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FOOTBALL FOR CHARITY.
Oakland and San Francisco
Athletes Battle on the
Gridiron.
RELIANCE AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
Olympic Never Scored, but $600 Was
Taken In for Needy Women
and Children.
The Reliance team won the charity foot
ball game with the Olympic eleven yesser
day afternoon at Central Park, scoring
two touchdowns and a goal in the first
half. Neither side scored in the second
half.
"When the Reliance men exerted them-
A SCRIMMAGE IN THE RELIANCE - OLYMPIC GAME AT CENTRAL PARK FOR CHARITY.
selves as they did in two long series of
continuous advances from near the center
of the held they put the ball over the line
after uninterrupted gains of from four to
eight yards. Hanlon holding on to Frick's
hand would be rushed round the end, Bit;
Felton Taylor would force himself through
the line and Frick would dive quickly for
the small opening?. So the Oakland men
made their advance?.
Porter, notwithstanding his injured ribs,
played half for the Olympics and made
several good recoveries 'after catching
pants, but his own kicking was much be
low his average work in that respect.
Flay began a few minutes after ." o'clock
with the Olympic? in possession of the ball
at the center of the field and defending
the south goal. Porter kicked oft half way
into Reliance territory and the ball was
run in five yard?. But in their first two
attempts the Reliance men could make no
advance against their opponents, and
nunted to the middle of Olympic territory.
The Olympics worked the ball back ten or
fifteen yards and were forced to kick on
third down. Reliance getting the ball near
the 40-yard line.
There they began to advance on the
Olympic froal. and in six plays, using
Hanlon, Felton Taylor, Frick, and then
CHART OF THE PLAY.
[The gridiron field is represented by the diagram on which the progress of the ball throughout
the game is indicated! the first play starting at the top. Wavy lines show where the ball
it kicked, straight lines token it is carried, crosses where it is downed with Reliance in
possession and dots where the Olympics had it.]
Taylor, the ball was carried to a touch
down just, seven minutes from the begin
ning of t lie game.
Bert Oliver missed an easy goal, and the
sccre stood 4 to 0 in favor of Reliance.
Porter again punted off into Reliance
territory from the center field, and with a
little more success.
Felton Taylor ran the catch in nearly
ten yards before he was tackled. After
anotiier advance of ten yards in
several plays in which Langdon and Frick
figured prominently with the pigskin,
Reliance had to kick from the 35-yard line
on a third down.
Potter caught the punt on Olympic's !
40-yard line and brought the ball back i
just into Reliance territory. Hut after live 1
attempt*, having gained less than ten ■
yards, kicking was resorted to. A miser
able little punt did not reach the place 1
where the ball was snapped back, and
Reliance got it near the f>o-yard line.
Again Reliance gained ground. In two
plays the Oaklanders had reached the,
center of the held and in eleven more they
had crossed the intervening fifty-five yards
to the Olympic goal for their second
touchdown, thirteen minutes from the
second Kirk-off and just as time was up
for the lirst half. It was Hanlon, Mc-
Hugli, Hanlon, Oliver and Taylor through
the Olympic line or round the tackles.
Wyckoff tried the goal-kick and suc
ceeded, the store standing ten points to
! nothing in favor of Reliance when the
I ten-minute intermission was taken be
j cween the halves.
The second half was Jess spirited, and
toward the end it was evident that the
Reliance team was not exerting itself to
prevent the Olympics from avoiding a
whitewash. Biit the San Franciscans "did
not score.
Wyckoff s kick-off sent the ball far down
toward the Olympic goal at the opening of
the second half.
Little Nahl recovered nearly fifteen
yariis before he was downed, but the
Olympics soon lost the ball on a fumble.
After several efforts near the Olympic
20-yard line Reliance punted.
The Olympic man that caught the ball
was downed near his own 10-yard line, and
an attempted kick blocked, Hawkins be
ing tackled two yards from the Olympic
coal. According to the rules, the ball
was carried out to the 10-yard line to give
Olympics a chance, and a punt sent it well
one to the dangerous territory.
Reliance punted back on tirst down, and
Hawkins caught the ball on the 16-yard
line, ran it back ten yards, punted ten
yards, recovered the ball on a Reliance
muff, and in a few downs reached the r.O
yard line, where a punt had to be resorted
to on third down.
Reliance caught that ball nrar the center
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895.
of its territory, but on the second play
Wyckoff fumbled a long backward pass,
and the Olympic line came through on the
fullback, causing a loss of nearly fifteen
yards. A punt sent the ball almost back
to the center of the field.
Nahl made one g->od gain, but twice the
Olympics were tackled or forced back of
the line and had to kick.
The bail changed hands several times in
the neighborhood of the Reliance 25-j r ard
line. Then the Reliance men appeared to
play horse with the game and a few un
successful kicks brought the ball to their
own five-yard line, where Wyckoff punted
it ont of danger.
The Olympics returned with a punt
over the goul-line, causing a touchback
and allowing the Reliance men to bring
the ball out to the 20-} r ard line, from which
it was immediately punted by Wyckoff to
tne Olympic 40-yard line, a" distance of
fifty yards.
Hawkins ran the ball back five yards
and was downed as the half ended.
The team work of the Reliance men and
their ability to pain ground insured them
the game after the first few exhibitions of
their strength.
Among those present were: Judge
Slack, Hugh Tevis, Robert Eyre, Southard
Hoffman, Miss Kearney, Miss Wagner,
Miss Dean, W. R. Town'send, Mrs. B. W.
Townsend, Judge Hunt, Edward Pringle,
Mr. ana Mrs. Theodore F. Payne, David
Rick, George P. McComb. Charles A.
Bond. George Morrow, Leonard Gill. Mr.
and Mrs. John Milzner, Charles J.'Bos
worth, William Stevenson, H. H. White,
William J. Kennedy, C. A. Bon, Dr. F. A.
Rottanzi.
The proceeds from the sale of tickets
aggegated between $500 and $600, and will
he taken charge of by the Salvation Army
and distributed in charitable work among
the women and children of the City.
Following is the line-up of the two
elevens : *
Reliance. Position. Olvmplc.
Lansdon, 165 L end R Cameron, 157
Racine, 160 I* tackle R Harrison, 164
Oliver, 190. 1., guard R Middiemas, 168
Edgren, 192 Center Kineton, 191
Burnett, 191 K. jruaid L....Capt. Smith, 191
McHugli, 180 R. tackle L Sexton, 175
Hunker. 145 R. end L Bowen, 15*
Wyckoff. 145 Quarter Nahl, 140
Hanlon, 155 I>. half R Porter, 190
Captain 1-rick. 143. 1t. half L Sharratt, 150
Kelton Taylor, 186. Fu1l Haw Kins, 145
Officials: Referee— Harry Walton, ex-Stanford
and ox-Reliance. Umpire— Kansome. I'niversity
of '.'ailfornia. Linesman — Porter, Olympic Club.
Touchdowns— Reliance 2. by Kehon Taylor.
Goals— Reliance 1, by Wyckoff.
Si ore— Reliance 10, Olympic U.
Halves— 2o minutes. Time of game— s3 minutes.
Attendance 800.
Canvasback.
Delicious morsel, fit for i;inc or peasant!
For peasants' stomachs are as nood as Klnjja':
Sweet canvasback: What memories strangely
pleasant
From out the past thy fattened beauty brings!
The odor of iroort times about thpe clings,
And hi thy presence I recall the days
Of my prosperity. A sons it si;it : s
V hf ii all my lines were cast In pleasant ways,
And feast and frolic Kept the boisterous" night
ablaze.
I Jly Maryland ! thou hast no clearer claim
; To man's respect than that thou dost produce
The canvasback. In form that puts to shame
All other fowl of epicurean use. •
The meaty turkey an<i far-flyinc; goose,
I Though they belong to or.c ?;cneric class.
Lack the line flavor and abundant juice
Of those proud birds that Winter brines en masse
: In countless thousands round the Havre called do
Grace.
■ Blest be the sportsman when snch feathered beauty
Falls tribute to liis gun's unerring aim
Bin cursed be he who. thoughtless of his duty
j .Neglects to keep the fowl till hii?hly game,
Or i-ats it while its flavor still is tame. ■
Ten days must pass before the luscious bird
Is lit to satisfy iho uoiirmnnd's claim,
And then, a.v.all pood eaters have averred.
.No daintier dish tiie human palate ever stirred.
Split your fat duck in twain; Its equal parts,
Buck downward, place above a quick, hot fire;
Press, not too hnrd. letft the rich juice that starts
From all its pores doth in waste flame expire.
Twelve minutes broil it. but if you desire
It may be longer left to brown the meat.
Then, as the time for serving it draws nlgher,
E.\r.O3e the breast one minute to the heat.
And, being thus prepur«d, invite your guests to
eat.
With celery salad, dressed In mayonnaise, •
Your cauvasback Is served. " Arid dry cham
pagne :
Will quench your thirst, and lend a sparkling
grace. .
E'en to the fancies of the dullest brain : , >
While those who eat will never more complain
That our gastronomy doth something lack,
or sigh lor i- ranee's culinary reign.
Bat will endure. If need be. stake or rack
To hold aloft the lame of native canvasback.
.No wonder that men likeD girls to ducks.
lint only girls when young and debonnalre-
For lie who captures one such bird and pluck's
Its downy feathers sees so much that's fair.
Such fine safest ions of the feast he'll share,
That after that his charmer's modest sweetness.
Her graceful form, her shy. coquettish air,
Her lull, plump lips, her beauty and completeness
Kemind him or & duck, in all us lovely sweetness!
Theodoek p. Cook.
Brought to Time.
Mrs. Ferry— Dear, that necktie is getting
frightfully seedy.
Mr. Ferry— l guess it will do for another
week or two.
Mrs. Ferry— George Ferry, if you don't
come home to-night with anew tie on I
shall bay you one myself. — Cincinnati Eu
quirer.
On the Make.
Buttons — The Count gave me a dollar to
tell him truthfully if Miss de lliche wa3at
home.
The maid— And did you?
Buttons— Not much ! I told Miss de
Richc about it and she gave me a dollar to
tell him that she was out. — Westchester
Critic.
Bargains in books at the auction-store, 747
Market street. •
BOON FOR THE FARMERS
W. H. Mills Descants on the
Benefits of the Proposed Free
Market.
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED.
The Certainty of Profits From Small
Farms Would Stimulate Im
migration.
The suggestion, which first appeared in
The Call, for a free market in San Fran
cisco has excited great interest through
out the State and has brought to The Call
and to W. H. Mills, the gentleman who
made the suggestion through its columns,
a great many inquiries regarding the pro
ject. Thomas Prather. a banker of Oak
land, recently addressed William H. Mills,
asking for further information, and the
following reply of Mr. Mills gives many
additional points of interest regarding the
enterprise:
• A produce exchange in the first instance was
for the purpose of exchanging the things
which one man raised for things which he did
not, but which his neighbor raised. This free
ex-change was the precedent of the modern
market.
In the cities of Europe there are free markets
—places where people come and at a mere nom
inal figure hnve an opportunity of offering
what they have produced either in exchange
for other products or for money.
In modern times, barter having disappeared
from our commercial system, the iu!e is to ex
change for money, but the producer and the
consumer are brought together.
The first advantage arising out of an open,
free market is the inspection of the goods of
fered. Stale and unwholesome goods are not
permitted to be sold. This possesses a sani
tary value. Unripe fruit is prolific of ail
ments, while stale fruits or vegetables in their
earlier stages of decay are also unwholesome.
A free public market puts the quality of the
products offered under inspection and thus
conserves the health of the city.
The second great advantage arises out of the
public supervision of quantities. In the open
markets of the East a man who offers wood by
the cord with less than a full cord of wood is
fined. Hay must have the weight that is de
clared by him who offers it. Allthese matters
have been under successful conduct in the
various Eastern cities, notably in Philadelphia
and Cincinnati
These features would be indispensable to a
free market in San Francisco, but we want still
another. We want a market under such super
vision as to furnish to the raisers oi products
daily information as to the deiunnd. This aew
feature would be peculiar to California, and it
is doubtful whether it would be of much value
anywhere else. The vegetables and fruits
which cannot find a local market had belter
be left in the ground, upon the vines and upon
the trees. Nobody expects the producers to |
raise thines for nothing, and there is no danger
that the producer will got rich.
The inherent tendency of modern commer
cial rnethois is to congest money in the com
mercial classes, or what is known as the
middle class. The wealth generated by the
industry of people in modern times goes to
the cities, because the labor employed in the
cultivation of the soil Is rude and illy puld,
while skilled labor is more adequaicly re
warded. Here in California we can raise gar
den stuffs all the ycur round. AYe have straw
berries in every month of the year; cabbage,
beets, lettuce and onions in their fresh form
are in the markets all the time. Our climate
and soil lend themselves to gardening so
naturally that living in California should he j
cheaper than anywhere else in the world. |
Cheap living promotes our productive carac
ity. It is a distinct aid to us in the compe- j
lition which the world offers, and it must be
TUMBLER PIGEONS AT THE POULTRY SHOW.
remembered always that intimncy of com
munication, cheapness of transportation,
have brought countries frito close relations,
and thereby intensified the competition of all
localities with each other.
A free market in San Francisco ought to be
under such direction as to prevent the bring
ing in oi products beyond the demand, not for
the purpose of raisins the price, but for the
purpose of preventing^absolute waste hy bring
ing to the market perishable commodities lor
which there are no consumers. Vegetables
Will remain in the ground and preserve their
vnlue longer than after they are placed on the
market tables, if neither undue nor over
ripe fruits are to be offered, then the orchard
ist, should be apprised when the market is
overstocked. At the very best a surplus will
be accumulated, and this surplus should be
carefully handled in furnishing perfectly
healthy vegetables and fruits to the class who
are so poor that they cannot afford to pay for
them. Of course this should be done very ju
diciously.
The features of the market which seem to be
necessary here may be summarized in this
way:
First— There is no place in San Francisco
where the man who produces dairy, garden or
orchard products can offer them for sale hini
fcelf. '1 here should, therefore, be made an op
portunity for the purchasers of products to
buy at first hands. Merchandising performs
the valuable office of distribution; but where
distribution can take place without the inter
vention of the merchant, the middle man be
comes an incubus upon production and a
costly luxury to the consumer.
Second— The markets need public inspection
with reference to the healthfulness of the fruit
they offer for sale.
Third— The producers need to be informed in
sonic authentic and official way when the
market is already stocked with certain kinds
of products and tiint whatever comes into
market must either perish or take on a very
chenp rate. Producers failing to find a market
for fruits in the fresh form will preserve them
by CSBning, drying, etc., at home, and this will
increase employments in the country, as well
as enhance the'profit of the producer. To sur
render the op tortunity of adding something to
the value oi fruit by drying it or canning it
into the hands of the large cannerie-S is an un
wisdom which tends to impoverish the cul
tivator of the soil. Vegetables, as well as
fruits, can be canned and preserved in that
way for shipment to other markets.
There are benefits to ensue from the establish
ment of a free market of an indirect nature
which are too important to be overlooked. The
productiveness of our soil would long ere this
have given ns a large population if there had
been more prolit arising out of its cultivation.
By the census of 1890 we had l/JSO.OOO in
habitants in California. Of these 870,000 reside
in the cities, towns and villages, over 100,000
are engaged In mining and the remainder
may be credited to agricultural pursuits. The
rich garden lands of our valleys are capable of
subdivision into five, ten and twenty-acre
tracts, and these, under a proper distribution,
one which does not rob the producer for the
benefit of the middle man, would have given
us a population of at least one million more
than we now have during our existence as an
American settlement.
I have expended mnch time, thought ana
energy in trying to establish community life
upon smallholdings. In doing so I have" met
with the constant derision of the large land
holder. One of these said to me within the
past year that tin.' man who in California
attempted to make a living, on twenty acres
usually brought up in the county poorhouse.
The significance of this should not escape
attention. A single agricultural cultivator of
the soil, with the aid of his family, cannot
take caro of twenty acres of land in fruits and
garden stuffs. He cannot take proper care of
ten acres. Now if it be true that the entire
employment of a man and family on land he
owns is a failure, if land must be aggregated
into large holdings and operated by a landlord
who employs the labor of men, and if by this
aggregation of land and labor alone profit
ensues in the cultivation of California lands,
then of necessity the State will remain about
as it is for the next half-century.
My observation of the experiments that have
been made convinces me that whatever failure
has attended the cultivation of small holdings
is referable entirely to the fact that the pro
ducer is not paid enough for his products, but
not because the consumer does not pay enough,
and this latter statement finds daily ample
verification.
The estpblishment of a free market, there
fore, in San Francisco, while a small begin
ning, is the introduction of a force which will
have a .strong tendency in the direction of
segregating the ownership of the soil. This
in turn will have a tendency to bring to us a
self-sustaining and prosperous population. The
statistical facts I have here presented will in
dicate what will ensue. If about 400,000 peo
ple in the Slate of California are now support
ing an urban population of 870,000 in the
cities and towns, we only need to have 400,000
more people in rural employments to give us
870,000 more in the cities and towns.
POULTRY SHOW TROPHIES
They Will Be on Exhibition at
the Mechanics' Pavilion
To-Day.
The Directors Complain That the Public
Does Not Appreciate Their
Efforts.
The poultry show in the Mechanics'
Pavilion was fairly well attended yester
day afternoon and evening.
Most of the awards have now been made,
and visitors are able to study the points of
the winners for themselves and compare
them with the less fortunate ones.
Great interest was taken in the result of
the pigeon contest in parlor tumblers.
The awards were announced last night as
follows:
Red— First and second prizes, Comfo rt and
Beecher; second and third, J. J. Tompkinson.
Black— First and second, Comfort and Beech er;
third, J. J. Tompkinson. Agate— Third, J. J.
Tompkinson. Mottled — Third, J. J. Tomp
kinson. «
The trophies to be awarded to the suc
cessful exhibitors will be on view in the
Pavilion this afternoon and evening.
Most of them are very costly and also
handsome in design.
In speaking of the show last night the
secretary said: "The attendance is very
satisfactory, but we do i.ot get the recog
nition from the San Francisco public
which the show merits. It seems to us
that our efforts aie not appreciated which
is to be regretted. We are not showing
the white feather by any means, but we
would like to see a better appreciation of
our efforts.
"The public generally should take a
keen interest in the show. Every one is,
or should be, interested in having a market,
for good fowls and the very object of these
shows is to encourage breeders to breed
good fowls for the market. By this means
the consumers as well as the "breeders are
benefited. We have, therefore, every
reason to expect a liberal patronage from
the public, which we are certainly not
getting."
A Lewiston young man is making a
winter cycle. It has two runners, one
ahead of the other, and between them is B
pair of treadles like those on a bicycle.
r Tom these to a heavy balanced wheel in
the rear runs an endless chain, and this
wheel turns a drivewheel with spurs to
stick into the snow. lie thinks he can
travel nlong hard-beaten country roads
with this as easy as on a cycle.
STREET RAILWAY BLAMED.
Verdict of Censure at the Mrs.
Anne McAllister In
quest.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUARDED.
The Owners of a Building Censured
for Having an Elevator
Unprotected.
A verdict censuring the Market-street
Railway Company was returned by the
Coroner's jury yesterday at the inquest
held by Coroner Hawkins to investigate
the circumstances of Mrs. Annie McAl
lister's death.
Mrs. McAllister lived at 2004 Taylor
street. On the 7th inst. she died from in
juries received on the 3d inst. in an acci
dent at Jackson and Mason streets. She
was knocked down by a Powell -street cable
car, and besides suffering internally one
of her limbs was fractured and she was
very badly bruised.
The evidence of the witnesses was all
against the street railway company, though
the gripman and car conductor were prac
tically exonerated from blame. It was
shown that the bell of the car had been
sounded, but the trouble was that the grip
roan, owing to the curve there — the car
was going toward North Beach — did not
see the lady in time to stoo the car.
In the opinion of the jury the company
had not taken proper precautions at thi&
particular curve for the prevention of
accidents.
"When Mrs. McAllister was first seen she
was hardly two feet from the car and was
walking across the tracks. Mrs. Franks
of 113)4 Francisco street was an eye-wit
ness. She said that Mrs. McAllister was
crossing Jac;cson street and was in the
middle of the track when the car rounded
the curve at its usual high rate of speed
and struck the deceased, knocking her
down. It was one of the side steps of the
car which caught her, and the injured
limb was drawn under it and crushed.
Witness was sitting on the outside of the
carat the time.
John Jenkins, the gripman, said he had
been a pripman on the Powell-street system
for seven years, and that this was his iirst
accident. When he first saw the lady the
car was close up to her. He said he was
sounding the bells, as is the custom when
going around the curve, and that he
shouted and put on the brakes, stopping
the car as quickiy as possible. Conductor
G. Ilillinan corroborated his testimony.
An expressman, W. E. Davis, also saw
the accident. His statement was that the
lady was walking across the track and
that the car was running at a high rate of
speed.
From the evidence of all the other wit
nesses, it appeared that no one had been
stationed by the company at the curve to
keep people out of the waV and thus avoid
casualties. Attorney J. 'E. Richards was
present in the interest of the deceased.
The verdict of the jury was:
That the deceased, Mrs. Annie McAllister.
came to her death by being struck by a cable
tar ut the ccrner of Mason and Jackstfn streets;
And we further find that the street railway
company is to be blamed for not taking proper
precautions at this particular curve.
Another verdict of censure was returned,
but in this particular case the parties
blamed were the owners of the Donahue
estate building at Mission and First
streets.
It was the result of the inquest held on
Sterling Ironsides, the young racing-pro
gramme seller who was injured in the
NEW TO-DAY.
Although the electric cars pass the property a
free conveyance will leave our office daily during the
week beginning Monday, December 16, at 10 A. M.
and 2 P. M. for the Castro-street Addition. Be on
hand.
Twenty Lots
Sold in 4 Days !
And no wonder. Up to December 25, 1895, we will
sell any lot in the Castro-street Addition on the fol-
lowing unusual terms : A first payment of $5 and
the balance in $5 monthly installments, no interest
being charged. A good lot can be had for $350.
$5 Monthly!
No Interest!
And all the streets are graded, sewered and mac-
adamized. No further expense. Water piped to
every lot. Electric lights on the property. All
ready for building purposes. Good climate. Splen-
did views. Everything points to a rapid rise in
values. As no interest is charged it costs nothing to
hold the lots. You can save $5 a month (16 cents a
day) and you had better start to-day by buying a lot.
A grand chance to secure a home lot or make the
"baby" a Christmas present. Remember, this offer
is up to December 25 — not a day longer. The best
lots go first. Don't delay; go to-day. Take the
Guerrero-street electric car (Mission or Valencia
transfer at Fourteenth) and ride to Chenery and
Castro streets. Agent on the ground.
BALDWIN & HAMMOND,
10 Montgomery Street.
elevator shaft at 49 First street on the 4th
inst. Ironsides died on the 6th.
Raymond Duncan of the publishing
company whore Ironsides got his pro
grammes, arid which is located on the
fourth floor of the building, testified as
follows:
I have been In that building for four or five
months. When I went in there first I went to
O'Farrell & Co., ihe agents, to have something
clone with that elevator. I have been to them
1 don't know how many times, but nothin
lias ever been (lone. I wanted them to have a
cage put on the elevator. I had heard of acu
dents there before.
It seems that besides there being no
cage on the elevator, the only guard on
each floor consists of a single bar, which
may be up or left down, according to the
carefulness or otherwise of parties using
it, and that a boy was employed to run tl
elevator until G p. m., but no one after thy
hour. In the evenings it has been thecu -
torn for anybody to use the elevator a:
pleasure. , _ _ _
Young Ironsides stepped off the floor
and fell down the shaft about an hour
after the elevator boy had quit for the day,
and while he was lying at the bottom of
the shaft the elevator went up and came
down on him once or twice. The jury s^
verdict was: l
That his death was purely accidental, bu
from the testimony we censure the owners fop
not having the elevator from which he met hig
death properly protected.
Damage suits may arise out of the Mc-
Allister and Ironsides cases.
In the case of Matthies Lindberg, who
cut his throat on thft sth inst., at 40*
Dm mm street, the verdict was suicide.
The old veteran, t'edro Cota, a music
teacher, was found to have been accident
ally asphyxiated at 907 Filbert street, on
the sth inst.
The jury was unable to say whether the
fate of the unknown man found drowned
at Baker's Beach on the sth inst. was a
"suicide, accident or homicide."
TAX PAYMENTS.
Result of Collector Block's Work on
the First Installment.
Tax Collector Block fieured up his total
collections on the first installment for the
current year yesterday. He found that
the total amount taken in by his office
amounted to $4,238,519 93, which with the
$400,000 collected by the Assessor, makes a
total of $4,638,519 93. As the total assess
ment of the City amounts to $7,200,000,
2U per cent on $320,000,000, there is still
$2,561,480 07 to be collected on the second
installment.
As the penalty on delinquent real estate
has been reduced from 50 to 10 per cent, it
is expected that the delinquent list will be
larger than usual this year.
A Liquor Thief Arrested.
William Tully, alias King, was arrested yes
terday for burglary, for breaking into a whole
sale house and stealing a barrel of whisky.
Last evening Thomas Kerns, a bartender in
Phillips' saloon, on Fifth and Natoma streets,
was arrested for receiving stolen property, the
stolen liquor being found on the premises.
Adolplie Rothschild's Fads.
Almost every leading male member of
the Rothschild family is the possesser of a
fine collection of works of art picked up
with more or less discrimination and taste;
but the collection of Adolphe de Roths
child differs in one respect from the col
lections of other members of his family.
It is a notorious fact, which most of them
very candidly confess, that the Rothschilds
only collect articles of real value in them
selves — that is articles which could very
easily be turned back into cash at
a moment's notice. Now with Baron
Adolphe this is not the case, for while he,
of course, possesses an immense quantity
of works of art of greet value, and which
could easily be converted into cash, he
also has collected a lot of things which it
would indeed be difficult for him to con
vert into current coin. Baron Adolphe is
one of those expensive and extravagant
people known as faddists; and he is almost
the only one of the Rothschild famiiy who
has allowed himself to be affected by this
malady.