THE GIRLS` HIGH SCHOOLGraduates' Diplomas Con-

ferred Upon 80 Young

Ladies.

A NEW ASSEMBLY HALL.

Recitations and Music by the Pu-pils—A Reception to Friends

of the School.

The crowning event in the public schoolcalendar took place wnen some eightyyoung ladies were graduated from the HighJSchool Jast evening.

Long before the hour appointed, thethree entran to the school were thrownopen toadmit the large number of friendsand relatives of the graduates, who wereglad lo witness the exercises.

The immense stage, capable of seating150 people, was decorated with palms,Bermuda lilies and ferns. Potted plants

mas to the following members of the grad-uation class :

Adeline Holman Ames, Evelyn Kate Aron-son, Helen Gordon Barker, Mary A. Barrett,Mary Loretta Boylan, Edith M.Boyle, AliceAlma Breese, Edith Forbes Browning, LauraCall, LilyHohfeld. Rose Hohfeld, Nellie LouiseHollaren, Louise Holling, Maude Hy-man. Bertha tstelle Johnson, LindaJohnson,Ethel Imosene Kennedy, Texaina Tyler Kurtz,Martha Magdalene Carew, M.Adelaide Casa-majou, Mary Clorinda Cassinelli, Josie Celes-tine Cereghino, Grace Blethen Chalmers, Em-ilyReynolds Coey, Helena Cohen, GertrudeCohen, Emma Buekner Cunningham, LorettaConway. Henrietta B. Costa, Maty GertrudeKyne, "Marie Loretta Lahnn ey, Letitia EllisLarios, Minnie J.Lewis,Emily May Lindsay,Susie Alice Maginis, Elizabeth M. MeBride,Mary Frances McDowell, Mabel McFad-den, Bebe V. McFeely, Mabel Metrovich,Anna D. Coulter, Estella Ruth Davidson, JeanFlorence Davidson, Mary Isabelle Da vies, GraceIves Davis. Florence Davis, Susie A. Dimond,Mary Alicia Doherty, Florence Estella Dres-bacri, Julia Eppinger, Isabel Evans, Alice MayO'Connor, Lucille Ellen O'Connell. AnnaElizabeth O'Sullivan, Maude Elizabeth Patten,Emma Prosek. Mabel Adele Root,Mary CeciliaRyan, Mary Elinor Seibel, Grace Edith Sellon,Caroline Agnes Sharp, Josephine MarieSorbier,Florence Nightingale Ewing, Annie BlancheFairweather, Claire Louise Fussett, MaudeJosephine Fay, Cecelia Friedlander, MaryGeary, Caroline- Belle Herrin, Haidee Goldtree,Lucy" Emma Hall, Minnie C. Heaphy, Kath-erine Gertrude Stack, Helena Monica Stack,Jessie Elise Stone, Lorena Alice Sturges, MabelSweet, Muriel VVemple, Susan Saville Wendell,Dorathea H.Wolters, Rose Marie Zeile.

Non-graduates who completed partialcourses:

Mary Eastman Blake, Pauline A. Coblen«,Maude West Cornish, Frances Mary Dolan,Florence Hess, Olga Heyman, Anna Sophia

were ranged before the footlights and thestars and stripes covered the walls. Roundthe music- 1 conductor's stand was twineda long cl -in of ivy, terminating in awreath at its base.

The visitors were shown to seats byjunior gu -s of the High School, who wererobed in white, with white mortarboardhat> adorned withgold tassels. The musi-cal part of the programme was furnishedby a volunteer orchestra of twenty pieces,under the direction of Miss Anna yon

Meyprinek.The lirst item on the programme was

"Belles of San Francisco," played by theorchestra. By special request this wasencored, and "during the repetition of thenumber the girls of the graduation classappeared at the back of the stage, march-ing with slow and dignified steps to theBeats reserved for them on the platform.

Ata signal from the leader the girls tooktheir seats and President H. L.Dodge ofthe Board of Education was introduced.Ina few short sentences of welcome, aschairman of the evening, Mr. Dodge re-viewed the history of public schools inCalifornia. He stated that there are inthis State 90,000 children under the age of17. Of that number some 60,000 are en-titled to admission to the public schools.Mr.Dodge concluded with a pleasing ad-dress to the graduating class.

After a song by the class entitled,"While the Days are Bright," LilyHoh-tield read an essay entitled, 'Ideal Aspira-tions." This paper was of a retrospectivecharacter, treating of ambition, willandcourage as factors in the formation of thehuman character.

Reverence for man was the subject ofthenext paper, written by Grace Sellon. Thisyoung lady devoted her remarks to anamplification of Browning's lines:Learn more reverence, madam, not for rank or

wealth—that needs oolcuruiiiK.That comes quickly,quick as sin does, aye, and

culminates to sin:But forAdam's seed, man! Trust me, 'tis a clay

above your scorning,With God's image stamped upon It,and God's

kindlingbreath within.

School Director Charles A. Murdock was;atroduced and congratulated the youngladies upon taking their first importantstep in life.

He was of the opinion that the Girls'High School is the only building of whichthe San Francisco School Department maybe proud. He exhorted the young gradu-ates to remember but two small sentencesof advice he would give them:"Bepatient;he of good courage?'

Next on the programme was a recitationby Miss Evelyn K. Aronson entitled "APLace in Early California." The youngreciter described a typical horse racebetween two vaqueros at the period whenthe "golden skeleton still lay within thesleeping body of California." Miss Aron-gon won the applause of the audience.

Miss Grace Davis sang one of Gounod'sserenades in a creditable manner, afterwhich Helena Stack, who was greeted withencouraging cheers from her comrades,read a paper called "Cvi Bono?" (What'sthe Good?) She spoke ofa student s strug-gles in search of knowledge, and made herhero ascend to the stars in a dream, wherebe is introduced to three muses, history,science and literature, each of whomobligingly held a conversation withhim,stating their influence upon the humantribe. This paper was cleverly workedout.

The remainder of the programme was asfollows:

Essay, ''The Gates of Ivoryand Horn," MaudPatten; reading, "AnOriginal Poem." EdithBrowning; vocal solo, aria from "Barber ofSeville" (Rossini), Grace Davis; essay, "TheHuman Voice." Caroline Herrin; trio, o'"LiftThine Eye6,"b"Farewell to the Forest" (Men-delssohn) (arranged by Mrs. Anna yon Meyer-luck), sopranos— Maud Cornish, Grace Davis,fiebe McFeely, May Nolan, Georgia Wightman :mezzo sopranos

—Susie Dimond, Isabelle

Kvaiiß, Maud Fay, Caroline Herrin, MabelMetrovich; altos

—Isabelle Davies, Estelle

David6on,Florence Ewing.Blanche Fairweatherand AliceSturges; recitation, scene from "Taleof Two Cities* (Dickens) Emily Coey; music,"Millin the Forest" (Eilenberg).

Miss Emily Coey's recitation, taken fromthe "Tale of Two Cities," was well re-ceived, her interpretation of the Englishnovelist's ideas being noveland nierito-rioue.

Principal Elisba Brooks presented thegraduation class, after which Charles B.

«Btone, ex-school director, presented diplo-

IJohnstone, Hattie May Milliken,May Nolan,!Ethel LolitaPerkins, Kettle N.Both, Grace A.

Sheideman, Annette Slomsky, Lyllian Char-lesena Stewart, Klizabeth Sullivan, Sophie\u25a0\Vertheimer, Olga W^sterfeld, Bertha EmilyWeule, Ueorgie iloffatt Wightman.

The song, "Graduate's Farewell,"brought the evening to a close. After theproceedings terminated the graduated classheld a reception, when their friends wereshown round the schoolrooms and thebuilding.

During the exercises a beautiful basketof flowers was presented to Mrs. Anna yonMeyerinck, who had officiated as musicaldirector.

The following members of the Board ofEducation were present: Deputy Superin-tendent Babcock, Charles A. Murdock,Charles B.Stone, Thomas R.Carew, Augus-tus Comte, A. McElroy, H.C. Henderson,James Dennian, E. L.Wagner.

FAIR YOUNG GRADUATES AT THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL.[Sketched last night by a "Call

"artist]

TEAINING VICIOUS HOKSES.Professor Gleason Gives a Wonderful

Inhibition of Skill.Professor Gleason's horse-training exhi-

bitionat the Mechanics' Pavilion was wellpatronized last evening. Over 2000 peopleattended the show, called out by the an-nouncement that the professor would con-tinue his efforts in subduing a viciousanimal belonging to a butcher in theMission that had given him so muchtrouble on the previous night, and finallyconcluded an evening of vicious antics bybreaking into the crowd gathered aboutthe sawdust ring.

The owner of this wicked brute hadgiven him up as a hopeless case, andthought to have a little fun with the horse-trainer when he entered the animal for afew lessons in good manners. The horsehas a bad record, and his picture ought tobe in the rogues' gallery. Before he wasthree years old he had kicked a man todeath, and early inlife manifested a de-sire to use his teeth on everything insight.

Atfivehis owner attempted to train himto harness and buggy, but gave itup afterhaving three sulkies kicked to shreds. Hewas not only a kicker, but a bucker and abiter as well. Once three men harnessedhim to a sulky. For half an hour theycoaxed him to move and then tried thewhip. It was of no avail. The animalwouldnot stir one inch out of his tracks.Some one suggested the old method oflighting a fire under him, and a match wastouched to a bundle of straw.

He moved then, but itwas a horizontalmovement, and accompanied by such dis-astrous results to the sulky that no onehad ventured to harness him" until Profes-sor Gleason took him in hand on Fridayevening. Last night was his second les-son, and he was not long inshowing evi-dences of his uely temper.

After a few preliminary maneuvers hewas harnessed to a vehicle, and at oncecommenced to kick viciously at everythingin sight.

For some time Gleason could not get himin motion —the right kind of motion

—but

finally, after much patient work, he wasstarted around the ring. Gradually hewas urged into a trot, which was frequentlyinterrupted by the highest kicking that hasever been seen in the Pavilion.

.for an hour the professor worked uponhis stubborn charge, and at the end ofthat time a docile and obedient animal hadbeen evolved

—an animal- that refused to

kick even when the sulky was runon to hisheels. Dozens of times he was drivenaround the ring,and obeyed promptly thecommand to stop and go ahead.

Several other animals were treated witha like result.

Professor Gleason will close his exhibi-tions in this City witha testimonial benefitfrom the horsemen of San Francisco nextTuesday evening. At this time he willhandle, without ropes or straps, a vicioushorse ina 24-foot ring.

Special Baggage Notice.Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re

duced rates at our office oxly. One trunk,round trip, 69 cents; single trip, 35 cents.Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street,408 Taylor street and Oakland ferry depot.*

Itis claimed that there are fifty-fivedoesin the United Slates to every 1000 inhabi-tants.

APTEE MANY MONTHS.Sandy McFadden Arrested for Assault

to Murder.Sandy McFadden, a powerfully built

man, was arrested yesterday and bookedat the City Prison on a charge ofassault tomurder.

The complaining witness was JohnPowers, an old man living at 46 Clemen-tina street. A few days prior to the lastelection Powers was walkingdown Secondstreet, when McFadden met him. Somewords passed between them, when McFad-den knocked Powers down.In falling Powers' head struck against

the curbstone and his skull was fractured.

He hovered between life and death forsome time, but gradually recovered.

McFadden left the City and returned afew days ago. As soon as itbecame knownthat he was again in the City Powers tookmeasures to have him arrested.

McFadden declined to say anythingabout his arrest. At the time of the as-sault, however, it was stated by his friendsthat Powers was making remarks deroga-tory to an association of which he was amember.

ME. EMERIC'S DREAM.The Fish Commissioner Tells How

He Came to Invent His Fa-mous Spinner.

Fish Commissioners Emeric and Mur-dock had read in the Call that CharlesFair had written to Henry Skinner thathe (Charles Fair) had taken about the firstof the summer school of salmon at SantaCruz. They were at once ready for the en-counter with the lordly fish. They tookHenry Skinner into their confidence andshowed him a can chock lull of freshsardines, laid nicely and snugly down inbrine.

This apparently was Mr. Murdock'sdevice, for he removed the lidwitha sortof boastful tenderness and called Skinner'sattention to the contents. The championfly-catcher asked verynaturally:

"Why don't you wait and get your sar-dines down there, Mr.Murdock?"

The Fish Commissioner smiled pleas-antly at the inquiring Skinner.

"In the first place, Henry," he said,"because the sardines are hard to get atSanta Cruz just now. Inthe second "place,because this can and this brine is my in-vention, aud ifIbought my sardines inSanta Cruz no one would see it."

Here Mr. Emtric, whose name will godown to posterity in connection with hismarvelous spinner, took part in the con-versation. "Your pride in your can isquite laudable, Murdock," he said, "butyou might have lived to the age of Methu-selah and never invented a spinner."

"Perhaps you are right, rejoined Mr.Murdock, coldly, "but of this thing besure, that ifIever did invent a spinner itwillbe a spinner that willbe good for morethan one jay'swork."

Anominous flush came on Mr.Emeric'sbronzed features.

"Do you mean, Murdock," he saidcoldly, "to cast any reflection upon myspinner

—the Emeric spinner?"

"Certainly not," replied Mr. Murdockcordially.

"Of course not," said Mr.Skinner, throw-ingoilupon the troubled waters. "Theentire tisning community owes a debt ofgratitude to Mr. Emeric for his spinner."

The white wings of the dove of peacehaving been thus adroitly induced to casttheir harmonious shade over the anglers,Mr. Emeric explained that the manufac-turers put up his spinners with a degree ofiragility which, though good perhaps forthe trade, waa apt to bring curse wordsto the angler who saw his fish, after amoderate strain on the line, sail off withthe tackle business in his mouth.

"Perish these recollections," said Skin-ner. "I hope, gentlemen, that you willboth do good work at Santa Cruz."

And then Commissioner Emeric went onto tell how he invented his famous spin-ner. It happened one day on LakeLagunitas. Mr. Emeric had fished longand faithfully with a spoon that would notspin. Then he sat down under the shadeof one of the monster madrones that grewon the lake shore and fellasleep.Itmight have been an hour, but as a

matter of record itwas only ten minutesere Mr. Emeric awoke. There was a gladand triumphant smile upon his handsomeface, he stalked toward his boat lyingidlyat her moorings, with the air of a man whohad solved a problem, and there were themost substantial reasons for his self-gratu-lation.

During that dream the combination ofthe spinner which was to bear his namefor all succeeding time came to him allunsolicitous that he was. With quick butintelligent action he twisted the wire intothe revealed shape, and while a cloud fora second lay across the broad face of thesun the first Emeric spinner was launchedon the bosom of Lake Lagunitas. Thetrout sprang for it, and the triumpnantinventor laughed till the bordering woodsechoed his glee and the predatory heronspread its wings and directed itsclumsyflight to the solitudes of Tamalpais moun-tain. When Mr. Emeric's basket was fullhe left the lake, feeling that his memorywas safe and that the traveler from NovaScotia, seated perchance on a broken archof the Roman bridge of Stow Lake, mightsketch the ruins of Huntington Falls.

A DOCTOR'S NEW FIELDParticulars Which Leaked Out

About an Oakland Treat-ment.

Pathetic Story Told Inan InterviewWith a Banker From Red-

ding, Cal.

Dr. J. P. Sarsfield, who has offices in theNucleus building, Thirdand Market streets,San Francisco, opposite the Chroniclebuilding, several years ago established at1103 Filbert street, Oakland, a sanitariumfor blood diseases and kindred complaints.This is his specialty. His institution hasbeen continually filled with patients fromall parts of this coast. As soon as oneleaves another comes in to fill his place.The whole catalogue of blood diseases arethere represented

—scrofula, eczema, syphi-lis and the resultant troubles, as con-sumption, cancers, hip disease, sores, ab-scesses, fistula, sciatica and inflammatoryrheumatism, etc.

Patients who have been attended by Dr.Sarsfield for all these diseases claim to becured up soundly. They say the doctor doesnot claim tocure consumption nor cancer intheir worst forms, but claims he can stopthe growth of the worst cancer with hisblood remedy. Quite a number of menand women who have attended his institu-tion claim to have been cured of consump-tion. People who have been operated uponfor cancer, hip disease and fistula by notedBurgeons without being cured say theyhave been cured up soundly by Dr. Sars-field.

James McCormick, who was at onetime vice-president of the Bank of Red-ding, said when interviewed: "Iwas curedby Dr. Sarsfield of fistula in its worst formafter Ihad suffered eight years. Iwasnothing but a skeleton. Said he: "Don'tyou know, the regular practitioners in-variably operate for this trouble. Dr.Sarsneld cured me ina little less than fourmonths. Heused a blood remedy and anointment. He has cured many prominentpeople of the same trouble. There aremore man suffering with this trouble thanyou would imagine. Sciatic rheumatismis nothing but the result of rectal ulcer. Ican name some of the cures he has made:A. Scheline, 937 Wood street, Oakland,hipdisease four years' standing; Mrs. E.G. Foster, Grass Valley, tumor; WilliamA.Deane, Chronicle office, fistula; a childof Mrs. R. Hansen, at Clements, CaL, ofnecrosis of the bone of both legs, one legbeing dislocated at the knee joint as theresult of an operation by a doctor of Stock-ton; Mrs. L.P. Henderson, of cancer; R.Brownson of Oakland, rectal ulcer; and afriend of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, the phil-anthropist and kindergarten teacher, bythe name of Mrs. Henry Goodridge, ofmalignant ulcers. There are hundreds ofothers. In all these cases Dr. Sarsflelduses his blood remedy with marvelouseffect. This is a wonderful remedy. Itrequires several days for the doctor todistill this blood remedy. He has verycostly apparatus just for this purpose, andhe has been obliged to doubl* and redoubleits capacity several times since he openedhis sanitarium."

There is an article on this market seldomequaled and never excelled— Jesse Moore Whis-ky. Moore,lium &Co. guarantee its purity.

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ATTACHED BY WALTERLegal Proceedings Against the

Firm of James Duffy

&Co.

EEAL ESTATE DEEDED AWAY.

The Financial Difficulties of an Oldand Well-Known Carpet-

House.

James Duffy&Co., dealers in carpets,window-shades, wall-papers, etc., at 811Market street, are supposed to be involvedin legal and financial difficulties, thestraightening out of which promises toinvolve it in more than the ordinary in-solvency proceedings.

Late yesterday afternoon an attachmentagainst the firm was issued and filed, butthe execution was withheld until the firstof the week. The complainant named isL. J. Ackerman, but it is known that the

real plaintiff is the carpet-importing firmof D. N. &E. Walter &Co. of 531 Marketstreet, whose claim amounts to $0001.

Last Friday a meeting of the creditorsof James Duffy& Co. was held, at whichJohn P. Jourden, the active partner of theconcern, slated that his Jiabilities amountedto $27,000, but that there were assets ofabout the same amount. Those who at-tended the meeting are very reticent aboutthe matter, including Mr.Jonrden him-self, but itis known that the lartter offeredto settle withhis creditors on a basis of 35cents in secured notes.

This offer was rejected, Mr. Walterthreatening an attachment. Yesterdayafternoon this attachment was riled, ftcovers the stock and fixtures of the storein the Flood building on Market street andseveral pieces ofreal estate in this City.

Allof the real estate, however, had beendeeded to other persons or homesteadedbefore the attachments were filed. Yes-terday at 11o'clock John R. Jourden fileda second homestead claim upon his resi-dence at Twenty-second and Howardstreets, a previous homestead having beenfiled on tne same property about a weekago by his wife,Lucy H. Jourden.

The Walter attachment also covers realestate at California and Octavia streetsand Valencia and Seventeenth streets, "re-corded in the name of Annie M.Duffv";also Annie M. Duffy's interest in threeblocks of the Flint Tract Homestead Asso-ciation, "recorded in the name of Eliza-beth M.Wilson;" also real estate at Bry-ant and Clinton streets and at Clementinaand Second streets, "recorded in the nameof Elizabeth M. Wilson and Lucy H.Jourden." This attachment was not filedin the Recorder's office until after 12o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Meantime, on May 29, Annie M.Duffyhad deeded the California and Octaviastreets property to her daughter, Annie G.Duffy, and the Clementina and Secondstreets property to Elizabeth M. Wilson;while John P. Jourden had, on the samedate, deeded the Bryant and Clintonstreets property to Lucy H. Jourden.

And so itappears that the creditors ofJames Duffy&Co. will be compelled torely upon the assets of the firm for theirmoney, unless they can see a way of hav-ing some of these deeds set aside. Mr.Walter thinks he can see such a way andmeans to press the matter to the last. Be-ing a member ofthe Board of Trade, Mr.Walter has placed the matter in the handsof that association's attorney, Joseph Kirk.

But there are heavier creditors than theWalter Company. One of these is theNational Wall Paper Association, betterknown as the wall-paper trust, whose claimamounts to $12,000. The Tallant BankingCompany and W. and J. Sloane &Co. arealso creditors, but not for large amounts,itis said. The debt to the wall-paper trustis for stock consumed within the last twoyears. Mr. Stack, who represents the truston the coast, is in the East at present, andwhat the action of the trust will be canhardly be known before he returns.

Seven years ago James Duffy,the founderof the troubled firm, died, and his placewas taken by Mr. Jourden, a brother ofthe widow. The members of the firmsince then have been John P. Jourden andthe widow, Annie M. Duffy. Mr. Jour-den is also interested in the OccidentalVinegar Works. Mr. Jourden said yester-day that he expected to pull through thepresent difficulty. Itwas caused by anumber of bad bills, he said, and by a fall-ing offin business. He said many of hiscreditors had expressed their sympathyand promised to accept his terms.

FOR CITY IMPROVEMENTMerchants to Make Many Wise

Suggestions to the Su-pervisors.

NEW ORDINANCES WANTED.

Streets toBe Opened and Closed by

the Street SuperintendentOnly.

The annual meeting of the Merchants'Association last Wednesday evening dem-onstrated one thing, that was that theefforts and work accomplished by its boardof directors during the past year were verysatisfactory to all. This encouragement

will incite the new board to even greaterefforts, and they have already set to workin earnest. They are carefully reviewingthe suggestions made by the several speak-ers at the meeting. The practicable fea-tures will be adopted and put in operationas soon as possible. David Rich of theHalf-million Club made several sugges-tions which have practicably been accepted.Ernest McCullough's ideas will next re-ceive the attention of the directors. Assoon as the latter know exactly what theywant they will arrange their ideas in apetition to the Board of Supervisors.

Among the ideas already accepted andwhich the Supervisors willbe requested toenforce is the fencing of lots so that sandand dirt cannot drift upon the sidewalksand into the streets. The owners will berequired to fence in their property whenthe ground is higher than the streets.

Another willbe the passage of an ordi-nance compelling contractors erectingand tearing down buildings where sandand mortar is used to erect a fence aroundthe edges of the sidewalks, so that therefuse will not be scattered all over thestreets, as is the case with the Safe Depositbuilding improvements on California andMontgomery streets.

The association will request the enact-ment ofan ordinance relative to the open-ing and closing of street pavements byindividuals and corporations having fran-chises to lay water and gas pipes andunderground wires. These people takebut little pains in restoring the pavementafter they are through with their workandthe result is the streets are ruined. Themerchants propose that the City shall at-tend to the reconstruction of ODened streetsand that those who cause the work to bedone shall pay for the cost.

The police and Supervisors will be askedto see that more attention is paid to gar-bage carts and that the drivers are com-pelled to comply with the law requiringthat such carts shall be covered with can-vas while passing through the streets, andthus prevent ashes, dust and filth frombeing mown broadcast. Another ordinancewillbe asked for prohibiting the paintingof objectionable signs upon the dead wallsofthe City.In the same ordinance willbe a clause,

the purpose of which willbe to reduce thesize and number of signs on places of busi-ness. The idea is. that mammoth adver-tisements on business houses, on the prin-cipal streets especially, detract from thegeneral good appearance of the City. Ifall storekeepers and merchants would de-crease tbe dimensions of their signs to auniform size the general appearance of theCity would be greatly improved. The nu-merous cheap cloth "banners strung acrossthe entire face of buildings announcinggoods sold at Sheriff's and creditors' salesimpresses the visitor with the iatea that theentire City is in the hands of creditors.

Still another important matter willbeimpressed upon the minds of the Super-visors

—the necessity of making provision

for the Street Superintendent's depart-ment, so that he can niake repairs tostreets at once. Many small holes andbreaks in the pavements have remainedunrepaired for months because the Super-intendent of Streets has no money to dothe work. Matters will remain in thiscondition until after the Istof July.

Upon the advice of the consulting engi-neer, Ernest McCullough, an ordinancewill be framed permitting the use ofasphalt as well as bitumen. Asphaltmakes a superior pavement when scientifi-cally mixed with sand, carbonate of lime,etc., but itcosts more. Bitumen is asphaltthat, nature has mixed with these andother ingredients, and consequently theproportions are not always the same.As a result one part of a streetwill wear better than another. Atpresent the specifications name only bitu-men, and the merchants believe that iftheproperty-owners want to stand the ex-pense of putting down better materialsthey should have the privilege.

By the time the next Legislature meetsthe Merchants' Association will haveframed an act by which the City can com-pel street and other contractors "to guaran-tee their work for two, three or five years,the same as in the large Eastern cities.Under the present law this cannot be done.Hence the shoddy work that begins tobreak up as soon as accepted.

KOBBED BY MASKED MEN.Roy Goldberg, Alias Howard, Has an

Unpleasant Experience In HisKooin.

Bennett Wiseman, 18 years of age, wasbooked at the City Prison last night byPoliceman George Collins on a charge ofrobbery.

About 6 o'clock Collins' attention wasattracted by cries of "Police l Help?"coming from a window in the lodging-house 109 Grant avenue. The cries camefrom Roy Goldberg, alias Howard, whooccupied room 3. When Collins enteredthe room Wiseman was there with hishands and feet bound with cord. Gold-berg's feet were also bound. Goldbergtold Collins that he wanted Wisemanarrested for robbing him of$195.

Wiseman, after being taken to the prison,said that he had nothing to do with therobbery. He was a friend of Goldberg, andbetween 5 and 6 o'clock called to see him.He was sitting in the room reading a news-paper, when two masked men entered.One seized Goldberg and tied his handsand feet, and the other paid the same at-tention to Wiseman and threw him facedown on the bed. They then searchedtheir pockets.

Wiseman had $1 50 in one of his pocketswhich they overlooked, but Goldberg saidhe had $195 in his pockets which they took.Wiseman denied that he knew who thetwo men were.

Goldberg is wellknown to the police. Afew weeks ago he was arrested in Portlandand brought here on a Superior Courtwarrant charging him with perjury infalsely swearing to the age of a young girlwhom he married and took to Portland,where he placed her ina house of illfame.

Comfortable Traveling.The most comfortable route to the East sum-

mer or winter isthe Santa Fe route. The sleep-ing-cars .are superior |and . the meals en routeare unequale*. . There is less dust and no moreheat than on any other line. •" \u25a0: • •.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'Apopular misbelief is that extreme heat pre-vails on this lineinsummer,' while the fact isthat the elevation of the whole line insures ascomfortable a temperature as can be found onevenithe most northerly line.;The northernpart of Arizona is the summer resort of thepeople of that section, and the Grand Canyonof \u25a0 the Colorado 2is visited in the summermonths exclusively. ...-\u25a0\u25a0

-The Santa Fe route is firstclass all the waythrough to Chicago. The ticket office.is 650Market street, Chronicle building. The Pullman sleepers run without change from SanFrancisco to Chicago via Kansas City." •?

InFrance a very good gas is made fromthe fatty materials contained in the soap-suds atter washing wools and yarns. Thewash water of a woolen-mill with 20,000spindles willannually yield enough of thissubstance to produce 1,100,000 feet of gaa.

ONLY LEGALLY MARRIEDLord and Lady Sholto Douglas

Waiting for the Church'sSanction.

The Groom Goes to Burlingame fora Rest— The Bride Remains

on the Stage.

The anticipated religious solemnizationof the marriage between the legal Lord andLady Sholto Douglas did not take placeyesterday. Lord Sholto is off to Bur-lingame for a day's rest or two this morn-ing, and when he returns arrangementswillbe made for the religious ceremony atSt. Mary's Cathedral.

Meanwhile Lady Sholto is only such inname and by the laws of the State, whichsanction the legal bond and make itbind-ing. The religious scruples of the brideand groom do not sanction the legal bond.They are living apart yet and willremainso until the sanction of the church hasbeen added to that of the law.

Lady Sholto is living with her motheron Leavenworth street, near the Audi-torium, where she is billed as the star of anot inconsiderable orunmeritorious vaude-villecompany, while her husband— by lawand name only

—as yet livesnear by inan

Eddy-street rooming-house.Ke was at the theater last night, though

he did not appear in front of the houseany longer than it took to go fromManager Moore's private office to the stagedoor. He came to see Mr. Moore to havehis wife's engagement canceled, ifpossible.But itwas not possible, according to Mr.Moore's standpoint."Ihave a contract with Miss Loretta

Addis for an indefinite period," says Mr.Moore, "andIassured Lord Douglas thatIcould not think of relinquishing ic."

"For a consideration? Oh, well, that isanother matter. Ihold Miss Addis, orLady Sholto, to her engagement because itis profitable to do so. Ifit were moreprofitable to break the engagementBut then that is a bridge not even insight,and Ido not care todiscuss it. Lord Sholtoappealed to me on the basis that my con-tract was void because the lady's name haschanged. Iassured him that Ihad con-sulted an attorney on that score, and thatIhad been advised that the contract isgood, and Imean to hold her to it."

"LordSholto should have waited untilthe en^a^ement was overand then marriedray daughter," said Mrs. Mooney. "Butbless you, he was in such a hurry to tie theknot that he could not even wait tillheheard from his folks inEngland.""Yes; Isuppose that's my name," saida plump little black-eyed damsel, all in aflaring red gown that covered her stagecostume, when Mr.Moore introduced heras Lady Sholto Douglas."Iwonder why the public can't let us

rest a bit.now that we are married. Ohyes,Iknow; they say Imarried him forhis name and his money. First they saidIcouldn t marry him, and now they say Iw\u25a0 n t:/

man7 him because Iliked him.\\ell,Idon t care much what they say.it makes no difference to us. Would Ihave married him if he were only plainJohn Smith? IfIhad liked himIwould.1wouldn't marry any manIdidn't like, ifne were a dozen times a lord and a coupleof kings in the bargain.

"AmIgoing toLondon? Oh, some day,Isuppose. Idon't know. We have'ntmade any plans yet. Lord Sholto has notheard from his folks yet in England. Let'ssee, itwas two weeks aeo and more thathe wrote, telling them we were going to bemarried. Oh, we must wait two more weeksyet. Iwanted him to put off the weddingtillthen, but he insisted— and— well, hehad his way, as a man always does, Isup-pose.

"Oh, Idon't know what they will doabout the contract. Of course, Iwill haveto play till it is over, it all depends, Iguess. We're not reallymarried yet, don'tyou know, only legally married. We

have'nt set the date for the marriage itythe church, and we won't be really an*truly married till that happens.

"Oh, no; it doesn't trouble me in theleast being a lady and all that. Whyshould it? Itold him long ago that Iwasas good as he and my mother and sistersand brothers as good" as his folks or any-body's. That's my number. NowImnstgo on. Idon't care what you put in thepaper, for Ishan't read it anyway. I'vegot something better to do. Coming—"this to the callboy. Off went her red wrapand before the footlights tripped a light*hearted brunette, who looks scarcely her18years.

In another instant she was bowing tothe shower of applause that greeted herand reaching down to pullup the hugefloral piece of maidens-hair ferns, LaFrance roses and lilies, all tied with pinkribbons. It was truly a beautiful pieceand as tall as the little woman whoproudly carried itto one side of the stage.In the center of itwas the inscription :

LADY BHOLTO DOUGLAS.Itwas Manager Moore's offering to the

bride of his company. Lord Sholto stoodin the wings all the while until her act wasover.

"Ofcourse Ishall take heroff the stage,"he said, "and the sooner Ican do it thebetter pleased Ishall be. We have madeno definite arrangements yet, because Iam waiting to hear from my folks. Agood deal will depend on their attitude,don't youknow. But Idon't expect anytrouble. Why shouldn't Imarry any goodgirlIchoose? Ican't say anything morenow. You must excuse me. I'm off toBurlingame in the morning for a few days'rest after all this fuss and excitement, andwhen Icome back the wedding at thechurch willbe arranged."

ALONG THE WATER FRONTA Short Strike for Higher

Wages on the SteamerT. C. Walker.

Loss of the Washtenaw In Magellan

Straits on Her Way toThis Port.

The crew of the river steamer T. C.Walker struck yesterday morning andtheir places were soon tilled witn new menand the boat was not delayed.Itis the custom on river steamers to give

the crew $30 a month during the wintermonths and $35 during the fruit time,which begins the l?t of June. The com-pany concluded not to make the usual ad-vance and the thirty men of the Walker'screw quit work.

The Hawaiian schooner Aloha will sailthis morning for Honolulu with a generalcargo and a deckload of 610 hogs. Theanimals were in e;ood condition and des-tined for the Honolulu butcher-shops.They were purchased by E. C. Winston,who is part owner of the Aloha and was amember of the Provisional Legislature.Itis reported that the steamer Wash-

tenaw, en route from New York to SanFrancisco, was wrecked in the Straits ofMagellan. The dispatch was very brief,giving no accounts concerning her officersand crew.

The Washtenaw was originally a trampsteamer named the Oxford, built in Eng-land in 1887. She was wrecked in theBahamas and purchased and repaired byan American firm, and has since sailedunder the United States flag. The steamerwas recently chartered by the Pacific Im-provement Company to be used as a coal-carrier.

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