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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1895. OUTING OF THE GROCERS, Schuetzen Park Thronged With Merrymakers Till the Sun Went Down, AN ALL AROUND SUCCESS, Three Hundred Valuable Prizes for Fleet Runners.and Skillful Marksmen. Grocers’ day was a success. In spite of the heat, there was not one of the thous- ands who attended the celebration at Schuetzen Park who did mot take every ounce of enjoyment out of the seven hours spent there. The dancing pavilion was in the best of order, the bowling alley was especially fitted up for the occasion, and the race track had been prepared under the supervision of Captain Fred Schumann. There was not a hitch in the carrying out of the entire programme and not an acci- dent marred the pleasure of the day. The following committees looked after the guests and contributed materially to the success achieved: Arrangements—Charles Salomon, E.I. Flieger, J. E. A. Helms, N. Salo- mon, P. §. McElroy, J. L. Williams, John Lack- mann, Jacob Pape, Fred Kauimann, Peter Quin: T. Hurley, J. J. Moran, J. B. Maho- Rinn, John ¢. Stammer, ;. Florance and Henry Hau’ feier, chairman; I ser. Reception—I. Salomon, chairman; Joseph A. Stulz, Joseph Eobincon, James Kiley, J. Michel: 1 , A. Irvine, C. Claussen, James , H. Hollman &r.,J. G. Peter Quinn. Henry Hauser, W. Meyer, J. Fe Jarsten Luhrs, Wal- O’Conner, V, Hassm Florance, Charles Kes Floor- Vock John Koch, J. A. Harrje ters, Charles H. Dt ter Dyer, Louis Golder, Fréd Kaufmann. Games—J. T. Hurldy, chairman; William Ring, P. J. N L. Williams, Charles Schlesinger, J. B Charles Meier, J. J. Moran, J.J. Ha rless Menn, A. Me- Vicker and John Shooting galle A. Helms, chair- man; John Henry Kohn, E. I Fleizer, M. J. De J» Bowling elley—Jol E. H. Hanjes, Georg Lackmann and Ch s Meier. An unformnate accident prevented Chairman Helms of the committee on shooting gallery from being present. His horse took fright at an electric car and ran away with the buggy in which he sat with his wife. In turning a corner the yehicle capsized and Mrs. Helms was dangerously and her husband seriously injured. His place was taken by Henry Kohn, who suc- ceeded in bringing the ladies’, the whole- v, Jacob Pape. C. Stammer, chairman; omer, A. Bear, John salers, and the members’ target-shooting | o to a successful termination. As early arrive at the park and Captain Schumann had everything in readiness for them. At noon over- 1500 had passed through the gates and at 2 p. M. there were over 3000 people on the grounds. They continued -arriving by every train until evening, and a happier, merrier crowd has rarely met before in & place of public amusement. The morning hours were employed in dancing and “under the green- wood tree.” President John C. Nobmann and Secretary E. 1. Flieger were here, there and everywhere, seeing that every- thing was in working order and that every- body was in a fair way to enjoy himself or herself. ; . At2p. ». J. C. Hurley, president of the Retail Grocers’ Protective Union and chairman of the committee on games, an- nounced that the races were about to be- gin. The band paraded on the floor of the dance-hall, and then, headed by President Nobmann and ex-President Hurley they marched to the track. The first race was for boys between the ages of 9 and 12 years. The first prize, the kind of a pocket-knife that boys dream about, was won by Eu- gene Lee; the second prize, a harmonica, was won by Wells Morgan, and the third prize, a bat and ball, by Henry Callahan. In the second race ten boys between the ages of 12 and 15 years lined up to try con- clusions for a drum, game of baseball and rame of battledoor. The winners were R. inney, W. Clack and J. Malone. The prizes for girls between the ages of 12 and 15 years were, a writing desk, 8 work- box and a fan. The winners were Hattie Thode, Sophie Schroder and Sena Outsen. In the girls’ race between the agesof 9 and 12, Minnie Otten won a scrapbook, Isabelle Davis a doll, and Lucy Cook a box of paints. The young ladies’’race created a great deal of excitement and considerable amuse- ment. One of the contestants, Juanita Smith, appeared in bloomers and avowed her intention of winning every race for which she was eligable. She easily won first prize, a pair of five dollar shoes, while Fannie Hannah took the second prize, a handsome silver fruitdish. Lillie Mc- Creagh took the third, a pair of vases, In the young men’s race Albert Buth won a case of wi the first prize; Jack Bodken a box ofcigarsand Frank Wilson a dozen bottles of Fredricksburg beer. The race for retail grocers’ clerks had to be run in heats, as there were 176 entries. The prizes were an elegant gold watch, a fine hat and 2 case of Riesling. Goerge Bury, Thomas Lennergan, D. B. McKay and George Farrell finished in the order named. A protest was entered against Bury on the ground that he was not a grocers’ clerk, and the matter will be set- tled at the meeting of the union next Wednesday night. The race for grocers’ porters was won by G. Mitchell, with G. Sullivan second and H. Williams third. The prizes were a hali- dozen bottles of whisky, a case of Riesling and a box of cigars, The drummers’ race was _provocative of considerable merriment. The men were not in condition and the time was very slow. Josede Soto was an easy winner, but as he could not produce his credentials to show that he wag a drummer the chances are that he will not get the dozen of champagne that constituted first prize. The other winners were J. Brady, E. O. Melly, A. C.Jemans and H. Hillman. The prizes were a case of zinfandel, a box of cigars and a dozen of Pabst beer. he next race was for married ladies and Juanita Smith and her ‘‘bloomers’” were again entered. The winners and rizes were: Mrs. Upman, a barrel of our; Mrs. Byrne, a box of tea; Mrs, Belle, a case of Starlight oil; Mrs. Renken, adozen of assorted extracts. The fat ladies’ race was next an the pro- gramme, and strange to say the women made better time than their lean sisters. Miss Kitty Kelly won a case of Pearline, Mrs. Boitano a case of champagne cider and Mrs, Hever a dozen of celery phos- ate. lmThe fat men’s race was won by P. H. Farrell, with H. Roesslar, W, H. Tiegler. and P, J. Kennedy in the place. has been entered against Farrell because he only weighs 195 pounds. The prizes were a case of whisky, nalf a dozen of Renz’s bitters and a box of cigars. The race for members only was like the clerks’ event. The winner was protested against on the ground that he wasnbta member of the union, There were 181 en- tries and nine_heats were run. Asthere were_eight prizes, it only remained to be een in what order they came in, Wren won easily, but it is very doubtful whether he will get the prize. The order of the placed men was as fol- lows: Freelson, Hanser, Ring, Golder, Cos- grove, Mohr, Buckley and Stelling. The prizes were a case of 0. K. Rosedal whisky, a barrel of rolled oats, ten gallons of port wine, a twelve-pound box Star tobaceo, a case of Lavarrine, a box of cigars, a case of ammonia, a case of champagne cider. The tug-of-war was as usual married against sin le men. The former were cap- tained by Jobn L. Williams and the latter by William Ring. The winners—single ‘men—received a case of J. T. Cutter whis! and a box of cigars, and the losers a case of sourand & box of cigars, so all et eanlis of the ladics’ and the wholes A protest ! 10 a. m. the crowds began to salers’ target shooting were the only ones obtainable. In the members’ shoot there are forty-one prizes, and the result will not be known until next Wednesday night. In the ladies’ shoot Mrs. Kohan, Mrs. J. Pope and Mrs. Williams each made 24, then came Miss Millie Healy with 23, and the others were Mrs. H. Pope, Miss Pop- min, Mrs. Wroburff, Mrs. Boger, Mrs. Hassmer. The prizes are a 100-pound box of soap, a case of assorted frait,a clothes wringer, a case of Eocene oil, a box of prunes, a hali-dozen Top Notch Extracts, a step-ladder, a feather duster, six boxes writing paper, a box of soda crackers, five pounds of coffee and a keg of pickles. For the wholesalers A. Schuster won a case of '49 whisky, the representatives of W. Cluff Co. won a case of French claret; Deming-Palmer Milling Company, a8 box of cigars; Stockton Milling Company, a box of cigars, A protest was entered against Schuster on the ground that he was not a wholesale grocer. In the newspaper men’s contest H, Nap- penbach, an artist on the Examiner, won the first prize, a handsome diamond Ting. Charles Michelson, also of the Examiner, won a revolver, and Bertie Hunt of the Chronicle won a new hat. Promptly at 4 ». a. President Nobmann began calling off the gate prizes: One Manhattan bicycle, value $105, Grocers' Union, winning nomber 1012; one White sewing- value $75, Grocers’ Union, 1391; one ok able, oxidized trimmings, value $30, Gro- on, 1200; one rattan comforter, value 476; one piush seated rocker, Furniture Company, 1392: Flour b sack flour, Sperry Fiour Co., k flour, Kperry Flour Co., 14717 207:'150-10 465 1 50-Ib suck 2:'1 50-1b sack fiour, 60-1b sack flour, sperry 50-1b sack flour, Sperry Flour sack flour, Sperry Flour Co., 184; rH 50-1b sacl sack flour, Sperry Fl 18 1 sack flour, % 50-1b sack fiour, sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 2209; 1 50-I. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 814: 1 50-b. sack four, Crown Fiourmills, 1427; 1 501b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 1811: 1 50-1b. sack flour, Crown Flour- -mills, 523; 1 60-1b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 800: 1 50-1b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 1903; 1 50-1b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 2093: 1 50-1b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 2365; 1 50-Ib. sack flour, Crown Flourmiils, 744; '1 50-b. sack flour, Crown Flourm| 1 50-1b. sack fiour, Crown Flourmills, 2: sack flour, Crown Flour- 110! flour, Crown Flourmills, ur, Crown_Flourmills, 1630: Crown Flourmills, . sack fiour, . sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 108 . sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 109! 1 50-1b. sack flour, Crown Flourmills, 1890 1box treble perfume, P. Rieger & Co., 2020: & allons claret, Herve ubbs Cordage Company, Somps, 94; 1 coil rope, 2; 1 box castile soap, Lucy, 1698; 1 dozen porter, D. Tweedie, keg herring, Wieland Bros., 390: 1 box 7 J. Loeffler, 6; 1 dozen Sono- 1 ten-poun: Bendel, 504; 1 f Grandjean; 1 ten-p box _macaroni, 1 cheese, Paste Baker, 1 box soap, O. Lubn & Co., 1056; 1 box soa) Luhn & Co., 1917; 1 box s0ap, O. 64: 1 box soap, 0. Luhn & Co,, 618: 1 box soap, Co., : 1 box soap, Ci ctal Soap , 1544: 1 box sosp, Commercial 515; 1 box s0ap, Commercial Soap ( 1133: 1 box soap, Commerciul Soap ¢ 526; 1 box soap, Comme: 1 dozen toilet soap, Stan Wetzel & Company, Company, & 3. Blumen| . Blumenthal Blumenthal & Cq M. Blumenthal & Co., inthe, ctine, se cafe, chino, M. Blumenthai & Co., 507; 1 bottle curacoa, M. Blumenthal & Co. : 1 bottle kummei, M. Blumenthal & Co. M. Blumenthal & tal lard, J. Pech Splivalo & tel, e flavor, Grandjean, 1496: 1 cheese, O. B. Smith & Co., 6 packages one-minute meal, Peter 1 cheese, D. de Bernardi & Co., 181 en & Co., 771; macaroni, Martinoni & Podesta, 129 5-pound tin baking powder, Thierbach & Kroeger, 1657; 5-pound tin baking powder, Price Baking Powder Company, 770; 1 box candy, L. Saronj& Co., 2009; 1 dozen cans baking powder, J. A. Folger & Co., 853: 1 cheese, Von Ronn, Hencke & Lorsbach, 959: 1 cheese, M. T. Freitas, 1873: 1 cheese, awyer & Haighit 820; 1 cheese, Brigham, Hoppe « 77; 1 cheese, Martin, Feusier & Jo., 2273: 1 'cheese. F. Martens & Co., #447; 1 box soap, Fishbeck & 7, 2096; 1 box soap, Fishbeck & Giootz, 168 oap, Fishbeck & s Glootz, 561; 1 box soup, < & Glootz, 2 1 box soap, Fishbeck & Glootz, 108: 5 50 1 Company, R. flour, Del Monte Milling Company, 750: 1 baz cream flake oats, Del Monte Milling Company, 406; 1 bag corn meal, Del Mont Milling Company, 748; 1 bag whole white flo Del Monte Milling Company, 1713; 2 package Semola, Del Monte Milling Company. 1888 packages morning meal, Del Monte Miliing Com- Pany, 1063: 1 baz flour, Del Monte Milling Com- 1270: 100 fbs Gold Dust flour, J. P. Thomas, 1 bag flour, F, Hillen d& Co. 149; 1 Breakfast Gem, Laumeister Mills, 1865; H. Robbins, $8: 1 doz. Twin Bros. mush, B. H.'Robbins, 86; 1 doz. Twig Bros. mush, R. H. Robbins, 153: 1 doz. Twin Bros? mush, R. H. I s, 3461 doz. Twin Bros. mush, R. H.'Robbins, 485: 1 doz. Breakfast G meister Mills, 1462: 1 box Japan tea, M. denstein & Co., 1740 1 box toilet soap, Pioncer Soap Company, 1414; box medallion soap, |Pioneer’ Soap 'Company, 1038; 1 box 'medallion soap, Pioneer Soap Company, 692; 2 bags salt. Dodge, Sweeney & Co., lcase extraStar oil, W. P. Fuller & Co., 48| 1 kit salmon, Getz Bros. & Co, 1695; 10 boxes tea, Wm. Cluft Co., 808; 1 ham, Kingan & Co., 17717 1case_cider, Cauing Packing Co., 1324; 1 case Yum Yum corn, Mau, Sadler & Co., 1142: 1 case claret, E. G Co., 1146:' 100 Tbs salt, Amerl ;1 briar root pipe, Asch & Co, 1 1b smoking tobacco, Asch & Co., 947; 195 1b wooden buckit C & S grease, Coburn, Tevis & Co.,115; 1 doz Alblon porter, Burnell & Co., 2038. The tally clerks were Solomon and J. H, Harrje. The prizes will be distributed next Wednesday evening at the head- quarters of the union. TILLIE SALINGER'S TOGS, Her New Gowns in the Hands of an Obdurate Lodging- House Keeper. bag Adyent fiour, Del Monte Milling 1453; 1 package. 35 doze 1 doz. Twin Bros. mush., r Mrs. Belvalle, Her Dressmaker, Is Due a Small Sum for Board and Lodging. Tillie Salinger of the Tivoli is consid- erably worried about some of her new dresses and dress goods, which she is un- able to get from Mrs. Meyer, a lodging- house keeper at 404 Geary street. Mrs. Belvalle is Miss Salinger’s dress- maker. Until two or three weeks ago she haa apartments in Mrs. Meyer’s lodging- house. At that time she gave up her apartments, but as she owed the landlady a small sum for board and lodging, she was put out without her trunks and personal effects, which were retained as security for the amount due. Among the effects re- tained were the dresses and dress goods belonging to Miss Salinger. Mrs. Belvalle, about May 23, procured a search warrant, and when the case was argued in Judge Low’s court, the decision was by some means or other given against Mrs, Belvalle. Miss Balinger wanted her dresses badly, and, after coneulting her attorney, she obtained a search warrant in Judge damp- bell's court on Tuesday. A search was made in the lodging-house, but nomne of Mrs. Belvalle’s trunks or effects could be found, Mrs, Meyer having on the advice of her attorney stored them in some place, tllle location of which she refuses to dis- close. Mrs. Meyer visited Judge Campbell’s court yesterday and asked to see a copy of a scarch warrant. After reading it she got very indignant and insisted upon swearing out a warrant for Miss Salinger’s arrest on the charge of perjury in swearing, accord- ing to the warrant, that she “did steal,” etc., certain prgézerty. ‘Warrant Clerk Jackson persuaded her not to do anything of the kind, as the words were printed in all search warrants. .. The question now is, How will Miss Sal- inger get possession of her dresses? The .| simplest way would be for Mrs, Belvalle to pay Mrs. Meyer the amount due for board and lodging, but will she do it? i . "gxw of ‘i‘ln '.Phfltuh colonies is ,000 square miles, that of the French 8,000,000, of the Dutch 660,000, of the Por- tuguese, 206,000, of the Spanish 170,000, of ;I‘z.m«mn 99,000 andp:l stbo Danish COL. CROCKER RETURNS, Welcomed Home After Eight Months’ Voyage Around the World. an LEFT HIS CHILDREN ABROAD. He Met Sir Charles Rivers Wilson in London, but Did Not Discuss Finance. Colonel C. F. Crocker reached home yesterday after an absence of eight months spent in traveling around the world. He appeared to have gained very materially in heaith and weight. He is sunburned, end appears to be ready for work. An | hour after hisarrival he was at his desk | in the Southern Pacific building at Market | and Montgomery streets, deeply engrossed | in all manner of correspondence and | affairs of office. Upon arriving at Oakland in his private car Colonel Crocker was welcomed home by H. E. Huntington, General Manager A.N. Towne, Superintendent J. A. Fill- pate a very pleasant visit from the hotel men of alnost every State in our Union, and I believe it will result in much good to the general hotel fraternity and to the State of California.” A committee, consisting of Messrs. Soule of the Lick, Montgomery of the American Exchange and Young of the Russ, was ap- pointed to make railroad and hotel rates and do the preliminary work looking to ihe proper entertainment of the National Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association, which is to hold its annual convention in California next year. The old officers were re-clected as follows: 8. F. Thorn, president; Charles Montgom- ery, vice-president; General R. H. War- field of tbe California, secretary. Two new members of the executive com- mittee, Young of the Russand Fahey of the Cosmopolitan, were elected and two new members of the legislative committee, King of the International and Sullivan o the Sea Beach at Santa Cruz. e SIX MONTHS IN PRISON. Sentence of Lillie Stone, Keeper of a Disreputable Resort. Lillie Stone, the keeper of a disreputable resort in China alley, was sentenced by Judge Low yesterday to six months in the County Jail for keeping Myrtle Cossotti, a minor, in the place, The girl is the daughter of respectable parents, and was inveigled by John King and Dominick McAuliffe into the Stone woman’s house on the pretext that it wasa respectable place. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children heard of the case and took the girl from the house. They then swore out warrant’s for Lillie Stone’s arrest, and also COLONEL CHARLES F. CROCKER. [From a photograph.] more, Attorney Herrin and several other | officers of the Southern Pacific Company. | Quite a large number of his friends were there to greet him, and among them was Mrs. William Crocker, his sister-in-law. He went direct to his office, where all the officials and prominent employes con- gratulated him on his return. With D. O. Mills, Colonel Crocker sailed for Japan last September. The Orient was seen and enjoyed, and after passing through India and Ceylon to Egypt some ;Eleasant days were spent on the Nile. hence the travelers crossed the Med- iterranean to Europe, where their journey was_ continued in a careless way irom one point of interest to another with- out regard for time. Rome and the other interesting cities of Italy were visited, and then some months were giyen to France and England, after which the voyage across ‘the Atlantic was made. In New York Colonel Crocker remained a few weeks before coming home. He sat in his easy chair in theafternoon, looking through a Elle of letters, and while thus engaged he chatted freely abont his experiences abroad. But anything of a purely business nature, whether pertain- ing to finance or railroad affairs, was avoided. 3 ““As for my travels,” said he, “‘I only fol- lowed the beaten track of all globe-trotters, I took in Japan and China. It was Octo- ber when I was in Japan. The war was going on in China, but we saw signsof war on every hand. The Government had blocked the railroads for transportation of troops and stores, bodies of troops were being drafted away daily, the people were excited and absorbed in war and wonder- fully enthusiastic. But all that is stale news now. I went direct to Paris with my little family and came away without them. I had to look after my children, you know, and arrange for their education.” “In Europe?” “Yes; 1 left them in school in Europe,” and Colonel Crocker dropped a letter rather abstractedly. *‘Did you meet Bir Charles Rivers Wil- son, or any of his colleagues, in England ?'’ “Oh, yes, I met Sir Charles. He told me he was delighted and very deeply im- pressed with Californi&—thuu,.',h e told you all that when he was here.” “Was the Central Pacific discussed ?” ‘‘He spoke about the railroad, of course; but I did not consider any questions of finance or railroad affairs. “Everywhere I went the name Cali-| fornia aroused much interest. You know California is well advertised abroad. Peo- ple were invariably interested in what they heard about the State and seemed anxious to have more knowledge about our country.” Colonel Crocker had_ heard of the re- orfianizatian of the National Guard of California, but said he had no criticism to offer upon it. In the East he had attend- ed to various matters of business, thongh nothing in that direction was of a nature to be interesting to the public. “My journey was for recreation and rest,’”” he added, ‘and though nothing ex- ordinary came under my observation I traveled with my eyes open and saw much that was most interesting.” THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION, Annual Flection Held and Arrangements Begun to Entertain the National Association Next Year, The Oalifornia Hotel Association held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the manager's office of the Palace Hotel. Reports were received from the president, secretary and treasurer, showing that the association was in a prosperous condi- tion. The president, 8. ¥. Thorn of the Grand Hotel, in his address, referring to the work of the association during the past year, said: “We have framed, passed and paid for some of the best State laws per- taining to the business of our profession that have ever been adopted by any State in our country. The Southern California Hotel Association claims much credit for these laws, but they were framed here in San Francisco by our members and our at- torneys, and we paid the bulk of the ex- pense. We regard, however, every dime of the cost as money well spent. ““‘We have, also, during the past &ear joined with the Southern California Hotel Association in inviting the National Asso- ciation of Hotel Men to hold their next an- nual meeting in our State, and before we hold our next annual meeting we antici. for the arrest of King and McAuliffe on a charge of placing a minor in a house of ill- repute. King and McAuliffe, the police say, have left the City. MONEY FOR THE MINES, Irwin C. Stump Says a Big Investment Company Will Be Started. He Anticipates a Boom In American Mining Industries and Gives His Reasons. A boom in mining properties in this country is anticipated. by Irwin O. Stump. He states that a company is soon to be formed in New York on the same lines for American properties as the big organiza- tion in London of which the Rothschilds and Cecil Rhodes are the leading spirits, and_which is exploring Africa for good paying goldsfields. His reasons are given as follows: New York is the center of mining interests in the United States, and an exploration company i8 to be started there on the same lines as the one in London. 1t would, doubtless, have been organized this month had certain gentlemen remained in New York. Senator Jomes is deeply interested in the project, and D. Q. Mills and John W. Mackay will invest in it, Indeed, New York is quite as ready to take up mining investments as London or Paris. All the money needed to carry on a work in the United States similar to that which the Rothschilds are backing in Africa can be hed in New York in a short time. This company is to operate in this way: In the first place, it will have & very large work- ing capitel. If a mine-owner comes with a mine for sale to the company, he wiil be re- quested to_pay for an examination of the property. If the expert's report is satisfactory, the compeny will either buy and develop the property for itself, or will erdeavor to sell it, charginga commission. With the indorsement of the company 2 sale would not be difficult, Or, 1f the miné-owner wants enough money to put up & mill, the company will do that and take a shareof the returns. Or the compan, will take a gruperly, with a view of opening it up to see whatit contains. If it is not satis- factory after & certain amount of work has been done, it will be dropped and the loss accepted. It will be the aim, also, of the company to list the stock of mines on the exchange and offer it for sale to the public. New York is eager for this movement. The great excitement in Europe over mines has ex- tended to this country, and the people in the East are rendf' to invest their money in mines, 1t is my opinion that this country'is a better field for & mining boom than Africa or Aus- tralia. We have Eood mining territory in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washing- ton. There are innumerable prospects there which will pay & company to explore. There is at present as great excitement in London over mining properties as there was in San Francisco in 187 spove: the Comstock. Now nine-tenths of the business which the brokers are doing is in mining stocks. This eagerness for mining properties is not confined to Lon- don, but is quite as keen in Paris and Berlin. In fact mines are now the favorite investments throughout Europe. The efforts to mine for gold in the new fields in Australia will in all probability be & failure because of the lack of water there, ————————— RUNAWAY AQCIDENT. John Windt, a Grocer, Meots With Probably Fatal Injuries. John Windt, a grocer at the corner of Hyde street and Broadway, met with an accident yesterday morning that will in all probability prove fatal. He was driving down Washington street from - Dupont when his horse ran away. At Kearny the wagon collided with an_ice-wagon and Windt was thrown out. He was dragged {or about half a block when he was extri- cated by Policemen Douglass and Kaskell ‘When picked up Windt was unconscious, He was taken to the Receiving Hospital in thmafiml wagon. It was found that his skull and spine were fractured, he besides being - otherwise injured, and that his recovery was doubtful. He was later re- moved to the German Hospital. & A singular thing in connection with the runaway was that though Windt's n. was broken to pieces and the ice-w n team badly bruised Windt's horse was un- injured. » e Coronado, in 1540, found the pueblas of explore 0f sedce dwellers in colondeo ffi% elsewhere. T- ully appreciating the embarrassment of JAKE OWNS THE OLD HALL, Now He Wants to Rent It Back to the City for Good | .Money. | A LESSON IN FINANCIERING. Police Ordered to Vacate the Sta- tlon, but They Have No Place to Go. Jake Rauer paid $601,01 for the old City Hall building yesterddy, or the material that composes it, and [immediately began to negotiate with the rent the old building| to them—the City still occupies it—for, $ay $1000. He may raise the rent to $2000 if they annoy him much, At the very worst he expects to mulct the City forenough in rents to leave the building 31l “velvet’’ to him. He began tearing che historical structure down yesterday, and preliminary thereto stepped into the police station quite early in the day and said to the sergeant in charge: ‘“Well, gentlemen, you will have to get out of here.” ““How £0?” inquired the astonished ser- geant who for many years has himself exercised the exclusive prerogative of oraering people in and out of that building. ““This is my property,” said Rauer com- placently, “and I must have possession at once. My men will be here shortly to’ begin tearing this place down.” Now everybody knows Jake Rauer, and those who know him best will best apore- ciate how perfectly at home he would be in a situation of this kind and how not all the king’s horses nor all of Crowley’s men would cause him to turn a hair or wink a lash, provided the signature and seals were all right upon the bond that made him master. And those who knew him well would gamble at long odds that any bond he took was all right. Now the City is not ready .to move out. It needs this down town station. The Committee on Health and Police recently arranged to rent the basement and first floor of the building at 538 California street for two years for use as a police station and lock-up. But it will take months perhaps to put that or any other building in shape for the uses to which it is to be put. In the meantime the City sold the old building to Rauer and placed him under bonds to de- molish it at once and to have the surface of the lot clear of every vestige of it within four months or suffer a heavy penalty. Under these conditions it was that he veremptorily ordered the City to vacate yesterday, and by the same conditions the City could not do so—having no place to go. 1t is the old story of the town that was to build to a new schoolhouse out of the material of the old and leave the old stand- infiuutil the new was completed. auer may jump up and down and chase himself around the furniture of his office when he is alone and the door locked, out of very enjoyment of this situation, but to the public view he is a very serious and exceedingly practical man. It would be a very funny ioke that would cause him to laugh in public. It has been estimated that it would cost $2000 to put the California-street building in shape for a police station and an in- definite length of time. But Mr. Rauer insists that he is under bond, and he does not wish to be ham- ered by the presence of the police station. the City, Mr. Rauer coolly offers to rent the old building to the City for, say, the ?zooo which it would coséto put the Cali- fornia-street building in form. The figure at which Mr. Rauer pur-| chased the building was $601 01. ids | were received for the building some weeks | ago, it will be remembered, and Mayor | Sutrois in the belief that there was some | collusion on the part of the bidders, re- | kcted them all and advertised again. auer had bid $600 in round figures on the first occasion and was the highest of sev- eral bidders, to bid on the second occasion, and that time he offered an advance of $1 01. The Mayor held the matter under considera- tion for some days until Rauer became impatient and demanded the return of the check with which his bid had been accom- panied, saying that he did not care for the contract anyhow. But then everybody knows Jake Rauer. | He is a very busy man and seldom makes bids and things for mere amusement or for | the amusement of others, either. The contract was granted to him and | his check was retained in the Mayor’s safe. | The papers were very carefully prepared, scanned and submitted to Mr. Rauer. He looked them over and attached his signa- | ture. | “Now,” said he to the Mayor and his men, ‘‘have you people got me all pmperly tied up on this thing—tied tlfiht?’ “‘I guess everything is all right,” said the Mayor and his men, smiling_ blithely. “Of course, you understand that under this contract all the booksppapers and public documents which are stored—two or tiMe rooms—on the first floor of the building belong to me?” “0Oh, my God!” said the Mayor, “I don’t understand any such thing.” =If you will read the resolution under which this bid was made you will see that it excepts only the books, papers, ete., lo- cated on the second floor of the building?” ‘‘Send for Chief Crowley,” said the Mayor, and when he came the question was put to him, “What is the character of the books and papers stored in the first floor of the old City Hall?" ‘“They are the old records of the Police Department, and should be carefully pre- served.” ‘“Oh, well,” said Rauer, “of course they are worth big money to the City and are of no value to me—except for what the price the City might pay me.” “‘But you are not going to claim them, are you?” said the Chief. “They belon;i to me to be sure, but I'll lfit ‘em go as a friend of yours, Chief,” said auer. 8o that was settled and the records were saved, but immediately Rauer began negotiating with the Police Committtee of the Supervisors {o rent them the old build- ing, which they still occupy and which he Qwns, “The committee has about determined,” he saia yesterday, ‘‘that the California- street building is unsuitable for a police station; also that it is going to be expen- sive. Now Ican rent them my building for probably half the sum, if it comes to that, it will cost to fit the other up, “For the matter of that,” he went on, ‘‘the whole matter of temporary quarters could have been settled without going off the City’s own property, and with scarcely wontuy. It will be two years at least before the new building is_ ready for occu- ancy. In the meantime the tanks could ave been shifted to a corner of the City’s lot and the bricks from the old building m'm!:la have been used in l‘he oo:;h;uetlon Q mporary quarters ' for about $500. ‘Whereas they propose now to spend $2000 in fitting new quarters and pay big rent for them. I don’tlike to see the City lose anything, of course, for I'm a taxpayer myself; so ’ll not charge the City an{ more than' the place is really worth. haven't the heart to squeeze the Mayor and the Bupervisors just because they seem ta be in a hole. i “I understan tbeé are not satisfied with the location on California street and are considering another place on- Kearn; street. While they are getting this an any other place in shape they must pay me rent.” s “But you are required to get the build- He was the only one i ing off the ground in four months.” “‘But for any time that the City delays me I shall have an extension, of course.’” NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOOES- e AP A TREMENDOUS BARGAINS TO- DAY STYLISH DRE N 59 FABRIGH Below we present nine very attractive lines of SILKS AND DRESS GOODS, which having been SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR REDUCTION TO-DAY, are offered at only ABOUT HALF FORMER PRICES. COLORED DRESS GOODS! At 25 114 pieces 37-INCH ALL-WOOL BOURET Cents. TE SCOTCH SUITING, Summer colorings, former price 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. 84 pieces 37 ) staple mixtures, extra value for 50¢, wil AL 25 72 pieces 37-INCH FIGURED CRYSTALS able shades, regular price 50c, will be cl At 5 At 25 Cents. NCH FINE ALL-WOOL NOVELTY CHEVRON PLAIDS, in new and 1 be closed out at 25¢ a yard, Cents. : UITING, two-toned colorings and fashion- osed out at 25¢ a yard. Cents. 42 pieces 38-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL CREAM ALBATROSS, extra value for 60c, will be offered at 45c a yard. BLACK DRESS GOODS! 2 ¥ AL 25 20 pieces 39-INCH FIGURED ALPACA, ac At BO 20 pieces 52-INCH ALL-PURE WOOL DI 85¢, will be sold at 50c a yard. At BO 20 pieces 46-INCH ALL-WOOL IMPORTED signs, worth 85¢, will be offered at 50c a Cents. tual value 40c, will be offered at 25c a yard, Cents. AGONAL STORM SERGE, worth regular Cents. = FANCY WEAVES, in a variety of we- yard. SILK DEPARTMENT! At T 30 pieces BLACK FIGURED TRICOTINE be closed out at 75¢ a yard. 20 At 40 pieces PERSIAN CREPON SILK, elegant designs, rich colorings, worth $1 be closed out at 90c a vard. Cents. BILK, soft, heavy quality, worth $1 25, will * Cents. 75, will Marks! Sirel, AN TV ANTOT@Co. COrner of Jones HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. P J Burke, Iowa J P Streeyel, Towa ‘W A Hoblitzell, Mont G Nelson, Mont H G Ponting&w,Auburn J J Valentine, Oakland E D Bannister, Mont M J Detmer, Chicago W C Sellar, Los Ang Y Brown, Boston Mrs Y Brown, Boston G A Baggl, Italy C E Metzger, N Y T Derby, New Almaden C Wellington, St Paul J H Adams, Spokane J McNaughton, N ¥ ‘Alice McNaughton, N Y R Payne, London G H Thomas, Detrolt H J Milburn, Detroit Miss M Macy, Magalia G F Lauer, Reading A Malpas, Los Gatos AL Stein, N Y L Starke, Cal J Hanrahan&w,Ls Gatos F D Frost&w,PasoRobles Sommerville, Pa Mrs Sommerville, Pa R Frewen, Engiand M Kabn, Pa Mr&dirs Churchill Napa Miss Churchill, Napa EJFige&w, Sacto F R Lord & w. Sacto “RAND HOTEL. A Small, Wooaland W_P McFaul, Ukiah Miss Woods, Woodiand B Burdell & w, Olympia W P Ledmich, Cal J Taylor & wi, Salinas R L Ulsh, Martinez alt Lake E W Kay, Santa Cruz 8] Reete, Los Angeles 1 G D B Worthington, Klam- ath Falls Mrs R I Devlin, S; H Wilson, Oroville W Stetson, Oroville Reed, Oroville L H Griffiith, Seattle Mrs H Bde Ruiz, Valleio J Carsoll, Cal James Dolun, Canada W H Bodle & w, Tacoma Johu Dolun, ( Mrs C Richardso aco WPT L Warburton, Tacoma L E Akins, Sacramento R W Downey & wi, Cal R Zeiluer, Los _Angeles 1 PMalville.Grass Valley O Sayres & wi, Cal ulmainey, Grass Val R kardt, Tacoma N E Perrin, Seattle W A Bucknamd w. Trkee A L Bigbie, Nevada City J W Wren &w, Watsonv L DStephens &w., ] iss R Stephens, Woodld P A Buell, Stockton J W Moore, Stockton J B de Jarnatt, Colusa A Smith, Los Angeles H M Albery, C C'W Pendleton Los Ang H R Bernar. Dr JJ Sims, Nevada City J J Brown, Cal B Geribaldi, Merced Gould, Petaluma BALDWIN HOTEL. 1 E Cate, Chicago £ R Griftind, Auburn N Llevy, N Y D M Pyle, Bakersfield Mrs K.C Garner, L Agls W R Edwards, Chicago RUSS HOUSE. J W Good, Sacramento T B Montgomery, Cal K Stahill, San Maguel J Holden, Wheeling AC White, Missourl ~ M N Sawyer, Cal T M Stanley, Cal M § Gilmore, Eureka A K Clark. Oakland C. 5. Lancaster, Wash A Graffis, Grays Harbor H M Keys, Healdsberg A L Brom, Oakland, J R Wood, Oakland Charles Schroeder, Cal James Marshal, Arizona James A Harden, Cal W H Fife Sacramento C H Hansen & w, Cal ‘W A Washer, Fresno John A Winan, N Y John Macbeth, Cal W McKeehan, Cal J M Hiestand, Cal A Johnson, Guernerville J 8 Hill, Yountville € Y Hill, San Juan U S Staniford, Fresno P Mathews, Eureka W Ellsevills, Eureka, C Suffer, Santa Rosa rek H L Armstrong, a NY G A Rolls, w & dau, F Bray, Miss Smith, Rollsville Mrs Hutchins&ch,Ohlo G 8 Easton, Stockton W_H Scott. Cal W J Miller, Quincy J Wagner, Quincy N Miner, Davisville J Cook, Alameda’ E McGettigan, Vallejo T M Gibson, San Lucas G I Cariton, Vallejo R'S Powers, Colusa A Docking & w,Sn Ratael NEW WESTERN HOTEL. Albert Hopkins, Boston Mrs. C W Boway, Seattle C Frais & wf, Bath, Me Xug DeBeauharis, noe ‘Wm P Saxion, Sta Rosa J Kelly & fm. Brooklyn Jerry Palmer, 8 Gregorio C A Johnson&ws, Pk, B I ¥ M Clark, Detroit, Mich P L Ellis, Modesto G O Halpeny, Oakland H Raymond, Samola George Trade, N Orleans Annié Brown, Lou'vll, Ky Lillie Brown, Memphis G Belle Bro: Memphis John H Healey, Nat, Miss Paul Jones, Cairo, Iil. James Flemming, 1il LICK HOUSE. © Liebes, Salvador T M Jackson, Los Gatos H B Sharp, 8t Holena B 8 West, Los Angeles T Garrett, Columbia J C Ball, Woodland W H Goran, Sacto C G Yates, Los Angeles Mrs M Dowe, Tacoma 1t H Brown, Pescadero R O Glover & w, Oaklnd F B Chandler, Elmira Jno € Lucas, Napa € W de Long, Sta Cruz Mrs T W Wright, Napa L G Durin & w, 111 T H Thompson, Tulare 1da M Durin, 1 G Lewis, St Louis C A Thurston & w, Peta J J Donovan, Sta Clara B H Upham, Martinez L H Hatfield, Sacto DS o'&m‘hm.su Cruz A Kaempfer. Miss C Emerson, Sacto T L Delano, Rockland REAL ESTATE TRANSACBIONS, Tsabella Van Winkle to Henry Munster, lot on 8 “é‘ff’s‘ ];%w" street, 110 E of Gough, E 37:6 by 8 Charles E. and Edwina Norton to Frank and Amelia Kayser, 1ot on E line of Devisadero street, 52:814 8 of Washington, S 25 by E 110; $10. ‘Thomas B. Valentine and Pierre B. Cornwall to iph Mayrisch, executer of the esgate of John B. Dieflenbacher 'or_Dieflinbacker, lot on S line of Geary street, 242 W of Steiner, W 23 by S 82.6, Hamilton square: $1. John D. greck.h to Gustav and Magdalena Peck, ot on N line of Twenty-mnth stréet, 125 W Dofores, W 25 t F. aud:Julia 4. E Gh!hw oll&.mn. l&t ela:gngal ooa Tv{;nnelh street, 150 y ; $10. "Autoine Borel, Ravert Wadt. Andre Chavanne and George A. trustees of the estate of Marie E. E. Berton, lot on E line melnu.Bz 48, B PO. Montgomery, B to Peter Brichetto and Gio- vanni Cavignaro, ot on W ifne of Vareimes street, 77:6 5 of Filbert, W 60 by S 20; $2700. Heinrich Junker to Marie M. Junker, lot on § ine of Broadway, 232:6 W of Stockton, W 21;6 by | 8137:6: $10. Frederick P. Junker to same, same; gift, John J. Coughlin to Daniel J. Coughlin, lot on N' line of Howard street, 300 W of First, W 26 by N 3 $10. Tielen Meissner to Ella Kaplan, lot on N corner | of Eighth and Minna streets, NW 32 by NE 65; Estate of Cathe or Katie Roach or Erchenlaub, by Michael J. O'Keefe, executor, to N, Schlesinger, 1ot o ine of Tangton street, 100 SE of Hows ard, SE 25 by NP 80 . Nathan and Lily Schlesinger to John Baader, same; $10. James P. and Rridget Locke to William James Locke, lot on W line of Thirtieth avenue, 100 S of Lstreet, S 75 hy W i Sol and Dora | of R sireet, 5 1 100 10. | . ¥. F. Weston to Charles H. Reynolds, lots 1178, | 1180, 1182, 1184, gift map %; alsolots 11, 12, 18, | gitt mep 4: $10. | A and Sarah H. Dewey to 8an Francisco Sav- | ings Union, lots 1855 to 1959, 1969 to 1972, gifs map 4; $10. : $10. o Etta L. Wood, lot on X line S b wentieth avenue, E ALAMEDA COUNTY. 1 | | . The Central Land Company (a corporation) to | Sarah S, Dow (wite of Augustus), I fourth or 5 W | N'120; | Brown street, W of i :3, being lof Land Company, deed, Oakle 10. P. A. and Elizabetl: Cameron, Joseph B. and Beasie McDouald of Oakland to Albert M. Salinger | of Oakland, lot on SW corner_of Washington and { Eleventh streets, W 90 by S 34, being lot 15, and | portions ot lots 14 ana 16, k 145, Oaklandy Julius Salzberger of Oakland to Leopold Jacobs of Oakland, undivided half interest in lot on SW | corner of Haunah and B streets, S 70 by | W 58, belng part of subdivisions A and B of 160 | 7, block 794, B-street subdivision Waits Tract, | Qakland: $10. Meliscent K. Blake of Oakland to Fthel M. Havens of Oakland, lot on B line of Clay stree §053 o1 Central aveniue (Twelfth street), & 50 by B ), being lots b and § and S 14 of I 3 K Oakland; $10. B RN Lo Minerva J. Sweeney, formerly Todd, wife of George W. of Oakland, te Frank C. Monson of San Francisco, 10t on NW corner of McKee and Occidens tal streets, N 135 by W 50, being lot 9, block I, Paradise Park, Oakland Township; §10, Frank C. Monson of San Franciséo to William T, Brobeck of San Francisco, same, Oakland Town. ship; 210. Pierre and Eugenie C. Jouglard, or Gouglard, to Ferdinand Queyrel, lot on W line of Nim: street, 84.87 § of the avenue traversed by the Berkeley branch railroad, S 100 by W 100, being lots 4 and 1 5, block 29, Beaudry and. Peladeau property, Oak- land Township; $10. 1. C. and Louisa O'Toole of Berkeley to Thomas Hauon of Berkeley, ot 6. hlock B, Blake Tract, maps 1 and 2: also lot 12, block 2, Clapp Tract, Berkeley : $10. Emily K. Latham (by attorney) of San Franclsco to C. H. McGeorge of Oakland, lots 3, 4, 5, block B, Latham Terrace, Brooklyn Township; $3000. Xaver and Lena Sohlér of Alameda to Grocers® Fruit Growing Unlon of Alameda, lot on W line of Arbor street, 161.97 N of Pacific Avenue, N 50, W 111.38, S 50, E 94.20, to beginning, being lots 9 and 10, block B, Fiteh Tract, subject to a mortzage Lothe Californla Bullding and Loan Association of | 88 rmerly Brown t, quitclaim Fred M. and Sophe M. Magill, Florence T, and William H. Souther to . H. Magill, blosk | 47, bounded NE by Eagle avenie, NW by Latag. | et street, SE by Chestuut strect, SW by Bucna Vista avenue, quitclaim deed, Alameda: $3. Heury J. Magil to same, quitelaim ded, Alan R. H. Magill to Annie M. Magill, Iot on NW cor. Der of Buena Vista avenue and’ Chestat sient W 108 by N 145, lot 12, and all that portion ot e 5 to 8 whiich remains since’ widening Buens viors avenue in block 47, property of Cotimbus Bartlare in viclaity of Enciial station, quiiciaim decd, Als: meda; $5. R. H. and Aonie M. Magill to T Southier, wite of William T, 10t 0n N e oy goens Vista avenue, 50 E of Latayette stroct, & 58 b 120, oia 8 and 4 and E 6 feet lot 2, bik 47, (ojumn bus Bartlett property, in vicinity of tion, quitclaim deed, Alameda, §5. C0al Sta- Building Contraets. John Fleming with C. W. Dufile, trame building on ¥ line of Rallroad Ivgu?:":elween Clement and California streots; 81750, - _Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asyl Society with J. G. Grannis, gofl:-., ‘;’:,wfi".’fifi laundry machivery, on NE corner of Hayes and Devisadero streets, N 275 by 1 275; $5335 Leo Breuner with Robert Trost, to build on S g‘x;:e ;",;‘.,{.,‘f“' street, 194 W of Folsom, S 100 by W Mrs. M. Connell with T. 2-story frame on E line of -P'.;.fi??.“.‘;';ai‘;"n“‘é‘i»‘ 58 N of Guerrero, N 90 by E 26; $1850, g ”‘{w!e A. Pickering (exeutrix, etc.) with R. A. Downing, Lauhing and plastering on frame building m‘?,; :‘m‘% e fieenth and Valencia streets, 45 by < F. Whittler with O. Chisholm, fnterior wood nish, $38.679; with Thomas' Downing, paising 3 i with C, . , plas tering, $4775; in brick ana lcmnca .‘.f.‘}«'si‘,’,";‘:u”sg corner of Laguna and J- , E 137:834, E 756, W 8821 B LS00, — Five thousand seven hundredand thirty telegrams, containing about 134,000 Words, arnveq at Friedrichsruhe on Prince Bis 6‘33'0]‘ s birthday, and 634, containing 58,- words, were di there om Ao Tt ,dny. dxspatched from

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