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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
TO WATCH CONTRACTORS
Thirty inspectors of Street
Work to Be Appointed
Soon.
Inc Grand Jury VIII Investigate
Cases Where Shoddy Work
Is Being Done.

Every year many thousand dollars are
paid out OF the City treasury for the re-
pairing and reconstruction of street pave
ments that had not been properly laid in
the first place. The Merchants Associ-
alton has decided to put stop to this use
less waste of the taxpayers money.
Within the next month twenty-five or
thirty inspectors of street work will be
scattered over the city, and any poor work
on the part of street contractors will be re-
ported to the Merchants Association and
by that body to the Grand Jury.
'"The days of boodling on street con-
tracts in San Francisco are nearly num-
bered," said Vice-President Keil yester-
day. Mr.. Keil explained that in the past
the contractors did the work to suit them
selves, and the street Improvements were
recommended to the Board of Supervisors
for acceptance by official inspectors who
did not personally see any of the work per-
formed. The contractors were paid the
money due them and released from their
obligations. In short time the street
pavements would begin to fall to pieces,
and the door of the treasury would have to
be thrown open again to other contractors
for the repair of work that should have
lasted much longer had the first con-
tractors been faithful to their obligations.
Mr.. Keil continued:
Hereafter the associations engineer Ernest
Mccullough, will examine all contracts for
street work, and see that the pavements are
not only economically but well planned, and
that no such bungling jobs as that on Golden
Gate avenue pass the Board of Supervisors
Nearly all the bitumen on that avenue is laid
on macadam foundation. Every foundation
under bitumen pavement should be OF con-
crete six or eight inches in thickness Then
we will have roadways that will stand the
strain and wear for years. The elastic nature
of bitumen permits the wheels of heavily
loaded vehicles to sink and make depressions
time, become chuckholes and ruts.
Golden Gate avenue is one of the worst paved
streets in the City. To make it good thor
oughfare the work should be done over again
and proper foundation laid. The only other
thing to do SO as to save this heavy expense is
to repave with bitumen and close the avenue
against all trucks and loaded teams Then it
will do for light teams.
He said that as soon as contractor be-
gins work the association will have an in
spector, who cannot be corrupted, on the
ground all of the time. The inspector
must see that the concrete is made of the
proper materials and in the proportions
specified in the contract and that the mix
ture is tamped properly, as this is an i'm
portant feature in building the founda-
tons. The laying of the bitumen will re-
ceive the same careful attention. Streets
paved with basalt blocks and cobbles will
also be inspected while the work pro-
crosses.
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Additional Pensions Granted.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2.-Pensio

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2.-Pensions
have been granted as follows:
California: Original - Henry Pinkson,
San Francisco; Henry Tyson, National
Soldiers Home, Los Angeles; Samuel S.
Spangler, San Francisco. Increase-Charles
Scoville, O'Neals, MADEIRA County; William
H. Carpenter, National Soldiers Home,
Los Angeles. Reissue-Thompson Holt,
Santa Ana, Orange County; George B.
Scidmore, National Soldiers Home, Los
Angeles. Mexican war survivors = Louis
Beedle, Occidental, Sonoma County. Next
can war widows, etc.-Ann Y. Bethel, San
Jose. Widow Indian war-EliZabeth Nc
Coy, Livingston, MERGED County.
Oregon: Increase - David Mckinney,
Grants Pass, Josephine County.
Washington: Renewal and increase
Asa R. Cramer, Balch, Pierce County. In
crease - Dan Markham, Ilwaco, Pacific
County. Reissue-Charles r. Robinson,
Aberdeen, Chehalis County; Robert Zea,
Shelton, Mason County.
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ONE OF KANSAS WORST
FarmhouseS Demolished All
Along the Track of the
Storm.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
There We're Some Strange Incl
dents and MostsMiraculous
Escapes.

WICHITA, KANs., Nav "a snooio, J.,
the Eagle from Halstead Kans go.
The cyclone which late yesterday af+ernoo,,
passed through the west portion of Harvey
County, killing seven persons near Hoi,
stead and seriously injuring several others
was one of the most destructive that has
ever visited Kansas, with the exception of
such as may have taken large towns in
their sweep.
A line beginning in Sedgwick County, al
the mouth of the bridge, within gunshot of
the old Carlisle ranch, and drawn straight
in anortheasterly direction to a point a
little to the southeast of Mound Ridge. in
Mcpherson County, twenty-five miles in
length, and by actual and careful count
there is, or were, upon this line an average
of one farmhouse to the mile, every one of
which was either totally demolished or so
nearly so that in most cases it might as
well have been.
Deputy Hall is able to give an exact ac-
count of the beginning of this terrible
catastrophe. He resides five miles east of
Mount Hope, and was returning with his
wife from that place when, just after cross
ing the mouth of the bridge over the
Arkansas they observed signs of clouds,
suddenly thrown into violent eommotion,
and, after few moments, assume the
regulation funnel shape, and descend
rapidly to the earth few hundred yards
in front and to the north of them. Clouds
of dust arose along the path.
AS far as known the dead are: Four
members of the Smith family-father,
mother, son and daughter-Mrs. Joseph
Wear and three of her children, Miss Cora
S. Neff, William Armstrong, Grandma A.
Chaplin, Farmer Bachman.
Among the injured are: Joseph Wear
and child, dying; the Widow Frye, inter-
nally injured, recovery doubtful; Mrs J.
A. Cummins, seriously; J. R. Frizzell;
Jake Salinski, injured internally and on
head, unconscious; Mrs. Armstrong; Will
liam Morris, seriously; Cyrus Henson,
fatally.
One curious incident occurred at the
home of Cyrus Hinkston. The family
went into the cellar and horse was picked
up from somewhere and thrown in among
them, after which the house was torn
away without injuring any of them.
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Ger,nnnu,s Near Tarff.

BERLIN, GERMANY, May 2.-The Reich
stag to-day passed the customs tariff
amendment bill. The measure includes a
paragraph giving the Government full
powers to impose additional duties as
reprisals for hostile duties by foreign
states, but providing that discriminating
duties on goods on the free list shall not
exceed 20 per cent ad valorem. The meas
ure raises the duties on perfumes contain
ing alcohol from 200 to 300 marks and i'm
poses protective duty on quebiacho wood
used for tanning purposes. The new tariff
measure goes into effect July 1.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
TWO PARLORS SPEAK OUT.
Committees Are Appointed to
Look After Arrangements
for the Celebration.
HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED.
Some Four Thousand Members of
the Order Expected to Par
ticipate That Day.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 2.-The two
parlors of the Native Sons of the Golden
West have appointed committees to make
arrangements for the celebration of Adj
mission day in this city on the 9th OF next
September. The joint committee Is as fol-
lows:
Sacramento Parlor-Frank D. Ryan,
Theodore G. Eilers, Charles t. Barton, q.
N. Post, H. O. Tubbs, J. Nj. Henderson Jr.,
III. K. Johnson and Thomas Fox.
Sunset Parlor-P. B. Johnson, Frank
Lafferty, John T. Shelton, George Sher-
man, Louis Breuner, Otto Kaufman, A.
Cohn and r. q. Greer.
The committee met last evening and
organized by electing as chairman Thomas
Fox; vice-chairman, A. Cohn; secretary,
j. NJ. Henderson Jr.; treasurer, Louis
Breuner. The finance committee is COM
posed of all the members of the joint COM
mittee.
The headquarters of the committee will
be established at Foresters' Hall, and the
committee will meet every Tuesday even
ing. The finance committee will COM
mence to canvass the city tomorrow for
funds to help defray the expenses OF the
celebration.
1t is expected that there will be about
1000 Native Sons here during the celebra-
ton, and the Exempt and Veteran Fire
mems Associations of San Francisco will
also be in attendance. Representatives of
the San Francisco parlors were in the city
during the past few days engaging places
where their headquarters may be estab-
IiSbed d11ripo the re lehra tiOn
Secretary of State Brown, who is a
Native Son, has rendered the use of the
Senate and Assembly chambers in the
Capitol for any meeting the paTlors may
wish to hold.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
SAN JOSE HAPPENINGS,
Pacific UnitarianS Elect Their
Officers for the Ensuing
Year.
A Young Man Charged With the
Theft of a Diamond From a
JeWelry-Store.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May 2.-To-day's ses-
sion of the Pacific Unitarian Conference
was given up to the Woman's Unitarian
Conference. Rev. Lila F. Sprague of San
Francisco conducted devotional services,
after which President Rev. Eliza Topper
Wilkes delivered an address of welcome.
Mrs. Elliott, Miss Huda Carter and Mrs.
L. J. w. Watkins were appointed a COM
mittee on credentials. Reports of the
various officers were read. The report OF
the committee on credentials showed that
about 200 delegates were present from all
parts of the Pacific Coast.
Miss Sophia A. Hobe of San Francisco
read paper on "Postoffice Mission Work, u
and Miss Shook, Mrs. B. F. Gliding and
Miss Gertrude Soule made short addresses.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, Rev. Eliza Upper Wilkes, Oak.
land first vice-president Miss Elizabeth B.
Easton, San Francisco; second vice-president
Mrs. Thomas L. Eliot, Portland, Or; third vice.
president, Mrs. Jerome Catlin, Seattle, Wash.
recording secretary, Mrs. william G. Baurhyte
Alameda, CAL; corresponding secretary, Miss
Eva V. Carlin, Berkeley, Cal; treasurer, Mrs.
A. G. Freeman, San Francisco; directors for
California-Mrs. E. o. Smith of San Jose, Mrs.
Sarah T. French of Berkeley, Mrs. Eli Fay of
Pasadena; directors for Oregon-Mrs. L. w. Sit.
ton of Portland, Mrs. Rosa F. Burrel; directors
for Washington-Mrs. Thomas Slade of New
Whatcom, Mrs. Evalina Ayerst of Seattle.
At noon an elegant lunch was served in
the dining-room of the church by the
Woman's League.
At the afternoon session the newly
elected president, Rev. Eliza Upper
Wilkes, delivered an address. Mrs. Charles
H. Shattuck read paper on "Social Life
in the Church" A general discussion fol-
lowed, in which DR.. Avery and Mrs Mary
Smith of Berkeley took prominent part
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
MANY ENTRIES MADE,
Floats Arranged by Private
Parties for Prizes Offered
by Committees.
THE QUEENS PRETTY BARGE
She Is to Be Surrounded by Aids
and Attendants in Striking
Costumes.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, May 2.-From
present indications the street parade of
Thursday next will be the grandest thing
ever seen in Northern California.
Entries are coming in fast. Besides the
carnival floats there will be a number of
private floats arranged and gotten up by
individuals About thirty carriages, gaily
decorated and drawn by two or more
horses, will be in the procession. Already
fifty entries have been made OF decorated
buggies and phaetons. In the juvenile
class twenty entries have been received.
This includes dogcarts and miniature
vehicles of all kinds. Fifteen ladies and
gentlemen have already entered under the
equestrian class. Each rider and horse
will be decorated with floral wreaths.
The entries for individual cyclers are
numerous. Unless all signs fail, and they
will not in this case, the pageant will be
more beautiful than any ever seen north
of San Francisco.
The queen will have float gorgeous in
pink cream and white flowers. She will
be dressed in pure white satin and white
veil. She will have four attendants: Miss
Lulu O'Connor and Miss Adelaide Stiles Of
Healdsburg, Miss Genevieve Brown of
Petaluma and Miss Helen Markell of
Cloverdale. On either side of the queens
float there will be six guards on foot
dressed in military costume, all six feet
tall.
The Cloverdale people will have an
orange float, preceded by a silver cornet
band. Petaluma will have beautiful
float. Mrs. Wesley Wood of Fulton will
have a unique float. A hundred or more
school children will march en- costume.
Major r. J. Pye has been selected grand
marshal and he will have twelve aids.
The flower show at the City park will be
a grand success. That is the verdict of
those who have the floral fete in charge.
The interior of the pavilion is being
transformed into place of fragrant
beauty. 1t Will have the appearance of a
vast garden in which specimens Of all
natures pretty productions will be col
Iected and arranged by magic hands.
1t has been the ambition of Miss AIDE
laide Elliott and her assistants to match
in quality of flowers and originality of ar
rangement the flower display OF last year.
The show will not be exclusively a
county affair as a number of San Fran
cisco florists will be exhibitors.
The main hall where the floral exhibition
is to be held is well lighted and well venti-
lated and can easily be transformed into a
dream of floral beauty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
BRIDGE LOCATION.
Trustees Are Not Satisfied With the Rail
road Selection.


road Selection.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May AT the
meeting of the City Board of Trustees last
night, Captain Roberts of the Sacramento
River Transportation Company entered a
vigorous remonstrance against changing
the location of the railroad bridge that
spans the river to the proposed site, stu
ated 400 feet lower. He claimed that the
proposed change of locality would be a
serious menace to navigation. All bridges
constructed on piers have this tendency,
and if the bridge should be moved 400 feet
nearer the available CITY water front it
would cause the present sand bars to form
lower down the river and prevent steamers
approaching the present landings, and
no amount of dredging would obviate
the difficulty.
when the present bridge was built, !"
continued Captain Roberts, 81 protested,
but it did no good. My idea would be
this: When the present structure was
erected, the foundations were placed
about the piers that supported the bridge
then spanning the river. Those old piers,
or at least their foundations, are still in
the river, and as it has become necessary
to erect steel bridge, l am in favor of
the railroad company building upon tt"
original foundation, which will leave the
new bridge in the same locality, and pro-
duce no material change in the river bars,
and offer no further obstruction to navi-
CATION than at present exists"
This morning special meeting of the
Board of Trustees was held, to enable the
railroad officials to present their view of
the situation, but, as the company's resi-
dent engineer was absent, it was deter
mined by the members of the board to re-
quest Major Heuer, United States engineer
in charge OF river improvement, to grant
weeks extension of time in the hearing of
protests, to enable the railroad company's
engineers to present their views of the
question before the board.
1t is claimed on the part of the railroad
company that the removal of the brid ge
from its present location to the proposed
site will result in immense advantage to
the city. They state that the present
depot structure will be entirely inadequate
to meet the requirements of travel in
large city, and that all indications point
toward the fact that within few years the
present population of Sacramento will be
doubled.
The erection of a new depot, which will
be built on the plan of the Los Angeles
structure, will necessitate the filling of
China Slough to obtain a building site,
and the depot's entrance will face on
Third street, and be far more convenient
for the residents of the city, besides entirely
obliterating the slough.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
SEEKING 4 CYcLrsrs Rony

Mission of st. Louis Nan Juto the
Hitds of Erzerouns.
CONSTANTINoPLE, TURKEY, Nav q
The United States Minister, Alexander w
Terrill, has obtained from the Turkish
Government instructions for the Governor
of Erzeroum to facilitate the mission nj
William A. Sachtleben of ST. Louis. who
has been sent by the American Bicycling
Association to search for the remains Of
Frank G. LEM, the Pittsburg wheelman
who has been missing for about year and
who is reported to have been shot dead on
the road between Kourtali and Sahara.
Armenia, while making tour of the
world
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Charges against County odictars.

SUSANVILLE, GAL, May 2.-Ex-Super-
visor Hi Winchel, tried in the Justices
Court for selling whisky to Indians, was
held to appear in the Superior Court in
bonds of $1,000.
AT special session of the Board of Su-
pervisors charges were preferred against
County Physician Dozier for negligence of
duty to patients. The charges were not
proven.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
NO UNNECESSARY DELAY.
Judge Spencer Says Mrs. StanfoTd's At
torneHs Act Pr0ntptlu.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May 2.-On being
shown a dispatch this evening in which
Judge McKissick was quoted as saying the
delay in the trial of the suit of the Govern
ment against the Stanford estate was due
to Mrs Stanford's attorneys, and if an an
swer to the action was not filed soon the
Government would apply for an order de-
claring the defendant delinquent and ask
for an order of default, Judge Spencer, at
torney for Mrs. Stanford, said:
81 do not believe Judge McKissack made
use OF any such language. The bill by the
Government against Mrs. Stanford, as
executrix of the Stanford estate, was filed
on March 16 with the clerk of the Circuit
Court. The subpoena was served shortly
thereafter, fixing the appearance day May
s. and the defaulting day would be about
June 10, or thirty days thereafter. l, there
lore, do not believe that Judge McKissick
ever said that he intends asking for a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Guilty of BttrGtarN.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May 2.-The case of
Frank Clatzback, which has been on trial
for the last two days before Judge Buck,
was given to the jury this afternoon.
After ten minutes deliberation the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty of burglary in
the first degree, and recommended him to
the mercy of the court. Clatz back, in
company with John Hoag, entered the
room of T. S. Conden in Los Gatos and
stole quantity of clothing.
The impaneling of jury for the trial of
Hoag for the same offense commenced this
afternoon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Givem Sere,, Dov, to Reptv.

RIO DE JANEIRO. BRAZIL, May q
The Italian Charge d'Affaires has de-
manded that Brazil reply within seven
days to the claims made by Italy for losses
sustained by Italian subjects during the
late revolution
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Soldiers I'm Readiness.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2.-General
Schofield does not apprehend any serious
trouble with the Indians at Turtle Noun
tain, N. D., but as matter of precaution
he has ordered the troops at Fort Buford,
the nearest military post, to be in readi-
ness to proceed to Turtle Mountain at the
first sign of danger to the residents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
A Serious Riot Reported.

COLON, COLUMBIA, May 1T is stated
here that three British warships are ex-
pected to arrive at Greytown, Nicaragua,
shortly. The director of the Panama
Canal Company, who has been visiting the
isthmus, will start on his return to France
in few days. A rather serious riot is re-
ported to have occurred at Culobra in the
course of which many persons were
wo,1nded
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Killed baf q RniliT.

DUBLIN, IRELAND, May &c. L. Tay-
lor, land agent for the Marquis of Ely, was
shot and killed while standing outside the
courthouse at New Ross by bailiff whom
Taylor had threatened to evict from his
holdings. The affair has caused great ex-
citement,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03

Ohio, says: Captain John Brown Jr. died
at his home here tonight. He was "a
years OF age and the son of John Brown,
the hero and victim of the historical scene
at Harpers Ferry before the civil war.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03

A scientific publication recommends
solution of sugar of lead and alum in an
improved process for making cotton goods
waterproof, but, according to authorities
OF physiological chemistry, such goods
should never be worn next the skin, as the
salts OF lead are absorbed with ease and are
nearly all very poisonous.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03

Among the Armenians it is estimated
that from 60 to 20 per cent of the children
die from the two diseases, typhoid fever
and smallpox.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Oscar Wide a Bunkrupt.

LONDON, ENG, May 2. "A receivers
order in bankruptcy was issued this after
noon against Oscar Wilde.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
This Years. Rainfall.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May 1.-THE rainfall
yesterday amounted to LIS inches, making
total for the season to date of 49, 81 inches.
The rainfall to date last year was 11.03
inches. The rain did no damage except to
what little hay had been cut.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Captain John Bro,c, Dead.

CINCINNATI, ONO, May 2.-The Com
mercial Gazette special from Sandusky,
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default. The attorneys for the Stanford
estate have~been guilty of no unnecessary
delay. Several days ago l prepared the
demurrer, and it has been considered in
consultation with Judge CARRIER of special
counsel for Messrs. Wilson and Wilson of
San Francisco, attorneys for the estate,
and will be filed next Monday, on appear
ance day.
THE demurrer will bring up the whole
case on its merits and be pushed to final
determination as speedily as possible, or
as fast as the Government attorneys will
permit. We have the assurance of the
Acknowledgement and local Government
attorneys that they will join us in speedily
pushing the case to final determination.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03
Charged With a Diamond 4neft.

SAN JOSE, CAL, May fisherman Car
ter, young man who resides near Santa
Clara, was arrested on charge of grand
larceny to-day, the complainant being L..
Machefert, the ieweler. Machefert says
that Carter entered his store last evening
and priced some watches. He asked that
the watch be sold on the lnstallment plan,
and gave some references Mr.. Machefert
went out to see about the references. When
he came back Carter left, and shortly after
diamond which Machefert had been re-
pairing was missed. Carter would neither
deny nor admit the theft. He was taken
before Justice Dwyer, who set his examina-
ton for May 6, with bail at 5000.
Carter was arrested some time ago on a
charge of arson, but was acquitted.