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The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
KNOWLEDGE

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less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts ON the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offereu
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
LESSEES READY TO FIGHT.
They Will Lead the City Spirited Legal
Contest.

They Will Lead the City a Spirited Legal
Contest.
The lessees of the Lincoln School lots at
the corner of Fifth and Market streets,
now involved in dispute with the City as
to the ownership of improvements, met
last evening at the Office of ". I'll. McCor-
mack on City Hall avenue for the purpose
of laying out plan for the legal battle,
which cannot but result from the recent
decision of City and County Attorney
Creswell. There was an informal discus
sion of the situation, which bristled with
fight. Several of the lessees announced
their determination to spend $40, 600 in a
contest rather than give up single dollar
on the improvements to the City and
County. They claim that the City has
already made enough money on the bar
gain without taking away Improvements
Which were made with the distinct under
standing that they should revert to the
lessees at the expiration of the lease.
Those present at last evenings confer
ence were: w. H. Mccormack, J. S. Nc
CHM, John Grant, Thomas McGinnis,
Edward McGrath and Mrs. M. Rosen-
krans As result of the discussion it was
decided to put the whole matter in the
hands of Attorney Ryland Wallace, with
instructions to fight the matter on the lines
that should seem to him advisable "This
is the only course left to u.s." said Mr. Nc
CHM at the close of the meeting. "We
have no idea of turning these improve
ments over to the City. The Supervisors
advertisement calling for bids says the I'M
provements shall go to the iessees. 1t was
an oversight that this condition was not
incorporated in the lease. By the terms
of the former instrument the leases were
made. Is the City going to take advan-
tage of mere technicality? II seems so,
but we are not going to give up without a
fight"
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It IS A NEGLECTED. GIFT.
How the Unprotected Lick
Statuary Is Being Defaced
by VandalS.
A Lounging Place for Tramps-An
Eastern Visitors Caustic
Comment.

1t was recently announced in a French
newspaper that tobacco-chewing pedes-
trian in the Champs Elvsees, who had
stained one leg of handsome statue OF
Apollo with a squirt" of weed juice, had
been promptly arrested, convicted and SEN
fenced to FIVE days in Jail for the offense.
The case is sample of how Parisians re-
gard the art relics and monuments which
adorn their beautiful city.
If the French laws covering such cases
were in force in this City, and punishment
was meted out according to the heinous-
ness of the offense. it is safe to say that a
large number of persons would be eligible
for jail cells every day, judging by the con-
dition of the magnificent statuary donated
to the City by the late James Lick, which
is set within the dingy environments of
City Hall square. Hardly day has passed
since the statuary was unveiled with pomp
and ceremony, and presented to presum-
ably grateful community, that some act of
vandalism has not been committed tend
ing to the Disagreement of the sculptor s
work.
When first presented to the City the
statuary reposed in the center of a green
grass plat which was inclosed by neat
granite curbing. Even with the stretch of
shabby buildings on the east side and the
mposing-looking structures on the west
the statuary stood out well with the CITY
Hall as background. Then as the green
grass began to be trodden down and mis-
chievous persons commenced to chip
pieces out of the granite pedestals and en-
bossed lettering it was decided to put a
protecting fence around the $5O000 gift of
the millionaire. About SO was invested in
redwood rails, and the present unsightly
fence was thrown around the pedestals.
1t was like running string around field
to restrain vicious bull from escaping.
The vandalism continued, and the police
men who patrol the district say that they
are kept busy keeping persons outside of
that fence. Most of the damage, they
say, is done at night. Tramps and loung-
ers hang around the grass plat and ma
liciously deface the granite. Two or three
of these have recently been arrested and
charged either with vagrancy or drunken
ness. There was no proof that they had
broken the granite.
The crownlng act OF Disagreement not to
the statuary directly, though, has been
consummated within the past few weeks, by
men who are in the employ of the City
government. The contractors who are en-
gagged in constructing the City Hall tower
have seized upon the northern end of the
grass plat as dumping ground for ma
terial used in their work. All over the
grass plat are strewn huge iron girders and
beams, and not alone on the ground but
the heavy masses of iron rest upon the
granite curbing, and as they are wanted
are dragged over the stonework, making
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
MRS. MATTHEW'S DEATH.
Communications on the Subject Sen
to Captain Lees.

Communications on the Subject Sent
to Captain Lees.
Captain Lees received information yester-
day that Mr.. Winthrop had been mistaken
in stating that the two young ladies' who
were arranging some flowers in the plat,
on the coping of which Mrs. Mathews was
seated last Saturday afternoon, were the
Misses Dyer. The captain detailed an
officer to make an investigation, and the
officer reported that the two young ladies
were Miss Matte Bowen, 2l07 Hyde street,
and Miss Kittie Burton, 2101 Hyde street.
Miss Bowen is relative of the late J. T.
Dyer, and she was arranging the flowers
on his grave.
Mr.. Winthrop yesterday sent the follow
ing letter to Captain Lees:
CEMETERY, Monday, A. M
Captain I. w. Lees-DEAR SIR: Inclosed YOU
will find the letter OF Jennie Mathews, which 7
very last OF everything I found it at the
bottom of a drawer. in my desk, under lot of
letters and papers.
In the council ledger find my entry that
Jennie Mathews was accepted into beneficiary
membership on September IS, 1894 age 26
first assessment paid ST. 35, and am sorry to
say that had neglected to register the num-
ber of her certificate. Yours. respectfully,
D. w. WINTHROP.
The inclosure referred to is a letter sent
by Mrs. Mathews to Mr.. Winthrop about
month ago, which was sent to his house
and received by Mrs. Winthrop. 1t was
undated and written in pencil and reads
as follows:
My Only Friendly heart is nearly broke the
way he is a-treating me, and If he keep on
will kill myself. / want you to take care of
my little girl, then 1 know she will have a
good friend and protector, because he is fit
(unfit) to take care of her. I can't write any
more heart broke.
Good-by forever, good-by. Your poor
JENNIE MATHEWS.
Mathews called upon Captain Lees last
night, and was shown the letter sent by
his wife to Mr.. Winthrop. He admitted it
was in her handwriting and showed letter
which his wife had commenced to write to
her mother and which was in the same
handwriting. The portion of the letter to
her mother had no bearing upon the case.
Mathews said that he and his wife had
the usual family jars, but that was all.
They were all caused by her extravagant
ideas. He used to mildly demonstrate with
her, which angered her. Last Saturday
they had ''tiff'' about strawberries. She
purchased some at corner grocery for sc
cents, and he told her she could have got
double the quantity from fruit peddle1
| for 20 cents. He said he had been unable
to lind her certificate of mempership in the
| Olive Branch Council No. "a, Order o1
Chosen Friends, but after the funeral he
| would search the house top and bottom
for it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
BERKELEY.

Berkeley is to have new Presbyterian
church building, and as soon as the lot
upon which it is to be built is selected
ground will be broken and the work OF
erection commenced.
Some of the members favor the lot at the
corner of Fulton street and Durant avenue,
but others think that the new building
should be erected on the site of the old
structure. Those members who wish the
lot at the corner of Durant avenue and
Fulton street think that the other lot is
most too remote from the center of popula-
ton, and those who desire the old church
lot think that the other is too far from the
university buildings and grounds.
If the old lot is used the church will save
about $1,000, as that much is offered by
be erected upon the old church site at the
corner of Allston way and Ellsworth
street. The board of trustees will meet
again within g few days and make final
recomme ndation as to the site they con-
slider most desira bic.
Plans for the erection of a new building
have been under consideration for three
years past, and the church believes that it
is now about ready to erect new edifce.
Narrow Escape.
John Higgins and little son had mar
row escape from being crushed to death
by the overland train in West Berkeley,
late Sunday afternoon. The child was
playing in the street when the train came
dashing down the track, and his hat hav-
ing blown off and rolled between the rails
he went to pick it up. The father, seeing
his child in imminent danger, was over
come from fright and could not move to
lend him assistance. A stranger who was
standing near rushed out and rescued the
little one just as the train came dashing
past. Had he been few seconds later
both would have been crushed.
New Electric Road.
Ground was broken yesterday morning
at the west end of the new electric road, ],
which is to run from West Berkeley to the
foothills near Piedmont. The company
expects to have the road finished as far as
Shattuck avenue within three months.
Only ten men are employed at the pres
ent time, but larger force will be en-
gagged within a few days, and the work
pushed vigorously.
Butcher-Shops to Close,
Ali the butcher shops in Berkeley will
be closed tomorrow on account of the
butchers grand annual picnic to be held at
Shell Mound Park.
The fine imposed by the Butchers Union
for all who do not observe the rule of clos
ing their shops on the day set aside for the
annual picnic is 500.
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burrows and ridges in the rounded surface.
At the rate at which the ripping and tear
ing is going on, by the time the contrac-
tors are through with their work, there
will be no coping left on the north end of
the grass plat.
Several months ago the attention of the
Board of Supervisors was called to the
state of affairs, and the matter came up at
a session of the board. It was decided to
authorize Architect T. ]. Welsh to draw
up plans for neat iron railing to be placed
around the plat, and thereby preserve the
grass in its greenness and the statuary
from Disagreement
'sBut," said Mr.. Welsh yesterday, 'the
order was rescinded, the excuse being
given that the City was too poor to buy
less pay for an iron railing, or any other
kind of railing, to protect $4,000 work
of art from being destroYed.n
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

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Mr.. Richards, 2o12 Clinton avenue. A
telephone message was received at his
home on Friday from Alvarado announc-
ing his intention of arriving home that
evening. He is about Is years of age and
tears are expressed for his safety. Mr..
Richards and an elder brother cruised
about the bay yesterday in vain en-
deavor to learn of the boys whereabouts.
Inc WIND has been unusually high for the
past few days, and the belief is formed that
ms craft has been capsized and the young
man drowned.
An Ungrateful Portuguese.
Manuel Beuchomol, the young Portu-
guese que M who stole a gold watch and $4 80 in
coin from Victor Lindstrom on the 9th of
January, has been located in the County
jan at Los Angeles, and when he comes
out a tree man, a police officer from Ala
media Will meet him with a warrant of ar
rest for grand larceny. Lindstrom gave
the fellow work, and for his kindness, two
days afterward, Beuchomol went through
his clothing while his employer was at
supper and then fed the city. While in
Los Angeles he had again exhibited his
ungrateful nature by stealing clothing
from Portuguese woodchopper who gave
him food and lodging.
Received Their Diplomas.
Nine young men graduated last evening
from Anderson's University Academy.
Professor Anderson addressed large
gathering of students and their lady
friends in the reading-room. An orchestra
under the leadership of Professor Fleish-
OF the State University made the presenta-
tlon addresses.
His Attorney Absent.
nd Mon hn of
loon immediately opposite the canal
bridge, who was arrested for selling in
toxlcants to minors, was to have had his
trial before Justice Morris yesterday. His
attorney was In the Superior Court ana
the case went over until Saturday after
noon. Mrs. Sanford has interested her
self In the prosecution of the case.
An Incorrigib1e Youth.
Frank Cruz, the wayward youth who
pleaded guilty to stealing bicycle, had a
charge of forgery registered against him
yesterday. 1t is alleged that he forged the
name OF George Q. Relfe, coal-dealer OF
this city, to check for $l2 and then passed
it upon the McSorley Bros. of Oak
land.
Rocked a Train.
Arthur Pope and Henry Schaeffer were
arrested Sunday evening for malicious
mischief They bombarded the narrow
gauge excursion train at Walnut street and
Encinal avenue with rocks and potatoes
smashing window. They will have their
trial tomorrow evening.
Missionary Work.
George W. Leitch will give free address
illustrated with 100 stereopticon views, al
the Congregational church this evening al
7 :45 o'clock. His subject will be Life
and Mission Work in India and Ceylon.'
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
Milestones On the Road

Greece stands lowest in point of wealth
of all the countries in Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

That leads to health are marked in the memory
OF those who, at regular stages and persistently,
have been conveyed thither by Hostetters
stomach Bitters, potent auxiliary OF nature in
her efforts to throw of the yoke of disease. Ma
larial, kidney, rheumatic and bilious trouble, con-
stpa,ion and nervousness take their departure
when this benignant medicine is resorted TO for
their eradication.
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The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
ALAMEDA,

Louis Vessel left Alameda last Thursday
= in sixteen-foot yacht for a cruise to San
Mateo. He resided with his stepfather,
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

A Parsee sacred fire, which is burning in
a temple at Leiguie, Persia, is known to
have not been extinguished since the days
OF Rapiboreth, who lived twelve centuries
| ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-18
A CLEAN SHAVE.
Young Men Now Indulging In q MUS
tache Massacre.

Shave of your mustache II you want TO
be in style. Never mind how much your
best girl may protest at the thought OF
losing the blissful contact with o down.
covered lip; the proper caper is Q smooth
"mug" just now. 1t happens 80 every
spring.
Why 1t happens SO nobody can define,
although many have attempted 1t.
Everybody is in 1t, though, except those
few men who stand in fear OF their
mothers in-law.
1t makes a wonderful change In . mans
personal appearance, in some instances
making him almost unrscog gnixabls. 1t
makes some look older and some younger; |;
some resem BILE actors, which they seem to
think desirable. One young man In
the city hall shaved the hirsute
adornmcnt off his upper lip the other
day. and because everybo told hin hs
looked like O priest, became highly In.
dignant, thus emphasizing mans pervsr-
sity, Possibly hs wanted TO be told
he looked like o prize fighter or gamb.
ler.s However, he encouraged his nous.
,acho to grow out again as quickly a.
possible.
Take q walk up street and count the
smooth faces; you'll be sstonished. Drop
into your club, or into church some nighs,
and see II another Of yoar friends hasn't
"been done gone an done it."
Then you'll catch the fever, for !fs In
fectious, and GO homo or TO the BARRIERS
and follow suit. Then you'll "kisk" Jour
self until 1t grows out again, for few nsH
are really happy after shaving on thsi'
| mustachcs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-18
A Mothers Attempt to Muir
der Her Children.
Her Deliberate Plan Resulted Only in
Her Own Death.
Rescue Of the Two Little Girls Who
Were With Her.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Mrs. Hattie
Taussig, whose husband is an cleo
trician, deliberately planned the death
of herself and her two daughters,
aged and years respectively,
last night. She succeeded In her design,
SO far as she herself was concerned, but
the children survive. Mrs. Taussig's In
FAINT died recently, and the loss so preyed
upon her that she had for several days
been upon the verge of insanity. Taussig
and his son, three years old, occu-
pied one bedroom, and his wife
and the two little girls slept
in another. During the night the mother
attached rubber pipe to gas burner,
and, having closed the door, placed the
loose end of the pipe into her mouth, and
turned on the gas. She was soon dead.
The elder of the children was awakened,
probably by her mothers struggles, and
made an outcry which brought the father
and husband. The two children were
suffering severely from asphyxiation, but
were speedily relieved.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-18
SHE SLIPPED OUT.
Prisoner Convicted of Murder Escaped
and the Police Looking for Her.

NEwBURoH, N. ". May 1s.-Mrs.
Fannie Korn, New YORK woman con-
yicted of murder, who has been an in
mate of the asylum for the criminal
insane at Matteawan, escaped from Mrs.
Osborn, a matron, in Newburg, this morn
ing at IL o'clock. Justice Brown had just
decided in the habeas corpus case OF Mrs.
Korn that she be taken to the Matteawan
asylum. Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. Korn
then started for the ferry. On the
way there the two women stopped into
the postoffice on Trird street. While
Mrs. Osborn was posting letter, Mrs.
Korn slipped out and escaped. DIR. Alli-
son sent out an alarm, and notified the
police.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-18
COURT COULDN'T MOVE him.
Ex-Deputy Collector OF Internal Rev
enue Murphy, Who Guarded His
Records, Speaks In Praise Of Paine's
Celery Compound.


Ex-collector OF internal revenue Thomas
+. Murphy OF Maine, who wss brought
into prominence all over the country dur
ing President Cleveland's first adminis-
tration, by refusing to allow certain civil
officials to peruse his records, heartily
indorses Paine's celery compound.
Mr.. Murphy Is keen observer. He Is o
writer Of no mean ability, has bsen en-
ployed as editor and editorial writer on
several papers, is recognized throughout
Maine as a forcible and convincing
speaker, sand Is universally liked. AT
present be represents a big Boston house
on the road, where his warm geniality
makes him welcome TO every hotel and
railway train.
In the smoking compartment OF par
Tor car last week he was praiaing Paine's
celery compound to a fellow passenger.
The person TO whom he addressed his
conversation had been laid up with the
grip. The malady left him in q bad way,
sort OF depression OF spirits and disin-
clination for business.
81 felt the same way" said Mr.. Murphy.
"After wrestling a week with the grip it
left me depressed and weak. One fight
of stairs was enough to make mo puff and
wheeZe like leaky bellows. A mile walk
would almost floor me. Headaches began
the moment got out OF bed, and 1 felt
about as mean as any ono could for the
WuOie Gay. hearlne 30 mucu aDout
| Psine's celery compound l made up my
mind to try IL, and I'll tell you how II
| worked. 1t was like close application OF
soothing lotions to q scorched finger.
| After few doses found that on retiring
soon dropped into a sound, refreshing
sleep. In less than week j was myself
| again. My eyes, which are none too strong
at their best, but which burned and acheo
| till began taking Paine's celery com
pound, assumed their normal condition
and really seemed stronger than before
the grip marked me for victim. car
walk five miles now and feel none the
worse for IL.
"My wife and boy are taking Paine'l
celery compound this spring."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-18
new BUILDING LAW.
. new building law passed by the Genera

The new building law passed by the Genera
Assembly makes one important change.
Everybody who intends to build within 10
feet of the street line. must go to the city en-
gineer's Office at least six days before apply
ing for building permit, and file an applica-
tion for street lines. Heretofore, the inspec-
tor of buildings has courteously done this,
but 10 prevent carolessness in the future on
the part of owners, the law was passed.
Tho law generally strengthens the old law,
and also provides for system CT inspection
like any other. That Is, the owner must
notify Mr.. Hopkins when the house Is lathed
that IL is ready for inspection.