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The morning call., 1892-09-13
"DR." BEALE is SUED.
His Former LandIady After His Scalp or
His Coin.


Yeste rday Mrs Melissa j. Smith brought
suit against DIR" II. c. Beale, alias Har-
vey, alias Ravens, alias Hunter, for the
trifing sum of S20,GC0
She feels badly hurt and materially dam
aged at the doctors conduct.
She says she let him two parlors at her
lodging house. 4O4 Golden Gate avenue,
last February. In good faith that he was to
practice his profession as a reputable ply
stefan.
Afterward he hired an additional room
for sleeping apartment tc use in the same
reputable manner presumably.
But, instead, on the Sth of August last.
the DOCTOR she says. took to the latter room
a certain unmarried woman named Mary
Carroll and then ana there willfully and
without the knowledge of plaintiff per-
formed upon the person of said Mary Car
roll a criminal surgical operation from the
effects of which she then and there died"
Beale, she says, then concealed himself
for several days and her house was so over
run by police officers and detectives, and
things were so upset by the notoristy given
her house, that all her boarders left her.
Before this behavior of Beale's she had
gathered in about 500 a month; now she
Couldn't collect cent and has to hire a
Waterman at $40 a day to watch her
premises.
Beale is out on $1,000 bail, but with the
approaching trial this constitutes q second
important tie binding him to San Francisco
probably much against his will
The morning call., 1892-09-13
NO STRINGS ON POOTERITY.
A $2O,000,000 SeWer-Bond
Scheme Killed.
A Debate On Sewerage Matters BY the Super
visors-The Fell-Street Fraud-Au
Electrie-Railway Move.

4 large number of protests we're pre-
scented to the Supervisors last night from
property-owners against confirming the
report on the extension of Market street.
a communication was received from DR..
Keeney, the Health Officer, recommending
the construction Of a sewer on Twenty fifth
street from Valencia TO Mission.
The Chief OF Police called attention to
the reckless discharge Of firearms at the
Harbor View shooting range, and objected
to the location for police station at Har-
Dor View selected by the health and police
committee.
a discussion followed the introduction Of
the resolution providing for the appoint
ment Of special committee on legislation
to secure such State legislation as will
enable the citizens to provide for the issu-
ance Of $40, 900, 900 Of i per cent sewer
bonds.
Nj Ebert suggested that the better policy
would be to await the report of the special
commission on a new sewerage system be-
fore taking any action
Mr. TAYLOR said ne was opposed to sad
ding the city with large debt He thought
the best plan to pursue was to pay as you
60" or raise certain amount each year as
the work progresses.
DR.. Aver said that debt did not H.
crease ;he burden Of taxation, but rather
had tendency to lessen it, PuSterity
should help TO pay for improvements made
for their benefit.
Mr.. B-lTling cOnteaded that the resolution
vas premature and that tue question should
first be put TO public vote.
The resolution was elected, Messrs Aver
and Carnes being its only supporters.
An order amendatory to section 81, order
1917, providing that ali receDtacles for
waste rags, paper, etc, be made of incom-
bustible material was passed to print.
Order 1869, passed April Is. 1891, linl-
ting the right to DTopel railway cars by
electricity east Of Van Ness avenue was
repealed.
The order 10 pay the city's proportion OF
the cost Of the construction Of the Eol.-street
sewer was passed TO print.
The board adjourned to meet again this
The morning call., 1892-09-13

III the Board OF Supervisors will purchase
tug to be used by the harbor police a
heavy weight will fall off the shoulders of
Chief Crowley.
He thinks the tug is necessity.
The police were called upon to board
vessels 328 times last year. They have a
whitehall boat, which lies at Meggs wharf.
but they were compelled to hire boats on
many occasions.
Such boat as the Chief thinks the city
should own can be built for $500 and
manned at a trifling expense. His reasons
for urging the city to purchase the craft
have been given to the Board Of Supervisors
on more than one occasion, but he has little
hope that any attention will be paid to his
appeal.
For many years past" he SAYS, "it has
been apparent tO.every one interested In the
preservation Of life and property on the
water front Of San Francisco that the
means placed at the disposal of the Police
Department were totally inadequate to the
requirements Of city Of the size OF San
Francisco.
in almost every other city OF the country
where the conditions are at all similar the
civic authorities have recognized the neces-
slty OF having properly appointed and
equipped water-frontp patrol. Scarcely day
passes when the services Of such a depart
ment are not in demand, and the lives
and property which have been saved point
most conclusively to the benefits which the
community has derived from maintaining a
well equipped and manned water-patrol
boat.
No seaport In this country has such an
extensive water front as San Francisco, and
1t 1t is not too much too say that no CITY In
the country is so poorly supplied for the
protection of life and property along its
water front as San Francisco.
I'm New York and other large Eastern
cities these water patrols are directly under
the supervision OF the harbor police,
Several small steamers are kept In readj-
ness. day and night, and can be dispatched
at a moments notice to any part of The bar-
Dor where their services may be required
They patrol the water front all the time.
and afford great protection to the prop
erty-owners and Shipping from the depre-
datlons Of thieves, who Invariably infest
the wharves OF all large cities.
Almost daily they are called upon TO rem
der assistance to people who have fallen
overheard or have been capsized out of
boats. and many lives are saved through
their instrnmentality."
The Chiefs problem was presented.to the
Supervisors last night, and was referred to
the proper committee.
The morning call., 1892-09-13
THE WATER WE DRINK.
Mayor Sanderson Gives HOuseholders a
Good Object Lesson.

Mayor Ssnderson Gives Householder a
Good Object Lesson.
Mayor Sslderson has been nervous about
the City Hall water for some time.
A short time ago he had filters put in
throughout the building, but his mind mis-
gave him whenever he proposed washing
his face in unfiltered water.
When he received a letter recently from
| some one calling attention to the danger
lurking in neglected tanks he bethought
| him Of the City Hall tank and sent for the
| plumber.
The plumber didn't know when the tank
was last cleaned out-some little time ago
| he thought.
Yesterday the plumbe and gang of men
| in rubber boots investigated the tank.
| 1t is on the top Of the building beneath a
! supposedly close cover and measures
| 2jX25Xl2 feet.
When the water, which came up to within
| almost three feet of the top was drained
| out there was panic.
About two feet of solid mud remained,
and this delightful residuum was alive with
| fish.
Carp, almost a foot long. catfish and
| smelt disp0rted themselves at large In their
Shiny bed of black filth.
The city plumber was much amused at
| the "stickebacks. as he called them, and
/
! Mayors inspection.
He was still more tiekled over certain
! large accrelions on the inner sides of the
| tanks, which when broken were found 10
| contain innumerabe long, hundred legged
worms, such as knowing fishers delight to
! use.
The refuse left at the bottom, after the
| fish and worms had been removed, Mas SHOW
! eled cut, and the shoyelers supplied with
| eau de Cologne while so engaged.
There is a chance for q farm on the City
! Hall roof.
Already there are crops of alfalfa in soil
| deep enough TO dig, aud soon, ii not re-
moved, it will be deep ehough for fruit trees.
Now that fish supply las been discOv-
cred, there Will doubtless be rush to file
| upon the unoccupled leads.
| The fish are said to enter the tank by the
| large supply pipe from the Spring Valley
| Water Company's reservoir and afterward
| TO fatten in the pleasant atmosphere OF the
| public crib
| While crowd was examining yesterdays
| catch some wag had recourse to his lunch
| basket, and soon after the city plum Der
| plunged his hand into the bucket and pro-
| duced couple of shrmps.
Great Scotti Mr.. Mayor" ne exclaimed,
holding up the molusk, there must be
| some inlet from the ocean,"
ut must be warm in there, them" re-
piled his Honor noticing the creatures
| rudy glow, "foT that shrimp has been
boiled"
The plumber bent over his work, mutter.
ing that he was in a hurry and must get
that tank cleaned out before the cholera
came along.
The morning call., 1892-09-13

Cabinet. but usually the majority OF those
composing it are members of the House OF
Commons. It's opposition is in fact, regu-
lated by no fixed rules. The necessities of
the day and the personal qualities of these
who form the Government as whole alone
guide the Prime Minister in choosing who
shall and who shall not form the Cabinet.
But, besides the members of this body.
there are others who help to make up the
administration. If every member Of the
Government be counted it will be found that
they number more than forty, the whole of
whom agree to act in concert, to remain In
Office as long as they approve each others
acts and as long as the policy of the chief
members OF the administration is approved
by the country. The various officials may
be classified under three heads. First In i'm
pOrtance are those who have seats In the
Cabinet, next comes those members of the
Government who are not members of the
Cabinet, but who arc intimately associate
with Cabinet Ministers In the administra-
ton OF public affairs, and, thirdly, there are
the officials of the royal household.
Taking these circumstances into account
some idea may be formed OF the arduous
business that is occupying the aged but
vigorous man who has taken the helm of
affairs Of state. The responsibility of the
appointments he makes rests mainly on
himself
The morning call., 1892-09-13
PILING LOGS TOGETHER.
The Work Is Now Going On
at Fort Bragg.
THE HARVESTER DETAINED.
All Hope Of Raising the Wetmore Adam
donsd--An 0glesome Curio Brought
by the al lance.

"We are building another big LUMBER
raft at Fort Bragg" said an official Of the
Fort Bragg Lumber Company to CALL
reporter yesterday
1.-THE success of our last venture, after so
man. failures, has taught us how to avoid
most uf the causes of previous mishaps.
1.-THE ways on which the raft is being
built have been moved out into deeper
water and we expect TO launch her in six
weeks without any difficulty at all.
.As to the complaints about strong piles
washing out of the RATS and endaugering
shipping on the coast, would like THE
CALL to state that this cannot happen in
the case Of the big cigar shaped RATS.
They have twenty-seven circling chains,
twelve feet apart, to hold them together, and
it is impossible for single log to slip out.
The big RATS also carry light at both ends
by night"
The raft which arrived on Sunday is at
the Arctic Oil Works wharf. and the work
of breaking it up will be commenced to-
day. 1t will be completed in two days.
All hope of saving the whaleback Wet
more has been abandoned. The steamer is
living parallel WITH the beach at Coos Bay
and has slightly shifted position. 1t looks
as If her back is broken. Captain O'Brien
took a lifeboat and several of his men and
started to co out to her. but was told by
Captain Lock of the life-savlng station
that 1t would be impossible to board the
steamer.
Three vessels arrived from the Hawaiian
Islands yesterday, namely. the schooner
Aloha. the bark Harvester and the barken-
tine W. Ii. Dimond. The Aloha and the
Dimond were allowed to dock, but there
had been a case of darrhea on the Hsr-
yester of suspicious character, so DR..
Lawor decided to detain her.' She was
thoroughly fumiRated at once, and Will be
held till it is made evident that the case Of
diarrhea On board is purely and simply
such.
Captain Cane of the c. c. Funk is very
indignant at the reports which were circu-
lated, that he went away shorthanded when
one Of the crew, union man, Jumped over
there were plenty of men on the tug which
took off the Don-uniOn M en- to the bark, and
she went away fulhanded
The ugliest specimen of natural history
ever presented TO the eyes OF The CALL s
marine reporter was exhibited yesterday In
the cabin of the United States steamship
Alliance. Ii was a man-faced crab from
Japan. The crab is quite small, the body
being only about one inch in depth, but the
legs are three or four inches long, and, in
addition to these, two claws overarch the
crest
The she'll Is marked In such way as to
suggest o brutal cody face or the Inca
meuts of John l.. Sullivan the morning
after his fight with CoTbett. There are two
of the crabs In the glass case. which is
proudly exhibited to every visitor to the
Alliance.
The morning call., 1892-09-13
CHRISTIAN UNION MISSION.
Articles Of Incorporation to
Be Filed To-day.
The Permanent Organization TO Be- Effected
in Few Days-Aetive Operations
to Commence Shortly.

Since the last meeting OF Evangelist Mills
nothing has been said publicly of the con-
Iemplated Christian Union Mission.
Itwas at that time stated that Mr.. Rob-
erts of the Boston Mission was to be sent
for and bis services brought into requisi-
ton in the starting OF the mission here.
A reporter OF THE CALL made some in
quiries yesterday as to the present position
Of matters.
The provisional directors are actively at
work completing all the prelimin aries.
Attorney General Hart has drawn ND the
articles Of incorporation and they will be
filed with the County Clerk to-day.
In few days the final meeting OF the pro-
vsional board viii be held and Derma-
nent organization effected by the election Of
officers and other matters.
Immediately afterward constitution will
be adopted.
Treasurer Dickson yesterday sent draft
to Mr.. Roberts of the Boston Mission to pay
his expenses to this city. and as soon as his
presence is required he will be advised by q
telegram so that be can come on without
any unnecessary delay.
On his arrival he will examine the Bio
Theater and will point out the alterations
necessary TO fit IL for hew0rk OF the mis-
sion.
Since the announcement made by Mr..
Mills at his farewell meeting of the amount
of funds contributed, viz, $500, Mr.. Dick
son has received several additional contri-
buttons without solicitation. As soon as the
organization is perfected he confidently ex-
poets that the subscriptions will flow in
freely.
Cards will be furnished all business men
and others who contribute $50 for yearly
membership ticket, so that if any tramp or
other needy person should solicit them for
help, they can hand the applicant enc of
these cards to be delivered at the mission,
where he will find board and lodging for any
work he is able to do.
1t is pointed out that this will be great
relief and convenience to business men and
save them many valuable moments at pres
ent lost in arguing with applicants for as
sistance.
The mission will soon be in active opera
ton and its success is assured
The morning call., 1892-09-13
WULzEN's PROTEST.
He Objects to the Report for the Exten-
sion of Market Street.

He Objects to the Report for the Extern
sion of Market Street.
d. III. Wulzen Jr. of Market, Seventeenth
and Castro streets, has prepared lengthy
protest against the extension Of Market
street as proposed by the commissioners.
The property is situated at the junction
of the streets named, and il Market street
Is to be extended the street will wipe out Of
existence all but two small triangular pieces
of the property. These TWO pieces together
contain 800 square feet.
The commissioners award $50, 600 for the
property, which at this time has prospec-
tive value within few years of more than
twice that amountf and assess the triangular
pieces at S739 for improvements.
At this time this property is assessed as
follows for improvements Seventeenth
street extension, SOL; SixIeenth-street ex-
tension, 5000; Market-street extension,
S739; total. Sl430
Mr.. Wulzen, who Is the son of the owner
of the property, is the owner of drug
stor9 on the premises, and in his petition
he says that he "has a twenty years lease
of the premises, but that no compensation
is allowed by the commissioners. just as
l am about to reap the benefits OF many
years hard toll political lambs and YAM
pires propose to Dust me-"
He declares that the people of that Sec
ton have all the streets they need, and that
the proposed line of extension is the worst
that could possibly have been selected
The morning call., 1892-09-13

Health Officer such GisinfectaBts as may be
required from time to time and that the
matter Of appointing additional health ln-
spectors be referred to the finance Commit
tee. The committee also reported in favor
of calling the attention OF the Chief OF
Police ond police officers to the provisions
of order 1904, prohibiting the depositing
upon the public streets or sweeping from
shops, stores or dwelling-houses; also to
empower the chairman of the committee 10
purchase fifty to seyenty-hve gallons of dis
in fecting fluid for use in the lails, as re-
Quested by the City Physician. The report
concludes as follows:
In view OF the approach OF Asietc cholera and
the INADEQUATE quarantine facilities existing in
this port your committee have resolved TO pre-
sent to your honorable board resolution calling
for The Immediate puIchase OF Shag Rock and
the Improvement of the same 10 meet the require
ments OF q quarantine station ana the necessary
accommodation Of Infected vessels.
Further for the purpose of obtaining adj
dItionai sanitary protection, your committee
recommend the appointment OF a special CON-
mittee on legislation, whose duty It shall be 10
eudeavor 10 secure such legislation from the next
Legislature convened al Sacramento as Will
enable the citizens 10 provide for the issuance OF
100000 900 OF per cent bonds, whereby
proper sewerage system may be built and 10000
idle aborers given employment.
Your committee recommends placing the fol.
lowing on file:
Communication from W. A. S. Nicholson. Pros
ecutlng Attorney, calling attention 10 the I'M
Clearly condition OF Police Court No. 1, old City
Hall.
II the Prosecuting Attorney viii cause the ar
rest and prosecution OF the parties who are re-
sponsible for the existing nuisances referred 10
much can be accomplished. However, as the
Police Courts will be removed 10 the new City
Hall within the next thirty days the atmosphere
will be improved aud the sanitary we'll being of
the officers OF The court provided for without any
action on their part.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The recommendation of the finance COM
mittee that six additional health inspectors
at a salary of So per month be appointed
for one month was adopted.
The morning call., 1892-09-13
OCEAN VIEW.
Matters Discussed by the Improvement
Club-Oficers EIected

Matters Discussed by the Improvement
CIub-Oficers Elected.
AT meeting Of the Ocean View Improve
ment Club held last Saturday night the fol-
lowing named were elected officers for the
ensuing term: j. A. Morrison, president
). r. Patterson. vice-president; John f.
MeGrath, secretary; r. Walsh. treasurer.
Remarks were made by several members
In relation to the street lights, which were
put up only on few streets, instead of on
all the streets, as was promised by the
Board oil Supervisors when the large eiec-
trio towers were removed some months age.
1t was reported that the new school mat
ter was laid over by the Board of Educa.
ton Tor two months, ana q committee OF
two was appointed to wait on the members
Oh the board and request that the new
schoolhouse be started at once. IA the pres.
ent quarters are TOO small to Accommodate
the number of children.
The morning call., 1892-09-13
RED LIZZIE" is DEAD.
She Was Once Quite Wealthy, but S
Died In Garrett

she Was Once Quite Wealthy, but She
Died In a Garrett
Elizabeth Seib, known on the Barbary
Coast for thirty years as Red Lizzie" died
last night In wretched garrett at 10 Hinck-
ley alley, where she had lain for ten weeks.
suffering from chronic diarrhea. She had
not been attended by a physician, aud the
body was taken to the Morgue, where an in
quest will be held this afternoon.
The stairs down which the body was
borne In the rude "recei yer" furnished by
the city are very narrow and turn with be-
widering frequency, so that the Coroner's
deputies had very difficult task TO perform
in carrying Red Lizzie's" remains to the
street.
The dead woman was born IS years ago
In Alsace and came to this city while a
young and very pretty woman She be-
came the proprietor Of saloon on Jackson
street, which soon became notorious as
resort for abandoned women and toughs.
There Lizzie IL is said amassed $40. 600 and
six husbands. What became of the latter is
not known, but the former disappeared in
stock gam milling. Lizzie, according to the
lew frien1s that were left her when for
tune sighed farewell, was serupulously
honest and supported herself until over
taken by the disorder that proved fatal as a
nurse and laundress. She had received
some assistance from benevolent society.
put no one was near her during the last
hours OF her life but an old man who had
known ner In the days OF her prosperity.
The morning call., 1892-09-13

catches from the bilge water from where
the tide turns.
Eiwood street is nothing bnt an alley
which runs back from O'Farrell street for
seyenty-five yards and then turns and runs
into Mason street.
There is nothing the matter with the
Mason-street side, although the planking
is of rotten wood.
1t is the O'Farrell-street portion that is
such disgrace to the property-owners who
own the realty on the street, and such
menace to the health of residents in the
vicinity.
For distance of thirty-five or forty feet
there is no planking on the street at all.
Above that the plankiDg has rotted away
and has been torn to pieces by the wheels of
wagons.
The place where there is no planking Is
composed of sand, which is saturated with
damp garbage.
People from adjoining windows at all
hours Of the day and night raise the sash
ana throw on the sand the remains of
meals. which decompose In the sun and at
tract million flies, at the same time emit
ting the most sickening and foul odors.
1t is just in such spots that cholera germs
would lodge.
Packages OF bad fruit, the remnants of
melons, oyster cans. sweepings from the
houses, ashes. old bones to which hang
pieces of meat. may be found in that bed of
sand from day to day.
They are thrown in the hole by careless
and reckless dwellers in adjoining houses,
whose nostrils from continual smelling of
the reekng filth do not turn away in dis
gust, and who never think of the danger of
disease.
The whole fault of this disgraceful condi-
tion OF affairs rests entirely with the prop
erty-owners who have control OF the alley.
Some time ago loud complaints of this
condition OF affairs were made to the Board
OF Supervisors. and the matter was re-
ferred to the Street Committee, which or
dered the nuisance condemned and the
street repaired.
Supervisor Taber paid visit to the street
but property-owner outwitted him, telling
him be was about TO tear down his old build
Ing and erect new one of handsome de-
sign. and 1t would be no use to repair the
street at that time.
That was months ago, and not step has
been taken to erect new building, and the
street Is continually growing worse and
worse.
Residents of the vicinity are asking how
long this foul spot will be allowed to breed
pestilence.