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WILL MAKE A TRIP TO LAKE MERCED. The Supervisors to Inspect the Colma Watershed To-Day. MAYOR SUTRO TO GO ALONG. An Ordinance Modifying the Fire Ordinance Is Passed Over the Mayor's Veto. At the meeting of the Board of Super visors yesterday Mayor Sutro again brought up the subject of the impurity of the water which is being furnished to the city by the Spring Valley company. The Mayor in broaching the subject delivered the follow ing address: Gentlemen: At the last meeting of your hon orable board, called to establish water rates, I drew attention to an analysis by Professor Thomas Price of a sample taken from Laguna Merced in which he declares that "such a water can only be classified as foul and danger ous, and is absolutely unfit for drinking pur poses or general domestic use." Some evidence was also given in regard to the contamination of the watershed of Laguna Merced which induced me since that meeting to visit in person the locality in order to ascer tain whether the statements made before the board were true or not. I found upon examination that the state ments made were generally true, and that dairies, hog ranches and vegetable gardens exist, the filth from which during rainstorms is swept into Laguna Merced. In order to set at rest all controversy on the subject I would request your honorable body to visit said locality at the earliest opportunity, and suggest to-morrow, Tuesday, March 12, leaving the City Hall at 1 o'clock P. M., where carriages will be provided for your honorable body and the Board of Health, whom I shall invite, provided there is no objection. When the Mayor had concluded Super visor Taylor said that he thought it right that the Supervisors should investigate the water question to the fullest extent, and especially find out the facts regarding the Colma watershed. He thought it best that the trip should be made early in the morn ing in order that more time would be al lowed. "That will suit me better," said the Mayor, "and suppose we start at, say, 9 o'clock? We can go out on the electric cars to Colma and then walk only a quar ter of a mile over the hills to thepoints we want to reach." Mr. Taylor then moved that the mem bers of the board start out on the investi gating trip at 9 a. x. to-day, and the mo tion was carried. Supervisor Hirsch brought up an im portant matter, in which he and several other members of the board have taken considerable interest. Mr. Hirsch pre sented a resolution setting forth that the police ambulance wagon is so operated as j to expose to public gaze all persons who were unfortunate enough to require its services; that in view of these facts the Health and Police Committee should be empowered to have specifications prepared for covers for the wagons, and that such plans, together with the cost of the work, be submitted to the board. In speaking upon the resolution Mr. Hirsch said that it was an outrage upon common decency that the wagons should go through the streets as they do with their ocupants exposed to the public gaze. If the occupants were criminals the sight of them had a bad effect upon the young. If they should happen to be unfortunates who had met with an accident it was not proper that they should be exposed as they were being taken through the streets. After Mr. Hirsch had spoken the resolu- ! tion was adopted. Another resolution which was introduced : and adopted was to the effect that in order ! to help along the bills now pending before the Legislature affecting San Francisco Cyril Williams be directed to proceed to the capital city and do all in his power as a representative of the board regarding the bills. A resolution was introduced instructing the Committee on Finance and Auditing to provide in the tax levy for 1895-96 for payment of the expense incurred in the preparation of the proposed new charter, amounting to $2866 50, as per communica tion, with itemized statement of expendi ture filed by the secretary of the Board of Freeholders. The communication of Charles S. Tilton, City Engineer, requesting the board to fix the compensation to be allowed him for services as City Engineer in preparing plans and specifications for the construc tion of a sewer as an outlet for the sewer age system of the Richmond district, was placed on .file. In accordance with a resolution Archi tect T. J. Welsh was directed to prepare plans and specifications for additional re pairs to the Potrero Primary School. Action on the proposition of extending the pound limits was indefinitely post poned. On motion of Supervisor Dunker order 2535, which had been vetoed by the Mayor, and which permits the construction of wooden buildings under certain conditions in certain parts of the downtown district of the city was taken up. "I move," said Mr. Dunker, "that it be passed over the Mayor's veto." A vote was taken, and the order passed by nine ayes, Supervisor Wagner voting "no," and Supervisors Taylor and Spreckels absent. A large number of petitions and protests were read and referred to the proper com mittees. Before adjourning it was decided that the board meet to-night to consider the Church-street franchise, and also hear Wil liam Hartter and Henry Warfield give their views for the amelioration of the un employed in the city. Robert J paced a mile in 2:o2>£. Not so fast as the work of Dr. Price's Baking Powder. REPLENISHED HIS PURSE. How William Hazael Got Enough Money to Make His Defense. He Took All the Partnership Money in the Alcazar Treasury. William H. Hazael, who was indicted by the Grand Jury of New York City for gram! larceny, was remanded to the cus tody of the Sheriff yesterday, to be shipped East to answer for his misdeeds. Hazael had escaped from the clutches of the East ern police, and was only found on this coast after a long search. The charge against Hazael is based upon the fact that he took $1250 which his sister in-law, Mrs. Mary Hazael, had placed in his hands for safe keeping, and with her husband had decamped Jor this city. Here he went into partnership with J. P. Howe of the Alcazar Theater, and fortune smiled upon him until extradition papers were brought out from the East. He immedi ately sued out a writ of habeas corpus and he has just failed in his attempt to get free upon it. Mrs. Mary Hazael, the prosecuting wit ness, came out to this city soon after her husband and his brother left her, and she has by this time become accustomed to Western life, and she refuses to go. home to New York to prosecute. She is again living with her husband, and the $1250 so ruthlessly taken from her has been re stored. In pursuance to her determina tion she has filed an affidavit in which, regardless of former statements, she says the statements originally made by her were entirely false, and were made at the commands almost of the District Attorney of New York. A new phase has entered into the case since Hazael has been remanded, how ever; it is in the shape of an angry part ner who wants $400 which Hazael has seen fit to put in his pocket. It seems that on Sunday Hazael, who has been out on bail got wind of the fact that he would in all probability be remanded, and to pay his expenses he took all the money which happened to be in the cashbox of the theater and put it into his own particular purse. His partner, Howe, found out about the matter soon after and immedi ately tried to get a warrant for Hazael's arrest. It was partnership money, how ever, and Howe could not hold him. He then tried to delay the fugitive's return to New York, but without success. Hazael started eastward yesterday morning with the $400 securely "buttoned in his inside pocket. THBOTJGH HEAVY GALES. „A Death on Board the Italian Ship Hacd larmid. The Italian ship Macdiarmid arrived in port yesterday morning, 149 days from Liverpool with a cargo of general mer chandise consigned to John D. Spreckels Bros. & Co. The ship had a hard time of it rounding the Horn, and for eight days was badly battered by wind and waves.' On Decem ber 19 a gale set in from the northwest and the wind increased in fury. Big seas were shipped, sweeping through the galley, fill ing the decks and washing everything movable overboard. The main lower top sail yard came crashing down on deck and the main and lower topsails were blown out of the bolt ropes and went flying in shreds through the sky. The ship weath ered the storm in good shape, coming through it with but slight damage. On the 9th inst. Jose Espinosa, an able seaman, dropped dead. Captain Longo bardo diagnosed the case and pronounced it heart disease, and the sailor's body was consigned to the deep on Sunday last. On February 18, in latitude 15 deg. north and longitude 111 deg. west, the Macdiarmid sighted the British ship Amphitrite, bound from the Gulf of California for Falmouth. WORK OF AN INCENDIARY. An Attempt to Burn Down the residence of Jacob Liebes. Fire Marshal Towe and a De- tective Investigating the Case. A fire that has every appearance of being ' the work of an incendiary is being investi gated by Fire Marshal Towe, who has got Detective Handley to assist him. An alarm was rung from box 164 at 12:03 o'clock yesterday morning for a fire in the residence of Jacob Liebes, 1713 Sacramento street. The firemen quickly responded and extinguished the fires, for there were two of them, before much damage was done. The building is a two-story one, with basement, and is owned by L. Lupi. One of the fires had started in a room in the basement used for storing wines and pre serves and the other in a room used as a laundry, also in the basement. The Fire Marshal was notified, and yes terday morning he went to the house and began his investigation. "The servant girl," he said last night, "told me she had been away from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 11 "at night. Her bedroom is on the first floor, immediately above the laundry room. When she was :ay ing her prayers before retiring she beard a crackling noise, and on opening her door she smelled smoke. She imme diately alarmed the house. "Mr. Liebes said he had company last night at his house and they did not leave till shortly before midnight. They were all asleep in bed when they were awakened by the servant girl. He "had no idea as to who could have started the fires. "There is no doubt that the place was set on fire, but by whom and for what motive lam so far at a loss to understand. I have Srocured ' the assistance of Detective [andley and we may be able to clear up the mystery. "Mr". Lupi has the house insured for $6000, and Mr. Liebes' furniture is insured for $5000. The loss is about $50 on the con tents and the same amount on the building." » — ♦ — • Comfort in the chimney comer — telling stories and eating doughnuts cooked with Dr. Price's Baking Powder. DOUSED IN THE BAY. A Whitehall Overturned by a Squall. Escape of the Occupants. Considerable excitement was created yesterday by the capsizing of a Whitehall boat about a mile out off the Oakland ferry. The occupants of the boat were Bill}' Bean, a boatman, and J. H. Hapman. They were bound for a ship out in the stream, and for seafaring men both Hap man and Bean appeared to know little about navigation. As soon as the wharves were cleared sail was hoisted and the sheet fastened to a thwart. A squall hit the sail, and before the latter could 'be eased off over went the Whitehall, dumping the occupants into the water. The accident occurred between 12:30 and 1 o'clock, just as the steamer Piedmont had pulled out for Oakland. The big steamer stopped and the pas sengers rushed to the side, and in their eagerness gave the ferry-boat a heavy list to port. A boat was lowered, but before it reached the scene of the accident the two men were picked up the tug Hazel. Hap man's trip had to be deferred, and he, the boatman and the overturned boat were landed at Clay-street wharf. Hapman said that he had come out here for his health, and Bean remarked that salt water was a great health restorer. ON HIS WIPE'S COMPLAINT. Alvin W. Rhodes Arrested for Failure to Provide. Alvih W. Rhodes, a painter, was arrested yesterday morning on the complaint of his wife, Mary C. Rhodes, who charges him with failure to provide for their minor child. Mrs. Rhodes stated that she was married about two years ago and since then her husband has treated her cruelly, and has failed to provide for his child, now 7 months old. She is living at 1245 Sanchez street. Rhodes is the man who some months ago had Attorney G. C. Groezinger, a Jus tice of the Peace, arrested on the charge of forgery. Rhodes had a suit instituted against him in Justice of the Peace Dunn's court by an undertaking company for the expenses of his deceased wife's funeral. He conveyed his house and lot on Sanchez street to the company as security for their account and costs, and he charged that Groezinger, who was the attorney for the company, had made alterations in the deed after he had signed it. When the case came on for trial it was shown there was not the slightest foundation for the charges. Big Interest on a Note. Leonard Grover and Leonard Grover Jr., the actors and theatrical managers, have been sued in the Justice Court by J. N. Norton on a promissory note for $250. They leased the play "Wolves of New York" from Norton in New York on October 19, 1891, agreeing to pay $250 per week for its use. The note, which carried Interest at the rate of 2 per cent a week, fell due on January 15,1892, and as no part has been paid the action was begun. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1895. MISS FROELICH'S DAINTY STUDIO. Her Pet Cabbage Garden Has a Feathered and Fighting Guardian. ONE DISADVANTAGE OF ART. When the Gander's Owner Is Absent the Artist Has a Hard Time. Miss Maren M. Froelich is the proud possessor of not only one of the prettiest little studios in town, but she owns by art istic right a vegetable garden some miles out of town; that is, she says she owns it because she is there half the time nowadays making a study for the spring exhibition. As a representative of feminine artistic ability in San Francisco Miss Froelich is to MISS FROELICH'S HOSPITALITY CORNER. [Sketched by a "Call " artist.] a large extent prominent. Of course she is > not esthetic to the degree that marks the line between art and affectation. She is a very jolly girl, and her work proves her to be a clever artist. Her studio is' one of those carelessly graceful places where a woman is supposed to do art work at her | own convenience, but in which the most ! energetic work could not be called out of place. Her market scene picture shows how much attention to detail Miss Froe lich is apt to give to her work, while the corner of her studio shows her dissatisfac tion with anything like routine work. If any one saw Miss Froelich on the street he would be more than apt to assume that she was one of the many gilded girls whose study of art is a fad rather than a profession. An energetic pupil and a woman of strong personality, charming as only a woman of her taste can be, Miss Froelich offers to every visitor to her studio that pleasant, genial fellowship that marks the line between the fancied artist and the worker. As an instance of how clearly the at-one time-supposed-to-be-softer sex proves its own weakness, it might be said that in this artistic cabbage garden of which Miss Froelich has a monopoly there is a large and, according to report, very ferocious gander. Now Miss Froelich goes down there to study the tones of a cabbage leaf and the piratically garbed Italian owner, who sits quiescently in the middle of her cabbages and poses. Unfortunately now and then when Miss Froelich goes there to do her work the owner of the garden is not there, although the gander is. Then there is a wild attack on the part of the gander and a hurried night on the part of the artist. There was once a time, when the garden house was closed and Miss Froelich went down to continue her study of the garden, that the gander was there very much. He spread out his wings, outstretched his neck, and assumed a violently belligerent attitude. As a natural consequence, Miss Froelich was afraid. Just why, she won't admit herself, but the fact remains. She couldn't jump the fence, but she made a close race for the gate, and she beat the gander by a neck. If she had beaten him a little less, that pander's neck would have been injured in the gate, but as it hap pened she got in just a little ahead of him, and, having closed the gate, she did a purely feminine thine. She opened her umbrella at him — possibly because she for got that the fence between herself and her foe was sufficient barrier. When this study of Miss Froelich's is completed and exhibited at the spring ex hibition, those who see it will understand the military disadvantages under which the lady worked. Despite all this she is personally and professionally one of San Francisco's young artists who promise much. Pastry is perfect, even without butter, when Dr. Price's Baking Powder is used. Dr. Price's is the great economizer. FOLSOM STKEET. It la Being Raised Nearly One Foot Above the Old Grade. The Market-street Railway Company is at this time engaged in laying its tracks on Folsom street, between Fourth and Sixth. These are for the electric line to be run on that street. The tracks are at the Fifth street crossing nearly a foot above the grade, and as a result the houses on both sides of Folsom street are considerably be low grade. . A few of the property-owners have taken steps to keep up with the march of im provement and are having their houses raised to the level of the new grade. If the others follow the example of these, then the two blocks named will present a good appearance, but should they fail to do so the sidewalks will be left in a condition that will be a monument to the -. spirit of backwardness that too long has marked many of the property-owners of this city to its detriment. The property-owner on the south side of the street has conformed to the new grade and the result is that his neighbor on the east has a sidewalk that is a foot below the new one and in order to reach it the pedes trian has to walk down two steps. This is all very well by daylight, when one can see how the walks are built, but on corpo ration moonlight nights, when the moon is obscured by fog and there are no street lights, it is dangerous. It is to be hoped that the owners of property on that street will rise to the occasion and do what they can to make the street a passable one. THE BEEOUOET'S LONG VOYAGE. Nearly Two Hundred Days Out From San Francisco. The British ship Beecroft arrived at Lon don on Sunday, making the longest run from San Francisco of the California fleet. The vessel left here on August 4 and is the last to arrive of the big crowd of vessels which sailed during that month. The Bee croft was very foul when she left here, having laid in the stream for many months. Captain Mercier stated that he would sweep her bottom on the way home, and would arrive out long before many of the fleet. Adverse winds and bad weather were against him though, and he got in in the heel of the hunt. The Crown of Den mark, which sailed for London two weeks after the Beecroft, arrived at her destina tion on January 18, and is again on her way to San Francisco. The Sierra Parima, which sailed on August 5, arrived at Cork December 5, and is now on her way to Portland, Or. The trip of the Beecroft oc cupied 194 days. Butter, lard and other shortening can be dispensed with when Dr. Price's Baking Powder is used. It makes piecrust dainty and healthful. PAVING THE CITY STREETS. The Merchants' Association to Introduce a System of Improvement. Los Angeles Merchants Appre ciate the City's Interest in the Fiesta. The Merchants' Association, which has done such splendid work in the matter of street sweeping and thus giving employ ment to many deserving persons, has en gaged Ernest McCullough as consulting engineer with a view of investigating the subject of paving the different streets of the city. It is the intention to pave a number of blocks as an experiment, that a conclusion may be reached as to the best pavements in point of durability and economy. The experience of other large cities in this connection will also he consulted, as it is the desire of the association to introduce the best system obtainable. The street-sweeping methods introduced by the association have been a pronounced success. All the streets this side of Chan nel are swept and Market street is cleaned four times a day. The old system of sweeping was found to be imperfect and many of the streets were so filthy that from $40 to $50 per week was expended in cleaning them. Contracts, were taken to do this work at two-thirds the cost, so that the city has derived much benefit from the efforts of the association, which is allowed only $6000 per month by the Street Depart ment. F. W. Dohrmann, president of the Mer chants' Association and the prime mover in the work, has found time to arouse the interest of the merchants and others in the coming Los Angeles fiesta, that San Francisco may be represented in minia ture, and in this connection has received the following explanatory letter; The Merchants' Association, ) Los Angeles, March 8, 1895. To the Merchants' Association of San Fran cisco—Gentlemen: The board of directors of the Merchants' Association of Los Angeles beg to acknowledge your favor of the 28th tilt., which was read at a meeting held March 7, and heartily thank you for the interest taken by your board of directors in the coming fes tivities of our city. It is with much gratification that the board of directors of this association see the spirit in which you hold our annual fiesta, and your kindness in co-operating with us in this direc tion is particularly appreciated. ■ Your views expressed as regards the benefi cial results which the annual fiesta brings forth to our beloved city in particular and the State in general is certainly a fact which can not be disputed, and this association feels proud that the Merchants' Association of San Francisco agrees on that particular point. We hope and trust that the example this city has established will be followed by your own city as well as the other large cities on the coast so that California may, in addition to her other pre-eminent reputation for health, wealth and beauty, gain a reputation for these festivi ties which in time are bound to bring a great many strangers to the State to attend them. Very respectfully, J. E. Wilcox, Secretary. Booked for Burglary. James Murphy, a young hoodlum, was booked at the City Prison yesterday by Detectives Gibson and Crockett and Policeman Lynch on two charges of burglary. On February 10 he broke into the residence of Charles E. Nogus, 713 Webster street, and stole a large quantity of jewelry. On February 23 he entered the room of Miss Lulu Morris, 17 Stockton street, and stole her jewelry. Most of the stolen arti cles have been recovered. MANUFACTURERS ARE STIRRED UP. Delegates Will Attend the Convention From All over the State. SENDING WORDS OF CHEER. Governor Budd Will Be at the Opening — Some of the Speakers. Letters from manufacturers from all over the State, from the Mexican line to Siski you, are coming in to announce that they will attend the manufacturers' convention in this city next Tuesday, and offering the movement their hearty support. "This large stack of letters shows that the manu facturers are opening their eyes," said Sec retary Barnet yesterday." "I think that the convention will have to secure a larger hall to meet in than the Chamber of Com merce. The movement is being taken up with enthusiasm all over the State." Governor Budd has promised to attend the meeting, and will probably deliver the address of welcome. Among those who have promised to make speeches are Charles N. Felton, E. B. Pond, General Di mond, A. A. Watkins, Hugh Craig, Charles M. Keeney, Charles Sonntag, C. J. Swift, James. O'Leary, Captain Merry, G. W. Dickie. Promises to send delegates have been re ceived from between three and four hun dred manufacturers already. Some of the letters received yesterday are given. Mysell & Rollins of San Francisco write: One of our representatives will attend the convention of manufacturers. Wo note with pleasure the awakening of interest in such an important matter as the manufacturing inter ests of this State. We come in daily contact with the fierce competition of Eastern houses . which dump the joblots and inferior goods on this community, thereby demoralizing the trade of the legitimate manufacturers. Holt Brothers & Co. of San Francisco: We are in hearty and full sympathy with the objects of this meeting and believe that the best results will follow. As manufacturers we feel painfully the need of an organization of this kind and will contribute of our time and means to bring it about and make it permanent and useful. C. R. Splivalo & Co. of the Yosemite Flour-mills : We shall be represented, as we are thor oughly in sompathy with the movement. F. A. Hihn, president of the Tax-payers' Association of Santa Cruz, writes to Presi dent Watkins of the Board of Trade: I beg leave to advise you that, there befng no Boord of Trade, the Tax-payers' Association of Santa Cruz has appointed a delegation of three members to attend the proposed convention. J. Weichart of the California Tool Works of this city : We are in hearty accord with such a conven tion of manufacturers, and we can assure you that our firm will be represented. We must defend our home industries and we must point out to the merchants and consumers how much depends on their . tiding in with us. Defend ing our home industries means defending our State. It means defending each and every per son individually. The Pioneer Soap Company of San Fran cisco : We shall be pleased to have our firm repre sented in the convention, and wish you suc cess. E. L. Hueter of the Pioneer Varnish Works, San Francisco: The undersigned is in full sympathy with your idea of forming a permanent organization of manufacturers, and will certainly take great pleasure in attending the meeting March 19, representing the Bass-Hueter Paint Company and the San Francisco Pioneer Varnish Works. Frank A. Kimball of the olive-oil works, National City: To-day I have your circular letter of the Ist inst. to manufacturers, and beg to say in answer that I hope to be able to attend the convention: The Oceanside Milling Company writes: Referring to the inclosed circular, it will not be expedient to send our representative to the convention of manufacturers, 19th inst. We, however, appreciaie the efforts and have for a long time advocated some such move. We shall be pleased at any time to co-operate and do all we can to encourage the home industries in this State. H. S. Morey of the Placerviile Foundry and Machine Works: Your circular letter in regard to organization of manufacturers meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 19, at hand and noted. I will endeavor to be present. The Western Mill and Lumber Company of Los Gatos : Will make every effort to attend your meet ing of March 19 and sincerely hope "much good may be accomplished. W. T. Albert son of the Healdsburg Plan ing-mill: I have yours of the 7th Inst., and would say that I will be at the convention March 19 if l can leave my business. R. F. Peckham, president of the San Jose Woolen-mill Company: . ■ The object of the meeting has my support and I shall attend if possible. John A. Woodward, president of the San Jose Meat Company: Replying to your circular of March 1 would say we are with you and will try to attend the meeting on March 19. M. P. Henderson & Son of Stockton: We realize that there is an alarming decrease in the interest of the manufacturers of this State, and we will heartily indorse anything to bring up home industries, and believe that the convention called by you will be a direct bene fit to the State. It will be impossible at the present writing for us to send a representative, but we are with you heart and soul. Dyspepsia is an inward fire. It comes from unwholesome food. Pure food, made with Dr. Price's Baking Powder, prevents it. GRAVEYARDS OF THE CITY. Mayor Sutro and State and City Boards of Health Against Them. The Legislature to Be Assailed With a Powerful Petition. Before the Legislature adjourns for the session there will be another and stronger effort made to pass the bill prohibiting the burial of the dead within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or city and county of over 100,000 inhabitants from and after the first day of January, 1900. This bill was referred to the San Fran cisco legislative delegation at Sacramento, which reported the same back with the recommendation that it do not pass, add ing that it was a proper subject for the Board of Health and the Board of Super visors of San Francisco. The matter was taken up by Charles H. Hubbs, president of the Richmond District Association, who has prepared a petition to the Legislature on behalf of that associa tion. He succeeded in inducing the presi dent of the Board of Health of San Fran cisco to call a special meeting, at which a resolution was unanimously passed urging the San Francisco delegation in both branches to pass the bill. And in this resolution was embodied the following lan guage: : V"'f We deem the passage of this bill an actual ne cessity to prevent epidemics from forming - and spreading throughout the city and county of San Francisco and likewise the entire State of California. Mayor Sutro has also appealed to the Legislature to pass this bill. In a com munication to that body he wrote: The city will cover before many years all the available space which is now the city and county, and by giving live years' notice it should be ample time for the different ceme tery societies to procure new sites, which a number of them have already done. As a sani tary measure it is desirable that this act should pass at as early a moment as possible. The State Board of Health has also sub mitted a petition to the Senators and As semblymen, in which it is stated: We do most earnestly urge and request you as an actual necessity for the prevention of epidemics forming and spreading throughout the State of California, and more especially in the larger cities therein, as also for many other sanitary reasons which are familiar to the medical fraternity of California, and which make it imperative that you secure the passage during the present session of the bill in ques tion, so that it shall become the law of this State at the earliest possible moment. All of these matters have been included in the petition which Mr. Hubbs will pre sent to the Legislature within a day or two. In concluding his petition Mr. Hubbs says: Now, gentlemen, in view of the prompt ac tion taken by those whom you desire to act in this matter, as above shown, and their unani mous recommendation of the immediate pass age of this bill, as well as the showing made that the health of the entire State of California is liable to be jeopardized by the continuance of burials within these larger cities, we appeal to you to protect the health and lives of our families who reside in the city and county of San Francisco, as also those who visit the same city, by immediately passing the said bill. No better idea of the absolute necessity of favor able action on this measure can be gained than from the statement that the burials within the city limits average more than 0000 annually. Now, it takes an average of ten years for the human body to completely decompose, and San Francisco is, therefore, continuously threatened from the exhalations of 60,000 de composing bodies. SECRETARY SMITH SCORED. Land Agent Mills Denounces THE SUSPENSION OF Land Patents. Says Default .on Bonds Must Precede Forfeiture of Lands. William H. Mills, land agent of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, was shown a recent press dispatch, dated Washington, in which the statement is made that Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith is determined that no more patents for lands granted to subsidized railroads shall be issued until there has been a settlement of the debt due the Government from these roads. "When Mr. Mills was asked what view the railroad company took of this action, he replied: "A Congressman of the State of Cali fornia, during the session, introduced a resolution in the House suspending the patenting of lands to the land-aided rail roads of the country. The House of Rep resentatives refused to pass his resolution. The Central Pacific Railroad Company is not in default as to the payment of the money loaned by the Government to aid in its construction, and this suspension, if it be true, is without warrant or authority of law. The Secretary of the Interior possesses no power to suspend the act of Congress. "Shortly after the lands were granted to the Central Pacific Railroad Company they were used as the basis of security for a ioan of $10,000,000 to aid in the construction of a railroad, and a mortgage represented by bonds was placed upon the lands. These bonds have not yet been redeemed. A de cision was rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States which in effect de clares that mortgage to have been a legal disposition of the land within the mean ing of the act. The lands are being sold for the purpose of satisfying that mort gage. The mortgage itself has been sub mitted to judicial determination, and its validity as an incumbrance upon the land has been passed upon by the highest court of the Lnited States. To suspend the issue of title to the land would be to arrest their sale and thereby arrest the process of discharging a mortgage declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be a valid lien on the lands. The Cen tral Pacific Railroad Company will give itself no uneasiness, and will pay no atten tion whatever to this extraordinary at tempt on the part of the Secretary of the Interior to suspend the laws of the coun try." "in answer to an inquiry as to whether individuals who have purchased lands and have not yet received their titles would be affected, Mr. Mills replied: "No individual will be affected in the slightest. The con veyances, as made by the company, confer a perfect title unless a conveyance should be made to land excepted from the opera tion of the grant itself. Lands sold can never become subject to forfeiture. The act granting lands in aid of the construc tion of a railroad recites that upon default such land only as remains in the owner ship of the company will be subject to for feiture. "The refusal of the Government," con tinued Mr. Mills, "to patent the lands before default of the payment of the bonds is made would be the basis of a claim for indemnity." "Women are bound to have all their rights. One right they fully enjoy is the right to use Dr. Price's Baking Powder. Death of Taylor Day. Taylor Day, who has been in charge of the women's department of the United Spates Mint during Superintendent Daggett's administra tion, died yesterday after a short illness. The deceased was a prominent Democrat of Ukiah, and was chairman of the county committee of Mendocino County. He was a son-in-law of Judge McGarvey, the Superior Judge of that county. The remains will be taken up to Ukiah this morning. - Griffo Will Fight Green. W. A. 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