New-York tribune., 1867-08-23

emily denied the murder ne confessed that he was
of timber was run from the upper window OF DuldnE
10 which rope fastened wagon containing d va,
around neck and, at signal the wagon was dIa M
away, and in few minutes the career OF Dad man n"N
terminated.
The sale of the Beideman tract of land In
San Francisco the Path ult The Alta remarks mag
guIates III what has been known az OutsuJ
real estate IN San Francisco. Heretofore e d iots
line Of LarRinst the terminus OF hlg-pIlSeu V t
and after that boundary was passed even Mnra1 than 1
improved, lots would not bring more tuan
from One-half 10 twOthrds the amount % sic a.
The Western Addition first hogan 10 feel the InencIa
Influence Of removal Of obstacles about last January
which time 50vara lots in the easJey pofOh V ~
particularly have been i'm great demand az rates OF en-
bapcemcu over the prices of Of from 25 TO 3j per cent
and e cbcet lots with 27l feet frontage sold for from
81 $50 10 iCOO Real estate operators generally assert
that the prices which prevailed at the SAFE were Ia to
high. Undoubtedly, If spectators had puIchased tle
Bedeman nrOnerv the prices that prevailed would not
sustain themselves but in the great moIly Ol cscs
purchasers bought with the object OF Dqi,oE' nptoF
ing and holding and this combined with the Iact tat
little of the property bought with the Objects haned VIII
be offering In market for sale, WIZ keSp pits ov oy
firm, but probably advancing. our GIuZens gene
rally have for cOngratuaton that inc beioeIhah
will be quickly improved by substantial dwellings
and their ornamental appendages.
The pueblo Land Organization" of San
Francisco issued address to the citizens on the 2h
S1ipeTyisors known as the Clement Ordinance, which
grants the Pueblo land to the persons unto the heirs
assigns Of persons who We're on the 8h day or May
1866 i'm Inc actual bona fde possession thereof by them
selves their tenants having been ousted from sueh
possession before or since said day. have recovered or
NAV recover the same by legal process" The Pueblo
Land Organization object 10 this scheme the ground
that is impOtc and unjust 10 the citizens generally 10
grant the land to the persons in possession without re-
gard to and they assert that such grant would
be violation Of the trust fixed on the decree OF tt
CouTt for he benefit of an the inhabitants Of the city"
and they question the validity OF the ute Ihey de-
mand therefore, that the land should ne dlSnDosd OF
sold in small parcels. that all those feSaens Ol sh
Francisco who desire small lots for hOmCsteads 20
outside lands can be supplied 1t will be remembered
that the Taxpayers Union attempted 10 get bill based
these principles through the Legislature Of 1902 but
the Importance OF the matter was not then appreciated
the citizens generally showed no favor for the PLAN
and outside land titles are still unsettled Improvement
checked and the majority to DE pretty well salts
fed with the supervisors scheme
In the official annual report Of Fire-Marshal
DuTkee Of San Francisco the whole amount OF losses is
given follows for the year ending June 30
Total losses not insured S3i2sO4 13
Total losses 6''2C4 81
Total $ss2 Oss a
OF the losses s5a95ii 81 had paid AS compared
with previous years the results are as follows:
sa5S.s5s S:sss OF si,ia5 .itl5' co t5oia o 50
1890 ss5 sIis Iis y Si5slS sls 90 90 SS5sI @ 81 81
The losses in the past year about equal to the
whole amount Of the two previous years. The insurance
the losses The following igurcs show the number
cidcntal fires and the number OF incendary TRES ,o
Number accidental frss...........l33 l99 l76
Number incendiary fres........... 45 30 q
Total ..............i7s 173 2a
This gives an increase of per cent in the number OF
ending June 80 The losses by these lhcendry neS
in the past year given at S2jON3 3d. q Mnlch So
1858 95 was sustained by hlgs hat 0Elnaeu n pces 10
insured The insurance OF thc % lhcedd! os>ea Nas
S4O2275 and of this amount SG440 y Las been paid
that is nearly onehrd Of all the losses incurred Dy Ie
In the last year has been II places To "c hIc NaS set
The profit Of the whole insurance business OF san
Francisco fo the year 1906 on capital OF S9zse was
shown TO be Sl6929 The loss on incendaIy nrts mas
been $50 003 or 100 per cent OF the Whoc earned pO