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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Unaccountable Death of a
Vineyard Foreman at
Livermore.
KABBI FRLEDLANDER'S EEFOEM.
An Effort on Foot to Organize a
Parlor of Native Daughters
in Oakland.
Oakland Office Pan Francisco Call,)
Broadway, Oct. ?. )
The foreman of Gier's vineyard was
found dead yesterday afternoon on the
bank of a creek near Liverrnore, and a
Coroner's jury has not been able to deter
mine how he died. On Saturday morning
lasi Samuel Johnson left his house, where
he lived with his sister, and took a large
• bottle of brandy with him, but said noth
ing of where he was going. When his
body was found near the creek, the par
tially emptied bottle was found beside it.
At the inquest, Benjamin Johnson, a
brother of the deceased, testified that the
deceased was superintendent of the vine-
I yard for over a year, and was a very indus
trious, sober man. On the morning of his
disappearance the deceased was hurt in
his feelings because the proprietor of the
:. ranch wrote to another man on the vine
'..jaru.
HE LONGS FOE HOME.
..- An Indiana Boy Rendered Partially In
saue by Hunger.
, Edward Dragoo, a boy 18 years old, ap
proached an officer in West Oakland yes
terday and told him he had committed a
crime. His mind was apparently affected
and the lad was sent to the City Prison.
Young Dragoo is the son of wealthy
parents at Winchester, Ind. Two years
aeo he offended his parents and rather
than incur the consequences he ran away.
Dragoo reached Oakland a few weeks
ago, and as he could get no work he was
. reduced to starvation. Hunger brought on
a mild form of insanity and he imagined
that bis mother was dead and that he |
would commit suicide. He was examined !
by Judce Frick yesterday and the inquiry
was postponed to see if he improved. He
has improved much in the County Jail and
has now expressed a desire to go home.
Attorney Ayer has taken an interest in
the lad, and telegraphed his parents of the \
boy's condition and asked for a ticket to
his home,
ADVERTISING IN SOCIETY.
I It Invaded' the Reception Given by
] Senator Perkins.
Onecf the most remarkable numbers on
the.programme at Senator Perkins' recent
reception to the members of the Starr
King fraternity was a song that highly
praised a certain article of food. After
the song it was announced that the com
poser of the piece, who was also interested
in the staple commodity about which he
san-g, had offered to pay ?100 to any
charity that might be named if the privi
lege were accorded him of singing the
sohg at the Starr King reception.
The offer of $100 robbed the affair of
some of its objectionable features, and j
some interest was manifested as to which j
of the several local charities would receive
tne gratuity. Yesterday all anxiety was
Bet at rest by the receipt by Mrs. Sanforcl
of the Humane Society of a check for the
premised amount, to be used in furthering !
the objects of that association.
lor Fabioia Hospital.
The pride of Oakland's ladies, Fabioia
Hospital, is looking to the charitably in
clined for their annual aonations to that
. institution. Oaklanders have always
shown a liberal spirit toward Fabiola, and
this yeur the ladies are just as anxious as
ever to receive their usual gifts. A large
I store at 1112 Broadway is now open and
i will continue open till Saturday evening
for the reception of gifts. The following
I ladies are in charge of the donation party:
Mrs. F. 1. Kendall, Mrs. P. IS. Remillard,
I Mrs. Paul Lohse, Mrs. J. J. Scotcoler, Mrs.
I T. G. Harrison, Mrs. W. Frank Pierce, Mrs.
\B. I. Hall. Mrs. E. Remillard, Mrs. S. P.
Channel!. Mrs. T. E. Pope, Mrs. ChariesD.
Pierce, Mrs. J. M. Taylor, Mrs. William
; Booth, Mrs. Eli Denison, Mrs. S. Boyce
Mrs. William Gruenhagen, Mrs. H. D. La
|throp, Mrs. P. D. Hinds and Mrs. S. T.
.Alexander.
I There is hardly an ything that can be do-
I nated . that will not be of use to the hos
. pital.
. Relic of the Oakland Home.
• The Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance
I Company lias sued out a writ of attach
{ ment against tne claim and interest of
I William P. Jones on six pieces of property
1 in Alameda County on account of a suit
I conifne-nced in San Francisco for $13,000
1 against A. M. Warren, J. P. Lunktree, A.
|A. Warren and W. P. Jones. The defend
| «nts are all stockholders in the now de
• I funct Oakland Home Insurance Company,
j and the suit is a legacy of the wina::ig up
|of its affairs. ■ B y
Deadlock on the Tax Levy,
The CityCouncil met to-night and talked
. for three hours about the tax levy and tne
expenditures of the various departments,
but every vote was seven to four, and as
jj the four were on the side of the Mayor
none of his proposed reductione were
adopted. The Mayor has stated that he
vrill sign no ordinance for a greater amount
than $1, and the Council will not reduce
from $1 18, so when the ordinance is sent
• .to him after its final passage there will be
a deadlock.
.. Language of Prayers.
Rabbi Friedlander is endeavoring to in
troduce the English language into the
services of the First Hebrew congregation,
but there is opposition to it on the part
of some of the older element in the con
gregation which prefers the prayers to be
offered in the language of their fathers.
Rabbi Friedlander thinks that if the
prayers were rendered in English it would
result in an increased devotion.
No Native Daughter Parlor.
: There are four Native Sons parlors in
this city, but not one of Native Daughters.
However, an effort is being made to organ
ize one. An open letter on the subject
has been issued. *
, ' Fire in a Planlng-Mill.
A fire broke out this afternoon in the
planing-mili of Towle & Broadwell at
Fourth and Franklin streets. The loss
" will not amount to over $1000.
HISTORY OF A DAY.
■Mumeda County Happenings Told in
- ; V. Brief Chapters.
< " Oakland Office, San Francisco Caix. i
908 Broadway, October 3. j
The Y. M. r. A. gave a very interesting gym
*■ na«tic exhibition to-night The San Francisco
class came over and assisted.
Increased efforts are being made to secure
enough money for a site for the Wilmerding
school, but not half the required amount is
- yet in sight.
To-day the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion made application to the court for permis-
J eion to mortgage their building on Clay street
to secure a loan ot $25,000.
W. H. Knight, administrator of the estate of
amin H ll > has applied for permission to
sell- no shares of stock of the Spring VaUey
>> ater Company lor $11,000.
The .trials of the dog-fighters at Ike Bottom,
i'y Vi« ort at Temescal commenced before Jus
tice Clih to-day. Little interest Is shown in the
cases except by those interested.
ȣ. on^ ra< r ts 2T ere filed to-day in the County
Kecorder office for work upon the building in
v£v?n,° h f ESS** 11 b y Mn. M. K. Blake on
; Eleventh street, west of Washington.
fr^, m T Uel C ; B - K«ngha« been granted a divorce
w lrom Lena A. King on the ground of desertion.
The parties resided in New Bedford, Mass.
King came to California, and his wife refused
to accompany him to the West.
Grand President John Lynch Y. M. I. made
his first appearance since his election as grand
president at the entertainment of his own
council, No. 6, on the evening of the 25th. He
made a very pleasing and Instructive address,
which was well received.
Frank Smith and Sadie O'Donnell of San
Francisco and Joseph Horn and Mary A. Boy
lan of the same place were married at'tbe office
of the County Treasurer in the Hall of Records
building Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Hill
of tne Tenth-avenue Baptist Church.
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS
Only Five University Athletes
to Enter Coast Cham
pionships.
Blackstone's Commentaries No
Longer Used as a Textbook
In the University.
BEBKELEY, Oct. 3.— Only five
athletes will enter the coast champion
ships to be held next Saturday afternoon
on the Berkeley cinder track under the
university colors. The entry list for
Berkeley closed to-night, with Jackson on
the boards for the mile run, Chick for the
short sprint, Simpson for the shot-put.
Lloyd for the pole-vault and shot, and
Koch for the high and broad jumps.
This great lack of competitors in the
championships to serve the blue and gold
seems, in part, due to want of training of
some of the most competent men, and
also to the tradition that Berkeley ought
not to enter a full team, since, under those
circumstances, she would in all probabil^
ity win the day by a considerable majority
of points, and thus the other clubs would
have no incentive to enter their men.
The U. C. has not listed a full team in
the championships since the spring of
1892. Several Berkeley men other than
those mentioned will be in the field day,
but uiuler other colors. Of these are Dora,
'98, under the Olympic Club standard;
Hilborn. '96. Reliance; Dozier, '98, Olym
pic, and Patterson, '90, Olympic.
There will be eighty-four entries in the
thirteen track and field events, from the
various contesting ciubs.
No More Blackstone.
Blackstone's Commentaries are no
! longer used as a textbook iv the law de
, partment of the university. In their stead a
i work on parliamentary law by Professor
I Robinson of Yale College is used. This
: contains, in a condensed form, definitions
and general propositions of the law with
copious reference to Blackstone and Kent.
A number of the students who are taking
courses at Berkeley in conjunction with
their work at Hastings have expressed
! much satisfaction with the change.
Faculty Receptions.
President and Mrs. Martin Kellogg will
receive members of the faculty and their
wives at their home, Bushnell place, next
Tuesday evening, from 8 until 11 o'clock.
Invitations have been issued by Mme. F.
Y. Paget, wife of Professor Paget, head of
the department of Romance languages at
the university, for a reception to be given
at her home on Dwight way next Wednes
day evening.
High School Boys to Protest.
The Berkeley High School athletes who
took part in the amateur field day held
last Saturday afternoon propose to contest
the decision which awarded the Oakland
High School first place in the contest.
They base their protests on two grounds;
first, that Rosborough, w-ho tied for first
place in the pole vault with another Oak
i land boy, was allowed four tries, when he
I should nave been cut off at three; second,
that the Oakland runners who were given
first place in the mile relay failed to run
the last lap.
Sons of Herman Klection.
The BerKtley Chapter of the Sons of
Herman have elected the following officers
for the ensuing term, the initiation to take
place next Monday evening: President.
Herman Peters; vice-president, Charles
Lopez; corresponding secretary, Jacob
Klees; financial secretary, Fritz Burck
hart; treasurer, A. Teigner; trustee, Henri
Penning.
Reading by George Kiddle.
George Riddle, the actor, at the request
of Professor E. B. Clapp and Professor W.
D. Armes, will give a reading to-morrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock in Stiles Hall. One
of his selections wiJl be Piumtree's trans
lation of Sophoceles' tragedy, "CEdipus,
the King.'
Agricultural Bulletin.
An important bulletin has just been pub
lished by the agricultural experiment sta
tion at the university, entitled "The Dis
tribution of the Salts in Alkali Soils," by
Professors E. W. Hilgard and K. H.
Loughridge.
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THE JSAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 f 1895.,
SCHAFFER ASSAILS BANKS
Hints of Bribery Are Made
to Commissioner
Pci r sol.
CHIEF LLOYD'S STATEMENT.
A Scandal That Has Caused Much
Excitement in the Police
Department.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)
908 Broadway, October 3. J
Ex-Chief of Police Schaffer has informed
the Police Commissioners that he is pos
sessed of information that proves bribery
on the part of certain officers, and there is
consternation in the force. Most of the
evidence said to have been gathered by the
ex-Chief is in regard to Officer Banks,
though it is thought that Schaffer also has
some sensation in regard to ex-Officer
Felley, who now conducts a labor bureau.
Of late Mr. Schaffer has been several times
before the Grand Jury, and although the
exact nature of his visits has not been
made public it is known that some of them
have been in connection with the informa
tion imparted to Commissioner Peirsol.
According to the story told by Schaffer a
young man named John Donley is now
serving fifteen years for a crime he never
committed.
The evidence against Donley, it is
claimed, was procured by Officer Banks
with the aid of a notorious stool-pigeon,
Ex-Chief of Police Schaffer of Oakland
now in jail, named Henry Pipenberg*
Four years ago Donley was found guilty of
burglary and was sent to San Quentin.
The chief evidence against him was that
of Pipenberg. Now it is claimed that
Pipenberg "put up the job" on Donley
and that Banks had an old score to work
off at Donley's expense. Mr. Schaffer is
working hard to bring the matter home to
Banks, and has already taken the initial
steps with the Police Commission. Banks
bears a good reputation.
"I know Schaffer is trying to break me,"
said Officer Banks to-day, "and it is all on
account of my reporting some of the
Broadway gambling joints while Schaffer
was Chief of Police. After I did so he had
no use for me and he shifted me from one
beat to another for the purpose of annoy
ing me.
"Another reason for Schaffer's displeas
ure is because I would not 'work' for him
last November when he was running for
Sheriff. Ever since he was let out of the
commission he has been working on this
affair, and he has said things on the street
that are absolutely false. He has talked
about me writing to the relatives of pris
oners asking for money to square certain
cases, but he has no proof. Everything he
refers to transpired more than four years
ago and during that time he has filled a
term as Chief of Police, and I think he
should have attended to it then. It is
simply a scheme to pay off political
grudges, and as soon as I heard of the mat
ter 1 reported it to Chief Lloyd."
Police Commissioner Peirsol says he
does not know exactly what Schaffer is
after. "A few weeks ago," said the Com
missioner, "he called on me and told me
he could give me the addresses of some
people who would make affidavits that
would land some officer or officers in San
Quentin. I asked him what he meant
and he said that he would give me the ad
dresses of these people if I would go and
take their affidavits. I replied that I
would do nothing of the sort, that it wa3
not my business to go around gathering
such affidavits, and that if he had charges
to make he must present them to the
board formally. I told him that if they
were of a serious nature they would be
publicly investigated, but that I could
liavo no secretive dealings with any one.
"! h"lieve I further told him that he
film: i first consult Chief Lloyd on mat
ters connected with his men, and then
come to me. Schaffer did not specify to
me the particular officers to whom he had
reference, and I did not ask him, not wish
ing to be mixed up with anything that was
not fair and aboveboard. A man called
on me recently, saying that Schaffer had
been to certain people trying to arrange
for the taking of depositions by me. Such
conduct on his part was unauthorized."
Chief Lloyd is indignant at what he
terms an unfair method of trying to prefer
charges. "I heard of this matter several
weeks auo," said the Chief, "and as it con
cerned the discipline of the department I
considered it my duty to investigate it. I
am convinced that if Banks or any other
officer had been guilty of corruption Mr.
Schaffer would not have allowed it to lie
dormant all these years. He filled out a
term as Chief of Police, and I am con
vinced that if he could have brought
charges in good faith against any officer
he would have done so.
"That he has not done so is, in my mind,
conclusive proof that he has no case. Such
things help to disturb the discipline of the
department and should be stopped. My
investigation of this matter and what I am
told of the testimony on the case of Donley
go to prove that whatever Banks did he
did under the direction of his superior
officer."
Captain Fletcher says that when Pipen
berg went on the witness-stand he swore
that no inducement had been held out to
him by Banks to betray Donley, but that
he first told the officer that Donley had
solicited his (Pipenberg's) aid in carrying
out the burglary for which Donley was ar
rested and sent across the bay for fifteen
years.
Mr. Schaffer declares that he is not work
ins in the dark and says he has enough
evidence in his possession to secure a par
don for Donley.
It is stated by members of the Police De
partment that Pipenberg has been tam
pered with, and that he is ready to sup
port Mr. Schaffer's statements. Should
this be so he would be met with his testi
mony, which Officer Banks is now having
transcribed for use if occasion should arise.
Pipenberg has been convicted of vagrancy
and is now servintr a term for battery on a
woman. He has frequently acted as a
stool-pigeon for the police, and when Don
ley was convicted there were some grave
doubts as to whether Pipenberg or the
prisoner, against whom there were prior
convictions, was the most unreliable.
Proportion of Deaths By Trolley Ac
cident. — It would seem that the much
maligned electric trolley is becoming rep
utable- No sooner has the successful
working of the electric conduit system beeu
demonstrated and the storage battery so
improved as to possibly fit it for
traction work than the public begin to find
out that the trolley which in many places
may be superseded by the new systems is
doing a great deal more good than harm.
Among a thousand benefits it has wrought
is the raising of the health standard
of cities by enabling the poor to enjoy
and even live in the puro air of the coun
try. It has saved many more lives than it
has destroyed. A comparison has just
been made which throws an entirely new
light on the question of deaths by trolley
accidents. When the trolley traffic is
compared with the death rate on the great
steam roads, the oroportion is astonisn
ingly in favor of the widely denounced
trolley. This is the more notable, as the
steam roads have their tracks guarded
from the intrusion of pedestrians to a great
extent. Yet, in spite of the raising of the
crossings at the more dangerous points,
and the adoption of the block signal system
and other "elaborate and ingenious pro
cautions for the protection of life, the New
York Central Railroad reports one death
for every 69,000 passengers which it car
ries: the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, one death to every 67,000; the New
York, Lakie Erie and Western, one death
to every 110,000. If the trolleys of any
city made a death rate like that there
would be a riot in the city until the cars
were removed from the streets. In Brook
lyn, where the trolley death rate is rela
tively high. th 3 proportion is only one to
every 3,iiJ5.000 persons carried. Yet no
one hears anything übout the Central jug
gernaut or the Erie juggernaut. There is
a good traditional warrant for giving the
prince of darkness his due, and these fig
ures may be borne in mind when unlimited
denunciation of the trolley is in progress.
LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA.
Congressman Bowers Will Aid
the Tidal Canal Appro-
prlation.
Tho San Francisco Bridge Company
Has Inclosed Several Blocks
of Land.
ALAMEDA, Oct. 3.— City Clerk Lam
born to-day received a reply from Con
gressman Bowers to the invitation to visit
Alameda and inspect the tidal canal. He
states that his time will be occupied until
the session of Congress, but he expects to
be guided by Mr. Hilborn and will aid him
in anything for the benefit of his district,
and expects to be aided in return in pro- j
curing adequate appropriations for contin
uing the work on the Government jetty at i
the mouth of the San Diego harbor. It is
evident from the tone cf the letter that the
California delegation intends to work in
perfect harmony.
When the Congressional delegation made
its recent inspection of the tidal canal the
members were amazed at the fencing prop
osition of the San Francisco Bridge Com
pany, which is building a fence inclosing
several blocks of land at the foot of Walnut
street. Title is claimed to the land by the
company because it filled it in with slick
ens. City Attorney Taylor says the land
in question ia included in the partition
suit now pending, in which Senator Stew
art, James A. "Waymire, the city of Ala
meda and about forty others are interested.
He thinks the company cannot get title.
The city's interest consists of sixteen
acres, five of which have already been
fenced in near the borax works for a sewer
basin. The city also claims a ten-foot
strip along the marsh for sewer purposes.
The marsh-land case will piobably be de- j
cided in about six weeks.
£lectrio Road Brings Suit.
The Alameda and Oakland Electric Rail
way Company brought suit to-day in the :
Recorder's court against F. P. Muller and ;
Walter A. Sneell for $32. The plaintiffs
allege that on the 30th of August the de
fendants in moving the West End School |
building removed the overhead wires of '•
the trolley system, and through the negli
gence of the defendants the wires were '
not replaced until 11:55 o'clock the follow
ing morning, thereby damaging them to
the amount above named.
New Requirements of Grocers.
Grocers who sell milk in Alameda will '
in future have to obtain a permit from the
health authorities. Heretofore grocery
men have sold milk on the permit of the
dairyman. Veterinary inspector Carpen
ter will require tests to be made of grocery- !
store milk the same as of the milk which ]
comes direct from the dairy.
Indefinitely Postponed.
George Campbell, the boy who recently
met with a serious accident by having his
lower limbs cut off by the broad-gauge
local, was arrested this afternoon on com
plaint of P. Hoxel on a charge of disturb
ing the peace. The case was postponed in
definitely by Justice Swasey.
Suit to Collect a Dental Bill.
Leander Van Orden has brought suit in '
the Recorder's court against G. S. Ames |
for damages in the sum of $299. Plaintiff
alleges that be has* furnished labor and '
material for dental work for defendant, j
amounting to $360, and of this sum $299 is i
still owing.
Brief News Notes.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian Church will visit the Presby- i
terian orphanage at San Rafael on Thurs- !
day next. They will take a supply of
clothing for the little ones.
Matt Maloney, wbo has charge of the
pumping station at the foot of Encinal !
avenue, and who was severely scalded a
few weeks ago, has returned from the Ke- i
ceiving Hospital.
The trestle on the narrow-gauge line be
tween Second and Pacific avenues has been
filled in and a new track laid.
An attachment was levied this afternoon
by Gray Bros., sidewalk contractors, on
the residence of W. P. Gibbons on Central
avenue. The amount of attachment is i
$198. I
A Bank of England note i 3 payable on
demand after the lapse of any number of
years.
One of the principal reasons
for the great popularity of
Dr. Henley's Celery, Beef and
Iron ("the grandest tonic,
nervine, system-builder and
blood purifier on earth"), is
that the good it does LASTS.
Try it and see! Cures dys
pepsia, lack of appetite, in
somnia and all the ills
common to women.
FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT
The Merchants' Association
Favor Lighting Golden
Gate Park.
THE WILMERBING COLLEGE.
Electric Lights and a New Pave
ment for Market Street Under
Consideration.
Several matters of great public import
ance were discussed and acted upon yester
day at a meeting of the Merchants' Asso
ciation. The attention of the board of
directors was called to the proposed
preparation of an official map of the City
and County of San Francisco. It was
stated that the Board of Supervisors had
referred the matter to the street committee
with a request that the contract be let and
the cost of the map should not exceed
$10,000. Reliable information from com
petent engineers was furnished to the asso
ciation's officers that this work could
be efficiently performed for less than $5000.
The secretary was instructed to notify
the Supervisors that the map could be
made for $5000, and that the contract
should be let to the lowest bidder.
There was some discussion upon the
lighting of Market street with adequate
electric lights. It was reported that the
matter was now in the hands of the com
mittee on lights of the Board of Super
visors, and further efforts would be made
to have favorable action taken at the
earliest possible date.
An experiment will be made to test the
practicability of H. E. Keils' suggestion
that poles for lights be placed at suitable
points on tne street.
Letters from Congressmen Maguire,
Loud and Bowers strongly favoring the
early construction and completion of the
Nicaragua canal by the United States were
received.
Secretary Freud reported that the synop
sis of the new charter, prepared at the re
quest of the board, was ready. It was the
sense of the board that this synopsis be
put in sucn pamphlet form; also that a
j small book be made of the same, so that
at a later time copies can be published for
distribution among the citizens.
The subject of lighting Golden Gate Park
at night by electric lamps was discussed.
It was suggested that a large number of
people would enjoy the use of the drive
ways in the park at night if the park were
illuminatea. This was referred to the
committee on publicity and promotion to
communicate with the Park Commission
ers, with a view of ascertaining their posi
tion upon this question; also with the
Electric Light Company, for the purpose
of ascertaining how many lights would be
required to light up the "main driveways
of the park, and what would be the cost
and report to the board.
A communication was received from the
Market-street Railway Company request
ing the board to appoint a committee for
consulting with the railway company UDon
the subject of streetcar transfers. A map
was also furnished by the railroad com
pany showing all the streetcar lines now
existing in this City. The committee on
public affairs was appointed to consult
with the company upon this subject, with
a view of securing transfers at all points
that may be necessary, as well as endeavor
ing to abolish the" present traffic in
I transfers.
: President Dohrmann called attention to
the present difficulty of finding offices in
i the City Hall, owing to the fact that no
! proper directory of the hall exists. A plan
is being prepared by this association for
J affording this necessary service.
The Merchants' Association is very de
sirous of having the Wilmerding College
located in this City. Letters were read
j from the Mechanics'*lnstitute, Half-million
Club, the Manufacturers' Association and
from Dr. McNutt. relating to this subject.
The Mechanics' Institute and the Half
million Club have appointed committees
to consult with the Merchants' Association
as to the best means that may be adopted to
get the Wilmerding School located in San
Francisco. A resolution was passed that
! the committee on publicity and promotion
i of the associationmeet the various other
j committees at the rooms of the Mechanics'
Institute on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock a. m.
Joseph T. Poheim and the Pope Manu
facturing Company became members of
the association.
Better than a Sleeping Dbaught — The
soul of a Brooklyn electrician has been
sorely tried by the nocturnal song of cats.
Night after night his well-earned rest
would be broken by the solos, duets and
chorus which were given by the fehne con
gregation in his backyard. One night,
while he was lyine awake, vowing deep
and summary vengeance on his tormentors,
an inspiration came to him. He had heard
that the cat, like a skylark, does not sing
on the ground. It must climb a fence to
find inspiration for the outpourings of its
musical soul. The electrician's backyard
is surrounded by a high fence which would
invariably be studded with dim sil
houettes far into the night. The over
wrought sufferer conceived the idea of run
ning a wire through wnich he could
send a powerful electric current around
the too of the fence, the switch
board being close to his hand. He
says the sweetest moment of his life was
when the first cat had humped its back
against the fire. He joyously pressed the
button. There was a ragged, alternating
current-kind-of-a-howl and an instantan
eous whisking of a furry mass, and all was
still. Within a week not a cat would come
within rods of the fence and the ingenious
Brooklymte now sleeps peacefully.
NEW TO-DAY.
HELP!
A WOMAN'S DESPAIROG CRT.
• ■ ' " .. • ■.
It is Heard. A Prosninent Actress
Escapes real Danger.
' [SPECIAI. TO ocb ladt bkai>kk.v) : '.
How startling is a woman's cry for
help!
" What can Ido? Where shall
I go?" She Vi I know 3 not. This
cry goes out A \ today from every
city, town, an.l \ \
hfimlet in this \ \ //"^"'•j
It comes from \ \ J"^ jjw / ;
women who are \ \.\ *»f . /
suffering tortures \ Nj % /_
' of body and mind \ J A ft, A
from s^'ne form of. /j| f/iflV?^si
female ' complaint. *jfa y 'j gijsi
Many, through natu- ;«\A ( • . KSjflt
ral modesty, do not Al if/i^ffl
consult physicians, ■ vP^tyE^^ •
for mrrtiy dread their • jr^'*''!*xJps|
examinations. They *M j( jpi Hi
know not v.here to yl jjl m i
seek for help. ,rj j ' mi J9
This alarming con- |1 |! ' ftf} <
dition of things is ■ ,ja | RJ] B
3imply wrong. The [n | 'ii, I
peculiar ailments of t'm i| n r * in
women are curable, IM §j 'I WL
and in most cases <f| H ii im
very speedily. Lydia \f|, ..f j rWk
E. Pinkham's geniu3.jj| 1 if* Hi
and liberality have ! fl .. II ) Jhffl
given to every woman sS |.| lj&
a sure and consistent :|| Xly-i
means of relief. I yf'jm
No woman should |^| uh§ik
suffer when she can \]&. £%%Mm
obtain free advice. /ss?sLj\
She can state her case J>»*iiSvw^
fully to Mrs. Pink- jgjjjk "■*
ham, woman to wo-
man, without reserve, and the answer
will come from one of her own sex. Be
one of the vast army of women who write
: to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., and
preserve your health. " Only a woman
can understand a woman's ills."
A prominent actress, in a letter to
Mrs. Pinkham, says: — '
" ... You cannot imagine the fear-
ful condition I was in when 1 first wrote
to you. I was simply of no use to myself
-*^ or any one else. I
A*^*sis<\ na( worked hard,
• /gpSjCHsJal aQ mv nervous
cSH^^^ii s y stem was s ' nat -
V***'* v?yP"Jt tered from womb
/"^ l < *l§|r trouble and travel-
i'^'.fJgL \ Itog constantly. I
™^ idly van-
ishing. . . . Pm all right now, and am
gaining flesh daily. I follow your advice
faithfully in everything. Thank you ten
thousand times for what your knowledge
and Lydia E. Pinkham 1 8 Vegetable Com-
pound have done for me."
RI6GS HOUSE,
'Wasliiiiston, X>. O.
The Hotel Par Excellence "
Of tbe National Capital. First class in all appoint-
ments. G. DjsWITT. Treas.
American plan, $3 per day and
upward.
Ho Percentage Pharmacy, 953 Market SL
TAUARI A IMa refreshing fot
[flmlin *™ lt lozenge,
I fi 911 ira i 9 rery agreeable to take.
CONSTIPATION
___^ _ _ __ hemorrhoids, bile,
I BJ fil 0 3r A\l loss of appetite, gastric an*
lEa P I ii iC E\l intestinal troubles and
■ ■■ ■■' ■ *■ ■■ headache arising
from them.
Anil I All E - GRILLON,
BKILLuw "Sffigaas&B!'''
NOTARY PUBLIC.
pHARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTOKNEY-AT
\J law and Notary Public, 638 Market st., oppo-
■lte Palace Hotel. £eaidonc« lsao I'elisfc Tel*
phone 570.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
AXoiICE— Til e' FIKXT oFNEVILLE'&'caAt
i-i pnny, heretofore doing business at 31-33 Cali-
fornia street, in the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, is dissolved. GEORGE H. BRYANT re-
tires from the firm. SARAH A. NEVILLE and
C. M. OSBOKN. the remaining partners, are au-
thorized to transact all business in liquidation of
said firm and have assumed all the obligations
thereof, and all claims are to be presented to them.
GEOIU3E H. BRYANT.
SAKAH A. NEVILLE,
C. M. O9BORN.
The undersigned have formed a partnership un-
der the name of NEVILLE & CO., and will con-
tinue to carry on the same business transacted by
the late firm of NEVILLE <& CO. . .
SARAH A. NEVILLE,
C. M. OSBORN.
PROPOSALS. .'T^X-i
SUPPLIES "™ -~-~~~-«~~— ~~
FOR THE
STATE INSANE ASYLUM
AT AGNEWS.
COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1, 1895, ANJ>
ENDING APRIL 30, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will
be received at the office of the Secretary of the
Board of Trustees of the State Insane Asylum at
Agnews, No. 32 East Santa Clara street, san Jose,
up to 8 o'clock i\ M. of TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,
1895, ana at the asylum at Agnews up to 10:30
o'clock a. M. of WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16,
1895 (asylum time), for furnishing supplies for
said asylum for the six months commencing No-
vember 1, 1895, and ending April 30, 1896. said
proposals consisting of the following schedule and
to b* delivered as ordered:
GROCERIES.
7000 pounds Beans, small whit .
500 pounds Baking Powder, Pioneer or Golden
Gate, 5-pound cans.
4 dozen Bath Brick.
1000 pounds Coffee, Java.
1 4000 pounds Coffee. Costa Rica.
1600 pounds Chicory.
1000 pounds Crackers, soda.
50 gallons Coal Oil, 160 deg. test. .
100 pounds Currants, dried.
60 pounds Cinnamon, pnre, ground, 5-pound
papers. ;
l«0 pounds Corn Starch, Kingsford's, 1-pound
papers.
20 pounds Gineer. pure, ground, 6-pound cans.
• 3000 pounds Hominy, large.
4 dozen bottles Lucca Oil, quarts, Crosse <fe
Blackwell.
'2 dozen bottles Olive Oil, Quito Farm, Good-
rich's, large.
100 pounds Mustard, 5-pound cans. E
10 gross Matches, Swift & Courtney's 3 noes
safety. •■ ■ ■
300 gallons Pickles, mixed, No. 1, in barrels.
600 poundn Pearl Barley, No. 3. .
250 pounds Black Pepper, pure, 0-pound cans.
6000 pounds Rice, Sandwich Islands No. 1.
800 pounds .Split Peas.
9000 pounds Huitur, dry granulated, extra fine. j
' 15,000 pounds Sui?ar, Golden C.
240 pounds Starch, Kingsford's laundry, 40-
-pound boxes. ■ , '
1200 gallons Syrup, Golden, 30 gallons to the
barrel. . ■ ,
72 pounds Soda, bicarbonate, 1-pound papers.
MM) pounds Tea, basket-fired Japan.
1500 pounds Tea, Diamond M, E. B. Congou
No. 12. "...,.
500 pounds Tapioca, flake.
aOO gallons Vinegar, wine, 40-dejr. test. .
1000 pounds Macaroni, white, 15 pounds net
each box.
1000 pounds Vermicelli, white No. 1, 15 pounds
net each box. -
1 dozen bottles Extract of Lemon, Merton & Co.
32-ou nee bou'es. > ---. •-. - .
1 dozen bottles Extract of Vanilla, Merton & Co. 'a
S^-ounce bottles. . ■ .
. 10 dosen cans Canned Apricots, Standards, gal-
lons. ■■ ■ .: . '. . .-;.--..:.. .■ ■ ■ .
10 dozen cans Canned Peaches, Standards, gal-
lons.
■•■.;■ 400 nnnmlc r'.liuua hast nuaiitv. California^
PROPOSAI^S-Continuod .
3 dozen bottles Worcestershire Sauce, Lea «fc
Perrin's, pints.
DRIED FRUIT.
2000 pounds dried Apples, sliced, No. 1.
JOOO pounds Dried Apricots, bleached, No. 1.
1000 pounds Dried Peaches, bleached. No. 1.
8000 pounds Dried Prunes, California French, 60
to 70.
FRESH 3EEF, MUTTON. KTC.
100,000 pounds Fresh 8.-ef. No. 1, all steers
from 500 pounds to 700 pounds, delivered In
sides.
6000 pounds No. 1 Fresh Mutton, delivered
whole.
H5OO pounds No. 1 Fresh Veal, dressed, delivered
whole.
800 pounds Pork Sausage.
ROLL BUTTER.
2500 pounds Fresh Fancy California Butter.
KEG BUTTER.
10,000 pounds First-Class California Keg Butter.
EGGS.
4000 dozen Fresh California Kggs.
POTATOES.
110,000 pounds No. 1 Burbank Potatoes.
HAMS. BACON, LAIU) AND PORK.
600 pounds Bacon, Light Breakfast, bidders to
state brands.
2500 pounds Hams, bidders to state brands.
1500 pounds Lard, Pure Leaf, in tierces.
6 barrels Salt PorK, extra clear.
SALT FISH.
800 poends Codfish. California. 100-pound cases.
5 half-barrels Mackerel, No. 1,100 pounds net
each barrel.
FRESH FISH.
9000 pounds Fresh Fish, No. 1, assorted.
SALT.
8000 pounds Fine Dairy Salt.
FLOUR, GRAIN, ETC.
15,000 pounds (.round Barley.
7000 pounds Corn Meal. .
7000 pounds Oat Meal, extra.
7000 pounds Cracked Whe»U
'25,000 pounds Bran.
3 barrels Rolled Oats.
700 barrels Flour, bakers' extra.
2400 pounds Graham Flour.
6000 pounds Wheat (for chicken feed.)
CHEWING TOBACCO.
800 pounds Drnmmond Tobacco Company's
Horse .-r-''
SMOKING TOBACCO AND PIPES.
360 pounds Plug Cut, in one-pound packages; bid-
ders to submit samples.
SOAP, LYE AND SODA.
125 boxes of Star of Kitchen Soap, 20 bars to the
box.
20 boxes Ivory Soap, laundry size, 100 bars to the
box.
3000 pounds Laundry SoaD.
200 cans Concentrated Lye, American, one-pou nd
cans.
2000 pounds Sal Soda.
Dr.Y GOODS.
400 yards Bed Ticking, Ainoskeag, A, C. A., 38
Inches wide.
100 yards Cotton Flannel, XXX unbleached
Nashua.
'JOO yards Park Mills.
iiOO yards Crash, linen. 18 inches wide.
300 yards Denims, I'earl River, Indigo blue, 23
Inches w'.de.
100 yards Duck, No. 8, 36 Inches wide.
500 yards sheet ina, Indian Head, 4-4, unbleached.
100 yards Sheeting, J'cquot, 5-4. bleached.
300 yards Dress Goo is. all wool, 36 inches wide.
200 yards Frieze, 27 inches wide.
10 dozen Ladies' White Merino Undervests, high
neck, long sleeves, M 4 io 40.
6 dozen Bedspreads, white.
1 dozen Hair Brushes.
10 dozen Combs, dreja.
6 dozen Combs, fine.
125 dozen Clark's O. N". T. Spool Cotton, assorted
numbers and colors.
6 dozen HandkerchU fs, ladies'.
20 dozen Handkercn:eis, men's Turkey red, 24,
Inch.
8 dozen Hairpins, K. .t 8., assorted, No. 100.
36 dozen pairs Ladles' Hose, all wool.
1000 dozen Needles, Mill ward's assorted sizes.
2 gross Pins, Wallan- & .Sons. No. F. S. C, 3^.
20 gross Buttons, paiits.
6 gross Buttons, horn, coat and vest.
25 gross Buttons, agi-.e, dress and shirt, No. 40.
CLOTHING.
12 dozen Coats, 37 to 44, as per sample.
12 dozen Pants, leg SO to 34, waist 32 to 44, aa
per sample,
6 dozen Vests, as per sample.
36 dozen Gray Wool Overshirts. neck 15 to 17,
23 to 27 inches wide, 33 inches long.
16 dozen Hickory Khirta, neck 15 to 17, 23 to 27
inches wide, 33 Inches 'ong.
15 dozen Cotton Flannel Undershirts. 36 to 44.
15 dozen pairs Canton Flannel Drawers, leg 30
to 34, waist 36 to 44.
100 dozen pairs Gray Mixed Cotton Socks.
10 dozen Overalls, duck Canton flannel lined, leg
30 to 34, waist 32 to 44.
8 dozen pairs buspenders, average and extra
lengths.
HATS.
20 dozen Hats, wool.
SHOES AND SLIPPERS.
20 dozen Brogans. buckled, 6 to 12, white labor.
30 dozen Slippers, lea b r, 4 to 12, white labor.
2 dozen Ladles' Shoes.
BRUHI. : *.
4 dozen Hair Floor Brushes. -
2 dozen Counter Brushes.
6 dozen Scrub Brushes.
1 dozen Shoe Brushes, No. 16.
8 dozen Combination Mop Handles.
BROOMS.
16 dozen California Brooms.
1 dozen Whisk Brooms, 3 strings.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
8 dozen Dinner Plates, 8-lnch.
8 dozen Soup Plates, 8-lnch. '. ■'. -
3 dozen Vegetable Dishes, 9-Inch.
1 dozen Platters, 12-inch.
6 dozen Sauce Dishes, small.
12 dozen Cups and Saucers.
b dozen Glass Tumblers.
TINWARE.
6 dozen Galvanized Iron Buckets, 3 gallons. No.
24 iron.
6 dozen Galvanized Iron Chambers, 8%-Inch
top, 7 inch bottom, 6y» inches high, No. 26 iron.
10 dozen Pint Tin Cups, X tin.
1 dozen Tin Coffee Pots, 3 gallons, XXX tin.
1 dozen Tin Syrup Cans, 2 gallons, XX tin.
1 dozen Soup Cans, 3 gallons, XXX tin.
1 dozen Milk Cans, 3 gallons, XX tin.
WOOD.
250 cords Pine Wood, No. 1.
. ENGINE-ROOM COAL.
200 tons Engine-room Coal, 2240 pounds to the
ton. Bidders specify kind and quality.
To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on
asylum scales. ;-. .\ ~. ..
GAS COAL.
100 tons Gas Coal, 2240 pounds to the ton. Bid-
ders specify kind and quality.
To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on
asylum scales.
RANGE COAL.
40 tons Screened Coal, 2240 pounds to the ton.
Bidders specify kind and quality.
To be delixered in carload lots and weighed on
asylum scales.
The above-named articles are all to be of the
best qualities, subject to the approval of the Medi-
cal Director, and to be delivered at tbe asylum at
such times and in such quantities as be may desire.
And it is expressly understood that If a greater ur
less quantity of any article than above mentioned
shall be required by the Medical Director, the
same shall be furnished by the contractor at the
contract price. • '
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder, »nd no bid will be received
or considered unless accompanied by a cer-
tified check in an amount equal to 10 per cent
of the bid or bids presented, which amount
shall be forfeited to the people of the State of
California as settled, fixed and liquidated
damages In case the bidder to whom the award
of contract is made shall fail or refuse to enter into
such contract and furnish such bonds for the faith-
ful performance of the same as the Board of Trus- :
tees may require within five days after such
award. Separate bids will be received for—
GROCERIES.
DRIED FRUIT.
FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, ETC.
ROLL BUTTER.
KEG BUTTER.
EGGS.
POTATOES.
HAMS. BACON, LARD AND POEK.
SALT FISH.
FRESH FISH.
SALT.
FLOUR. GRAIN, KTC.
CHEWING TOBACCO.
SMOKING TOBACCO AND PIPES.
SOAP. LYE AND SODA.
DRY GOODS.
CLOTHING. :,;•:;
HATS.
SHOES AND SLIPPERS,
BRUSHES.
BROOMS. -^
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
TINWARE. •
WOOD. 6-.. :
ENGINE-ROOM COAL.
GAS COAL. . .
RANGE COAL. ■ J /
The Board reserves the right of rejecting any or
all bids.
Payments to be made monthly, in cash, when
there is money In the Treasury for such payments,
and when there is no money in the Treasury, pay-
ment to be made out of the first money In the
Treasury applicable for that purpose.
Bids to be addressed to T. 8. Montgomery, Sec-
retary of the Board of Trustees of the State Insane
Asyium at Agnews, and indorsed on the envelope,
"Proposals for furnishing supplies." Bidders will
also mark on envelope tbe class of supplies bid on.
Envelopes and blaiiK bids may be obtained by ap-
plying to the Secretary. A separate envelope will
be reqnlred for each bid.
Samples of articles, showing the character 3-d
quality thereoi. requ-.rea, except sucn as are per-
ishable, may be seen at the storeroom of the asy-
lum.
The attention of bidders is called to the following
section from the Political Code of the state:
Skction 3235. "No supplies or any kind or char-
acter for the benefit of the State, or to be paid by
any moneys appropriated, or to be appropriated,
by the State, manufactured or grown In this Bute,
which are iv whole or In part the product of Mon-
golian labor, shall be purchased by the officials for
this State having control of any public institution
under the control of the state, or of any county,
cltyand county, city or town thereof."
In order to preserve uniformity and facilitate
the award, it has been resolved to receive no bids
unless made upon blank forms furnished by the
Secretary. '
. Parties will please carry out the sum total for
each article ana add up the same, so that the gross °
amount may be seen at a glance; otherwise bid
will not be considered. '
By order of the Board oi Trustees of the State
Insane Asylnm at Agnews. ■•■-.<-<••..-- - j
Dated San Jose, September in. 1895.
X. a. MOKTGOaLERY, Secretary.
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