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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1895. WEEKLY FRATERNAL INDEX, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Session C. of F., A. O. F. of A. PRIZES FOR NEW MEMBERS. Workmen Preparing for Thelr Grand Reunion on the 27th Inst. Official Assessment Table, NAME Chosen Friends. ... Knights of Honor.. K.and L. of H..... Order of Pendo {435 36 1415 4 2| 14 June {Official assessment notices of any legitimate fraternal society will be published free of cost in above table. Send them, with any other | matters of importance, by Fri addressed Fraternal Society Editor MORNING CALL, San Francisco.] 1[June 3 Companions of the Forest, A. 0. F. of A, At the seventh annual session of the Grand Circle of California, which met last week in the city of San Jose, the following officers were | of A. 0. tors and for the past five vears they have ex- pended on an average $6000 per year for sick benefits and relief. Each year the work of the committee becomes greatér. From the time of the organizations of this committee the ex- penses have been borne entirely by the lodges n Los Angeles. A.0.U.W, Friday afternoon Representative Deuprey noti- fied the grand master workman that, by reason of urgent private business he was compelled to resign from the delegation to the Supreme Lodge, which meets et Chicago next Tuesday morning. Thereupon G. M. W. Toohy appointed P. G. M. W. Hirshberg to fill the vacancy, and at5:30 that afternoon the latter was on his way eastward, with no time tolose to be on hand at the opening of the session. Legislation of great importance to the order, and especially to the jurisdiction ot California, 1s looked for from the approaching session of the Supreme Lodge. The business meeting of Unity Lodge last Tuesday evening surpassed in interest anything of the kind in this City for several years. The multidude present from many lodges were deeply impressed with the splendid discipline and work ot the drill team of Oakland, in_con- ducting the initiation of several new members, Mucii activity is noticed in_Degree of Honor circles, and several new lodges are in con- templation to be organized in the near future. Minerva Lodge, D. of 1., will have a house- WATIming on taking possession of its new hall | on Webster street, Alameds, this evening. Sister lodges from both sides of the bay, and the grand officers, have been invited fo be there. Grand Foreman Vinter paid the City a visit last Saturday, and gave cheerful accounts U. W. affairs in the Santa Clara Valley. Grand Recorder, Mrs. Kate Poland, made an | official visit to Silver Star Lodge, D. of H., last Thursday evening. The meeting was a large and interesting one, there being an Initiation of new members and the semi-annual election of officers. The following have been elected officers of Harmony Lodge for the ensuing term: Past | master workman, D. McSweeney; master work- | man, H. Dohnken; foreman, Joseph Kutner; overseer, M. Crane; recorder, L. Johmsen: financial secretary, J. F. Schwarting recording secretary, C. Schwerin; guide, F. F. Lord; out- side watchman, T. J.' Foley; trustee, M. D. Mayer. elected and installed: Mrs. M. B. Campbell, The A. 0. U. W. of San Francisco and vicinity i inst. to_make an_official visit to Sacramento Lodge No. 124. From there they will go to Santa Cruz and other cities to visit the diffex ent lodges in this jurisdiction. Hermann Stamin No. 224 received 30 ap- plicants at its last meeting, and there is no doubt it will win the banner this year for securing the largest number of new members. A great time is expected in this lodge next Monday evening a week, when the initiation of 2ll these candidates will take place. Feutonia Stamm No. 250 received during the last month 10 new members. = San Francisco Stamm No. 246 will give a ball in Saratoga Hall July 28th in honor of the grand officers and délegates for the conven- tion of the Grand Lodge. i Los Angeles Stamm No. 252 at its last picnic cleared enough money to purchase an elegant banner. The grand chief is expected to visit this lodge during the first part of July. T. A, 0. D. Golden Star Grove No. 104 held its second meeting last Monday evening. Six candidates were elected. Monday evening was selected as the regular meeting night. Julius Wildermith, past arch of San Fran- cisco Grove No. 3, accompanied the grand offi- cers on their visit to Santa Cruz last Saturday. Jacob Nickels, grand trustee, met with & painful accident on Wednesday evening, break- ing his leg by a chair slipping from under him. Knights of Honor. Last Mondeay evening Grand Dietator P. L. Archibald, accompanied by other grand offi cers, visited Yerba Buena Lodge No. 1788. This is one of the most active lodges in San Francisco, and its members are doing good work for the order. The grand officers also visited Union Lodge No. 1895, in Shiel’s build- ing, on Tuesday evening. A number of sub- jects relative to the welfare of the order were discussed. On Thursday evening the grand officers, ac- companied by the Past Dictators’ Association, visited Fortuna Lodge, 20 Eddy street, and assisted in initiating_seven candidates. They | also visited Tancred Lodge No. 1927 on Satur- day eveming, and were reccived cordially. Under the head of good of the order an excel- lent programme wAs presented. 5 Last Monday evening Grand Dictator Archibald, Grand Guide Learned and Past Grand Dictator Joy visited Liberty Lodge in MRS, Gr J. R. HIMES, rand Treasurer. MRS. M. A. DUKE, Grand Sub-Chief Companion. MRS. ANNIE B. ANDREWS, Grand Chief Companion, C. of F. unior past grand chief co B. ews, Los Ange M. A. Duke, S panion; Miss A. Franeisco, grand sub-c D. Bremer, Alameds, grand s R. Himes, Osklan 1 8 i 2 San_F emp Van E ser, both of 1 Pei [ dments 10 the laws were submit- | | 1 H. Bremer, Supreme Chief Com- panion, C. of F. ted at the session. Among some of the princi- | pal ones adopted were the foilowing: That subordinate c shall not be per- mitied to incorporate. That more privileges be given to subordinate circles in the matter of peving sick benefits. That the annual per capita tax be charged | directly to the members. That only the legal and official form of bond be used. | That deputies must exa ordinate circle at leas ine the books of & once every three ths. That finencial secretaries and treasurers will | hereafter be elected for a term of one year. The next session of the Grand Cirele will convene on the first Wednesday in June, 1895, | in Oakland. | Two new Plumas Circle Blossom Circle cles were. instituted Jast week— No. 265 1n Yuba City and Orange | 6 in | Ancient Order of Foresters of America. A new court will be instituted in San Diego this week with fifty charter membe Court Manzanita No. %037 in Calistoga was reorganized on last Friday evening by C. H. | Bremer, grand sccretary, assisted by W. D.s. Harrington, deputy grand chief ranger at large, and the officers and members of Court Friar Tuck of St. Helena. R. B. Vellage, grand sub-chief ranger, ac- Oroville. companied by the officers and members of | Court Shell Mound, will pay a fraternal visit 1o Court Haywards n the city of the same name on next Thursday evening. A reception was tendered to A. Orfila, grand chief ranger, last Monday evening by the members of the courts of Los Angeles. That city feels highly honored, as it now has the su- preme chief ranger of the order, Lewis Thorne, the grand chief ranger of the State in A. Orfila, and last week was still further honored at the convention of the Companions of the Forest by having one of the Los Angeles members, Mrs. A. B. Andrews, elected as the grand chief companion of the State. L 0. 0. F. America Lodge, recently instituted in Los Angeles, has a very beautiful banner on exhibi- tion in that city. Jt is described as follows: In the center is a painting, showing in the fore- ground an allegorical representation of Amer- ica in the form of a graceful female figure with her gaze directed toward the setting sun of the Occident, while at her feet the symbolical bear of California is crouching, surrounded by -grapes, oranges and other fruits of the country. fothe background appear the Tehachapi Moun- tains, with a stretch of water, which repre- sents a bay (San Pedro’s inner harbor), with vessels riding at anchor. The typical miner and paim trees of California may #lso be seen. Above and below the picture appear “I. O. 0. F.” and “Los Angeles, Cal.,” Jettered in scroll work. The lambrequin of scarlet silk bears the name of “America Lodge,” and is trimmed all around the edge with a solid dead old tigure of appligue. The remainder of the Ennner. which is in white silk, is trimmed with old gimp lace, and the whole frinezed with geep goid tassel lace. The same is suspended from a black walnut crossbar with gilt metal ornaments and heavy gold rope cord, while large tassels of gold wire lace depend from eitherend. One branch of the order of California thatis doing the work of Odd Fellowship in a very quiet manner is u\e&eneul relief committee, says the California Odd Fellow. This part of 0dd Fellowship had its origin before the ex- istence of any lodge in this State and isa Cali- fornie idea. "Only those who have been mem- bers of the committee know the amount of good work it is cansuml?' doing. Among the number of general reliel committees in Cali- fornia is one located at Los Angeles. This com- mittee was originated in 1870 and has been | year. | eil No. 7, requesting each of the twenty-five councils in San Francisco to appoint a com- ! mittee of one to meet in their hall Tuesday | | Petitions to "that effect are now being circu- will hold their union at Fai T s o several thou: A fine programme of xercises is being prepared. The com- from Triumph Lodge No. 180 had the . of orders for prizes up to date, | ne of them being the WEEKLY CALL for one | Noe Valley No. 18 fhice Master Wo *. Lyman; overseer, Jame: tchman, J. Murph; watchman, Thomas Hanson; trustce, | r. s elected the following W. C. Crowley, Order of Chogen Friends. A circular has been issued by America Coun ng, June 18, and arrange for a series of | socials and public meetings, so that the order | ill be brought more prominently before the | pub! Social Council No. 46 will give a bonbon social in Foresters' Hall, 102 O'Farrell street, | Wednesday evening, June 26. | . 26 will giye a house- | Club Hall, 317 Mason | ng, June 25. 46 will hold its regular g in its hall, 320 Post . Thursday evenin eutonic Council No. to be present at its public installation of officer: Tnursday evening, July 2, in its hall in the Alcazar building. __Grand Councilor T. H. Selvage, who has been in the City for several daysappointing his deputies, returned home Tuesday. | Past Grand Councilor H. W. Hutton and | other_grand officers visited Phcenix Council No. 152 Wednesday evening, June5. During the evening a choice programme, which had been selected for the occasion, was listened to with great attention. Enights and Ladies of Honor. The grand secretary, accompanied by the grand vice-protector, Miss E. T. Parker, visited Berkeley last Monday evening and laid the foundation for & new lodge, that will be insti- | tuted next Wednesday evening at Pythian | Hall. The ceremonies will be conducted by | Grand Protector F. Kemp Van Ee, assisted by a | number of deputies and yisiting members from San Frani Grand Vie to sco, Oakland and Alameda. -Protector Miss E. T. Parker went | onora last Wednesday 1o pay an official | visit to Star Lodge of that town There will be but two assessments for June, an evidence that the epidemic of 1a grippe has subsided for the present. Bay City Lodge gave a very successful social Monday eve: ing. g to'a little dispute about the election of | supreme representative at the recent session of the Grand Lodge, an_extra session of that body 1 probably be called to meet during July. | lated among the subordinate lodges. The Supreme Lodge meets in St. Louis next September. The reports of the supreme officers will show an incrcase of at least 10,000 mem- bers since the last session, 1n 1893. California will have three representatives in the next session of the Supreme Lodge—T. H. Berkey of Sacramento, the representative to be elected at the extra session of the Grand Lodge, which will be either Mrs. Lizzie J. Wheelock or Dr. 8. American, and the grand secretary, who is member of one of the Supreme Lodge stand- ing committees. West End Lodge has removed to the Alcazar building, end will meet in the future on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. active work and will report & large increase The grand protector and grand secretary will shortly attend a joint meeting of Triumph and Garden City lodges, San Jose. | _Mrs. Caroline Schinabel of Martha Lodge, San Francisco, has been appointed grand trustee, ! vice E. L. Marshall, resigned. Grand Protector F. Kemp Van Ee has issued «Ofticial Circular No.3,” in which he makes the following liberal offers for the members in California to lend their aid in an effort to ad- vance the knights and ladies in this section: To the lodge obtaining the highest number over twenty of accepted relief fund members be- tween June 1 and the 31st of December next a cash prize of $50 will be paid. To the lodge obtaining the second highest number of accepted relief fund members over fifteen the sum of $25 will be paid. A cash prize of $2 per cfllflln will be peid each and every lodge for all accepted relief fund members.” A lodge procuring six relief fund members within_ the time specified will be paid a per capita of $2 each or $12 for the #ix members. A lodge must obtain over five relief fund members to be entitled to any prize, All of the above are in addition to the $2 per capita prize offered by the Supreme Lodge. e grand protector and grand secretary will ench offer & grand prize in addition fo the above. Companions of the Forest. i Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Minnie Asher, accompanied by Grand Treasurer M. Boehm, Grand Secretary Mrs. E. R. Roy and Grand Herald Mrs. B. Mackett, officially visited Bo- hemian Circle No. 134 on Tuesday evening, June 4. The circle initiated five candidates and received four new applications. Mrs. M. Asher, G. C. C., and Mrs. B. Mackett, G. H.,officially visited University Circle at Berkeley on Tuesday, May 30. The new laws will'take effect July 1. A eir- cular has been issued by the Executive Board setting forth the changes. The picnic of the order on June 17 will be a grand success. About 3000 people will attend. United Order of Red Men. The Grand Lodge meeting will be held in this city Monday, the 29th of July,in Red Men’s Hall, 510 Bush street. Preparations on a large scale will be made by tne lodges here for the entertainment of the Yerba Buena Lodge, San Jose, is doing some | in membership at the end of the present term. | grand picnic and family re- | the Alcazar building. ax_ Park, Marin Connty, on | membership Valuable gate and game | evening P. G. D. Joy, on be d dollars, | stone and Liberty Lodges, pre Six applications for received. During _the half of Saxon, Key- ented Grand Guide Learned, the retiring district deput; with & watch charm emblematic of the order, were Improved Order of Redmen. During the week just past elections have been held in the various tribes throughout the res. ezvation of California for chiefs for the ensuing term. The interval between now and the “raising-up,” which takes place the first week n July, will be devoted by those elected to | perfect themselves in the work in the various degrees. On Wednesday evening la: f No. 4 conferred the Wi two candidates. On Thursday evening, the 6th inst., Modoc Tribe No. 57 adopted two palefaces and con- erred ell three degrees on & number of appli- cants. Seminole Tribe No. 54 (French) adopted ten palefaces on Wednesday evening last. On Friday evening, the 7th inst., Bald Eagle Tribe adopted a large number of paletaces. This tribe, under the careful supervision of Fred Brandt, D.D.G. S.,, has made astonish- iugly large gains in membership, and there is no doubt but that by the time the Great Coun- cil meets in Redwood City in August the tribe will double its membership. On_ Tuesday evening. June 11, the commit- tees from the various tribes will ‘meet and dis- cuss the question of an Indian camp, to be held n Redwood City during the session of the Great Council in August. The brothers are very enthusiastic and say that it is bound to be a great success and will attract a great deal of attention trom their paleface friends. Native Sons of the Golden West, Grand Secretary Henry Lunstedt will re- organize Truckee Parlor No. 162 on June 10. Past Grand President J. A. Steinbach will re- organize Gilroy Parlor No. 81 on June 19. The grand officers will visit Fremont Parlor No. 44 at Hollister on June 18. California Parlor No. 1 will celebrate fts twentieth anniversary by a complimen ball at I. 0. O. F. hall, Ju!yym. e, On Thursday evening last E1 Dorado Parlor gave what it termed a “‘smokeless smoker snd uiet little time for the ladies, just as a ‘high jinks and smoker is given for the bo Among the attractions were “chin music, chewing gum for lunch and, to help float the fun along, lemonade and punch. The pro- gramme {ncluded twenty-one entertaining numbers. st, Manzanita Tribe, arrior degree upon Order of Pendo. San Diego Council No. 18 was instituted on the 29th ult. with twenty-five charter members by Supreme Organizer Alex Rothenstein, Council No. 19 has been instituted in St. Augustine, Fla. Golden Gate Council No. 11 initiated one can- didate ou tne 4th inst. and received two appli- cations. San Antonio Council No. 16 sent in six appli- cations last week. Miscellaneous., Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19, 1. 0. O.F., will give an open meeting in Memorial Hall, 0dd Fellow's building, Saturday evening, June The grand president, officers and execative council of the District Grand Lodge paid an official visit o Pacific Lodge No. 48, . 0. B. B. | on Thursday, June 6. & Alcat odge No. 241, F. and A. M., Oak- land, will confer the fellow-craft degree on threé entered apprentice Masons at a called meeting in Masonic Hall, West Oakland, this evening. Oakland Union No. 624, E. A. U., initiated five candidates at the session held Thursday evening last. The ceremony was conducted by a picked team, and witnessed by a large audi. ence. Five petitions acted on ai the last ses- sion were accepted, and the candidates will be initiated at the next session. The charter of this union is still open. DEATH OF HENRY WINDT. The Grocer Dies From Injuries Sus- tained in the Runaway Accident. Henry Windt, a grocer, who was badly injured by a runaway accident on Wash- ington street, near Kearny, last Wednes- day morning, died yesterday in the Ger- man Hospital. Windt was driving down Washington street and a little below Stock- | ton his team ran away and dashed down the steep hill to Kearny, where an ice wagon was passing. The driver of the ice wagon saw the ap- })ronching runaway team and tried to get his own team out of the way. The run- away horses struck the ice wagon, throw- ing the driver out upon the ground, but he fortunately escaped injury. Windt was thrown to the ground and the wheels of the ice wagon passed over his body. The injured man was removed to the Receiv- ing lHospihul and later to the German Hos- pital. Windt was a German, 47 years of age. He leaves a widow and four children. His rocery-store is on_the northwest corner of yde street and Broadway. Windt wasa member of the orders of Odd Fellows, Workmen and Foresters, and at one time he was a Republican county committee- man. - — The Elcho’s Second Shoot. The Elcho Gun Club held its second shoot at Green Brae yesterday,and the members showed & marked irprovement in their shooting. The Elchos favor the idea of California inanimate target shooting, and will at their next meeting elect delegates to_represent them. Following caring for the transient sick members of the order in that vicinity ever since. Since Jan- uary 1 they have cared for eighty-three visi- interior delegates to the convention. Grand Chief Valentine Humburg, with the grand marshal, will leave here on the 12th is the score at 25 blue rocks: Holden 23, R Herring 21, E. J. Crane 20, W. J. Ahern 19, E. Hallez 18, A. C. Stoetzer 17, D. McWhirter 16, J. Libby 14, B, Schulken 10, E. Mooney 10, REVIEW OF REAL ESTATE, Strong Inquiry for Country Property a Feature of the Market. BUILDING CONTINUES :BRISK. Gradual Recovery In Values—Much Improvement Golng On All Over the Clty. Midsummer is approaching, when the dullness incidental to that season will have a marked effect upon the volume of real estate transactions, Agents report a fall- ing off of inquiries, which is always ex- pected about this time of the year. They are all busy, however, closing up the many sales that have been made during the past few months, which is shown by the num- ber of deeds that have been recorded in the last two weeks. The many details connected with the consummation of sales causes a Iull at this time desirable to a certain extent, as it will afford an opportunity to clear up all the old business and prepare for the revival of the market in July. Buyers, however, are not wanting and are inclined to meet the sellers half way, and, as values are certain of advancement from present fizures, the prospectsare good. There are good times ahead and the man who is first to realize it will be the first to get the benefit. BRIGHT COUNTRY PROSPECTS. How much the certain advance in the price of wheat and grapes means for Cali- fornia can be but partly grasved. It has been evident that in a large measure the hard times were due toa lack of a prgll:er return for the investmentin the farm. The instrinsic value of the land has been the same, the soil is as fertile, the climate as genial, the machinery as good, the labor as eflicient, as in the times of the greatest but the prices for the products of the eyard, orchard and field have been anything but the best. But the era of discouragement for the agriculturist in this State is over, the farming industry is on the up grade. Dur- ing last week immense quantities of wine grapes in Sonoma County were contracted for at $12 and $15 per ton, while in Santa Clara County the crop of one of the largest vineyards has been sold at $15 per ton. Fol- lowing this comes the news from the coun- try departments of the real estate offices of an increased demand for vineyards and orchards. Confidence is at last restored in the wheat market and signs point to good prices for this year’s yield. This is owing in a measure to the decrease in the wheat productions of foreign countries, the re- duction of the whest-growing acreage in other States of the Union, the war in the Orient and the supply on hand at the pres- ent time. According to statistics Cali: fornia’s stock of wheat on June 1895, was over a million centals less than it was a year previous. While there is a manifest determination on the part of the progressive residents of every section of California to develop the State themselves and reap the full reward of it, at the same time to induce outside capital to come here and furnish additional emplovment to the wage-worker is desir- able, and nothing will more encourage the hesitating immigrant than the fact that the year of 1895 has been a prosperous one for the California farmer. CITY SALES FOR MAY. qunowy, Varas. . Tundred Outside Lands. ... Tax, Skeleton and Blackmail Tit Total. MORTGAGES AND 5 2 ¢ | Amount......... q 2 2 & 2 3 2 ~ | Number. & 3 = 3 H 2 % | Amount......... 2 g » = Number.eess. .. S 3 1 Loan Society. BY WHOM TAKEN OR RELEASED. The Hibernia Bank, with its reduced ratesof interest of 614 per cent—the bank paying the mortzage tax — last month loaned $446,9%0, while its loans for Spril were only $287,000. Other banks, althdugh they have not announced a reduction, are not refusing choice loans at a reduced rate. BUILDING MATTERS. The b“ilding interests are in a very pros- erous condition. During the week the ollowing contracts have been recorded: W. F. Whittier, owner, with C. Chisholm, contractor; architect, E. R. Swain; interior ‘wood finish for a brick and stone residence on northeast corner of Laguna and Jackson streets; total, §25,679; with Thomas Downing, contractor, painting and polishing, total $£4700; with C. C. Morehouse, contractor, plas- tering; total, $4775. 2 John F. Cleary, owner, with C. W. Duffie, contractor; erchitects, security committee, Granite M. B. and L. Association; all work for a frame building on Third avenue, between Clement and California streets; cost $1750. Rose A. Pickering, owner, with R. A. Down- ing, contractor; architects, Havens & Topke; plastering, latning, ete., for frame building on southeast corner of Fifteenth and Valencia; cost, $1080. Mattie de Curtoni, owner, with Carlo Rossi, contractor; architeet, Willlam H. Armitage; grading, brick and carpenter work, plastering, glnmhmg, painting, ete., for & two-story frame uilding, with rough attic, on southwest cor- ge&% Third avenue and Clement street; cost, 2800. H. Bird and J. C. Haughy, owners, with J, M. Abrams, contractor; architects, Martens & Coffey; brick and iron work for a two-story brick’ building with basement on Mission strect,'mear Main; cost, $4458. John J. Hickey, owner, with John T. Cole- man, contractor; plans by owner; all work for & two-story frame building on southwest cor- ner of Nebraska and Yolo streets; cost, $3150. John and Mary Lally, owners, with John Kenealy, contractor; architect, R. Rechen- bach; ‘carpenter work, plastering, tinning, painting and plumbing for_a frame building %‘1‘53’6" Jose road, mear Brook street; cost, Mrs. M. Connell, owner, with I. W. Coburn, contractor; archifect, T. J. Welsh; all work for elterations and additions to building to be a two-story frame containing two flats and base- ment, on Twenty-second street, near Guerrero: cost, $1350. Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society, owners, with J. G. Grannis & Co., con- tractors; architects, Wright & Sanders: boilers, heating and laundry machinery for additions to Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home, on northeast corner of Hayes and Devisadero streets; cost, 85335. > Leo Brueser, owner, with Robert Trost, con- tractor; architcet, Quirinus Stuecker; all work for residence on’ Army street, near Folsom; cost, $4200. Mollenhauer estate, Maria Flynn Mollen- hauer and Ann Flynnm, owness, with A. L, | all the streets being graded, gas and water Grand Totals .... Campbell, contractor: architect, T. J. Welsh; all work except painting, plumbing, gasfitting, electric work, tinning and galvanized iron work fora three-story frame, stores and tene- ments, on southeast corner of Taylor and Post streets; cost, $4700. Lauritz Knudsen and Else Nessen, owners, with A. Wiegaudt and_E. Lassen, contractors; architect, Lauritz Knudsen; &ll work for one- story frame building on northwest corner of Hampshire and Eigh streets; total, FRE ghteenth | Carrie M. P. Coleman, owner, with J. R. Wil- cox, contractor; architect, A. Page Brown ; all work for stairway and dining-room alterations, on Sutter street, near Jones; total, $14,790. Antonio Gotelli and Amerigo Suacci, owners, with Felice Corigino, contractor; architect, E. Picasso; all work for & three-story frame build- ing on northeast corner of Montgomery street and Hodges alley; total, §1600. D. J. Murphy, owner, with John Doherty, contractor; architects, Townsend & Wyneken : plumbing and gasfitting for a three-story frame building on northwest corner of Steiner and O'Farrell streets; total, $1525. Orrin E. White, contractor, with the Pacific Coast Lumber and Mill Company, sub-con- tractor; architect, J. H. Littlefield; mill work. etc., on Washington street, near Devisadero; cost, $1508. Simon Newman, owner, with John Furness, contractor; architect, James E. Wolie; altera- tions and additions to'a frame building on Post ;‘,‘fi&- between Franklin and Gough; total, $1645. Charles Clark with Casper Cweerline, to build three two-story frame build on tlie south line of Jackson street, 187 west of Laurel; $11,700. S. McKee with L, W. Westerlun and C. Holm- gren, to build a one-story frame building on the west line of Twenty-fourth street, 30 west of Alabama; $1705. Mrs. Abbie M. Parrott, to build & seven-story brick building on the southeast line of Market street, 275 northeast of Fifth; $10,190. Luke Burk with C. C. Blair, to build a three- story frame building on the east line of Polk street, 25 south of Filbert; $4300. It is estimated there are ten houses being built in the Western Addition, ranging in ?rice from $10,000 to $200,000, and fifteen houses the cost of which will vary from $2000 to $10,000. 5 Numerous and valuable building im- provements are going on in the Richmond district, and the citizens of Fairmount are enthusiastic for additional development, while the fact that South San Francisco and the Potrero are waking up is shown by the business - activity, building, street work and improyements of all kinds. The West Oakiand Mutual Loan Asso- ciation met last Thursday evening. Secre- tary A. Sbarboro read his quarterly report, which shows the receipts for the past three months to have been $28,000. ive thousand four hundred dollars was loaned out and $20.000 was used to pay up ma- tured stock of the seventn series to the full amount of $200 per share. Reports show that this association is now twenty years old, having been organized in July, 1875; that during this period it has assisted over 500 of its members to procure homes for their families, aggregating $1,000,000; that during this long period of time it has fore- closed only one single mortgage, the prop- erty taken costing the association $2,768, which property has just been sold for 2,750, leaving a deficit to the association of only $18, which is the only loss this as- sociation has sustained in twenty years. A meeting of the San Francisco Mutual Loan Association was held last Wednesday evening. Thomas J. Welsh, presiding at the meeting, stated that the shares of the third series had now matured to the full | value of $200 each; that there were 300 free shares, reguiring $60,000 to pay them up; that $5000 would be set aside every month with which to take up these shares, and | the priyilege to surrender would be put up | at auction from month to month until all | the shares would be canceled. He offered | the first $5000," which was taken at an average premium of 114 per cent, that is to | say, the shareholder who desired to obtain | his money immedinte]{ paid $15 premium for every $1000 which he received. Those not recejving their money are entitled to interest until all are fully paid. The | amount paid on the sharss now matured | was $127, the earnings being $73 per share, | making an average interest of over 10 per | cent per annum. RECENT SALES. David Bush, of the country department | of O'Farrell & Co.. reports the sale of a large orchard and vineyard near the town of Martinez, also a nice suburban home in Alameda County. Both were_cash trans- actions. Victor D. Duboce, of the city department of Easton, Eldridge & Co., reports the sale during the week of a $15,000 residence on | Ashbury Heights to J. ¥. Halloran, also the southwest corner of Page and Schrader, 50x110, to Col. Doolittle, who proposes to erect desirable fiats on the property. The sale of the lot on the west side of Van Ness gvenue, 66:3 feet north of Pacitic | avenue, 66:3x124:9, to Herbert E. Law for | $15,000, has been confirmed by the Probate | Court. The property formerly belonged 10 | the estate of Jonathan D. Stevenson. | acob Heyman reports that 125 lots out of the original 310 in the Heyman Tract have been sold. This tract is one of the | most desirable subdivisions on the market, pipes laid, street curbing done witheut any assessment upon purchasers, and for the additional reason that it is the only tract being sold off in lots which is within the City limits. r prices were obtained at the Hinkley sale, conducted by O. F. Von Rhein & Co., last Thursday. Four thousand nine bun- dred and fifty dollars to $5950 were received for each of the six new houses on the east line of Cole street, between Waller and Frederick. Six lots in the same block went from $1750 to $1875. The residence on the southwest corner of Broadway and Octavia, 274:3x103, sold for 14,000, with an “if,” and the property at1005 Stockton street, renting for $75 per month, brought $6500. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The recording during the past week of the deed from Mr. Ullman of Chicago to the Pacific Coast Jockev Club, the organi- zation engaged in building the new race- track near Lakeview, has renewed public interest in that enterprise. A vast amonnt | of work has already been done upon the | new track, ?x‘incipnlly erading, but it is | understood the contract for the buildings will be let in a few days. Everything | must be in readiness for the initial meeting of the club this fall. An increased de- mand for the property in the vicinity of the track is reported by the McCarthys. Percy B. Travers of the firm of Travers & Lamb, 512 California street, has severed his connection with the firm of George D. Shadburne Jr. & Co. An adjusting department for the Cali- fornia Title Insurance and Trust Company has been opened on the second floor of the | Mills building. This has been found necessary, owing to the increase of the business of the title insurance company. It expedites the settlement of complicated obstructions in titles. The property of the Castro street Land Compang' owned at one time by the late Senator Stanford, comprising several thou- sand lots situated a little beyond Thirtieth street, is being subdivideg, graded and sewered. The improvements embrace the construction of a main sewer in the lowest street and all needed side sewers, gutter- ways, as well as the curbing and macada- mizing of the streets. The streets are not laid out at right angles, but in serpentine lines in conformity with the topography of the land, which is hilly. The beauty of the tract will thus be greatly enhance({ by its present improvement. - Heavy cuts on either side of the streets will Ke avoided, leaving the lots in good shape for building purEoses. 5 The work is under the immediate charge of A. S. Baldwin, of the firm of Baldwin & Hammond. The contract was let to A. E. Buckman, who is pushing the improve- ments to an earlg completion, when the property will probably be put upon the | market and sold. After the completion of the improve- ments now being made by the Castro- street Land Company other propositions will be carried out that will greatly benefit this section of the City. Gaman & Lyon are in receipt of a letter from Delaware, Ohio, bearing the date of May 27, in which the following occurs: ‘*The fruit crop, notably grapes, Bast and South is almost totally lost, and it now looks like the vines are dead. All the vines of the big New York vineyards are killed, and the same is true of Ohio and the Central and Eastern States and as far west as Colorado. The orange and lemon | groves of the South and all trees not hardy ;uet]’ulled c;ltllu‘tigtlit and 1allie being cut down n hopes that they will sprout up fro the roots."” & B et DISAPPOINTED SPORTS, An Abscess Prevented McAl- pin and Harris From Fighting. 1 A MILL FOR NEXT SUNDAY. Spider Kelly and Tom Burns From Australia to Meet In the Prize Ring. The prizefight for $500 a side between Billy McAlpin and Charles Harris did not take place yesterday afternoon asadver- tised around town through the medium of mysteriously worded posters. The battle was to have been limited to twenty-five rounds and the fighting weight of the men at 145 pounds, that being the weight at noon June 9. All that could be ascertained by the uninitiated was that the fight would come off some time between 4 and 6 o'olock yesterday aiternoon, and that a boat would leave the Tiburon slip for the accommodation of anxious specta- tors, their number being confined to 200 at 2 each. To those in the secret, however, it was known that in a nice quiet spoton the other side of the bay a regulation ring surrounded by circular tiers of benches was in readiness for the scrappers, their supporters and the usual crowd of curious sports. The disappointment was keen. Some went to the Tiburon slip and waited until | the north wind had’chilled the marrow in their bones, and others besieged the man- agers of the affair for reasons as 1o the why and wherefore. A rumor was started that the police had *‘spotted” the fight and the fighters, and that fear of arrest deterred the principals from fulfilling their engage- ment. This caused a howl of wrath from the disappointed sports, and they were only to e appeased by the, promise, in mysterious whispers, accompanied by knowing winks, of a greater treat next Sunday, when Spider Kelly of local pugil- istic fame and Tom Burns, the Australian middle-weight, will fight a_ finish contest with skin gloves—but the bills will not say so. Where the contest is to take place will not be announced until the tickets are sold | to members of the fraternity. After the feeling of disappointment had subsided and the sports were able to grasp the fact that they could witness no ‘“‘scrap” yesterday, a clos»r inquiry was made into the real cause of the failure to conne It was_stated on authority that Billy Mec- Alpin could not fight on account of an abscess of the kidneys, resulting from a blow received while training for the fight. Whether there was a rock in the glove that struck him his trainer, A. B. St. Clair, did notsay. He was brought down from Mid- dletown and is at present staying with relatives on Twentieth street. Harris, who was to have tried to punch | the consciousness and fighting capacity out of McAlpin, is in good condition. He felt confident of “‘doing’ his man, and he will make a vigorous demand for the $50 | forfeit money. The forfeit still stands. Spider Kelly is in training for the fight next Sunday with his trainer, Tim Mec- Grand, at the Cliff House. Burns is also in training near here, trying to wear off seven pounds of Jsurplus weight. He weighs 152 pounds and must enter the ring at 145. His trainer is Billy Shannon. The scrappers, it is said, came very near fight- ing the battle ahead of schedule time, when they met with their respective man- agers to sign the articles. elly wanted to fight at 140 pounds, and_in the debate which ensued, the pug- nacious instincts of the two fighters be- came assertive, and the managers had | their hands full to prevent an exhibition | without the usual price of admission. | Barring abscesses and the police, the mill will come off next Sunday, when a boat will leave for the accommodation of spec- tators at 9 o’clock A. . MADE TWO CENTURIES, Chris Sorenson Performs a| Weonderful Feat on His Bicycle. From This City by San Jose to Oak- land and Return on the Same Day. Chris Sorenson left Ninth and Market streets at 4 A. M. yesterday, paced by G. Panerio of the Imperials as far as San Mateo, where pacemakers were changed and W. Crutcher took him to Belmont. He was then taken by J. McFarland of the 1. C. C. to Redwood. From there he had no pacemaker to Mayfield. There F. H. Stackpole of the Imperials took him to San Jose, arriving there at 7 A. m,, where F. Belloli of the San Jose Road Club took him to Milpitas. Pacemakers were again changed and J. Spieker led pace as far as Irvington. He was then taken by B. F. Walker to Niles, arriving there at 8 and then by R. Paul to Haywards and from there to San Leandro by W. Perkins, > arriving at 9:27, where C. Cowles set pace to Oakland, arriving there at ¢ A. M., breaking the coast record for 100 miles, bringing it down to 5 hours 58 minutes, lowering the record by 23 minutes. He was then paced by C. Cowles of the Acme to San Leandro, arriving at 10:40, and continued to Haywards, where R. Paul took him to Niles, arriving at 11:45, and continued to Irvington where he was taken by B. F. Walker to Milpitas, then by J.J. Spieker to San Jose, arriving at 1:35 p. . Taking a half hour for dinner he wasled by B."F. Walker to Belmont, arriving at 4:15, where I. Lind and others escorted the rider to San Francisco. Leay- ing his pacemaker a short distance at the finish he arrived at Ninth and Market at 144 minutes past 6 . M., making the 200 miles in 14 hours and 14} minutes. He rode an 80-gear wheel weighing 21 pounds. The first delay was caused by a herd of catile on the bay shore road delaying the rider and pacemaker some 5 minutes. The acemaker who attempted to set pace rom Belmont to Mayfield failed to set. Crowds greeted the rider at San Jose, where he was royally treated. 51 SAYS IT WAS JEALOUSY. Fritz Hunt Explains Why He Was Arrested for Assault to Murder. Michael McCarthy and Fritz Hunt live in the same house at 68 Brady street. | Hunt owns the house, while McCarthy is | 2 tenant occupying the first floor, yet | Hunt slept last night at the City Prison, | while McCarthy occupied the house. Huntis a German, 54 years of age and not very good looking, yet he says he is in jail because McCarthy was jealous. Me- Carthy, e says, is a painter out of worl whose wife supports him by doing was| ing. For some reason—Hunt can think of none but jealousy, though he asserts that Mrs. McCarthy is in_every way an admira- ble woman and wife—Mr. M’t’:(‘nrthy de- clared that he would whip Hunt. Hunt asserts that McCarthy tried to put this threat into execution yesterday with a putty-knife for a weapon. He had de- fended himself with his club and was arrested on a charge of trying to murder his opponent. McCarthy says that Hunt is quarrelsome and attacked him without provocation. ; Pvoss, NEW TO-DAY. 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