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civilized, I, 82; their condition investigated, I, 81; efforts of Mexican government to improve I, 81 ; up- rising in 1829, I, 80; enslavement of, I, 79; enter into combinations, I, 78; probable fate of under American rule, I, 77.
Individualism, exhibited in extreme form, I, 157; re- sults of individual efforts of argonauts, I, 158; ef- fects upon development of city, II, 723; promotes antagonisms, II, 751; many improvements through private effort, II, 752.
Indolence, besetting sin of native Californians, I, 33. Initiative, in legislation, adopted by city, II, 720.
Insurance, amount of losses paid after April fire of 1906, II, 869.
Interest rates, in early days, I, 347; charter seeks to regulate by indirection, II, 712.
Internationals, the organization in San Francisco, II, 683.
Irrigation, early legislation concerning, II, 485.
Isolation, effects of in early days, I, 286; period of ended by completion of transcontinental railroad, I, 401.
Japanese, few arrive in early days, I, 379; in public schools, II, 780; agitation over presence in schools revived, II, 876; attitude of state regarding their admission to schools, II, 876; forced into public schools by President Roosevelt, II, 878; scatter throughout city after fire, II, 902.
Jesuits, expelled by Portola, I, 12; oppose planting of missions in Alta California, I, 19.
Journalism, "Bulletin's" crusade agaist crime, I, 205; intemperate methods, I, 206; partisan newspapers, I, 295; news before the occupation traveled slowly, I, 296; a merger, I, 296; violent editorial expressions, I, 296; founding of "Alta California," I, 296; idle gossip printed in pioneer days, I, 297; engaged in as a necessity, I, 297; not profitable in pioneer days, I, 297; attempts to promote reforms, I, 298; press en- courages filibustering, I, 298; editorials a leading feature of press of pioneer period, I, 299; rivalry in the fifties, I, 299; editorial writers during the fifties, I, 299; use of the telegraph, I, 300; news by steamer, I, 300; news by mail and pony express, I, 300; allied with literature, I, 301; in the sixties, I, 460; women as reporters, I, 460; news gathering methods in the sixties, I, 461 ; "Examiner" and "Chronicle" founded, I, 461 ; illustration in San Francisco dailies, I, 462; career of "Bulletin" during sixties, I, 462 ; the "Morning Call," I, 462; weekly papers as cen- sors, I, 463; career of "Alta California," I, 463; papers devoted to mining stock selling operations, I, 463; "Wasp" first American paper to print cartoons in colors, I, 463; newspaper mortality during the sixties, I, 464; writers for and contributors to daily press, I, 464; an extra under discouraging circum- stances, I, 470; sand lot orators echo daily press, II,
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512; exposure of federal ring by "Chronicle," II, 522; newspapers as a source of historical informa- tion, II, 535; "Bulletin" antagonizes municipal ownership of water supply, II, 584; freedom of the press, II, 624; influences and policy of, II, 631; at close of the seventies, II, 632; Sunday magazines of the daily papers, II, 633; writers during the early eighties, II, 634; William R. Hearst assumes charge of the "Examiner," II, 806; "Call" during the eighties, II, 807; eastern criticism of San Francisco press, II, 808; attempt to get out an extra on April 18, 1906, II, 830; joint paper printed by morning dailies on day after the earthquake, II, 837; the press during the earthquake troubles, II, 848; papers re- established themselves in their old locations, II, 867. Judiciary, judge made laws, II, 554.
Juries, and the squatters, I, 152; jury system brought into disrepute during graft trials, II, 890.
Kalloch, Isaac S., preacher and politician, II, 551; elected mayor, II, 551; impeached by board of su- pervisors, II, 552; meeting of workingmen intimidates judges, II, 553 ; his administration a bogy to frighten charter makers, II, 554.
Kearney, Denis, denounces municipal inefficiency, II, 518; his relations with the press, II, 518; member of "pickhandle" brigade, II, 532; as a leader, II, 534; his literary attainments, II, 534; on the stump, II, 534; an assiduous reader of newspapers, II, 535; fails to carry out a threat, II, 539; driven from a platform by Jack Hayes, II, 541; his English social- istic associates, II, 596.
Kearny, General Philip, orders sale of water front lots, I, 119; exercise of military authority by, I, 147. Kearny street, widening of, I, 408.
Kelly, Mamie, her killing comes near provoking a lynching, II, 815.
King, Clarence, exposes diamond mine swindlers, II, 509.
King of William, James, engages in journalism, I, 297. King, Thomas Starr, monument erected to his memory, I, 339; his church, I, 453.
Kino, Father, founds mission, I, ro; reaches the Colorado in 1700, I, It; death of in 1711, I, II.
Klondike, gold discovery causes rush to, II, 732.
Know Nothings, an intolerant anti-foreign party, I, 200; exhibitions of narrowness in pioneer period, I, 253.
Labor, before American occupation, I, 77; Rezanoff suggests introduction of Chinese, I, 78; high cost of in pioneer period, I, 143; conditions in 1849, I, 158; troubles in pioneer days, I, 244; condition of workers, I, 244; changing conditions, I, 245; supply becomes abundant, but wages remain high, I, 245; organiza- tions formed, I, 246; ennoble condition of the worker, I, z46; influx of Chinese, I, 246; workers too busy Vol. II-31
to bother about Chinese, I, 261 ; condition of in sixties, I, 371; Central Trades Assembly formed, I, 372; strike of foundry employes in 1864, I, 372; politics and, I, 372; attempt to pass an eight-hour law, I, 373; eight-hour league formed, I, 373; trades unions in San Francisco in 1867, I, 373; a working- man's convention, I, 373 ; local leaders reject proposi- tions of eastern unions, I, 374; political action favored by trade unionists, I, 374; workingmen win in the primaries, I, 374; trades unionism receives a back set, I, 375; trades unions and women workers, I, 375; trades unions and Chinese, I, 375; Chinese labor not cheap, I, 378; an excessive supply, I, 425; activity in trades union circles, I, 426; Knights of Crispin convention in 1870, II, 481; and Chinese, II, 482; trades unions inactive, II, 482; many unemployed in the city, II, 488; high wages impede manufacturing in the seventies, II, 5Ir; unemployed flock to city in 1876-7, II, 512; formation of Workingmen's Party, II, 536; sand lot mob menaces Crocker's spite fence, II, 538; "work or bread" parades, II, 540; Working- men's Party elects Kalloch mayor, II, 551; Chinese servants, II, 598; high wages deter investments in manufactures, II, 674; conditions between 1883 and 1893, II, 681; changed attitude of workingmen, II, 681; employment of the boycott, II, 682; Burnett Haskell's connection with trades unions, II, 684; propaganda of federated trades, II, 684; strike of foundry workers, II, 684; strike of brewers, II, 685; strike of sailors, II, 685; trade unionism meets a check, II, 686; formation of an employers' associa- tion, II, 686; organization of unskilled workers, II, 687; formation of "Employers Alliance," II, 687; Abe Ruef assumes direction of Workingmen's Party, II, 688; numerous strikes in 1901, II, 688; teamsters' strike in 1901, II, 689; attitude of alliance in team- sters' strike, II, 689; sympathetic strike declared, II, 690; citizens attempt to compose teamsters' strike, II, 690; violence accompanies teamsters' strike, II, 691; political effect of strike of teamsters, II, 691; railroad riots in 1894, II, 729; falling prices create la- bor difficulties, II, 730; Workingmen's Party held re- sponsible for encouragement of vice, II, 737; trades union regulations hinder manufacturing development, II, 739; exactions of unions injure shipbuilding in- dustry, II, 747; eastern criticism of San Francisco trades unionism, II, 823; high wages paid in the building trades industry, II, 864; exacting demands of workers, II, 874; carmen's strike of 1902, II, 878; carmen's strike arbitrated, II, 879; carmen's strike of 1907, II, 888; workingmen elect P. H. McCarthy mayor, II, 895; workingmen and cost of living in San Francisco, II, 902; workingmen find homes in outlying districts, II, 903; high cost impedes manu- facturing progress, II, 939.
La Grange, Oscar H., superintendent of branch mint, II, 520.
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Lake Merced, violently disturbed in 1852, I, 166.
Lamont, Blanche, murdered by Theodore Durrant, II, 814.
Land, Spanish and Mexican grants, 1, 83; the land grant system of Spain and Mexico, I, 83; confirmation of grants, I, 84; evil results of large holdings, I, 85; grabbing public, I, 145; water front titles, I, 148; grants and sales by alcaldes, I, 149; status of public, I, 149; examples of Mexican liberality imitated, I, 150; nothing saved for municipal use, I,' 150; ir- regularity and fraud in sale of public, I, 151; respect for vested rights, I, 151; squatters' troubles, I, 151; titles in doubt many years, I, 151 ; juries undepend- able in land trials, I, 152; fraudulent Limantour claim, I, 153; establishment of commission, I, 154; immense interior holdings, I, 154; the great interior valley of California, I, 176; no accounting of sales made in 1850, I, 187; Horace Hawes exposes grab- bers, I, 187; town lot scandal and Peter Smith judg- ments, I, 192; Vigilance committee bargains to quiet titles, I, 217; eastern attitude toward disposal of public lands, I, 356; public land regarded as value- less until opened to settlement, I, 357; railroads secure large quantities, I, 361 ; owners of large tracts desire cheap Chinese labor, I, 380; Southern Pacific adds to its vast holdings, I, 423; monopoly of causes discontent, I, 427; unequal taxation of, I, 428 ; Henry George attacks monopoly of, I, 428; the bogus San- tillan claim, II, 480; movement against monopoly of, II, 485; large tracts secured by abuse of desert land act, II, 523; George's mistake concerning monop- olization tendencies, II, 559; cutting up the big ranches, II, 693; more fairly assessed, II, 673. Landmarkes, rapid disappearance of, I, 414.
Language, Spanish officially abandoned, I, 261.
Larkin, Thomas O., efforts to win over native Cali- fornians, I, 76; reports on discovery of gold, I, 132. Latin Americans, not relatively numerous in pioneer days, I, 260.
Latham, Milton S., forced to abandon railroading in California, I, 422.
Laver, Augustus, architect of new City Hall of 1871, II, 516.
Law, jury system in land cases created by squatters, I, 152; alcalde justice, I, 180; failure to enforce, I, 201; respectable element indifferent to its en- forcement, I, 204; trial of Cora, I, 205; authorities unable to preserve order, I, 206; purging the jury lists, I, 212; negro testimony objected to, I, 339; illiberal banking laws, I, 348; Chinese testimony not accepted, I, 376; respect for, I, 453; the delays of, II, 622; neglect of duty by Bar of San Francisco, II, 625; courts nullify regulative features of consti- tution of 1879, II, 651 ; civil service, II, 715; move- ment to overcome delays of, II, 812; community dis- posed to respect, II, 815; administration of during the eighties, II, 817; martial law not in force after
fire of 1906, II, 858; authority of superseded by reign of common sense, II, 859.
Law and Order Party, during Vigilance committee uprising, I, 207; objects of, I, 209.
Lawyers, the Bar of San Francisco, II, 625; early members of the Bar, II, 627, 628, 629, 630.
Leese, Jacob Primer, starts first mercantile establish- ment in Yerba Buena, I, 96.
Leeds, Joseph S., manager of Traffic Association in 1892, II, 654.
Legal Holidays, declared after fire of 1906, II, 871. Legislature, water front jobbery, I, 165; interior mem- bers arrayed against city, I, 196; railroad influence over, II, 537.
Libraries, pioneer collections, I, 303; Roger's free public library act, II, 532; private collections during early eighties, II, 636; origin of public library system, II, 636; growth of public library, II, 637; the Mer- cantile, II, 637; Mechanics Institute library, II, 638; numerous semi-public collections, II, 638; rapid growth of public, II, 804; mercantile collection ab- sorbed by Mechanics Institute, II, 804; the Sutro collection, II, 805; Odd Fellows and Bancroft col- lections, II, 805.
Lick, James, career of, II, 570; his gifts to the people, II, 571 ; trustees carry out his bequests, II, 571.
Life insurance, first company formed in California, II, 678.
Limantour, Jose J., his fraudulent land claim, I, 153. Little Pete, career of a noted Chinese criminal, II, 816;
fleeces white gamblers, II, 816; murdered by a rival, II, 817.
Literature, few books in the missions, I, 45; allied with journalism in the fifties, I, 301; varying standards of the fifties, I, 301; political doggerel, I, 302; pioneer libraries, I, 303; weekly periodicals devoted to, I, 303; contributors to weeklies, I, 304; Golden Era school of writers, I, 304; the higher education and, I, 458; the California note in, I, 459; highly seasoned writing, I, 459; cynical and satirical styles admired, I, 459; business men write for mag- azines, I, 460; as a calling in the sixties, I, 460; contributors to daily and weekly press, I, 464; owners of collections of books, II, 636; work of J. Ross Browne, II, 639; writers of serious books, II, 639; Henry George's "Progress and Poverty," II, 640; Robert Louis Stevenson in San Francisco, II, 641; early political novels, II, 641; Bancroft's histories, II, 642; magazines during the eighties, II, 643; writers during the eighties, II, 805; weekly papers and magazines during the eighties, II, 808; Ruef writes his memoirs, II, 894; events most important in historical narrative, II, 898.
Live stock, wholesale slaughter of in missions, I, 95. Lobbying, Huntington as a lobbyist, I, 361; promoted by consolidation act, II, 561 ; railroad lobby in Wash- ington, II, 587.
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Local Self Government (see also special legislation), denied to city, I, 406.
Lockwood, Rufus A., career of, II, 629.
Los Angeles, in the dolce far niente stage, I, 420; growth of the southern city, II, 670.
Lotteries, no objection to in early days, II, 605.
Lumber, conservation of timber urged, I, 88; first saw mill in California, I, 88; trade in, II, 745.
Lynching, of Cora and Casey, I, 204.
Mackay, John W., mining magnate, II, 945.
Magellan, sails into the Pacific, I, 4.
Magazines, during the eighties, II, 643.
McCarthy, P. H., workingmen's candidate for mayor- alty elected, II, 895.
McCoppin, Frank, author of street car fare reduction measure, II, 577.
Mccullough, John, San Francisco career of the actor, I, 439.
McEnerney Act, for reestablishing titles after fire of 1906, II, 904.
Manifest destiny, belief in, I, 36; prediction of a Yankee skipper, I, 38; American conquest of China suggested, II, 482.
Manila, foundation of by Spaniards, I, 4; Spanish trade with islands, I, 10.
Manufacturing, during mission period, I, 34; only a few simple articles produced at missions, I, 87; de- pendence of native Californians on outside world, I, 87; slow progress of in pioneer days, I, 321; in 1860, I, 322 ; receives a setback, I, 351 ; woolen textile mills operated, I, 398; condition of industries in 1865, I, 399; metal industries prosperous, I, 400; encouragement of home industry, I, 400; growth of canning industry, II, 486; impeded by speculative fever, II, 509; products of in 1876, II, 510; high wages an obstacle to, II, 511; capital reluctant to engage in, II, 674; high cost of labor impedes, II, 674; railroad tariffs discourage, II, 675; larger mar- kets essential to success of, II, 675; Chinese engage in, II, 682; causes of failure to expand, II, 738; value of products in 1904, II, 739; deceptive figures of production, II, 739; oil refineries on the Bay, II, 746; labor exactions injure shipbuilding industry, II, 747; operation of Union Iron Works, II, 747; hurt by labor restraints, II, 939; products of as shown by census of 1910, II, 939.
Marine Hospital service, foments a plague scare, II, 782.
Markets, for California products, I, 280; restricted character of for manufactures, II, 511.
Market Street, in 1870, I, 412; "South of the Slot," II, 574; value of property on, II, 580; invaded by cheap amusement places, II, 910.
Marriage, loose relation of sexes, I, 451; contract scandals, II, Bro; Fair will case, II, 812.
Marshall, James W., discoverer of gold at Sutter's mill, I, 132; miners quarrel with his methods, I, 134.
Martial law, not in force at time of big fire in 1906, II, 858.
Mason, Richard B., military governor suggests con- servation of gold, I, 133.
Mayoralty, jealousy of powers of executive, II, 554; people refuse to invest with much power, II, 703. Mechanics, in Yerba Buena, I, 114.
Mechanics Institute, first industrial fair of, I, 321; its library, II, 638.
Meiggs, Harry, his schemes, I, 197; forges street war- rant, I, 197; his flight to and success in Peru, I, 198; legislature votes to condone his crimes, I, 198.
Melville, Emily, starts opera company in city, II, 611. Mendell, George H., reports on sources of water for San Francisco, II, 585.
Mercantile Library, its varying fortunes, II, 637; ab- sorbed by Mechanics Institute, II, 804.
Merchants Association, formation of, II, 713; varied activities of, II, 714.
Meteorological, Chronicle inaugurates weather warning service for horticulturists, II, 795; peculiarities of San Francisco climate, II, 796; California climate, I, 171; no change of climatic conditions, I, 171; inexact weather records, I, 172; variations of climate in California, I, 172; the Japanese current, I, 173; influence of Pacific ocean on climate of California, I, 173; weather records and statistics of, I, 173; peculiarities of climate misunderstood, I, 173; snow rarely falls in city, I, 174; climate not conducive to indolence, I, 174.
Metropolitan Area, its development exhibited by traffic figures, II, 924.
Mexico, feebleness of its government, I, 70; revolts against Spain, I, 72; much friction after declaration of independence, I, 72; missionaries antagonize re- publican government, I, 73; loyalty of native Cali- fornians to not pronounced, I, 74; land grant policy of, I, 84; United States declares war against, I, 102 ; French intrigues against, I, 267; an attempt to capture Sonora, I, 268; filibustering expeditions in- spired by slaveholders, I, 269.
Midwinter Fair, in 1894, II, 728; M. H. de Young made Director General, II, 728; proves a financial success, II, 728; legacy of a memorial museum, II, 728.
Militia, politics and the citizen soldiery, I, 257; organ- izations in the sixties, I, 443; foreign companies, I, 443; showy uniforms of, I, 443.
Military, arbitrary acts of military authorities, I, 180; usurpations of denounced by pioneers, I, 184; an undependable militia, I, 257; the militant spirit of ante bellum days, I, 265; part played by regular army during the disaster of April, 1906, II, 859.
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Mining, restless characteristics of miners, I, 271 ; miners hostile to Chinese, I, 377; chief dependence of pio- neers, I, 138; placers draw people from city, I, 158; mineral resources, I, 324; exhaustion of placers, I, 324 ; speculations concerning its future, I, 325; pur- sued on new lines, I, 325; discovery of Comstock lode, I, 325; decline of gold production, I, 353; railroad seeks to grab mineral lands, I, 363; im- portance of Comstock discovery, I, 381; San Fran- cisco's dependence upon, I, 381; silver ore not rec- ognized by early miners, I, 381; foundation of city's financial strength, I, 382; Nevada miners resort to San Francisco, I, 382; struggle for control of mines, I, 385; San Francisco's interest in the industry, I, 387; legitimate and speculative, I, 388; decline of yield of placers, II, 487; discovery of the "big bonanza," II, 491 ; infancy of the petroleum industry, II, 490; tricks of manipulators of mines, II, 491; output of the big mines, II, 495; tremendous stock fluctuations, II, 494; the Comstock Jode, II, 497; Flood, Mackay, Fair and O'Brien obtain control of "Consolidated Virginia," II, 497; struggle for control of the Comstocks, II, 499; salted diamond mines, II, 508; Sierra Nevada deal, II, 549; legislature prohibits dealing in futures, II, 550; effect of de- clining value of silver upon, II, 666; yield of precious metals declining, II, 672; the Klondike gold dis- covery, II, 732; Pacific Stock Exchange ceases opera- tions, II, 733; courts stop hydraulic, II, 734; success- ful gold dredging operations, II, 734; expansion of the general industry, II, 735; remarkable develop- ment of oil industry, II, 735; increased mineral production, II, 941.
Minstrelsy, see Amusements.
Mission district, scene of early bull fights and horse races, I, 259; traces of early Spanish people disap- pear, I, 412; society deserts, II, 574.
Missions, Kino's project of extending to California, I, ro; Serra made president of California, I, 12; Dolores, origin of its name, I, 16; new San Fran- cisco approved by Riviera, I, 17; chain of in Cali- fornia, I, 17; inventory of Dolores, I, 31 ; seculariza- tion of diminishes religious devotion, I, 63; music at, I, 63; deplorable state of Dolores, I, 117; Dolores sold at auction, I, 117; architecture of, I, 32; I, 117; arrangement of buildings of, I, 117; modest character of Dolores establishment, I, 118; celebration of cen- tennary of Dolores, II, 604.
Missionaries, the Franciscans, I, II; their efforts to elevate the Indian a failure, I, 24; aims and policy of, I, 24; result of their labors, I, 28; fail to en- courage trade, I, 29; agricultural and pastoral in- dustries practiced by, I, 30; neglect education, I, 45 ; arbitrary exercise of power by, I, 46; encourage smuggling, I, 62; try to teach Indians the arts, I, 87. Mint, new building constructed on Fifth street by
Government, I, 527; operations of San Francisco branch, II, 679.
Modern conveniences, introduction of gas, I, 326. Mob violence, not confined to San Francisco in pioneer days, I, 203; justified by press, I, 218.
Money, scarcity of coins in pioneer days, I, 282; private coinage, I, 283; merchants profit by adhering to gold, I, 341; use of gold coins, I, 345; objections to greenbacks, I, 346; Governor Stanford urges use of government paper currency, I, 346; greenbacks not distrusted, I, 347; speculation in greenbacks, I, 347; results of refusal to use greenbacks, I, 349; few debts paid with legal tender paper, I, 350; dealings in specie, I, 352; California's experience and the Gresham law, I, 352; II, 663; the United States branch mint in San Francisco, II, 527; United States subtreasury, II, 527; the money panic of 1893, II, 661; maintenance of specie payments, II, 664; sub- sidiary silver coin sold and bought, II, 664; brokers profit by plethora of subsidiary coins, II, 664; hos- tility to small coins, II, 664; trade dollar experiment, II, 665; ignorance of effect of demonetization of silver, II, 665; interest rates, II, 666; crisis of 1893, II, 667; question of the standards in California, II, 677; operations of San Francisco branch mint, II, 679; operations of United States subtreasury, II, 679; continued objections to paper currency, II, 680; Clearing House certificates accepted without demur, II, 933.
Monopoly, growth of sentiment against, I, 361; com- bination tries to beat Central Pacific, I, 362; Central Pacific profits through antagonism, I, 362; railroad attempts to control all approaches to city, I, 367; antagonism to Chinese immigration due to fear of, I, 380; efforts of railroad to shut out rivals causes bitter feeling against, I, 425; of land causes dis- content, I, 427; Henry George and land, I, 428; beginning of a crusade against, II, 478; desert land act abuses excite fears of, II, 523 ; George's appre- hension of, II, 559; efforts of the railroad to monop- olize, II, 587; fear of land monopolization disap- pears, II, 673; a law that did not effect its purpose, II, 916.
Montgomery Block, erected in 1853, survives fire and quake, I, 143.
Mont Eagle University, Horace Hawes's unsuccessful educational attempt, II, 643.
Monterey, attempts to relocate, I, 4; the harbor of, I, 6; expedition to rediscover, I, 12; doubts con- cerning its existence removed, I, 15; importance of, in provincial days, I, 42.
Morals, lotteries not condemned, II, 605.
Mormons, colony arrives in San Francisco in 1846, I, 113; colony disrupted by gold discovery, I, 113. Mortality, excessive in pioneer days because of ex- posure, I, 252.
Morse, Salmi, author of Passion Play, II, 606.
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Mortgage tax law, attempts to repeal finally succeed, II, 720.
Mountain Lake Water Company receives franchise, I, 166.
Moving pictures suggested by experiments of a San Franciscan, II, 615; II, 794.
Mud hens victims of mining stock speculation, II, 496. Municipal, no lands saved for use of city, I, 150; tur- pitude of officials, I, 150; first council of city, I, 181; authorities desert their post to hunt for gold, I, 181 ; inadequate police protection, I, 182; city limits estab- lished for judicial purposes, I, 182; efforts to suppress gambling, I, 182; government work, I, 183; city in debt and no money in treasury, I, 185; appointive officials, I, 185; partisan politics intrude, I, 186; Hawes denounces council as venal, I, 187; charter of 1850, I, 189; no reforms effected by new instrument, I, 189; extravagant expenditures, I, 190; high sal- aries paid, I, 190; small revenues of city, I, 190; councilmen vote themselves gold medals, I, 190; first city government, I, 191; venality charged against officials, I, 191; charter of 1851, I, 191; debt of city in 1851, I, 192; Jenny Lind theater purchased for use as a city hall, I, 193; third charter in 1853, I, 194; city council and water front, I, 196; loose methods encourage rascality, I, 197; Vigilance com- mittee interests itself in affairs, I, 212; local matters subordinated by national affairs, I, 216; neglect of civic duty by respectable element, I, 220; neglect of streets, I, 226; seal of San Francisco, I, 309; con- solidation act of 1856, I, 312; Chinese forbidden employment on public works, I, 379; success of People's party at polls, I, 404; fear of high taxation, I, 406; water supply desired, I, 407; widening of Kearny street, I, 408; increase of police force, I, 447; evils of special legislation, II, 514; legislature of 1877-78 passes laws affecting San Francisco, II, 531; further increase of police force, II, 541; Kalloch elected mayor, II, 551 ; Kalloch impeached by super- visors, II, 552; origin of term tax eaters, II, 557; franchises freely granted, II, 557; cynical criticism of officials, II, 557; increase of expenditures, II, 558; rise of Boss Buckley, II, 563; poor streets and worse sidewalks, II, 567; grants of franchises to street railways, II, 578; criticism of supervisors, II, 579; report on water supply in 1871, II, 584; Federal interference with regulation of Chinese quarter, II, 597; lack of interest in affairs, II, 696; venal boards of supervisors, II, 698; new organic law asked for, II, 701 ; new charter adopted, May, 1898, II, 702; continuous struggle to secure reforms, II, 704; in- creasing expenditures, II, 709; city secures right to manage its own affairs, II, 711; no reforms effected by charter of 1898, II, 710; "City Beautiful" idea promoted, II, 712; blundering efforts to fix interest rates on bonds, II, 712; Merchants Association fur- nishes object lessons to authorities, II, 713; the dollar
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