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The morning call., 1893-03-04
RUTS AND RIDGES.
Proof That Poultice Is Not
Good for Busy Streets.
Two Sample Blocks on Kearny Street,
Despite Repairs, Are Not What
They Should Be.

Kearny street, between Sutter and Mar
ket, on both sides is laid with poultlce pa ve-
ment.
This pavement was laid in the fall of 1889
as an experiment By the Santa Cruz Rock
Pavement Company, with view to show
what good pavement poultice would make
The company went so far as to enter into
All undertaking with the city in the SUM Of
$500 to keep the pavement in good repair
for the period OF five years from December
4. 1889.
The present condition of the street is the
best proof of what has time and again been
asserted that bituminous rock pavement or
poultce is not the kind of pavement that is
fit for thoroughfare on which there is so
much travel, by even light vehicles, as there
is on kesrny street.
On each side of the street are deep fur
rows or ruts-in some places over three
inches deep-worn into the pavement by
wagon wheels.
These burrows have been filed time and
again. Not more than ten days ago the
work of filing was going on, and that char
acter of work was done about two months
before.
But each time these burrows were filed
with poultice laid in such q manner as to
form ridge, the carriage wheels rode this
and made new furrow.
ne repairs IudL nave DeeD maze from
time 10 time have never improved the con-
ditlon of the street, and at no time for years
has it been the nice smooth pavement that
it was when the Santa Cruz Paving Com
pany declared the work well done.
Possibly the company's: intentions are
good, but the material used has not permit
ted it TO keep the promise made. In many
places the street is very uneven. and at the
Market-street end there is big hole several
inches deep.
1t was generally supposed that when the
company undertook to keep those two
blocks in repair it meant to do so in
the ordinary acceptation of that term-that
is. keep it in the condition that it was when
turned over to the city.
The inferi0rity of poultice as a pavement
ON a much-traYeled street is patent to the
most casual observer, and the manner in
which the repairs have been made Is also
patent.
All persons who are taxed for paving
streets should take good look at these
samule blocks
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lRRIED.
ANpREWs-HERznliN this.citr ua.o

ANDREW WS-HERZOG- In this city March l, 1898
by the Rev. Dr.. Case. John Andrews and Nellie
Herzcg, both OF San Francisco. ...-.
DAViS-BAILEY- In thus city. February 25. 1898.
by the Rev T. H. H.WOouward, Edward DAVIS OF san
Pablo and Elizabeth Bailey o I Oikland.
BETTEN NCoURTE-SHEARER=- In this city March
!, 1893, by the Rev. T.: Fl. Woodward. Cyrus C.
Bettencourte Of san Leandro aud Mollie Shearer
or San Fancisco.
HUNT-SCHMITT-In thisctty, February %. 1893
az st Mary's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Yorke
george Elliott Hunt and Gertrude a. Schinitt.
OLSES-ALLEN-In this.clty. March .. 1898, by
the Rev. DR.. Case, Charles Olsen and Rebecc a
Allen, both OF san Francisco.
ANDERSON-BALDWIN- the residence of the
brides parents, Rockville; SOano County, March
z, 1898, by the Rev. DR.. E. X. Dtlle john Alden
Anderson OF san Jose and Carrie Lois, young est
daughter Of j. NJ Baldwin OF Rockville.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
A THIEVING BELLBOY.
Arrested for Larceny From the
Bohemian Club.

William Casey, recently employed as bell
boy by the Bohemian Club, was charged
last night at the City Prison, where he has
been detained for several days, with grand
and petty larceny.
Casey has been known as q. P. Mills and
j. Weber. While doing duty as bellboy at
the club he stole eurios and antique bric-a-
brac valued at $1,000 from the chiffonier of
DR.. Hues. a member of the club, who was
In Mexico.
some OF the stolen property in his possess
sion. 1t was subsequently discovered tlaC
he had stolen lot of stamps and stationery
from the club ana two charges were conse-
quently made against him.
The prisoner is a friend of Bohn and Will
son, who are suspected of having assaulted
Attorney W. Fl. l.. Barnes at the entrance
to his house on Sutter street, about two
months ago.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
THE LABOR COUNCIL.
The Committee on Unemployed Pre-
sent a Report.

sent a Report.
At the weekly meeting of the San Fran
cisco Labor Council the credentials Of
Philip Hoffman as a delegate from Typo
graphical Union No. % and j. K Phillips
of Typographical Union No. q were re-
ceived and the gentlemen seated.
The secretary reported that he had re-
ceiyed a copy Of the speech delivered by
w. 7. Frye before the United States Sem
ate on the subject Of the Nicaragua canal.
Delegate Macarthur reported that the con-
dltion Of affairs on the water front is the
same as II has been for some time past.
The delegate also extended an invitation
Tor the council to attend a meeting to be
held in Metropolitan Temple on Monday
next to celebrate the eighth anniversary Of
the Sailors Union.
Inc employment committee reported their
meeting In joint council with the commit
tees OF other organizations to consider the
matter OF devising ways aad means of Civ
Ing employment to the idle men now in the
city.
The conduct of the Board of Supervisors
in refusing TO act in the matter was com
mented on. The committee has also de-
cided to call a mass.meetiDg, to be held in
front OF the new City Hall on Sunday at
2O'elock p: NJ. which will be composed OF
great number of the unemployed
The morning call., 1893-03-04

Mr. Bardroiek. J. W. Marschoed &
Son, at % Washington street, and asked
permission to leave a gripsack in the office
until he called for It, The permission was,
of course, granted. and the stranger left
saying nothing which would give elew as
TO his Identity.
Time went on and the stranger returned
not to claim his own. The unassuning
grip remained in the out of. the-way corner
until gradually there grew around it a
mystery. This soon became so great rs to
be almost unbearable to the stable-keepers,
so one day the grip was opened on the sup
position that something within 1t might
lead TO a solution of the strange occurrence.
The mystery only deepenej. There were
some letters addressed to Burnett Fow-
ler" and postmarked at Vallejo Cal.
They were written by "Sister Clara" and
the letters were addressed to Eureka, Cal.
Other articles in the grip were several
baseball uniforms and miscellaneous para
phernalia of the national game. Then
there was receipt for a board bill at n
hotel in Eureka.
The livery stable man did not believe that
the yalse had been left by its rightful
owner. Evidently the owner was "a base
ball-player, and the stranger did not i'm
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KNIGHTS OF REST.
They Pose as Statues in
New City Hall.
WORK NEVER FINDS THEM.
But They Are Always Complaining
That They Can Never Find Work.
Drones in the Hive.
WORK NEVER FINDS THEM.

The daily toll which is said 10 sweeten the
bread of him who earns it is unknown TO
the statues who pose picturesQuely in the
inches of the rotunda at the new City Hall.
For the last few days these statues have
been conspicuously numerous; in fact, there
have not been inches enough to hold them.
The chief reason is that Treasurer Wild
Der has been paying salaries, and some of
these statues have been waiting on the
sunny side of the hall to strike an old
political acquaintance for loan, TO be re-
paid on the Mcawber plan; or, if loan is
not feasible, drink viii be acceptable.
Others there are who have survived half
a dozen administrations, and being Demo-
The morning call., 1893-03-04
A BURIAL SHOE.
Dead Mems Footwear Is Now Kept
in Stock by Undertakers,

A burial shoe is the newest thing in the
stock Of an undertaking establishment.
Dead mems shoes are frequently quoted,
but 1T is not often that they are seen on
trade list. The shoes are made in all sizes
and are for the dead only. They are paste
board, covered with grain-paper The
uppers are quilted satin and crochet work.
and ribbon tied in a boW-knot holds the
shoe on the foot.
The burial shoe is an ovation which has
not yet gained much prominence among
San francisco undertakers, but since the
lad originated about year ago In Eastern
cities and a company commenced manufac-
turing the foot-coverings they have laid in
stocks of them.
That sort of thing is regulated by GUS
tom, said prominent undertaken yester-
day, and the custom has not yet reached
the Pacific Coast. except for the japanese
and Mexicans, who always call for shoes
because 1t is their custom to bury their dead
with them on. l have some Of the new
burial shoes, but get little call for them.
What do get is mostly for ladies. A white
satin slipper is what is used here. Men are
hardly ever dressed with shoes, and then it
is usually with black ones"
The morning call., 1893-03-04
e. G. LYONS Buried.

The remains Of the late E. G. Lyons, the
well-known merchant, were laid to rest in
the Home of Peace Cemetery yesterday
afternoon. The fuleral.took place in the
family residence. 2O22 Bush street, where
Rabbi Voorsanger read the.Jewtsh burial
service, followed by a beautiful .>eulogy Of
his departed friend. 2, =.
MANY rare and costly flowers were sent
by sorrowing friends |of the dead man.
The. designs were very beautiful; and were
banked high about the coffin. -.
After the family. and relatives Of the
dead had-taken last l6ok:at his face, the
coffin WAS borne away: to the hearse by the
following pallbearers.: E.. NJ 5Raas. Boas
Pike, Horace R. Hudson Max Levy. J.
Schmidt, Daniel Roth: and Ad0lph God
chauX =.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
REPAIRING ROTTEN LINES
The Fire Alarm Telegraph Very Much
in Need of Repairs.

in Need of Repairs.
The linemen of the FIRE alarm telegraph
are busy replacing old rust-covered and
wornout wires all along the line as fast as
they can.
1t takes FIVE expert linemen all their time
to keep the service in working order, ard
then William Il. Tarpey, the superintend-
ent of the service, SAYS that the telegraph
is lar from whatit should be. ES
The old wires, as has already been sn own
in THE GALL, are so eaten away with rust
that it is next TO impossible to sufficiently
load them with electricity to sound an
alarm.
The new wire that is being put in is
known as No. 9 galvanized, but 1t is only in
spots, where the old wire became so rotten
that 1t could hardly sustain its own weight
on the poles.
This department." continued Mr.. Tar
pey. has an appropriation of only $4,000
year to sustain it. and as about half of 1t
has to be paid in salaries it leaves very lit
tie to replace an old and obsolete system
with an improved and more effective one.
What is required at present is special sp-
preparation to put in a modern telegraph
system. 1t will not only give better service
to the Fire Department, but in the end will
be matter of economy to the city,"
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there two men approached him, and one of
them, stepping behind him. garrQted him
while his companion robbed him of his
watch and chain. Officer Pollard saw the
men struggling and ran to the scene In time
to capture the two robbers, who gave their
names as William Brown and James Kelly
The stolen watch and chain was not found
on either prisoner when searched at the
station, where. they were booked for rob-
berry. Both prisoners are we'll known to the
police, who believe that the watch was
passed TO the W oman sitting at the window
before the arrest was made;
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GLYNN Is NERVOUS
The ReCordership Recount
Interrupted.
The Registrar Testifies That the Bal
lots Have Not Been Tam
pered With.

The remarkable developments in the
Read-Glynn recordership contest in Judge
Hebbard's court the day before yesterday,
in which Read gained nearly 100 votes. have
created a sensation among the officials Of
the Registration Office and the friends of
the cOntesting parties.
Late In the afternoon Matthew |. Sullivan
announced 10 the court that as the gain in
favor of Read could only be accounted for
by supposing that the ballots had been tam
pered with during the previous Tecouuts, he
would ask the court to institute an investi-
cation as to the handling the ballots had re-
ceived since they were first tucked away in
the vaults of the Registrars Office.
Yesterday morning witnesses were pnt
upon the stand by Mr.. Read to establish
affirmative proof that the ballots could not
have been changed in any possible manner.
Registrar Evans testified that the ballots
are tied in bundles and placed in large
sealed envelopes and kept in his safe. the
door of which, besides being provided
with the usual combination locks, is sealed
with tape and sealing-waX,
When the ballots were removed during
the Tecounts before Judges Murphy and
Hebbard, they were taken TO the courtroom
by two deputies. Who kept them under
their eyes all day. AS soon as the ballots
of one precinct were tailed they were re-
packed and sealed, and the Judge signed
his name across the flap of the envelope.
At night all the packages of ballots were
taken downstairs to the Registrars Office.
and returned 10 the safe in the presence Of
the Registrar, who also locked and sealed
the safe. Every day the same routine was
follow ed.
Chief Clerk George Lewis testified in sub
stance that he personally knew that the
ballots lad been al all times inaccessible to
all outside, interested parties; and Deputies
Buckley, Hallett, Angelo and Feeney also
testified that the packages had never been
disturbed.
Judge Hebbard. before whom the Dun-
don-Heyer recount was had, is himself
ready to testify that, so far as that recount
is concerned, the ballots could not possibly
have been tampeTed with.
Glynn's plurality was only 653, and il
Read continues to gain at the same rate, he
is very likely to win his contest.
Ex-Registrar Brown will be examin ed
this moTningat $50.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
Mothers, Opportunity.

Boys two o-plece suits, 50c; boys satInette
suits. 75c; boys cheyot and tweed suits 90 al
81 90j boys straight-cut suits, regular prices
81 so to So cut to 81 Go; boys three-piece suits,
81 30; boys alwool three piece chevloI suits.
plain cOlors, SO 70; boys double breasted
three-piece cheviot suits, long pants, cut from
SIC so 10 So so; boys knee pants. 25c; boys
long pants, soc; boys long pants for best wear,
good value for So, cut TO 81 50. Great as.
signee sale. Stock Of Peck, the clothier now
being sold by J.. V. Merle successor to old
l X ~. GIG to G2o Kearny street, corner Com
The morning call., 1893-03-04
The Band of Hone

The Headlight Band Of Hope gave its
tenth anniversary entertainment in the YES
try OF the Central M. E. Church, Mission
street, between Sixth and Seventh. last
evening.
There was a lengthy, welI-arranged pro-
gramme of music and recitations. and adj
dresses were made by N. P. Shedd. district
superintendent of the juvenile work of the
order OF Good TemDlars, and Silas a.
White, principal Of the Spring Valley
Grammar School.
Refreshments were partaken of .t ,he
close OF the programme and the evening
passed of very pleasantly. Jens Nelson,
the superintendent Of the band, presided
over the entertainments.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
The Hopkins-SearIes Mansion,

The transfer of the Hopkins-Searles man
sion to the regents of the university and
tie Art Association will take place ON the
premises at 2 O'Clock this afternoon. Those
the regent IS, the directors and members Of
the Art Association aud limited number
of invited guests. The announcement that
the general public would be admitted was
nnanthnrized.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
Pioneer Life in Africa

The fourth of series of illustrated lee
lures at the Plymouth Congregational
Church was given last evening by Rev. T. B.
Pullan on pioneer life in Central Africa.
The lecture was illustrated by beautiful
stereopticon views representing the MANY
In teresting features of that continent and
more especially the work Of American mis-
sionaries. large audience was present,
and showed its appreciation by repeated
aDnlause
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ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
The Geyser Mineral Water Compau,
Creditors Satisfied

y
Creditors Satisfied.
The creditors Of the Geyser Mineral Water
Company met yesterday afternoon at the
offices Of the company in the Crocker buiId-
ing.
A statement of the affairs showed that
the liabilities of the concern were about
$4,000 after all outstanding and untitled
contracts bad been Cancelled, and that the
assets of practical value were less than 10
per cent.
The creditors could not really realize any,
thing should the affairs of the company be
wound up, so they agreed to allow them To
continue business on condition that the debt =
be paid in three installments extended over
a year and a half.
The creditors appointed j. B. Stetson. G..
U. Spiro and c. E. Ray as an advisory com.
mittee, and George Jones to act ss one n
the three directors of the Geyser Water
satisfie Oi
The morning call., 1893-03-04
DRIBBLING IN SLOWLY.
Chinese Show No Apparent Haste tC
Register.

The registration of Chinese is going slow
ly on. Two or three applicants present
themselves daily, and only little over 100
names have been placed on the rolls.
AS the day approaches for the closing of
the lists it is probable that number of
MODgolians will see the advantages of cnm-
plying with American law and then there
Will be an inconvenient rush.
Until then, however, General McComb's
extensive preparations 10 accommodate the
names of those Celestials who wish TO stay
with us will remain unappreciated
The morning call., 1893-03-04
AIcaIde Gearv,s old Home.

In 1858 John W. Gesry, who was the first
Alcalde Of San Francisco, built two-story
frame residence at the southeast corner of
Powell and California streets, which he
subsequently, sold to James Lick, who, after
several years. disposed of the property to
the present owner, Frank Il. Parker. Last
week the building, once considered q pre-
The morning call., 1893-03-04
RORN

LAURENT-In this city, February l8. 1893. to the
vile OF F. Laurent son.
WOoD-In this city. March g. 1898, 10 the wife OF
Benjamin Wood, a daughter
wife Of E j. Wales a son.
WOLFSOHN-ln this city, March 2. 1898. TO the
vile of Henry olfsohc 4 son
Ii. l. Jacobs a son. -.
MklhLEJ0HN-1n Oakland. March ., 1893. TO the
vile OF H. A. Melkleiohn, daughter.
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tentious mansion, was torn down and every
trace of it removed, to make room for a
modern building. During the forty years it
has stood it has had but three owners, and
gradually suceumbed to the ravaging hand
of time, till it became during the past few
years a very shabby affair as compared with
the fine residences of modern architecture
surrounding ir
The morning call., 1893-03-04

hyou have humors and plmP1es. boris ana erup-
tionst is he ,ause the sysJemneedston onlg:andpuri-
flying. Nothing wit give you such good he Il tn,
smooth and fresh skin and vigorous feeling as Sim
mons Liver Regulator. ~. = g: :.:.:.-
The morning call., 1893-03-04
The Camera Club:

The Camera Club Intended t Q. go. to-mor-
row TO Lagunitas on the :occaslon2o of its first
outing for the year. but a a,report|that there
Is smallpox in that. section of-the country
has Induced tlie members to select n lies
Canyon in Alameda County as: the place
they Will visit, that is if the weather per-
The morning call., 1893-03-04

after he had stepped off
the overland train yes
terday.
Mr.. johnson has just
returned from one of
the most important
trips any San Francisco
merchant or shipper
ever made across the
continent, as far as the
commercial interests of
this community are con-
cerned. He spent ten
The morning call., 1893-03-04
They Want Bates.

Last November q young man named r.
p Bates. haiing from Chicago. arrived In
San Francisco and remained until the early
mart Of last month. de cut quite dash on
boih sides OF the bay. and finally wound up
by marrying Miss LOtlie Kathlyn Secord Of
The morning call., 1893-03-04

Oakland on December q. He went away
owing large sums to different people, and it
is said he swindled Chicago friends out of
$4,000 Detectives are now on his trail
trying to overhaul the young man at the
earnest solicitation of his numerous victims.
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ohNhlO III vi
land; a mystery that
has. until now, remained
impenetrable. defying
every attempt to fathom
it and yet yielding like
the mists before the
morning sun when the
search light Of The
CALL was turned full
upon it.
Several weeks ago a
stranger rushed into
the liyery stable OF
The morning call., 1893-03-04
BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS. ii i

birth. marriage and death. notices sent by mail
VIII not be inserted. They must be banded in at
either OF the publication oHices aud be iIdOrsed
with the name aud residence of persons authorized
TO have the same published.I
The morning call., 1893-03-04
JOHNSON'S RETURN
The New Panama Line Will
ReVolutioniZe Affairs.
LIBERAL CONCESSIONS MADE.
President Newton Gladly Listened to
Traffic Manager Leeds Sensi-
BILE Arguments.

''Glad to be back again, and happy, because
my mission has been successful, will about
express my sentiments" said Frank S.
johnson of the Johnson-LOcke Mercantile
Company to CALL reporter a few hours
The morning call., 1893-03-04
TWAS A GRIPSACK.
1t Started From Eureka
and Brought Up Here.
Left in a Livery Stable, 1t Puzzled
Many PeopIe-The Mystery Solved
by a Call" Man.

There is an ordinary, everyday grpsack
in livery stable on Washington street in
this city around which mystery cllngs-as
opaque and dense a mystery as ever lurked
The morning call., 1893-03-04

Christian missionaries are said TO expe.
rlence more trouble in converting Moham.
medans than any other class of peopIe.
The morning call., 1893-03-04
Grabbe Garrnted-

Early yesterday morning Rudolph Grabbe
was walking along Morton street aud
stopped TO talk to a woman who was at the
window of a house. While he was standing
The morning call., 1893-03-04
Fresh. Comnlex.-inIn. 10

Nearly 1000 tons of ice have been har-
vested on the Hudson River this season.
The morning call., 1893-03-04

might have had a good effect. but California
as well as the other States Will have to put
up with it.
The morning call., 1893-03-04

You Can Bank on Our Shoes. -
That is just the kind of shoe we SELL
you can bank on it every time. When there
is a run on a bank, ii is because there is
something the matter with its credit; there
is run on this shoe because there is moth
ing the matter with its credit, for it happens
to be the most creditable kind OF a shoe.
You can buy no other kind of a shoe that
begins to match it for the money and the
wear and tear it will stand would surprise a
champion six-day walker. We call it the
Foot Form Shoe and we ask IS for it. That
is figure themost close-fsted buyer that
ever lived would call low.
Ladies' Elegant Foot-Form Turns and
Welts, So
DESCALSO BROTHERS,
28 Kearny Street.
So, S4, and SIS Foot-form Shoes,
o.. mr4 IT
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1893-12-27
Dressing For the Street.

:
I think it may be said that the woman
who walks may not wear silk gown.
It sqmbe proper for her in thedepthso Of
winter to have velvet. velveteen or cor
duroy frock trimmed with fur in which
she may walk, but the silk frock is es-
sentially dedicated to the carriage. The
material most suited for the street is
wool Just now, after going through Il
siege Of the strict tailor made gown. and
after lapsing into the overturned bod
ice for street wear, we have reached the
between. While thus permits the use
of silk, satin orvelvet as adecoration on
the wool frock and allows the bodice to
suit itself to the wearer, the skirt tohave
a slight decoration, there yet remains
the simplicity rather than the severity
Of the tailor made frock.
After all, even the old philosophers.
who thought nothing of frocks, approved
of the right which existed IN the happy
medium, and surely it is here in the street
gown. The simple tailor made bodice
has the Robespierre revers, which add
breadth to slender figure; the full
though falling sleeves, which give flesh
to a slender arm and conceal it in one
that is too plump, and the farthinga'e,
which may be worn if the hips are too
narrow.-Ladies Home Journal.