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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS.
Ferry-Boat Saloon Men Con
victed of Selling Liquor
Without a License.
DEATH OF SETH RICHARDS.
Stockholders of the Piedmont Cable
Company Sued by Holders
of Bonds.
Judge "Wood yesterday rendered a de
cision against the proprietors of the ferry
boat bars for selling liquor without a
license in the city of Oakland. The de
fendants claimed that they had a license
to sell liquors from San Francisco and
that it held good at any point to which j
they might cruise. The court maintained
that they had sold liquors while the boat
wastiedupat the Oakland pier and that
the San Francisco ordinance had no
jurisdiction on this side. Sentence will be
passed July 25.
Death of Scth Richards.
Seth Richards, a retired capitalist, died
yesterday morning at the advanced age of
83 years. He retired from business in
lowa some twenty years ago and since that
time he has been gradually failing. For
the past few months he has been very ill,
and so his death was not unexpected. The
deceased lived with his daughter, Mrs. \
Henry H. Foster, and her husband. When >
he came to Oakland he built a beautiful
residence at Webster and Orchard streets, i
Since living here he has made numerous j
friends among the leading business men of
the city. In the matter of aiding charitable
institutions he has always been very lib
eral. He has aided very materially the
Plymouth Congregational Church, which j
institution he joined two years before his i
death. Mr. Richards was born in Enfield, I
Mass., on June 9, 1812.
He did business in the West-Central i
States until coming to California. At one
time he was prominently mentioned in
connection with the Republican nomina
tion for Governor in lowa, but declined to
submit his name for that office. Three
children of the deceased are alive, Mrs.
Henry H. Foster, Mrs. George O. Sears and
William S. Richards. The date of the fun
eral has not been Bet.
Piedmont Cable Bonds.
James T. Boyd. William T. Walcker and |
A. D. Grimwood, holders of ten bonds of
the Consolidated Piedmont Cable Com- |
pany, have sued the stockholders of that '
company upon their statutory liability for
the bonds. They allege that when the sale j
of the road was made on the 19th day of
March, 1895, all of the proceeds went* for |
the payment of the receiver's indebted
ness, leaving no part for the payment of t
the bonds.
The stockholders against whom judg
ment is asked are: E. A. Heron, 77G
shares, $583 61; Phoebe H. Blair, 3783 j
shares, $2844 11; Charles R. Bishop, 2537)4
shares, $1908 40; John R. Spring, 1100 |
shares, $827 28; F. A. Huntington, 525 j
chares, $394 S4; Mabel E. Blair-Squire, 6-54 j
shares, $49186; J. L. Bradbury, 1000 1
shares, $752 07; J. H. T. Walkinson, 523% !
chares. $393 90; H. Abraham, 500 shares, i
$-176 03 ; W. H. Lermert, 823 shares, $618 96,
and W. J. Dingee, 500 shares, $376 03.
'Heavy Lawsuit.
J. F. Turner, Ruth E. Turner, Lizzie F.
O'Donnell, J. P. Frenna and Judah Boas
have been sued by Jacob Beitz for $82,- j
583 36 upon sundry notes secured by cer- |
tain mining stock and by trust deeds. The I
trouble grows out of one of the financial
transactions of J. F. Turner, who has dealt
ex tensive! vin California real estate. The
lands invoh-ed are scattered from Shasta
to San Diego counties.
Oakland Briefs.
Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, the noted
Chicago divine, lectured last evening in
the First Congregational Church upon
Oliver Cromwell.
Mrs. Maude Pierson, daughter of Dr. B.
A. Rabe of 1553 Eighth street, is dying of
consumption at the home of her father.
The Fourth of July committees of this
city feei jubilant over the financial results
of "their celebration. After all bills are
paid there will be a surplus of $300 or $400
remaining.
Senator Guy C. Earl, of the Oakland law
firm of Hall & Earl, has become a member
of the law firm of Garber, Boalt & Bishop
of San Francisco.
Assessor Dalton is somewhat surprised
at the actions of the large corporations in
terested in this county. He expected that
there would be complaints made on ac
count of the heavy increase of the assess
ments, but as yet there has been none.
Frederick S". Stratton, the well-known
attorney of Oakland, has been appointed
attorney at Ban Francisco for the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
The Alameda Water Company has asked
the Board of Supervisors, sitting as a
board of equalization, to reduce the as
sessment of its property in Berkeley from
$120,000 to $75,000. The main reduction
asked for is on the franchise, which is as
sessed for $25,000. The company claims
that the franchise is exempt from taxation.
ALAMEDA.
Constable Ton Kapff returned from Loa
Angeles yesterday with the prisoner
Benchelon, against whom a charge of
grand larceny is pending. He was serving
a sentence of 150 days in the Los Angeles
County Jail, which expired on Monday,
and when liberated yon Kapff was there to >
receive him. Since his arrival he has ex- j
pressed a decided wish not to see reporters. ;
The police are looking up his record and !
when brought to trial for grand larceny ;
a prior conviction will also be recorded
A BLACK MARX.
You have had many a one f
when you were a.boy.'^r .
that you then thought &
you did not de- jf
serve. But just jp
as sure as £
GET A CASE OF Nh^VFOH HER TO-DAY
OR, HENLEY'S CELEfiifryAlO GO HOWIE WITH A
BEEF ANO IRON y£\M CONSCIENCE
must know
f you deserve if
f your wife has any
.^T of the ailments peculiar
f to her sex and you have not
Xgot the best remedy for her.
JT' What that is you can plainly see. \ —MMIi
HAVE YOU A CONSCIENCE?
against him. Benchelon was the cellmate
in Los Angeles of "Kid" Thompson, who
is sentenced to death on the 20th inst.
for murder committed in a train robbery.
Shortly after Constable yon Kapff arrived
in Los Angeles he was much surprised to
meet Billy Burke, who was alleged to have
committed suicide at Omaha recently by
hanging, as was extensively published in
the coast papers. Burke informed the of
ficer that he had read of his alleged suicide
and said that he had little doubt but that
some enemy of his started the false rumor.
He is employed in a stationery store and
intends shortly to visit Alameda.
Haight-Avenue Improvement.
George T. Wright, representing 200 feet
front, has addressed the City Trustees on
the subject of the improvement of the
roadway of Haight avenue, between Fourth
and Eighth streets, in accordance with the
resolution of intention passed eight months
ago. The work was then stopped by pro
test of a bare majority of frontage, which,
under the statute, prevented further pro
ceeding for a period of six months. The
time has elapsed, and under tho opinion
of City Attorney Taylor, jurisdiction to
proceed with the work without further
resolution is with the municipal board.
Mr. W right has, therefore, requested the
Trustees to proceed forthwith with the
improvements.
"Workmen Swindled.
! The sub-contractor awarded the job of
| plastering the interior of the Longfellow
school-house, has skipped out, and left his
employes in the lurch to the tune of $*1.
A bill was presented to the City Trustees
to reimburse the workmen for their wa^es,
but nothing could be done. A mechanic's
lien may be filed on the building.
Died From Overwork.
School Director Brown and wife re
turned yesterday from Los Angeles,
whither they went to attend the funeral of
their son, Lloyd Brown. Mr. Brown says
: his son died from hemorrhage of tfit brain,
i resulting from overwork. Having to pre
i pare plans ior a five-story steel frame brick
I building he worked until a late hour on
I the night of the 29th uit., and on the fol
| lowing Sunday was taken ill. The hemor
rhage came on Monday morning, from
which he never regained consciousness.
A Watch Stolen.
Janitor Ames of the Longfellow School
i had his watch stolen from the cloakroom
jof the building yesterday. A stranger re-
I sembling a Spaniard, about five feet six
i inches in height, is suspected of the theft,
! as such a person was seen to enter the
building.
BERKELEY.
The Board of School Directors held a
meeting on Monday night. It was decided
to have the Lorin, Whittier and Kellogg
school-buildings repainted. The contract
for removing the Rose-street siehoolhouse
was awarded, and it was voted to spend
' $335 on repairs after the building shall
; have been moved to the new site. Richard
; Moore was awarded the contract for grad
ing the Rose-street school-ground, his
! bid being $65. A warrant was drawn on
! the treasury for $500 to cover the mortgage
i on the Rose-street school lot.
Receptions to Class of '99.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of the Berkeley Christian Endeavor Union
on Monday evening, it was decided to
tender the incoming freshman class of the
I university a reception in the parlors of
Trinity Methodist Church on Tuesday
i evening, August 20.
The members of the College Y. W. C. A.
| are also planning to receive the young
j ladies of the class, and to render* them
| whatever assistance as is possible in the
I way of gaining information concerning
their college work, and in securing pleasant
boarding places.
Crescent Club Moves.
The gymnasium apparatus and furniture
of the Crescent Athletic Club was removed
i last evening from the old quarters of the
j club, on Bancroft way, to the new club
i rooms in the Odd Fellows' building, on
Shattuck avenue. The work of refitting
the new gymnasium will commence at
once, and it is expected that within a few
days everything will be in readiness for
the regular vainer, who has recently been
engaged.
Loser by the Big Fire.
E. F. Niehaus, who had about $25,000
worth of property in lumber and machin
ery destroyed by the recent lire in Ban
Francisco, will leave for the East this week
to select lumber for a new stock. A con
tract will soon be let for the erection of a
new mill on the site of the one destroyed,
and it is expected that it will be finished
in time for the fall trade.
Hearing In the Long Case.
The case against J. T. Long of having
obtained money under false pretenses was
dismissed yesterday, but immediately two
similar charges were filed by Marshal
Lloyd, and Long was taken back to jail.
His case will be tried at his own pleasure
and that of his attorney. Marshal Lloyd
says he has such strong evidence against
the accused.
Uoane Looking for Work.
A. V. Doane, the barber, who suddenly
disappeared about ten days ago, leaving a
number of anxious creditors Dehind, has
been heard from by his wife-
He is in Portland, Or., and said in his
letter that if he did not find work soon he
would return to Berkeley, where his fam
ily has been since his departure.
Boys" Brigade Outing.
The Third Boys' Brigade, Company H,
will leave to-day for the State encampment
at Santa Cruz, to be away for eight days.
Their camp will be on the beach, and the
name selected for their headquarters is
Camp Ledyard.
The Trousers Were Good.
J. Solomon and Louis Aaron of this City were
arrested on July 2 by a constable from Anti
och on the charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses. The complaining witness was D.
Williams of Antioch, who alleged that he
bought a pair of trousers from the defendants
for $9 and when he received them they were
of inferior quality to those he had purchased.
The case was tried before Justice of the Peace
Gribble at Antioch on Monday and both de
fendants were honorably discharged.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1895.
CHIEF SCHAEFFER IS OUT
The Incompetent Head of the
Police Department Is Re
moved.
C. E. LLOYD SUCCEEDS HIM.
M. K. Miller Made Superintendent
of Streets In Spite of Mayor
Davie's Opposition.
In suite of the fact that Mayor Davie
refused to vote for his removal, Louis
Srhaffer, the incompetent Chief of Police,
was deposed by the Board of Public
Works. For several days past a warm
though friendly fight, has been waged be
tween Hugh Aldrich, an ex-police officer,
and C. B. Lloyd, and it was not known
until yesterday noon who was to receive
the prize.
Early in the afternoon an effort was
made to concentrate on some candidate,
but without success. The City Engineer
and City Attorney called upon the Mayor
and a wordy and somewhat heated discus
sion ensued. The two gentlemen informed
the Mayor that they intended to vote for
the removal of Chief Schaffer and substi
tute C. E. Lloyd.
"Gentlemen," said the Mayor, "I will
never vote to remove as competent a man
as Chief Schaffer is and put into office an
incompetent man."
"Well," remarked Mr. Wilson, "we do
not consider Chief Schaffer to be particu
larly competent, and he will have to give
wav in favor of Mr. Lloyd."
Both of the other Commissioners ex
pressed themselves as very much surprised
that the Mayor should advocate the reap
pointment of Chief Schaffer after his oft
repeated assertion that he would advocate
the removal of those officers whose ap
pointments were in the hands of the Board
of Public Works.
After that they decided to ignore any
suggestions from the Mayor and distribute
the patronage according to their own in
clinations. When the meeting convened
Mr. Lloyd's name was presented and on
the vote' of Messrs. Peirsol and Wilson he
was elected, Mayor Davie voting "no."
Last evening the Board of Public Works
met to consider the appointment of a new
Superintendent of Streets, and M. K.
Miller, who had previously been indorsed
by City Engineer Wilson, was chosen to
fill the place. Mayor Davie. as usual,
voted against the other Commissioners,
but his vote did not count against the
majority.
Mr. Lloyd, the successful candidate for
the Chief of Police, is a man about 40 years
of age and is prominent in the Populist
party. He was appointed Under Sheriff
by Sheriff White, but resigned when he
was assured that the office of Chief of
Police was open to him. He is said to be
a very able man.
M.K. Miller, who will take the Super
intendent of Streets' office, is a native of
Michigan, 31 years of ar,e. He was con
nected with the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany for several years after graduating
from the Kansas University. In 1838 he
came to California and had charge of the
Coronado Beach Railroad. Later he went
to Oregon and had charge of the C. B. R.
and E. road in Oregon. For the past two
years Mr. Miller has been engaged in
municipal and county work in Alameda
Count}'. ____________
OLYMPIC WHEELMEN.
A. Scheme Which la Practical to Swell
the Membership of the
Annex.
Among the wheelmen of the Olympic
Club who are not members of the cycling
annex there appears to be objections to the
manner in which some of the leading mem-
bers of the annex conduct the affairs of
the cycling department. In speaking of
hbw it is run a member of the club iaid
yesterday that before he had joined the an
nex he was approached by one of its prom
inent supporters and informed that it
would be to his interest to become a repre
sentative of the great body of wheelmen,
as then his machine would be well cared
for, and, besides, he would enjoy many
privileges which the unattached members
are denied.
When Director Short was spoken to on
the matter he said that the wheelmen's an
nex was now something like 200 strong,
and that it was growing in numerical
strength daily.
In reference to the alleged boycott on
members of the club who ride wheels, but
who are not in any way connected with
the annex, Mr. Bhort said that the lower
rooms of the club where bicycles are stored
are open to every member of the Olympic
Club, and that the men in charge of this
department have been instructed to show
no favoritism. He admitted that mem
bers of the club who had no desire to join
the annex have been approached and given
to understand that if they wanted their
wheels nicely cleaned and "well cared for
they should join the Wheelmen's Club
and have a voice in the management of
affairs. Mr. Short did not think, however,
that the little protest instituted by those
who had refused to join the annex
amounted to much.
IN A ROTHSCHILD STRONG BOX.
The Custodian of Bonds in Shipment
Tells What He Saw.
"The largest shipment of United States
bonds to Europe, so far as I can remem
ber," said J. K. Upton, former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, "was made in
1875, and consisted of 20,000,000 coupon 4s.
It was made under my charge, and I pre
sume my experience was about the same
as that of others serving in like capacity.
The bonds were in five steel boxes, weigh
ing when packed about 400 pounds each,
all fastened by combination locks, of
which we had no key.
"We rode with the boxes to New York
in a postal-car. At the Jersey City station
we were met by the Superintendent of the
Sub-Treasury of New York, who had
secured for us the necessary transportation
to the boat, where the bonds were depos
ited in the specie vault, under the imme
diate control of the purser, but until the
boat left the pier some one of our party
kept an eye on the boxes. Once at sea,
however, we relaxed our vigilance, and
renewed it only when again approaching
land. At Liverpool, where we arrived
after a pleasant passage, I had some trouble
in getting the boxes turough the Custom
house, not being able to declare under
oath that I personally knew their con
tents, and there being no way to
open them. A compromise was finally
effected by my taking with me a customs
official, who should see that the boxes
reached the consignees undisturbed, and
when opened contained the bonds as al
leged, his expenses to be paid by the syn
dicate. This delay caused us to remain all
night in Liverpool. We had the boxes
taken to our rooms, and there we took
turns in watching them through the night.
The English official, however, had no re
lief from his vigils. In the morning,
through a little British gold, I obtained
the practical control of a passenger car,
into which we put our personal baggage
and the rive boxes, for which we paid aa
for extra-weight baggage. The exclusive
use of the car was deemed important, the
bonds representing such an enormous
amount of wealth.
"At London we were met by other
Treasury officials temporarily employed at
the headquarters of the syndicate. Messrs.
Rothschild <fc Sons, in scheduling and
counting bonds and coupons received in
payment of the new bonds. We went with
our boxes to the office of the firm men
tioned, and in its money vaults our bonds
were counted, found correct, and a receipt
given showing that our duty had been per
formed, much to my relief.
"This money vault, as I remember it,
opened only at" the top, through the floor
of the room above, and we descended by a
little 'lift.' It was not an imposing sight,
but it contained an enormous amount of
securities issued by nearly every nation in
Europe. Two men were employed there
all the time receiving and sending out se
curities or in cutting off the coupons. —
Washington Star.
FASHION AND PEOFESSION.
Mrs. Sherwood Gives Some Examples
of Women Prominent tv Both.
At Milwaukee, as 1 was leaving, a very
interesting woman, who wrote for the pa
pers, asked me a singular question. It
was: "Can professional women, doctors,
lawyers, etc., ever become fashionable
women?"
It never struck me before that any one
could ask that question.
Mrs. George B. McClellan, the daughter
in-law of the late General, has studied law
and has, I believe, been enrolled as a bar
rister in New York. Should she ever
choose to practice she would make a very
lovely Portia; and she comes from one of
the most fashionable families in New
York.
Mrp. Van Rensselaer Cruger, who is
beautiful enough, rich enough and fashion
able enough to be considered a society
expert, is now a professional maker of
books and works as hard as any lawyer.
Her workroom is lined with encyclo
pedias and dictionaries and books of ref
erence, by the use of which she keeps her
splendid English up to time, and she has
not lost caste. I know of several doctors
who have emerged from our most fashion
able society, and they dance the german if
they wish to.
The daughters of Bishop Potter of New
York and his nieces, beautiful, thorough
bred women, all do something professional
and useful. I believe one of them kept a
hotel in the Adirondacks for poor working
women, and one is at the head of a bureau
for woman's work in New York.
Miss Urace Dodge, from one of our rich
est families, is a practical, professional
philanthropist. They are all eligible to
our best and most frivolous society if they
choose to go into it.
This was not so ten years ago. I think
it was then rather a disgrace to write for
money, or to enter the ranks of the pro
fessions. It is not so now. Mrs. Schuyler
Van Rens9elaer, the writer on cathedrals,
and now a School Commissioner, is a
member of the very_ fasnionable Griswold
family. The question is not "Would fash
ion receive these professional women, but
would they receive fashion?" Have they
time and strength for both?
Mrs. Cruger is the only professional
writer who is also a personage of fashion
in New York, and who does both with
untiring vigor, but she has exceptional
health. "Literature is a lovely trade,"
said Hannah Moore, and women are nerv
ous and easily fatigued creatures. A morn
ing spent in professional work would, in
nine cases out of ten, unfit a woman for
society, unless she were born in England.
That exceptional strength and tranquillity
does not seem to have crossed the Channel.
But. if a professional woman wishes to co
into fashionable society, she will not be
tabooed. — Mrs. Sherwood, in Chicago
Times-Herald.
A BUFFALO VIEW OF IT.
A Squint Along the Canal at the Hur-
niony Dinner.
"It's no use trying now," the old Shee
han man was saying to his ward boss. "I
thought until yesterday that we would
carry New York for President next year."
"And so we will,' 1 the ward boss replied.
"And so we won't," continued the Shee
hanite, resenting the interruption. "We
won't come within four miles of carrying
this State for our Presidential candidate.
Right after the last election I felt that
Democracy in this (State bad gone to smash.
Then the victors began acting so Dadly
that ray hopes returned. On the day the
Legislature adjourned, leaving the other
fellows all split up in this State, I was
ready to bet that New York next year
would be pretty close.
"A week ago, when 1 saw Republican
Presidential candidates flocking to New
York from all parts of the compass and
noticed the feeline which was springing up
between the rival candidates, it really
looked as if things were coming our way
again. But lam ready to quit now. We'll
be licked out of our boots and nothing
under heaven can stop it."
"That's strange ta lk for a regular party
man live you. What's happened lately
that leads you to give up the game seven
teen months ahead of time?"
"Is it possible that you, the boss of this
ward, haven't heard of Chauncey Depew's
great harmony dinner? That's" what has
fixed everything for the G. O. P."
And as the two Democrats drowned their
sorrow in beer the ward boss said: "If
Chauncey has actually gone and done that,
we might as well quit now as to wait and
quit after we have been licked." — Buffalo
Express.
The Sacred Stone of the Oneldas.
It is a well-known fact in history that
the Oneidas, one of the confederation of
the five nations, were the allies of the
English, nnd rendered valuable assistance
to the British troops in their numerous
encounters with the French. They were
recognized by the various names of
Oneiadds, Oneides, Oneids, Oneyaders,
Oneyders, Oneydes, Oneydos, Oneydas,
Onneydes, Onneydoes, Onyades, Onye
dauns and Oneidas. From time imme
morial it has always been their custom to
regard with great solemnity a certain
huge bowlder, which went with them from
one place to another, whenever they
changed their habitations. The Oneidas
were referred to by the other Indians as
the people with the stone, and they called
it onia, oniota meaning a man who had
sprung from a stone.
It was used by those redmen as a kind
of sacrificial altar, and in front of it the
sachems held their council fires, celebrated
the feasts of the dead and worked them
selves into a frenzy of excitement with
their war dance.
The stone stood on the summit of a foot
hill overlooking the valley of the Oneida
Creek and there it remained unmolested
after the Oneidas joined the confederation
and long after the last bold warrior had
gone to nis happy hunting ground in the
unknown world beyondf this mundane
sphere. The stone was readily identified,
for the legends of the tribe made known
its history, and Dr. M. M. Bagg, the
lidrarian of the Oneida Historical bociety,
had it removed many years ago to the
Forest Hill Cemetery, where it can yet be
seen.
As this stone has no particular signifi
cance in its present locality, an effort is
now beinp made to secure the same for the
cornerstone of the Oneida Historical
Society building now being erected in this
city.— Utica Herald.
Black Roses Now.
We learn on good authority that a cer
tain enterprising gardener has at last suc
ceeded in producing a black rose — "as
black as soot," as he proudly declares.
Perhaps it is needless to say that this per
severing but rather melancholy person is
a German. So far his achievement is
unique, though green roses were obtained
sometime time ago by a member of his
fraternity. Science, we suppose, makes
every experiment worth while, otherwise
one would be tempted to question whether
the result were worth the trouble taken,
as a black rose certainly cannot, from a
purely Philistine point of view, be consid
ered as beautiful as a pink or yellow one.
Moreover, the good man is a trifle be
hind the times, since the artificial flower
makers succeeded in making us all thor
oughly tired of black roses quite a twelve
month ago. It is to be hoped that the
craze for unnaturally colored flowers will
not spread, otherwise we shall see black
lilies, like those in the mosaic pavement
of Santa Maria de Fiori in Florence, and
what a misfortune that would be!— The
Lady.
MISSING FROM OAKLAND
Miss Georgie Horton Leaves
the Home of Her Grand
parents.
SAID TO BE STAGESTRUCK.
Her Father Is United States Consul
at Athens, Greece— No Clew to
Her Whereabouts.
Miss Georgie Horton, an accomplished
young laay and a daughter of George
Horton, the poet and United States Consul
at Athens, Greece, has been missing from
her home in Oakland since the evening of
Friday, July 5, and her grandparents, with
whom she resided, are almost frantic witn
grief over her disappearance.
Though the exact reason of her leaving
her friends is not known, it is believed that
a longing for the stage, which she had
often voiced to her intimates, is the main
reason and that she will be found endeav
oring to secure a theatrical engagement.
Miss Horton is a handsome young girl
about 15 years of age, though appearing
older, and was living with her grand
parents at 668 Thirty-fourth street for the
purpose of attending school.
Her mother is visiting a sister near Grass
Valley, while her father is at his post in
Athens.
On Friday evening last her grandfather,
who is a well-known expert in chirog
raphy, and who hud occasion some time
ago to expert some handwriting for Mrs.
John B. Martin, had occasion to correct
her for some slight offense. Her high
strung nature rebelled at the words used,
and an altercation ensued.
Later she was seen in her room packing
a valise, but no attention was paid to this,
as she was subject to fits of iiigh-spirited
ness and had previously threatened to
leave. Later in the evening she was
missed and a search of the room revealed
the fact that she had taken -a considerable
quantity of wearing apparel. The follow
ing note was found on a table:
Bear, Dear Mamma: I feel It my duty to go
and earn my own living. You have been very
good to me. 1 know that I will find the world
hard and cruel, but always remember this,
that I will always try to lead a good Christian
life. It breaks my heart to leave you, but it is
for the best. It is wrong for me to stay here to
your discomfort. Your Own Georgia.
Mrs. Horton was immediately communi
cated with by telegraph, but knew notning
of her daughter's whereabouts. As Miss
Horton had but $1 25 in her purse when
she left home it is believed that she would
hardly attempt to go far, but will be
found either in San Francisco or Oakland.
Her grandfather describes her as follows:
She is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, slender
and straight, with clear blue eyes, fair
complexion and abundance of light auburn
hair; 15 years old, but looks older.
The police have been notified of the dis
appearance of the young lady and are
searching diligently, though thus far with
out success.
Miss Horton's father, who was at one
time one of the editors of the Chicago
Herald, recently published some verses
which brought him into considerable
prominence in the literary world.
BEAED GEOWTH OP A LIFETIME.
You May Be Astonished by the Figures f
but Here They Are. i
If you are proud of a fresh shave and a
smooth face you visit the barber at least
twice a week or probably every other day.
Suppose you commenced this practice at
the age of 17 and continued it up to the age
of 70, have you any idea of the total length
of the beard that would be removed in that
time?
If your beard grows as rapidly as that of
the average man you must have about one
fifth of an inch removed each week, or 10
2-5 inches each year. Between the ages of
17 and 70 years 53 years must intervene,
and each of these 53 years gives almost a
foot of beard growtn, or a total of 530
inches, exclusive of fraction, or, to be more
exactly exact, 44 feet and 2 inches of beard.
The above is all figured on the assump
tion that the filaments of the beard main
tain their average growth of one-fifth of an
inch during the period mentioned, which,
of course, is out of the question.
There is all the difference in the world
in beard erowth. Some men will raise a
"stubble field" one-quarter of an inch in
length, while another will hardly raise
enough to roughen his face.
Then, again, we do not wish to be under
stood as saying that a man would grow 50
feet of beird In a lifetime, provided he
never shsved. On the contrary the average
man would not grow more than 2)4 feet.
On reaching a length of 18 to 20 inches
the beard invariably becomes brittle or
slits, and after this the growth is very slow
or ceases entirely. — St. Louis Republic.
OVEBBTJLED BY THEIE WIVES.
A Case Where All the Justices Changed
Their Minds.
It was a matter of some surprise that
Justice Shiras of the United States
Supreme Court should have changed his
mind within a few weeks upon a matter of
law, but it is not many months since the
whole court changed their mind on such a
matter, and that in the course of a few
days.
The case before the court was one arising
out of a customs decision at this port, and
the counsel arguing against the decision of
the custom-house was a New York lawyer,
then for the first time before the Supreme
Court.
The case turned mainly upon the ques
tion whether an article of importation
should or should not be classed as a sauce.
The custom-house had called it a sauce
and taxed it accordingly. The Govern
ment maintained this contention, and, of
course, the New York lawyer sought to
show that the article snould not be classed
as a sauce.
When the Supreme Court came to con
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suit upon the case their unanimous opin
ion was favorable to the contention of the
Government, and one of the Justices was
instructed to prepare a decision in favor of
the custom-house.
The Justice on returning home told his
wife of the case, and indicated the ground
of the decision ; whereupon the lady told
him in plain words that the Justices of the
Supreme Court did not know what they
were talking about and had agreed upon
an unjust decision. The lady was entirely
clear that the article in dispute could not
properly be called a sauce, and openly ridi
culed the court.
HThe perplexed Justice, instead of prepar
ing the decision in accordance with the in
structions of his brethren, did nothing in
the matter, but at the next opportunity
unfolded to the other Justices his wife's
view of the matter, and asked them to seek
domestic counsel on the case and report at
the next consultation of the court.
When the consultation canie round the
Justices, having taken feminine counsel,
all reported against their original view that
the article involved in the case should be
classed as a sauce, and accordingly the jus
tice originally charged with the task of
preparing a decision in favor of the Gov
ernment was now instructed to prepare
one in favor of the New York lawyer's
client.
It thus happened that the lawyer won
his first case before the Supreme Court be
cause the wives of the Justices knew more
than the court itself.— New York Sun.
A Scotch Answer.
It was in one of the cozy villages of bon
nie Scotland, where gossip is the chief
barter and church the chief duty of every
"mon" and all the "weemin." For once
gossip and church were traveling the same
way, for Dougald McSorlie, the minister,
haa suddenly grown unpopular and the
numbers of his congregation were steadily
diminishing.
No one knew better than he that some
thing must be done, so he concluded to do
a little house-to-house missionary work
and thus arouse more interest in church
affairs.
But his enthusiasm was short lived.
The first man he accosted was Tonald
Campbell, a sturdy old Scot of well-known
free-thinking tendencies.
"Tonald," began the minister, "for
why were ye no T at the kirk last Saw
batVi?"
"I was at Mr. McShouter's kirk, meen
ister. !>
This was hardly the reply that was ex
pected, but the minister continued with
added gravity: "I dinna like ye rinnin'
aboot tae strange kirks i' this way. I'm
pairfeckly sure ye yersel' widna like yer
am sheep strayin' awa' inta strange pas
tures."
Tonald cast a sidelong glance at his
critic, "I widna care a grain, meenister,
gin it was better grass."— Boston Budget.
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X platform Scales— Bealed proposals will be re-
ceived by the Superintendent of Common Schools In
open session of the Board of Education. New City
Hall, on Thursday, July 18, 1895,at 12 o'clock m., for
supplying said board with 50, more or less, 400-lb.
platform scales, and single combination desks and
seats, all necessary sizes, with rear seats to match,
In lots of 500, and for rear' seats in lots of 1000,
when needed during the present fiscal year.
Samples of scales and articles of furniture offered
must be sent to the oftice of the Board, of Educa-
tion, New City Hall, up to 4 o'clock p. m. on Wed-
nesday, July 17, 1895, after which hour no samples
will be received. - ■ <''.* -
Eaeh bid must be accompanied by a certified
check in the sum of $250,' made payable to the
order of the secretary of the Board of Education,
conditioned that If the proposal be accepted - and
the contract awarded and if the bidder shall fall or
neglect to execute a written agreement 'and give
the bonds required within six days after the award
is made, then and in that case said check shall be
forfeited to the said Board of Education. The
board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or
any portion of any bid, as the public good may re-
quire. Blank proposals will be furnished by the
secretary on application. " The parties to whom
contracts are awarded will be required, prior to or
at the lime of the execution of the contracts, to pay
their proportion of the cost of advertising this
notice. GEORGE BEANSTON, Secretary.
PROPOSALS FOR MOVING AND ENLARGE
-L ing a school building— Sealed proposals ' will - be
received by the Superintendent of Common Schools,
in open session of the Board of Education, new
City Hall, on Thursday, July 18, 1895, at 12 o'clock
M., for * moving the Sutro School building from
Nineteenth avenue, near Point Lobos avenue, to
the school lot on Twelfth avenue, between Clement
and California streets,' and for enlarging and fitting
up said building, in accordance with plans - and
specifications at the office of CHAS. I. HAVENS,
architect of the board, room 55, Flood building,
corner Fourth and Market streets. >
" GEORGE BEANSTON. Secretary.
. . i ' " LEGAL NOTICES.
XT OTICE^fo" C R Ed7t(?RS^EBTATe" OF~a£
XI j BERT HELM KEN, deceased. '; Notice Is here-
by given by the undersigned, administratrix of the
estate of ALBERT HELMKE.V, deceased, to the
creditors of and. all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the neces-
sary vouchers within four months after the first
publication of this notice to the said administra-
trix at the Office of M. STUART TAYLOR, 1360
Park street, Alamcda. California, which said oilice
the undersigned .selects as her place of business in
all matters connected with the said estate of AL-
BERT HELMK EN. deceased.
BETTY F. HELMKEN, administratrix •Of the
estate of deceased. ?3^gafe4y a»««a^Bß^H^MlßaS
£ Dated Alameda, Jane 20th, 1895. V
NEW TO-DAT.
SILK DEPARTMENT
CLEARANCE SALE
THIS WEEK
SPECIAL BARGAINS
At 25c Per Yard
8000 yards KAIKA WASH SILKS, in pretty
Plaids, Checks and Stripes, former price 36c and
40c per yard, Clearance .Sale Price 25c per yard.
At 50c Ter Yard
120 pieces 24-INCH FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
nil this year's importation, comprising the newest
designs and colorings, tormer price, 65c, 75c aud
85c per yard, Clearance Sale Price 50c per yard.
At 75c "Per Yard
110 pieces 27-INCH FIGURED INDIA SILKS,
comprising the choicest patterns shown this season,
former price 9100 and $125 per yard, Clearance
.Sale Price 75c per yard.
At $1 .OOPer Yard
85 pieces 24-INCH CHENEY INDIA SILKS,
In new combination stripes and floral designs. worth
SI 35 per yard, Clearance Sale Price $1 00 per
yard.
Silk Remnants
3000 SILK REMNANTS, ranging in lengths
from one yard up, comprising the prettiest and
best designs and weaves ever sho*yn. These we
will sacrifice at astonishingly low prices.
THE COST NOT CONSIDERED.
Just Received
33-Inch Superior Quality Black Velvet,
for tapes, etc.,
$3,00 and $4-00 Per Yard.
Ribbons
Best Quality, Pure Silk, Double-Faced
Satin Ribbon, in Black.
No. 22 3 inches wide 25c per yard
No. 40. ...4 inches wide 3Oc per yard
No. 60 4^ inches wide 4Oc per yard
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
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125, 127, 129 and 131 Kearny Street,
and 209 Sutter Street.
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Largest Stock and Lowest Prices.
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653 Market Street.
SAMPLES SENT.
$20,000 WANTED
AT SIX PER CENT.
ON INSIDE CITY PROPERTY, YIELDING
$8300 per annum: worth more than double;
principals only. Apply to
COLUMBUS BARTLETT,
Attorney at law, 530 California st.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
INGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, plaintiff, vs.
ANDREW FAY, et al., defendants.
No. 40,653. Superior Court, Department No. 1-
Order of sale and decree of foreclosure.
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and decree
of foreclosure, issued out of the Superior Court, De-
partment No. l.of the City and County of San
Francisco. State of California, on the 13th day of
June, A. D. 1893, In the above-entitled action,
wherein THE HIUERNIA RAVINGS AND LOAN
(SOCIETY, the above-named plaintiff, obtained a
judgment and decree of foreclosure against AN-
DREW FAY, MARY J. FAY (his wife) and B.
STURMAN, defendantß, on the 13th day of No-
vember, A. D. 1894, which said judgment and de-
cree was, on the 29th davof December, A. I). 1894,
recorded In Judgment Book 19 of said court, at
page 326, 1 am commanded to sell all that certain
lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
In the City and County of Man Francisco, State of
California, and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a point on the northerly line of
Twenty-fourth street, distant thereon one hun-
dred and eighty (180) feet easterly from the
easterly line of Castro street ; running thence east-
erly along said line of Twenty-fourth street fifty
: j(j) feet: thence at right angles northerly one
hundred and fourteen (114) feet; thence at right
angles westerly fifty (50) feet: thence at right
angles southerly one hundred and fourteen (114)
feet to the point of commencement. The same be-
ing laid down on the official map of the City and
County of San i-ranclsco as part of Horner's Ad-
dition, block No. 160.
Public notice is hereby given that on THURS
DAY, the 11th day of July, A. D. 1885. at 13
o'clock noon of that day, in front of the new City
Hall. Larkin-street wing, In the City and County of
San Francisco, I will, in obedience to said order of
sale and decree of foreclosure, sell the above-
deicribed property, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to raise sufficient money to satisfy said
judgment, with interest and costs, etc.. to the
highest and best bidder, for lawful money gold
coin of the United States.
KICHARD I. WHELAN. Sheriff.
Ran Francisco, June 19. 1895.
TOBIN A TOBIN, Hiberuia Bank building, At-
torneys for Plaintiff.
SHERIFF'S BALE-CHARLES R. HOLMES,
plaintiff, vs. ROBERT SMITH ET AL., de-
fendants.
Sale. Superior Court, Department No. 3. No.
47,606. Execution.
Under and by virtue of an execution issued out
of the Superior Court, Department No. 3, of th«
City and County of San Francisco. State of Califor-
nia, on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1896, in the
above entitled action, wherein CHARLES R.
HOLMES, the above-named plaintiff, obtained
a judgment and execution against ROBERT
SMITH, defendant, on the 10th day of April,
A. 1). 1885, which said judgment and exe-
cution was recorded in the clerk's office of said
court, I am commanded to sell all thci right, title and
interest of the above-named defendant, ROBERT
SMITH, in and to all that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land situate, lying and being in the
City and County of Sun Francisco, »State of Cali-
fornia, and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at the northeasterly corner of
Twentieth andNoe streets, thence northerly along
the easterly line of Noe street fifty-seven (57) feet;
thence at right angles easterly one hundred and
five (105) feet: thence at right angles southerly
fifty-seven (67) feet to the northerly line of Twen-
tieth street: thence westerly along said northerly
line of Twentieth street one hundred and five (105)
feet to place of beginning, being portion of Mission
block 107.
Public notice Is hereby given that on FRIDAY,
the 26th day of July, A. D. 1895, at 12 o'clock
noon of that day, in front of the new City Hall,
Larkln-street wing, in the City and County of San
Francisco, I will, in obedience to said execution,
sell all of the right, title and interest of thcabove-
named defendant, ROBERT SMITH, in and to the
above-described property, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to raise sufficient money to
satisfy said judgment, with interest and costs,
etc., to the highest and best bidder, for lawful
money of the United States.
RICHARD I. WHELAN, Sheriff.
San Francisco, July 3, 1895.
J. W. GOODWIN, rooms 7 and 8, Mills bulWlnf,
attorney for plaintiff.
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