The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895 ARTISTS BULLD A HOME AND STUDID, THEY WILL HAVE A PICTURESQUE STRUCTURE ON SACRA- MENTO STREET. A VILLA AND ROOF GARDEN. ARTISTIC ROOMS WITH GOBELIN TAPESTRIES AND AN ITALIAN FRONT. structure has been in course of construc- tion on Sacramento street, near Spruce, and now that it ha; umed definite out- lines people who passon the cars wonder | what it is intended for. It is pretty and artistic if odd in appearance, and because | of its odd: or rather originality, those people ask all manner of questions con- | cerning the building. | The building on Sacramento street may | mark a new epoch here, as its two_owners | devote themselves almost exclusively to | J.B. Girard,surgeon,Major Tully McCrea of the Fifth Artillery, Captain John McClel- lan of the Fifth Artillery, Captain Charles Willcox, assistant surgeon, and First Lieu- tenant John M. Neall of the Fourth Cav- alry, which was convened at the Presidio to ‘examine candidates for the military academy at West Point, has finished its labors and forwarded its report to Wash- ington. Captain Leopold O. Parker of the First Infantry, stationed as recruiting officer in i v, has been granted four months’ ve. During his absence Lieutenant rett E. Benjamin of the same regiment will act as recruiting officer. First Lieutenant Dr. Frank T. Meri- stant surgeon, stationed at San Diego, has been granted a leave of absence for six months on account of illnes: | _Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Patterson of | the First Infantry, late major of the Third | Infantry, has been appointed to the com- | mand of the barracks at Benicia, vice Lieu- tenant-Colonel J. 8. Casey, promoted. Captain _Alex Rodgers of the Fourth Cavalry, U. S. A., who has been until re- cently on detached service at the War De- | partment in Washington, has joined his i .| command at the Presidio. For some time past a queer - looking | Ei e WOUNDED IN THE THIGH. | Edgar Thomson’s Mishap With a Cheap | Bayonet. Edgar Thomson, 411 California street, strolled into an auction-room on Market street last night. A bayonet was put up for sale, and as no one offered a bidplor it Thomson, in a spirit of fun, made a bid of anickel. To his surprise it was knocked down to him. After getting it, he felt ashamed to carry THE HOME AND From the arch STUDIO ON SACRAMENTO STREET. itect's design.] z of gobelin tapestries in Iu-, colors in imitation of the woven | That two clever men can come rom Europe and e art and after a short ti 1 for them- | selyes a home & ting a villa | in the Riviera country speaks well for San ‘rancisco. | The nesw building rests on ground sloping | from the street, and consequently has| three st in front. Its first story is de-!| signed for a basement storeroom. At one side is the entrance, which leads to a front balcony, where flowers and trailing plants | nd balustrade. Off | are tocover the walls this balcony is the door, which opens | into the studio. The hall will be covered with gobelin tapestries and finished in nat- ural wood wainscoting. A side hall will lead from it into the dwelling in the rear. But above all the studio will be the main feature, having a length of forty feet and a height Tunning through two stories to a s roof shut off from the c i outh” 1 There is a s automatically for use in painting large | pictures, and all around abundant oppor- tunities for decoration and cosy furniture. | On the roof will be a garden, with potted plants and beds of nt flowers, where the artists may regale themselves on a | warm summer day or evening. | The dwelling will have seven rooms | arran, on a rather novel plan at the owners’ will, and so designed that most of | them open on a large apartment intended | fora living and reception room. This is to be the resting-place, t open_ fireplace at one end, the and ¢ wainscoted_in plain redwood and fres and tapestrics after famous European pic- | tures or decorationsin panels. The front will be finished in stucco. Two columns stand at either end support- ing globes against the walls. Then the flatness is broken_ by a balustrade on top where flowers will be planted to hang down against the pl With the thor- oughly appreciated value of trailing-plants as decoration for the facade a really beau- tiful effect may be obtained. 2 The architect is John V. Knoth, who designed the quaint old German buildines | of the Heidelberg Schloss at the Midwinter Fair, but he has worked under instructions from Valdemar Busch and August C. Wocker, the artists who will work and live in the building. Shortly after Mr. Busch came to San Francisco his talents were yecognized by Colonel Isaac Trumbo, who, in fact, “brought him out” here. He isa Danish artist, who studied in Munich and Paris, and painted for eighteen months in the alace of the K s N aissance and old German decorative work. They wifl soon enjoy the distinction of bemg the only painters gecupying their own home and studio in San rancisco. HE MAY NOT BE A GENERAL, Friends of Other Officers Oppose Shaf- ter’s Appointment. Certain army influences, it is said, are being used at Washington to prevent the appointment of Colonel Shaiter to the generalship made vacant by Schofield’s promotion to the lieutenant-generalship and Ruger’s promotion to the twin stars, Shafter is the ranking colonel in the army, but the friends of Colonel Bliss of the Twenty-fourth Infanty, and of Colonel David Stuart Gordon of the Sixth Cavalry would like to see either of them raised over Shafter’s head. The bill 8reparfd by the military com- mittees of Congress for the reorganization of the regular army proposes to increase the number of enlisted men to 30,000. The additional expense would be about $800,- 000. Brigadier-General Forsyth, commanding the fiepartment of California, was before his promotion colonel and commandant of the United States Cavalry and Light Artil- | lery School at Fort Riley, Kansas. He had been in charge of the institution ever since its inception and had brought it to a high standard of excellence. His report of the it in his hand, so he shoved it into his trousers pocket point downward. He Jumped on 3 passing car to get to his room wWith it as quickly as possible.W hile bending forward to get the nickel to pay his fare, he unconsciously pressed S the hilt of the bayonet, and the point pene- trated his thigh about an inch or so. He got off the car and walked to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where his wound was dressed by Dr. Redding. He was so d | gusted that he presented the bayonet to Steward Trewin. DUFFY {ELLS HIS STORY. THE EX-FIREMAN SAYS HE Is Not A BIGAMIST—WILL GIVE HIMSELF UP. THE WoMmaN WHO WENT WITH Him 1O StockToN His LawruL WIFE, Thomas James Duffy, the ex-driver of the Fire Department whose matrimonial ad- ventures were published yesterday, has re- turned to the city and says he will sur- Thomas J. Duffy. [From a tintype sent to this ofice by Mr. Duffy.] render himself to the police as soon as he can procure bondsmen. Duffy, it will be remembered, married a Miss McCurren a few days ago, and went with her to Stock- ton and on the day following his departure 8 woman who declared that he married her three or four days prior to his marriage to Miss McCurren went to the City Hall to have him arrested. This woman was Mary Brown of 1012 Baitery street. Duffy s_miahaticnlly denies that he was ever married to Miss Brown, and broadly hints that she lacks certain_qualifications indispensable in a good wife. Duffy ad- mits that he was rather intimate with the Browns and lived at the house on Battery street, which he says is the headquarters of a‘fang of opium-smokers and morphine fiends. “When T was ng]po‘mted an extraman in the department,” he says, “this same Mrs. Brown exrected me to support the famil; and herself, and when I was appointe: driver her daughter went to parties and said: ‘Duffy is geuinfi good wages now and he will keep us all. I will have new dresses and the old woman will get the rest.” My friends advised me to leave that family, and I left i Mrs. Thomas J. work done during the year 1894 has jusu been printed and issued to the public. The military board, consisting of Major Duffy, whom I married in Oakland, is my lawful wedded wife, and nothing will part us but death.” THE NEW BOY IN THE FAIR WILL CONTEST. POSSIBILITY THAT CHARLEY FAIR MAY BE RELIEVED OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY. AN HEIR WITH ALL TO GAIN. A RULING TO BE MADE NEXT SAT- URDAY LOCATING THE LAWYERSs. From present indications the complica- tions over the will—not to mention the estate until later—of the late James G. Fair promise to be of an interesting character. Already the contest which has been prom- ised on the part of Charles L. Fair has stirred up more of the circumstances of the life of the multi-millionaire than ever his children and their attorneys thought likely. When the Fair offspring held their con- sultations with attorneys and finally con- cluded to wrest, if possible, the control of the vast estate from the hands of the trus- tees selected by their father there was evi- dently much that was overlooked. They did not apparently reckon on records of the past and deeds of which they were not aware being dragged out of the dim vistas of the years gone by and materialized into substantial facts. Such has been done, however, and now the attorneys who represent the known heirs are somewhat handicapped by rumors and statements made, which, if true, would cause a revolution in their case, I s for this and other reasons that they have been fighting for time. There is so much to verify and so much to sift out in order to get at bottom facts that they want zll the time they can posssibly get. It is not the events in the later life of Fair that they are bothered about, though, but those immediately preceding his divorce. The main figure in this is the alleged illegiti- mate son. That such a personage exists is said to be well known. In speaking of this portion of the story last evening, J. J. McDade, the attorney said that he had information that Fair was the father of a child by an Irish girl, and that the mother and child were being well taken care of in Sacramento. When Mrs. Fair learned of the matter, she investigated it, and found the child, but it was claimed to be the offspring of “‘Long’’ Jim Smith, a stage-dri ;. the latter, in fact, emphati- cally claimed it, although Fair provided for its mother' lp{vl)l‘(. This was all that was known by Mr. McDade from hearsay. Mrs. Fair visited the child and said she was sure that Mr. Fair was the father. Then followed the divorce suit, and in that was developed a point which may have an interesting | ing upon the present will case and affect the future of tlne youth of whom it was claimed Fair was the father. Henry Munger of this city, who was well acquainted with the affa of the dead only an agreement between Fair and the woman, drawn_at the time of settlement of money on her, Icould not say what could be done.” 5 Judge Slack has promised to fixa definite point in the Fair will case by next Satur- day. That is so much anyhow. Mr. Wheeler did all the talking for the Charley Fair side of it yesterday, and he ought to be proud of having thus drawn a line on the horizon, if nothing more. McEnerney, as the active agent for the will, of course has a right to a share of this honor—and perhaps Judge Paterson, who made no speech but simply rose up in the crowd and called upon the court to do something by way of straightening out the rc;ii)rds, broken by the stolen or abstracted will. . They were all present yesterday—the army of lawyers and Charles L. Fair and Messrs. Goodfellow, Angus, Breese and Carothers, the trustees, Mr. Goodfellow being the last to arrive and haying some little difficulty in finding a seat. For while the proceedings are wholly technical and barren of any sensational feature still the prominence of the people engaged in the struggle as principals and the equal promi- nence of their attorneys attract a court- room full of people at theirevery gathering. Time had been asked to meet the last motion of Mr. McEnerney, which was for the admission of a certined copy of the will to the files by way of supplying “alost ]\:lfi\(‘r" under the general provisions of the code. No written demurrer or objection was filed, but Mr. Wheeler made a long argu- ment against 1t. He took the ground that the will was not on file in the acceptance of that term known to law; that it was merely in the custody of the court.. Because some one had left a paper with the County Clerk and said it was the will of Mr. Fair, and that paper had been stolen, were they to be allowed to come in and offer what purported to be a certified copy of that pa- per and present it as a copy of Mr. Fair's will when the original paper had not been proven as such? There had been no showing asto the manner of the loss of the will. Although the matter was notori- ous out of court that was not sufficient and the forms of law must be observed. No law had been presented that the clerk was authorized to certify to this paper as the last will of Mr. Fair. He declared that no motion or ac- tion had been brought which would bring this will under the jurisdiction of the court THE VIGTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION. FEARS THAT FRED PILGRIM IN- | HALED THE GAS ON THE | BAWNMORE. A SUIT AGAINST THE SHIP. LLEWELLYN'S BROTHER Is DETER- MINED TO Exact FuLL DAMAGES. The accident on the oil steamer Bawn- more has turned out to be more serious than was at first supposed. Dave Llewel- Iyn, the young apprentice, is still at St. Mary’s Hospital suffering keenly from his burned hands and face, but he is entirely out of danger. It was feared at first that he would lose the sight of hoth eyes, but that danger, too, has passed. The act of keeping his hands over his mouth pre- vented the gas from entering his lungs. In consequence his hands were burned to the bone. Although he is suffering keenly not a whimper is heard from him and he bears his pain like a hero. Fred Pilgrim, who pulled young Llewel- lyn out of the engine-room, is said to be in a bad way. He inhaled the fumes of the gas and his recovery is still a matter of oubt. He isa man of about 27 years of age and has a wife and two children. The suffering men blame the engineer of the Bawnmore for their injuries. Young Llewellyn says that he asked the engineer if there were any danger going into the room, and that the latter had assured him that everything was all right. The intensity of the heat after the rlosion THE UNLUCKY BAWNMORE. [From ph otographs.] and the application had been made for its | probate several days after it had been lost. | The fact that a paper was put in the cus- | Senator, said yesterday, in speaking of the matter, that this entanglement of r| with the Irish girl at the bottom of the trouble with his wife. ‘‘Mrs. Fair learned that the boy had been | born,” he said, “and she never had the | same feeling for her husband afterward. They had no open rupture, but she frankly | told” nim that she would not live with hira | asa wife. An effort was made by Fair to deceive her as to the paternity of the child, but she would believe nothing but what was evident to her as facts. ‘‘But the point that will come out in the present proceedings is one that was re- vealed in the taking of testimony in the case. Fair was not anxious to fight his wife; he knew she was right in her con- tention, and, in order to avoid any exten- sion of the case, he, through his attorney, acknowledged that the baby born in Sacra. mento was his child. He not only con- ceded this, but everything else, and even divided his fortune with his wife, as every one knows. =5 ““Now the attorneysin the case are bu engaged in going through the records of the divorce case in Nevada in order to see if this nowledgment of his son is recorded, as it must be, in the pro- ceedings. If such the case one can sily is imagine what an important bearing it will have on the proceedings. “‘Fair knew that the boy existed, and, although he settled $20,000 upon the mother and a like amount upon the boy, he inserted that $50 clause in his will to head off any claims that might be made by either of them. The woman is now, I understand, & respected wife, and I do not suppose she would begin any contest. It is different with the boy, who, I heard, was in the hands of lawyers who will push him to the front to contest his rights.’ So the Fair estate case stands at present outside of the court proceedings. #No, there is nothing new regarding the will beyond the fact that the case comes up again on Friday,” said Attorney Heggerty vesterday. The only thing I know about another will is what Mr. Goodfellow s yesterday, and that was he knew there was another will which no one in San Fran- cisco had seen, but which would be pro- duced before long. He did not say where the will was nor who had it.” “‘Have you heard anything about the il- legitimate son appearing?”’ “Yes. -A certain person stopped me in the street the other (;)a) and said he knew of such a child and where it is now, and that he was to be brought forward asa claimant to a Y‘mi'm of the estate.” “Does not the will ‘provide for all such claimants ?”’ “Now there is a question. Of course a great deal has been said about the safe- guards Mr. Fair placed around his will, and many people have pronounced it the strongest instrnment ever drawn. That may be so, but there is a difference of opinion regarding it. The clause which arranges for settlement with all such claimants is inserted in the will with an explanation that his_experience of other men’s estates after death caused its in- sertion. Now, here is the proposition which has been advanced: The will is practically a photograph of Fair's mind at the time he drew the instrument. He must have thought of something in his past life and had some one in mind who would be likely to come forward after his death. The natural conclusion would be that having such a party in mind he knew they could establish a claim.” “How do you think the court would construe that?” “Well that is not for me to say. These explanations have been advanced, but whether they would be so construed by the court I do not know. As toan illegitimate child putting in a claim it could only be done in one of two ways. There would have to be an acknowledgment of parent- age by the father, or the mother of the oftspring would have to prove a right to a claim on the estate.”” *If, when a settlement was made with the mother of the boy, Fair signed an acknowledgment of the reasons for pay- ment of the money would such document be accepted as proof of parentage, and en- title such offspring to a share in the es- tate?” Mr. Heggerty thought for a time before answering, but finally said: ‘“That is a hard question to answer. Inthe Sharon case a marriage contract had been signed, but the parties had not according to law lived as man and wife. The lower court considered, however, that the testimony relative to marital relations was sufficient to prove the woman’s claim of marriage, but the Supreme Court reversed the de- cision on the ground that the testimony was not sufficient. In such a case as this, if it could be proved that Fair acknowl- edged the boy and took him into his fam- ily, with his wife’s consent, there would be no doubt of the claim, but if there was l tody of the County Clerk did not bring it | before the court, and until then it had not been filed, within the meaning of the law. | Again, he said, while the County Clerk had made affidavit that he had made every endeavor to recover the lost will, there was not one word as to the moving parties themselves or what they had done, and this was their motion and not Mr. Curry's. Now, the question was, how could a paper be restured to the files that had not been on flle, and how could a substitute be used instead of am original will to which the | have signed ? a brief reply declared Wheeler’s doctrine was revo- Iutionary in the extreme. If it were good law or zood procedure, then the proce- dure since the courts were instituted was all wrong. He would like to know, he said, how the gentleman would obtain a certified copy of a builder’s contract or any other document filed in court. The will had been produced and given into the cus- tody of the court. The will is not now in court—it has been abstracted or stolen through no fault of theirs, but that of the court, and they desired to submit a certi- fied copy. Now a new element entered intothe case. Judge Paterson, appointed by the court to look after the in- terests of the absent and minor heirs, rose up and said that he thought the time had arrived when they should be heard. The o far bad discovered but two interests in conflict. As representing the minor heirs Judge Paterson said he felt an unusual responsibility. He and Mr. Percy, representing the other heirs, had been silent thus far because the con- test had been a mere matter of procedure, but now he thought he should call upon the court to do sormethin sk}godily by way of perfecting the record. The will had been in court, and was now there, he said, as much so as though it were in the boxes | of the County Clerk. He demanded also | that they. attorneys for great interests, should receive notice in regular form in all future moves. Wheeler replied, saying that they too | desired that something be done; that wit- nesses be called to prove the will. Judge Slack said he would fix next Saturday at 2 r. M. as a time to render his decision and hear any further motion in the matter. % ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY The Knights of St. Patrick Will Have a Grand Banquet. ¥ The banquet committee of the Knights of St. Patrick held an important meeting last evening, and, from the reports pre- sented by the members, their arrange- ments are rapidly approaching comple- tion. The knights have celebrated St. Pat- rick’s Day in this manner every year since 1875, and their grand banquet is looked upon as a fitting close to the day’s festivi- ties. Many Governors of the State and Mayors of the city, together with other distinguished citizens not of Irish birth, have enjoyed the hospitality of this promi- nent Irish society, and on these occasions have worn with pleasure the green badge of the knights. This year the dinner will be served in the larger banquet hall of the New Del- monico restanrant, 112 O'Farrell street, on Sunday evening, the 17th inst, and 'the committee feel safe in promising their guests a most enjoyable evening. Sl eSS Fire Department Changes. The Board of Fire Commissioners met last night and accepted the resignations of James Duffy, driver of engine 5, and Otto Meyers of engine 3. Dufly is the man whose ¢lopement and desertion of his wife were referred to in yesterdav's CALL. George Cashel, extraman of engine 2, was suspended for _two_months from February 1, and his claim of $150 for injuries received at the Goldberg, Bowen & Leiben- baum fire on Pine street was recommended for payment by the Board of Supervisors. An ap- plication from Johu McCarty, who was dis- missed from his position as Assistant Engineer on February 13, 1892, for reinstatement, was ordered to be filed. — . - — Boy Burglars. Residents and storekeepers in the Mission® have been annoyed by a gang of boys breaking into their places and stealing anything that came handy. Policeman Reardon was special- ly detailed to break up the gang and on Friday and yesterday he arested five of them and booked them” for burglary. They are Charles Smith, 14 yvears of age;: 'l?heo(lom Lundquest, 14; Willie Shannon, 12; Frank Joiss, 11, an Angus Ralio, 9. e —-————— Good Advertising. SELLING PURE WHITE DINNER PLATES AT FIVE CENTS EACH. GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO.S STORES. Othar lines of Crockery equally cheap. was demonstrated by the melting of a lead pipe which rested five feet from where Llewellyn was standing. The pipe was five inches in_circumference and three- eighths of an inch thick. The young ap- prentice stood between this metal and the pipe from which the gas arose. Assemblyman Lleweliyn, a brother of the injured ap{srentice. said yesterday that some one would have to pay for the acci- dent. Under the impression that the steamer was going away for good, Mr. Llewellyn was going = to libel the Bawnmore yesterday, but when he learned that she was under charter | to Grace & Co. he announced his intention of suing the charterers. The “Llewellyns | are from Los Angeles, where David re- ceived a college education. Having devel- oped a taste for mechanics atan early age, when he completed his education several months ago he came to San Francisco and entered the Union Iron Works to learn the business from the foot of the ladder. His family is very highly esteemed in Los An- geles and Dave is a great favorite at the works. Captain Woodside of the Bawnmore said esterday that the accident was no fault of is, as he had warned the foreman not to allow a light in the interior of the vessel. ““I have notices all over the ship,” said the captain, ‘‘warning people not to smoke on board, and I repeated this warning to Foreman Kingsman and told him also not to permit any of the men to take any lights inside the vessel.” The Bawnmore will sail for Talara Bay | to-morrow night. COMING EVENTS IN MUSIC. Concerts and Song Recitals for the Week. For the fourth and last week of the present series the Metropolitan Musical Society an- nounces popular concerts for Tuesday, Friday, | Saturday and Sunday evenings, a public sym- | phony rehearsal for Wednesday afternoon at 3 | o'clock, and the last symphony concert for Thursday evening, March 14. On Sunday | evening, March 17, the programme will be | devoted to Irish compositions. This evening will be devoted to the music of Scandinavian composers as follows: March, “Coronation” (Svendsen); overture, “Nach- | klaenge von Assian” (Gade); violin solo, ro- | mance (Svenasen), Concert-master John | Marquardt; Scandivavian Folk Music (Hart- | mann); ov re, “In the Autumn” (Greig); fantaisie, “Visions of the Dream” (Lumbye); | waltz, “In the Moonshine” (Hartmann); “Car- nival of Paris” (Svendsen); overture, “Michael Angelo” (Gede); *“Nordish Folk Dances” (Hart- mann): folksong, “Sandmaennchen’” (Kjerulf); galop, “‘Champagne’’ (Lumbye). The Treble Cleff Quartet, which consists of Miss Beatrice Priest, Miss Jeanette Wilcox, Mrs. A. M. Noble and’ Mrs J. E. Birminghem, will give its initial concert to-morrow evening at Golden Gate hall, under the direction of Mrs, Marriner-Campbell. The ladies will be assisted by Miss Alice Ames, violinist; Miss Ada Weigel, pianist, and Miss 'Edith Johnson, accompanist. A testimonial concert will be tendered George Howard Studley, librarian of the Young Men’s Christian Assqciation, Friday evening, March 15, in theassociation auditorinm, corner Mason and_ Ellis atreets, to assist him in theological studies at Boston Uniyersity. Among the par- ticipants will be Leo Cooper, Emil Steinegger, Alf Black, Miss Susie Hert. Thomas Irwin, Pro- fessor d’Estrella and a trio'of boy singers. Ad- mission 50 cents. The University of California_Glee Club and the Stanford University Mandolin Club will ive a concert at Scheel’s Auditorium on the 29th inst. The famous violin_ virtuoso, Herr Eduard | Remenyi, and a grand concert company of dis tinguished artists, will shortly give u farewell concert here. The great violinist returns to Buda Pesth, Hungary, from San Francisco, where he will remain at the head of the Con: servatory of Music. The Knickerbocker Quartet will give its first concert on Tuesday next in the Maple hall of | the Palace Hotel. The quartet consists of: D. | M. Lawrence, D. B. Crane, R. P. Evans, H. Wil liamson. A song recital will be given this afternoon by Mme. Emilia Tojetti at Beethoven Hall. The vocalist will be assisted by Messrs. Hinrichs, Dabelow, Apel, Toepke and R. A. Lucchesi. At the recent auction sale of 10,000 pieces of dress silks made by order of Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co., & number of buyers’ names were omitted in all printed lists. Learning this, it was also ascertained that Hale Bros. of San Francisco and other Pacific Coast markets were the largest purchasers of any Pacific Coast house.—New York Dry Goods Record. When Frank Marion, alias Joe Guererro, completes his term to-day in the County Jail for grand larceny he will be arrested on the charge of obtaining $9 90 from A. Carnagha, grocer, 426 Green street, by false pretenses some months ago. He geve Carnagha a 10 Con- federate note for a 10-cent purchase and got $9 90 change. e e Captain Woodside of the Bawnmore says that he doesnot intend to sue the vessel, as he holds no claim against her. Hehas libeled the cargo on account of demurrage. The Bawnmore was built by W. J. Woodside, the captain’s brother, and is still held by the original owner; con- sequently nobody has been bankrupted by op- erating her. = NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. NEW WASH DRESS FABRICS! SPRING AND SUMMER 1895. This week we will open up and place on sale 50 CASES NOVELTY WASH DRESS FABRICS. The collection isthe most complete and elaborate ever shown in this city and includes: TUFTED CREPES, GALATEA CLOTHS, CORDED ZEPHYRS, NOVELTY DUCKS, PRINTED SATEEAS, OXFORD CHEVIOTS, PRINTED PERCALES, LA PAQUIN SUITINGS, DOBBY SILKS, MADRAS CLOTHS, SMELOR SUITINGS, WASH CREPOXS, PIQUE VESTINGS, CRINKLED GINGHAMS. SPECIAT.— 5 cases IMPORTED DOTTED SWISS DRESS GOODS, in an immense va- riety, with embroideries to match, Prices 25c to 75c per yard. S E AN, 5 cases PRINTED 32 inches wide, IRISH DIMITY, full beautiful designs, 25¢ per yard. SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. @ Country orders receive prompt attention. £&- Goods delivered free in San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. 9 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. SENATOR PERKINS AT HOME. | HE SPEAKS OF THE WORK OF THE | SESSION JUST ENDED IN ‘W ASHINGTON., FAITH IN THE VALLEY RoAD—THE REILLY BiLL May Not BE DEeaAD. United States Senator George C. Perkins is back from Washington, having returned yesterday, and was seen at his Vernon Heights home in Oakland last night. Sen- ator Perkins said he was always glad to get home and that he was weary. Although the session of Congress just over had been a short one, there was a great rush of work at the last, and members departed for home glad to be relieved of the tedium of public matters. He talked freely on public affairs, touch- ing particularly on matters pertaining to coast affairs. He spoke of the appropria- tion made for naval improvements on the Pacific Coast, on the defeat of the funding bill, but he said he anticipated the Reilly bill in the next Congress probably with another name in another guise. The visit to the coast of the special railroad commis- sion, of which Senator Brice is chairman, was mentioned. This commission will have for its object an 1inquiry into the feeling of the people of the coast toward the railroad company. The Senator also spoke of his own bill to investigate economic matters, particularly the differences existing between labor and capital. ; n the main Senator Perkins’ talk was devoted to bimetallism and the forthcom- ing international monetary conference to be held in this country. He expects much good to come of it, and said he had noted among statesmen in Congress the growth of the sentiment on this all-important subject. He said that in bimetallism was the country’s _greatest hope. Both gold and . silver must be given an equal chance. He,in common with others, saw the mistake of the extr. session of Congress and noticed the great strides being made toward both gold and silver among leading minds. The dele- ates to the conference as selected by the genue and House were commended, and Senator Perkins thought that the three men to be chosen by the President would make a delegation that would finally settle the vexed financial problem on a bimetal- | lic basis. ; “The contraction of the currency is, no doubt, responsible for much of the panic through which the country is passing.” he said, “and I, in common with many others of my colleagues, see wherein the two metals can be made to help one an- other and bring relief to this country and other countries, for all must join hands, as all feel alike theevils of a_single standard. “The mistake of President Cleveland,” he said, “lay in repealing the Sherman purchasing clause unconditionally. There should haye been something given the eople in its stead. The leading men of ew England and the East who were with the President in that move now see where- inan error was made,and the times in- stead of growing better have continued to grow worse by the contraction.” In speaking of the proposed valley road Senator Perkins spoke with some enthusi- asm. He said it would be a splendid thing for the State and would help business in many ways. | ———— An Aged Woman’s Sudden Death. The remains of a woman over 60 years of age were brought to the Morgue from the eorner of Fulton and Devisadero streets last night. She Was seen staggering and falling to the ground, She was not well dressed but all her clothing was clean. There was nothing on her whereby she could be identified. ————— The police were notitied last night of the dis- appearance on Wednesday last of Augustus Psd-per,sd years of age, from his home, 1019 Valencia street. MONEY.... I EVERY LINE Decorated China Tea Sets complete, FIVE DOLLARS. 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