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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
TO CONTROL
GRANTS OF
FRANCHISES
Assemblyman Mead Will
Introduce a Bill Reg
ulating Them.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. S.-Assemblyman Mead
will, within a few days, introduce a bill
in the Assembly amendatory of the pres
ent law controlling the granting of fran
chises by Municipal and County Councils
Boards of Supervisors. etc.
The present law provides that in the
granting of franchises save for steam
railroads, exclusively telegraph lines
wharves and waterfront privileges, there
shall be a provision whereby the individ-
uals or corporation receiving the privi-
lege shall bond themselves to pay to the
grantors percentage of the gross income
received from the franchise, after the
fifth year of its existence.
This was a law Mr.. Mead got through
at the last session, but after 1t had re-
ceived the Governors signature another
bill was passed and duly signed which
has been by some construed as repeating
the first act introduced by Mr.. Mead.
Now Mr. Mead proposes to present a
bill which will provide that cash consid-
Grafton can be paid for the franchise and
the percentage of the gross revenue de-
rived from the granted franchise can be
taken on prior to the five-year limita-
ton. He also has clause in the new bill
which provides that the party obtaining
the franchise shall furnish certified
check and not bond to insure the collec-
tion Of the percentage of the gross reve-
nue. that is given as a consideration for
the franchise.
Several street railroad franchises in
Los Angeles. are tied up awaiting action
by the Legislature on Mr.. Meads pro-
posed bill.
Councilman Toll of Los Angeles. who is
here as the chairman of the Committee
on, Municipal Legislation of the Los An
geles City Council, has several rather
important matters he intends to have pre-
sented to the Legislature in the form of
bills by either Assemblymen Conrey. Val
entine or Mead
one is a measure providing that nui-
sances IN the way of gravel pits. aban-
doned OIL wells and unseemly holes, can
be abated by the city and the expense of
the abatement charged against the prop
erty upon which the nuisance occurs.
1t is also proposed to change the street
Improvement law so as to make the mini
of $50, as at present. AS II is now man
owning a 25-foot lot cannot have it i'm
proved under the bond act The design is
TO bring the small property hay-
ing under fifty feet of frontage, under the
PROVISIONS of the law in order that he
may enjoy its benefits. A clause will also
be added to. the bill protecting laborers
and material men from dishonest con-
tractors who perform work under it.
Mr.. Toll also has bill which enlarges
the duties of certain county officials so
as to provide for the assessment and COL
lection of taxes by County Assessors and
Tax Collectors in certain cities in the
State. Los Angeles will be one of the
cities brought within the scope of the bill
Mr.. Toll also has a measure amending
the annexation election laws so that Citv
Councils are not compelled to call an
annexation election upon the mere pre-
sentation of a petition. 1t is proposed
to leave the matter of calling the cleo
ton at the option of the Council or
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
An Old Art Revived.

Within the last year fencing has been
revived with additional vigor by the
feminine sex. In the fencing rooms
where swell New York society girls
gather to practice the art Of fence and
parry there is to be heard the collision
of their rapiers.
The exercise is an admirable method
Of developing the figure. and is taken
for the purpose of cultivating the
health and grace.
While the Italian masters have kept
to this day the long foil with it's bell
shaped guard-much like the old Span
ish rapier-the French have modern
lied the weapon, and the foil of the
French school is, for the most part,
the one used by society women.
1t is said that fencing will be more
of a fad than ever this winter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
GRANT MEN
MUST PAY
TRIBUTE
If Claims Against Gage of
Treachery Are Shown
to Be True.
uEAnnuARTERS

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. SIT is proposed by some
of the friends of Governor Gage and
Colonel Dan Burns to endeavor to compel
James Brown, one of the Grant man
ayers to contribute the $1,000 he has
agreed to give to a local charity If proof
was furnished that U. S. Grant Jr. or
his friends in San Diego County were
guilty of treachery to the Republican
State ticket at the November election.
Several kilograms were to-day sent to
San Diego requesting certain friends of
Governor Cages there to at once pre-
pare affidavits tending to prove the
charge of treachery made against MIR.
Grant and his friends and forward them
to Sacramento at once If they are pre-
pared at once they will arrive here not
later than Thursday morning, when it is
supposed they will be presented to Mr.
yield up the $1,000 he has offered to a
charity when this proof is furnished
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09

Columbus and Queen Isabella the tables
are set, and at promptly II o'clock the
first of them, the Governors table,
will be served. Its hospitality will be
dispensed only to him, his party and
the officers of his staff. The rest will
dine later.
Talbot H. Walls who is superin-
tending the decoration of the Capitol,
has already effected transformation
in the picture and curtain hung assem-
bly, halls. The desks and chairs have
been removed and slowed away until
Tuesday. The carpets have been COW
cred with canvas ready for the dancing.
and the halls seem rather conserva-
tories than the haunt of lobbyists.
Potted palms and blossoms are every
where; in the corridors, the rotunda
smilax and fern are pendant from
everything to which they could be
artistically suspended The general
color scheme of the Assembly chamber
is pink and green; the windows are
draped in buntings of the house. the
galleries festooned in it. Back of the
Speakers desk the national colors
break harmoniously into the general
scheme, and the drapings of the mu-
sicians' stand built over the clerks
desk are in accord
In the Senate the prevailing colors
are red and yellow, and the effect is
Oriental in the extreme. To carry it
out there has been built into each
corner the coziest of Turkish booths
filled with soft cushions and other
things that make loun"ing place of
comfort. As in the Assembly chamber
the windows are draped in the gem
eral color, and the seat of the Lieu
tenant Governor is set in a background
of palms and potted plants and bios
SONS of every variety.
Senator Cutters resolution, passed
through both houses last week, placed
a limit on the refreshments, but lemon
ade and other passive drinks will be in
abundance, and will be served in the
offices Of the Attorney and Surveyor
Generals, which will be decorated in
rich accord with other sections of the
Capitol. The decorations will not be
complete until the last moment. but
thanks to a resolution passed through
the Assembly on Saturday they bid
fair to remain.
Assemblyman Wade was struck by
the garish splendor of the pink and
green curtains in his chamber, and Of
fered a resolution that they be allowed
to remain hanging during the rest of
the session. Notwithstanding that the
decorator owns the decorations. the
resolution was passed, and as resolu-
ton a bill providing that the treasury
be drawn on to the extent of three or
four hundred dollars will have neces-
sarily to be passed in payment for all
the vari-colored bunting in the
CAPITOL
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
GAGE WILL NOT
DANCE At THE
INAUGURAL BALL
Never Learned the
Waltz or TWo-Step.
COMPLAINS OF TIGHT BOOTS
NoTABLEs WILL LOOK ON IN
GOVERNORS QUADRILLE.
To Take No Part in the Art of Dane
ing as illustrated by Green
way-Decorations for
the Function.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 8.-The Governor 8
quadrille" will not be feature of the
inaugural ball.
Governor Gage does not dance.
Neither, for that matter, does ex-Gov-
ernor Budd. Mr. Budd can, but rheu-
matism forbids. Governor Gage simply
cannot. In the days before he was ad-
dlcted to the law and political aspira-
tions, he failed to learn the waltz and
reverse history saith not whether or
no his inherent tendency to boots inter
fered, but the fact remains he does not
dance.
This, at any rate, is the excuse made
by Master of Ceremonies George H.
Clark for this departure from time
honored gubernatorial custom. There
are other excuses, however. There are
those unkind enough to say that the
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
Politicians Return Refreshed FOR
the impending Senatorial
Struggle.
The VuItures Await the UnIoosenine of the
Purse Strings of Colonel Mazuma- Grants
MANAGERS Express Confidence.

the evening. Nose Gunst was the first OF
the throng to register. Hervey Lindley,
the eX-Republican boss of Los Angeles,
did not have time to get his name down
before Jake Steppacher pulled him off to
Colonel Burns room for consultation with
the great mogul himself. Jake Shaen
came in on the last train as did also Mar
tin Aguirre, ex-Sheriff of Los Angeles
County, who, it is said is to be the new
warden of Folsom prison.
John DAILY and Ed Donnelly of San
Francisco also arrived tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
THE END OF THE CENTURY.
It Will Be Religiously Commemorate
ed in the Roman Catholic Church.

From the pulpit of every Catholic
church in the city announcements will
be made next Sunday morning of the in
tention of the church to celebrate special
religious services during the course Of the
entire year in honor OF the close of the
nineteenth century.
& sie o+tIad ,oi W Tue VII pc mas
that it will consist of the special solemn
ization of mass in the morning, followed
by an appropriate ceremony in the even
ing
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
Fortv Hours Alteration

The ceremony of the forty hours ador-
alton was begun yesterday morning at
St Marys Hospital before an immense
congregation. All of Monday and up to
the time the service is concluded special
First street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
Saw a Century of Life

BEVERLY, Mass, jan S.-Willam
Endicott, aged 100 years, died to-day. He
was an eye witness of the engagement
between the frigates Chesapeake and
Shannon, June l, 1913, and was of the
sixth generation from Governor Endicott
Of the Massachusetts, Bay colony
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09

a vehement protest against the Legisla-
ture sending to the United States Senate
any man who cannot be pointed out to
our youth as a person Of noble instincts,
unblemished personal character and
terline mani hood. -
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
DIR. PARDEE IS NOT
A SENATORIAL CANDIDATE

is not
be
become its second the
Republican
without the knowledge his
he had
of
realizes wh he
Pardee support of
81 am not candidate for United States Senator"
said DR.. Pardee to-day, "and have the renotest
idea OF becoming have not done anything lead
any to suppose that candidate and there is
movement on foot to make The articles in
the Examiner perfect surprises me- most de-
Cded1y knew nothing of them till they appeared
"Beyond the fact that there American on earth
who would not feel attered and proud being elected
the United States Senate, not candidate I am
praCtiCing medicine and not taking any hand what
in politics. | have neither seen nor been called
upon by of the members of the Alameda dele
CATION and certainly not seeking a Senatorshipu
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
Champagne Imports for 1898.

Champaghe ImpoTts for 1888.
Aggregated 242 ,319 cases, of which Sc .s55
were G. H. MUMM'S EXTRA DRY; made
of choicest grapes and first DRESSINGS
Bottles will bear green neckband and star
label.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
Suits, Separate Skirts
and Silk Waists.

Our Spring Line of Suits is Now Ready for Your In
spection. Prices Range from $40. 90 to $500.
They Include Large Variety of Colorings and
Styles.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
Why the Worms Increase.

Editor Bellows Falls TINES:
In your issue of the 18th inst, you be-
wall the destruction wrought by the maple
worm and ask if there Is no remedya The
cause OF the present condition Of things
points the remedy and the only adequate
one. Barbarous slaughter of our insect
destroying birds under the misnomer of
"sport" aided by the cupidity viii h seeks
to supply woman's penchant for barbaric
adornments in the matter of headgear has
brought its legitimate result in unrestricted
multiplication OF foliage destroying worms
and insects. The remedy is the protection
of such birds by the imposition Of the heav-
lest kind of punishment for the destruction
of the few survivors until by multiplication
hey shall be able again to perform their
work of scavengers OF the woods and fields
as formerly they did. There is no other
remedy. For myself should be glad to
hail the day when Lonef-llow's poem,
''The Birds of Kpnilworth," should become
recognized classic in our schools, not fol
the sentiment and poesy therein contained
beautiful as they are, but on account OF the
economic truth the story emphasizes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
At BELOW, Falls the Catholic,

have no church and were refused the use
Of Methodist meeting house which they
asked. A hall for exhibitions, concerts,
AID balls, and attached to the American
Hotel is offered by the proprietor, Mr.
De Wolf. Bnt the Bishop thinks it not
prudent to accept the offer The hall is
situated on the village square, where stage
drivers, hostlers and hangers-on of the
place are constantly passing.
"These fellows would probably make
such remarks and utter such sneers and
proianities as would rouse the temper OF
the Irish laborers from the railroads all
a, ound, and troubles might ensue. Upon
these considerations the Bishop determines
to 90 to the woods. On the hill at the
west side of the village is an extensive
pine grove. We find there very beauti
tul place for Divine service. Two parable
lines of tall pine trees form fiue nave
about hundred feet long covered by thu
limbs which form az arch above. Tn,
ground is entirely free from underground
and perfectly dry. At the extremity o
this natural nave temporary sanctuary i
ormed of cotton cloth enclosing tire
ides, and covering the Top to keep of tn
wind.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
Chase & SanbOrn'S
Package Teas
One pound makes over 200 cups.

firm holds claims against the estate of A
f Kelley, Will he in turn holds evidences
of indebtedness against the firm. For the
purpose Of winding up the business of the
estates, the assignee proposes to treat all
assets existing on January l. 1892, as be-
longing to the estate of A. f. Kelley, while
all acquired since that time are credited to
the estate of the firm. The estimated net
receipts from the A F. Kelley estate are
given as $780, while the estimate OF
the firms resouro es is SOL, 1854, making a
total of 100000 There are outstandn :
CLAIMS against the Ke)leys amounting to
about $4,000 which have not yet been
presented to the assignee. He gives it as
his opinion, however, that the total claim
against A F. Kelley will be about $780,
900, while those against the firm will ag-
gregate 100000. In this connection at
lentlon i, called to the fact that the estl-
mates may be off $4,000 either way. The
assignee recommends that the expenses OF
insolvency be deducted from the total re-
ceipts and that the remaining sum be di,
vided equally among the creditors of the two
estates, providing, however, that creditors Of
AT Kelley do not receive more than 40 per
cent of their claims. II the amount runs
over this, the suggestion is made that the
surplus be transferred to the estate of the
f m Ia conclusion the assignee state,
that if his plan is adopted he has enough
money on hand to pay 10 per cent divi-
dend on all claims allowed against the firm
and 20 per cent dividend to creditors Of
A. F. Kelley individually Springfield
Republican.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22

more recently purchased portion Of the
parochial lot was graded, several thousand
loads of earth being carted away before
the foundations could be put down prop
erly. The corner stone OF the new church
was laid in June, 1884, and the work pro-
crossed so rapidly thereafter that the dedi-
cation took place November A, 1885 The
grading of the grounds and the building OF
the church cost S28,000
In June, 1898, Father Reynolds, having
paid the parochial debt, began to build the
present rectory, which he occupied in JAN
uary, 1895. The old rectory was sold
and moved away and the grounds in
front of the new building were graded in
pleasing lawn work. The total cost of the
rectory, including grading, etc., wa,
Sl4, 500, OF which the sum of sos ha,
been paid.
In 1894, Father Reynolds bought II
acres for cemetery uses, at an outlay o
$1,000. The new cemetery was blessed
last September by Vicar-General Lynch
1t is situated about mile from the church
Previous to its opening, the parish burial
were in an old cemetery which had beer
given to the Catholics by the town authori
!, ties.
The parish estate is located on excep
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
Stamped Envelopes Cheap.

Many change, have been made in the
new issue of stamped envelopes under toe
C 'ntract beginning January l, 1899. The
most important OF these to the consumer is
the great reduction in price, viii h is quite
an item with some business firms. The
reduction or the leading sizes will average
more than 25 pr cent and is as follows :
NJ. commercial size, from 81 go to
81 20, per M; No 5, from 81 60 to
81 20; No. Is, f'om so 10 81 40; No IA,
fr 1m 81 80 to 81 40; No. Z, legal size.
from 50 sc to 81 80; No. s. from 80 80
to $3.50; No. 9, from 50 to so To the
old styles of commercial envelopes there
hav- been added recently two new ard
gu distinct size, Nos. and IA These
correspond in lengrh to the old Nos 5 and
10 so much in use, but are wider, more
convenient and in better style.-Pspsr
Mill.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
First Aid to the Injured.

To prevent swelling and soreness from
bruises, sprains or strains, Henry & John
sons Arnica and Oil liniment should be
well rubbed in with the hand. Cuts.
burns or scalds, should be bound with
several thicknesses of flannel and kept
saturated with the linimsnt. For pneu-
monia, apply the Imam Mt on hot flannel
to the chest and between the shoulders,
and keep hot with fl t-iron. 1t has been
known to cure the most violent attack Of
pneumonia. Sod by all druggists and
guaranteed to do as recommended, or
money refunded. w
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
Scheme for Kelley Settlement.

Albert G. Cobb, assignee OF A. F. & l..
E. Kelley of Minneapolis, Nina, has for
mulated scheme of settlement with the
Kelley creditors which he has submitted to
the court. The Kelley assignment is much
mixed-up affair and it has caused loss and
anxiety to many Vermont homes. The
firm was founded in 1880. Five years
later L E. Kelley retired from the partner
ship, although the business of the concern
was transacted as before and the f m name
was retained. L. E. Kelley, January L,
1892, again became member of the firm,
and continued SO until the assignment. The
same series of books was continued in use
throughout and this has given the assignee
no end of trouble. Some of the claims pre-
sented are against both brothers; others
are against A. f. Kelley Individually. The
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22

tionally high ground, the church, which
stands on bluff above Green street, and
the house, an artistically fashioned brick
residence fronting on Cherry street, setting
each other off splendidly. 1t was on this
very hill that Bishop Fitzpatrick oficiated
nearly 40 years ago.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22
SILK WAISTS.

Just received25 Waists in black and colors prices from
1915 to $500.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-03-22

Four Masses are celebrated in the lore
noon. People come from within r. dIuS
of 25 miles. A great number confess AT
the last Mass the Bishop (using Father
Days big trunk for PLATFORM preachts
to the people in English and French.
love thousand are present, OF whom
on Y few are Protestants. J, Confirmatit
after the sermon.
II the afternoon we again hear con-
LESSONS in the house of John Cooley, an
Irish Catholic.
"Next morning we again spend several
hours ia hearing confessions. Two Masses
are said and Confirmation again admins
tered. Total, rs confirmed.
b. hop De Goesbriand said Mass III
Island House hall in the autumn OF 1858,
shortly. after his conservation; and durn G
the. allowing year Father Druon began at
tend ng regularly from Burling' on, saying
Mass from the early part OF that year in
schoolhouse situated at the corner ct School
and Cherry streets. This building was
purchased shortly thereafter by Father
Druon, who remodele1 it for Catholic
worship and called it St. Charles church
U On the appointment of the Rev. Cha les
O'R4illy to the pastorate of Brattleboro, in
1855, Bellows Falls was included in his ju-
risdi ;tion, and was attended by him until
1869, when he was succeeded, in the care
of Br4ttlehoro and missions, by Rev. 10
seph Halpin.
Rev. E. Gendreau came to Bellows Falls
as first resident pastor in 1871, though for
some time after hi, appointment he resided
with Father. Pigeon at White River juno
ton.
At that time ST. Charles church was at.
tended by the Catholics Of North Walpole'
N. II AS well as by those of Bellows Falls.
Consequently Father Gendreau considered
the erection of a new church question Of
the near future. In 1872 he purchased OF
w. II. johnson portion of the prese mt
parochial lot, on which stood a dwelling
house. He Immediately moved into this
house.
The purchase cost $4,000, ard the first
payment was made during the following
year. The rest OF the present parochia!
lot was secured in 1875. whereupon Father
Gendreau began to bun d the cellar OF a
new church. Just about that time, how
ever, North Walpole was attached by
Bishop Healy Of Portland, to the reorgan-
lied parish OF Claremont, N. H.; and the
work of building the new church was for
the time abandoned. Ia the beginning OF
1882, Rev Edward Reynold, came to assist
Father Gendreau; and in July, 1888, he
succeeded to the pastorate.
Father Reynolds was born in County
Cavsn, Ireland, May 10, 1852, began his
education in the Irish national schools,
took up the study OF Latin at day school
in his native place and completed his CLASH
cal course at ST. Bonaventure's College,
Alleghary,N.Y He pursued his Philo'oph-
ica and theological studies at the Grand
Seminary Of Montreal, and was ordained
there December Is, 1881. His whole
priestly career has been identified with
Bellows Falls.
Within a year OF his taking charge,
Father Reynolds commissioned Architect
Guernsey of Montpelier to draw plans for
a church. The cellar begun by Father
Gendreau bad to be rebuilt, on account OF
its long exposure to the elements. The