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Supervisors Doubt the Justice Of
The Assessments.
It Is Claimed That No Equalization Of Tax Burdens Has
Been Made, and That the City Has Been Placed
at the Mercy Of the State

ed. It cannot be considered absolutely
settled.
When 1t is announced the taxpayers
will believe that they are the recipients
Of a phenomenally low rate If the
courts decide, however, that the taxa
tion Of bonds is Illegal there will be a
deficiency In the funds amounting TO
> cents on every hundred dollars in as
sessed valuations. Taxpayers will have
received only a temporary and fictitious
benefit. which will be destroyed by
heavier taxation next year.
At best. therefore, Assessor Dodge's
determination to tax Quasi-public and
corporation bonds will result in confu-
sion. A member of the Board of Su-
pervisors suggested yesterday that the
matter ought to be tested in the courts
without subjecting the municipal gov
ernment to the hazard Of confusion
which seems almost inevitable. A test
case could be made, it is urged, and in
making such a test the assessment Of
bonds should not be included in the
total assessment. If this were done the
city would naturally receive its proper
revenues If bonds were taxable and
would lose nothing if they We're not.
Under the plan adopted by the Assessor
there may be a deficiency. Under the
suggested scheme there would be at
least an orderly administration of af
fairs and there might be a surplus Of
funds in the city and county treasury.
Some of the Supervisors who will pass
upon the Assessors estimates have eX-
amined the roll in detail, and they be
IL e[,r
elimination In many cases. It is claim
ed that certain very large firms and
CORPORATIONS have been assessed on a
40 per cent basis. while others have
been assessed practically on a nominal
valuation There is a disposition on the
part Of certain members of the Board OF
Supervisors to increase the assessment
Of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company. for example. The men who
are to sit as city and county board of
equalization do not believe that this
corporation has been adequately as
sessed, and 1t is not unlikely that its
books will be demanded for examina
ton.
The same opinion prevails in refer
enCe to Wells, Fargo & Co, which, it Is
claimed. has not been assessed accord
ing to the value of its holdings nor in
proportion to other corporations. Sew
eraI other large taxpayers will also be
subjected to a searching inquiry. The
Supervisors will begin this work with
out delay and the results promise to be
interesting. It may be found that the
Assessors boasted equalization of tax
burdens is in reality no equalization
and that his announcement that, while
the assessed valuations Of personal
property were increased taxes were not,
may have more significance than it at
first seemed to possess
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Miss LOckheart's
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM.
LETTER TO MRS. PIsKHAM NO. 67.1o4l


81 cannot express my gratitude to
you for the good that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me. I have taken five bottles of
the Compound and two boxes of Liver
Pills and feel better in every respect.
I had suffered for years with dropsy;
the veins in my limbs burst, caused
from the pressure of the water. l had
the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint
ing spells, and / could not stand long
at time. / also had female weakness
and the doctor said there was a tumor
in my left side. The pains l had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me a little book of yours,
so got your medicine and it has saved
my life. I felt better from the first
bottle. The bloating and the tumors
have all gone and 1 do not suffer any
pain. / am still using the Vegetable
Compound and hope others may find
relief as I have done from its use. -
MISS N. J. LooKHEABT, Box l6, ELIZA
BETH, PA
Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre-
ciate the gratitude of those who have
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and
withoutcharge to all letters from suffer
ing women. Her address is Lynn. Mass.
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An Ideal Cafe.

The new Crystal Palace, Kearny and
12 Geary street. which has been reno
waited by its proprietor. Mr.. 1. Deutch,
at an enormous expense, will be opened
to the public to-day The place PLACE Is fur 7.
not only the best appointed but the hand
somest cafe. in the city, Costly paint
ings adorn the walls, while on every side
fbe exquisite work Of the decorator Is in
evidence with such perfect taste that the
tout ensemble" Of the Crystal Palace
is an artistic dream of beauty. From II
con will be served. Only the purest
LIQUIDS are kept In the cafe and perfect
and polite attention is guaranteed every
one bv right of Mr.. Deutchs past record.
The CRYSTAL Palace is without a rival in
the line of first-class cafes.
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would be Market street. If continued below
First. is some 300 feet north or inside of the
patent line and has perfect title. same as the
rest OF their occupancy The only formal and
public dedication OF streets made at this nont
was that made by the KeIIenberger man
which did not include anything below First
street.
Owing to the fact that the Oakland Water
Front Company (which owns at this point a
strip of land inside the patent line 800 feet
wide) has recently conveyed voluntarily to the
city by deed strip of land in the line of and
for the full width of what would be an ex-
over this 300-foot strip. and also a strip equal
10 one-hah of the extension of Market street
in front Of Balfour. Guthrie & Co. renders it
desirable that some arrangement should be
entered into by the city for the requirement OF
the portion of BalfOur. Guthrie & Co s. strip
which would be included within an extension
OF Market street. AS 10 the pending litigation
between the city and the Oakland Water
front Company. 1 don't see that 1t cuts any
figure in the matter at all.
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A MURDERoUs JAP.
to Carve a Sailor on the
Ship Tacoma

snip Tacoma
A cutting affray occurred on the ship
Tacoma last evening, in which Charles A.
Muller received several severe knife
wounds on the face at the hands of G.
Yeuomolo, a Japanese cabin boy. His
wounds were treated at the Harbor Hos
pital after which he was taken to the
Harbor Police Station to be held as a
witness against his assailant, who was ar
rested by Officers Ferguson and Arduello.
Muller IS the ships carpenter and re
sides at 266 Brannan street. He has made
a number of trips on the ship and for
some time has failed to agree with the
Japenese. Both have frequently quar-
relied. and 1t is supposed TO have been an
old grudge which caused the murderous
act. Last night the men had some dis
pute which ended in Yeuomolo seiZing a
large bread knife and making prepara-
tions to carve his antagonist He sue
ceeded in inficting several ugly gashes on
Mullers face, but was disarmed by by
ISLANDERS before he had chance TO COM
NIT a murder. Police officers were soon
on the scene and the Japanese was
booked for assault TO murder.
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Not Gottlob. Marx & Co.

In the accounts of the recent suit
brought by the Japanese actors against
the management Of the California Thea
ter the names of Gottlob. Marx & Co. were
included among the defendants. The
gentlemen desire to have it known that
they have nothing to do with the Califor-
mia and that the only two theaters at
present under their management are the
Columbia in this city and the Macdonough
in oakland.
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SESSIONS EXPLANATION.
Saws Water Front Company Is Not
Selling Streets.

OAKLAND, July 4-E. c. Sessions, the
agent of the Oakland Waterfront Com
-pany. says the Mayor is mistaken regard
ing the title to the property on which
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. are now erecting
large warehouses.
Mr.. Sessions says:
The small parcel of land now being built
upon By Balfour, Guthrie &; Co. below First
street, extending to the center line Of what
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With the President.

The Holyoke CMass) Telegram and the
Holyoke (Mass) Transcript of the date of
June II contain an account extending over
several columns of the reception in that
city of President and Mrs. Mckinley, Mr.
and Mrs. Abner Mckinley and Mr. and
Mrs George E. Morse of San Francisco.
Mrs Morse is a niece of the President.
and she and her husband, the clerk of the
United States District Court in this city.
accompanied the President and party
from Washington on his recent trip TO
Massachusetts.
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Fired Off His Pistol.

B. Childs, clerk, was amusing him
self on Van Ness avenue yesterday morn
ing while waiting for the parade by firing
blank cartridges from a revolver. Police
man Winzler arrested him and booked
him at the City Prison on a charge of dis
charging firearms within the city limits.
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purial of INDECENT Soldiers.

The annual report of Edward A Bulls.
of interment of deceased
civil war veterans, shows that sixty-five
apnIicatfons for burial at public expense
we're made during the fiscal year. Forty
eight were allowed and seventeen reject
cd The expenses amounted to s2400.
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See

Little Harry Mangels and Eta Aronson,
Little Blanche Trelease, Little Cora Da-
Wis. Little Tutie Taylor and all the bright
juvenile cakewalkers are entered in the
International CakeWalk Carnival, Me
chanics' Pavilion, July 10 to %.
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Dear Madam: "Pegamoid says comet
You're welcome. Chronicle building, No. 81.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-05
SAN RAFAEL.
ST. MATTHEW'S MILITARY SCHOOL,

q AN MATEO. CAL-FOUNDED A D. 1866.
- by the late Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer. DID.
For catalogue and illustrated circular address
REV. w. A BREWER, A. B..
Rector and Head Master.
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Iondons imports of grain amount to
about % 000, 900 bushels per annum, 8,000,-
600 OF Mhich consist of wheat.
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CONCERTS AND RESORTS.

Those who were there
say the Panorama is a
correct representation.
Explanatory lectures
by Prof. W. @. roll
LINS.
Market Ct, nr Eighth.
Admission. Soc.
Children. 25c.
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COLLEGE NOTRE DAME,

SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA
Will resume studies on WEDNESDAY, August
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. He assessment Of city and coun-
ty property made by Assessor
Dodge was the subject yesterday
OF general comment Public Off
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Sold throughout the world. Price, CUTIouRA
SHAVING SOAP, I5c.; CUTICURA TOILET SOAP,
25c.; CUTICURA ointment, SOC. POTTER DRUG
AND CHEN. Corr, Sole Props, Boston. All
About the Skin, Scalp, and Hair, free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-10

Tiffany is now concerned as to where he
viii carve these inscriptions. There is only
one small panel below the six large shields
about the body of the cup that is not filled.
On these shields is told the story of the
trophy. And the narrative has taken all
the space available there for inscriptions,
also on the panels underneath, with the ex-
ception of one. leaving just enough room
TO contain the account of this years races
should there be more than two. That
number can be crowded in and stll leave
space for another contest. More than that
will fill the cup.
Al first the silversmiths were quite lavish
with their space, not conceivng how val
liable il would be in later year on each
successive race they economical, as will
be seen by the following list of inscriptions
which the cup bears:
Hundred Guinea Cub won August o.
1851, at Cowes England by yacht
America, at the Royal Yacht Squadron
regatta, open to all nations, beating the
Cutters-Volante, IS tons; Arrow, 81
tons; Alarm, 1873 tons; Mona, 50 tons; Bac-
chante, 50 tons; Freak, 60 tons; Eclipse, so
tons.
Schooners-B Beatrice, 161 tons; Wyoern,
20J tons; lone 70 tons; Constance, 21S tons.
Gipsey Queen, 100 tons; Brilliant. S92 tons
Schooner America, 10 tons. Commodore
John c. Stevens. Built by George Steers
OF New York. 1851.
as a challenge cup, open 10 all foreign
/ clubs, by the owners, John c. Stevens,
I Hamilton Wilkes, George L. Schuyler, J.
Beekman Finlay Edwin A. Stevens.
Challenged to be sailed over New York
! Yacht cub course, Aug. s. 1870, by Mr.
/ James Ashbury, with schooner yacht Cam
/ bria, representing Royal Thames Yacht
/ club. Cambria beaten in the following or
/ der by schooner yachts Magic. Idler SD
/ vie, America, Dauntless Madgie, Phan-
/ tom, Alice, Haicyon.
October 16, 1871
! Schooner Lvonia VS.. Schooner Column
! bia, James Ashbury, Esq owner; Frank
/ lin Osgood. Esq, owner Cambria winner
/ by z minutes seconds. n. Y. Y. Club
course.
October Is. 1871.
Schooner Livonia vs.. Schooner Columbia.
Columbia winner 10y 10 minutes and 80 sec
onds. outside course.
oct. 10, 1871
! Schooner Livonia VS.. schooner Column
ba. Livonia winner by Is m. 10 5. N. Y.
Y. Club course.
oct. 21. 1871.
Schooner Lvonia VS.. schooner Sappho.
Sappho winner by 80 M, p sec. William
/ P. Douglas, Esq, owner. Outside course.
Oct %, 1871.
| Schooner LiVonia VS.. schooner Sappho.
Sappho winner by 25 m, q sec. n. Y. Y.
| Club course.
Aug Il, 1876
Schooner Countess of Dufferin VS..
schooner Madeleine, Charles Clifford, ESQ,
owner. John S. Dickerson, Esq, owner.
Madeleine winner by 10 m. so sec. N. Y.
! Y. Club course.
Aug. 70, 1876.
Schooner Countess of Dufferin VS..
schooner Madeleine. Madeleine winner by
| p m. IA sec. Outside course
Nov. g. 1881.
N. Y. Y. Club course. Sloop Mischief
beat sloop Atlanta Bay of nnintA Y.
! Club (Canada), Is M. Ssh SEQ
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THE AMERICAS CUP STORY.
IT COST S525. but As OLD SILVER
IT WOULD BE WORTH ONLY $50.

Made in Hurry by Second-ClnsS
London stIvcrsmiths--It Never Hnd
a Bottom. and when Champagne
was Poured Into II to BE Drunk
to an English Sportsman's Honor
the Wine Ran out Into the Laps
OF the GuestS-PIucky and Expen-
sivc Efforts on the Part of Brit
fshcrs 10 Regain Possession of the
Famous Trophy-The Inscriptions
On the Cup in DetaiI-Why COM
pctinG Yachts Must BE lowed
Across tho Atlantic.
Copyrlshted by The S. ;. Mcclure Co., 1879.
New York, Sept. S.-The America cup"
or. to speak more accurately, the Hun
dred Guinea Cup" is at Tnany's, in New
y ork. Millions Of dollars viii be spent dur
iug the autumn in the contest for its pos
session, and this fact furnishes a strange
anomaly, for the cup is not intrinslcally
valuable. IL it could tell its own story
IL would have something like the following
10 say:
when Sir Thomas Linton. the tea man.
tries TO win me away from the United
States, it viii be The tenth time an effort
of that kind has been made in forty-eisht
years. 1t seems that am as desirable 10
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sportsmen as the Golden Fleece was to the
Argonauts. Eleven times two nations have
been wildly excited over these contests,
which nave cost enough TO build decent
navy Tor each one of them.
and what is il all about? I am only
little old misshapen silver mug of no par
ticular design. and so Out of date and COM
monplace that a first-cass jeweIer in these
days would be ashamed to confess me as
his workmanship. The bottom is out o.
me, my carving is Inferior and il melted
down ] would be worth according to the
present quotations for silver, just SIS. A
junk dealer would think hard before offer
ing that.
What in the world am that you should
make 50 much fuss over me? Really. I
feel quite bored over all this attention
for. in confidence. l am of no value at ali
and my career has been quiet. l was made
10y r. & r. Gerard, on Panton street
London, on a hurry order when the yacht
America came over in 1851 and beat our
English regatta at Cowes. 1t was not a
celebrated firm, and the Workmen only
ordinary. One Of chem said he thought
1 ought TO be fashioned in the style of
Henry II, and another thought Henry
III design more suitable so l am a sort
of mixture. / had no idea that | should
htcuIIe an international prize Ihcn. nor
did the men who ordered me dream of my
coming Importance. As a matter of fart
the firm received just S525 for me, and
now could be duplicated for $50.
Il weigh 1874 ounces, am q inches tall.
measure SO inches around the waist aud
q at the base. The decorative work on
me is very simple but | pride myself that
my lines have an aristocrauc appearance,
my lip is certainly curved gracefully. ana
my neck beautiful. just one thing more
Many cali me the queens cup because I
was bought by the committee of the ROYAL
Yacht Squadron, but this is wrong for
when the gentlemen took me off the shelf
In Geradis Office l distinctly heard them
say. This is to be known as the Hundred
Guinea Cup and that's what l used 20 be
called on both sides"
Enormous Expenditure.
Nevertheless. thousands of persons from
oil over America will come TO New York
shortly. and, standing before the Tiffany
window ON Broadway, SAFE at this mus
long and deferenually, for after all. il
is the most historic trophy of its kind In
existence, and has cost so much money
that it gives your ordinary American a
thrill TO think of it, Such enormous sums
have certainly never been spent before
on like object.
A member of the New York Yacht Club
IN looking over the inscriptions on the
cup the other day to refresh his remlnis.
ce0ces of the byeone contests, figured
roughly that the Englishmen had spent
in the neighborhood Of $1,000. 600 in behalf
OF this trophy, and the Americans prob.
ably little more, owing 20 the expenses
incident to the trial races. This, of course
Includes only the money spent in striving
Tor ana defending the cup. When you
figure on the expenses of the public in
witnessing and betting on the races. ar
approximate estimate is impossible
The challengers find a heavy expense
IN rigging their vessels for sea travel
Ahis Is essential owing to the conditions
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Sixteen miles to leeward from buoy ..
Sandy Hook and between. Sloop Mischief
beat sloop Atlanta, IS N. "a sec.
The following inscriptions are on small
panels under the large shields:
Sept a. lSs5-N Y Y. Club course. SiooP
Puritan beat cutter Genesta. Royal
Yacht Squadron of England l6 min -
sec.
Sept 16, 1Ss5-2o miles to leeward of
Sandy H. L. 5. and return Sloop Pun
tan beat cutter Genesta ! min. IS sec.
Sept 9. lss6-N Y. Y. Club course.
Sloop Mayhower beat cutter Galatea Of
Royal Northern Yacht Club of Scotland,
z min. ? sec.
Sept. II. 1850 miles to leeward Of
Sandy r. L. S and return SloOp May
flower beat cutter Galatea, Is min. SO sec.
Sept. p, ISM. Y. y. Club course
Sloop Volunteer beat cutter Thistle Of
Royal Clyde Yacht Club of Scotland, 10
min 23A sec.
Sept go 1SS7-2O miles 10 windward. fr
Scotland l.. S. and return sloop Volun-
teer beat cutter Thistle. II min. 4S34 sec.
Oct. T. 1S93-Sloop Vigilant, y. Y. Y.
c.; cutter Valkyrie, r. Y S, Is miles 90
leeward and return Nigilant won by 3
min. As sec.
Oct g. a triangle 10 miles to leg. Wig
liant won by 10 min. So sec.
Oct 10. 10 miles TO windward and re-
turn. Vigilant won by 40 sec.
1895. Defender n. Y. Y. c.. Valkyrie
III, r. Y. C.-Sept. Z. course 10 miles to
windward. Defender won, S min. 40 sec.
Sept. 10. course triangle, 30 miles. De-
fender won. Valkyrie disqualified.
Sept y, course 10 miles to windward, De-
fender won, Nalkyrie withdrew. Time of
race hs. As min. 40 sec.
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lf-Propelled. he driven to
drink" well, not exactly. He used to
carry bottle under the seat of the auto
mobile. cleveland Plain Dealer.
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laid down by George L. Schuyler, who re-
deel:ed the cup 10 the ". Y. y. c. in 1852.
Owing TO the present ard increasing
size Of ocean steam ers." said Mr.. Schuyler,
1T would be quite feasible for an Ameri-
can. English or French club to transport
on their decks yachts of large tonnage.
This might be avaled Of in such a way
that the match would not be test Of
sea going qualities. as web as of speed,
which would essentially detrsct from the
interest OF d. national congestion"
Mr. Schuyler, therefore, inserted this
clause in the deed:
Vessels intending to compete for this
cup must proceed under sail on their own
bottoms 70 the port where the contest is
to take place"
The English owners have also been 10 a
considerable expense usually in bringing
along an advisory committee, as Dun
raven, the first time. brought over Wat
son. designer of the Nalkyrie II, and Lap
thorn, sailmaker.
The Cup Inscriptions.
The only things about the cup itself.
however. that tell of these millions spent
on account of il are in Inscriptions carved
ia different styles and type. In looking
back thirty years these brief legends in
spire awe in the heart Of the veteran
yachtsman. They tell him of one struggle
after another when the country was all in
a futter over the approach of a challenger.
and when il seemed sure that Yankee SUI
premacy on the water would be snatched
away by the Britisher On each occasion
the result of the contests has been the
same. The nearest that the game chad
lengers have ever been 10 the cup is 10 hook
a il in Tiffany's window or perchance 10
view IL ON the banquet tables of the y. Y
Y. club house
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-12-08
Gaarded our Historic Position.
THE VOLUNTEER ARMY.
All Have neen pi.ehargcd.

Since my last annual message. and in
obedience to the acts OF the congress ~.
April p and Is. 1888 the remaining volt
unteer force enlisted for the Spanish war.
consisting of "a. s34 regulars and llo -
volunteers, with over 500 volunteer Of
6cers, has been discharged from the mill
tary service. OF the volunteers. t6l Of
icers and 1851 men were serving in tme
Philippines. and 1,65O of the regulars Who
were entitled 60 be mustered out afte- the
ratification of the treaty Of peace. They
voluntarily remained at the front until
their places could be filled by new troops.
The Force In the Philippines.
The force now In the Philippines cSn-
sists of 905 officers and 3057S regulars and
5ji officers and 5.3SS OF the volunteers
making an aggregate of ], $50 officers Ind
A. 66 men. When the troops now under
orders shall reach Manila, the force in the
archipelago will comprise 205l officers an I
g 4s3 men. The muster-out of the great
volunteer army organized for the Spanish
war and the creation of a new army, the
transportation from Manila to San Fran
cisco of those entitled to discharge and
take their places have been work Of
Erea. magnitude we'll and ably done. for
which too much credit cannot be given
the war department.
In Cuba and Porto Rico.
our force in Cuba and Porto Rico In
Cuba We now have 334 officers and 90 rs
enlisted men: in Porto Rico 81 officers and
1855 enlisted men and a battalion OF 400
men composed of native Porto Ricans.
while stationed throughout the United
States are $40 officers and l., 81 men and in
hawaii IL officers and 453 enlisted men.