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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
SHALL UNCLE SAM
LOOK AFTER OUR
SURPLUS CASE?
A Diversity of Opinion Expressed by Those to
Whom the Movement Appeals
Directly.

among the people. AS soon as the masses
learn that they can deposit small sums OF
money where it will be safe they will not
carry it in their pockets, 10 be stolen or
spent foolishly. | know that the postal
savings bank system VIII be the best thing
that could be established. In fact think
1t is one of the great necessities of the
times"
q. ID. Baldwin. president of
the Security Savings Bank:
well, l haven't given the matter any
consideration at all and am not pre- pared
to express an opinion now. Besides, you
see. | am the president Of bank, and
bankers, YOU know, would probably have
a selfish feeling in regard 10 the subject. l
will have to decline 10 give an opinion
further than to say IL might be a good
thing"
James X. AeIIy, president Of
the HIbernia Savings and Loan
Society: Il do not think that he postal
savings bank would be good thing. 1t
would have a tendency TO lie up the
money, Tor as soon as II was deposited 1t
would be sent 20 Washington. The peopIe
would not be able TO get their money out
when they wanted IL, for the Government
would have TO establish some rigid rules
In regard to deposits, for il might not be
In position to accom- modate the people
when calls were made upon it unless it
did so. The English colonies, | am told,
had trial of the system and it did
not work very satisfactorily. The money
was all shipped to England, and when a
man wanIe1 a suit of clothes he had to
make pair of boots for it, [ believe it
would be good thing if the Government
would issue a thousand million dollars
worth of bonds of sIAalI denominations
bearing low rate of interest-say 2% per
cent-so that those who had few dollars
10 spare could buy the bonds and thus
help the Government 10 build a fleet of
war vessels and strength the coast de-
lenses. But for the man who may REQUIRE
his earnings for the support of himself
and his family l do not think that the
postal bank would benefit him much. The
Government would have TO invest its
money in its bonds, and would not have
the cash ready TO pay the depositor should
any exigencY cause him to make sudden
call for it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
10 refund Montercy Bonds.

MONTEREY, Oct. IS. = An import
ant decision has just been reached by
the Board Of Supervisors OF Monterey
County relative TO the coInty's bonded
indie btedness. In accordance there with
$130. 90 of this indeb, edness will be re-
funded at a rate of interest lower than
that now being paid. Tow bridge 81 Co.
of Chicago will take the bonds-$60 900 oil
7-per-cent Courthouse bonds and SIS, 0OJ
OF 5-per- cent bridge bonds-at Al per c.n,
and will pay therefor pre- iun of $3.50.
The county will thus save annually $500
interest. The necessary special election
will be held on October 30.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
NOTICE.
Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made
by the State Board of Equali-
ZatiOu

Controllers Department, state OF California
Sacramento. Oct Der l.. 1897.
1868 of the Politica Code. no,ice i hereby given
that have received from tie State Board Of
Equalization The "Duplica Record or Assess
ments of Railways and he duplicate Record Of
Apportionment of hallway Assessments" con-
tanning the assess ens upon the property of each
OF the following named associations or corpora
tons. as fixed by said state Bead OF EqualIza-
tion for the year 1897. to wit:
California Pacific Raj road COMPANY Central
Pacific Railroad Comps Northern aliforuia
Railroad Com pany, Northern Railway COMPANY
South Pacific Coast Railroad Company, Southern
Pacific RAJ road Company, Southern California
NJ tor Road Company, Southern Pacific Rallr ad
Company (AtlanUc and Pacific Railroad com
pany ifSSeeS), san Francisco and North Pacific
galway Com pany, Southt ra California halfway
company, san francisco and san Joaqui Na.iey
hallway Company, Alameda and san Joaquin
Raiiro q company, California and Nevada Kat
road Company, Carson and Colo;ado Raj road
company, 1ualala Rivtr Railroad ompdny
Nevada Calfornia-Orego Raj wav Company. Ne
vadA County Narrow Gauge Railroad Companv
North Pacific Coas. Raj ROAD Company. Pac fc
Coast Railw ay Company. Pajaro Valley Railr' a I
Railway Company, sierra Valleys halfway Com
pany aud Pullman's Palace Car Company.
The State and COUNTY Taxes all personal
property, and one-half of the State and County
laxes on all real property, now due and pay
able and Will be de inqueut on the last MONDAY IN
November next, at O'clock P. NJ. AMI unless nad
10 he state treasurer at The Cap tot. prior there
10, per cent VIII be add ed 10 the amount thereof
and unless paid on or before the last Monday in
April next at O'Clock additional per
cent Will be added to the amount thereof
The remaining one-haf OF he State and County
Taxes on all real property vii be due and payab q
at any time after The first Monday IL January
next, and will fe delinquent on the last Monday Ia
April next, at o'clock p. NJ; and unless neld
per cent will be added to the amount thereof
f. p. COLGAN, Eta e Controller.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Summary Of the Weeks Work by
the Board.

the Board.
The following is complete summary OF
the street provements which passed
the Board of Supervisors at yesterday 5
session:
RESOLUTION ORDERING STREET WORK.
Twenty-first and York-Stormwater inlet
Valparaiso and Roacn-Pipe sewer.
Minnesota, Nineteenth to Twentieth-GradinE.
Bay and Laguna-Pipe sewer
Bay, Laguna to buchanan-Same.
Bay and Buchanan-Same.
Bay, Buchanan to Webster-Same.
Bay and Webster-Same.
" ebs er, Bay to North Point-Same.
Iwenty-third, Chattanooga TO Church-Curbs,
paving, etc.
ultop, Masonic avenue to Cole-Grading.
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION.
Q street south and Sixteenth avenue south
Cesspools cur BIS, sidewalks, etc.
@ street south, Sixteenth to Seven tenth ave-
nue. south-CurbS guJterways, etc.
Q street south and Seventeenth avenue south
Q street south, Seventeenth to Eighteenth ave.
nue. south-Curbs gutterways etc.
Ninth avenue, Point Lobos A street-Pipe
sewers. curbs, exc
Ninth avenue and street-Same
Ninth avenue. to street-PIpe sewers etc
Ninth avenue and ssreet-Pipe sewers curbs,
sidewalks. etc.
Harrison and Norwich-Pipe sewers, sidewalks,
curb, etc.
Lily avenue, Laguna to Buchanan street-Curbs
and paving
lily avenue, Octavia 10 Laguna street-Curbs
paving, pipe sewer,
Alabama and Norwich-Ppe sewer curbs. cul-
verts etc.
St Marys avenue, Mission street 10 roadbed of
Southern Pacific Railway-Pipe sewer, etc
Ninth avenue and street.-The sewers curbs
etc.
RECOMMEND D BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
ole, Eeulah to Observation-Disclosures paving.
Cole and Frederick-Same and sidewalks
ole, Frederick to Carl-Curbs and paving
Bowie avenue, Eleventh street TO northeasterIv
termination OF Bowie avenue-Same.
Central avenue and Wa ler-Bltuminous paving
Central avenue, Waller street Buena Vista
avenue-Curbs, paving, etc.
1yon, Jackson to Pacific avenue-Curbs and
paving
central avenue, California TO sacramento-sl1e-
walks
California, Central avenue TO Lyon street-Same
Twenty-third Castro to Sanchez-Same
RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE
Stockton, UFarrell to Geary-BiIumen
Bryant, Alameda to Ffteenth-Same
Bryant, Fifteenth to Sxteenth-Same.
Hampshire, Twenty-first to Twenty-secopd-
Same.
Lexi 'gton avenue Eighteenth street to svca.
more avenue-Same.
Sycamore avenue, Valencia street to Mission
Same.
Taylor, Union to Filbert-BasaIi
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
RENOUNCES WEALTH
TN A NOBLE CAUSE
Miss Florence Niles of Pacific
Grove Joins the Saliva
ton Army.
Quits Life of Luxury to Labor
Among the Poor and the
Stuff sring.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

Special Dispatch to THE CALL
PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, Oct. 18.-Miss
Florence Niles, a prominent mem Der of
Pacific Grove society, has astoni.hed her
friends by joining the Salvation Army.
She enlisted il the local corps, and being
an expert cornetist, imme lately took a
leading part With her instrument in the
hallelu iah services at the Pacific Grove
barracks.
Miss Niles is an accomplished young
woman and the daughter of wealthy
parents. The late Charles Brown of San
Jose was her grandfather.
She has given up all her accustomed lux.
uries and will go from here to Watson
vile, where she will share the fortunes OF
her fellow salvationists.
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coSTLf mar AT HowARDs

Storeho"se Containing Eight Thousand
Gallons of Wtme DestroYed.
SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 1S. = Word has
been received here that a $4,000 blaze
visited Towards, on the boundary line OF
Marin and Sonoma counties. last uirbt.
a storehouse of the Sonoma Winery. in
which 5000 gallons of wine and 1000 sacks
OF charcoal were stored, was burned TO the
ground. The building was owned BY r
Meeker and The charcoal was the property
jof Msrtinelli Co. The 5000 gallons OF
wine was the stock of r L. Orr of the win
cry. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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MRS. FENNsLL,. PROPERTY.
Corporation Formed to Manage HI,
Frssno interest..


Fresno interest,.
FRESNO, Oct. 18.-Mrs. Amanda ].
Fennell, formerly Mrs. Marceau and Mrs.
Fiske, to-day decided all of her Fresno
property to the Fresno Estate Company,
which earlier in the day filed articles of
incorporation with the County Clerk. 1t
is presumed here that the corporation, OF
which S. n. Griffith is at the head. was
organized to manage Mrs. FennelP s
property, as she does not want to be
burdened with business affairs. A few
months ago Griffith became manager for
the woman capitalist.
Mrs. Fennel's property here is valued
at about $3.50 600, and is some of the best
in the city. She owns the big Fiske build
ing, in the center OF the city, the old Grad v
Opera house property on l street, also in
the business center. handsome reside n ce
JUST back of the Courthouse, and some
lots In Arlington Heights addition. Mrs.
Fenneil is still sojourning in Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
WAN4ED TO co 40 PRISON.
Fresno PrisOner Asks the Court to Orde,
His Incarceration,

Fresno PTtsoner Asks the Court to Orde,
His Incarceration.
FRESNO, Oct. 1S.-An unusual charac.
ter OF prisoner was before Judge R sley
In the Superior Court to-day. His name
was William Taylor and he was charged
with breaking into Brownstone's store at
Selma and stealing about $3.50 worth OF
goods. The defendant arose in court inn
mediately after a deputy had brought
him in and addressed the Judge as fol.
lows:
Your Honor. broke into that store
and stole those clothes. l don't want an
attorney. L want you to sentence me
night here. / want to take my medicine
Ike man and give it to me as heavy as
you want. l deserve it,"
The court was somewhat surprised but
accom- modated The prisoner by sending
him 10 Folsom for a year.
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<FALLEy FoRD coyFLAes A11oA
Half of The Sonomn Vittage Destroyed
by Fire.

OF q Fire.
SANTA ROSA, Oct. lS.-Report reached
here this morning that half the town OF
VALLEY Ford. about twenty miles from
here, had been destroyed by fire. Loben-
STEMS meat market. big merchandise
store and mum Der of other buildings are
said to have been burned, but as the tele-
phone Office was also destroyed no further
particulars of the conaagration:have been
received here yet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
H. ". LiIienfhaI. manager of
the AmGIO-CaIifOrn Bank: Il
II. &. Denicke. president of
the California Mortgage and

Loan Bank Il think a Dostal savings
bank is good institution ana should be
established. 1t will be a fine thing for the
masses of the people, especially in those
places removed from cities where there
are no banks or representatives of banks
for it will ena bic the people to place their
money safely. L believe postal savings
banks will be just what are eeded for the
masse People who live in the country
are great deal Inconvenience as it is
and the esta blishmen. of such system
would enable them to do their banking at
the postot1ices, thereby afftrding them
great accom- N odation."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
Albert Miller. President San
EramciscO SaNimgs l-niOn: "Mlth

II TIA HCEsCO Swings u hIOn: " TN
Il good CIVIL government such as exists
N some parts Of Europe, the postal saw
ings bank would be splendid institution,
but under our present system, where
officials are changed every four years,
think it would prove to be a failure.
When a man is placed in a RESPONSE BILE
position which he kno VS. he can hold Tor
life by faithfully fulfilling the duties OF
his office he Will honestly endeavor 10 do
his best, but where the position is a
political one and subject to change on an
average of once in four years. it only acts
as an incentive to dishonest business
methods and often to downing mt thievery. :"
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The following is 2 complete summary of
the street improvements which passed
the Board of Supervisors at yesterdays
session:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours; a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys.
When urine stains linen it is positive
evidence of kidney trouble. Too fire.
quent desire to urinate or pain in the
back, is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There lie comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney reme-
dy, ful6lls every wish in relieving pain
in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary pass
ages. 1t corrects inability to hold urine
and scalding pain in passing it, OF bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to uri-
nate. The mild and extraordinary ef-
feet of SWamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for ITS wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price if-
ty cents and one dollar. You may
have a sample bottle and a pamph-
let both sent free by mail. Mention
the Mexico LEDGER and send your
address to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hampton, N. Y. The proprietor of this
paper guarantee the genuineness of
this offer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
WILD GIRL
Whose Barking Disturbed q Hotel
Flies Like a Deer From
Pursuers.

ELKINs, W. VA, June 9.-Farmers
living nea Lick, a post-office three
miles from here, have g a wild
woman, as they supposed her to be,
running through the fields. On sew
eral occasions she has been pursued,
but she proved too feet for her pur-
suers and escaped. She leaps fences
like a deer, and at night can be heard
making the most hideous noises, re-
sembling the bark of a dog or fox.
Several parties from here have
secured the woods about where she
has been seen, but none have sue
ceeded in capturing her, although they
have seen her.
Last Friday a man and young girl
about IL years of age we're seer to
step from one of the trains, and the
girls actions caused considerable
comment, but nothing was thought of
it. During the night the landlady of
the hotel where they stopped, as well
as the neighbors, claim that the girl
kept up a peculiar noise almost the
entire night. On Saturday the couple
left the hotel, and nothing has been
heard of them since. She is believed
to be the mad woman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
Fell to the :; Floor.
HIS LEGS SUDDENLY GAVE OUT.
Thomas P. Bigg, Of Cleveland, Stricken as Ne was Pre-.
pairing for a Visit to Friends.
From she Leader, oepelond, Ohio.

time, though, 1 was holding my own-wasnt
getting any worse. A short m ago /
induced to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills;
I did not expect this last venture would
prove any more beneficial than all the others
which preceded it. But l am pleased to say
/ was most agreeably disappointed. DIR.
Williams Pills are simply wonderful. L
began to use them two months ago. My legs
then were perfectly numb and e~old-nothing
could warm them. After suffering with par
alysis for more than four years, | now expert.
enee q comforting feeling of warmth in my
lower limbs. / tell you / feel like shouting
when 1 think of escaping from my bondage,
and my mind is on the subject pretty much
of the time. / intend to continue the use of
the pills until my legs are as good and useful
as they were in their best days,and ! feel that
will be soon.
"What effect have the pills had upon your
stomach I" Mr.. Bigg was asked, las regards
stomach which has been seriously out of
order for thirty-fve years is in bad shape.
Nothing used to stay on my stomach, and ]
was subject to violent fits of hiccOughing.
Then / would have TO take an opiate to get
to sleep. But now ] find that food stays on
my stomach, though ] do not suppose that
organ will ever be in first-class shape again.
Still ] am satisfied to think that it is i'm.
proved to such a degree, and that ! can eat
with a feeling of ease"
For six wears until q month ago, October,
1896, Mr.. Bigg kept a stationery and contec-
tionery store at No. 347 East Madison Ave,
directly opposite the Madison Ave. School.
He sold out his business and can now be
found at any time at No. 1913 st. Clair st.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, so cents q
box, or six boxes for $3.50 (they are never
sold in bulk or by the lO0) by addressing DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
A WOMAN'S HEAD FOUND.
It Was Buried in a Cellar at Rush
vile, Indiana.

RUsHvILLE, IND, June 1.-THE dis
covery of a woman's head buried in
earth in a cellar in the center of this
city aroused intense excitement here
this afternoon. Two boys were in the
cellar, rummaging among some old
barrels and boxes, when one of them
struck his foot against some hard sub
stance. CHANGING downward he saw
q mass of blond hair and, Selling hold
of it, brought the CHASTITY find to light.
The head is that of a woman prob
ably 35 or 40 years old. The flesh has
decayed, leaving the skin hard and
dry and pressing tightly against the
skull. There are 10 teeth, 6 upper and
z lower, looking as bright and natural
as If their owner were alive. A mass
Of short, curly, blond hair crowns the
head, with bangs in front. The facial
appearance gives rise to the belief
that the owner of the head In her
lifetime possessed great beauty. A
long cut or incision in the skull over
the right ear tells how the woman met
her death.
The discovery of the headh has given
rise to all manner of conjectures as
to the woman's identity, who buried
the head and how 1t got there. The
prevailing opinion is that the woman
was murdered elsewhere and the head
buried in the cellar. The list of mys-
FERROUS disappearance for the last
quarter of a century have been re-
viewed, but none answer the descrip-
ton of the head.
Many believe that the head is that
of Pearl Bryan, murdered at Fort
Thomas lately by Scott Jackson and
Alonzo Walling. This woman evil
IDENTIFY had been dead three or four
years, while Pearl Bryan met her fate
but a year and a half ago. The cellar
in which the head was discovered is
underneath the Parsons building on
Second street. The building has been
vacant for nearly a year. Formerly il
was occupied by a wall paper and
paint store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
SLAIN BY A CHINESE MOB.
Fanatical War Against Christians
Again Breaks Forth-A Priest
Hacked to Pieces.

VANCOUVER, B. O., June 11.-Ad-
vices received here to-day announce
that anti Christian riots have again
broken out in China, this time at Liu
Ching. A mob of fanatics, loudly pro-
claiming that Roman Catholics had
kidnapped their children, rushed sim
ultaneously on the mission buildings.
In the fierce fight that ensued three
Christians were killed outright, eight
wounded and four captured. Particu-
lars are coming in very meagerly'
The Rev Father Mazelie is among the
Roman Catholics killed.
The wildly yelling mob attacked the
rear and front of the priests resi-
dence. With the help of friendly ma
tives he barricaded the back and facec
the mob in front with a rifle, but the
barricades were broken down.
The priest was shot and his body
hacked to pieces.
Placards are being posted through.
out many districts stating that for.
eigners must be driven out of the
country. The posters declare that the
foreigners will divide China between
them, destroy their homes and steal
their children.
1t is feared that more murders will
occur, as leagues are being formed in
some districts, thousands strong, with
the avowed intention of exterminat-
ing the Roman Catholic missionaries
The missionaries refuse to leave, say
ing they will resist to the last, trusting
to providence.
The priests sent out from the Paris
headquarters are twenty : seven in
number, the Bishop being Monsignol
Cullion. There are, besides, thirteen
nuns. The mission is divided into
twenty-five stations, which are at
tended by about $4,000 Chinese OF
Manchurian Catholics.
The ecclesiastics state that the mis-.
sionaries are inclined to attribute the
atrocities which are reported from
Magnolia to robbers who infest the
country, rather than to political OF
anti-religious agitation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
BRYAN THE MAN.
Hartman Says Silver Republicans Will
Cast Two Million Votes in '98 and
Double in 1900.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 1G.-Al the
silver Republicans who attended
Tuesdays conference have departed
except Congressman Hartman, OF
Montana, and Congressman Jones, OF
Washington.
"Now, that the conference is all
over" said Mr.. Hartman, this morn
ing, "I do not hesitate to say, and
will be surprised II wed don't cast 2,0Oo,-
600 votes in 1898, and come near doub-
ling that number in 1900"
"Will these votes be cast for Bryan
should he be the nominee of the DEM
ocratic national conyention?" Con-
gresham Hartman was asked.
eyes. So long as the Democratic
party is right on the issue; 80 long as
it does not knuckle to the control of
the gold interests or make the mistake
of making the tariff the issue, If Bryan
will be our candidate"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-17
WHITE BULL WILL FIGHT.
With 800 Bucks He Says He Will Not
Be Taken Alive.

DENVER, Colo, June "a special
to the Rocky Mountain NeaDs from
Miles City, Mont, says:
There is little change in the Indian
situation. The sheriff reached the
reservation last night. 1t is generally
thought among citizens who know
Chief White Bull that he will not be
taken alive.
White Bull and his followers are al
large and 300 determined men are try.
ing to arrest him. Four companies OF
soldiers are on hand, which makes
matters very complicated, and a fight
may occur.
Orders were received yesterday by
the commanding officer of Fort Keogh
from the War Department at Wash.
ington, to inform Major Newell, who
has charge of the troops from Fort
Keogh at the reservation, to not re-
turn to Fort Keogh until further ad-
vised from that office. 1t was Major
Newell's intention to leave the reser-
walton soon. The orders were imme-
diately forwarded to Major Newell by
couriers on bicycles.