The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL '12, 1895 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, - A Supervisor and Councilman Have a Personal En- counter. FRIENDS STOPPED THE MILL. Chinese Vegetable Peddlers Ar- rested—Another Relay Race Projected. Councilman Watkinson and Supervisor C h had a personal encounter yester- con which for a time threatened led by friends who stepped in ¥ ed the combatants. Watkinson now wears a very red ader his right eye, and Mr. Church v explaining to his friend that the ¥ was more of a joke than anything el During the last campaign Watkin- son was out for the nomination for Councilman, and had some trouble in se- curing the plum. ‘When he was finally nominated, Church was one of the first to offer his influence and support, favors which Watkinson ac- cepted with thanks. “It was not long, however,” said Wat- kinson last evening while telling the story of the fight, “‘before I found that particu- lar friends of Church were knifing me in every direction. time, and ponent in is bus; electe Sixth hen my o d, Mr. Gilligflfi: His attorney ttorney Church, r of the man who assaulted n the face of my worked against m I felt that he was back of the con- suspicions ad voluntarily offered I told him that 1 ¥ he was acting, and h 1at he meant by it. We had some words and then walked down Wash- ington street. “When we reached the corner of Fifth ots he said, ‘Look has gone far . squaring off, struck me in to return the s with me 1 in and kept rvisor Chur 6 fo 1 ade a poor fight had the nued to a fi of being and ouble is looked for should the n come together before they have had ime to cool off. Dalton’s New Idea. Assessor Dalton thinks he has found a to geteven with y for its ref ation upon its p: i ing of the la Ldeprives it of all Equalization, of appeal from tion is lost. ation that officia, 1ld be final, and have to be paid upon it. The water company has, however, filed sworn list of its property, and it is ught barely possible that this list it be ruled as within the requirements of the law. Inany event the corporation’s t i1s to be greatly increased, if d. g before the Board of that case all r sessor’s valu y's assessment. If I do nd will receive from the taxes upon $170,000 ad- and I think that is about right. however, fixed upon any de for I am trying to get the indiy axpayers out of the way be- fore I tackle the corporati he water company has refused to set tion upon its property, I because the City Council is engaged in fixing the water rates. that reason the water corporation is as it were between Scylla and Charybdis, for if its_officers should swear to a low valua- tion it would give the Council a reason for lowering the water rates very materially and if the company placed a heavy vaiua. tion on its property it would have greater taxes to pay.” Arrested Chinese Peddlers. Seven Chinese vegetable-peddlers who had not paid the municipal license of $15 per quarter were arrested by the police yesterday morning. The officers have been cognizant for some time that the Celestials were city’s funds as required by law and an or- ganized raid on them was ordered. For some unexplained reason an arrange- ment had been made that if the peddlers agreed to pay their license after arrest they were to be released, so that out of the seven only one who did not possess the necessary coin was booked at the police station on a charge of peddling without a license. The arrest of a large number of Chinese is looked for unless they speedily make the acquaintance of the License Col- lector. Another Relay Race. Oakland wheelmen are trying to arrange another relay race, this time between two | clubs, the Acme and Bay City Wheelmen. The Oakland riders believe that but for accidents during the recent contest they would have won, and are willing to con- tribute toward the purchase of a substan- tial Yrize to be %)i;‘en the winning club. A challenge will sent to the Bay City Wheelmen in the near future. BERKELEY. The People’s party held a convention on Wednesday evening to nominate a ticket to be voted for at the municipal election to be held on May 13. M. Doyle was elected temporary chairman, R. W. Good secretary and N. Detrick treasurer. The ward delegates reported the number of members present from their respective wards and were then authorized to name one member each for the committees on credentials, permanent organization, plat- form and resolutions. The temporary officers were que per- manent ones and then the convention pro- ceeded to the work of nomination. The following were the nominations made: First Wa. Trustee, J. W. Gage; School Di- rector, Charles Gessine Sr. Second Ward—Trustee, Ben Morgan; School Director, ickson. —Trustee, N. J. Whiting; School Director, §. H. Dikeman, Fourth Ward—Trustee, J. J. Rose; School Di- rector, George Swain. Fifth Ward—Trustee, John Gelder; School Director, George A. Norton. Sixth Ward—Trustee, George Durrell; School Director, E. F. Neihaus. Seventh Ward—Trustee, John Higgins; School Director, Charles Engelbretsen. Marshal, Richard Lloyd; Clerk, Walter Young; Assessor, Frank L. Lowell; Treasurer, R.W. Good. Intercollegiate Field Day. The University of California-Stanford field day will take place at the Olympic Club grounds to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. By agreement between the cap- tains of the two teams it has been decided that the first place shall count for five points, second place two points and_third place one point. At the field day held last year second place counted for three points. Itis expected that the field day this year will be much closer than the one held last vear, when Berkeley won nearly twice zs | many points asthe wearers of the cardinal, Stanford has beaten Berkeley in football me a serious matter, but which was | I said nothing at the | during the | He has the | 1e Contra CostaWater | al 1o place any sworn | According to | If this be | not contributing to the | and baseball several times and_they are now striving hard to win the track athletic honors. About forty-five entries have been made, showing a large increase over the number of contestants at the last field day. Carnot Debate. The debate for the Carnot gold medal takes place this evening at Palo Alto upon the question, “Was Casimir-Perier Justi- fied in Resigning the Presidency?” A fund, in memory of President Carnot, has been provided, the interest of which shall g0 _each year toward the providing of a gold medal to be awarded the debater who makes the best speech on some question involying French affairs, .the successful man being one of six speakers, three from each of the universities of the State, all of ‘whom shall be chosen by competitive pre- liminary speeches. The men who will represent the Univer- sity of California are’ W. N. Friend '96, James W. Clark '97 and Albert W. Lyser 95 of the Hastings Law College. A large party of students will leave this afternoon ona s{:ecial train for Palo Alto and return to-night after the close of the debate. Notes. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Naylor have returned from Whittier, where they went two weeks | ago to assist Tn the {mnnulmnt organiza- tion of the Society of Friends in Californi: Rev. Robert Bentley, pastor of the First Methodist Church, returned on Wednesday | evening from Pacific Grove, where he has | been visiting his family for the week. | The first game of the Lorin Tennis Club will be played at their new court on Satur- day afternoon. The officers of the club ar | Mrs. E. C. Oakley, president; Mrs. 8. A. Coxhead, vice-president, and T. Hampton, secretary-treasurer. An entertainment will be given this evening by the Jubilee Concert Singers, for the benefit of the Holmes Free Library, at the free reading room. Two bicycles were stolen in Berkeley on Wednesday, one from the cyclery of Fred Wilson and the other from the March cyclery. No information has been gained thus far as to the whereabouts of the miss- i“fi wheels. Next year the debate for the medal will be held 'in_Berkeley, alternating between the two universities each year. ALAMEDA. The funeral of the late ex-Judge George W. Tyler will take place to-morrow after- noon | the corner of Lincoln avenue and Everett | street. His eldest daughter, Mrs. C. L. | Mastick, arrived yesterday afternoon from | Portland, Or., and W. B. Tyler is expected to arrive to-morrow morning from Seattle. The late Judge will be buried in Mountain View Cemetery. The Adventists. The Seventh Day Adventists’ meetings are now in progress at 2405 Santa Clara avenue and an interesting line of prophecy will be taken up in the sanctuary and on its clearings. In the course of this study the mistake of William Miller in predicting the | end of the world and the coming of Christ | to take place in 1844 will be discussed. | School Census. | 8chool Census Marshal J. L. Ballentine and his deFu(y, Edward Bleyman, will commence the work of taking the school | census on Monday. Mr. Ballentine will | cover the West Ena district himself. That is the portion of the city covered by E. McFadden, who was indicted by the Grand Jury for fraudulent entries. The Bicycle Track. The Reliance Club’s bicycle track at ncinal Park station is being placed in racing condition and will be ready by | Monday. Several riders will practice on it for the opening meet at San Jose on the 19th and 20th inst. E Students’ Art League. The Students’ Art League has admitted | as members the Misses Emily Pitchford, | Fannie Reynolds, Laura Foster, Amanda | Zeh, Josie Chapman, Clara Robinson dnd "Edna Groves. Draped living figures will be studied when the mixed class is present. Baptist Church Building Fund. A dramatic recital was given by Miss Mae Wiison, assisted by local talent, last evening at Linderman Overa-house. The proceeds will go to the building fund of the Baptist Church. BUDD STILL BESIEGED. He Comes to San Francisco and Is Beset by Pollticians—Many of Them Eluded. Governor Budd arrived yesterday morn- ing. Atonceanarmy of politicians were | on his trail. Most of these he was able to | av Others he sought. Among those whom he went to see was | Ex-8enator Pat Reddy. A long interview | ensued in that gentleman’s office, in which his partner, Mr. Metson, was included. | Later Ed Reddy was called in and joined the council. Ed Reddy, it is said, is to be appointed { warden at 8an Quentin. It was rumored that the Governor would | appoint the Board of Health last night. There can be no doubt that the expectea event will occur in the next day or two. It | generally conceded that Dr. Albert | Happersberg will be the physician. | Joseph Dwyerclaims to have the promise | of two positions in the Board of Health. | One is for nis brother as secretary; the | other is for ex-Deputy Sheriff Finton as | steward of the City and County Hospital. | The latter appointment if made will, {it is said, cause a bitter fight. The stew- | ard occupies a place of great responsibility. | He can overlook tlie furnishing of low- | grace or short-measure supplies and assist | in other measures for stealing from the treasury. He can also add materially to the comfort and well-being of the inmates of the hospital and save the county much oney. If the Board of Health appointments are made for political reasons the city will ffer. 1f Governor Budd chooses the men only for their fitness, without regard to politics, he will have a board that by co- operation with Mayor Sutro and the better element will be a valuable instrument for good. Considerable interest is felt in the pos- sible refusal of Robert Y. Hayne of a place on the Code Commission. The story is now being generally circulated that he will decline the proffered position. The story that has gained circulation is that Mr. Hayne feels that to give,up his practice in order to go to Sacramento for 1wo years would require too great a sacri- fice.” It would have to be made if he took the place, though, as the bill creating the commission specifies that the commission- ers shall hold their meetings in a room at the State Capitol building. Who Mr. Hayne's successor will be or who are booked for the other two placesno one seems prepared to state. H. Baldwin of the firm of Baldwin & Thompson of Stockton, O. P. Boyce of the firm of Boyce & Taggart of Santa Barbara and S. S. Wright of Fresuo, are all named. Thelast is not considered as a very probable subject for the gubernatorial favor. MME. DE STAEL'S SARCASM. How She Rebuked a Viscount Whom She Disliked. Mme. de Stael had fallen out with the Viscount de Choiseul owing to certain malicious reports circulated by the later. One day the lady and the Viscount met in company, on which occasion good man- ners required that tlxgy should speak to each other. Mme. de Stael commenced: ““We have not seen you for a long time, M. de Choiseul.” “Ah, y.dame I'Ambassadrice, I have en “*Seriously, monsieur?” “I had & narrow escape from being poisoned.”” g “Alas! Possibly you took a bite of your own tongue.’”’ ¢ This litile joke fell like a thunderholt on the Viscount, who was a notorious back- biter and mischief-maker. The lesson was a severe one, but he richly deserved it, and had not a word to say.—Le Savoir-Faire et Savoir-Vivre, 2 o’clock from his late residence at | HER LIFE FOR HER LOVE, Mystery Surrounding the Case of the Oakland Boat Suicide. DEATH CAUSED BY DESPAIR. Her Lover Was C. W. Dunn,a Mar- ried Man, but He Cannot be Found. The mystery surrounding the suicide of aslender, closely veiled woman, who leaped from the 10 o’clock broad-gauge ferry steamer last Wednesday night, has been partly solved. The following letter was received by Coroner Hawkins on the 11 A. M. delivery yesterday: To the Coroner, San Francisco—DEAR Sir: I in- tend to leap from some boat into the guiet waters of the bay to end my suffering. 1 am young and foolish and have been deceived by a man who led me to believe he was single and won my love, while at the same time he was married. 1 left my home to come to him, and. God have pity on me, for this is the result. If my body is recovered from the bay I am sure Mr. Dunn will not identify me, and I hope he will not, as I wish to be buried as an unknown in the potter’s fleld. 1 know his place of abode, but the last letter from him was addressed from Oakland. If ne should identify me please give him this inclosed letter. God have pity on all simple girls like myself, who are easily led astray. A broken-hearted woman. NETTIE CHASE. The inclosed letter was evidently to the girl’s betrayer, and read as follows: April 10, 1895. My Dear Beloved: You may be surprised to think I have at last concluded to end my worldly suffering and cover up my shame, but God knows I am neerly crazy—crazed by my love for you &nd the thought that I cannot cail you husband. Oh, darling, you will never know the extent of my love for you. I could think of nothing else but you and lived in the fond expectation of calling you husband; but when you imparted the fact to me thatyou were already married, O God, such a pain ierced my heart, and life appeared not worth iving. Oh, dearest, why didn't you teli me sooner that you were married, and keep me from loving you s0? Igave up my home, repu- tation and ‘everything for you. Why did Ieverleave my dear old friends and home? Thank God! I am not known by my present name, and my dying request is that you do_not notify them of my death, but if my body is recovered from the ‘dark waters ot the bay, and you see my miserable form in the Morgue, do not identify me, but allow them to bury me in the potters ficld as an unknown. 1 know, darling, that you have been kind tome in offering to give me money, but I could not accept it. Irather die by my own hand than die having an operation perrormed. Oh, dearest, I can still feel your good-uight kiss on my lips, and your encouraging words to cheer up are still ringing in my ears, but I cannot heed them. Life is a miserable lot to me, and [ &I now going to my last long sleep, from which there is no waking. Forgive me, dear, if ever gaused sou angry feelings, and 1 die niot accus- ing you for placing me in my present condi- tion, but for the love I have for you. It is now midnight, so, darling, good-by. Hoping to meet you in heaven,l am your true, broken- hearted NETTIE. The letters to the Coroner and the mys- terious “Mr. Dunn” were written in lead- pencil in a small feminine hand. The “Nettie” written twice was probably the gitl's right name, but the surname was erased and “Chase” substituted. With a magnifying glass some of the name writ- ten first could be made to be ‘‘lard.” The supposition is that “Mr. Dunn” and his \\'i}e were on the steamer with the un- fortunate girl and witnessed her leap to death. The Coroner is very much mysti- | fied over the matter. The dead woman was known in_Vallejo, where she bore the name Nettie Chase. On January 30 last she made a desperate attempt to kill C. W. Dunn, who was then employed as a waiter in a restaurant. She met him on Santa Clara street, in front of the Dawson building, and fired two shots at him. One of the shots took effect in Dunn’s arm, inflicting a painful wound, but he es- caped with his life. An attempt was maae to hush the matter up, but without suc- cess. After the shooting Nettie Chase sent the fullowinfe letter to the editor of the Vallejo Chronicle for publication: Dear Editor : As gossip and scandal-mongers of Valiejo are bothering so in the ende: to discover who shot Mr. Dunn recently, and as several innocent married women have been unjustly accused of doing the shooting, there- fore I write you to inform the public in gen- eral that I, &« woman who had & good and love- 1y home, endeavored to kill Mr. Dunn, my in- tentfons being to kill him and then myself. 1 became acquainted with Dunn two years 8go, at which time he was a Government de- tective, but he lost his position on sccount of his fondness for women. My parentsare highly respected, and I married a man who I thought 1loved, but when I met Mr. Dunn I found that 1 did not love my husband. Mr. Dunn is end slways was a great ladies’ man and seems to have power over women which is irresistible. I{fell madly in love with him and endeavored to win his affections, but he fell in love with me as much as he ever did with any woman, which was justenough to Smaisa imself and not to disturb himselt, Saeing that his love could not be won I con- cluded o end my misery, and if I could not have him no one else would, although his wife isin town yet. Iwill finish the work which I started, and upon turning the gun on myself the people of the city of Vallejo will then know who the mysterious woman is who erred on mcsount of her undying love for a man who belongs to another. / " Dunn has had many hairbreadth escapes, for he was shot in the foot by an angry husband in Oakland when he was in the employ of the Goyernment, and in 1893 a young woman who hed been married two weeks took a shot at him_in Sacramento, the bullet grazing his head, she being promised a chance 10 run away with him. In Petaluma a married man caught him with his wife and knocked in his four front teeth. While in some town two girls of the four hundred had a fight over him and another gave him & horse-whipping, when he leit town and got married, trusting that married life Would change nis ways. i He seems to be crazy after married women, but despite all this I love him madly. I en- close a Petalums item regarding him as proof, and trust that I may scon be able to lay him beneath the sod before he breaks any more hearts, as two young girls in the past two years have committed suicide over him. I am a “wronged woman.” NETTIE CHASE. Chronicle, and a second epistle was sent, as follows: VALLEJO, Cal., March 26, 1895. Vallejo Chronicle—Mr. Editor: I see you failed heart-breaker, Mr. Dunn. You'probably thought I did not mean what I said, but you will see within three days that my intentions are to kill that man and then myself. I have in- formed him of this fact, but he still ignores my request. “A WRONGED WOMAN.” Dunn was interviewed at the time con- cerning the subject-matter of the letters and admitted that they told the truth. He did not attempt to leave town at once, but tried to satisfy the enraged woman with money. He suffered greatly from his wound, but endeavored to withhold all information. He declined to give the woman’s true name, and, though every effort was made to learn it, it never transpired. The woman followed Dunn closely for some time, but he pacified her in some unknown way and later quietly disap- peared. The woman for financial reasons was unalle to follow him, and somethink that being balked of her revenge she ended her own lif W.G. Lo:’g, who preceded Barry Bald- win as United States Marshal, dimly re- members a C. W. Dunn, who was arrested at Vallejo or Benicia some time ago for obtaining money under false pretenses. He claimed to be a detective in the postal service, and used his pretended official position to extort money from the un wary. Dunn was arrested by Pat Ma- loney, who was then a deputy in the Mar- shal’s office, but who is now one of the Qakland railroad police. He was given, according to Mr. Long’s recollection, a short term in the penitentiary. There appear in the city directory two names of C Dunn. One of these is a member of the manufscturinfitobaccnnins, C. W. Dunn & Co. of 1719 Market street. No notice was taken of the letter by the | to publish the note I wrote you regarding the | i work in two years. He resides with his father and partner, M. C. Dunn, at 102 Octavia street. The father was seen at his home last night. He said: *‘My son is 27 years old and unmarried. He never lived in Vallejo. There was a detective sort of a fellow named C. W. Dunn who usedl to get our {]e}ters sometimes and sometimes we got is. “He got very impudent because we opened %n’s mail once or twice by mistake, and I told himto go to —. He got into some trouble with the TUnited States authorities over a violation of the postal laws, and I have not heard of him for nearly a year. I understood, however, that he had gone out of town,” The residence of the other “C. W. Dunn,” whose name appears in the City I)ireclor’lx_' is given as 537 Sacramento street. That address belongs tothe Colum- bia House, but no person of that name re- :lxli.des there now, nor does the clerk know im. A CHANGE AT BERKELEY The University of California Adopts a New Sys- tem. It Glves Two Years of College and Two to Five of University Work. The old type of college is fast going out of existence. It lay down the few rigid courses which all were compelled to fol- low regardless of capacity or individuality. The change came about when science took hold of the mind of thinkers and it was found necessary to give the student a choice of science or classics. Then came another great change. The college ceased to regard its students as schoolboys and be- gan to look upon them as men capable of judging for themselves the kind of work which they should pursue. This led, by the extremereaction, to a complete election of subjects. Harvard led the way and prac- tically gave the student a free field to graze in. As colleges were gathered together into universities and graduate students came in as a medium between the young collegian and the advanced learner—the professor investigating in the laboratory— it came to be seen that there was a differ- ence in degree between the freshmen, who were but high-school boys aiter a three months’ vacation, and the older students, which neither the old-time conservatism nor the present radical, free elective policy took cognizance of. The University of California recently solved the question for itself in an inter- esting way that seems a satisfactory recon- ciliation of the two extreme views. The change is momentous, and, while silent, is epoch making in_the history of the uni- versity. It satisfactorily "answers the charge of undue conservatism often made against the university, and avoids the evil too often seen in the free elective sy tem of students pursuing “snap’ courses, omitting proper foundation work and coming out of the university with a con- ceit of much learning that is a patchwork of unrelated subjects. The plan adopted by the University of California is already used in graduate work in Johns Hopkins University, where it is known as the group-elective system. The faculty at Berkeley adapted the group: elective system to undergraduate work, dividing the university work into two parts—collegiate and university work proper, the collegiate work prescribed, the other part elective by groups. The entire course, consisting of 126 hours, is divided into sixty prescribed hours—the work of the freshman and sophomore years; that is, each student must take say ten hours of mathematics, fourteen of history, twelve of science, twelve of English and twelve of languages, ancient or modern. But after the student has reached his junior ear he is considered mature enough to se- ect know what he needs and he is allowed to his sixty hours of work. Thirty hours Le elects as group elective. Thus if he is to be a lawyer he elects a group in_juris- prudence and political science, or in pre- paring for medicine, biology, botany, zoology, etc. His other thirty hours he can take as single electives, and he has free choice to elect his purely culture sub- jects, or to begin his complete specializa- tion at once by adding all this to his group elective. The groups are selected by the faculty accoraing to the cognate relations of the subjects. The student is not ob- liged to lumber his mind with what he will never use, while his university course is really shortened as he beginsa technical preparation during the last two years, and yet need not neglect the culture of colle- giate work. ‘The group-elective system changes the old division of graduate and undergraduate students into collegiate and university students, the collegians completing their If he will take his degree of doctor of philosophy, which re- quires three years longer, the student now has a great gain over the old system by being well started in his specialty both in method and ground work. AMONG THE LOST. The Man Who Tried to Cross the Ocean in a Canvas Boat. The family of Captain Josiah W. Lawler, the marine adventurer, still resides at 82 Grove street, Chelsea, but the Captain, where is he? The daring seaman left Lincoln wharf Juue 5, 1892, in a 12-foot canvas boat for a trip across the Atlantic. News was received from him from points along the northern coast, but that was all, and what his fate has been noone knows. | The last information from him was a let- ter received by his wife, dated north Syd- ney, Breton, July 20, 1892. He said then that he had been obliged to put up for re- pairs, but was to sail again immediately. It is knowu that he did sail, but that is as far as he was ever traced. Mrs. Lawlor is not in good health, and the uncertainty of her husband’s destiny has had a severe effect upon her: It is aid, however, that she has not given up vet, and still looks for his return. She has two daughters and two sons, all of whom live with her. The youngest is a boy, now 14 years old. The captain had quite a remarkable rec- ord as a small-boat sailor. 1In 1889 he sailed from New York to Havre in the Neversink in twenty-eight days. Then in 1891 he went over again in the 14-foot boat Sea Serpent. This was the smallest boat ever sailed across the ocean. He started at Crescent Beach and went to England in forty-two days. He was then at the Paris Exposition four weeks. is last embarkation was not very suc- cessful at the start. Before he had gone forty rods from Lincoln Wharf his craft was in collision with a rowboat and the bowsprit was broken, but having material aboard for muking any small repairs that might be needed he did not put back. He had quite a quantity of food in a condensed form and carried about fifteen gallons of water. Many old sailors were present when he made his start and they shook their heads very. doubfiulliowhen they saw the actions of the little boat. Many were ready to wager that she would never cross the ocean. The captain had not even made a trial trip in her, as she arrived from Miam- isburg, Ohio, where she was built only the day before the start.—Boston Globe. One of the most common forms of ocean infusoria is shaped like a goblet with a lid. When the insect feeds the lid is raised and the tentacles appear; when it bas had enough it closes its lid «nd goes to sleep. sty = S At Polar bears have been known to live in captivity for a great number of years. Two are said to have been in the Zoological Society, London, for' 23 and 34 years, re- spectively. [STEVENSON'S. LAST WORK, His Friend Charles Baxter Brings the Manuscript From Samoa. AN UNFINISHED MASTERPIECE. Journal of His Life In Samoa—Other Works Are to Be Pub- lished, Charles Baxter, whom Robert Louis Stevenson named executor of his will, ar- rived in this city yesterday from the Sa- moan Islands on the steamer Alameda. The two were chums as boys together in Edinburgh at school and remained lifelong friends. Two of the dead novelist’s stories, “Kidnaped” and “Katrina,” were dedi- cated to Baxter, who has always managed his literary business for him. He has with him the manuscripts of Stevenson’s last works, which he is taking to England for publication. He said last evening at the Occidental: “I was not in Samoa when Stevenson died. There had been a long-stanaing promise to go out and visit him, and.finally last De- cember I started from London. At Brin- disi I got a most enthusiastic letter from him, expressing the pleasure in store at Charles Baxter. [Sketched from an engraving.] our prospective meeting. But when I ar- rived at Port Said I got a cable annoancing his death. That made me hurry on at once, although I had intended to spend some time in the colonies on my way.” Of the unpublished work left by Steven- son Mr. Baxter has already sent on home for gublicutiun the manuscript of “St. ) Ives,” a novel which was almost com- leted, wanting only about two chapters. t will be published as itis, of course. The story is of the capture and escape of a French officer during the Napoleonic wars from a prison in Scotland and his adven- tures in that country and in France. Then Mr. Baxter has with him the roofs of what will be entitled the ‘Vai- ima Letters.” This is a series of monthly letters written by the novelist to his friend Sidney Colvin, Keeper of the Prints at the British Museum. hey are, in_fact, a journal of his life in S8amoa sent off once a month. Mr. Baxter has also with him the manu- script of what Stevenson had written of “Weir of Hermiston,” the work he was on at the time of his death. In fact he had worked on it on the very day of his death. This, he thought, would be his master- iece. However, only -about a third of it had been written, but that is complete as a part and will be published. Besides these there is a small book of fables which haa been promised to the Longmans, the publishers, and *‘Letters to Children,” which are to be published in the Youth’s Companion. These are mostly letters written to his young heir, Austen Strong, by Stevenson. Mr. Baxter has never been in this coun- try before, and will remain in San Fran- cisco about a week. He is a writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, a solicitor with cer- tain special privileges. Mr. Baxter is one of the most eminent of Free Masons in Scotland, where he has been supreme grand master. He has taken the thirty-first_ degree, and two years ago | was received by King Oscar of Sweden, who is an enthusiastic Mason, to return thanks for the Grand Lodge of Scotland for Swedish contributions to the great Ma- sonic bazaar in Edinburgh. OONVERGENCE OF ANOCESTRY. An Interesting Theory Which Professor Brooks Expounds. It goes without saying thata man has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents and so on, so that if we go back, say, ten generations, doubling at each step, we have 2048 ancestors. This sort of argument has been used by super- ficial genealogists to show that at the time of William the Conqueror each of us had more ancestors than the total population of England, hence we must each be de- scended from every Englishman of that day, includinfizthe immortal William him- self, says the New York World. The absurdity of this sort of reasoning has just been pointed out by Professor Brooks of Johns Hopkins. His immediate object is to establish a point in the theory of ‘evolution, but he confutes all silly gene- alogists at the same time. While it is true that we do have four grandparents they need not be four separate and distinct per- sons. First cousins have not more than three scparate grandparents; if they are doubly cousins they have but two. So in the tenth generation one’s 2048 an- cestors are never 2048 separate persons; they abound in “duplicates,” so to speak, as every one knows who hastried to trace his descent, not in one line, but in all pos- sible lines. These duplicates abound espe- cially in small communities, whose inhab- itants have intermarried for years. Besides this the lines from a given pair of ancestors tend to become extinct sooner or later, so, as ancestry is traced back, the probuability is that all the persons living in a given community will be found to be de- scended, not from all, but from a very local politics. [ am nearly 40 now, and what have I to show for my work? I had several appointive places at home,but they were permanent only so long as my friends were at the heim. None of them paid any better than a steady job in some mercantile business, considering the assessments and expenses connected with a political berth. “I came to Washington with the Fifty- third Congress. Even aiter I was located | here I had to make seyeral trips home to look after the interests of my Congress- man, and in the last election Ispent every dollar I had to help him at the polls. was elected, but now comes a recesy of nine months with no work for me to do, and he goes home, leaving me to look out for my- self as best I can. While Congress was in session I received my $100 a month, but no pay during the recesses. The committee of which my member was chairman had no allowances for a committee clerk. But it happened to have a_ great deal of work to do, and I per- formed the clerical work of the committee in addition to looking after the chairman’s private correspondence, under the illusion that the House would make a special al- lowance for the committee. A bill to that effect was introduced, but it was defeated by the various watchdogs of the treasury, and my extra work was all _gratis. My only recourse is to take my wife and child home and begin again where I left off when I came. At all events, my chances at home are better than they are here. Yet if I had gone into some reliable busi- ness years ago I can’t help but think how much better off I should have been than by goinginto politics.”’—Washington Post. AN INNOVATION IN THE HOUSE. The Electric Bell to Dispense With the Pages on the Floor. During the recess of Congress some changes are to be made in the hall ot the House of Representatives. One decided improvement is to be effected at the instance of Joe Cannon of Illinois. During the closing hours of the late session Mr. Cannon secured the adoption ef a resolu- tion appropriating $1000, or as much as may be necessary, for the purpose of intro- ducing the electric-bell system in the House. In the new order of things each member will find at his desk a push button, with which he may call a page from the lobby near by, thus doing away with the presence of twenty or thirty pages on_the floor and the old fashion of callin, el e Lo bustling about the floor, vastly adding to the general confusion, and careless members attract their atten- tion by clapping loudly, often to the serious interruption of the men who are addressing the House. It has frequently been noticed that new members bave mis- taken these signals for applause in honor of their remarks. These members will be likely to miss the old system, but every one else agrees that it is high time modern methods were introduced for the purpose of mitigating to some extent the nuisance of disorder and confusion on the floor of the House.—Chicago Times-Herald. B e The Chicago Millicnaire’s Eagle Eye. Another story illustrative of the daily life of a Chicago millionaire may help to explain why some people have more money than others. Fhis millionaire invited a vititor from another city to meet him at a certain hour and accompany him to the stockyards, where he had large interests. The millionaire rode up in a sidebar buggy, somewhat the worse for mud and wear, drawn by a shaggy but active horse. He explained that before starting for the vards he would have to go toone of the arge banks downtown, as he was on the board which regulated loans, and he had twus on an application for a loan of $500,000. They stopped in front of the bank, and the rich man hurried in and remained several minutes. He came out ona run and_they started rattledy-bang for the stuckynrgs and Packingtown. ‘When they arrived and were entering the packing-house they saw an oid man sorting out into barrelsa heap of bones and fatty remnants. and put into one barret and the flesh and fat into another barrel. The millionaire owner of the place walked over to the workman and began askin, uestions. Then he drew off his coat, rolled back his shirt sleeve to the shoulder and began rummaging among the bones. He found several wgich had not been properly stripped, and the workman received a i;pfoldmg which he will remember all his ife. The etrippinfi of those bones was just as important as the loaning of $500,000.—Chi- cago Record. PRETTY . AND ATTRACTIVE WOMEN, Their Good Looks Not a Secref. (SPECIAL TO OUB LADY KEADERS.] No matter to what country she belongs, or whether she be black or white, as a woman she desires to look well. ‘Women know the influence of beauty on men; men rarely admire a beautiful invalid, but they do admire a woman in ‘whom is blended good features and per- fect health. There is no secret about a woman's beautyj; it all lies in the care she devotes to herself, to removing from her system all poisonous impurities, and keeping at bay those fearful female diseases. The flashing eye, elastic step, and bril- liant complexion are never companions of a womb trouble; only the distressed expression and aches, pains, blues, faint- ness, dizziness, bearing-down feeling, ete., keep it company. #Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- ‘pound removes female troubles promptly, and cleanses, invigorates, and conse- quently beautifies, the form of woman. ‘Women, the world over, pay homage to it, and praise its discoverer. Your drug« gist sells more of it than all other female medicines. few—perhaps only one or two—of the in- habitants of the community, as they were centuries ago. So instead of having all Englishmen of the year 1000 for our ances- tors, the probability is that we are de- scended from comparatively few of them— the number may be technically many thousands, but one individual does duty for several scotes, oreven several hundreds of these, the lines of ancestry converging upon him from many different directions. Tgi- is what Professor Brooks calls the ‘“‘convergence of ancestry.” —————— The Session Clerk’s Complaint. “I wish I had never gone into politics, Here I am in Washington with a family to support, Congress adjourned, my Congress- man gone home, and no job.” The remark fell from the lips of a young man who has been acting as a committee clerk and pri- vate secretary to one of the Western mem- bers, and his case illustrates the condition of a large class of young men who, like him, see in a Congressional clerkship “the consummation of their ambition. 4 “I started out as a stenographer,” said the young man; ‘“then I got a berth on a newspaper, and from that I drifted into For Whom ? Haurried, busy, pervous women are the ones for whom Paine's Celery Compound was especially prepared. These men and women with nerves all gone and feebly nourished need just the invigorating, strengih-giving effect of Paine's Celery Compound. Use it now and keep well. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Are acknowledged by thousands of perso Diave used them {0 over foriy vears (o cure + .1"11[5)2‘« 'lrlh:Axgficl!Ewuwbli'i:ss, CONSTIPA- , Torpid Liver, Weak Stomach, Pim, purify the blood. D Crossman's Swecific Mixture With this remedy persons can cure themselves without the least” exposure, change of diet, or change in application to business. The medicine contains nothing that is of the least injury to the gonsuiration. Ask your druggist forit.” Price 1 He | them when needed. These pages | The bones were trimmed | | this property. AUCTION SALES. TUESDAY. AT T gl e ST APRIL 16, 1895 AT 12 0'CLOCK, NOON, At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel. HAIGHT-ST. HANDSOME RESIDENCE. North line (No. 26) of Haight, 100 feet E. of Octavia st.; handsome residence of 9 rooms and | bath, with' stable In rear fronting Rose ave.; hoice location and neighborhood; half block to Market st.; must soon become a_business propo- sition; concrete walk: street In basalt rock; | Haight-st. cable; lot double frontage, 2714 feet on Haight; depth 120 feet to Rose ave., where it fronts 273 feet. WESTERN ADDITION—FRENCH FLATS. North line (Nos. 2110 and 2112) of Sutter, 110 feet W of Steiner; bullding contains 2 modern- built French flats of 7 and 8 rooms and bath; handsomely finished: brick foundation; concrets walk; basalt rock on Sutter st.: everything in splendld order; rents $72 50; lot 97:2x157:6. MCALLISTER-ST. HANDSOME RESIDENCE. South line (No. 729) of McAlllster st., 125 feet E, of Octavia st.; handsome bay-window residence of 8rooms and bath; centrally located: but a few minutes’ walk downtown; choice neighborhood; street in basalt rock; McAllister-st. cable passes the dqor; lot 26x137:6. CITY HALL BUSINESS LOT. Southerly line of Park ave., Hall ave.; ti ¥ o provements on this property would rent at a good. aying price on the investment: investors and uilders should examine this choice offering; lot 26x100. VAN NESS-AVE. LARGE RESIDENCE LOT. E.line Van Ness ave., 105 feet S.of Lombard st.; elegant double lot to be graded, strect to be graded, sewered and bituminized and sidewalk 10 be stone-curbed ut expense of the seller; this elegant _residence lot commands that lovely marine view which visitors so much admire and which I8 not equaled in any city in the world: Van Ness ave.and Lombard st. are a poriion of the grand boulevard to the Presidio: examine this for & home; large double lot, 50x110:8}. LARKIN-ST. IMPROVED PROPERTY. E.line (No. 1810) of Larkin, 11214 feet N. Pine st.; front residence, bay-windowed, co 10 rooms and bath; modern improvements; rear house, a_tenement of 4 rooms; centrally log : short 'walk downtown: this Jocation always finds ready tenants at full treet in basalt rock ; Sutter and California-st. cabies; lot 25x87:6. MISSION RESIDENCE LOTS. Northeast corner of Noe and Daj somely located residence lots, all ing; examine them: sewered and m street: electric road one-quarter of a bl lots 36x80 and 26x80. SEVEN FIFTY-VARAS, FRONTING ., four hand- ¥ for builds ized i distant; Devisadero, Broderick, Lombard and Greenwich Streets. This valuable property is in front of the property of thelate Senator James G. Fair, who invested millions of dollars in the district, and is but a short distance from the Fulton Iron Works. Itis valua- ble for manufacturing or residence purposes and should be viewed to be fully appreciated. Devisa- | dero street is one of the widest streets in the city, and will become business property : Lombard street is the boulevard extending from Van Ness avenue t0 the Presidio Government Park, which is but two blocks west, bestowing upon this section of the city the advantage of use of this handsome public park and view of the Governmon: for iiications and one of the finest marine views in ti worid. The fifty- varaon the NW. corner of Devisadero and Green- wich streets will be_subdivided i lots. Union-street cable passes v This offering pre opportunity for the speculator, tractor. Examine this prope (five corner and_two inside): one subdivid vara corner lot, 37:6x110: four inside lots, 25x110; one inside fot, 27:6x137:6 feet. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., 638 Market street. Auctioneer. JOSEPH T. TERRY & (0., Geveral Auctioneers, Warerooms, 747 Market St., opp. Grant ave. Established 1868. Telephone 296. Sales of every description attended to. Prompt returns made. _Your business solicited. BUSINESS CARDS $1.75. SEND FOR SAMPLES. PACIFIC PRINTING CO., 543 Clay Street, S. F. STHE VERY BESTONETO EXAMINEYOUR eyes and fit_them_to Spectacles or Eyeglasses With_instruments of his own invention, whoss superiority has not been equaled. My success has been due to the merits of my work. Oflice Hours—12 to 4 P. 3. A TADIES' GAILL ROOH. Has been established 1n the Palace Hotel N ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the piace of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from Market at. Ladies shopping wiil find this a most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gentiemen'’s Grillreom an internacional reputation, will preval in this new department. A POSITIVE BARGAIN 1100 ACRES, WITH INPROVEMENTS, $186,500, IN S3N MATEO COUNTY N THE PLAIN OF OAKS: S. P. R. R. RUNS through; S. F.and 8, J, V. R. R. may also. The best and a growing locality. 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