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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
STEAMERS TO SAIL.
STEAMER DEFAMATION SAILS P
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A branch of the United States Photographic Office located in the Merchants Exchange, is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense.
 Navigators are cor iially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail- ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference. and the latest information always be obtained regarding lights dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce
 The time ball on top of the building on Tele- graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before neon and is dropped at noon. 120th meridian. by telegraphic signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island Cal
 notice stating whether the time ball was dropped time giving the error, if any. Is published the same day by the afternoon papers. and by the morning papers the follow Ing day ". g. HUGHES.
 Lieutenant. U. S. N. in charge.
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said General Fund shall be paid, as in tnls section hereinafter provided, all the expenses of the various depart ments of the City and County, except such expenses as are by this Charter to be paid out of the Funds specifically provided for the payment of such eX- penses. For the six months ending on the thirtieth day of June, in the year nineteen hundred, each and every of said departments shall expend the moneys set apart to each of them by the Board of Supervisors of the existing municipality. So much of said moneys set apart by said Board of Supervisors 10 the Superintendent of Public Streets, d1ghWayS and Squares for the fiscal year ending on said thirtieth day of June, in the year nineteen hundred, as snail remain uneXpended at the time this Charter takes effect, shall be ex- pended during said six months by the Board of Public Works in the opera UonS of the department committed to its charge. All the expenses of the City and County which are not to be paid out of specific funds shall be paid durine said six months out of the General Fund. Should the moneys set apart by the Board of Supervisors of the ex- isting municipality to any department of the City and County become or be exhausted at any time during said six months or should any departroent ere
 
 specifically provided for it during said six months, then in each such case the expenses thereof shall be paid out of the General Fund notwithstandinc anything contained in sections six and seven of Chapter of Article III of this Charter. Such pensions as may accrue to fremen under Article TX of this Char ter during said six months shall be paid out of the General Fund The existing munlclpahty mentioned in this section Is the existing municipality of the City and County of San Francisco, and the several funds which are to be trans terred as in this section provided are funds of said existing municipality. All the funds of said existing municipality not mentioned in this section, and which are authorized by law. shall be continued in the treasury until the ne- cessity for their continuance ceases.
 Sec. 3S. When the necessity for maintaining any Fund of the City and County in existence at the time this Charter takes effect has ceased to eX- ist. and balance remains in such Fund. the Supervisors shall so declare by ordinance. and upon such declara- tion such balance shall be forthwith transferred to the General Fund.
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the Eastern Star, of which the deceased was an active and honored member Those assisting in the days services were
 Worthy Matron Mrs. Katie Rowe. Wor- thy Patron Frank Fletcher, Associate Matron Mrs. Ada E. Hughes, Chaplain Webb N. Pierce, Marshal Mrs. Lena Hamilton, Secretary Mrs. c. c. N. Wal ter, Treasurer Kate Hess, Conductor Eva Mayon, Assistant Salo Beckwith, Warden Mary Marchand, Sentry Charles Gellett. Fife Gene Fabin organist and Fred Wright musical director. The points of the star were represented as follows: Alma Alden, Adah: Irene Debuis, Ruth; Carrie Mckenzie. Esther; Kate Johnson, Martha; Lillie F'rederickson. Electa.
 The casket was beautiful mahogany, with silver handles and trimmings. Sheaves of wheat and an abundance of cut flowers and ferns covered it. After the ritual had been carried out the lodge formed in line and passed by the coffin for a last look upon the countenance of one they had known for so long. The cortege then moved to Mountain View Cemetery. where the body was deposited oeased's husband, who has been dead a number of years.
 Numerous accounts of the manner in which Mrs. Anderson secured the sec rets of the Masonic order, which she surely possessed, have been published Her own account of the affair, and one or Wnlcn she never uTed or telling, was that it occurred in France She was living at the home of an uncle, where the Masons met. She cut a hole in the floor upstairs through the ceiling and at night watched the workings below When she was satisfied that she had the secret work she made her first visit to the lodgeroom. Dressing in mems clothes, she approached the door, gave the sig nal and when challenged gave the sig nals and signs correctly. She was ad- mitted, but it was afterward discovered that she was an impostor. In order to protect themselves the lodge, she claims, gave her the three degrees.
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and the replies were all calm denials of anytIhng suggestive of wrong. That was to be expected. but where else on this green earth could any one go to city official, hurl such insinuations at him and live?
 There is much merit and certainly ground for thought in the suggestion that the Associated Charities should handle the ipdigent funds of the county. There are five Supervisors who average about S3000 year apiece in their indigent fund On one occasion Supervisor spent s6o0o in one year-an average of $500 per month It is to be presumed that the Supervisors, before they give an order to an applicant. make inquiry as to his or her worth, but it cannot be supposed that the officer fol- lows them to the store and sees that they do not buy cigars. wine, beer and luXur- fes. instead Of necessary food. The sys- tenn at pr6sent in vogue IS perforce loose and unsatisfactory. and, therefore. ex- pensive and wasteful. The Azsocfated Charities covers all denominations, is wisely directed. has public confidence. and if it can be done legally, the Supervisors should be the first to move to be relieved of their difficult burden.
 STUART W. BOOTH.
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San Francisco data: Maximum temperature 55: minimum. 42; mean As. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECAST.
 The nressllre has risen slowly during the past twenty-four hours over the country west of the Rocky Mountains. An area or hlgh pressure lies off the coast of Northern Cali The temperature has risen rapidly over Ne vada and Eastern California In the great valleys of California the temperature is about normal. The following maximum wind velocities are reported: Fort Canby, 2S miles per hour from the northwest; Winnemucca, 26 southwest; Rain has fallen generally over Washington and Oregon. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight March 28, 1898: Northern California-Fair Monday; light northerly winds.
 Southern Californa-Fair Monday; warmer on northern coast: westerly winds.
 Nevada-Fair Monday
 J-tah-Fair Monday warmer north. Arizona-Fair Monday; warmer.
 San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Monday; light northerly, changing to westerly. winds. Special report from Mount Tamalpais-Clear; wind northwest. miles; temperature, 4S; maximum, 54. ALEXANDER McADIE,
 Local Forecast Official.
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WYMAN WINS AGAIN.
Bicycle Clubs Play Baseball and
 Ride Some Good Races.

OAKLAND, March 27.-The Elmhurst Recreation Ground was the scene of some fine sport this afternoon. The five minute pursuit race of the Reliance-Acme boys produced some fast riding. The Reliance was represented by Deakin. Bacon, Wyman and Rosenheim. The Acme riders were Smith, Sleuter, Burke and Bolt. After the first, three laps it narrowed down to a race between Smith and Wyman, with the others following. For the first three miles Smith had the best of it, but Wyman caught him in the fourth mile. At the finish a hard sprint shot Smith in over the line ahead of Wyman, but a lap behind. Wyman won in 11:03 Is.
 The best game of baseball of the season followed between the Bay City Wheelmen and the San Francisco Road clubs. In the third inning the Bay Citys scored two runs and the San Francisco Road Club three. Nothing more was marked up until the eighth, when the Bay Citys tied the score. In the tenth inning the San T1raucisco Road Club scored and went out and the Bay Cftys scored two runs, win ming by a score of to 4.
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NOW WANT A DIRECT TAX.
President Boone of the Board of Edu- cation Believes Such Measure
 Would Garry.

BERKELEY. March 27.-The defeat of the s60, 900 bonds for new high school building has greatly discouraged those who actively supported the measure, but they propose in the near future to lnauS- urate movement in favor of raising money for a new building by means or direct tax. P. R. Boone. president or the Board of Education. and a prominent member of the Good Government Club, stated this evening that the supporters or the recent bonding proposition have not yet met 10 consider just what course they will take, but that probably they WliI work to have a special election called on the question of levying a direct tax
 "A great deal of the opposition to the bonds'' he said, ''came from the voters of West Berkeley, but there were large number of East Berkeleyans who opposed the measure because they thought II was the wrong way or raising the money. To levy a direct tax would only require a majority vote and not a tWo-thIrdS vote as in the case Of the bonds, and 1 am confident that the former would carry
 ''The reason that We did not have vote on the direct tax measure ln the nrSt place was that when the money is to be raised by direct tax we cannot ask Tor more than Sl5 900 or S2o. GOO, on account or the burden on the tax payers. We really need $50 900 and we thought that this sum could be more easily raised by one bond election than by several direct tax cleo tions.'
 Reception to Graduates.
 BERKELEY. March 27.-Chief among the important innovations that will be made in the commencement week eXer- ciSeS at the university this year Is an out door reception which Regent Phebe A. Hearst will give to the members of the graduating class at her beautiful country residence near PleaSanton on Monday, May 16. A special train will carry the 200 members of the senior class to Pleas anton, where they will be the guests Of Mrs Hearst during the afternoon. Mrs. Hearst proposes to give similar recep- ton each year to the members of the graduating class.
 Berkeley News Notes.
 BERKELEY, March 27.-Word has been received in Berkeley that Charles But ters, a South African mining expert we'll known in Berkeley and a brother of Mrs. P. R. Boone of this place, arrived at Lon don yesterday from Johannesburg on his way to California, where he will settle and develop mining interests in the south ern part of the State
 Rev. J. A. Cruzan preached this evening at the North Berkeley Congregational Church on Profanity" Rev. John Coyle of the Trinity Methodist church preached on Fools
 Professor William Dalam Armes of the English department will lecture at the university tomorrow afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, on "The Study of Fiction Professor Armin o. Leuschner Of the department of astronomy at the UniVer- sity of California will lecture tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the Mark Hop kins Institute, San Francisco. on "As- | teroids." The lecture is the fourth of university extension series on astronomy.
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Marion Crawford Coming.

OAKLAND, March 27.-Readers of cur rent literature will remember series or brilliant articles from the pen of the dis tinguished novelist, F. Marion Crawford, on St. Peter's and the Vatican in the Cen jury Magazine. The announcement that this eminent man of letters will lecture m Oakland Wednesday evening upon Lec XIIf:fn the Vatican" Is one of intense interest to the public. Mir. Crawford IS a Catholic and has pursued his studies with 8 love of the theme as we'll as an in- tellectual appreciation of it.
 ''Shore Acres" at the Macdonough. OAKLAND, March 27.-The great suc- cess of f-"Shore Acres is attracting the attention of modern playwr ghts throughout the Eneish-speaking coun- tries. Numerous offers for it's production in England and Australia have been re- ceived and several foreign dramatists have tried to obtain the rights for trans Iation. Shore Acres" proves that the large. theater-going public is always readY to patronize good naive plays, and this same public shows Q preference for them to the foreign-made article. A realistic scenic production of Shore Acres:7 will be given at the Macdonough Theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
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Bark Coryphene, Asplund, r days from San Bark Albert. Griffith. IS days from Honolulu. Bktn Tropic Bird. Jackson, 40 days from Tahiti
 schr Monterey, Beck. ls hours from Bowens schr Mildred. Kindlen. days from Port BlakeIey-
 schr Five Brothers. Jensen, If hours from schr Wing and Wing. Genberg, days from schr Eva, Klitgaard. days from Port Had schr coquelie, Pearson. days from Coquille River.
 Sunday. March 27 stmr City of Puebla, Jepsen, Victoria and Stmr Homer, lessen. Eureka. Bark Ferris s Thompson. Murk. Cignik Bay. Schr Volunteer. Brissem, Grays Harbor Schr Prosper, Schroeder Grays Harbor.
 TTLEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS-Mar 2, 10 D. m.-Weather hazy; wind NV; velocity 20 miles.
 SPOKEN. Per bark Albert-Mar 23-42 B N 152 04 W. sehr Alice Cooke, from Honolulu for San Bktn Tropic Bird, from Tahiti for San Fran-
 DOMESTIC PORTS. SEATTLE-Arrived Mar 27-Stmr Dirigo, hs Mar 2s: stmr Sunol, from Alaska. SEATTLE-Sailed March 27-Brk Mercury. fr Dyea; stnlr Farallon, for Dyea; stmr Dora for Arrived Mar 27-stmr Australia, i'm Dyea: stmr New England. hence Mar IS ASTORIA-Arrived Mar 27-Schr J Col man. hence Mar 1S
 FORT BRAGG-Arrived Mar 27-Schr Bar bara HernsteT, hence Mar 2a. SEATTLE-Saied Mar 2T-Stmr Sunol and schr Jas Garfield. for San Francisco. ASTORIA-Sailed Mar 2T-Stmr Alcatraz, for San Francisco
 FOREIGN PORTS PAPEETE-Sailed Feb 10-Brig Geneva, for Hilo.
 Arrived Mar 27-Schr Falcon. hence Jan 16 Tn port Feb I5-Fr bark France Cherie, prob ably for San Francisco.
 TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK-SaiIed March 2S-Stmr Edam, 0oTEENSTOWN-s Sailed March 2s-Stmr Lu- cania- for New York.
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ures at ..ation indic1.e maximum temperature for the days: those underneath it, if any. the amount or rainfall, Of melted in inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours Isobars. or solid lines, connect points or equal air pressure; isotherms, dotted lines. equal temperature The word high means high barometric pressure and is usually accompanisd by fair weather: low refers to low pres sure and is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains Lows uSnaliy S first appear on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high in the interior and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, rain Is prooaole; marked curvature rain south of Oregon is i'm. probable With high" in the vicinity or idaho and the pressure falling to the Can, fornia coast warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
MAY DAY RACES
 AT PLEASANTON Horsenen Meet the Business Element and Lay Their
 Plans. The Money Pledged and Necessary Committees Put to Work
 at Once.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 QnS RrnadWaY March N.


 Pleasanton decided last evening to have a May Day celebration and over S3000 was subscribed at a meeting of those interest ed. The meeting was held in Rose Hotel and attended by all of the horsemen of the vicinity, as well as many of the busi- ness men. A committee was appointed to take charge of affairs and another meet ing will be held Wednesday evening.
 The general sentiment among the horsemen was that a day of races, even though for small purses, would be of great benefit to them owing to the showing they could make of their horses before taking them East.
 Thomas Keating stated that he would enter his string of horses, including Searchlight, Anaconda and Dione. Andy Mcdowell will enter Carl Kearney, Lena N. and Jack Atkins; William Murry, Di- ablo; Charles Griffith, Flying Jfb, Agate and Direction. The Merriwa Stock Farm will have Miss Margereth, imported Ivy and Highland Ball; pr. Leak, his name sake and others. The races will be mixed and open to the world, to be held during the first week in May.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
EARLY MORNING BLAZE.
Heavy Insurance Upon a Light
 Stock in a Fruitstore.

OAKLAND March 27.-The fruitstore of x. c. Lyakis. 1231 San Pablo avenue. corner of Sixteenth street, was discovered on fire shortly before 3 o'clock this morning. An alarm was sounded. and in a minute or two the Fire Department was on hand
 erty of Charles JurgenS. The goods in the store were insured for $1200 in the Hartford. Chief Fair and the police de- clare that there was not over $50 worth of goods in the store. The owner, Chief Fair declares, was burned out once in San Francisco. and a man who emp oyed him twice suffered loss by flames. 4
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
STANDARD FACTS IN COOKING.

All dry materials should be sifted be- fore measuring.
 A cup holding just half pint is the standard measuring cup.
 A cupful is all the cup will hold with out running over-full to the brirp. A scant cupful is within a fourth of an inch of the top.
 A tablespoonful of flour, sugar or butter is a rounded tablespoonful.
 A teaspoonful of salt, pepper and spice is a level teaspoonful.
 A heaped spoonful Is all the spoon will hold.
 Half a spoonful is measured by divid- ing through the middle lengthwise.
 A speck is what you can take on the tip of a penknife.-Sallie Joy White in March Woman's Home Companion.
 Tho avarape IaDpth of Iifa iS tbirtv-opa a
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Francisco. The game was exciting throughout, being no ones game until the ninth inning, when the college boys be- came the victors by a score of II to lb.
 The excellent battery work of Raymond and Heyfron of the college team proved very effective against the visitors. Ray mond struck out twelve men.
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Death of Franklin L. Perkins.

AIAMEDA, March N.-FrankIin T.. Perkins. aged 69 years. died in this city at an early hour this morning from drop sv and complication of other troubles. lie was a native of New York and had resided in this city for twenty-eight Years He was a weI-known mining man. and had been wealthy, but of late years had lost much of his property. He leaves a son and daughter. His fu- reraI vii take place on Tuesday at ? D.
 m from the Masonic Temple, and inter- ment will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
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thorough investigation is being made to ascertain the cause of the fire.
 The second story was occupied as resi- dences by numerous families. The shell was so filled with smoke from the corner that Chief Fair had hard work getting the families out to prevent them being suffocated. The total loss on building and goods will not exceed $500.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
An Eastern Star Chapter Conducts All the Cere-
 monies.
Mrs. Anderson Claims to Have Been the Only Woman
 Mason.
Spied Upon the Lodgeroon and Entered, Which Caused Her
 Initiation.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 908 Broadway. March 27

The funeral Of Mrs. Saloma Anderson, who claimed to be the only woman that was ever initiated into the Masonic fra ternity, took place this afternoon at the Masonic Temple. The beautiful hall was crowded with the friends of the deceased, besides a large number of the curious.
 The services were conducted by the off, cers of Oakland Chapter No. s, Order of
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
Willing to Try Anything to Get a Clean Gov-
 ernm ent.
Cannot Expect It From Men Who Are Interested in
 JObbery.
The Associated Charities Might Be the Means Of Saving Much
 Indigent Money.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 QnS RrnadWaN March 97

There are. no doubt, many arguments yet to be brought forward on both sides of the consolidation question, but the Merchants Exchange and Board of Trade. in their reports on the question, have put forward one unanswerable point in it's favor.
 They both agree that anything that will break up the present corruption in the
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FOR THE BETTER.

Patriotic illusions are now the most reliable means of evoking applause in theaters. If they can replace the drearv y1lgarity that has been occa- sionaily offered assurances that every clond has it's silver lining will be re- newed.-Washington Star.
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"shore Acres, at the Macdonough.

HOT RUN FOR A HOSTILE SHIP.
 A gun tested near Washington last week threw shell over ten miles, which means that a hostile ship would sbe under fire for twenty miles in pass ing a battery. Such target practlce will make it interesting for the snip Globe-Democrat
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OAKLAND, March 26.-After several years of desertion the old Piedmont Springs grounds are being transformed into a garden spot that will be fea- ture during the coming season. The realty syndicate, under the direct su- pervision of it's secretary, Frank C. Ha- vens, has adopted the design of D. F.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
Baseball at the College.

OAKLAND, March 27.-The college campus this afternoon was the scene of a most hotly contested game of ball be- tween the college nine and the Y. M. I. of the Holy Cross Parish team of San
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

Sunday March 27. stmr washtenaw. Crosscup, 80 hours from stmr Arcata, Macgeen. 4s hours from Coos Bay. Stmr Newsboy, Ellefsen, 20 hours firm Usal stmr Gipsy. Leland. % hours from Moss Landing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
FOR SAN JOSE. LOS GATOS and SANTA efl7

Steamer Alviso leaves Pier l daily (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays excepted) at D. m. Freight and Passengers Fare between San Francisco and Aiyiso, soc: to San Jose 75c. Clay street, Pier l. Al North First street, San Jose.
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WEATHER REPORT.
1oOth Meridian-Pacific Time )

n2Oth Meridian-Pacific Time.)
 SAN FRANCISCO March 27. p. m- The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date as compared with those of same date last season, and rainfalls during the past twenty-four hours:
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Oliver, architect, for a clubhouse to be erected upon the site of the old hotel.
 Concerts will be given in it as the occasions warrant and every effort made to secure the patronage of the best class of people in the city. The opening of the grounds and building will soon be one of the social events
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
Proposed Clubhouse to Be Erected at Piedmont Springs

of the late spring The standing of the promoters guarantees the set that will attend this function.
 Walks are being laid out, fountains placed and rustic bowers erected throughout the extensive yard which will be we'll worth a trip to see when completed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28

NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide. and the last or right hand column gives the last tide of the day, except when there but three tides as sometimes occurs. The heights given additions to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts. except when a minus sign e precedes the height and then the number given is subtractive from the depth given by the charts The plane of reference is the mean of tho lower low waters.