The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895. LATEST OAKLAND ~ NEWS, Legal Measures Against the Fee Bill to Be Begun Soon. CONSTABLE CRONIN'S WORK. Arguments Are Begun in the Board of Public Works Con- test. Proceedings to test the constitutionality of the recently enacted fee bill will be be- gun by Attorneys Van R. Paterson and Arthur Rodgers within the coming week. Constable J. F. Cronin, who has under- taken to raise the sinewsof war to fight 1, has $4000 of the necessary funds already in sight, with bright prospects of the rest being pledged within a few days. To-morrow he goes to San Jose to consult with constables and others in that section who are interested in the bill. He recently talked with Sheriff Whelan of San Fran- cisco, and, though that official has not de- cided what course he will pursue in refer- ence to the matter, Mr. Cronin hopes to prevail upon him to join issues and fight the measure to a conclusion. Though the plan of campaign has not been fully decided. upon, it will probably be opened in Alameda County,in which case Constable Cronin will make up his bill of fees as provided for under the previouely existing fee laws, and present it to County Clerk Jordan, will hand the demand to the Board of ¢ ors at their next meeting. The board, under the'law, will refuse to allow the bi The constables w mus proceedin compel the ¥ mand, and the whole matter of the legality of the bill will be brought up. The main portion of the money to fight the bill has been raised in Alameda County and in other centers of population where the earni of the constables are most largely affected. In the more thinly popu- stricts, where the remuneration of the office is always small, the aifected officials have demurred against putting up their pro rata, but in Oakland and other points, where their earnings are cut $100 1o $200 per month, the funds have been readily collected. Board of Works Contest. Superior Judges Greene, Ogden, Ells- worth and F sitting in bank, listened to arguments the contest of Robert H Miller for seats in the lic Works yesterday. The by Messrs. J. L. v and J. K. Pier- nt election, when the de- elected to seats in the board Hughes and Wilson contested on nd that the election was illegal in prevented them from serving the m of four years for which they were ted, and it was agreed by the par- to the suit that the case should be ued on purely legal grounds, the facts ng admitted by both sides. The defendants entered a demurrer on tory grounds a few days ago, and it on this that the arguments were based. George de Golia appeared for the con- Morgan for Mayor Davie, J. 0 r himself and Joseph A. John- son, George W. Reed and Emil Nusbaumer for the defendants collectively. Attorney 1 opened the battle by quoting section 1041 of the Political Code relating to special elections. 1f a general el y be had on s L as mentioned in section 1041,” the election held treated as a specia n by parity ot reasoning. To hold that no elections are special except those mentioned in section 1041, Political Code, would result in declar- ing that a charter cannot be amended ex cept at general elections, if at all. special election to adopt or reject proposed amendments may be held on the same da; as a special election to fill a vacaney in office, but it is mnot the same election. There are two special elections held on the same day for different purposes.” He quoted the decision of the Supreme Court 1n the case of Tilson vs. Ford, which, be =aid, bore out his contention that the incumbents in the board were legally elected. He was followed by Ben Morgan, who made an eloguent plea Ior the legality of the election. "Attorney de Golia then submitted the following points, with his authorities, after which the court ad- red until Monday: —Did thelegislative authority of the city and have power or jurisdiction to sul at the election called for and held January 6, 1895, prop for amending the free- bolders’ charter of the city? Second—If such amenduients to the charter . were regularly adopted, can_the members of the present board of works be removed from office in the manner and by the method at- tempted by the adoption of the amendments to section 63 of the charter, or before the end of their respective terms? Third—If the améndments were legally and regularly adopted, and the present members of the board of works can beremoved in thisway, can any or either of the persons elected to the board of works take the office of commissioner end member of the board of works? The arguments will be finished at the next sitting. ‘The Fabiola Fete. The enthusiasm of the Oaklanders over the Fabiola fete is being well illustrated. Instead of the experience of Mayday being considered as a disaster, it is now being veferred to as & positive boon, for it has aroused an interest that did not exist be- fore. Nearly all the original entries for the decorated carriages parade have been remade and a number of adaitional ones are pouring in every day. Among them Mrs. Edson Adams has promised to make @ good display, E. A. Heron will have une of his best rigs in line, Mrs. Cad Howard will enter her victoria, and will have it iperbly decorated, Frank Thwiates will ppear with his dogeart, W. J. Landers of 8an Leandro promises to have one of the swellest of all the turnouts in the pro- A. Olander has declared himself titor, and many other equally well- known families are to be in evidence. General meetings of the committee are being held every day, and the utmost in- terest is being manifested. It has been decided that the only tickets which must be redeemed are those sold at the gates. The numbered blue admission tickets will do on Saturday next, but no others will under a; circumstances be accepted. The ne e is now ready, and to-mo: row will be sent out to the various di tributing agencies. Married Yesterday. City Engineer and Commissioner of the Board of Public Works Arthur R. Wilson was married to Miss Alice J. Cullen, the opular schoolteacher, at the Church of {‘he Advent, Bast Oakland, yesterday morning. The sacred edifice was taste- fully decorated for the occasion and a large number of the happy couple’s friends turned out for the occasion. Miss Elizabeth Francis, Miss Elizabeth Blankart and Miss Edith Cullen acted as bridesmaids, while the groom was sup- ported by B. P. Miller and M. D. Phelps. After the wedding breakfast, which was a jolly affair, the newly married couple de- parted for Santa Cruz, where the boney- moon will be passed. White Wants His Fee. M\ United States Senator Stephen M. White appeared before Judge Frick yesterday to ask that the magistrate ratify a private contract made between himself and E. L. Campbell, gunardian of the minor heirs of the estate of Anna A. Pratt. These heirs contested the will, which left @ large amount to outside parties, Sendtor White and James Cnmpbefl being retained to fight the case. They were to receive one-third of the the children. The contest ‘rrevsiled and Guardian Campbell figured that the contestants had gsmed $118,000 out of the $500,000 estate. Senator White asked that the Superior Court of Los Angeles County ratify the contract as the estate is nearing distribut- tion, but was referred to Judge Frick, as the settlement of the estate is pending in his court. The attorney stated that as no appeal was to be taken to the Supreme Court by the? defeated litigants his fee of nearly $40,000 was justly payable at once. _Judge Frick took the matter under ad- visement. The People Were Unprepared. Those who attended yesterday’s session of the Police Court in the expectation of witnessing a fierce legal battle between the attorneys of the Salvation Army and the forces of the people were again disap- pointed, for the prosecution was not ready and the case went over for a week. E. M. Gibson, who appeared for the army, entered a demurrer to the com- plaint on the ground that the ordinance making street meetings an obstruction of the public thoroughfares and punishable as a misdemeanor is unconstitutional. He argued that the constitution of the United States grants to all the right of free speech in public or private, and that any ordi- nance which prevents thejsame is a viola- tion of the constitution.” Judge Wood took the matter under ad- visement, and will give his decision on the demurrer when the case is called up next Saturda; 2mount saved to ndrew Peterson’s Body. John Harr, & boatman on the broad- gauge mole, picked up the body of a mid- dle-aged man floating in the bay near the p last evening. At the morgue pa- cre found that indicated that the deceased was Andrew Peterson of 115 Sec- ond street, San Francisco. A receipt LOTTERIES N OAKLAND Mayor Davie Orders Chief of Police Schaffer to Close Them. A LIST OF THE AGENCIES. Officer McCloud’s Rald of a Year Ago—Big Jim’s State- ment. One week ago Mayor Davie gave Chief of Police Schaffer explicit instructions to close the score or more of Chinese lottery agencies which have flourished in Oakland during Schaffer’s entire incumbency. Mayor Davie, who is aware as well as every other business man of Oakland, that these lottery agencies bave been running in open violation of State as well as muni- cipal law, recently began to make quiet in- quiries regarding them. He asked mer- signed by a carrier of a morning paper bore that name and address. The body, which had been in the water about ten days, was dressed in a heavy chinchilla coatand vest, striped trousers and checked linen shirt. An envelope ad- to Mrs. Anna Peterson, care Amer- igrant Bureau, 30 State street, New was also found in his pockets. De- ased was about 40 years of age, heavily { built and wore a brown mustache. Home for Deaf Mutes. Mrs M. P. McCourtney has made a pres- ent of her handsome residence at the cor- ner of Fortieth street and Telegraph ave- nue to the sisters of St. Joseph on condi- tion that the house be turned into a hos- pital and home for deaf mute By the deed of gift the sisters are re- quired to maintain the home for twenty- five years and care for as many mutes as their means and accommodations will allow. The property is worth about §20,000, and the work of changing it into the institu- tion which Mrs. McCourtney intends it to be will be begun as soon as plans can be perfected. At the Macdonough. Peter F. Dailey in “A Country Sport” will be the attraction at the Macdonough to-morrow and Tuesday evenings, when the popular comedy-drama will ie iven with a full cast. The comedian will be supported by May Irwin, John G. Sparks, Ada Lewis, Andrew Mack, Mamie Gilroy and twenty others. ‘‘A Country Sport” is direct from the California Theater, where it has drawn crowded houses. Tickets are now on sale at popular prices. On Saturday evening next Fritz Scheel and his company of soloists will give a concert at the Macdonough. The sale of seats begins to-morrow. BERKELEY. Immediate steps will be taken by the University of California Boating Associa- tion for th@erection of a new boathouse in the place of the one burned last month. The loss sustained by the fire exceeds $4000, upon which there was an insurance of $2500. Considerable money has been expended recently on shells and in the payment of the coach, and there will not be a large amount on hand after these accounts are met. Itis expected that the fund for re- building the house will be contributed largely by the alumni and other friends of the university. Badly Bruised. Bernard Shaw, a young man who drives the delivery wagon for Grocer Adams, had a narrow escape from death yesterday morning. While driving down Shattuck avenue the horse became unmanageable and ran away, throwing out the driver. He struck the ground violently, and the wheels of the wagon passed over his neck. No bones were broken, but Shaw was consid- erably bruised. His Wife Deserts Him. Hugh Dykes of South Berkeley is much worried over the prolonged absence of his wife, who left home without warning about a month ago. On the date of her departure she left a note saying that she had taken her five-year-old boy and gone to Los Angeles. She wrote him a letter a few days ago stating that she would leave Los Angeles soon and go where she was unknown. Dykes is in a sad plight, as he has several young children on his ha nds to care for. Commencement Speakers. The faculty of the university has chosen Miss Catherine Felton and Messrs. Graves, Gorrill and Seares as speakers for the grad- uating class on commencement day. Professor Gayley’s New Book. A new book entitled “An Introduction to the Study of Literary Criticism,” by Ed- ward Mills Gayley, professor of English literature at the university, will soon make its appearance. ALAMEDA. The old Board of Free Library Trustees held an executive session Friday evening and considered whether to hold over and contest the offices or to surrender them on Tuesday evening, when the new ap- pointees will come together and organize. A resolution was adopted inviting the newly appointed members to meet with the board to consider the question of pre- senting an agreed case to the Superior and Supreme ¢ourts in order to have the mat- ter decided as speedily and with as little expense as possible. Encinal Yacht Club Cruise. The Encinal Yacht Club will have its first cruise of the season next Saturday to San Mateo, vreparations for which are being made. The fleet is expected to leave as a squadron from the clubhouse at 2 o’clock, and large yachts have been cau- tioned to regulate their speed to the smaller ones, keeping as near together as possible. The; ex]‘vect to reach the landing place on the San Mateo side about 5 o’clock. Buses will be in readiness to convey them to the hotel, where the evening will be spent in dancing. Salaries Fixed. The new Board of Health has reappointed Veterinary Inspector Carpenter and Health Officer McLean. Their respective salaries will be $75 and $65 per month. The Health Officer reported fourteen deaths during the month of April and twenty-one births in a population of 15,000. Sunday-School Excursion. The Union Sunday-school’s excursion and picnic will be held next Saturday at Glenwood, in_the Santa%Cruz mountains, The train will leave Park street at 8:40 o’clock and returning will start from Glen- wood at 5 P. M. Balances Even. 1In the recent campaign the Good Gov- ernment Club expended $450 according to the statement filed yesterday by its finance committee. All of its candidates were elected save three. Lord Kelvin maintains that the earth is 100,000,000 years ol ——————— Tue first shipment of “Captain Marryat” cigars is nearly exhausted. Why? The cigar is so good—*finest beyond question”—that it sells at sight. Made by Harburger, Homan & Co., New York. < Chief of Police Schaffer of Oakland, Who Has Been Spurred Up by Mayor Davie. chants and professional men what they thought of the proposition of allowing the Chinese to take many thousands of dollars each month out of the city and also as to the moral aspect of the case. In every instance the answer was the same. He was told thatit was not right from a moral point of view and was also an injustice to the business community. As these opinions coincide with the Mayor’s views, Chief Schaffer was told that the lotteries must close. “] propose to see that every lottery joint in Oakland is closed and kept closed,” said the Mayor yesterday, ‘‘and haye instructed Chief Schaffer to carry out my instructions |_ at once.” Since the Mayor ordered him to close the lotteries a week ago, Chief Schaffer has arrested or assisted in arresting four lottery agents, two of whom forfeited $60 bail each and went back to business again. Chief Schaffer’s excuse for allowing the fifteen or twenty agencies to run as they have been ranning is that it is impossible to get into them to make arrests or that the difficulty of gathering evidence is very reat. 7 Other officers who have made raids have shown greater ability, have experienced no such difficulty, and have succeeded in making arrests in rapid succession and in getting a fair share of convictions. Officer William McCloud is an instance of Whatintelli‘gent and energetic work in that line will do. Early in April, 1894, he was asked by ex- Mayor Pardee to spend a part of a ten days’ vacation which he had just been granted in looking into the Chinese lottery nuisance, to see whether it could not be abated. In the forty-eight honrs, including April 6and?7, he arrested ten agents, experienc- ing no difficulty in gaining entrance to the dens or in getting plenty of evidence. Of the Chinese he took into custody, ten were convicted, paying fines aggregating $600. Two were acquitted by juries be- cause the witnesses failed to fully identify the accused. Others had their cases dis- missed and escaped punishment because the complaints in their cases mysteriously disappeared about the time Walter Lam- bert, the absconding clerk of the Police Court, left for Honolulu. “Any Chief of Police who has the num- ber of men and sources of information that Chief Schaffer has,” said Officer Mec- Cloud yesterday, ‘“‘can close every lottery Officer William McCloud, Who Enew How to Close the Lotteries. ‘joint’ in Oakland within twenty-four hours, and_ moreover keep them closed. ‘When I made my short raid I had abso- lutely no one to aid me, and still T got ten prisoners within forty-eight hours. “Some time after I had gone back to my beat, which was at that time near the busi- ness part of the town, I had reason to sus- pect an agency L had raided when I made the big haul was running again and sent a man to investigate. - ““He was told that no tickets were bein, sold just then, but after the first day of the succeeding month the place would be running full blast and that he could get all the tickets he desired. On the day before the date set for the opening I was trans- ferred to an outside district. That may have been simply chance.” Within a radius of ten blocks from the intersection of Seventh and Broadway there are at least ten lottery agencies run- ning in full blast day and night, paying winnings on two drawings per day, one in the afternqon and a second at night. They are easy to pick out, because the only sign of business about them isa dingy box of cigars propped up in the window when the place purports to be a cigar-factory or a few cheap china jars when the sign states that Chinese and ‘Japanese fancy goods are to be found there, and a Chinese lookout stands at each door to answer questions about tickets. The locationsof the agencies. mentioned are as follows: 347}¢ Twelfth street, 471 Eighth street, 419 Tenth street, 17143{ Seventh street, 1732 Seventh street, 463 Sixth street, 460 Sixth street, 830 Broad- way, 1412 San Pablo avenue, 1105 Thir- teenth avenue and 611 East Twelith street. In addition to these one agency does busi- ness in West Oakland artd " another at Center-street station. Nearly every Chi- nese store in the Chinese quarter is an agency. S The most important agency on the list is the one at 471 Eighth street, where Big Jim, the wealthiest Chinese inmbler on the Pacific Coast, makes his headgunarters. Big Jim controls the larger portion of the lot- tery business of Oakland, and it was in this headquarters that the wdy gambler forgot his caution one day and to an attorney of Oakland said that the lotteries of Oak made $30,000 per month, and that it was the best town on the coast for their busi- ness. THE FAIR ESTATE. Clearing the Ground for the Coming Contest. On a petition by the special administra- tors of the estate of James G. Fair Judge Slack hasordered all interested in the Lick House to appear in hisdepartment on May 9 to show cause why certain repairs should not be executed. Dr. Marc Levingston has been given ten days to answer, demur or make any other motion to the opposition to the will of J. G. Fair filed by Herman Oelrichs and others. The motions to strike out portions of the oppositions to_ the wills of J. G. Fair filed by Herman Oelrichs Jr. et al. and Margaret Crothers et_al. will be heard to-morrow morning in Judge Slack’s court. CAPTAIN GUNN A LEPER, A Wealthy Hawaiian Afflicted With the Disease Was Here. After Living in a Fashlonable Hotel He Escapes to the Orient. Captain Hugh Gunn of Company B, First Infantry of the Hawaiian Guard, has been here and taken his departure. He was in a hurry to get awav, as Dr. Lawlor, the Quarantine Officer, and the Board of Health were on his trail, on the suspicion that he is a leper. Captain Gunn came here on the bark Hesper, which arrived last Sunday. He went to a fashionable boarding-house on O’¥arrell street, and when Dr. Lawlor called there and made inquiries as to his reason for leaving Hawaii he at once an- Orient on the next steamer. He was as good as his word, and Dr. Lawlor saw him away on the Rio de Janeiro yesterda; “His ears and face were affected,” the Quarantine Officer, “and he is un- | doubtedly in the first stages of the “Opinions as to its infectio divided, and I, for one. n't believe It will be years before Gunn will be { uugnlylund(-r;hc control of the dis a dise it is or- By Keeping him here he woulc i an expense to this State all the rest of his | life.” Captain Hugh Gunn was one of the lead- ANNETTA nounced his intention of sailing for the | d. JOHN THOMB A TRAGEDY IN OAKLAND. Jean Thome Attempts to Mur- der His Wife and Two Daughters. BLOODY WORK WITH A ENIFE. The Drink-Crazed Father Wounded His Children and Commit- ted Sulcide. Jean Thome, a cobbler, with an imag- inary grievance against his family, at- tempted to murder his wife and two grown daughters yesterday morning at 1440 San Pablo avenue, Oakland. He stabbed and slashed the young women several times about the body and hands, and finished by plunging the knife into his own breast six times, with fatal result. His daughters will recover, so the doc- tors say, as it is believed that the knife did not reach a vital spot. Thome had been a heavy drinker for many years. His daughters started a laundry at 1440 San Pablo avenue, and had their mother, who left Thome, live with them. Thome opened a small cobbler- shop on Washington street, near Seventh, but he spent all he earned in liquor. When drunk he was vicious and_abusive to such an extent that many believed him to be insane. After a night's debauch he went to the laundry a little after 6 o’clock yesterday morning. The mother and daughters, Henrietta and_Annette, live in the rear of the laundry. When Mrs. Thome opened the door Thome sprang across the thres- hold with a_revolver in his hand, and seizing his wife by the throat exclaimed, “Now I will kill you!” Mrs. Thome is a large, powerful woman, and she saw that she had to fight for her life. She grasped the revolver over the hammer which prevented its being used by the maniac. Back and forth they strug- gled, the woman shrieking for help. Her two daughters sprang from their bed in an adjoining_room and ran to help their mother. " In the struggle the four burst through a door into a_hall that leads to Mrs. Thome's bedroom in the rear of the house. At last they reached the bedroom where A Thome succecded in wrench- ing the pistol from his grasp. ‘“Run for your lives,” she cried to her daughters as she dashed out of the front door and into the rieking “mur- i) *‘police” ed. She gave on to a the avenue I de the wi e police. »om when the i ' he shouted, pi into Annctte’s b u,” driving but he nto the e door, HENRIETTA THOME AND HIS DAUGHTERS. ing spirits in_the revolution that over threw Liluokalani and seated Dole as President of the Hawaiian Republic. He was a member of the firm of Egan & Gunn, and in the basement of the firm’s ware- house the companies of infantry which accomnplished the revolution used to regu- larly drill. He is connected with some of the best families in Hawaii, and it is said that his departure for the United States was connived at by the Hawaiian officials. The exiles now in San Francisco state posi- tively that they can name a dozen people now permanently residing in the United States whose relatives are lepers, or have died of that disease. When seen on the Rio de Janeiro Gunn denied that he was a leper, but said he had bidden good-by to his family forever, and that he never intended returning to the United States. He has a good Eusiness opening in prospect in the Orient, and ex- pects to live and die there. ART AT THE BAR. Craze for Pictures and Curios in Modern BSaloons. Pictorial and other “art'’ attractions of the modern saloon have evidently been found to pay their way as drawing cards. Some of them are really extraordinary, In pictures the subjects range all the way from those high-wrought specimens in which the ‘“preponderance of the nude” is the main feature to the highly improper specimens from French publications. The intermediate ground knows all shades and colors. One saloon-keeper has had living- pictures as a back-room attraction., An- other man makes a specialty of old theater programmes. Still another, in whom the soul of Aubrey Beardsley must echo, has taken to displaying posters whose decadent tendency would make Max Nordau weep. The chophouses, whose proprietors seek to persuade the swell young man that they are the Savarins of Bohemia and their re- sorts its middle distance, have long been noted for collections of old paintings, pro- g'l;ammes and paraphrased mottoes of good cheer. The character of the habitues of many a place is shown by the photographs which cover the walls; if theatrical, or pugilistie, or musical, or political, you know_just the kind of people who drink there. Even the antiquarian will be able to find a dricking &hm_fihe furnishings of which are charac- ristic of his famous hobby. Up on the Kingsbridge road is a saioon whose owner goes in for relic-hunting. He displays many Indian and revolutionary relics. One saloon-keeper in Harlem has a fad for collecting canes. He gets them from his customers, He has many old shillelahs ana aboriginal war clubs. There is a cane which belonged to John Boyle O'Reilly, a cannon-ball found twenty feet under ground when the excavations for the Pul- itzer building were ng made, a beaded Indian vest which belonged to “Johnny-on-the-Spot.,” a cowboy who was in Crook’s corps when the Custer massacre took place, and a watch which was found at Hinckiey after the fire and melted into a lnm};, here are foils which belonged to Edwin Booth, others which belenged to Davenport, a stiletto which fig: in the Second-avenue riots some years ago, a pair of trousers worn by Den- man Thompson in the “0ld Homestead,” & crooked stick presented to Bill Hoey in St. Paul and an old shoe that was used in “The Flams.” Here you may also find baseballs used by the New Yorks during the last three seasons. Many other thin are also on exhibition.—New York Wor! in their night gowns, and every stroke was followed by a flow of blood. 4 . Annette at last escaped and ran shriek- ing out into the street and met her mother. They called loudly for help, but no one re- sponded as the street was deserted at that hour in the morning. At last they went into the house and found Henrietta on her bed with blood flowing from half a dozen wounds. Her father had made another assault upon her, and then started in pursuit of the two who had escaped. On reaching the door he turned back and went to his wife’s bedroom. He threw himself upon the bed and plunged the knife six times into his own bosom in the region of the heart. The last blow struck that vital organ, and when Annette and her mother éntered the room again Thome was dead. Dr. D. W. Webster was called. Hefound Henrietta stabbed three times in the left breast, one wound being a couple of inches deep. Her left hand and thumb are also badly cut. Annette was stabbed in the abdomen, but not fatally. Her hands also are cut. The physicians say the young women will probably recover. Thome was 67 years old, and he and his wife came from France thirty-seven years ago. They own pr%gerty in North Osilmd and San Diego. ome mortgaged the latter property and spent the money for drink. e threatened to kill his family on sev- eral occasions, because they would not give him the money to pay off the mort- gage. He was arrested several times for abusing them, and last February was ex- amined for insanity, but was adjudged not dangerous. In his pocket were letters showing that he intended to murder the entire family. The autopsy on Thome’s body, which was held last evening, developed the fact that three of the six self-inflicted wounds had pierced his heart. In one case the knife had 5one entirely through that or- gan. The Coroner’s inry broughtin a ver- dict in accordance with the facfs. “Hang Ben Bolt.” Thomas Dunn English, author of “Ben Bolt,” at the last session of Congress intro- duced what he considered a worthy meas- ure. Objection was made to it, however, and to get even he became for a short time the leading objector to almost everything “unanimous consent” was asked for. This naturally made the other members angry, and to mno& Mr. English the wags of the House would go as near as they dared and hum *‘Ben Bolt” every time he rose to speak. l)Wbile in a restaurant one afternoon a quartet of his tormentors sat at the table next to him and made the distinguished author furious by singing *Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt,” in discordant keys. Jumping up from the table, Mr. English shook his fist at his tormentors and exclaimed: “Oh, hang ‘Ben Bolt.’ I wish I had never writ- ten it.”—New York Herald. In Old Hands. The well-known Sparta Restaurant at Sansome and Merchant streets was the scene of a brilliant gathering last night. Camarinos is again in charge of this popu- lar place, and proposes to run it upon old lines, affording first-class service in every respect. 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Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. four Houses turnished complete, city or country, any- where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & GO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and delivery across the bay. CYPRESS LAWN FRUIT FARM. OPEN MAY 1lst. Good table; home comforts. Terms reasonable. Address box 286, Napa, Cal. RIVEB,ELDE—ON EEL RIVER. 51 MILES from Poiter Valley, Mendocino County: round trip $9 75 from San Francisco; fishing, bunting bathing ui ; terms, $6 and 87 per week; rates to families: excellent table. Fortfu t Information address T. J. GILLESPIE, Potter Valley, Mendoncino County. DEAL FRUIT RANCH: TRENTON, Co.; 4-room furnished cottages: free fri buggy; $20 to $27; yedr §150. 0 RENT—-SUMMER RESIDENCE IN SANTA Clara Valley, furnished complete, for 5 months; particulars. J. T. PETE! Mills building. INOMA L: horse HIGHLAND SPRINGS, ON THE BORDER OF CLEAR LAKE, Iialxe County, Cal. O YOU ENJOY A SUPERB CLIMATE, dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, billiards? Do you like fine bathing, boating, hunting and fishing® you need recuperation and rest afforded by over thirty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stage route into Lake County. All this and more can be had at Highland prings. New hotel. Finest dining-room north of San Francisco. From San Francisco it costs only $8 for the round trip, and the hotel rates are $1 50 to $2 50 per day or #1010 $16 per week. Take the S. T. and N. P. Rallway via Pleta, thence by & short, delighttul stage ride. J. CRAIG, Manager. San Francisco office, 318 Montgomery st. SEA BEAGH HOTEL. Santa Cruz, Cal. ARD-TIMES PRICES—RATES REDUCED from 20 to 80 per cent; this is_your oppor- tunity to spend a summer vacation at the seashore at greatly reduced rates from former years. ‘The Sea Beach is the only first-class family hotel in Santa Cruz, and_the only one which commands a view of the beach and Monterey Bay. For particulars address JOHN T. SULLIVAN. THE BEAUTIFUL HOTEL VENDOME San Jose, Cal. Never did this popular resort look more inviting than now. Newly painted inside and out. In the center of its lovely grounds. Conspicuous for its unexcelled table, service and general appoint- ments, it is enjoying deserved patronage and prosperity. GEO. P. SNELL, Manager. FIlSPRINGS For Rest and Recreation. This Favorite Resort s Now Open for the Season of 1895. ERHAPS YOU HAVE HAD THE |GRIP. Nothing will so_effectually complete the cure | which the doctor began and fortify you asainst future attacks as a sojourn in the bracing climate and among the pleasant surroundings of tna Springs. Yon will have all the comforts of metropolitan 1ife, with none of the noise, dust or worry. thern Pacific train for St. Helena: thence by e to Etna Springs. Unlimited round-trip tickets, $7. For_other information call at 108 Drumm st., San Francisco, or write to W. L. MITCHELL, Manager, Lidell P. 0., Napa Co., Cal, ‘SKAGES HOT SPRINGS 1 SONOMA COUNTY, CAL. JOHN F. MULGREW, PROPRIETOR. (LY 434 HIOURS FROM SAN FRANCISCO and but 1 hour's staging: temperature of water 125 deg. Fahrenheit, famous for its medicinal prop- | erties; tub ana plunge baths: good hunting and no better trout streams in the State; no fogs and an entire absetice 0f mosquitos and other aunoying insects; first-class service. Round trip from San F¥rancisco, $6 50. Take Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 A. 3. or 3:30 P, connecting with stages at Geyserville. Terms: $2aday; $12to $14 a week. ‘Write for circular. GEO. J. CASANOVA, Manager. GILROY HOT SPRINGS. AKE 2:20 P. M. TRAIN FROM FOURTH nd Townsend streets, arriviog at Springs as :30 p. . Fare §7 15 for round trip. B~ Stage connects with 8:15 A. M. train from Third and Townsend streets. ROOP & SON, Proprietors. /g INOW OPEIN. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. THE GEM OF ALL RESORTS, CAZADERO Hotel and cottages, In the heart of the Sonoma redwoods. Terminus N. P. C. R. R., via Sausalito ferry. Terms reasonable. For particulars address C. E. WARD, Manager, Cazadero, Cal. THE GEYSERS. New Management of the Switzer= land of America. Fie New BATHHOUSK. FREF MINERAL baths to guests. Enjoyable and healthful. Only 6 hours from San ncisco. Rates $2 50 Per Day; $12 Per Week. A. H. HILL, Manager and Lessee. VICHY SPRINGS Mendocino County, 'HREE MILES FROM UKIAH, THE TER- minus of the S. F.and N. P. Railway. Only known natural electgic water. Warm ‘“‘cham- pagne” baths, Situatidh, location and scenery not surpassed. Terms, $12 t0 $14 per week. Postoffice and telephone a springs. WM. DOOLAN, Proprietor. BERTRAND HOTEL, TOCALOMA. A NEW, FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, CONTAIN. ing 42 rooms, handsomeiy furnished and fitted np with all the latest improvements: gas, water, large dancing-ball, billiard-rooms, croguet grounds, swings, etc.: delightful climate, fine trout fishing, hunting: splendid drives to Bear Valley, etc, Terms, $8 to $12 per week: special rates to fami- lies. JOS.F. BERTRAND, Proprietor, Tocaloma, Merin County. Oflice, 327 Bush st., S. F. Victor W. Krauss, agent. - CAT1P TAYLOR S OPEN AND IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION for the summer season. Apply CHRIS JOHN- SON, prop., Camp Taylor, or 405 Front st., S. F. SARATOGA SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY, CAL. waters are something wonderful : sul iron, esia; good fishing and hunting; accom- modations first class; rates $8 per week and uj ward; -finish rooms en suite. Address J. CONNER. Bachelor P. 0., Lake County, Cal. JOHN DAY’S RESORT, N THE BANKS OF EEL RIVER, THE finest trout stream in_the State, 5 miles from Potter Valley, Mendocino Co.; round trip $9 75 from 8. F.; térms $6 to 87 per week: plenty milk, fresh butter and eggs; the hunting in this locality isthe best In the State. For further particulars address JOHN DAY, Potter Valley. “LAUREL DELL” HOTEL. T AVREL DELL LAKE (FORMERLY LOWER Blue Lake): handsome new hotel nearly com- requirements of coming season; pleted to meet fine bathing, boating, fishing and hunting. Address HWAMBOLD, Laurel Dell, Bertha . O Lake Cor