The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895. 11 BANKS AND PAWNSHOPS. The Former Name Must Oniy Be Used by Commercial Institutions. | AN OPINION IS REQUESTED.| | The New Law Prohibits Loan Offices and Saloons From Using the Term. The law | as receive . sell ex- ates of 'here are ban y such nd re and banks. ive and m terest, “or subject to the sufp the Bank Com it to the use of the wc servision of be entitled or more insti- ancisco in in some t Legisla- a board of ction 26 of which core in San F. connection improg ture amended Con Bank se ? or any other | o con- | use of missioners | em, and no | | be issued | ration_that he public as h commer- ciation, company or o the supervision of rs or not required by 1, having there- orporate name Or icating that ance in Alameda nk Commissioners ns now using t re violating the-law, though thi 1t is not exactly clear to them, and for t reason th erald asking for The Commis- mended section | rporations, indi- prior to the equently - pawnshops that have hith- word “ba n some con- their business have rego what m s const ing only to firms n after the nection with concluded tc rove 1blic for that gentleman is in Los 1 not return before Mon- E nst the e pleased to term pawn- ng the mis- 1 be pre- hould/ the position. v of the institu- 2z the manner in ng the law: lation three balls, with notice windows advertising the mpany offends the law by hav- on the window “Mutual Sav- iteral Bank, William Hymans 1 regular pawnshop. i lidated Loan ves to be an in- ‘‘money brokers.” ntal Building and Loan As- California has a sign on the r, “‘Mutual SaviLgs Bank. monthly.” a novel violation of e of an institution There wood and cles offered in ex- Coal Ba ok D. Asa matter tated th r a bak d be used. seful information it may ever a cooking receipt - powder the “Royal” Whatever is made will be avored, more dainty, me. OF INTEREST TO LABOR. Employment Registers be Suggested—La~ bor Council Proceedings—Carpen- ters’ Union No. ¢ Workingmen are ma deal of interest in the free em bureau which State Labor Fitzgerald will open for th unemployed on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Cleveland Dam will be in charge of the department, and has made a systematic arrangemer the correct registration, in detail, of plicants for work. It was suggested at the State Labor Bu- reau yesterday that much could be do by the employers of labor themse toward facilitating the process of bringi ap- together those who need work and the | work needed if the employers would keep loyment registers. Such a register could be in the shape of a book, in which the applicant for work would write his address, age, whether married or number of children (if any), when, where and by whom he was last employed, and such references as he might possess. This would give both the employer and the applicant an advantage. The former it would enable to take his pick from any number of men, and it would help to ad- vertise the need of each applicant with anv number of likely business firms, fac- I’Ties or other extensive employers of abos. _A very brief meeting of the Labor Coun- cil was held last night, about the only thing done being to receive the reports of unions. Secretary Furaseth reported the Arago mat in behalf of the Sailors’ Union, stating that the four sailors charged by Captain Perry with insubordination had been held for trial by the United States Commissioner. Action was deferred. The Electrical Workers’ Union reported a fair demand for men. All the members are employed, and new members are being constantly admitted to membership. A complaint came from the Musicians’ Union, charging a certain out-door show with employing non-union talent, ThLe Brewers' Union reported trade as good, and stated that numerous dealers had promised not to handle certain beer ;\ hich is under the ban of that organiza- ion. Delegate Rusk informed the Council that a National convention of stage employes was soon to be held in Boston, and the local union had chosen delegates to repre- sent it th ‘The committee on Labor day celebration of the Ceuncil will meet some time next week and make a report next Friday night. . Thirty-one new members were taken into local union No. 22, United Brother- out two fo four acres in almonds, same | to prunes, one to two acres to apricots, | one scre to nectarines, two to three acres | to alfalia. He can hedge his land| | in with pomegranates and quinces. 1f he has | four acres in aimonds the fifth year the crop will be worth $400. Prunesthesame. The | pay well. making use of terms | dressed a letter | i | P. D. HORT 2 | tered upon the discharge of her duties as tention of the | 1106 Market street, | for | Lood of Carpenters and Joiners, at its meeting in Pythian Castle last night. Secretary Anderson said the numerical streneth of that union was almost 600. The following new officers have been in- stalled: President, P. H. McCarthy; vice-president, . Thompson; recording’ secretary, C. A finencial secretary, M. L. ¥ . P. Smith; conduetor, J. H. Fly tru-tees—M. y ¥ asurer, warden, John Thorn; and Harry Meyer:® delegates to the distric council—P. H. McCarthy, Henry Meyer, L. N. Vina, Theodore Wickes and J. E. McPicker. The Musicians’ Union simply met yes- terday afternoon and adjourned for a week out of respect to the memory of Vice- President Denis Sullivan and James Kidd, whose deaths were announced. Both the deceased had been members of the First Regimental band. DIVERSIFI}J;{.}‘ARMIN G. Simms Responds to the Article by Major Berry. the Editor of The Call—Sir: With your per- mission I will notice Major C. J. Berry's article on dversified farming in the southern part of the San Joaquin V It is strange that men fejor By an only see one side of diver- ming. He seems to think 2 man can only make a living on twenty acres by truck ening and selling his truck in a large city the competition is great and where he has to come in competition with Chinese and two or three other nationalties and mustsell at I propose to show such is not arming. We will now suppose there is a colony, say twenty-five to fifty families, anywhere between Bakersficld and Stockton. Each farmer has twenty acres, with water to igate his land. We will now suppose he puts Dr. apricots and nectarines can be dried and will He can keep two Cows,one horse and one good sow on four acres of alfalfa. 1f the colony will put up & creamery and make first-class” butter and cheese, there will be a | good profit from the cows and all the milk used at home tor the family, pigs and chickens. While the trees are coming into bearing beans, peas and potatoes ean he raised between them. The world is a market for the nuts and dried fruits. There will always be & market for but- ter,eges and poultrv. There are a great many othier things that can be raised at a good profit. | Peanuts will pay. There are a great many seeds that will pay to raise. Onionswill pay, and there is & good demand for them early in | the season to ship East. Pomegranates make the finest jelly in the world. 1 hope Major Berry will write again and look over the field. J. R. S, M.D. ly 12, 1895. Se== Scientific Arrogance. To the Editor of The Call—StR: Professor Le Conte, a learned teacher, says: “There is no doubt that man, both in body and spirit, came by process of evolution from some lower form of animal. Evolution teaches that not rigin 11 af once by fiat, but that all things come by growth.” Where did the growth come from; from noth- Qid come by fiat. He says: that man, both in body and cess of evolution from some " ‘That may be a mis- he proféssor meant doubt, reasonable ce of {ne doubt, if MiLToN, Cal., Ju 3 he old.” A him go with me & take his proposition along for & new forms come by modification of Then c¢ modifications came from or, and o modifications _came_from , and_oldest came from—from—from— why, from fiat. 1 not, then where from? A PLUOKY TEACHER. Crossed a Bridge on a Stringer and Rode Sixty Miles. Miss Minnie Hickox, who has just en- teacher of the public schools of Cooke City, cannot fail of success in any given direc- tion. Her ambition and grit would stand many a man in good stead. She is one of the few women who are equal to almost any emergency, and is deserving of praise for her indomitable pluck. She left Liv- .ngston to opén the Cooke school on Thurs- day morning a week ago. Upon arriving at Cinnabar, the terminus of the railroad, she found that the stage would not leave that day on account of the washing out of the bridge across Gardiner River. The stream was so swollen that the stage driver dared not undertake to make a ford, says the Anaconda Standard. This was a dilemma not- counted on by the, plucky schoolteacher. She had given her word that she would be in Cooke on Monday, and she determined to make it good, even if she had to continue her jour- ney on foot and swim the streams. There was no time to be lost, and so she started out. All there was left of the Gardiner bridge was a single stringer. Nothing daunted, the lady stepped boldly on to this and walked across the raging river. It was a perilous undertaking even for a man, and a woman less brave and cool-headed than Mrs. Hickox would have been very likely to have become dizzy and lost her balance, Mrs. Hickox, however, proved herself equal to,the emergency, and reached the opposite bank of the roaring mountain torrent in safety. As luck would have it, she found a family en route to Cooke encamped close by, and securing a horse mounted it and continued her journey. It was a pretty long ride for a woman who had never ridden a horse—the distance being sixty miles over a rough road—but Mrs. Hickox kept on her weary way until she reached her destination. ~Upon arriving at Cooke she was so badly used up with her long ride that when she got off her horse she had to be assisted into the hotel. She had the satisfaction, however, that she had kept her appointment. ———————— “I find the Royal Baking Powder supe- rior to all the others in every respect. It is entirely free from all adulteration and | unwholesome 1mpurity, and in baking it gives off a greater volume of leavening gas than any other powder. “Warrer 8. Harves, M.D., *‘Chemist to the Chicago Board of Health.” ———————— ORIGIN OF HOKEY POKEY. Left-Over TeecreamBought at the Hotels and Frozen Again, Hence the Poison. It is an actnal fact that old icecream is bought up by Italians and venders from restaurants and ice-cream stands, frozen a second and third time and again offered for sale, to be consumed by the newsboys and general public under the alluring title n§ I]mkey-pokcy, says the New York Her- ald. Almost every night these venders make the rounds of all the hotels and buy up whatever has been left over from the day previous. This cream has all melted more or less to its original consistency, and if it is still frozen when they get it there is lit- tle left but fluid by the time it has reached the Italian quarter. This melting process is the cause of all the danger. Cream once having been frozen and again melted very readily turns sour. In this stage it is poisonous. The vender of hokey-pokey cares Iittle whether ornot the cream is sour. Quickly upon his return to his quarters he freezes all this mush and packs it away for the next day’s use. The few cases of poisoning that have come to the public notice are in all proba- bility not the only ones that have occurred, for physicians say that many cases of poisoning have occurred in the districts where the hokey-pokey venders are that could not be accounted for because of the suddenness of death. Iv has generally been understood that certain establishments are putting out large quantities of hokey-pokey and sup- Iving the venders, but this is not so. The taliar,s and their families are the only ones ‘vho manufacture and cater to the consumers. —_—————— Considerate Child. “I would send you a kiss, papa,” wrote little Lucy, who was away on a visit, “but _have been eating onians.”—chicngo Times. SEEKING WARE'S SLAVERS, Strange Mission of a Friend of the Murdered Drug Clerk. NEW EVIDENCE DISCOVERED. R. J. Dowdall, a Misslon Pharmacist, Hopes to Land the Assassins in Jail. There is 2 man in this City who hopes to bring to justice the murderers of Eugene Ware. He wasa chum and close associate of the dead drug clerk, and a chief witness at the Coroner’s inquest. His name is Ricbard J. Dowdall, and he is proprietor of the Mission pharmacy on the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Valencia streets. From theday the unsatisfactory inquest into the death of Ware closed, Mr. Dowd- all has patiently sifted the evidence and armed with new facts bearing intimately upon the mysterious murder of his dearest friend has set to work to run down the perpetrators of the crime. He is confident he will succeed where Captain Lees’ de- tectives have failed, and the oddest feature of it all is that the clews he considers so accurate were known to the police, who, he says, disregarded or overlooked them in making their investigations. If Mr. Dowdall's findings are correct every police theory of the mystery is over- turned. It follows, for instance, that ‘Ware was not murdered by morphine Richard J. Dowdall, the Intimate of Eugene Ware, the Murdered Drug Clerk,Who Is Trailing the Assassins [Drawn by a *Call” artist from @ photograph.] fiends who were refused the drug they crave, or by any.of his intimates, or by burglars actuated by a desire solely to loot the store. Mr. Dowdall is not announcing his discoveries from housetops, for the scent is narrowing and he does not pro- pose to jeopardize his chance of success by making premature statemants, Yet, he says this much, that at least three persons were concerned in the crime; none of them were intimate friends of the murdered man, and the identity of at least one of the suspects is all but known. It will be recollected that Eugene Ware, who wasa clerk in the St. Nicgolns phar- macy, at the junction of Hayes and Mar- ket streets, was found dead in the base- ment of the store on the night of December 14, at about 1 o’clock, by Policeman O'Dea. He had been stabbed nineteen times in and about the chest and abdomen, and ap- parently the instrument used was a double- edged stiletto at least six inches in length, Subsequently it was found that the money tills in the store had been rifled. Until overshadowed by the grisly terrors of the Emmanuel Church murders Ware’s assassination caused profound horror in the public mind. The inquest developed no tangibll fact upon which a solution of the crime could be reasonably based, and, although Captain Lees says his men are still on the hunt for evidence, the practical truth of the matter is the police have thus far accomplished nothing. Nothing has been said or written of it in months. Even the relatives of the mur- dered man have despaired of finding his assassins. And_yet strangely enough all this time the Pythian friend of the de- ceased has systematically and deter- minedly worked to avenge the death of his old associate. The element of the startling is present in this unusual display of fealty and devo- tion to a friend, and Mr. Dowdall’s story of how he came to figure as the “Sherlock Holmes” of the Ware mystery is not wanting in interest. Mr. Dowdall reluc- tantlv consented to say anything. “My investigations,” he said, *‘are nearly ended. It is only a matter of a short time when I may stand face to face with the men, who, 1 think, know all about poor Eugene’s murder, and I don't want to say a word that may put these men on_their uard. None of them know me, but I ave already identified one of them. I have been close enough to him to put my hands on him several times, and I can as- sure you the temptation to do so was al- most irresistible. “‘How did I happen to take up the case? ‘Well, I and Eugene were chums—closer friends than even most chums are. We knew each other tboroughly. I had Eu- gene's confidence and he had mine. “Only the night before his murder we had planned a pleasure jaunta few days ahead. “Knowing him so well I realized how false were the hundred and one theories gotten up to account for his murder. “The police did not accomplish anything, because they followed ir their investiga- tion the lines of the conflicting evidence brought out at the inquest. They did not try to find new evidence, and I thought they were taking the matter too easy to secure any result. ““It struck me intuitively almost that re- venge was the chief motive of the murder, Burglars do not stab a man nineteen times when any three of the lunges would have caused instant death. The rifling of the till was a subterfuge of the assassinsto mislead the police, and I think the ruse was very successful. “I determined after the inquesttodo a little detective work on my own account. I kept my mission secret and worked out a theory I had until it led me directly to a corroborative witness. Through that wit- ness I received the descriptions of certain persons (one of whom I now know) who were not a dozen miles away when the murder was committed. “The evidence against these persons is damning. Their motive—or to be more correct, the motive of one of them, be- comes_clear to me—it was revenge, pure and simple; revenge for fancied wrongs done by Ware against another person. “It is easier to sum up the results of my investigation than to state in detail how many efforts and how much time were re- quired toEut me on what I consider the right track. “Much still remains to be done before [ can report my findings to the police and soint out to them the men I suspect mur- ered my friend. What I have yet to ac- eomplish I cannot talk about. “I'may be wrong, but speaking as one who knew Eug{eue Ware better than an; one else living, I do not hesitate to say think I am right, and time will prove it. “I don’t propose to dally with the police in the matter. They have done nothing, and, as I have worked out my theory so far without their aid, I shall not ask them for assistance now. When I have secured all my evidence and have identified the persons I have in mind the police are wel- come to make arrests.” Mr. Dowdall has in his possession a num- ber of letters written by Ware which may materially aid bim in his work. He expects within a few weeks to bring his labor of months to a close successfully. ONE MILLION DEMIJOHNS. That Is the Annual Consumption, and Most of the Biggest Are for Water. Demijohns are made bottle-shapea and flask-shaped. The bottle-shaped demi- johns come in seven sizes, ranging from one pint to five gallons. The flask-shaped are made only in the larger and smaller sizes, and pint, quart and five gallons are virtually its standard sizes. A great many demijohns, both flask and bottle shaped, are used for the distribution of pure water, spring and sterilized. In this country more large demijohns are used for water than for wines and liquors, and the number so used is steadily in- creasing. Next in number to the large demijohns used for water are those used for wines and liguors. Chemists and druggists use many large demijohns, grocers use them for vine- gar and oils, and many are used for the distribution of fruit extracts to bakers, confectioners and dealers in soda water. The smallest sized flask is used as a safety package, as a pocket flask for liquor and quite extensively for ‘imr(umery. ‘When used for perfumery and cologne the small flasks are covered with a finer class of reeds and willows. Within a year some liquors have been put on sale in pint and quart sized bottle-shaped demijohns. ‘With the growing use of demijohns for waters there has been a growing demand for covering through which the water could be seen. Various demijohns of this kind have been made. In one the bottle is placed in a wooden crate with a hinged cover, in another the bottle is hoopgd with wood, in a third it is held in a frame of reed. Gradually the shipping demijohn has been developed. The ordinary manner of packing demijohns shipped in boxes was to pack them in hay or straw. Demijohns are now packed in boxes specially designed for the purpose. % The demijohn is protected by spring cushions of steel or rubbver. There are both flask and bottle shaped shipping demijobns, in various styles, and with a variety of cushions and fastenings. There are thirty or more patents on shipping demijohns. : ; The annual consumption of demijohns in this country is estimated at 1,000,000. Much the greater number of these are made in this country; the imported ones come from Germany. The American demijohns are mostly covered with rattan; the majority of those that come from Germany are covered with willow, which is cheager there. Demijohns are made in this country in New York, New Jersey, Pennsyivania and a few in Maryland. Demijohn coverers work in places where the manufacture of glass is carried on. The materials used are prepared by ma- chinery, but the actual work of covering the boitles is done by hand. Some glass manufacturers have of late taken up the making of demijohns on their own ac- count at that season of the g'enr when the bottle manufacture slacks off. In the East demijohns have largely taken the place of jugs. In the far West jugs are still used, but demijohns® are gradually ousting them in the South.— New York Sun, e FRECKLES. ‘What Is Known About These Unwelcome Visitors. Women who suffer anntally from this visitation may console themselves with the fact that it is only the finest skins that are liable to freckles, coarse or rough skins never exhibiting a trace of them. There are two or three kinds of these spots, says the Brooklyn Eagle, one being permanent and not dependent upon the sun’s rays, which is known as winter freckles, while the more usual kind are thoss which ap- pear only during the summer months. Red and fair-haired persons are particu- larly susceptible to freckles, as their skins artake of the fine, delicate nature al- fuded to. They arise from the action of the sun upon the coloring matter of the skin, and, as a French doctor says: *‘It acts with women as with plants, the coloring matter of which it increases.” A girl whose epidermis freckles easily should keep out of the sunshine whenever she is able to do so, and when, as is fre- quently the case, she must encounter it she should shade and veil her face and neck from its fierceness. The best kind of veil to wear in this case is a gauze one, through which the sun cannot penetrate. In color it should be either white, gray, blue or green. These two latter are very dreadful to fashionable women, but they really are not, as such colors do not at- tract the heat as much as black does. Ordinary net veils are not of much use as a protection either against fierce sunshine or intense cold, but the gauze ones are in- valuable. If the skin is very tender and becomes irritated by the sun it is a good plan to ut a little cold cream on the face efore gging out into the open air. This should be rubbed well into the skin with the finger and gently wiped off with a Eiece of soft linen oran old pocket hand- kerchief. Then it must be dusted with a little good rice powder. Very often the most simple remedies are much more efficacious in the case of freckles than strong ones. For instance, nothing could be more easily prepared than an old-fashioned re- cipe, which is_as follows: " Throw a hand- ful of parsley into a jug capable of holdin; a pint and over it pour a quantity of boifi ing water. When 1t has cooled bathe the face with the liquid. Lemon juice is also efficacious in removing and "preventing freckels, as it is a great factor in whiten- ing the skin. It may be used in the water employed in the daily ablutions, or the lemon, cut inte halves, can be rubbed over the skin in the morning or at bedtime. If done too often it may cause a redness and irritation of the skin. Milk is a valuable agent and it softens and socthes an irry- tated epidermis. sEal el Something Queer in Pearls. The most freakish freak ever assumed by pearls is exhibited in that extraordinary curiosity known to the gem fanciers as the “Southern Cross.” Taken as a whole, it is a group of nine pearls grown together in such a manner as to form a perfect Latin cross. Seven of che nine go to form the upright of the cross, or main_shaft, which is exactly one and one-half inches in length. The arms of the cross, which, it must be admitted, are hardly long enough to give the figure good proportions, are each formed by one pearl so ar- ranged on either side that the addition of tge tenth of an inch to each would give perfect symmetry to the outline of the whole figire. There is not an ill-shaped or off-colored pearl in the group and taken as a whole it is not only a remarkable freak of nature, but it is also a valuable i:ollecuon of gems of goodly size and fine uster. This wonderful freak was discovered sey- ern‘!vyenu ago in tne pearl fishing grounds of Western Australia b{l a man named Clark. He is said to have been a very superstitions man, and to have regarded the symbol exhibited in his find as an ill omen. On this account he dug a hole, and, after carefully wrapping the oddity in several folds of silk, buried it. About twenty-one years ago, in 1874, the gem was disinterred, and since that time has changed hands several times. The last {jme it sold for $52,000.—St. Louis Repub- lic. —————— It has been discovered that the Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, in Paris, is crumbling away under the influ- ence of the atmosphere. The obelisk wa: taken from Kgypt to Paris in Louis Philippe’s reign. CEUR D'ALENE STRIKE Five Suits Against the Helena and Frisco Mining Com-~ pany Filed. HEAVY DAMAGES ARE ASKED. The Strikers Fired on the Men Who Took Their Places and Blew Up the Mill. A sequel of the dramatic strike in 1893 at the Cceur d’Alene mines, in Idaho, is now being unfolded in the Federal courts. It will be recalled that the outbreak was only suppressed after serious interference on the part of the military arm of the Govern- ment. When the striking miners went out they warned all and sundry not to take their places. Any ‘“scab” who did so took the risk on his own shoulders. The miners were armed to the teeth, and, forming a camp, prepared to fight to the last. 1In spite of the warnings sent out broad- cast the various companies succeeded in getting men, and among the successful corporations was the Helena and Frisco Mining Company, known as the Frisco mine, and doing business in Shoshone County, Idaho. itcontracted with ‘‘scabs,” as the strikers called them, to pay them $350 a day, and put them in one of the mills to guard it. The strikers raided the mill and for sev- eral hours kept up a fusillade upon it. The adjoining mill was blown up by dynamite, and-a number of the men who took the places of the strikers were permanently in- jured. Since then two of them have died, ut their administrators have joined with three of the survivors, and yesterday suits aggregating $325,500 were begun in the United States District Court against the Helena and Frisco Mining Company. The outrages complained of occurred be- tween the Ist and 12th of July, 1893, and Eugene N. Deuprey, the attorney for the injured men, let the matter go over until the last day in order to give the mining company time to settle. ad the suits not been filed when they were the statute of limitation would e intervened and the clailns would have been thrown out of court. In all the suits Miss L. H. Condon, a clerk in Mr. Deuprey’s office, had to stand sponsor for the plaintiffs, and in one she sues as administratrix of the deceased miner. The first plaintiff is Samuel C. Collis, and he asks for $1000 for medical attend- ance and back pay and $75,000 damages. In his complaint he sets forth that he was employed by the Helena and Frisco Mining Company on July 1, 1893, He worked nine days as a miner, and on the 10th was or- dered into the mill with a number of oth- ers. They demurred, but the managers of the mine assured them it was all right and that they would be protected. ’IFi)ey Te- mained in the mill all day and were then ordered to stay all night. The strikers in- vested the place and riddled the walls with bullets. They also blew up the adjoining mill, and Collis and his companions were all injured. The concussion knocked the plaintiff down and injured his hearing and jarred his spine to such an extent that he has been an invalid ever since. Miss L. H. Condon, administratrix of the estate of M. I. Halcrow, also sues for $76,000. He also had his spine, hearing and sight injured, and died some time after- ward, supposedly from the effects of the explosion. . K. Adams only asks for $21,500. He is deaf and partly blind, from the effects of a blow on the head. 1n his complaint he sets forth that- after the explosion the strikers broke into the mill and drove them out at the pointof the bayonet. He was struck over the head with the butt end ofa gun and received his injuries in that way. Frank West and Sophie Johnson, as ad- ministratrix of the estate of Johnson, deceased, both ask for $76,000 back pay, expenses and damages. West is partly deaf, his spine is injured and he is sligatly paralvzed. Johnson’s injuries kept him confined to the house up to the day of his death. The comgany is preparing to contest the claims, and the chances are that the cases will be before the courts for the next year. FAIR DAUGHTERS OF MARYLAND “The Three Graces’” Whose Beauty ‘Was Famou A tract of land comprising about 156 acres, just outside the western limits of Baltimore County and south of St. Agnes Hospital and St. Mary’s Industrial School, was offered for sale at auction Wednesday at the Real Estate Exchange, but was withdrawn after five small parcels, includ- ing forty-two acres, had been purchased at an average price of $327 an acre. The property is a portion of the lands owned in Maryland by the late Duchess of Leeds, a granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and daughter of Richard Caton, after whom the town of Catonsville is named. The Duchess died in 1874 and in her will directed that the real estate owned by her in this country should be disposed of by her executors and the money thus secured should be used for the purchase of real estate in England, all of which, together with the English realty which’ she pos- sessed at the time of her death, was be- queathed for life to the Marquis of Car- marthen, which is the courtesy title of the heir to the dukedom of Leeds. The pres- ent holder of the title is the grandson of a cousin of the Duchess’ husband, she hav- ing died without children. The property put up for auction is but a art of the estates in several counties in Maryland which came to her from Charles Carroll of Carrollton and his daughter. It was offered at first as a whole, but no bids being made for this, the choice of fourteen arcels of it was next offered. The bidding ?or first choice was a_hit spirited, and it was finally “knocked down’’ for $300 an acre to Ruxton M. Ridgeley. After that the prices offered became steadily smaller until the fifth purchase, when Auctioneer Kirkland announced, aiter a consultation with the American trustees of the estate, Messrs. Anthony A. Hirst and Alexander Yearley Jr., that the remainder of the land was withdrawn. ‘“We had expected to get at least $400 an acre,” said Mr. Kirk- land, “‘and not a bit of it can be secured for less than $275 an acre.”” The Duchess of Leeds was oneof the three famous daughters of Richard Caton, who, from their beauty and charms, were often called “The Three American Graces.” They became the wives of members of the British nobility. Louisa Catherine, the Duchess of Leeds, was the youngest of the trio. Mary Caton, the eldest, was at first the wife of Richard Patterson of Baltimore, brother of Mme. Elizabeth Patterson-Bona- parte, but in 1825 became the second wife of the famous Marquis of Wellesley, elder brother of the still more famous Duke of Wellington. Elizabeth Caton wes married in 1836 to Sir George William Stafford- Jerningham, Baron Stafford. The Duchess was herself wedded twice. She was first married in 1817 to Sir Felton Elwell Bathurst-Hervey, a colonel in the army, and an aid-de-camp on Welling- ton’s staff at the battle of Waterloo. The husband was made a !ollowingbyur ber b : baronet, but in 1819 he died, and in 1828 his widow became the wife of Francis Godol- phin D’Arcy Osborne, Marquis of Carmar- then, and efdeu son of the six-h Duke of Leeds. He succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1838, and died without issue in 1859, Ris widow died in 1874, at the age of 82. She was thelast of the three sistersto die. The Marchioness of Welles- ley haa died in 1853, and Lady Stafford in 1862. None of them had any children. The Dvchess wasa philanthropic woman, and during her lifetime used 'much of her share of the estates, which she and her sis- ters inherited equally from their mother and grandfather, in cstablishing and sup- §orti_ng two orphansges—one fi)r boys at fayfields, in County Sussex, England, and one for girls at Bletchingly, in the same county. In her will she provided liberalty for these two institutions, which axe under the control of Roman Catholic orders, and also gave Archbishop Manning £5000 for the maintenance, support and education of young men studying for holy orders in the Catholic church. Richard Caton, the father of the ““Three Graces,” was an Englishman who came to Baltimore in 1785.—Baltimore Sun. SUMMER USE FOR PUBLIC HALLS. The Bicycle Craze Brings Profits to the Lessees in the Dull Season. The present bicycle craze has been ex- tremely satisiactory to the owners of halls in various parts of town, many of which have been turned for the snmmer into bi- cycle schools. . There are more than 300 bicyele schools in all parts of town, and the number is increasing. A public hall in New York City is in chief demand during the autumn, winter and spring, and especially the winter months, when balls, receptions, banquets, presentations, weddings and dancing arties are most numerous. A popular all is often rented fine nights a week on an average, and on the east side of town there is serious competition to_secure an open Sunday night, for Sunday is deemed the most desirable night of the week. In autumn, in addition to the other seekers for public halls, the political organizations and candidates appear, desiring halls for mass-meeting or club-room purposes. But heretofore in summer there has been no demand for halls. Public receptions and entertainments are given in gardens or picnic grounds; thereare no mass-meet- ings of exultantor dissatisfied citizens; banquets are few, and dances there are none to sficak of. As ageneral thing, therefore, the lessees of halls find them- selves without customers at this season, and this is a double disadvantage because nearly every public hall in New York City is an annex to either a saloon or restaurant. ‘When the hall is rented, the demand for drinks or mealsisextensive; when it isun- tenanted there are no hungry or thirsty souls to be supplied, and the bar and res- taurant business of the hall suffers cor- respondingly. This year a proprietor of a hall, seeing "a dull season ahead and ob- serving also that the bicycle craze seemed to be growing, secured the services of a bicycle teacher, and thus made his hall rofitable for the summer. Soon other alls began to be utilized for the same pur- pose, and now there are many of them in which bicycle riding is taught at the aver- age rate of fifty centsa lesson, alesson lasting anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour. Just as the three months of sum- mer are the closed time for indoor dances they are the open season for cyclists and other ardent devotees of outdoor sport. In most cases those who have rented the halls for bicycle lessons have not been sat- istied to depend solely upon tuition charges for the revenue, but have added another business—the sale, on commission, of bicy- cles. An instructor has many facilities for making a pupil acquainted with the excel- lent qualities of a wheel in the booming of which he is interested. He hasequal facil- ity in pointing out the disadvantages of other wheels—at least, such disadvantages as may seem potentto the mind of his pu&il, the prospective purchaser. Vhile the bicycle craze lasts, or until knowledge of bicycle-riding has become more generally diffused than it is at present, these halls for bicycle instruction may be expected to fiourish. When, how- ever, the supply of pupils ceases, the sup- ply of instructors may be expected to fall off, tco, and when that time comes there may be many untenanted halls in New York City again. But meanwhile the pro- prietors of halls are reaping a rich harvest, and the bicycle instructors are doing well, too.—New York Sun. ———————— Spouting Whales Surround a Ship. Captain Mitchell of the steam tug Thomas J. Smith, which arrived here yes- terday from sea, having in tow the bone- laden Italian bark Oreb, from Buenos Ayres, which she picked up to the south- ward of Fenwicks Island, reports having been attacked by a tremendous school of whales at 11" o'clock in the morn- ing on Monday last, while cruis- ing forty miles southeast of Cape Henlo- pen. The whales surrounded the tug for a period of four hours, blowing large streams of water into the air, which completely shut out all view of the surroundings. Captain Mitchell says that in thirty years’ experience at sea on tugs he never before saw such large whales, nor were they ever known to congregate in such numbers so close to the land. It was a serious time on board the frail tug, and all hands were badly scared, as these monsters seemed infuriated, and dashed along the sides of the boat with great force. Captain Mitchell ran the en- gines full speed, and attempted to get clear of the school, but the huge marine animals followed the tug, almost swamp- ing her with the immense volumes of water they threw on board. Finding that any attempt to get awa; from them was futile, Captain Mitchell loaded up a large horse-pistol he had on board and began firing into them, but the bullets took no effect. One monster he put six bullets into, but it onmly infuriated the animal still more. It was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon when the leader of the school headed off shore and soon the whole number followed and disappeared.—Phila- delphia Press. A SOCIETY GIRL EXPERIENCE OF ONE OF OSWEGO'S PROMINENT LADIES. Living in an Agony of Fear for Months —Every Day a Fresh Chapter of Horror and Suffering. From the Oswego (N. Y.) Palladium, The following is the story of Miss Elizabeth Williams of 110 West Third street, Oswego, N. Y., a lady prominent in society circles, told a reporter DP the Oswego Dally Palladium, who called npon her at her home in that city yes- terday. Miss Williams is the daughter of the late Captain William Williams, who was for master of some of the finest pas- mers on the great lakes and an in- spector and raterof hulls for the Lloyd's marine records on the lakes. The story of her illness, given in her own way, follows: ok wunlwnfu regarded as healthy and robust by my family and iriends; in fact, I hardly knew what sickness was until the winter of 1893-94. I was then jtaken down with an at- tack of I grippe, from the attending effects of which I did not recover for months. There seemed to be a general breakdown in my health and constitution, winding up in the early sum- mer with nervous prostration and sciatic rheumatism. Ican’t describe my symptoms. My appetite was gone and for weeks f was un- able to eat or relish food but sparingly. I lost flesh rapidly and was as thin as a shadow. Local physicians attended me constantly. After months of treatmentI dismissed both and took my brother’s advice and tried Pink Pills. He had found them eflicacious for kid- ney trouble. Before I had finished taking the first box I noticed an improvement in my physical cendition. T be%nn to relish my food and my rheumatism troubled me less. Grad- ually the general tone of m{ health improved and my rheumatic pains left meentirely. I regained strength and took on flesh, until to- day I regard myself as thoroughly free from all ailment and in perfect health. My friends noted my improvement and I have never hesi- tated to tell them what Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills did for one sufferer. Itisthat others may be benefited;;that T make this statement and re- late my experiences.” Dr. Willlams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are considered an unfailing specific for such dis- eases as locomotor ataxia, pertial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous halflwhe, the aftereffects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow com- plexions, that tired feeli resulting from nervous prostration; all diseases resulting from vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, ete. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excess of whatever nature. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on recéipt of grice. (50 cents & box or six boxes for $2 50—they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by ad rens(ng,br. Wil liams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. NEW TO-DAY. lTfil’l‘ED STATES BRARCH STATEMENT ~——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE——— PHENIX ASSURARCE COMPANY F LONDON, ENGLAND, ON THE 31st DAY 894 end: erof the State of California, pursuant (o the ions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political condensed as pet blank furnished by the com- missioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Val ocks and Bonds owned | Cash in Compan $1,775.812 50 3,594 03 Cash in Bani 16,539 05 in ha States 425,205 79 cks and Loan: 17,942 50 Premiums in due Course of Coliec- tlon... sereass ceeiie v..... 247,766 68 Due from other Companies for rein- surance on losses already paid. 17,186 56 Total Assets. . $2,504,437 11 LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpai $52,327 00 Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense............ 169.870 00 Losses resisted inclnding expenses 34,724 00 Gross premiums on Fire RIsks roj ning one yearor less, $1,801,535 reinsurance at 50 per cent 900,767 67 Gross premiums on Fire Ri ning more than one year, $1.102,- 643 40, reinsurance pro rata. . 539,289 69 76,577 11 ... 81,773,555 47 All other demands against the Com: PADY...... AR Total Liabilities. INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums. & -..$1,946,924 26 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources. 69,485 44 82,016,409 70 Total Income. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses......$1,195,513 86 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. . 380,088 57 Paid for Sala hy charges for officers. clerks, etc. 98,782 52 Paid for State, National and taxes. e 73,774 98 All other payments and expendi- T . 100,912 05 Total Expenditures.. +eerer $1,848,871 98 Fim Losses incurred during the year......$1,151,08500 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the| year... $339,018,012 §3,310,244 28 Net amount of Risks| | expired during the| ! 3 ....| 815,145817| 8.232,284 02 Net amount in force ‘ December 31, 1894.| 293,3 2,904,178 73 A. D. IRVING, anager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1895. GEO. 0. RUGER, Notary Public, BUTLER & HALDAN, General Agents for Pacific Coast, 413 California Street, San Francisco. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITIGN AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— PENNSYLVAMA ~ FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ON the 31st day of December, A. D. 1884, and for the year ending on that day, as made o the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank fur- nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company. $134,500 00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage. ... 686,320 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company.. 2,612,938 00 Amount of Loans secured by ple of Bonds, Stocks aud other marks able securities as collateral 283,550 00 Cash in Company’s Office. 232 52 Cash in BADKS............ 148,401 40 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and LOBDS. ... ............... 1,030 04 Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages. SRR 16,130 23 Premiums in due course of Coll tion 214,922 00 Rents due and aceru 750 00 $4,098,774 19 Total Assets.. LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpaid. $34,710 24 Losses in process of Adjustm Suspense. 109,161 44 Losses resi , X 16,239 00 Gross Premiums on Fire Bisks run- Ding one year ot leas, 1,429,436 93, reinsurance 50 per cent. 714,718 47 Gross Preminms on Fire Ri: Dping_more than one vear, $1,08 716 53, reinsurance pro rata. . 580,859 27 Amount reclaimable by the insured on Perpetual Fire Insurance Poli- : 749,833 46 4,000 00 ..$2,209,521 88 Total Liabilities....... INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire $1,591,579 75 miums. Received tor interest on Bonds and Mortgages... 84,394 86 Received for interest and aividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other source 187,476 62 Received for Rentt 3,661 07 Total Income. 30 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses. Dividends to Stockholaers. . ... Paid or allowed for Commission or $1.786, $978,337 87 60.000 00 £ 429,422 01 charges for officers, Z 51,700 00 Paid for State, National and taxes.. ...... 29,545 68 Allother payments and expenditures. 50,263 89 Total Expenditures.... ..81,509,269 45 FIRE. Losses incurred during the year...... $926,957 60 Risks and Premhlms.} Fire Risks. | Premiums. | Net amount of Risks| | written during the/ | . $179,085,933| $1,088,346 28 h 5 expired during the T ........... l 154,647,862| 1,831,314 49 ea Net amount_in forc ‘ December 31 65,299 2,515,153 48 R. DAL NSON, President. ‘W. GARDNER CROWELL, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th dsy of January, 1895. GEO. W. HUNT, Commissioner of Deeds. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERNITY OF CALIFORNIA HE GRADUATION EXERCISES WILL take place at the Baldwin Theater, Saturday Afternoon, July 13, 1895, at 2 o’clock. The Public is Cordially Invited. MUSIC BY SCHEEL’S ORCHESTRA. R. A. MCLEAN, M.D,, . 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