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A RESERVATION
FOR THE LEPERS
The Novel Scheme Ad-
vanced by a Local
Physician.
He Thinks They Should Be- Pre-
vided For by the Gov
ernment.
SENATORS FAVOR THE PLAN.
Only One Hundred and Fifty Thou.
sand Dollars Needed to Care for
the Unfortunates.
SENATORS FAVOR THE PLAN.

70 DR.. George L. Fitch addressed a COM
munication to the Board of Supervisors
yesterday on the subject of Government
reservation for the lepers of the country,
asking cooperation in procuring one. DIR.
Fitch has evidently made a close study of
the matter, for he goes into details regard
ing the number of lepers in the country
and the manner in which the disease was
incurred.
In his Introductory remarks DR.. Fitch
says the United States is the dumping
ground of the lepers of the world, and that
there are few States where there are no
cases. He cites Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon
Dakota, Washington and New Mexico as
States where colonies of lepers have been
| gathered aud isolated from their fellow
men. The fact that they are spread over
so great territory, in his estimation, pre-
cludes the caring for the outcasts by any
| one State or community, and he advances
| the idea that they should be amply pro-
vided for by the National Government.
| His idea is that they should not be i'm
prisoned in u pesthouse, but should be To-
Gated on large tract of land in some
| isolated section, where they could have
| plenty of free air and room and be free
| from the humiliation of being watched,
and also from the danger OF communi-
eating the disease to others. He suggests
that location be selected somewhere in
| the foothills, the Pajaro Valley, for in
| stance, wnere 2500 acres of land could be
/ purchased for about $40 per acre, or $25 600.
| The cost OF the necessary buildings and
! impleme nts he computes at $60 600 and the
| expense for maintenance, outside of what
| the unfortunates could do for themselves,
at S65 900, making total of $3.50, 0O0, which
| he SAYS would be a small sum for the
! Government to expend for so great an OBJ
ject. He computes the Der of lepers
| in the State at twenty-five and the num-
ber in the country at 800
| DIR. Fitch says he has had conversations
! with Senator White. congressman Barham
and Mcguire, and all have promised CO.
operation in an attempt TO induce the
| Government to make the necessary
| appropriation. He also says that Dr.
| Carter of the State Board of Health of
Iowa, while on a recent visit to this City,
discussed the matter with him, and ex-
| pressed a belief that the scheme was not
| only feasible, but neces ary. DR.. Carter
promised 10 use his influence with the Ma
| tional Legislature of his State to gain the
desired end.
DR.. Fitch requests the Board of Super
| visors to com mmunicate with the Super
vlsors OF the various counties in the S ate
| asking them to cooperate in the matter.
Mayor Sutro, president OF the Board of
! Health, SAID yesterday that he was hearty
| in favor of such movement, and that he
| had always maintained that the Govern
ment was the proper guardian OF the
| lerers, since the ma ajority were aliens who
came here to escape being confined in their
native countries.
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VETTER ESTATc CONTEST
A Sister of the Decedent Demands
he pronartv

N CistoT VI bne Deceuenr demands
All the Property.
Mrs. Rosine Grant has filed in Judge
Coffey's court a curt contest to the will of
the late Mrs. Caroline Vetter, which in
strument was offered for probate by F. ].
Vetter who was named as the principal
beneficiary.
Mrs. Grant declares that F. ]. Vetter is
not the son OF the late Caroline Vetter,
the alleged testatrix, and that Louise
Caroline Vetter, another iegatee, is not a
grandchild of the deceased.
The contest further sets forth that at
the time Caroline Vetter signed the pre-
tended will here mentioned she was suf-
ferfng great physical and mental weak
ness incident to the death of her hus-
band. Alfred Vetter; that f. ]. Vetter
was residing in the same house with her
and had her under his influence ana con-
irol; that deceased just prior to her death
revoked said will and instructed F. J.
Vetter to destroy it, but that he fraudu-
lently failed to do so, purposing to retain
to himself the advantages that would
accrue if the will should be declared
valid.
Mrs. Grant says that she is a sister oil
Mrs. Vetter and is the sole heir TO the
estate, which is valued at $4,000.
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ston, lots IL and 13, block 5, amended Map, Moss
Tract, Brooklyn Township: S10
Joseph ana Jane Brand nstein TO Lizzie G. Dean,
lot on n line OF Tay or avenue, 246 64 W of Caro-
line street, w 3 BY N-l22, beins the " 80 feet OF
lot IL, block A, map of portion OF original vscher
Tract, Alameda: SlO
Henry Eckley to Caroline A. Eckley, lot on \ y
line Briggs avenue. so SE of High. Sc 100 by \ h
$40
DOCK ~, Alameda Park Homestead Alameda;
gift.
Faxon d. Atherton to George A. Goodell. lot on
n + corner D ana Main streets NV 10, Ne OO,
Township: $3.50
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Disappearance of a Domestic.

Annie Girle is missing. She left her home
on Guerrero street last Friday, since when the
police and the Society for the Prevention OIL
Cruelty to Children have been looking for her.
She is domestic. No cause is given for her
olsappe arance. Her father has searched high
and low without getting the slightest trace
and he is much disturbed. Annie Girle is de.
scribed as comely looking. Another girl dis
appeared at the same time and the two are
supposed to be hiding somewhere in this CITY
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In Memory of Jacob q. Davis.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children met yesterday and elected a comm It.
tee, consisting of Colonel Sonntag, president
OF the society, and Messrs. Gilbert Pa ache aud
]. I. Milliken, to prepare resolutions concern
ing the death OF Jacob q. Davis, who was di-
rector OF the society,"
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES,
FS5 GAS FIXTURES MADE 10 ORDER;
- cheapest place in the city. ID HUF-
SCHMIDT, 1913 Golden Gate ave.
RE- BAD TENANTS ELECTED, So. COOK.
ee~S Law and Collection Office 1923 Market st
FP BAD TENANTS ELECTED FOR s4
~ collections made. citv country. Pacific
onec, ION Co AIS lion room d. To-. $3.50
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
~ DIVIDEND NO. 81 (TWENTY FIVE
w. cents per share) OF the Hutchinson Sugar
Plantation tompany will be payable at the Office of
the COMPANY, 327 Market s on and after FRI
DAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895 Transfer books
VIII close Saturday, November ID, 1895. at IL
O'Clock NJ. f. H. SHELDON. Secretary.
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SITUATIONS " MANTED-FEMALE.

| AIDES DESIRING FIRST-CLASS HELP o
all nationaiities, male or female, please call
send orders TO MISS CULLEN, 1923 Sutter st.
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SAN FRANCISCO CALL"

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco CALL
71o Market street, open until IL o'clock every
night in the year.
BRANCH oFFICES-527 Montgomery street.
corner Clay; open until $3.50 O'Clock.
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us Larkn street, open until $3.50 O'clock
sW. corner Sixteenth and Mission Streets ops"
until o'clock
EoIo Mission street, open until o'clock.
lIo Ninth street. open until $50 o'clock.
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DARBER--FoR EMPLOY MENT CALI. ~
ID p. G. BARRIERS Assn. :. FUCHS, $40 t1rant aN
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Notes.

This will be "Iadles' day. at Ingleside,
and six events aie down for decision on
the card. Secretary Leake says the ladies
are in love with hurdle races, and has fur
nished one for their edification. The card
is one of especial excellence.
Ed Purser is back in California, and now
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FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
Prices at Present Unsatisfactory, but
Prospects Better.

Fruit shipments to Eastern markets
hold up remarkably well considering
that the supply is limited and the season
well advanced, and though prices have
not, for the past few days, been all the
producer might wish, the promise Is for
nvelier trade in the near future.
Advices were received in the city yes
terday by the most extensive shippers
from their Eastern agents that the crop
of Michigan peaches were cleaned up,
and advised large shipments OF first
class peaches, which would almost GER
tainly bring good If not fancy prices.
Owing to the lateness Of the season,
and consequent late ripening Of all
kinds of fruit, the shipments of the
past two weeks have been larger than
for corresponding period last season,
and yesterday thirty-five cars were
started over the mountains, as against
thirty three cars shipped year ago.
OF the thirty-five cars, 13 were peach
es, 912 grapes and 1914 pears, and Of the
number Chicago will get IL, New York
II, Boston 2, New Orleans, Philadel-
phia, Denver, st. Louis and Minneapo-
lis 1 each, Omaha 2, and other points 4.
Large shipments of grapes and peach
es from mountain vineyards and orch
ards may be expected during the COM
ing week. and many raisin growers
have already contracted with shippers
for handling their crops.
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a bright and happy one.
The truest thing about disease is that
most of it is needless Nine-tenths of it
can be subdued by very simple remedies.
Even that most dreadful malady, con-
sumption, can be cured in o8 cases out
of hundred, if it be treated in its early
stages with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Consumption is disease caused by
impurity of the blood, and the first thing
to be done in its treatment is to make
the blood pure, rich and wholesome.
That is half the battle. The other half
is the impregnation of the blood with
cleansing, healing, invigorating medi-
cines. The Golden Medical Discov-
cry" does both. 1t first puts the whole
digestive system into perfect order, rids
it Of all impurities and from the vantage
ground so gained, reaches out to every
fiber of the body and restores all to
perfect vigor. It cures many diseases,
simply because many diseases spring
from set of common causes. The same
disorder may lead to different symptoms
in different people. What might be only
a little indigestion in one person, may
combine with a slight cold in another
and result in consumption. A treatment
that tones up the whole system is always
the safest. A medicine that Is good for
the general health is pretty sure to cure
ordinary diseases. Six cents in stamps
with this notice, sent to Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y,
will bring a large I6o page book. 1t con-
tains photographs and letters from hum
dreds who have been cured by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
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BREAK AWAY, THERE r.
How a New Yorker AStonished
Sacramento Couple.

Natives of New York are reputed to
be as sharp and up-to date as any peo-
pie on earth, and therefore not easily
taken in.
A case illustrating the reverse of this
happened in this city a couple of days
ago, when the tables were turned on a
recent arrival from the Empire State.
The gentleman in question came 1900
miles to attend the wedding of a very
dear relative in this city.
He had the general directions to the
family residence as far as the locality
was concerned, but had no idea Of the
particular house. When he got near
his destination he espied young couple
sitting together very lovingly, 1t is sup
posed, and as a matter of course
thought they were the parties he was in
search of. He stealthily closed in to-
wards the fence and through 1t shouted,
Break away, there!"
The situation may be imagined when
it became evident that he had made a
mistake and found the couple to be in
tent on a problem in algebra. Profuse
apologies were rendered and accepted.
but the New Workers. friends have a
good one on him. and II will be some
time before he hears the last of 1t.
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A SLAP IN THE FACE.

Here we go again-the legislative
arm OF the city government invading
and usurping the powers and duties Of
executive officers. 1t may be, probably
is, in consonance with the charter. but
it Is none the less bad and dangerous.
This Is an axiom which our people
must comprehend some day, namely.
that the safe. economic, good munich
pal government Is that which keeps
the legislatiys and executive and judi
cial departments wholly apart; that
whenever the legislative body Is In
vested with judicial and executive pow
ers also there follows uneconomic, un-
satisfactory and unjust government
The Board of Trustees has ordered
that hereafter the Chief of Police shall
not detail officers on beats without con-
sulting the Police Committee Of that
body. Why, forsooth? Because II Is
terms on one beat, whereas all the off,
GERS should have equal opportunity to
patrol all beats-that Is to say, things
must be passed around This amounts
TO the policemen detailing themselves.
They have 'fnfiooence" with the Trus-
tees. and can snap their fingers at their
Chief The pleasure, taste and thought
Of patrolnen rather than the good of
the city are to dominate.
The Chief, as head Of the depart
ment, ought to know best where a man
Is most serviceable to the city. 1t is
not a question of right" to shift
around, nor Of the personal desire Of pa
trolmen. It may and does happen that
a man because Of his knowledge of
criminal classes and his peculiar fit-
ness Is most serviceable on one beat
al the time, and there Is no reason un-
der the sun why he should not be kept
there II the Chief 50 adjudges.
The new order is a slap In the face
that La humiliating to the Chief and
tends to break down his authority In
the department It Is a gratuitous in
suit to him and bad government, no
matter what excuses may be offered for
tt-Shere arc none that can be suffi-
Q1AAt
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GIRLS TRAINING homie.
How tho One in San Francisco Was
Established.
The Noble Work Being Carried On
by Charitable Women and Others
in That City.

Though in San Francisco, Sacrament
responsible for it. The California Girls
Training Home found its inspiration in
Sacramento.
1t all happened about four years ago.
The inspiration was q child-a poor,
deserted, despised little girl II years
old. She gave the first impulse to the
home. The child had a mother, but
her mother { ave her away to a saloon
keeper, who was only degree less
heartless than the woman herself. She
thought only of her own freedom and
he thought only of his own pleasure.
But another saloon-keeper near at
hand heard of the transaction and-be
it said to his everlasting glory
thought Of the child.
Her new owner, for he was scarcely
less, kept her we'll guarded in the rear
OF his saloon, but the man with heart
watched his chance and stole the child.
He gave her into the care Of some Sac
ramento ladies who took charge Of the
little outcast. Inquiries were made to
find out If there was not some institu-
ton in San Francisco for the care and
protection for just such homeless chill
dren- But in ali the city there was no
place for her. So the ladies who had
charge Of the Rescue Home for men in
tho old Bijou Theater on Market street
took the child and fixed up the old
stage for her.
That was the beginning Other girls
soon came, and a house was rented
away out in the Mission on Hill street.
The Training Home was there three
years. Last spring the demand for
more room became imperative. Steps
were taken toward building. Mayor
Sutro gave a lot for the purpose, but
the question Of ways and means for the
erection Of the house was still unsolved
when a large warehouse was offered
them at a nominal rent If they would
make the necessary changes for the
needs Of the home. Although the offer
was q generous one. its acceptance
would entail a considerable amount of
expense. To change a four-story build
ing without a partition or a foot of
plaster into a place suitable for house
keeping on a large scale was by no
means a small undertaking.
I'VE regarded the offer, however" "
said Mrs. Gum. "as pZovidential and
accepted it."
Two months since the Hill-street
house was deserted and the girls
moved to their new quarters.
The new home is on Natoma street.
Natoma Is not an aristocratic
street. It lies three or four blocks
south of Market. 1t is short, narrow,
and not very clean. The houses on
either side are the wrecks of better
days and swarm with children. While
we waited to speak with the Matron
we watched the house opposite. Two
women-slatternly and dirty-from the
south of Europe somewhere, each with
child in her arms sat on the steps.
Another woman sat in an upper win
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THEY DO NOT AGREE.

Mr.. Bryan IN every speech he utters
tells the farmer, and especially the
farmer. that under free coinage silver
Will be forced UP and gold down until
thu two meet with silver at 81 20 an
ounce, and that such advance will be
Of great benefit to the farmer. On five
occasions he has been asked from the
fisor to explain how that will benefit
the farmer or anyone else except the
silver Inine-owner. and every time he
has failed to answer, or has glozed or
dodeed the question with clumsy So
phfsticatton.
Now the simple truth is that with
free coinage at 16 to 1. and silver ad
vanced to 81 20. there would be no ef-
feut at all as to the farmer. The dollar
would be then as 1t is now. Prices
would not even apparently advance
But the owner Of a silver mine would
gain and largely.
Mr.. Bryan himself contends that he
wants to cheaper the dollar and In
the next speech he declares that the ad
vance of silver to 81 % will make the
silver dollar worth 100 cents. So he
would have q cheap dollar and a 100
cent dollar at one and the same time
Tho simple truth is. as Judge w s
Mccain of Arkansas put 1t In recen,
speech, and he is the great Silverite
leader In that State. He said:
I am sometimes asked IL the remone-
tization OF silver would increase its
value % al to make the bullion in a
silver dollar equal to the present gold
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tatoes are contributed. Many Of the
rooms have been furnished by certain
ladies, one lady providing everything
for one room There are many rooms
still to furnish with everything except
the bed. The beds were all given. House
keepers know how much is left to be
done.
Mrs. Fisher is no less efficient solic-
itor than she Is a matron. She became
desperate one day when several new
girls came to the home and there were
no combs She put on her hat and went
out She returned within an hour with
combs for the entire household.
Who wants to help the girls at 14i
Natoma street? HEATHERBELL.
San Francisco, September 10Th.
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Weather Forecast.
GAS 1T Is TO GOLD"

In his Columbus speech Mr.. Bryan
said: 1--WE have the free coinage Of
gold now All we ask Is just to add the
word silver to the law, so 1t will mean
free coinage OF both gold and silver.
When we ask for free coinage we SIM
ply want the mint open to silver as it
IS to gold, because there Is unlimited
coinage Of gold now
Now, If Mr.. Bryan meant by that the
opening of the mints to silver on the
same terms as to gold, no one with
sense would cry him nay. But that is
Will accept For if they did the whole
financial question of the campaign
would be settled and drop out Of sight
long before election day.
What Bryan and the Chicago plat
form demand is admission Of silver,
free and unlimited in volume, on a
different basis than is accorded to
gold. The mintage and the stamp Of
the die Of the Government Of the
United States does not give value to
the gold coin. 1t has it intrinsically. It
goes to the mint as bullion 2S.S grains,
and comes out as a coin OF 2S.S grains
of gold. It goes in worth dollar, and
il comes out worth no more. There
is only the slightest difference in it's
two forms, due to the necessity of suffi
cient alloy to give 1t some wearing
quality It goes into the mint worth a
given sum In all the countries of the
world, and II comes out worth the
same sum, practically, in all the mar
kets Of the world. Melted, the coin Is
worth the same sum stamped on Its
face.
But Mr.. Bryan does not consent that
silver should go in as does gold He
does not want the mint opened to sill
ver as IL is to gold. Impartial and
equal treatment Is not the shibboleth
Of his crusade. He will not consent
that the silver shall be stamped SO
cents, or whatever Is its true value. To
stamp gold 100 cents and silver 63
cents would bring hot protest from
MI. Bryan. What he wants is enhance
ment Of silver by reason of the stamp
Of the Government. That is the long
and the short of the whole matter.
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dollar. / answer no. If 1 thought so
would waste no time advocating the
restoration Of the unlimited coinage Of
silver. The sole object Of remonetiz-
ing silver, as understand it. Is to Sc
cure cheaper dollar. with which to
measure and regulate prices.
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And SO 1t is beginning to develop that
the willy English after all are owners of
vast blocks Of silver mining stocks in
this country, and are really more con-
oerned in free silver coinage than anyone
has supposed. More than that, John is
not only not opposed to 1t, but extremely
anxious for it, so that the taunt the Bry-
antics have beeen tossing in the face Of
the people concerning the supposed op-
position Of the English to their scheme
oeption, a willy play.
The record-union., 1896-09-17

The wool trade has gone to ruin in
California and Throughout the United
States because Of the Wilson tariff-for-
dsficit-only. Is it expected that the men
who have suffered this loss will now
support a man for the Presidency who
in Congress announced his opposition
to the protection Of the wool growing
interests of the people?
The record-union., 1896-09-17
The contrast

The contrast
between disease
and health is as
sharply marked
as that between
d ark n e 8 s and
light. The suf-
ferings of disease
make enjoyment
of life impossible
a n d perfect
b e alth makes
even a common
place existence
The record-union., 1896-09-17
Advertisement Filed,

]. II. Liggett has filed in the Superior
Court the report of Peter Newman and
Charles J. Noack as appraisers in the
matter of the estate and guardianship
of c. Wilke, a minor.
The record-union., 1896-09-17
Articles of INCORPORATION.

The following articles of incorpora-
ton have been filed in the office Of the
Secretary Of State:
California Real Estate Investment
Company. Formed for the purpose OF
buying and selling real estate, loaning
money, etc. Principal place of business,
Oakland. Directors-Rose e. Matthews
and w. Matthews of Oakland, and Jas.
q. Jeffress, Retta Mernin and Samuel
Crozier, all of San Francisco. Capital
stock. S5OO,OOO, Of which $40, 13O has
been paid in.
Eagle Packing and Storage Company.
Formed for the purpose Of engaging In
the slaughtering Of cattle and hogs and
packing and marketing the same. Prin-
cipal place of business, Fresno. Direct
ors-John H. Schaffer, F. F. Springer.
Charles T.. Langley, all Of San Fran
cisco. and George B. Noble and w. D.
Noble of Fresno. Capital stock, SlOO,-
900, all subscribed.
Minnevla Town Company. Formed
for the purpose of dealing In real estate,
erecting and maintaining water works
and borrowing and loaning money.
Principal place of business, Los Angeles.
Directors-Frank r. Strong, James NJ
Wilde. A. F. Mills, M. E. Hammond and
G. p Randolph, all of Los Angeles. The
capital stock is fixed at 100000, of
which $500 has been paid in.
Junction Mining Company. Formed
for the purpose Of engaging In gen.
eral mining and milling business. Di-
rectors-W. H. Storms and II. ;. Dur
den of San Francisco and 9. g. 1arle,
w. A. Hall and r. S. Clarke. Place Of
business, San Francisco. Capital stock,
$3.50, 900, Of which $3.50 has been sub
scribed.
Pacific Manufacturing and Plating
Company. Formed for the purpose of
engaging in plating metals and dealing
in all kinds of plated goods. Place of
business, San Francisco. Directors
John F. Monroe, Frank r. Hayes, Alex
o. Schmidt, r. Piefer and j. 1. Piefer,
all Of San Francisco. Capital stock.
$4,000; paid in, $1,000.