4
EVENTS AT SAN JOSE
Legal Separations Asked by
Unhappy Married
Folk.
TWO CASES OF CRUELTY.
A Wife Abuses Her Husband
and a Husband Abuses
His Wife.
ARSON. BURGLARY AND ASSAULT
Preliminary Hearings Place Suspected
Criminals in the Trial Courts.
Other Items.
SAN JOSE, Cat.., Dec. 26.— William J.
MariT.m to-day began suit for divorce from
BCedora L. Biarcum on the grounds of
cruelty and desertion. They were msrried
November $, liM. Mareum says that since
their marriage his wife has frequently
abused him, and that during a heated ar
gument on .Tuly :.'."> la^t she .-truck hjm
with great violence with a piece of wood.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Mareum left her
husband and took up her residence with
her mother on the Stevens Creek road.
There are no children and no community
property to wrangle over.
Dora M. Boethoia has commenced snit
for a divorce from Harry T. Buethuis on
the charge of cruelty. The couple were
married in Marin county in November,
la*3. The result of their union is a child,
now 13 months old, of which plaintiff
wants the custody. The plaintiff charges
L«r husband with, all kinds of cruelty, and
alleges t.iat on frequent occasions he Urove
her from the house and compelled her to
seek shelter for the night in the barn. She
asks for alimony and her Bhare of about
$2000 worth of property.
ARK A 1(1 \E l> I Oil AUS O\.
William Sharratt <;<»'* to Jail in llefattlt
of Bail.
SAN JOSK, Cat.., Dec. 28. — William
Sharratt, the young man who was airested
yesterday on suspicion of having started
three fires early Wednesday morning, was
arraigned before Justice Gass thia after
noon on a charge of arson. The complaint
was sworn to by Officer Pfau. and accuses
Shan-alt of setting tire to the barn of .1. M.
Gray ou .South Tenth street. Sharratt
pleaded not guilty, and his examination
was set for January 11. Bail was fixed at
92000, in default of which he was sent to
jail.
CHA HGEV WITH T> I'fi C. 1. JB r .
Tom Jone* and Teter Bellinger Held to
the i Superior Court.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 20.— Tom Jones
and Peter Bellinger, alias John Sehaffer,
the two men arrested in a cabin on the
marsh near Mountain View, were ar
raigned before Justice Dwyer this after
noon on a charge of burglary in entering a
cabin belonging to Manuel Pacheco, near
Alviso. The luen were held to answer be
fore the Superior Court, bonds being fixed
at $1000 each, and in default of which they
went to jail.
Thr I),n I lteclarrd Off.
RAN JOSK. Cal., Dec26.— The agree
ment filed in the Recorder's office on
Tuesday by Mrs. George's attorney was
for the purpose of showing that the deal
between Mrs. L. L. George and Cornelius
P. Sullivan of San Francisco, whereby the
latter was to secure a loan of $15,000 on the
Arguello block for Mrs. George, is off, as
Sullivan has failed to carry out his part of
the contract. By the terms of tne agree
ment, if Sullivan had secured the loan,
Mrs. George was bound to take $12,000 of
the capital stock of the Pacific States Life
Assurance Company and the remaining
$3000 was to be paid'over to her.
J* JVof a Wild Mmn.
SAN JOSE, Cat... Dec. 26. — John
Hirschi, who was arrested near Saratoga
Saturday on a charge of insanity, was re
leased from the County Jail to-day by
order of Judge Lorigan. who investigated
the case and found no ground for holding
him. Hirschi had been carapins out in
the vicinity of Saratoga, and the rumor
that he was a wild man became general
and his» arrest followed.
I'rost Estate Appraisement.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 26.— John Robert
son, J. Sweigert and F. J. Hambly, ap
praisers of the estate of Elezer Frost, de
ceased, filed their report to-day, showing
the total value of the estate to be $94,
--281 58. The value of the real estate is placed
at $56,380, and the balance is personal
property, of which $30,490 55 is cash ia the
hands of the executors.
Arraigned for Assault,
6AN JOSE, Cal.. Dec. 2G.— Joe Locket,
the young man who attacked Fred Mason
with a razor at the corner of First and
Santa Clara streets Jast evening, was ar
raigned before Justice Gass this morning
on a charge of assault with a deadly
•weapon. He entered a plea of not guilty,
and his examination was. set for January
9. Bail was fixed at $1000.
Robbed by a Bilse- Rider.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 26.— Joe Riozye,
University avenue, reported to the police
to-day that early Christmas morning he
was held up near his home by a man oh a
bicycle ana relieved of 45 cents, a nickel
watch and a gold chain.
lIltE AT MODESTO.
Eighteen Hundred Dollars Damage With
9J200 Insurance.
MODESTO, Cal., Dec. 26.— A mysteri
ous fire this morning at 1 o'clock destroyed
a cottage belonging to Mrs. J. B. Hyslop
at the corner of I and Fourteenth streets.
Wnen discovered the entire inside was
ablaze. The hniue had not been occupied
for two days. E. D. Grove and wife, ten
ants of the house, who are in Oakland
visiting, lose about $700 on furnishings.
Insurance $300. Loss on the house $1100;
insurance $900.
Visalia Man Insolvent.
VISALIA, Cal., Dec. 2G.— J. S. Bidwell
of Dinuba, Tulare County, has iiled his
petition in insolvency. He owes $15,950,
of which there is due the Grangers' Bank
of California $14,000, Holt liros. of Stockton
$1200 and the balance to parties in Han
ford. Lemoore, Selma and Dinuba. The
amount of his assets is $370, which is all
exempt from execution.
Bandorille Abandoned at Empire.
EMPIRE, 0p.., Dec. 26. — Efforts were
made last week and the week preceding
to shove the Bandorille, wrecked almost
two months ago, into the Umpqua River
from where she grounded, a distance of
about half a mile. A portion of the
way was passed, but the vessel leaked
badly. The attempt was abandoned and
the Bandorille will be left to go to pieces
on the beach. Chief Engineer Anderson
of the Robart is at Umpqua superintend
ing the removal of the ship's machinery,
which will probably be sold.
ESCAPED NEAR PENDLETON.
An Insane Woman Eludes Her Keeper and
Jumps From a Moving
Train.
PENOLETON. Or., Dec.SS.-OnWednes
day night Mrs. Green, an insane woman.
jumped from the Spokane train at a point
near the junction, one mile above this
city, and made good her escape from her
keeper, Emma McPhcrson, an attache of
the Idaho penitentiary.
Mrs. Green was arrested at Wallace a
few days ago and was being taken to the
Idaho penitentiary at Blackfoot. Fearing
trouble in escorting her to the hotel to
await the Eastern train Mrs. MePherson
telegraphed the Sheriff to meet her at the
depot. Deputy Sheriff Kimberk was on
hand when the train arrived and then it
was discovered that the insane woman
had escaped.
Mrs. Green had entered a closet when
above town and slammed the door and
locked it. The supposition is that the
woman leaped through the window in the
closet. Nothing has boen heard or seen
of her up to this afternoon.
HIGHLAND PRIZE ORANGES.
They Take the Medal at the Atlanta Expo
sition and Cause Great
Rejoicing.
SAN BERNABDINO, Cal., Dec. 26,—
The orange-growers of Hiehlands are quite
jubilant to-night and it is a case of general
handshaking. This is due to the fact that
the Highlands oranges captured the gold
medal at the Atlanta exposition. The
news arrived this afternoon.
The oranges grew on trees belonging to
John If. Anderson of IjOS Angeles and
were packed by J. H. Yerkes, agent for
Allen Bros., packers for San Bernardino.
Ihe oranges winning the medal were
Washington navels. This shows that
Highlands is the banner orange belt of
.Southern California, which has long been
claimed by Riverside orange-erowers.
STABBING NEAR COLUSA.
Japanese in a Ranch Camp Dis
grace the American Christ
mas.
In Their Drunken Row One Man Is
Killed and Another Badly
Wounded.
COLUSA, Cal., Dec. 20.— Several Japs
were celebrating Christmas at a Japanese
camp about four miles below Colusa, near
the place where Fremont Smith killed the
two fishermen. During the day they
drank a good deal and got into a free light,
but were separated by the boss oi the
ranch. Ngashima, one of the combatant?,
went to another Japanese camp ana stayed
ail night, returning this morning. He
found "Watanaki, another of the partici
pants in the trouble of the day before, in
the kitchen building a tire.
Without saying a word he came up be
hind Watanaki and began slashing him
across the neck and head with a butcher
knife. Watanaki jumped up, pulled his
knife and they stabbed and slashed c:. h
other until Watanaki fell to the floor in a
dying condition and the other ran bleeding
from the house. Constable <;ibson of Sut
ter County, on his way to Colusa, picked
up Ngashima and brought him to town,
where Dr. Belton found he was badly cut
about the head and neck and two or three
gashes in the back. His hands were also
badly cut, probabiy by grabbing his oppo
nent's knife and having it drawn through
them.
After having his wounds dressed he was
taken to the county jail, where he stated
that he was badly hurt and believed he
would die, but did not care. He said two
Jap boys were lighting and he tried to
make them quit. One t>oy got mad and
threatened to kill him. He went away,
and when he returned in the morning, he
saiu he found his bed taken away and
burned, and was attacked by Watanaki
and another Japanese.
At this time two other Japs came in and
reported the fight and said that the Jap
that was in jail had cut and killed one of
his countrymen. Coroner Gray and Sheriff
Jones went to the scene of the murder and
found Watanaki lying dead in the kitchen
with two ugly cuts on his left side, the
right ear nearly severed and a large wound
on flic right side of the neck. He was
brought to town and taken to McNary's
undertaking parlors, where Coroner Gray
held an inquest. Two other Japs have
been arrested, and it is thought that more
than one had a hand in the killing.
IXMAX KILLEI> AT SILETZ.
The Slayer fJlaima That Hts Victim At
tacked Him.
ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 26.— 8i11y Tom,
an Indian, was killed by Alex Jefferson,
another Indian, in a tight at Siletz, on the
reservation, Tuesday night. Jefferson,
who slept in Howard & Selic's store,
claims that about 10 o'clock at night Tom
came in the back door of the store and
started a quarrel with him. The room was
in darkness and Tom drew a knife, when
Jefferson struck him two blows over the
right ear with an iron nail-pulier.
U. S. Grant, a justice of the peace, heard
the noise in the store. He went in and
found Jefferson behind the counter par
tially dressed. Showing the nail-pulJer,
Jefferson said: ''This is what I defended
myself with." Tom was lying on the floor
and could not speak. He lived about three
hours. The feeling is pretty strong against
Jefferson at Siletz.
SHOT AT WALLACE.
A Spokane Man Killed by a Jealous
Husband,
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 26.— Dr. Curtis
A. Hughes of this city was fatally shot at
Wallace, Idaho, to-day by Attorney W. A.
Jones. Jones was jealous of Dr. J. E.
Hugh es, son of the victim, who only re
cently moved to "Wallace, and not knowing
the difference between father and son,
when he reached the latter's otnce he
opened fire on the father mortally wound
ing him. Dr. Hughes was a prominent
citizen of this city, and had cone up to
Wallace to spend Christmas with his son.
Jones was formerly District Attorney in
Idaho, and is a prominent member of the
bar.
KILLED AT BAKER CJTT.
Thomas O'Jionnell Fall* Down a Shaft
in the Virtue Mine.
BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 26.— Thomas
O'Donnell, a miner at the Virtue mine,
last night fell down a shaft from the 350
--foot level to the bottom, a distance of 220
feet. His brains were dashed out and
every bone in his body broken. O'Don
neli's mother resides in St. Louis, Mo.,
and he has a brother in Virginia City, Nev.
The deceased was about 25 years old.
Shooting at Santa JCosa.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 26.— Antonio
Cneno, one of the lessees of the Guardella
Hotel, was shot in the arm to-day by
Olindo Bianchino. The trouble grew out
of a quarrel over the recent stabbing of M.
Bacigalupi. The Italians are greatly ex
cited over this last affair. Bianchino has
been hidden away by friends or made his
escape, as he cannot be found by the offi
cers.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1895.
BAKERSFIELD ITEMS
Two Tramps Attack a Team
ster and Get Badly
Hurt.
VINING CAREER DEAD.
Fell in the Roadway Stricken
With Apoplexy and Expired
Shortly Afterward.
STRUCK WITH A HAMMER.
Harry Pensinger Probably Fatally In
jured in Play by His
Brother.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Dec. 20.-Early
this morning a teamster left the iand
company's corral on Twenty-fourth street
to go to Stockdale. When a short dis
tance out of town he overtook two tramps
who asked him for a ride. He told them
to jump into the wagon, which they
quickly did and rode along quietly until
after crossing the old river bridge and the
private gate to Stockdale was reached.
Here he told his passengers he had to turn
off and they would have to alight. They
dia not want to do so and tried to per
suade the driver to go on along the main
road in the direction they wished to
travel. But he refused and peremptorily
ordered them to get out. They did so,
but as soon as they got down one said to
the other, ''Give me that gun; I'll tix
him." The fellow drew a 38-caliber revol
ver and handed it to his partner, who tired
point blank at the teamster but did not hit
him.
In an instant the latter jumped down,
attacked the armed tramp, taking the gun
away from him, and hammered him over
the head and face with it, breaking his
nose. The other fellow, too, received
similar attention, and then the teamster
started to get into his wagon. But the
tramps had not enough of it and went
after him again. In the second attack
they made him mad clear through. He
drew a pocket-knife, with a good-sized
blade, and cut the two men badly. He
then returned to town, reported to the of
licers what he had done, and left word
where he could be found if wanted. Noth
ing has yet been heard of the tramps.
lit: AT H OF AX Ol.lt CITIZEN.
* ining Carker JHes on His Way Home
I'rom 'I mm.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Dec. 2C— Vining
Carker, one of the oldest and most promi
nent citizens of this section, died early
this morning. He had been in town yes
terday morning, and about 1 o'clock in the
afternoon started for home. When some
eight miles south of town, as is evident
from appearances, he must have .stopped
his team and alighted. Some time later
some boys passing along the road found
him lying unconscious by the wayside, his
team standing a short distance away.
They at once gave an alarm and the tin
conscious man was taken to the residence
of D. M. Pyle. Dr. K. A. Fergu?son was
sent for and everything was done that
could be, but he did not regain conscious
ness and died at 2 o'clock this morning.
The cause of death was an apoplectic fit,
combined with Bright's disease, from
which Mr. Carker had been suffering for
some time.
JXJUItEIt JTA' SVORT.
A Young Mun Accirtentaily Strikes Hit
Brother With a Sledge.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Dec. 26.— Harry
Pensinger, 20 years old, was seriously and
perhaps fatally injured this afternoon by
bis brother William, near town. In com
pany with several of the other young
fellows they were enjoying athletic sports.
William was swinging a heavy sledKe
baminer.trying to make his brother dodge.
Failing to do so he shouted "You won't
dodge, won't you?" and threw the sledge,
expecting Harry to dodge it, but he did
not and received the force of the heavy
sledge directly over \he liver. He was
rendered unconscious and Dr. Taggart
was called. He pronounced the case a
perious one, fearing that the liver had
been ruptured, which would result fatally.
Another Power Scheme.
BAKERSFIELD,CaI., Dec. 2G.— Rumors
are prevalent of still another power de
velopment scheme on Kern River, near
town. It is said that Los Angeles parties
are negotiating for valuable rights and
privileges for the purpose of developing
Eower for electrical transmission to the
outh. This makes three such enter
prises under way.
IN CONTEMPT AT CARSON.
Barney Brule's Case Before Judge
Hawley Is Set for Hear
ing.
Defendant Files an Answer and Asks
a Continuance, Which Is Not
Granted.
CARSON, Nev., Dec. 2(J.— The case of
Barney Brule, cited for contempt of court
in disposing of the witness Langevin in
the Heney case, came before Judee Haw
ley this rooming. He had secured the
services of Judge Murphy, an ex-member
of the Supreme bench, to represent him as
counsel.
Judge Murphy asked that the case be
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, as the
matters charged in the affidavit did not
constitute an offense, insomuch as at the
time young Langevin had been furnished
money to leave the State he had not been
subpenaed as a witness. The court replied
that it had anticipated such a defense and
cited a Michigan case, where the Supreme
Court had decided that the removing from
the jurisdiction of the court of any person
having any knowledge of the case, even
before summoned as a witness, was a crime
against the peace of the commonwealth
and an obstruction to the administration
of justice, fully as reprehensible as if the
person whose absence from the county
was secured by corrupt means had been
served with a subpena as a witness.
The motion to dismiss was overruled.
The counsel for the defendant then filed
an answer, including a denial of all the
charges, and asked until Monday next to
prepare a defense. The court then said:
"This is a case thai, from the very nature
of it, as you can plainly see, justifies no
delay. On what grounds do you ask it?"
Judge Murphy replied that be had sev
eral witnesses whose attendance was ma
terial, but he did not know their where
abouts. The court said in that case he
should require an affidavit, and if the de
fense were not prepared to produce It at
once, the case would be called to-mor
row morning at 10 o'clock. The attorney
said that he had no affidavit to make and
the order stood.
The Government has just discovered that
Ileney, after the verdict of the jury on the
21st iust., made a transfer, in the County
Jail, of his property by assigning mort
gages as follows: To William Woodburn,
on Washoe property valued at $6000; to
Trenmor Coffin, on Snn Francisco prop
erty valued at $3000; to his wife, Mary
Heney, on property in this city valued at
$2500.
The Government'oilicialy hold that such
transfers are null and void, and that the
Government can follow and seize the prop
erty in satisfaction of the line of $5000.
More arrests are to be made to-morrow
in the Mint cases. The Government offi
cers were hard at work ail day securing
new evidence and getting affidavits in
shape.
Saved by Good Whisky.
CARSON, Nev., Dec. 2<J.— Jack Horn
of this city drank two quarts of whisky
at Whitney & Wall's saloon. He was in
sensible for several hours last night, but
came out all right this morning with the
aid of two stomach pumps. The whisky
was genuine Kentucky bourbon and only
a portion of it was recovered.
Miss Moore's Case.
CARSON, Nev., Dec. 2G.— An investiga
tion of the charges of interference with
school duties, made by Miss Moore, a
teacher of the Orphans' Home, against the
superintendent and matron, began to-day.
She holds that her appointment as teacher
came from the board and that she is
answerable to no one else.
LOST AT HALFMOON BAY
Captain Whitney and Two Young
Men Companions Are
Drowned.
They Had Been Stranded a Month Ago
and Were En Route to Santa
Barbara.
HALFMOON BAY, Cat.., Dec. 2C—
Captain Whitney and two young men,
whose names are unknown, who four
weeks ago were stranded on Draftins
Beach, about a mile north of Point Mon
tara fog sigual, were drowned on Tuesday
last, while attempting to resume their
journey to Santa Barbara.
They had a small sailboat which was
badly damaged and they had beo n spend
ing their time since their previous disaster
in putting their craft in repair.
Despite the protests of the whole neigh
borhood they persisted in putting out on
Tnesdaj', and just as they struck the
breakers an immense sea broke over them,
swamping their boat and turning it upside
down.
The captain never appeared above the
water. The two younger men rose with
the boat and clung to it desperately for
their lives, but the heavy .<ea washed their
boat off in a few minutes and they, too,
disappeared. Neither of the bodies has
besn recovered.
Nothing is known of the parties prior to
the time they landfd here. They said,
when they came, they were on their way
to Santa Barbara. In nutking the effort to
reach their destination they lost their
lives. Their boat was washed in on the
beach to-day, a complete wreck.
This makes six men that have lost their
lives in about this same manner within a
month. Three Chinese fishermen went
out from Halfmoon Bay to fish
in their small boat on Tuesday.
About 11 o'clock in the forenoon a
heavy squall came up suddenly from the
north, when they immediately tried to run
into the bay, but the wind was blowing so
hard they were driven south. TLe boat
and one body were picked up near Pesca
dero. The other bodies have not been re
covered. _______ ______
UKIAH'S MURDER TRIAL
Preliminary Hearing of the Slay
ers of Jack Littlefield Set
for Monday.
Defendants Insisted Upon an Imme
diate Examination, but Were
Overruled.
UKIAH, Cal., Dec. 26.— The legal battle
has commenced in the case of the People
vs. Joe Gregory, John Crow and Baylis
Van Horn, who are charged with the mur
der of Alfred (alias Jack) Littiefielu in
September last in the Red Mountain coun
try. On Monday the hearing was com
menced before Justice Philbrook at
Weaverville.
District Attorney Bartlett moved for a
continuance until December 30, at which
time he said the prosecution would be
ready for the preliminary examination.
The defendants by their attorney, D. G.
Reid, demanded immediate hearing.
Justice Philbrook granted the continu
ance, and the examination was set for the
30th inst.
A writ of habeas corpus was then issued,
returnable before the Superior Court on
the following day. The point urged in
favor of granting the writ was that de
fendants were entitled to immediate hear
ing, and that the Justice bad no right to
postpone the examination. The matter
was taken under advisement by the court,
and yesterday afternoon the writ was
denied and the defendants remanded to
the custody of the Sheriff.
JB U2t6ZAJtS AT XAFA.
Several Suits of Clothes and Money and
Jewelry Stolen.
NAPA, Cat,., Dec. 26.— Early Wednesday
morning burglars broke into Stevens &
Hanson's clothing-store, Main street,
and carried off several suits of
clothes; also over $100 in jewelry and
$20 in money. One hundred and forty
dollars, which had been hid under the
counter, was saved, and also some change
in the cash drawer.
Entrance to the building was made
through the courtroom in the rear of the
store, and the glass door connecting was
broken open. It is thought to be the work
of local men. as most the valuable clothes
in the store were taken.
An Enraged father at Santa ltoaa.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Deo. 2fi.— A war
rant was issued to-day for David Fisher,
the young man who got a license to wed
Annie Blakeley of Forrestville here on
Tuesday. They were married on that day.
Fisher swore the girl was 18, though she
is but 16, and her enraged father proposed
to have him punished. But they have
fled and the officers cannot locate them.
ihotrinut at Canyonville.
CANYONVILLE, OR.,~Dec. 26.— News
has been received here that two boys, re
spectively 8 and 11 years old, sons of Ed
ward Maloney, were drowned Tuesday
while crossing the Bouvh Umpqua River,
seven miles north of Canyonville. Their
boat was found floating down the river
empty. Their bodies have not been found.
BURIED THREE DEEP
Startling Assertion Made
by Attorney Charles
Hubb.
RICHMOND CEMETERIES.
The Fight Against Burials in
the City Limits Still
Continues.
PROPERTY-OWNERS TO CONVENE
Resolutions Will Be Drawn Up and
Placed Before the Board of
Supervisors.
The Richmond District Property-owners'
Association will convene next Thursday
for the purpose of placing resolutions re
garding the burial of the dead in ceme
teries adjacent to Richmond District before
the Health and Police Committee of the
Board of Supervisors. The resolutions
read as follows:
Whekeas, The unlimited burial of the dead
within the City and County of San Francisco
is dangerous to life and detrimental to the
health of the public; and whereas, the right of
those who have already purchased lots or
plots for their own use or lor the use of their
families in the said cemeteries in the City and
County of San Francisco be recognized, there
fore, be it resolved,
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful, after
the passage of this resolution, for any person,
association or corporation to hereafter within
the limits of the City and County of San
Francisco, purchase, acquire, sell, lease, or in
any othe;: way dispose of or make available
any land situated therein for the purpose o£
interring any human body, or any portion
of any human body, except in such
lois or plots as may have been already pur
chased by parties for their own use, or the use
of their families, provided the said lots shall
not be used for general interment purposes.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating any
of the provisions of this order shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $100 nor more tnan $500, or impris
onment not exceeding six months, or both
such line and imprisonment.
Sec. tf. Any nud all ordinances or orders in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This
order shall be in force from and after its pas
sage.
Attorney Charles Hubb, president of the
Richmond Association, yesterday said:
If this resolution should be passed upon and
adopted by the Board of Supervisors it would
benefit and protect not only the health of the
whole City, bat also the owners of property ad
iaeeut to" the cemeteries and the owners of
lots and plots within the cemeteries. Accord
ing to the California Reports, book 42, page
554, the municipal corporations may provide
for the removal of cemeteries from the center
of population as a police regulation, and also
order 1961, passed by the Board of Super
visors on March 15, 1888, states tnat the burial
of the dead is designated as dangerous to life
and detrimental to public health, but ex
cludes the Richmond district, in the bound
aries of the City, wherein the burial of bodies
shall be unlawful.
If the burial of the dead be dangerous
to life and deirimental to public health in
any other part of the City, why shouldn't
it be In the Richmond district? To show
that the land in the cemeteries inside
the City limits could and should be sold for
other purposes — as a nursery, for instance,
which would be very profitable — I would refer
them to section 015 in the statutes of Cali
fornia on page 01 and apr>roved March 4,
1889, which states that cemetery corporations
may sel 1 lands held by them upon obtaining
an order for that purpose from the Superior
Court of the county where the lands are situ
ated. Before making the order proof must be
made to the satisfaction of the court that no
tice of the application lor leave to sell has
been given by publication in such manner
and for such time as the court has directed,
and that the lands are not acquired for and
are not in use for burial purposes, and that it
is for the interest of the corporation that such
lands be sold.
The application must be made by petition,
and any member of the corporation may op
pose the granting of the order by affidavit or
otherwise. Also in the statutes of California
of 1891, page 2G4, section 13, reads as follows:
Whenever all the bodies burled in any lot or
plot shall have been removed therefrom with the
consent of the majority of the board of directors of
the corporation owning said cemetery, it shall be
lawful for tlie owners of said lot or plot, with the
consent of the directors, to transfer the same by
deed.
The cemeteries in this district are now full
to overflowing and the walks and drives, in
some places, have been narrowed and cut
down to make room for more bodies, and it has
been noticed that among the poorer classes the
dead bodies have been buried one upon the
other sometimes three deep.
We are in great hopes that our resolutions
will be adopted by the board.
Stole a Horse and Wagon.
Charles Murry, a peddler, was arrested last
evening at the instance of Joseph Miller, a fel
low tradesman, for stealing a horse and wagon.
Murry was taken to tho California-street sta
tion by Officer B. F. Rathfor and booked on a
charge of grand larceny.
IMPROVING ISLAIS CREEK
Congress Has Been Asked for a
Ten Thousand Dollar Ap
propriation.
Senator Perkins and Representative
Maguire Championing the
Measure.
Thejnoveraent to have Congress appro
priate $10,000 for the removal of obstruc
tions in Islais Creek has assumed formal
shape.
Peter T. Seculovich, president of the
Islais Creek Property-Owners' Association,
has received letters from Congressman
Maguire and Senator Perkins, now at
Washington, to the effect that they will do
all in their power to press the matter to a
finality in both the House of Representa
tives and the Senate. Senator Perkins
writes as follows:
Washington*, D. C, December 9, 1895.
Peter T. Seculovich, SZhl Mission street. San
Francisco— Dear Sib: The Islais Creek petition
and bill, which you announce have been sent
to Congressman Magnire, will be pushed by
him in the House, as it Is a very meritorious
measure.
When it reaches the Senate I shall take pleas
ure in doing ewrything possible to secure its
passage. Very truly yours,
George C. Pkhkins.
"I will present the memorial of the asso
ciation to Congress," writes Congressman
Maguire, "and will determine within a
few days the proper course to pursue with
respect to the introduction of a bill or reso
lution to carry out its purpose."
"I will gladly co-operate with Senator
Perkins and Representative Maguire,"
said Congressman Grove L. Johnson in a
letter to President Beculovicn, "in any
measures they may offer to the advantage
of your association. These gentlemen are
men of weight and prominence in Con
gress, and if they champion your measure
it will undoubtedly be successful."
The obstructions complained of are two
embankments that dam the channel of
Islais Creek, one at Kentucky street and
the other at Fifteenth avenue. The creek
at Kentucky street is 200 feet wide, but the
rilling in, which was done by the Potrero
and Bay View Railroad Company, leaves
an opening of about twenty feet through
which the water flows. The embankment
at Fifteenth avenue was caused by the
City in extending the thoroughfare. The
property-owners" claim that with these
obstructions removed the channel of Islais
Creek would be free to navigation for its
full length of three miles.
"We have been lighting to have this
creek made navigable as nature intended
for the past twelve years," said Mr.
Seculovich yesterday, "and we shall con
tinue the battle for twelve years longer if
necessary that we may accomplish our
purpose. But the question is likely to hi
settled, now that our Representatives in
Congress have taken hold of it with a seem
ing determination to force it to a conclu
sion.
"Judge Masuire has already introduced
the bill in Congress. It provides for an
appropriation of $10,000.
'•The removal of these obstructions from
and the improvement of Islais Creek gen
erally means much to the property-owners
along its course. Fully 700 acres of land,
having a valuation of $1,000,000, are in
volved. With the creek cleared of obstruc
tions it would give ten feet of water
in the channel at foil tide, and ferry
boats and other vessels could run up to
Fifteenth avenue without difficulty."
CORNER GROCERIES WAR
Women Petition That the 5 tores
and Saloons Be Di
vorced.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Is the Chief Promoter
of the Plan.
"The grocery and saloon must be di
vorced."
So say members of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, whose latest move
was the circulation of a petition asking: the
separation of the sale of liquor from all
connection with trade in groceries or any
other line of business. The union believes
the saloon should stand on its own merits
and not on the nether members of any
class of business which they regard as le
gitimate.
The work of circulating the following
petition, which is to be presented to the
next Legislature, has been goin^r on quiet^
for nearly a month under the direction of
officers of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union here and elsewhere, and the
ladies declare their intention of letting
nothing prevent the thorough canvas con
templated :
To the President. Speaker and Members of the
Senate and. Anxeuiblv of the State of <'alifor
nia—Gentlfmkn: The undersigned, citizens
and electors of The State of California, respec
tively i eiition your honorable bodies, and in
that behalf set forth that,
Whkreas, We believe that one of the most
harmful methods employed in the dispensing
of spiritous, vinous and malt liquors is in the
maintaining and licensing of what Is famil
iarly termed the "corner grocery," wherein
the sale of liquors as aforesaid is the main busi
ness, and the sale of groceries only a pretext;
and whereas, we believe that the business of
selling said spirituous, vinous and malt liq
ors as aforesaid, save for medicinal purposes*,
should be conducted and carried on separate
and distinct from any other business, so as to
be more easily controlled.
Now, therefore, we respectfully request your
honorable bodies to pass such laws as will
remedy said evil and will forbid the mainten
ance and sale of spirituous, vinous and malt
liquors under the conditions as aforesaid.
[Signers must be residents of California and
over twenty-one years of age.]
The petition is in circulation in the
cities and larger towns of the State, and
measures will be taken to prosecute a
vigorous warfare on those lines.
Mrs. Annie L. Barry, State Superinten
dent of Legislative Work in the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, has the
supervision of the work.
VALLEY ROAD AT FRESNO
No Obstacle to Be Placed in
the Way of the Railroad
Company.
The Proceedings in Court Instituted
for the Purpose of Legal
Accuracy.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 26.— The report
that Fresno had placed an obstacle in the
way of the Valley road by refusing to
grant a franchise through the city is un
founded.
The suit in the Supreme Court brought
by Attorney Preston is a friendly one and
is in accordance with the programme ar
ranged by himself and the Trustees of this
city while he was here on his recent visit.
In order to have tne Supreme Court pass
upon the law regarding the awarding of
the franchises, it was agreed to have the
Trustees plead the law which provides
that bids for franchises must be
advertised for and sold to the highest
bidder, and that the railroad company
bring mandamus proceedings in the
Supreme Court, so that the court would
pass upon the matter immediately. Trus
tees of this city will surely place no ob
stacle in the way of the new road.
From 700 to 1000 deer were shipped out
of Vilas County, Wis., during the open
season this year.
NEW TO-DAY.
Tons of Gold
Were captured by the Spaniards in the
beautiful city of the Incas. but Peru's
greatest treasure was still hidden In her
forests— l. c., Peruvian Bark, the prin-
cipal ingredient of the famous
Peruvian Bitters
The only never-failing remedy against
malarial fevers, colds, etc.; a perfect
tonlo and nervine; a prompt reliever of
dyspepsia, heartburn and sluggishness
Of any of the digestive functions.
MACK & CO., San Francisco. All
druggists and dealers.
■ 7\r A V ConsUnaUon. , It Btopa all losses by day or night. prevfSS Ltt*
M >*-^ No^*/ ness of discharge, which if leads !sLm Pl " l l"fck.
l 8 * N ° Amß^dn^aK^r^
W CUPIDENE strengthens and restores small weak organs. P " *
i^_^The reason sufferers are not cured by Doctors Is because ninety per cent »n> tmnhto/t .t»il
ProatmtiM*. CDPIDENK is the only known remedr to cure without a, orVr itio^ MOO f^ti^n^
•Is. A writteQmiiiranteo given and money returned if six hose"* does not effect a MrS2^!?,? nU
|LOO a box, six fir 15.00. by mall. \ Bend for kbkk circular and testimonials; -- pennanebt eur<x
Address DAVOL MEDICINE CO., 632 MarKet street. Sau Francisco, Cal For sale b»
; m:OOKS'I-HAllilACY,lli> p owe ii .twit
Moral.
Use the great Iludyan.
You can get it only from the Hudson Medical
Institute. :
lIUDYAN cures certain forms of nervous dis-
eases, certain forms of liver und kidney trou-
bles, lost manhood; wasting diseases.
Circulars testimonials free. ■ # ..}. :,:
.HUDSON MfcDICAL INSTITUTE.
' TAIXTKD BLOOD— Finpure blood, due
to serious private disorders, carries myriads of
.sore-producing: germs. Then come sore throat,
pimples, copper-colored spots, ulcers in mouth,
old .-ores and falling hair. You can save a trip
to Hot Springs by waiting fat "Blood Book" to
the oid physicians. of the
HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.
. LIVER— your liver is affected you
may feel blue, melancholy, irritable and easily
discontented. You will noiice many symptoms
. that you really have and i:iany that you really
do not have. You need a good liver regulator,
and this you should take at once.'* You can get
. it from us. . Write for book on liver troubles,
"All About the Liver," sent free. .
HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
: Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. ■
KIDXEY Remedies are now sought for by
many men, 'because so many men live rapid
lives— use up their kidneys.. If. you wish to
have your kidneys put in good order send for .
our Ktdney Regulator, or 'better, learn some-
thing about your kidneys and how to make tlia
test. The book, ."A Knowledge of Kidneys,"
sent free.
: Hudson Medical Institute
Stockton, Market and Eii's Sts.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
t U But *
of all Cough Medicines
is Dr. Acker's English Rem-.
edy. It will stop a cough in
one night, check a cold in
! one day, prevent croup, re-
| lieve asthma, and cure con-
sumption, if taken in time.
It is made on honor, from the
purest ingredients and con-
tains neither opium nor mor-
phine. If the little ones have .
croup or whooping cough,
use it promptly. ♦♦♦♦♦♦
Three Sizes— 2sc, 50c. and $1 per bottle.
At Druggists.
. ACKER MEDICINE CO.,
Z6 and z3 Chambers Street, New York.
LI PO lill JR., [■ >^V- •
Cbinese Tea and Herb Ls J :
Sanitorinni, (S^Hh
! No. 727 Washington St., \*l 3\-
San Francisco, Cal. V"Sir F
Cor. Erenham Place, abov» ttfk.r- A
the plaza. JftJ^ -'.ft*^
Office nours: 9to 12, -—^ (j£^S
: 1 to 4 and 5 to 7. Sun- " '
j day, 9 A. M. to 13 »I.
LI Po Tal Jr., son of the famous LI Pi
Tal, has taken his father's business,"
and is, after eleven years' study ia '
China, fully prepared to locate anct'
treat all diseases. ,-
lo^ Percentage Ptarmaey, 933 Market St.
"JP ■ Rfl II n i A ■ laxative refrcsblDK fo>
1 11 mU H fruit x"""^-
I 111 mi very apreeable to takt.
- ,-: , CONSTIPATION
_ __ .^ _ ■ hemorrhoids, bile,
II El I h U loss of appetite, grsstrtc an 4
I ITS LI lE. Dl iatf'Stir.al troubles and
■■■■•■*■ ■■ headache arising
" . from them.
AH SB I ffitl K. UKILLON,
l« n1 1 I II N33 Rue dM Archives, P»ri*
I#PIIIbIbWII Bold by all DruggiaU.
k ?PATENTsf 3
MARKET &T.S.F^iS«^