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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
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Market and Jones Streets.

live). This is our home, and we should
make it attractive and worth living in.
THE boulevard that we are going to
have on Folsom street from Sixth to Nine
teenth is movement in this direction.
This will cost about $35, 600. Bat this is a
small recompense for the thousands of
dollars that the Mission property owners
have paid in taxes for improving other
portions of the City"
Ex-Sheriff C. s. Laumeister is in full &C.
cord with the spirit of improving the
southern portion OF the, City. He said
when spoken to on the subject: "Why,
of course L am in favor of the high school
and of the park and of everything that
will tend to improve San Francisco and
make it attractive.
Suppose that the taxes are few cents
in excess of what the people have been
paving. This is nothing as compared to
the amount of money that is taken out of
San Francisco yearly by her own people
places to spend the summer. If this or a
portion of it were spent at home to make
improvements and beautify this City we
would more than make up what we pay in
taxes by having Eastern people come out
here to see our beautiful City. And when
they did come and see for themselves that
in addition to our climate we had an ele-
gant c1Jy UQey WOulu SettIe mere anu invest
their money in our products.
1.-THE time has come when San Fran
cisco should cast off its boys clothing and
assume man-like proportion. We are
no longer an overgrown village, but big
city. Therefore let US get to work and inn
prove every portion of it. the Mission in
cluded; build schools, open and improve
the public parks, pave the streets with the
very best material, and make San Fran
cisco an ideal city in fact as well as in
name"
Ex-Supervlsor C. w. Taber of the Mis-
sion is in full accoro with those of his Sec
ton of the City in desiring to improve
not only the Mission, but the entire City.
He said:
1--WE should have boulevard running
from the Mission out to the park and
round the beach to the Presidio, where
another park should be. Again. Park
Hill should be improved and sloping
drive made into the proposed park in the
Mission.
1.-THE people of one accord should wake
up and bring San Francisco in touch with
other big cities. See what progress and
improvement has done for Los Angeles
and other places throughout the State,
and all this time San Francisco is retain
ing its round headed cobblestones and
wooden sidewalks, while the people who
can afford it 60 elsewhere to hunt for nice
cities.
''But am pleased to see that there is a
movement on foot to wake the people up
from a quarter of a century sleep into
which they have fallen, and while they
were asleep the City has been growing in
patches. The portions occupied by poor
people have had poor Improvements and
the rich the reverse. until there is no SINH
larity between any two sections either in
the buildings or the condition of the
streets.
at is time to change this mode of max
ing a city great and attractive so as to at
tract the attention of strangers who come
among llso
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our big children and park for our little
ones and their mothers, so that we need
not go out to Golden Gate Park for lung
ful of good, pure air"
James d. Phelan, one of the progress
sive young men and extensive property
owners, added his views to the subject in
the following words:
'sThe Mission has many claims on the
City at large and should receive the atten-
tion of the City Fathers.
1.-The early missionaries chose it as the
most desirable spot on the peninsula for
residence and it is historic. Electric and
other railroads are drawing San Francisco
closer to San Mateo and better roads are
demanded, and through the Mission all
this new traffic must pass. 1t is on the
line of growth. It's climate and the extent
of its territory, running indefinitely south,
is the only outlet to the City, and it
should be made attractive so that growth
may be stimulated. The City will get the
benefit in increased population and values
for taxation. The population will come
from the bay towns, as Oakland, Alameda
aud San Rafael, where people 60 for
climate. But we must have high school,
as we now have other schools, and a
branch library; and we must have park
for children and families who are neces-
sarily compelled to live on narrow lots.
Other parts of. the City are SO favored and
we simply demand our rights and fair
treatment"
George D. Shadburne, prominent at
tornev and moving spirit in improving
the southern portion of the City, gave his
views on this subject as follows:
''We of the southwest portion of the
Mission are twenty-five years behind the
age. Had it not been for Judge Van
Reynegom, Major B. Kinney, T. V.
Brien and few other go-ahead citizens
we of the outside Mission district would
be burning tallow candles or coal-oil and
drawing water out of wells with bucket
and rope unless we were able to erect a
windmill.
Gwen now there are not water mains
throughout the entire Mission district.
Where l live, on Twenty-fifth street and
Hoffman avenue, the Spring Valley w later
Company is just putting in pipes, and il is
but short time since we got the gas out
there.
$50 disgusted over these things have
got that have made up my mind to sell
my property in that section and move into
the City, so to speak. l have bought a
home on California street, where | intend
to live the balance of my time. have got
tired fighting for improvements In the
Mission, vet | am glad to see THE CALL
take its present stand in aid of improving
not only the Mission but the whole City.
1.-THE southern portion of the City covers
one-half of the area of the City with two
thirds of it's population, and yet there is
no high school or public park, while the
Western Addition, that was not inhabited
when the Mission district was well settled,
has parks and schools and good streets.
"Even proper police protection has been
denied the people out in the Mission until
very recently. With all this many of our
progressive citizens throw back their
shoulders and say, Time and patience
will make all things right This may be,
but we of the Mission have doubts as to
the principle and rather believe in Dunn
vivimus vivamus' (Let US live while we
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independent power, and would be in COM
petition with the others. The rivalry
would make the roads better for the
people.
Some Of the leases, he stated, he would
hold to be void. because they were exc
cuted without the express authority of the
powers granting the franchise. The Cali
fornia Pacific and South Pacific Coast
leases would be regarded as void, because
they were executed prior to the legislative
amendment of the charter in 1888.
At that time, he would hold, the COM
plainant had no power to enter into that
kind of contract in this State. He ex-
pected to show that the Southern Pacific
Company of California is operated at
profit and pays deficits of the other di-
visions.
The Central Pacific, he averred, is both
Federal corporation and State corpora
tlon. In the Government bill of in
tervention it was held to be a Federal
corporation. 1t is different from the Union
Pacific, which is wholly Federal corpora
ton. In the view that he presented it is
California corporation, but is also operated
under important and valuable franchises
under the Federal control.
The Southern Pacific Company of Cali
fornia is alleged in the bill of intervention
to be a California corporation, which is
true in the same sense of the Central Pa
cifc. On account of its franchise the lease
could not be executed without consent of
the Government.
Mr.. Fitzgerald then took up the consia-
Grafton of the right of Federal corpora
tions or State corporations acting under
Federal franchises to convey by lease for a
long term of years all their property and
franchises to another corporation, or to
the Southern Pacific Company. He ar
gued that the execution of these leases
without permission from the powers Gre
ating the corporations was void.
HAS the State of California ever given
power for the lease of these railroads? ?'
was the point of the argument at the be-
ginning of the afternoon session. The
Attorney General discussed the question
at great length and cited case after case in
support of the position maintained by
him. The quotation of authorities occu-
pied the entire afternoon.
The argument by Mr.. Fitzgerald will be
resumed this morning,
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States Circuit Court yesterday, presenting
to Judge McKenna the side of the defense
in the case of the Southern Pacific Com
pany against the California Railway Com
mission.
This case is the fight of the railroad
company for permanent injunction to
restrain the commission from ordering re-
ductions in the wheat transportation rates.
The railroad representatives were pres
ent in force, and several other lawyers re-
mained in court to listen to the eloquent
presentation of the arguments for the
people.
The Attorney-Gereral began by review
ing the story of tbs great Western railroad
system, with the consolidation of the Cen
tral Pacific and Union Pacific roads, the
California Pacific road, the South Pacific
Coast road and the Northern and Northern
California roads.
But for the consolidation of this system
of roads ach of the railways would be an
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WAS IN GOOD STANDING.
An Interesting Decision Rendered by
Judge Hunt.

An Interesting Decision Rendered by
Judge Hunt.
Judge Hunt has rendered decision of
considerable interest to lodge members.
He says when a man is not given the
chance to pay his dues he cannot be held
in arrears.
The decision was in the case of Mrs. f.
Miller, who was suing the E:ntracht Bund
for $500 due upon the benefit policy of her
husband, who was before his death men,
Der of the bund. The policy was rejected
because Miller was said to be delinquent.
His death occurred on January II. 1895,
and be had not yet paid his dues for the
Decem Der before; but Judge Hunt holds
that his dues, while due on the first meet
ing in Decent ber were not delinquent until
the last meeting. The day for the last
meeting fell on Christmas and the first
meeting in January fell on January 1, a
legal holiday. Miller was dead before the
next meeting night and Judge Hunt ruled
that he was in good standing, having had
no chance to pay his dues before the time
OF payment expired.
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From sketch By "CdU" staff artist. ]

painter, fell off scaffolding and his leg
was so badly injured that it had to be
amputateo. Since then he has not been
able to support the family, and they. have
been living in filth and squalor, while the
mother was in constant state of inebriety.
There are four children, Mary, 16 years
of age, John IL, Katie and Annie 5.
Mary ran away from home about week
ago, and yesterday the officers found her
in the house of Mrs. Smith, 213 Twelfth
street. There are only two beds in the
house and Mrs. Smith, her three grown-up
daughters, the girl Mcnamara and man
named German, who claims to be Mrs.
Smiths husband, occupied them.
Mary Mcnamara was booked at the City
Prison for the Magdalen Asylum and Mary
Smith, IL years of age, one of Mrs. Smith S
daughters, was booked for vagrancy. The
three other Mcnamara children were sent
to the Youths Directory.
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STANFORD TO CELEBRATE
A Jubilee Concert at the Met.
ropolitan Temple To-mor.
row Evening.
Everything Will Be Cardinal-A Pros.
pect That the Aggregation
Will Go East.

Tomorrow night the Stanford Univer-
sity Glee and Mandolin clubs are going to
give rousing concert in the Metropolitan
Hall. The chief purpose of this concert,
which will be the first of series, is to
celebrate the recent victory in the suit by
the Government against the Stanford es-
tate. The boys are preparing, tiguratively,
of course, to paint every town red, and no
doubt they will carry San Francisco by
storm. as the Berkeley Glee Club and the
Stanford Mandolin Club did last year.
The combination this year, however, is
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
HOSIERY And UNDERWEAR I!

At Is Cents a Pair.
$50 dozen CHILDREN'S BLACK RIB
heels and toes, warranted fast black,
regular value Zoe.
At 25 Cents a Pair.
125 dozen MISSES REAL MACO COT
TON HOSE fine ribbed, double knees,
heels and toes, Hermsdorf dye, black
and assorted tan shades, regular value
81 20 per dozen.
At 25 Cents a Pair.
200 dozen LADIES' EGYPTIAN COTTON
HOSE, extra highAspliced heels and
toes, black and assorted tan shades,
will be offered at 25c pair.
At 33M Cents a Pair.
175 dozen LADIES' BLACK LISLE-
THREAD HOSE, Richelieu ribbed,
high-spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf
black, regular value SOC.
At. 25 Cents Each.
rs dozen CHILDREN'S JERSEY RIBBED
EGYPTIAN COTTON VESTS, high
neck, long sleeves. PANTS to match.
Extra good value for 40c.
At so Cents.
so dozen LADIES' SWISS-RIBBED
FRENCH LISLE-THREAD VESTS,
low neck and sleeveless, slk-braided
neck ard arms, cream, pink ecru, sky
and black colors, will be offered at SOC.
PARASOLS! PARASOLS!
At $1.OO.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS. in silk Gloria,
lined in black, will be offered at 81.
At $1.5O.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in silk Gloria.
double rufae, in black, will be offered
at 81 so.
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LACE DEPARTMENT.!

At 15c to $3.50 a Yard.
BATISTE LACE INSERTIONS AND
BANDS, linen shade, the latest trim
ming.
At. SOC to $3.50 a Yard.
BATISTE LACE EDGINGS AND ALL
OVERS, in linen shade.
At Csc to $1.75 a Yard.
ISIGNY, POINT LIERRE AND MA
LINES LACE, in all widths and
Bands to match.
At 2Oc to $1.5O Yard.
ISIGNY AND IVORY POINT AP-
PLIQUE LACE, in all widths.
At 1Oc to $3.50 a Yard.
CREAM AND BLACK CHANTILLY
LACE, all silk, in all widths.
At 6Oc to $500 a Yard.
BLACK MOUSSELINE DE SOLE AP-
PLIQUE LACE, Honiton Braid eff
fects, with Bands and Allovers to
match.
At 21zc to SOC per Yard.
FRENCH VALENCIENNES LACE, in
white and butter, an endless variecy.
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POVERTY AND DRINK.

Mrs. Mcnamara Arrested for Cruelty
to Children.
Mrs. Kate Mcnamara, Al West Mission
street, was arrested yesterday by Officers
Holbrook and McMurray of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
on the charge of cruelty to her children.
Recently her husband, James Mcnamara
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

The bedrooms of the Orient are far diff
ferent from those of Christend ON. Fully
half the women of the world sleep upon
the floor of the ground, and even the rich
est of the ladies of Asia have never known
the luxury of hair mattresses and spring
beds. Most of these Mongolian beauties
do not know what feather pillow means,
and the Japanese pillow consists of a
lump of wood about the size of loaf of
bread, with piece of soft paper tied on
the top Of it. so that it will just fit into
Yum Yum's neck, and prop ner head off
the floor.
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THE LIGHT TRUST.

When the Contracts for Lighting Streets
and Public Buildings Will Expire.
The negotiations for the consolida-
ton of the San Francisco Gas Company
and the Edison electric-light corporation
are still pending. 1t is said that the gas
company has presented its ultimatum to
the other corporation.
The contract for lighting the streets of
San Francisco expires August 1. The
present contract for lighting public build
ings of the City will terminate May l.
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Railway extension in Burmah is carried
on under exceptional difficulties. Tun-
neling and rock-cutting work on the last
section of the Mn Valley Railway extern
sion has been stopped in consequence of
the Indian artisans and Burmah laborers
having absconded, the insalubrity of the
place and the high price and scarcity of
food supplies.
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Pixley,s Estate.

The estate of Frank NJ. Pixley has been ap-
praised at $9361 90. The principal portion OF
the estate is contained in promissory note
made by Maurice Dore for $5446 80. There
ire other smaller notes and quite number of
no value. Most OF these notes grew out OF the
exploitation of townsite in the San Joaquin
Valley known as Pixley, which failed. He had
three pieces of land, each OF small value.
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GLOVES I! GLOVES!

At rs Cents.
1000 pairs SHOOK UNDRESSED KID
GLOVES, in mode, tan and slate
shades, regular value 81, will be offered
at 45c pair.
At so Cents.
1000 pairs BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, col
ors mode and slate, regular value Soc,
will be offered at SOC pair.
At 65 Cents.
1000 pairs s-BUTTON LENGTH NOUS
QUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID
GLOVES, in tan coIors and black,
regular value 81, will be offered at 65c
apair.
At IS Cents.
1000 pairs 6-BUTTON LENGTH NOUS
QUETAIRE G II A MOIS SKIN
GLOVES. in natural color and white,
regular value 81, will be offered at 65c a
pair.
At rs Cents.
$50 pairs SHOOK KID GLOVES. colors
and black. regular value 81 25. will be
offered at 75c pair.
At 80 Cents.
900 pairs 4BUTTON KID GLOVES Qarge
buttons to match gloves), all shades
and black, regular value 81 so, will be
offered at 9Oc pair.
WAISTS Z CHILDREN'S
At $1.5O.
CHILDREN'S DUCK SUITS, sizes to
10, full skirt, blouse waist finished
with deep sailor collar, will be offered
at 81 so each.
At $1.OO.
LADIES' STRIPED AND FIGURED
LAWN WAISTS, yoke back, extra
full sleeves, perfect fit, will be offered
at 81.
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The olive has been grated on a juniper
peach on a myrtle, pears on oaks, apples
on plums, mulberries on figs, a rose on an
orange, carnations on fennel, peaches on
mulberries, and red and white grapes, with
peaches and apricots, on the same stem,
for, as all buds are distinct, the stem fur
nishes nutrIment.
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MEMS BOYS FURNISHINGS /!

At Is Cents.
200 dozen ALL-SILK WINDSOR SCARFS,
in assorted opera shades, navy and
white figured, black, light, fancies, ETC.,
extra value for 25c will be offered at
15c each.
At 25 Cents.
$50 dozen BOYS CALICO AND CHEW
lot WAISTS, made with two pleats
in back and front, in variety of hand
some patterns, worth SOC, will be Of
fered at 25c each.
At 35 Cents.
rs dozen BOYS Eau NTL E r o Y
BLOUSES, in very handsome patterns
and all sizes, worth 65c, will be offered
at 35c eacn.
At so Cents.
IS dozen MEMS FANCY TRIMMED
NIGHTSHIRTS, made of good, heavy
muslin. and trimmed with silk and
embroidered trimmings, extra value
for 75c, will be offered at SOC each.
At 60 Cents.
50 dozen MEMS LAUNDRIED "STAN-
LEY" SHIRTS, with collars and cuffs
attached, in choice variety OF new
patterns, worth 81, will be offered at
60c each.
At 81 LOO.
As dozen MEMS TWELVE THREAD
BALBRIGGAN UNDERSTANDS and
DRAWERS, in vicuna shades, fancy
silk finished, will be offered at 81 each.
PARASOLS! PARASOLS!
At so Cents.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria, in
black only, unlined, will be offered at
SOC.
At Is Cents.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria, ruff
fled trimmed. unlined, will be offered
at 75c.
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LADIES GOWNS!

At so Cents.
LADIES' GOWNS, made of heavy muslin,
lined back, tucked yoke, will be offered
at SOC.
At $1.OO.
LADIES' GOWNS, made of Wamsutta
muslin, deep square collar edged with
embroidery, full sleeves, regular price
81 25, will be offered at 81 each.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

The Salters' Company, whose trust and
corporate income amounts to f21 900, gives
about $1,000 year in charity, besides sup
porting almshouses for many aged couples.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

The cooperative societies of all kinds in
Germany number 841S.
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NR.;*
~ Murphy Building,
Market and Jones Streets.

lin clubs, Zulu Dance" Mandolin Club;
OWellsj, ". Bittle Wells ewing Tee Wee,
Glee Club; barytone solo, .'on the Rolling
(Ganne), Mandolin Club; vocal solo. ma Lit
tie Youngster," Charles l. Dillon; "Courtship"
(Thayer). Glee Club; stamford University
March" (Kanfman), Mandolin Club; "My Old
Kentucky Home" (Foster), Mr.. Abbott and
Glee Club; "Angeline,' Glee and Mandolin
clubs
The members of the clubs are:
Glee Club: First tenors-shirley Baker, W.
A. Sutherland, Edward C. Sewall; second
tenors-Charles G. Decker, G. W. Bush, W. C.
Mcneil, F. A. Schneider; first bass-Charles B.
Pinkham, Phil f. Abbott, w. T. Young, Tarn
McGrew; second bass-Guy Cochran, A. G.
kaufman, C. Van H. King, W. J. Schlacks;
leader, Shirley Baker; manager, w. A. Suther-
land.
Mandolin Club: First mandolin-W. Bittle
Wells, Edward C. Sewall, Thomas K. Code;
first guitar-George B. Wilson, William L. Nc
Guire, B. d. Weigle; second mandoIin-A. G.
Kaufman, E. 1. Bartholomew; second guitar
H. H. WEIGH, L. E. McChesney, H. S. Sladen;
ndola, Charles l. Dillon; leader, A. G. Kauf-
man; manager, w. L. Mcclure.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

A new system of packing butter which
does away with cold chambers is being
tried in Australia. The butter is being
packed in cubical boxes made of glass, the
joints being covered with adhesive, grease
proof paper. The boxes vary in size, hold
ing from one pound to 200 pounds. When
box is filled it is covered with a quarter
of All inch of plaster of paris, and this with
the prepared paper or canvas.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

Attorney General Fitzgerald argued
through the entire session of the United
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-09-22

and therefore Fl say to you nat IL there
| liz one person here who believes that
this nation should maintatn its present
gold standard until foreign nations help
us TO Jet it go, that person ought not TO
vote for me for j will not carry out
his ideas.
am willing to submit to the Ameris
can people any question, however great,
and abide by their decision, whatever
1t may be, until 8the American people
themselves reverse that decision. But
1 am not willing TO submit the most
Srihing question that effects our domes-
tic affairs to foreign Intervention or
the aid and consent OF any other nation
on earth, applause.
IL is not necessary to speak to silver
men. III there Is an advocate OF the
gold standard here, want to show that
gold standard Ito him until he viii be
ashamed to look his fellow men in the
face and say he wants It., (Cheers.) We
are opposed to the gold standard be-
cause it makes money dear. Dear
money makes. cheap property and
cheap property makes hard times.
Hard times makes every producer of
wealth taste OF distress, and out of
those who would be employed it makes
idle men, and out of idle men it makes
men 1t makes criminal men. The gold
standard means more of crime and u
larger army to keep the criminals in,
subjection!
We have not all the newspapers with
US. In this light. "a voice: 1--WE have
got the people," We have not all the
newspapers with Us, but an editor only
votes once. daughter and cheers.) An
editor only votes once, and have
known some editors who had SO little
influences over their own conduct that
they could not even control the vote
that the1aw gives them. Great cheer
Ing. and laughter.) We would like to
have the newspapers with US because
we hate to have our people get mad
every morning when they read the pa.
pHrs (Gccat 'aughtor) [ don't know
Gf oue thing that has caused so many
people to forget! the resolve they made
on the first of the year never to swear
again. / don't know of any one thing
that has made so many break that
promise as the gold editors. They say
We don't think. / affirm the advocates
of free coinage are the people in this
campaign who apply natural laws to
the money question and carry into tho
discussion OF finance the same intelli-
gence that is used in ordinary bus mess.