The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1895, Page 15

W {l THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1895. LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, “Capitano Garibaldi” Killed by a Southern Pacific Engine. END OF A QUEER CHARACTER. Mayor Davie Watching the Electric Roads — Drowned 1In the Bay. Ghrizzo Lorenzo, better known as Capi- tano Garibaldi,” one of Oakland’s many s, was killed by the “fly” broadgauge local at about on Friday evening. The en- 5 ge of Conductor Lidell and neer Goff, was running to the mole to up the last local, and neither of the oad employes knew that they had run a man until they were told of it on return trip. It is believed that the deceased, whilein- toxicated, lay down on the track and went to sleep. “‘Capitano Garibaldi,” who was once an officer in the Italian army, left Italy, for political reasons, about twenty years ago, and settled in Oakland, where he followed the occupation of a gardener. He bore a striking resemblance to the great Italian soldier, whose name he adopted, 8 d himself in dressing as the latter dr His mammoth chest was alway: ming-red shirt, which lerce mustache 3 1 a striking appearan armed to the te g at one side, while a knives of -smaller dimensions were carried when under the influence of ion into which he fre- s the terror of the land, whom he was in if thep n stared at estically up thestreet. he adultsin chasing rode m! 1 “razzle-dazzle” he woul e middle of one of. the m shing his club and aldi” in a voice that could locks around. ad some means when Le came and accumulated qui g at gardening and in fortu- ate ventures. He 1 ed with coin, and ow e house on Center street, in ed, a productive ranch in So- and property in other parts yack up his assertion that he a good financial he exhibited a that he had $14,000 on deposit. He lived e,a nephew who joined him some vears ago baving leit his roofand board because he could not agree with his uncle. His companion was a large savage iog, who kept strangers away from the house. me time ago he was arrested for in- ty, but was discharged after getting rand showing that his intellect was clear. He was also arrested several committed while st times for misdemeanors in his cups, butalways managed to escape heavy alties. When picked up by a| police officer his fe and hatchet were | and his club found by his side.. Garibaldi was about 60 years of age, and a fine spe¢imen of manhood: Cars Run Too Fast. past complaints have Javie that the. elec- > through the city were ¢ t of speed allowed them nance, and that the regulation re- 1en to sound their bells s not being complied apped to rmined to look into the and the result of his in- d in the following letter ed to the superintendent Brooklyn and Fruitvale terday : enger on one of your Eighth- and while the car was f tweunty miles per hour negliected to sound the alarm ar arrival at any of the cross yvou do mot compel your motor- reir gongs before their cars’ ar- crossing you will find your pled, as1 shall insiruct ail motormen who r the rightsof citiz < must be respected, and if ignored by the several nie s I have witnessed of late ons serious complications will run en a 1i not be indiscriminate] eopardized w s ¢ ation on the part of e motormen will lessen the probabilities of such unlooked for casualties, if my disposition 1o prevent it can be effe: e. Mayor Davie says that he will see that the matter is attended to if he has to per- sonally instruct the police to enforce the ordinange which was passed to enable them to:arrest careless motormen. The Exempt Firemen. At the last meeting of the recently nized Association of Exempt Piremen e following new names were added to e roll: A. Heyman, P. Brawley, A. S. Baker, O. C. Kirk, John Dolan, Marion Clark, M. Casey, M. D. Hewitt, William Greeves, W. M. Ballintyne, Charles H. Ellis, Peter 0'Connell, John Schneider, J. Kearney, Phil Reader, Louis Wimgart, William Kohler, William McGuire, David Berry, A. Wilson, T. Tucker, Timothy Nolan, James Muilgrew, C. M. Coldwell, John J. Burns, James Ough, W. H. Summers, James McGivney and Thomas Kearney. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: W.W. Moore, president: M. de La Montanya, vice-presi- dent; Herman Koster, treasurer; Miles Doody, foreman; Frank Ball, second as- sistant foreman; F. A, Campbell, record- ing secretary; Ed Leforte, financial secre- 1ary. Violated an Ordinance. To-morrow morning warrants charging them with misdemeanor in neglecting to keep the space between the sidewalks and curbs in front of their property clean and clear of obstructions will be served on Councilman Marshall, F. N. Page, W. G. Henshaw and Gray & Naismith. The ordinance requiring weeds and other obstructions to be cut away was passed some time ago, and Councilman Marshall was one of those who voted for the measure. The Superintendent of Btreets has de- cided to enforce the order, and unless some 200 property-holders, who have been noti- fied that they are delinquent in the matter, attend to it at once more arrests will proba- bly follow. ‘Wollner Not Insane. Rudolph Wollner, the aged man who was sent in from the County Infirmary b; Dr. Clark, the superintendent, to be trie for insanity, is still in the County Jail, though Sheriff White declares tHat heis erfectly sane, and should be sent back to iis home. . At the time Wollner and bis companions were examined by Drs. Stratton and Hess, Judge Frick warned Dr. Clark that he should in future be careful about those he charges with insanity, while Dr. Stratton told the superintendent that a careful study of the affidavit which he is required to swear to when charzing the inmates of his institution with insanity would be of benefit to him. Drownedgin the Bay. Daniel Sullivan, a 12-year-old boy who lived with his parents on Linden street, e tchet depended from the other. Other | near Twenty-second, was drowned in the bay, near Sixteenth-street station, about noon vesterday. Sullivan had been swimming with a number of other boys and ventured beyond his depth, when he was seized with cramps and sank before assistance could reach him. The lad’s companions reported the matter to the police. Cut Her Wrist. Mary McGrath, an elderly woman living at 829 Centér street, came very near bleed- ing to death last evening before she could 136 conveyed to the Receiving Hospital. She was on her way home carrrying a glass pitcher when she slipped on an orange peel and fell to the sidewalk. The Extcher broke and the fragments cut into er wrist, severing an artery, trom which quantities of blood poured, and she was in a very weak condition before the surgeon was able to stop the flow. Fearsare en- tertained of her recovery. “The American Girl,” To-morrow and Tuesday eveninfis the at- traction at the Macdonough will be H. Grattan Donnelly’s great production, “The American Girl.” This vy has enjoyed a four weeks’ run in San Francisco and was pronounced to be the shining light of all the new comedy dramas. It isa play of great interest and introduces two_clever | children, little Nina Cook and Master James Horn. George Osbourne has made a pronounced -hit as Colonel Ross-Bolter, the American manager. Seats are selling rapidly at popular prices. In New Hands. The Galindo Hotel, which has changed management so many times during the past few years, has gone into new hands and will in future be conducted by Brown & Boquet. The former has been clerk of the hotel for some time past and has had a long experience in the business. His partner has been in the liquor business under the Galindo for several years. Both are native sons and well known, and under their management the house will be con- ducted as a strictly first-class establish- ment. Health Officers Appointed. As was expected the new Board of Health, which held its first meeting on Friday evening, appointed Dr. J. L: Mayon Health Ofiicer of the city. Thenew official a Popu and the salary attached to his sition is $150 per month. Secretary Paul Schafer was succeeded k’iy E.W. Thurman. also a Populist. Dr. E. T. Pierce was reappointed market and milk inspector. 2 a for- | bankbook which_showed | ALAMEDA, | The exoursion of the union Sunday- | schools of Alameda to Glenwood, in the | Santa Cruz Mountains, yesterday was | probably not only the largest of the sea- i son, but the largest outing of Sunday- | school pupilsover the narrow-gange road. | There were two trains, each of which had ten cars, and everything went well until the first section of the excursion arrived at Park street, where a fatal accident was only prevented by the prompt action of Otticer Schoenau. Arthur Baker attempted to jump on the train, but was handicapped by a package. He seized the railing with | one hand, but wasturned in such a man- ner as to fall between two cars. The | officer swung himself under the car be- tween the steps and seizing the little fel- low drew him out uninjured. The Falkenburg Reception. The reception which Spruce Camp No. 1182, Woodmen of the World, will give *Head Comsui F. A. Falkenburg on his isit to Alameda has been postponed from Thursday until next Friday evening, owing to his telegraphed announcement that he would not be able to attend on the date | originally The reception will take place at ker’s hall. Practical Progress. The Union for Practical Progress will | hold its May meeting in G. A. R. Hall uesday evening. Mrs. 8. C. Sanford, | secretary of the Alameda County Society | for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, | and Miss Ray Frank will be the speakers. | The subject for discussionis *‘Improved | Home Life.” Unpaid Advertising. An attachment was served yesterday afternoon by Constable von Kapif on the store of the Alameda Tailoring Company at 1526 Park street, suit having been brought by John J. Fleming on an as- signed clairh for advertising. On a Tour of Inspection. The Board of Education will assemble this morning at the Haight School and make an inspection of the building. Zo Make Arrangements. A special meeting of Citizens’ Hook and Ladder Company has been called for this morning at 11 o'clock to make arrange- ments for the parade Thursday. DOG PETE'S COMMON-SENSE. No Pedigree and No Repertory of Tricks, but He Knew a Good Deal. He was not a thoroughbred, high-toned dog with an ancestry that made hima canine aristocrat. He was a plebeian hound, democratic and homespun in his ways, with a degree of intelligence and common-sense that would do credit to man, the speaking animal. His name was Pete, and for fourteen yearshe was a mem- ber of the family of N. M. Wright of East Hartford. He had a good head on him for a dog, and many of his feats of mind- power, 8o to speak, are traditions in the family. He knew all the members of the family when their various names were called, and would approach the mother or the aunt whenever told to do so, and never made a mistake, says the Hartford Cour- ant. One instance of Pete’s sagacity is worth noting as showing the quality of the dog. It was during the period of heavy snow and impassable roads immediately suc- ceeding the March blizzard of 1888, One member of the family wasaway from home six miles and a half, and sick. There was no way to getany word to or from her, with the snow six to ten feet deep in the roads. Pete was familiar with the place where the sick person was, and how to get there. He also appeared very nervous, and evidently missed the sick one from the house. One day it occurred that commu- nication might be established' by Pete. A note was tied about his neck, and he was told to go and find the sick one. He plunged into the snow, made his way,six miles and a half, gained entrance toMthe house, rushed into the sickroom, and jumped upon the bed. The note was read, an answer tied to Pete’s collar, and he was sent back. He made the round trip intwo hours and a half, and each day for two weeks made the same trip, varying scarcely a minute from two hours and a half on any trip. Well, Pete grew old. He was weak, his teeth were gone, and it was hard lines for the old hound. Mr. Wright, although he had shot many animals in his capacity as agent for the Humane Society, could not bring himself to part company with a friend that had done such faithful service and been so worthy a member of his fam- ily. So it happened that one day thisweek Dwight W. Thrall, the general agent of the society, was out in Hartford, and he was called upon to perform the sad oftice. Pete was sent across the Styx painlessly at the muzzle of Mr. Thrall’s revolver. }{is body was put in a new pine box and he was ac- corded a decent burial, and there were real tears from those who loved him. —_— Fooling the Neighbors. Mrs, Meekton was standing on the front doorstep when her husband came home. “Henry,” she said, in a loud _tone, “here’s your income-tax blank. You’ better fill it out right away.” - “Great Scott, Marial” he exclaimed, “what do I want with an income-tax blank?” . “Don’t talk so loud,” was the amoni- tion, in a subdued but stern key; “it’s a summons to serve on the jury. The next door neighbors on both sides of us have been sitting behind the closed window- blinds waiting for you to come home, so they could find out what the officer was here for, and I'm just giving their imagi- nations a treat,”’—Worcester Sov. PISTOLS AT THE POTRERD, Weigher Dunlap Is Shot At Four Times by Joseph Placke. CARRIES NO LEAD, HOWEVER. His Would-Be Murderer Arrested. Other News From the South Side. Edward Dunlap, night weigher at the California sugar refinery, narrowly escaped being murdered late Friday afternoon. One of the men, named Joseph Placke, an Austrian, who until the night previous had been working under Mr. Dunlap, shot at/ him four times with a revolver, none ofthe shots, however, taking effect. Placke was subsequently arrested and sent by Sergeant Bennett of the Potrero police station over to the Central station. He had a charge of assault with intent to commit murder lodged against him. The case will come up for preliminary examination Monday. Placke lived at the Pennsylvania Hotel until a week ago, when he moved to his brother’s house on Sierra street. His brother is a fireman at the refinery. The attempt upon the life of Mr. Dunlap was the result of an imaginary grievance. On Thursday night Placke’s working part- ner did not appear. Where he is em- ployed at the dock loading sacks of crude sugar on to the cars, to be taken up the tramway to the melting pans, the men work by two’s. Placke complained about his accustomed companion not being there and Mr. Dunlap told him to turn in and help another two, to which Placke ob- jected arnd refused to work. He told Mr. i)unlap he “would get even with nim.” Friends subseguently told Dunlap to look out for Placke, that he had a pistol land “was laying for him.” Placke had the name of being a “bad man,” and is said to have been in the habit of carrying a bowie knife. Mr. Dunlap was, there- fore, advised to arm him.elf as a matter of precaution, which he did, borrowing the night watchman’s revolver. He was on his way to return the bor- rowed weapon about 5:45 P. M., and was assing along the fence of tHe barrel actory when Placke accosted him with the question, “Why did you discharge me?” Mr. Dunlap explained that he had not dis- charged him—that Placke had voluntarily qun‘ixis job. Placke, however, refused to | accept the explanation, and, repeating the question between his teeth and with an ugly gleam in his eyes, made a motion as if to pull out a_pistol. For that Dunlap was prepared. e already had hisrevolver pointed toward Placke, though the latter could not see it, as it was in the righthand ocket of Mr. Dunlap’s sack coat. Mr. unlap told the latter to be careful—that he “*had the drop on him.” Placke turned his head, and Dunlap thinking this was_his_opportunity, broke away and succeeded in getting through the sugar refinery gate. 1t was while Mr. Dunlap was running that Placke sent his four shots after him. He says he threw his pistol into the water. Sergeant Bennett had Officers Eastman and Madden watch the home of Placke’s brother, and about 9 o’clock Placke was arrested there. THE MISSION DISTRICT. Matters of Interest to the Residents of the Big South Side. Property-owners along the San Bruno road are agitating in favorof an appropria- tion of $10,000 for the macadamizing of the road out to the county line. San Mateo County has offered to put the rest of the road in a splendid condition if San Francisco will do its part. The pav- ing used by San Mateo is from a seashell deposit some distance from the beach. “This,” says SBecretary H. F. Wynne of the Folsom-street Improvement Club, “makes a very good quality of pavement for coun- try roads. It hardensinto a fine cement. The walks and driveways in Cypress Lawn cemetery demonstrate its peculiar quality in this respect.” 4 Railroad - avenue improvements, say South San Francisco property-owners, Various have cost nearly $300,000. Of that amount about $200,000 was expended on the fill to the Potrero. Nothing has_yet been done toward pull- ing down the dilapidated building on the old Bay View track. The remains of G. E. Watson, who com- mitted suicide Monday, were shipped to Vermont yesterday by the Golden Gate Undertaking Company. There has been some talk of having a meeting in the Potrero Opera-house to agitate the proposition of filling in the dumps at the foot of Channel street. Numerous flagstaffs are making their ap- pearance in the well-kept grounds of Mis- sion residences. The theosophists haye opened a branch reading-room at 2207 Mission street. Several new horse markets have lately been started in the Mission. Among the social events at the Mission during the week was a reception given by Miss Dottie and Harry Sallenger at their home on Florida street. Assistant S8ecretary Harry Dodge of the Mission branch of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association was at Santa Rosa during the carnival. Alired Morehaus, for mang for Rogers’ Express, will see in the Alaska gold fields. Captain N, Anderson and family have removed to Santa Rosa. Rev. S. M. Dodge left for Honolulu on the steamer Alameda. Miss Genevieve Boyle will spend the summer in Sacramento. To-day the third quarterly conference will be held at the Trinity Methodist Church. Rev. John Coyle, presiding elder, will preach at the evening services. Last Fridag evening Miss Nellie Berkele; was tendered a surprise par% at the resi- denc: of her parents, on Twenty-third street. AN EAR FOR WORDS, «“The Rhyming Game,” a Good Way of Passing a Rainy Evening, Besides an ear for music there is such a thing as an ear for words. There are tympanums seemingly incapable of catch- ing the nice distinctions of rhyme. One rainy evening at a summer resort the par- lorful of unfortunates resorted to the “rhyming game’ as a last resort to dis- perse the boredom in the air. The “‘rhym- ing game’’ consists in one victim saying to another: “I'm thinking of something that rhymes with blank.” Victim No. 2 cud- gels his brains a bitand then says: “Is it rank?” ‘No,itis not rank,” says Victim No. 1. “Well, then its bank,” ventures another victim, and this goes on until some one makes a correct guess, wheh he is re- warded by taking vietim No. 1’s place, and in his turn springing rhyming pouibdiths upon the other victims. pon this particular occasion an old man was worrying the victims for all he was worth with a word that he declared rhymed with “table.” Every victim in the room suggested every word he could think of “sable, cable, Mabel,” and the like until the list was seemingly exhausted. “It's a s%lendid rh‘yme ! theold man kept saying. “But I don’t believe you'll ever guess it,” which, of course, but spurred the victims on to fresh mnemonic &ymnutics. At last, weary and worn, they gave it up unanimously. “Well, " ane nounced the olmcnflamun cumlently, “Ladle.” charnsed the victims. ‘But thev years driver his fortune do not rhyme.” ‘Oh, yes, they do,” per- sisted the old lgentlauum. “Table, e— ladle, table—why, they rhyme beautifully. 1 never heard 4 better rliyme.” And no amount of argument on the part of the frenzied victims could convince him of the contrary.—New York Evening Sun. e A SON OF MARIE LOUISE. Death in an Asylum of a Son of Napo- leon’s Second Wife. Justice Wilhelm Albrecht of Monte- nuovo, who died a fortnight ago at the famous private lunatic asylum at Doe- bling, near Vienna, was a son of the Em- press Marie Louise, second wife of Napo- leon I, and consequently a half-brother of the ill-fated lad who was ushered into the world at the Tuileries as King of Rome, and who died mysteriously at Schoen- brunn as Duke of Reichstadt. The father of Prince Montenuovo was the ill-favored and one-eyed Field Marshal Count von Neipperg, who, on_the deportation of Na- poleon to St. Helena, was appointed to the post of high chamberlain and chief officer of the household of the Empress. As many of our readers will recall he figures conspicuously in Sardou’s current drama, “Mme. Sans Gene,” says the Philadelphia Telegraph. It is asserted_that the Austrian Kaiser's object in selecting & man of Neipperg’s un- lovely appearance to act as controller of his daugnter’s court was for the purpose of avoiding the scandal which was appre- hended if he had chosen a more attractive- looking officer. The good intentions of his most apostolic _Majesty were, howaver, frustrated, for Marie Louise fell deeply in love with the grislv old warrior, who had been appointed more for the purpose of acting as a Cerberus than anything else, and gave him her hand in marriage within a fortnight of receiving the news of her first husband’s death at St. Helena. Unfortunately Prince Montenuovo was born just a year before Napoleon’s demise took place, which was exceedingly awk- ward. The difficulty which presented itself was to find a name for him. According to the technical terms of law he was entitled to the name of Bonaparte, having been born during the wedlock of his mother with the French Emperor. As, however, the latter had been a prisoner in the South- ern Atlantic, at a distance of many thou- sand miles from his wife, during the five years preceding tne child’s birth, it was deemed inadvisable to attempt to foster him on the Bonapartes. On the other hand, the brothers and relatives of Count Neipperg resolutely declined to permit the child to bear their name. The Neippergs are one of the proudest and most ancient houses of the Austrian nobility, and the, haughtily refused to permit the illegiti- mate child of one of their number to be entitled to the rights and privileges of the family, deeming their descent quite as no- lb;le and as ancient as that of the Haps- urgs. Of\e of their amiable remarkscame to the ears of old Emperor Franz, who adopted a characteristic method of punishing them for it. He announced his intention of caring for the child, and conferred upon it the title and name of Count Montenuovo, which is nothing else than the Italian translation of the word Neipperg. He also settled large estates in Hungary upon the boy, and as the latter grew up to manhood lost no opportunity of advancing his in- terests in every way. Fortunategly young Montenuoyo inherited none of the Nei erg ugliness, but only his mother’s eauty. Indeed, he bore a most remarka- ble resemblance to the pictures which re- main of the Empress Marie Lonise, and to those of his half-brother, the King of Rome. Prince Montenuovo entered early into the army, and his career was one of the most eventful and honorable that could well be imagined. He especially distin- guished himself during the revolution of 1848-49, and for an actof bravery during the battle of Isakzek, on April 6, 1849, he was decorated wit the Order of Maria Theresa. He like- wise distinguished himself at the battles of Magenta and of Solferino, while acting as a general officer, and after the war he be- came commnnémg general in Transyl- vania and later at Prague. In 1864 the present Emg:xor raised him to the rank of a prince of the empire, and lp]pomted him a member of the Privy Council. Fortune appeared to lavish all her gifts on the half-brother of the Duke of Reich- stadt until about fifteen years ago, when he was suddenly stricken with an acute form of dementia, which rendered it neces- sary that he should be placed under re- straint. From that time until his death he was an inmate of the asylum of Drs. Krafft-Ebing and Von Leidesdorff at Doebling, a lyretay. village situated about an hour's drive from Vienna. Several of the persons under re- straint, both there and in the branch es- tablishment at Gratz, are of royal birth, while there is hardly s patient who is not entitled to wear the coronet of a duke, prince or count. Many of them have fig- ured prominently in the contemporary history of Europe, while the lives of not a few are enveloped in Tomance, but in no case has there been a stranger history than that of Prince Montenuovo. Prince Montenuovo was all his life pas- sionately fond of music, and after the loss of his reason music begaw.e the only means of soothing the fits of insanerageto which he was frequently subject. Both a grand piano and a large prfnn were included in the furniture of his [uxuriously appointed suite of apartments in the asylum, and almost every afternoon strains of melody mifiht be heard issning from the windows of his room, played by a most accomplished musician, whose services had been perma- nently retained by the demented Prince. Prince Montenuovo was married to Coun- tess Julie Batthyany, and is survived by three children—Princess Albertine, married to Count Sigismund Wielopolski; Prince Alfred of Montenuovo, married to Countess Fanny Kinsky, and Princess Marie, mar- ried to Count” Anthony Apponyi. Prince Alired paid a visit to this country in 1876, and created something of a sensation in the fashionable circles of New York, New- port and Barato S T e, P DTN THE BLACK OAP. How It Was That Judges Came to Wear Them. “Why does the judge in a Criminal Court assume the black cap when pronouncing sentence of death?’’ is a question fre- quently asked. This is because covering the head has from the earliest times been regarded as a sign of mourning. Numer- ous examples of this occur in the Serip- tures, in the classics and in modern litera- ture, ‘“The ancient English,” says Dudley Fosbrooke, 1n_his monumental” work on archeology, “drew their hoods over their heads at funerals. We read also in Peck’s “Dissertata Curiosa’ of “‘the congrega- tion, a very great one, sitting in the choir to hear the funeral sermon, all covered,”” at the burial of Bishop Cox in Ely Cathe- dral in the year 1581 “Not only do the Jews keep their hats on their heads at funerals, but in some coun- tries they still wear black cags at weddings, in token of moumm% for the destruction of the Temple. Another reason is that the black cap forms a part of the full dress of the Judge, which is worn only on extraor- dinary occasions. The black flag, hoisted upon prison walls as a signal that the last sentence of the law has been carried out, was first employed by Tamerlane, Khan of the Tartars, in_the fourteenth oent\nz; Whenever a beleaguered city refused surrender after a certain period, he dis- played a black flag, to proclaim that ‘the time for mercy is now past, and the city is gi;ien up to destruction.’”—Boston Tran- seript. e Came Into Tt Soon. A grouty old hfi:ntlem'n, after making his will, called serving-man, and re- mnkfil‘:‘h "ihllchael.g}emfl ou in my will all the impuden: i Michul—Fnl:th, I'm glad to see that by your generosity Iinherit the greater part of your estate. % “Well, well, Michael, you've come into inheritance remarkably soon.’— Tt r's Young People. Coleridge reverenced his mother, He once said: ‘A mother isa mother still, the holiest thing alive.” i AUCTION SALES. 15 BUY ONE Of These Lots At Auction, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895, AT 12 O’CLOCK NOON. At Salesroom, 10 Montgomery Strees. TRUSTEES’ SALE-- “A’MD"‘MU BHrMHON REALESTATE AGINTS: S AVCTIONFES AQNTLOMIRY 57 S F Beautiful Lots, FRONTING HAIGHT, WALLER, LOTT STS,, MASONIC AVE, WE WISH 10 IMPRESS UPON YOU The necessity of keeping in mind the date of this Auc- tion Sale, and we suggest that you make a mote of it now and be on hand prompt- ly, for we mean business, and we are going to sell every one of these lots. Take Haight-street cars and look at them. BALDWIN & HAMMOND, Auctioneers, 10 Montgomery St. IN THREE DAYS. A New Vessel to Cross the Atlantic in That Time. The latest design of the many steamers that have been designed in miniature to cross the Atlantic in three days is now on exhibition in the shape of a working model. The inventor is Richard Painton, and he is confident he has the vessel that will do the business. The idea of the new model is that of the centipede—Iots of legs on each side, and the more legs the better, says the Washington Post. This is only one idea, however. For the stern propeller the inventor has a new notion. The wheels are only three-bladed, and one of them is set on each shaft, about two diameters apart. The blades are set s0 that the blades of the rear propeller cover the space between the blades of the one in rmront of it. Thus, the inventor claims, with less friction than is developed by a four-bloded propeller, he gets all the advantage of six blades, and if the ship pitches sidewise, so that two blades come out of the wager, there are three blades still at a working angle under the surface. He also claims that even should the ship pitch forward, so_as to throw the two pro- pellers on the end of the shaft out of the water, the extra propeller on each shaft would still remain submerged and prevent the machinery from running away. The idea of the two three-bladed ipropel- lers set on the same- shaft, Mr. Painton says, can be applied to any vessel with or- dinary machinery, and he is now negotiat- ing with Chief Engineer Melville to try the experiment on some Government vessel. Mr. Painton was anxious to get the new double propellers tried on the Cushing, but, as that vessel is to be sent south in a short while she could not be spared. He says, however, that he is prepared to spend $5000if necessary to put the propellers on one of the larger vessels as soon as the Navy Department shall designate the cr:fht they are willingto have experimented with. But the vessel whose model isonexhibi- tion is a much more radical departure. In addition to the double propellers on the shafts at the stern there is a corresponding pair at the bowsawhich, the inventor sny'si, will not only add to the speed, but wil steady the vessel in rough weather. Be- sides these two sets there are four side sets of propellers, four on each side, and con- nauu(F through the hull like old-fashioned addle wheels. Instead of being the old uck-foot type of wheel, however, they are regular screw gropelleru, to work under water. Their shaft is set at right angles to the keel of the vessel, but by the peculiar cut of the prupeller blades and their pecu- liar pitch, they drive the vessel forward. With steam connections it would be im- possible to operate all of these complicated sets of propellers, and the inventor uses his main engine merely to generate elec- tricity, and applies this to aseparate motor to operate each of the eight shafts. The shafts themselves are wound to form the armatures that revolve in a gigantic mag- netic field, and the inventor says he ¢an, necessary, develop 100,000 horsepower for a single vessel. e The working model now on exhibition in this city is 11 feet 9 inches lon%md is to be taken to Philadelphia in a few days and supplied with electric motors to give it a practical test in the water. KNOWS HIS PASSENGERS. A Streetcar Oonductor Who Is Fae miliar With Their Hab “I know many of the passengers who ride in my car.” It was a conductor on the Madison-avenue line who spoke to a New York Herald reporter. “Not by name,” he added. “I don’t mean that, but I know their destination and peculiarities. “Now, here isa -car full of passengers, and there are only two who are not regu- lar patrons of the line. One is the woman in front with the satchel, who will prob- ably get off at the Grand Central station; the o%l:er is the nervous-looking man sit- ting beside her. He is a stranger in the city, and asked for Canal sti when he got on. Though I told him it was four miles away, and we have gone only six blocks, he is looking at_every street sign for fear he will pass it. He must think we have rapid transit in New York. “Hnlfp of these passengers §o with me on this trip every mcrnin, 'hey are busi- ness men and regular in their habits. Now, there is the large man by the stove: he is ‘Eighty-fourth street’ —I mean that is { where he gets on—and he is more regular than my watch. For six mornings in the week for the last eight months he has not missed my car, “Yes, he did miss it for three days; I forgot that. It was three weeks ago. heard him tell & friend thai he the Igrip. “Now, the man next to him is the post- office; he gets off there. My car never goes fast enough to suit him.” I guess he as to report at a certain time and fears he will be late. He is thinking now that he never knew & car to stop so often as this does. I know that from the way he looks around every time the car slows up. “There_stands ‘Elbows’ now at the corner. I catch him about two mornings in the week. He always reads his news- paper on the way down, and spreads his elbows so as to take up about two seats. You will see him open his as soon as he gets in and read the market reports. Several times, when women have been standing, I have asked him to make a little Toom, and he glares at me as if I had insulted him. He neversees a wonian or anything else, and I usually have to ask him for his fare more than once before he takes his attention from the paper. “Most passengers offer their fare as soon as I enter the car. One man I often trom Sixty-fifth street always hands me & nickel as soon as he steps on the platform. He is very polite, and will never take a seat while a woman is standing. “I know when to stop for my reinhr assengers without a signal from them. Kiy uptown passengers, after 4 o’clock fn the afternoon, are very regular, and there are certain ones I can depend on nearly every day. “Then I have passengers who ride on certain days. I have a husband and wife I know as ‘the theater couple.” I catch them at Eightieth street very often on Saturday nights, and they get off at Fourteenth street. I kmow from their talk that they are going to the theater. They apparently go once a week the year round. There is also a Mrs. Pro- gramme, as I call her, who h‘eqnemlf gets on at Twenty-ninth street when am driving late af night, which bappens once in awhile, for I try to earn a little extra money. She always has a theater pro- ramme in her hand. Her husband meets Eer at Seventy-second street. I expect that he doesn’t enjoy theaters, although she does “I also know most of the school chil- dren I catch on my second trip down in the morning. They are usually a jolly, mischievous set. A . *“Women who are calling are among m: acquaintances. I recognize them at their usual corners when they get on,and I know the corhers where they get off. Mrs. Fuss-and-Feathers is one of them. She gets on at Fifr,{-ninth street and alights at nine corners—I mean there are nine cor- ners at which she ge'.: off—and it takes her about two months to make the rounds. Bhe wears a great feather boa and rustlin, skirts, and always makes such a fuss an flurry that I think of her as Mrs. Fuss-and- Feathers. ““Though I am kept on the jump, I have time to notice all these persons, and find some amusement in it and frequently try to fancy what sort of persons. they are and the kind of homes that they live in.” ——————————— Got Even With Her Neighbors. Mrs. Eliza Cobb, who lives in Addys- ville, the great aipc-mlking suburb " of Cinchmfi, recently had trouble with several neighbors, and resolved on revenge. She went to Cincinnati and studiously ex- sed herself to smallpox. When the isease attacked her, she visited the homes of all with whom she wished to_get even. As a result, seven persons are down with e LAY ol e o osed. . Col T, i-';: she is glad she is living.—Philadelphia 58, SALE AT AUOTION, FRUIT CANMERY, The J. M. Dawson Packing will uflctflltllh& pul (. H. UMBSEN & (0., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Rent Collectors and Auctioneers. OFFICE AND SALESROOM, 14 Montgomery Street, NEAR MARKET. Special Auction Sale as per Catalogue at Salesroom, MONDAY, TAY 27, 1895, AT12 M, Of Investments, Flats, Cottages, Residences and Building Lots located as follows: Investment Corner on 25th Street. Southeast corner of Twenty-fifth and Bartlett sts.; 4 good 2-story houses; one of 9 rooms and 3 of 6 rooms each; rent $87 50; lot 93:6x100 feet; Dboth streets accepted by the city. Elegantly Situated Corner Residence. Southwest corner ot Twenty-fourth and Dolores streets; 2-story house of 10 rooms: lot 125x114; commands grand Views of almost entire city. Corner on Capp Street. Bontheast corner of Twenty-third and Capp sta.: house of 8 rooms and bath: rentf $28; lot 40x70 feet; room for another house, Four Flats on Nineteenth Street. North side of Nineteenth st., between Guerrero and Dolores; good and substantial flats; rents :51 020 ut onerhalt of the frontage and almost o Tear of the lot is vacant; lot ver: large, ao“"m. 4 Downtown Investment. Nos. 628, 630 and 632 Fddy st., N. side, bet. Lar kin and Polk: 8 houses of 8 rooms and bath each; rents $129; lot 57:6x93. Douglass and Eureka Streets Euflding ots. W. line of Eureka st. and E. line of Douglass, 78 feet 8. of Eighteenth; 6 lots, each 251155 feet; level on grade; ready for building. Six Lots. A—Lot on E.llne of Eureka st., 99:8 feet S, of Beventeenth: 87x125. 87, Gift Map 1; 25x70; level; near Cortland ave. C—4 lots on the SW. cor. ot Noe and Alvarado sts.; corner 26:6x105, and 3, each 25x114. Duncan-Street Lots. +_N. line of Duncan st., 55 feet E. of Noe; lot 78:4 x114 feet, orin three equal subdiviz'ons of 26:114 x114 feet each; easy terms. Investment on Bryant Street. 518 Bryant st., NW. side, bet. Third and Fourth; bay-window house of 3 flats in front and 2 story house in rear; rents 46; lot 20x80 feet. Cozy Mission Cottage. 2421 Harrison st., E. line, bet. Twenty-first and Twenty-second; a nice nearly new bay-window cottage of 6 rooms and bath; brick foundation; stone walks, etc.; nice garden; lot 35x100. Gough-street Residence. east line, between Ellis and Il; el ry and basement bay-win- E::":mu of ® rooms and-bath; all modern im- ents and conveniences: in good condition 80x103:6 feet; good location for a doctor. Residence in Mission Warm Belt. No. 323 Nineteenth st., between San Carlos ave, and Valencia st.; & nice 2-5tory bay-window resi dence of 8 rooms and bath; brick foundation; stone walks, etc.; street accepted; lot 37:6x85. Folsom-street Investment. No. 928 Folsom st., northwest side, bet Fifth and lsmmsgng.a; 8-gjory house in four flats; rents $52; x85. Columbia Heights Cottage. East line of Majestic ave,, bet. Ottawa ave. and Hearst street; cottage and lot; this place is only two short blocks from the electric road on San Jose ave., and is two blocks north of Ocean View and is oftered cheap. Cottage on 25th Street. No. 326 Twenty-Ith st., north sidé, bet. Folsom st, and Treat ave: new bay-window cotiage of six rooms and ; brick foundation, etc.; 1ot 26x75. Call at office and get catalogue and further par- G. H. UMBSEN & CO., 14 Mentgom treet.