died yesterday at his home, 1456 Fulton street. Death was due to an attack of the grip. The funeral will be held Saturday under the auspices of Dorlc Lodge No. 216, F. and A. M. Deceased was born in Germany in 1827. He came to America when he was 19 years old, landing at New Orleans. He came to California by the isthmus route, arriving here in 1851 ' In 1834 he married Miss Rose Thmer, and three sons and three daugh- ters were born to them—Dr. W. E. Druc. ker, who died in 1889; Dr. George I. Druc- ker, president of the State Board of Den- tal Examiners and former School Direc- tor; August Drucker, Mrs. A. W. Wilson, Mrs. F. W. Butler, princi] of the Jack- son Primary School, and Mrs. J. Mac- PAPAUTITTD CUPID TRUMPHS Bartender William Osborn Elopes With Pretty Dora Tamm Girl's Parents Objected to Match, So the Couple Steal Over to Oak- land and Are Secretly Married. el 2 Because her father objected to the match, pretty, auburn haired Dora Tamm eloped with William F. Osborn, the popu- lar bartender at the Occidental Hotel, Tuesday evening, and the couple are now living at the home of H. C. Skinner, hav- ing been married in Oakland. The beginning of this love affair, which | has had such a romantic ending, dates | back to the childhood days of Osborn and | his bride. They resided in the same block | on Haight street, and meeting each other | almost dally the acquaintance soon | | ripened into friendship, and then Cupid | took a hand. The young woman's father, who owas considerable property in this city, and who s reputed to be quite well-to-do, was from the first opposed to Osborn having anything to do with his daughter, and he | ordered him from the house on several occasions. It finally be- came necessary for the couple to hold clandestine meetings. But this sort of | thing grew wearisome to both and so it was planned to run away and get mar- ried. The young lady being 20 years of age, | did -not need her parents’ consent, so no difficulty was experienced when her | flance applied for a marriage license. Os- born is well known in San Francisco and he has appeared in print before because | of his bravery while a member of the First California Regiment in the Philip- | pines. Mr. Skinner, heaa bartender at the Palace, and his wife went over to | Oakland with the couple and witnessed the ceremony, which took place at the home of the Rev. Van de Mark. The party came back to this city on the last ferry-boat Tuesday night and yesterday Osborn was on duty as If nothing had happened. ‘The young lady did not tell her parents her plans, but yesterday a messenger con- veyed the news to the Tamm home and the couple are walting anxiously for a reconciliation. FINAL DECISION IN | PACIFIC BANK CASE/ President Murphy Will Not Recover Money Assigned to Him by James McDonald. Samuel G. Murphy, president of the 908 10 which was assigned to him by James McDonald of the Pacific Bank. The judg- | ment given against Murphy in the lower | | First National Bank, will not recover $73.- | court was affirmed by the Supreme Court | vesterday. June 23, °1893. The Pacific Bank failed on | Previous to the crash Mc- | Donald loaned the bank out of his private | fortune the sum in ltigation, assigning | the claim to Murphy. to recover the amount, but the court held that it was not a loan, but a deposit, and that McDonald, being a stockholder, was not entitled to any of the dividends being paid in course of liqui- dation; that he was not entitled to receive a penny until ali the depositors were paid up. The Supreme Court found no reason to reverse the decision of the lower court and therefore affirmed the decision. —_————————— MRS. PRONK WINS SUIT AGAINST POTTER ESTATE Jury Awards Her $1200 for Her Ser- vices as a Nurse for Six Months. In the case of Annie J. Pronk vs. the estate of Jesse Sheldon Potter in Judge Daingerfizld’s court a verdict of $1200 for plaintift was returned by the jury vester- day. The sult was brought to recover $3468 alleged to be due for services as a nurse from April to September, 1899. ‘When the case was called vesterday morning the defense recalled Charles H. Palmer for further examinat‘on. Palmer simply reiterated his statement that in his opinion Potter was not ill enough to 1equire the services of a nurse during the period Mrs. Pronk alleges such was the case. Charles W. Glidden and James W. Peck were called and expressed the same opinfon. Mrs. Pronk was recalled on her own behalf and relterated her assertion that she was Potter's constant attendant. Attorney Thomas A. Keogh opened the | argument on behalf of the plaintiff, Wal- ter Cope followed for the defense and J. C. Campbell closed for the plaintiff. Durin, the argument counsel at times broadened | in their insinuations reflecting on the op- | <! positicn until they almost assumed the | Water nature of open charges of extortion, per- | it is located or whether it An open | The total increase has been 241 per cent Tupture was avolded, however, the case | of the amount paid in 1590-9.. jury and unprofessional conduct. went to the jury and a verdict was ren- dered as related, L e . Proving Mrs. Hoyt's Will. The petition asking for the admittance to probate of the will of the late Mrs. Jennie Hoyt, who conducted the Whit- Star_laundry, was taken up for hearing by Judge Troutt yesterday. by George E. Ames, after which a con- tinuance until December 6 was ordered. ———————— Steamer Zealandia Arrives. The Oceanic Company's steamer Zea- landia arrived in port at 12:45 this morn- ing, six days and twenty hours from Hon- olulu. antine station. ADVERTISEMENTS. Lovely Lapms. Newest shapes, designs and colors. Artist’s dreams in beauty. Parlor Lamps Art Lamps Our Prices Nichol, a teacher in the Fremont Primary School, In 1875 Mr, Drucker was elected Super- visor from the First Ward, being the only successful candidate on the Taxpayers’ ticket. For the last fifteen years prior to his death he was president of the Na- tional Bullding and g.oln Assoclation and of the Actna Buflding and Loan A on. Mr. Drucker was a charter member of Harmony Lodge No. 13, 1. 0. O. F., and a member of Doric Lodge No. 216, F. and A. %.Aufi of San Francisco Chapter No. 1, ssocla- e See the display of diamond and pear] brooches a: Rudolph Barth's, jeweler, 141 Post street. * ———————— Infant Accidentally Smothered. Ralpha Richl, the three-month-old in- fant of Mr. and Mrs. Riehl of 34 Rincon place, was smothered in its cradle Jast Tuesday night. The child was placed in its cradle at 9 'o'clock in the evening and at 5 o'clock yesterday mornina- the mother took it up to feed it. but found that it was dead. An examination of the body showed that it had been accidentally suffocated. ggle.' case has been reporut{ to Coroner Just Like Finding Money. (ireat American Tnmarting Tea (o CITY STORES. 210 Grant Ave., bet. Post and Sutter. 861 Market St., opp. Powell. 140 Sixth 8t. 1319 Po'k St. 112 Third St. 1819 Devisadero St. 146 Ninth St. 2008 Fillmore St. 3006 Sixteenth St. 521 Montgomery Av. 2518 Mission St. 3285 Miasion St. 705 Larkin 8. 2732 24th St. 355 Hayes St. A75 Haight St. 52 Market St. OAKLAND STORES. 1053 Washington 8t 1237 Broadway. 1185 23rd Ave. 818 E. 12th St. 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1355 Park St. SAN RAFAEL-B 8t.. near Fourth. . Decedent’s | signature on the testament was identified | She dropped anchor off the quar-| Mr. Murphy sued | lower 1 ADVERTISEMENTS. Inclement Weather Begins The Last of November Inclement weather begins in No- vember. The great objection to our climate is that it alternates between recosnize in the heat of the tropics and the rigors | of the Arctic. I The system becomes relaxsd by the ‘ effects of the heat, and the first cold | snap of November sows the seed of thousands of cases of chronic ca-| : | tarrh which in a large per cent of | cases will end fatally. | —_— President Wm. Ubelaker Uses Pe- runa as a Safeguard Against Inclement Weather. President of the Lake Wm. Ubelaker, View Lodge of Foresters, writes from North Clark st., Chicago, IIL, the | following letter: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen: For years past when I have | been exposed to wet or inclement weather my chest would hurt me and I would have crious Indigestion, and I would be laid up for a day or two, causing inconvenience | and pain. One of my lodge friends advised me to | tarrh among delicate _women is cata | of the pelvic organs. | of maladies which themselves try Peruna, as it had helped him, and I | found that a bottle cured me. If I feel badly now I at once take two or three doses, and I find it keeps me in fine, health. Peruna is worthy of every one’s confidence. Yours respectfully, WM. UBELAKER. It is only just ordinary good, com- mon sense to provide agalnst inclement weather. If you have the slightest cold, cough, sneezing or any other indication that you are ‘“‘under the weather,” a few doses of Peruna will put you right. Don’t wait for the catarrh to fasten it- self upon you before you begig your treat- ment. Peruna will cure very ®id cases of chronic catarrh, but it takes much longer than as If the treatment had been begun earlier. Every family should be provided with a bottle of Peruna early in November, with which to successfully meet and over- come the terrors of the winter that awalts them. One of the most common forms of ca ‘This leads to a h. ve beer But atarrh male diseases th enemy, chronic tarrh wherever it is locat the same treatment w the head or pelvie organ A great multitude « to be h when the fact is a cur and certain If they u > understand that the disea the pelvic organs. tr pessaries will do no go A thorough course of in with Peruna is the only | ment relfef. Mrs. Lavina E. Walker highest State office of the Tilinois G. A. R.. which | Chaplain, writes the fol WESTERN SPRING The Peruna Medicine Co., ( Gentlemen: “You have m itude for placing before sulfe o medicine which has prover w ing as Peruna has. < “I have used it myself when ~ out, and found moét gratifyi N e L MRS. LAVINA WALKER. suffering with weakness peculiar women have been wonderfully helped an cured by Peruna. Hence it my in- dorsement and best wishes. Sincerely | yours, LAVINA E. WALKER. Address The Peruna Med Co. ot Columbus, O., for a free copy of D Hartman's latest book on catarrh. HYDRANT RATES GROWING LARGER Prices Paid by City Double | What They Were Ten Years Ago. ————— Figuratively speaking, a bombshell may be thrown among San Francisco’'s Super- visors as they sit to consider water rates for the next fiscal year. In ten years the rate for water for fire hydrants has been doubled by successive Boards of Super- visors. The annual payments for hydrants have grown from $47 city and county pays $60 per annum for for each hydrant, no matter where is ever used. There is only one explanation supplied by those who have looked into the subject, and that is that hydrant rates have been put | up to permit rates to householders to be reduced. As a matter of fact the hydrant proposition is an annual “joker. " present Board of Supervisors is likely to be asked to explain. One Supervisor, Charles Wesley Reed, already says that he favors making a flat or stated allow ance for hydrants annually. “I do not care to be interviewed about rates,” sald Mr. Reed, “for I am sitting now as a judge, but I do not mind saying that in my opinion the number of hydrants has no relation whatever to the amount of water supplied to the city for fire_purposes. If the hydrant water is ald for by the city there should be a ump sum o that there shall be no reduc- tion in the number of hydrants, for such reduction means less protection against fire. The scheme of direct taxation for the purpose of lqwering the price paid by the ingividual consumer is a deception. It is a three-thimble trick. Those who use the water ought to pay for it.” Mr. Reed also sald that he proposed to call atten- !'tion to the charges for hydrants later on. Taxpayers may like to study into the subject at once, and The Call furnishes figures taken from the municipal reports to assist in such consideration. The first striking fact observable, outside of the increase in the price paid for the hydrants, is that while every Board of Supervisors in late years has announced a reduction in water rates the income of the Spring Valley Water Company has steadily grown. Nine years ago the payments of the city and county government for water for public uses amounted to $38,505 06. For the fiscal year of 1898-99 the amount was 245,165 50. The increase therefore was 156,660 4. In the same period the redue- tions to the private ratepayers was only the ‘difference between -$1516,23254 and $1,490,921 55, or $25,310 99, leaving the com- pany a winner to the amount of $125,000 per annum on the basis of the last year named in round figures by the increase in the price paid by the city and county, and making full allowance for the reductions to ratepayers. The growth of the charges against the municipality is indicated by the following table, which has been care- fully prepared from official records: g 3 3 §s22 iz ) FEY 3373, YEAR ENDING EP) L il o JUNE 30. 3 iz2k iz 1353 b ' ig 1323 505 05 988 13 228 15 346 33 235 73 917 2 087 07 165 50 Beginning with the. fiscal year .ending June 30, 1&1. the total receipts of Spring Valley Company. reported to the Supervisors,” have by years lows: 1591, $1,624,346 07; 1892, $1,674,528 96; 1893, $1,- 330 04: 1894, $1,678.223 01: 1895 $1.707.234 15; $1,788.690 16; 1897, $1,798,635 65: 1895, §1.833.- 05. Here the record In the municipal re- ports ends for the present. Hall No one can be found at the cltg n as fol- who can satisfactorily explain price of h; drlw v:nlery P sa v has doubled in ten hydrant per' month, month. 3 rate was $250 pe Now it is § per 67 50 to $206,330. The | e | | |SILVER PRUNES, 3 Ibs the ¢ d 'SPECIAL SALE! Thursday—Friday—Saturday. EATABLES AND DRINKABLES THAT ARE PURE AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. | HAMS, 1b 12i Finest Eastern Sugar-Cured. Regularly l4c | CANNED FRUITS, can 15¢ ““Century Brand." Peaches, Pears, Apricots and Plums, select- ed fruits in hea%y syrup. Regularly 2oc COCOANUT, Ib 15¢ Desiccated and Shredded. For Cakes and Custards. Regularly 20e. CANDY, -Ib box Finest quality of French Mixed. Elsewhere 50c. YELLOWSTONE WHISKEY— Full ot bot $1.00, gal $4.00 Regularly $1.25 and $5.00 Latest crop—fine flavor. Regularly 2 Ibs 2 SALAD DRESSING, hot 25¢ Mrs. Heerman's celebrated make. Regularly 30c. CIGARS, ‘' La Reputacion " 4 for 25¢, box of 50 $3.0 A fine large Key West Cigar, clear Tobacco. Regularly 3 for 2e, be 30¢ 0 COUNTRY ORDERS SOLICITED. SEND FOR CATALOGUE FREE. 39 STOCKTON ST., near Market. Telephone, Main 5522. FURS. London dyed Sealskin Jackets, #1235 to $225. Special Sale of Mink Capes, Remodeling, Dyeing ang Dressing at short nottes. AD. 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