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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1895. HOBART ESTATE LIABLE. A Second Opinion Handed Down in the Hale & Nor- cross Suit. THE JUDGMENT AFTER DEATH.| Hobart Died Before the Findings Were Filed, but That Makes No Difference. decision holding the W. S. Hobart pro rata, for the §210,197 50 the Hale & Norcross case was by the Supreme A e Hebbard’s decision was rendered a fore Mr. Hobart died, but it was | after th eath of that defe: nt that the findings were filed. Upon application by he plaintiffs the executors of the Hobart estate were made defendants in the place of Mr. Hobart, and the executors appealed from that order. The court states that this appeal is prac- tically the same as that already decided, and with a statement of the legal aspect of the case the court in the opinion writ- ten by Justice Ha : The rights of the parties are not to be preju- diced by the dela the court espeet o any of these acts ¢ d ay’s s of law, as ereon, nunc will preserve those in & purpose to pre- s necessary to invoke is requisite in effect- the code were silent re- re in case of the death of a ion, the court would be decision as compl rior to his death. therefore, it was d become fina 1p ons of law on should be filed rior to e death of Hobart. 2 became in all respects ally mede befe his isions of se on 669 ent thereon should be entered after an 1 as of a date a By so doing th ive as if ac and by the prc jude of this provision, and considering 1f, we th k that 1 have been to tered as of the e co-defendants of the j Hobarf Th e and the against the 10,1 0, iate that for the sun A MENACE IN' RICHMOND. The District School House on First Avenue Is Without a Sewer. Important Matters to Be Discussed at a Public Meeting To-Night. The citizens of Richmond District have made many complaints at various ti about the lack of sewerage in connection with the Richmond School, on First avenue, just north of Point Lobos avenue. They assert that for want of sewer con- nection there is an unusual amount of moisture under the schoolhouse, and that at various seasons of the year the atmos- phere in the immediate vicinity is charged with malaria, which in a greateror less degree affects the health of the children. ““My daughter,” said Charles H. Hubbs, president of the Richmond District Im- provement Association, yesterday, ‘“was ane of the pupils of that school, and while there she was always suffering from some trouble or other, such as diphtheria, a cold and the like. I took her away from there and sent her to the Denman School, and since she has been a pupil there there is | not, I am happy to say, a healthier school- girl in San Francisco.” The school building, a two-story frame one, is somewhat below the grade of Point Lobes avenue, in a hollow into which the rainfall of the winter naturally flows, 2and much of it finds its way under the school building. The sun in a measure dries up the ground surrounding the house and ab- sorbs the moisture, but it never affects that under the house; consequently the spot upon which it stands is always damp. “‘Yes, there has been much complaint about the lack of sewerage at the school,” said Henry Vorrath, one of the oldest set- tlers on the Point Lobos road, “‘and what is needed is a sewer on First avenue. ““If the City authorities donot wish to do any better at this time they should at least lay an iron pipe or cement sewer from the school to the Point Lobos avenve sewer, a distance of not over 150 feet. It wouid not cost much, and would place the school in a safe condition.” T, G. Parker, president of the Richmond Improvement Club, said that at a meeting of the club to be held to-night there would be discussed several matters of importance to.the people of the district. One of these would be the sewer question, and placing of the Richmond School in a perfect sani- tary condition; another the subject of the proposed removal of the grammar grades from the school; still another, the proposition to build a home for dipso- maniacs in the district, and still another the proposition to force the people to use binémel for macadamizing steests: RED ROCK MINES. Sttt Fad T B o Camp Padre in Kern County. [Special Correspondence of THE CALL.] CAMP PADRE, Red Rock, Kern County, Cal., Aug. 1, 1895.—In 1894 many prospec- torsrushed into Red Rock and the other desert placer camps. Among them were numbers of quartz miners, who, finding no satisfactory quartz veins in the placer field turned their attention to the old Sageland district, a long deserted camp, fifteen miles west of Red Rock. Some old mines were cleaned out with good results, notably the Kelso Valley group and the Burning Mosco mine. It was soon discovered that the principal veins of the Sageland mineral belt lay on the heretofore non-prospected desert side of the Gold Hill Range, there having been discovered and recorded in less than one year twenty-*wo claims that contain pay ore. This list does not .con- tain any but clayms that have a fair show- ing of gold. These claims lie in a group near springs containing plenty of water for milling purvoses, and run in a general direction’ of southeast by mnorthwest through very gigantic rocks which are traversed in all directions by dikes | Mojave on the Southern Pacific Railroad, | mauga National Par of quartzite, porphyry, etc. However, so far as prospected, there has been no mineral found in paying quantities 1n the contact veins! These veins are fissures of al sizes, from a few inches to several feet, and range in value from a few dollars to up in the hundreds, and, while richer in spots, are not what can be called pockety veins, being of very even value. As a rule, in the richer veins, while horning even throughout, the amount of face ore obtain- able is small. From sixty to a hundred feet in depth the veins are badly shattered by faults, sometimes being thrown three and four feet from the true course, which, with the lack of cheap water power, makes it a good country for a poor man to keep out of. However, ten miles away there is a stream that carries 150 inches of water ght or ten months in the year thatcan be got under a pressure of 250 to 300 feet. with two miles of ditch which could be for an_electric-power plant, and on the Sierra Nevada Mountains, twelve miles with good roads, there is an abun- of the best of timber. The nature of the country and the char- acter of the veins make it a country that ay not readily attract rich men. Prob- as long as the projects remain in the discoverer’s hands it will not, on account of the lack of capital to develop it, be a very great producer. The ore is worked by a horse-arastra and the process is slow, as an erage of only about 400 pounds of rock can be crushed in a day under favor- able circumstances. With plenty of water for milling purposes, no heavy grades to make in twenty-five or thirty miles from and thousands of tons of ore in sight that will mill from $5 to $25 per ton, this small section of Kern County (this new district being less than four miles square) should produce more gold than the whole county does at present. But as the claims are as favorably situated as gold is usually found under, I suppose we will have to keep on arastraing out grubstakes until discovered by some foreign company. Then our local mining men will wonder how they missed it, and will growl about Englishmen com- ing in and gobbling up the best mines, The desert placer claims are turning out their usual amount of gold. W. C. Rice. G A B EACKMPMENT, A Fair Delegation of Califor- nians Will Visit Louisville. Veterans From This State Will Not Seek the Honors of Offlice. The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Louisville next month will be attended by quite a number of representative Californians belonging to i the fraternity. At department headquar- ters of the Grand Army in this City it is | ascertained that Charles E. Wilson, com- HALE & NORCROSS DRAMA M. W. Fox Says an Attempt Was Made to Assassi- nate Him. HE TALKED TO A HIRELING. But Nothing Deterred Him From Carrying the Famous Case to a Finish. No man knows better than M. W. Fox the bitter feeling engendered by the Hale & Norcross suit. As the sole plaintiff, though represent- ing several hundred others whose interests are identified with his own, the enmity of the other side was directed to him, and, as has already been told, every pressure was brought to bear on him to induce his with- drawal from the suit. Not only two and three hundred thousand dollars were offered to him in consideration that he sign an agreement to stop proceedings, but over half a million was tendered by the emissaries of the Hale & Norcross people as the price of his selling out the otherand poorer stockholders, who looked on him as their savior, though they gave him noth- ing Beyond their moral support. Some of them gave him much less, and accused him of being the one chiefly interested in hoiding back the Supreme Court deci But there was more tban this. Mr. Fox is convinced that an attempt was to have been made on his life during one of his visits to the mine. Those who are well acquamnted with the man know that heis not one io be deterred from carrying out his purpose by any fear or threat of un- certain danger, and the delicacy of his position can readily be appreciated when 1t is understood information was conveyed to him that two men had been hired to assass e him while he was making his inquiries and investigations at the mines. TChough alone and single-handed he de- termined to go on with his self-imposed task and meet, if necessary, these hidden enemies. The result is best told in his own words: I had not been up to the mines more than two days when I learned that a plot wason foot to put me under the sod. Idid not know from which guarter to expect the danger, but 1 bided my time and kept my eyes and ears 1 was rewarded. A man on whom v as & iriend gave me a tip, and I by sight and name the men who If they could not y to make way with me. involve me in & fight they were instructed not to hesitate at plugging me in the dark. Very One day, while walking down the me of these hired assassins met me, engaged In conversation. He did most alking, and finally, to bring the farce ose, [ whirled on him and said: “I am t0ld that some of you fellows have been mander; T. C. Masteller, assistant adju- : A. J. Buckles, William R. Smedberg, R. H. Warfield, C. Mason | Kinne W. Barrett, L. B. Burbeck, J. B. Lauck and Dr. S. American will attend. The delegation will leave this City Sep- | tember 6, and when the encampment work | is concluded will probably attend the dedi- | cation of the Chattanooga and Chicka- | The Governors of | nearly all the States East of the Rocky Mountains will visit the battlefields of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chic uga and T: idg Union and Confederate veterans will there assem- ble in great numbers to assist in marking positions occupied by the various corps, divisions and brigades which participated in the great battles which were there fought in the autumn of 1863. Californians will not go to the Louisville encampment with any purpose to contend for honors in the election of officers. The leading candidates for commander-in-chief are Colonel 1. N. Walker of Indiana and Major Thaddeus Clarkson of Nebraska. Colonel Walker came within eleven votes of winaing 1irst honors at Pittsburg last | September, and there is a widespread be- | hel;thm. he will prove a winner at Louis- ville. St. Paul is on the slate for the encamp- | ment of 1896, and Baltimore is said to have the call for the National meeting in 1897, The sentiment among Grana Army com- rades on the other side of the continent in favor of coming to California again is so active that S8an Francisco has only to enter the race to win. The generous scale on which the encampment of 1886 was con- ducted in this State is still the campfire talk, and many veterans look eagerly for- ward to another reunion here. It is| thought by Grand Army men in San Fran- | cisco that in the year 1889 overtures should be made to bring the encampment of 1900 to this City. THE LEVINSON SUIT. Supreme Court Decision in the Case That Occasioned Attorney Phil- brook’s Trouble. The litigation over the estate of John Levinson, formerly of Newman & Levin- son, was disposed of yesterday by the Su- preme Court. It was this case that brought Attorney Horace W. Philbrook into trouble with the | court, which trouble resulted in his dis- barment. J. W. Goodwin, the administrator of the estate, was charged with misconduct of his office, and he was cited to show cause why the letters of administration shotld not be revoked. Attorney Philbrook represented some of the heirs who opposed the ad- ministrator, and in a brief that he sub- mitted to the Supreme Court he intimated that the case was not being properly Gealt with, as Justice Harrison bad formerly been one of the attorneys on the opposite side. Goodwin was exonerated by the Superior Court and this decision is affirmed by the Supreme Court, but with some slight modifications. Dr. C. F. Buckley’s fee of $50 for testifying as an expert was cut down from $50 to $2. The expert’s com- missions were cut down from $673 to $433, and Goodwin was declared to be entitled to $997 instead of $1043. The court affirmed the allowance of $500 to Henley & Mc- Sherry, attorneys for the administrator. In relation to the actions of the attor- neys the court said: Without signifying approval of all the methods employed by counsel and by the ad- ministrator to bring about the compromises, it ought to be said that the evidence does not substantiate appellants’ charge that they and the administrator “became traitors to the in- sts of the decedent’s estate, and treacher- Iy exerted themselves to bring about a judgment for the deferdants. * * Since the court found that the charge of misfeasance against the respondent was false, it properly allowed him credit for the item of sfon paid for assistance of counsel in defending himself egainst the same: it would be otherwise if the charges were sustained.” FIVE HUNDRED PLACES. Work Found for a Large Number of the Unemployed. A fine-appearing man of middle age ap- plied to the Free Labor Bureau yesterday for work. He is a chemist and druggist and Lis diplomas and recommendations showed him to pe a competent and reliable person. He told a sad story of poverty and want, and said his wife and littie child were in destitute circumstances. He had been in the State only thiee months, but had not been able to secure employment. Now he was ready to do anything, trom I\icking fruit to railroad grading. Deputy Dam is making arrangements for the man to go to work at once. Yesterday work was found for eighteen women and twelve men, making nearly 500 positions found for the unemgloyeu since the bureau started, three weeks ago to-day. —————— At a bazaar held in Parisrecently the net proceeds were over $50,000. | qu | instructed not to allow me to go away from | here except in & pine box in the express-car, {aud 1 want to say right here thatlam ac- inted with the plot from beginning to end, that I intend o carry out my original in- tion and see where this ore and bullion is taken to in the middle of the night.” The party was disconcerted at first and asked me w I meant. I told him,and further stated that one of the men in the compact to kill me was not far away; in fact, he was in sight. That was the last I had to do with him personally, though you may be sure I kept my eyes open all the time I was at the mines. At last Mr. Fox has won his fight, but_will nor bring criminal proceedings against the defendants. He thinks that rests with the District Attorney and the Grand Jury. —_—— MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED. No One Ready to Proceed Against the Hale & Norcross Defend- ants, The most interesting matter to the old- timers ahout the stock boards in relation to the Hale & Norcross case is whether the defendants, whom the Supreme Court charged with conspiracy to defraud, will | be prosecuted. As yet no one seems willing to take the initiative in the matter, and thus far the plaintiff, M. W. Fox, his attorney, W. T. Baggett, and the District Attorney’s office, have disclaimed any intention of pro- ceeding. District Attorney Barnes said yesterday that his office had not given the matter sufficient attention on account of the work Durrant case, to say whether or not se should come under their notice. We cannot move in the matter of our own volition, but can merely act when the matter is called to our attention by the injured parties, who in this case are the stockholders of the mine. There are two grades ot con- spiracy to defraud, so to speak. one of which comes under the civil law and the other under the Criminal Code. Which of these this case | belongs to we have not as yet had a chance to determine, not having read the tull decision as rendered by the Supreme Court. It would seem that the matter is one for the Grand Jury to take cognizance of, in which case, of course, it would eventually come to us. Attorney Baggett is also shy of anything but the civil end of the matter. He said yesterday : I have nothing to do with any criminal prosecution of these men and do not know whether there is to be any. The matter be- longs to the State, and I have no doubt the State will deal with them according to their deserts. Mr. Baggett is much elated over the de- cision of the Supreme Court, and says while that tribunal did not fully sustain the lower court the result amounts practically to a victory. On this point he said: The defendants cannot carry the matter to the Supreme Court, so that the verdict against Haywnrd, Hobart and Levy is finally won, and in the case of the others the remand for a new trial merely throws the door open for more testimony, which we are ready and willing to give. Ihave nodoubt about the final result. As M. W. Fox, the plaintiff in the civil suit, has stated that he will not begin criminal proceedings the case will probably rest where it is, unless the Grand Jury takes it up. In spite of the predictions of the stock sharps, who prophesied a wild boom in mining shares when the Hale & Norcross decision came in, the market has remained quiet even to dullness, and Hale & Nor- cross itself has not comeout of the lethargy in which it was sunk before the Supreme Court finished its labors on the case. There was much suppressed excitement about the stock boards when the sessions opened Mondu{ and old-timers appeared on the street for the first time in years to witness the flurry, but they were disap- pointed, for the market acted as if laborin, under the influence of a bear raid an went back a few pegs rather than ad- vancing. Considerable trading was done, bat Nor- cross went steadily back from $160 to $1 35, at which figure 2350 shares changed hands. The boomers were crestfallen, but they were still willing to believe in their boom and said: ‘“Oh, that's all right; the big buyers are merely geiting the lay of the land. Look out for a scramble for shares to-morrow.” Yesterday the market remained about in the same condition and the stock did not 0 more than 10 cents per share either way. here is a peculiar story on the street to account for the dullness in Hale & Nor- cross. Itissaid that ever since the case was sent to the Supreme Courta certain money broker has through his agents been buying in Hale & Norcross stock at the lowest possible figures from disgusted stockholders for many months. How much he has corralled and holds ready to manipulate even the knowing ones can only conjecture. A BUSINESS WOMAN. How Mrs. Martha Gottchang Made Money Out of a Saloon. Mrs. Martha Gottchang conducted a saloon at 112 Geary street. On Monday Francis Sigmundy bought an_interest in the saloon on representations that the rent, which she said was $45 per month, had been paid up and the saloon was doing a fine business. He found that the rent was $75 per month and that_there was $115 overdue to Easton, Eldridge & Co. He found, also, that Mrs. Gottchang had sold his interest yesterday to two brothers for $250. He ‘‘kicked” and she gave him $150 and he gracefully retired. The collector for Easton, Eldridge & Co. went to the saloon yesterday to collect the rent and he was chased out by a man with a knife. He met Detective Anthony and the detective took Mrs. Gottehang to police headquarters. She promised to pay the rent and left with the collector for that purpose. No charge has been preferred against her by Sigmundy or the two bnlnhers, who now hold possession of the saloon. - THE OITY HALL OOMMISSION. Members Do Not Like the Look of Bids for Terra Cotta Work. The contractors for the dome on the City Hall have applied for and received an ex- tension of thirty days from August 10 in which to complete their work. A year ago they agreed to finish the same in six months, and it was intimated that exten- sion of time will be hard to get hereafter. ‘When the Commissioners met yesterday morning a communication from A. J. O’'Loghlen, the expert for the Commission- ers, stating that he had discovered the dis- crepancy in the accounts of the Commis- sioners. It amounted to $300,000, and was caused by the fact that the exrenses of the first City Hall commission had not been included in any of the estimates. Bids for the terra cotta work in the rotunda were opened. Only two had been submitted, one from D.J. Brennan for $6200 and one from the Ral Building and Contracting Company for $6235. The revious bid from each concern was nearly 1000 less than the ones submitted yester- day and when the commission ascertained this fact they decided to investigate the matter before taking any action. REVIEW OF REAL ESTATE. The First Six Months of 1895 Show Largely Increased Values. Property on California Street and Broadway Is More Than Holding Its Own. The total sales of real estate in the City and County of San Francisco during the first six months of the current year amounted to $8,904,173. These figures ex- ceed by over $1,000.000 the first half of 1894, and over §2,200,000 in advance of the last x months of that year. As a further cor- roboration of the oft-repeated assertion that realty values are gradually assuming something like their normal condition, the sales to July 1, 1895, are $1,000,000 ahead of any similar period since 1892. The figures for the last three years are as follows: First six months, 1895 First six months, 189 Last six months, 1894 . 2 First six months, 18 . 8177,813 Last months, 18! 5,443,679 April'was the larzest month of the year, 624,145, while February made the poorest showing, recording sales to the value of $714,801. Sales recorded of Western Addi- tion proverty reach the magnificent sum of $2,515,440, the next largest on the list being the Mission Addition, with $1,080,- 966. City slip and water-lot purchases, show an increase over any year except the first six months of 1894, when the sales amounted to $841,800. There was a much better market the second quarter of the half year than dur- ing the first three months. As a whole prices were hardly up to those received during the first quarter, though it is not to be supposed as indicating a retrograde feel- ing. Whatever the cause may have been that leads to this letting-up inprices, the market more than recovered itself during July, and each week succeeding shows an upward tendency. he only residence property to absolutely hold its own so far as prices go_is that section lying between Lnfirumin, Broadway, Gough and Devisa- dero streets. All other sections of the City show depreciated prices as compared with six yearsago, though they are considerably in advance of the figures of 1892 and 1893. In connection with real estate, mort- gages and releases for the first six months of 1895 compare favorably with any year since 18%0. The total number of mort- gages recorded this year was 2398, of the value of $8,070,726, while the releases were 1465, of the value of $7,050,851. The in- crease of debt was therefore only $1,019,875 on a sale showing during the first six months of $8,904,178. The Hibernia Bank loaned $2,931,235 in the City during the half year, and released $2,534,004. To this fact of the return payments nearly equal- ing the loans is attributed the reauction of the rate of interest to 614 per cent. Taken as a whole the condition of real estate is pleasing to the holders and men engaged In the business of buying and flefiing. They do not expect or want a boom, but they are confident that prices will go up steadily. RAILROADS OF RICHMOND. What 1s Being Done by the Cable and Eleotric Lines of the Dis- trict. It is currently reported in Richmond that the Market-street Cable Company intend to construct an electric line from Fulton or D street along Seventh avenue to Point Lobos, connecting there with the road yet to be built to the Cliff House. It will be remembered that the Market-street Company has no privileges along Point Lobos avenue, yet, by the grace of the Park Commissioners, they are enabled to figuratively snap their fingers in the face oFlhe residents and proceed with ths work when it pleases them. The people recog- nize that at present at least, the company holds the whip handle, and that they intend to build or not, as suits their con- venience. 2 The California-street dummy line, run- ning from Central avenue to the Cliff House, will soon be converted into an electric road. The exact time of com- mencing the work has not yet_ been deter- mined, though the change will be made before the rains commence. % The Sutter-street Railway 1s anxious for an outlet to the park, and work will begin next week on what is called the Pacific- avenue extension. They will build from the present terminus on Devisadero street west to Walnut, and a part of the material is now on the ground for this purpose. It is proposed to lay five blocks of cable trench to Walnut avenue, making that Wmm the terminus of the cable system. hen this work is completed the Sutter- street company will build an electric line west along Walnut avenue through Rich- mond to the park. 7 The Sutro railroad will be in operation not later than October 1. The present delay in work is caused by the injunction taken out by the City Cemetery. While Mr. Sutro is perfectly satisfled” that the suit will be decided in favor of the railroad he prefers to be on the safe side, and there- fore will not begin putting up the wires until that point is settled. The case will be heard some time during the present month. Twelve of the twenty-four cars ordered have been completed and work on the remainder is being pushed as rapidly as possible. $0 ——————— An Abandoned Babe. A mnewly born baby girl was found in the verd in rear of the Hillsdale House, corner of Sixth and Jessie streets, yesterday afternoon. It had nothing but a piece of cheese cloth wrapped around it. The Southern police sta- tion was notified, and Policeman D. Murphy took the abandoned babe to the Receiving Hos- ital, where Matron Kane attended 0 ber. € is & fine, healthy baby. CHARLES FAIR RETURNS. He Says the Will Case Has Never Caused Him to Worry. TO STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. Denles That He Is Interested In Real Estate Transactions Through Agents. Charles Fair has returned from his trip to Alaska and Yellowstone Park, which points he has been visiting for the last three months. During his absence the Pioneer mine has been sold, and a few new phases have ap- peared regarding the late Senator’s will. “‘In regard to the sale of the mine,” said 1\_41-. Fair yesterday, ‘1 am perfectly satis- fied with the price, as it was the same as father had always asked for it; that is, for his share. Half of the mine belonged to Alfred Davis. It is a good-paying prop- erty, and the amount paid was a good fair price.” Mr. Fair was not disposed to say very much regarding the will contest, on the ground that he had not been in the City for some time, and that he was always far away from any means of communication. “There is one thing, though, that I can say with perfect frankness,”” he said, *‘and it is that I feel perfectly safe about the whole thing and don’t worry. The for- feiture clause amounts to nothing, and was merely put mn to intimidate me, which I do not propose shall be done. So faras the result is concerned I am perfectly satisfied to wait. In less than two years I will come into the money left me by my mother. Originally $500,000 was left to my brother James, and in the event of his death that money was to zo to me. There was $500,000 left in my name also. I will get half in one year from April, and the remainder in one year from October. As to my father’s estate, I have never received a 10-cent piece and do not know when I will. The trust business seems to be a strange proceeding to me, and I do not understand why it is permitted. All I have got to do is to remain here and watch the result.’’ Speaking of ramors regarding the real estate transaction Mr. Fair was to enter into he said: “I have never instructed any one to buy propertv for me and all the real estate I have purchased was bought some time ago. There was no further instruc- tion given any one to make purchases for me and it is not likely that there will be. “I am very giad that the work on the North Beach property is still going on. It gives a good deal of work to people who need it, and when it is graded there will be forty-four blocks, which will probably be divided into residence or manufacturing sections. 1t will take about three years more to finish it, and by that time it will be a verv valuable piece of property. I hope they will continue working there until the job is done.” Mr. Fair denied also that he intended making a trip to Europe, and said that both himself and Mrs. Fair would return to their home on Van Ness avenue to stay for some time or until the big will case is settled. MY ART COURSE ADOPTD The Mark Hopkins Institute Requirements for a Cer- tificate. A New Term Soon to Open—Change in the Faculty—Among the Local Artists. The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art will reopen on the 15th of August. Yesterday the board of directors met and adopted the course of study recom- mended by the school committee. Asan affiliated college of the University of Cali- fornia it was necessary that the school should have a prescribed course leading to a ‘‘certificate of proficiency” upon the sat- isfactorv completion of the required work. It will be a three years’ course, divided as follows: First year—Drawing. First term—Antique. Second term—Antique and life. Second year—Drawing, painting and compo- sition. First term—Antique and life. Second term—Antique and life, painting from life and composition and modeling. Third year—Painting class. First term— Painting and drawing from life and composi- tion. Second term—Painting from life, compo- sition and perspective. Third year—Class in sculpture. First term— Modeling from life and composition. Second term—Modeling from life, composition, ele- mentary architecture and ornament. Students will be advanced a grade at any time they show proper proficiency. The portrait class of last year has been done away with owing to_the resignation of Mr. Kunath, the former teacher. Students wishing to take portrait work during the next _year will be instructed by either Arthur F. Mathews or Amedee Joullin. Life models will cost $48 per month next year, so $1 a month exira will be required of each student taking the life work. The amount Mr. Kuneth used to receive as salary will be divided between Messrs. Tilden and Yelland, who will do extra work. The latter will take the landscape class to the count: August 15 to November 15 and from April 15 to May 15. § There are five teachers in the art faculty and if, as is expected, the new term shall open with the usual number of students there will be about ninety pupils, fully two-thirds being women. "A third of the pupils are sufficiently advanced to be able to secure the certificate of proficiency in another year. In the latter part of October or early in November an exhibition of local and foreign pictures will be given at the insti- tute. Among the local artists there is not much doing. Mr. Joullin is working some Alameda oaks. Mr. Peixotto, who has recently returned after a two years’ stay in Holland and France, has opened a studio where he was formerly located—609 Sacra- mento street. At present he is doing some illustrating for character stories to appear in Scribner’s. In September or in October he purposes to have an exhibition at Vickery’s, consisting principally of sketches of peasant life in France and Holland, together with several Dutch in- teriors. Miss Marion Froelich, a former pupil at the art school, has resumed her ptq:ittion as instructor in art at Irving In- stitute, —_— REAL ESTATE TRANSAOTIONS. City and County of San Francisco to Clementina A. Marschutz, lot on N _line of Vallejo street, 150 E of Laguna, E 50 by N 137:6; $—. John Wooll and George B. Rosewell (executors White) to Jonas Schoenfeld, lot on SE corner of Post and Buchanan streets, S 87:6 by E 87:6; $18,000. Daniel and Eflen Einstein to Louise 8. Borle, lot ¥§7Eu“"efi)>' Scott street, 112:6 8 of Fell, S 25 by E David Livingston to Lina Livingston, lot on NE gomer of California and Broderick strects, & 55 by Jonn and Amanda Rapp to Arnold Debarcy, lot on E line of Lott street, 100 S of Golden Gate ave- nue, S 87:8 by E 137:6; $10. Joaquin Campo to Emanuel and Mary Veliadao, Andrea J., John and Emanuel de Campo, 1ot on N line of Geary street,126:6 W of Lyon, W 25 by N 100: also lot on W line of Wood street, 871:9 N of Polnt Lobos avenue, N 53 by W 100; $10. Leopold Seligman (by 1. Stelnhart, attorney) to William Gruenhagen, Iot ‘on ne of Ashbury street, 100 N of Fell, ¥ 50 by W 106:3: $2. ‘William Gruenhagen to Marie Gruenhagen, same; ife. s William H. Hathaway to Beverley B. Hathaway, undivided half of lot on E line of Howard street, of estate of Fann, on_Saturdays from | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. CLEARANCE SPECIALS A STARTLING SACRIFIGE! In directing attention to the SPECIAL LINES SELECTED FOR CLEAR- ANCE TO-DAY we strongly recommend intending purchasers to CALL EARLY, as the goods cannot fail to go off with a rush at the PRODIGIOUS REDUCTIONS QUOTED! FANCY SILK VELVET! At 25 Cents a Yard. ¥ 2 300 yards FANCY SILK VELVET, in 2 to 6 yard lengths, former price $150, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. COLORED DRESS GOODS! At 2B 140 pieces 37-INCH ALL-WOOL MIXED Cents. CHEVIOT DRESS GOODS, in mixed, mottled checks and bourettes, former price 40c and 50¢, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. 50 Cents. At 3 87 pieces 46-INCH SUPERFINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH HENRIETTAS, in a variety of shades, former price $1, will be closed out at 50c a yard. 75 FINE ALL-WOOL CREPON SUITS, plain colors, former price $1250, will be closed out at $3 50 each. BLACK DRESS GOODS! At SO Cents. 25 pieces 42-INCH EXTRA HEAVY ALL-WOOL ENGLISH CHEVIOT, worth $1, will be viosed out at 50c a yard. RIBBONS! At B 10,000 yards of SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN will be closed out at 5¢c. RIBBONS ! Cents. RIBBONS, value 7}4c, 10¢c, 12)4c and 15c, At 10 Cents. 10,000 yards of SATIN AND GROSS-GRAIN RIBBONS, value 20¢ and 25c, will be closed out at 10c. PURSES! PURSES! At 5 Cents. 500 PURSES, in seal and alligator, value 25¢ and 35¢, will be closed out at 5¢. CORSETS! At S CORSETS! 1.00. 98 dozen LADIES’ CORSETS, made of fine English coutil, sateen striped, long waist and high bust, with patent-loop eyelets, perfect French model, drab and black color, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at $1 each. LADIES’ WAISTS! 35 At 50 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy stripes and checks, Cents. regu- lar price 75¢ and $1, will be closed out at 35c. MEN’S FURNISHINGS! <45 32 dozen MEN'S Cents. At “STANLEY” SHIRTS, with laundried collars and cuffs; also Un- laundried White Shirts, with colored percale bosoms and attached or detachable cuffs (odd sizes), regular price §1, will be closed out at 45c each. Harket Streat, corner of Jones SATN FRANOISOD- 130 § of Eighteenth, E 122:6 by S 60, subject to life estate and mortgage; $2500. Robert L.and Arthur F. Christie to Theresa F. Christie, lot on NW corner of Church and Cumber- 1and stréets, N 64 by W 105; $5. M, Morgenthau Compans (a corporation) to Rosie Lafee, lot on N line of Twenty-second street, 25 E of York, E 25 by N 97:6; $10. Joseph H. Hammond to Etta E.Hammond, lot on W line of Howard street, 137:6 N of Twenty- fourth, N 35:6 by W 122:6; $10. Same to same. lot_commencing 75 N of Twenty- fourth street and 122:6 W of Howard, N 62:6, & 107, SW 120: $10. John M. and Martha Ward to William M. Bun- ker, lot on W line of Eureka street, 75 S of Nine- teenth, § 37, W 125, S 12:6, W 125, N 24:6, E 125, N 25, £ 125: $10. Jacob and Lina Heyman to Armand Harze, lot on E line of Hoffman (Ellen) street, 26:6 N of Twenty-third, N 25 by E 90: $10. Mary Harris to Marks Harrls, 1ot on NW line of Park Lane South, 184:114 NE of Third street. NE 26, NW 97:8, SW 21:6, 5§ 35:15%, SE 72:434; gift. Marks Harris to Sadle Harris, same: $10. Frank W. McEwen to Delia Thornton. lot on W 1ine of Tenth ayenue, 175 S of Point Lobos, S 25 by W 120; $10. Lizzie B. Barnes (nee Williams) and Harry W. Williams to Fienry Mahan, lot on N line of C street, 102:6 W of Fourteenth avenue, W 50 by N 124 §200. ? Jacob and Lina Heyman to Edward A. Gray, lot on NE corner of U street and Forty-fitth avenue, E 32:6 by N 100; $10. George H. and Annie Gerwin to Henry Jepsen, lovon W line of Thirty-seventh avenue, 200 Sof T street, S 50 by W 120: $10. E. A. and Lilllan L. McCarthy to Hugh Mc- Glinchey, lot 35, block 29, Sunnyside: $10. Mary Kennedy (executrix for the estate of Ellen Caslin) to James Shields, lot 28, block 8, Flint Tract Homestead: $1000. Jacob and Lina Heyman to Alexander H. Lock- wobd, lot on SW_corner of Powhattan and Idaho $iscels, 8 35,y W. 100, Dlock 3, Tiapman Trac: 0. Catherine L., James F., Louise and Rrederick Pearce to William M. Wade, lot 6, block 87, Uni- versity Mound Tract; $10. John Ruger 10 Charles C. Ruger, lots 296 and 297, Silver Terrace Homestead; $10. ALAMEDA COUNTY. John H. and Johanna Eliis to Francisco da Camara Brown, lot 13, block 24, North Alameda ‘Tract, East Oakland; $10. A. D. and Sarah F. Thomson of Oakland to R. E. Bouske of Oakiand, all interest in lot on N line of Joy street, 283.80 E of Telegraph or Humboldt avenue. £ 100 by N 100, being lots 11 to 14, block G, resubdivision of portion of Roberts and Wolfs- kill Tract, to correct 438 d 99, Oakland Township; Mountain View Cemetery Assoclation to Theo- dore Frank, lot 209, in plat 12, Mountaln View Cemetery, Oakland Township; $47. Louisa F. Bossard of Oakland to same, lot begin- ning at SE corner of residence property of Manuel M. Avelain W line of Telegraph avenue, thence SW 909.03, W 5403, NW 249.86, SE 215.80 to beginning, being portion of estate of Vicente Per- alta, Onklaud Township: $3000. William H. Lester of Berkeley to Valerla Lester of Berkeley, lot on NW_corner of Channing way and Ellsworth street, W 75 by N 130, block 13, College Homestead Association, Berkeley: gift. Gisela Kower of Alameda to Johanna K. Kower, lot on W line of Caroline street, 275 feet & of Cen- tral ayenue, § 50 by W 100, being lot 124, Encinal Park Tract, to correct 653 d 399, Alameda; $10. Charles and Alma M. Tence to Unlon Loan Asso- ciation, 10t on Sline of San Jose avenue, 150 feet E of Willow street, E 100 by S 170, being lots 14 aod 16 and, portion of lots 4 and 5’ n W 3 of k O, loneer (omestead A i ;S ssociation, Ala- ames Mouat of San Lorenzo to Ellen Mouat San_ Lorenzo, fractional blocks 19 and 98 L Lorenzo, Edeh Township: grant, 5 . and M. Dara of Alameda to John Dutra of Newark, lot 8, block 178, town of . - gt Tomaahip: S0 nof Newark, Wash- ames L. Morrs of Sonoma to Micl . of San Fraiiciaco, undivided hait hteoset b 1ot W line o Union street, 140 N of Twenty-foarth, N 50 by W 230, being portion block T-684, survey of northern extension to Oakland, Oakland’ $5. Louise T. Harrington of Napa to W/lliam S. Har- rington of Napa, Iot on E corner of Tenth avenue and East Twenty-first street, NE 100 by SE 160, being lots 1 to 4, block 131- erty, East Oakland ; ‘10.s e JYornest A. and Elizabeth D. Herron to Rachel Erlich, lot 30, bloc| 3 rrace, Oak- Rt ot K, Fs Linda Vista Terrace, i aud Ellenor T. Gardn: ) P, Berkeley, lot on E ifne of Nark sirect, 5308, of K:'lxm Way, 8120 by E 270, lots 5 and 6, block 1, X ]:xnex Tract, Berkeley (subject to mortgage to akland Savings Bauk for $3000); . o uces P. and Jackson Hart to A. J. Samuel of o land, lot on W corner of Snell avenue and San {5andro road, thence SW 219, NW 50, NE 200 8, :3 to beginning, being lot 29, block B. Buena- ventura Tract, Brooklyn Township; also lot on § Eperof Hawley avenue and San Leandro road, o 159:7. SE 100, NE 196:1, NW 106:6 to be- ginning being lots 1 and 2, block B, Buenaven- i Trict map 2; Brooklyn ‘Township’ $10. 2 an Francisco to Margaret Qivens (wife of John C.), lot 18, block K, Amended R e T . - B. ick, attorney’ Susan A. Wright (wife of Frank V., .monnfine of Central avenue, 110 W of Webster street, N 110 by W 25, Alameda: $500. Harry W. and Marla Syz (by attorney) to Died- rich Steffens of Alameda, lot ou S line of Buena Vista avenue, 80 W of Bay street, W 85 by S 115, Alameda; $10. Fred F. Henriette and S. and_ F. A. Carlsen of San Francisco to A. Webber of San Francisco, lot N line of Second avenue at SW corner of lands . P. Jessen, thence NE 556, SE 176:2, SE 34:1, SW 392:3, NW 100.72 to beginning, being Plac’ A, subject’ to a mortgage for $200, Eden Township: $10. A. Webber of San Francisco to Mary von Bar- gens of San Franicisco, same, Eden Township; $10, Builders’ Contracts, Annie and Kate M. Butler with George Connonm and E. Mooney. alterations on building on N line of Geary street, 87:6 W of Hyde: $3112. William ¥. Wilson with F. G. Bell, carpenter work, etc., on two-story building on S line of Turk street, 55 E of Buchanan: $6000. Mary A. Fuller with Robert Trost, to erect & two- story 8k : J. Magnin & Co. with Ackerson & Paterson, alter- ations and additions on building at 840 Market street; $1500. Charles H. and Gesine Koster with John T. Cole- man, o erect a five-room cottage on W line of :flzggflvanln avenue, 225 N of Colusa street; builaing on E line of Steiner street, 100 N et Most Efficacious Most Agreeable Most Popular THE IDEAL TONIC TO FORTIFY Body and Brain Written indorsements from over 7000 !Mailed Free. | H physicians Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits H OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. C— Beneficial and Agreeable. Every Test Proves Reputation. Avold Substitutions. Ask for ¢ Vin Mariani,® At Druggists and Fancy Grocers. 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