The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1895, Page 8

| i i HE SAN FRANCUISCO CALL, HURSDAY, AUGUS The This Fork Gold Company, a anization, is one of the few large drift le shaft, owned by the Feather of this State which is worked hrough a shaft instead of the usual tun- nel. It employs about 100 men, and probably pays as well as any mine in Sierra County. Denver (Colo.) people are negotiating for the Union Coffee mine in Del Norte County. e of the mining revival at County, the fact is more than two elect s ings hoist up to 1 e plant. ft taili fourth and de plant at Bodie has been c It has six tanks twenty feet in diameter, and witha capacity of seventy tons each. The r is expected to tr om 150 to 180 tons tailings per day. Extensive operations are being conduct- ed by the Plumas Imperial Company on_grand D. Ha consist,of | ur and a ney, and 300 two miles north of present operations are con- »osits on” Hun, work. ndent says that the » has closed down, be some t Vhile in ope residents ceed the Stat comps the works on ere hope the in establishi or placer has to the pay over two rom these The dirt nned out, old claimsind ico has given m into that Territory, worked for twenty e and Galena, a ullion Consc \ George M That gentleman mifes of Auburn, tnere are ninety gold s, most of which need capital to de- | san Bluff, Placer County, many ve long been idle in the la ve commenced running their les and long-toms on the river bars ed activity in gold mining g throughout the entire Pacific had its effect in Plumas Count and properties that have laid idle for sev- eral yea being again’reopened and | ) 4. Within the past pital has been invested in the gravel channeis and deposits of the count About 100 carloads of tailing, which are ctor, are to be hauled to San Bernar- there trea The plant of the st Lumber Company is to be | this connection. If the experi- | ul more tailings will be brought from the mines in Holcomb Valley, Bear Valley, the Morongo District and from mines through all that section of the mountains. Moreover, there is the desert region to draw from should the wenture prove profitable. The Altura Mining Company in Morongo | District, San Bernardino County, has put up a ten-stamp mill to work the ore from its three rich claims. Clarence S. King of Atchison, Kans., has bonded from the ownersa group of five mines in Cargo Muchacho district in the desert in n Diego County for one month end the privilege of six more. At the end of that time, “if the green ore overlyins the white ounartz in the American Girl should be developed in paying quantities, that is, $5 or more per ton,”’ then the price to be $120,000. If the green guartz should not be so developed the price of the group is to be $60,000. ‘What is supposed to be a 35-foot vein of old-bearing quartz, worth $7 per ton, has een found on the Hiram Pierce ranch, Santa Ynez V anta Barbara County. A vein that wide of ore that rich would be a good mine even at Angels Camp, where the Utica mine is situated. The y. Hunter & Co. pumping plant er, Siskiyou Cqunty. 2 great success in raising water 500 feet to a flume extending toward vkinsville. The pumps have been tested with 5000 inches of water turned into the ditch from Shasta River, which drops thirty feet in two three-foot tubes on two Jarge Knight water wheels, in working a double action forcepump. The pumped water is forced up the hill horizontally 1100 feet through 18-inch pipe at pump, tapering to 1%inch pipe at summit of hill, dumping about 125 inches of water into the flume. This vplant cost about $20,000 and is an important experiment in pumping water to hydraulic auriferous gravel Thos interested in the gold gravel de- posits of Sierra County should read the s of articles on the subject by L. D. now being published in the Sierra eader. er. ceptionally rich sulphurets are out of the Ozark mine in Trinity County At the Hine mine, on Lady Slipper, between the north fork of Coffee Creek and the ash mill, Siskiyou County. have struck a small ledge of $100 rock. Ac- cording to Selby’s assays, the gold runs as high as $20 per ounce.” This is the purest gold found in the State, except that of the San Guissepe mine, in Tuolumne County, which is worth $2050. Ordinary quartz gold runs generally from $16 to $19 per ournce, the average being about $17. Pure gold. 1000 fine, is worth $20 67 per ounce. Anotber min thinks he has found platinum in qua Tuis time it is at Packer’s gulch, Trinity County. It is not found except in” places, and mighty little of it at that. Only a few hundred ounces per annum are produced in this country, ali from placers in Northern California end Southern Oregon. 5 It is claimed that the placers of Tuo- tumne County produced $211,000,000 since 1849, At the Miller and Holmes group of | though generally speaking the land i | many places in California, though but few mines_in Tuolumne County, belonging to the Napa Quicksilver Mining Company, they are putting in a complete electric power plant to drive all the necessary machinery. The Dead Horse, or Old Eureka, Tuo- lumne County, has a 22-foot ore body, at the 1400-foot level, showing free gold in great richness, and sulphurets of high grade. It now appears that this mineis just commencing to find 1ts best de- posits. The Eureka was an old abandoned mine, and was worked by Raymond and the Hobart estate. © The productive mines of to-day at Silver i Idaho, are for the m part old »s which have been big producers in the past. VA A good many prospectors are going into Central Idaho.and they find the State W road of much convenience. ona_ has so many good gold mines, and prospects within her borders is bound to be attracted there when its turn for a mining boom come. e Old Glory mine, Arizona. is to have in place of the Griffin mills cyanide plant is being erected at \burg, Ariz., to work 30,000 tons of the Vulture mine tailings. A great many mines are being worked at 5 ite, Or. . B.'Whittier is a young Seattle ma control of the famous old Wi i, in the Canbor country, Brit- . This creek is supposed to e produced ,000,000 from the early placer workings, and now Mr. Whittier has 300 men at work for the Caribou Gold Fields Company and will shortly have 600. They are digging a big ditch and will hydraulic the old and new ground ina systematic manner. British Columbia is about to establisha mining bureau. 1t will keep a record of mining development and select samples of the various mineral products. Spokane, Wash. nts 1ts long-inactive smelter to start in and smelt. There is more activity among mines in that region than has been the case for years, and yet | istance, which should 2 is being taken in fine blocks from the mines at Petaca Creek, New Mexico. Mining and Farming. Up in Salt Spring Valley, Calaveras ity, the Dean brothers have a very good gold prospect, and have a two-stamp mill to operate with when their farming work is finished. In the same locality some sheep men have a two-stamp mill with which to prospect the old Dunlap | e on the ranch (the Kuhn), which paid | to the representative of an English com- pany, which Intends developing a quartz ledge on the property, thought tobe on the | same lode as the M These state- | ments show that minin agriculture go hand in hand in this favored State. occurences frequently evaca, Cal may In Butte, Placer, ) a- veras and other counties both in the north- ernand southern part of California men may farm in the farming monthsand mine n the mining season. There are very few parts of the world where this can be done on the same land as it is here. The coun- try which admits of both farming and min- ing in the same vicinity is a good one. In| rift mining car- | those sections where ried on especially, while the surface is be R n tle auriferous gravel beneath may be also worked for its golden contents. There need necessarily be no interference in the two pursu worth far more for mining than for agri- culture. Soapstone California. A deposite of soapstone or stealite has been discovered by George Bannerman in Shiles Valley, Napa County, about twelve s from the railroad. 1t is as yet unde- veloped. This mineral has been found in | of the deposits have been utilized, as they cannot all be profitably worked. In Tuol- umne County it is quarried for local use | as foundations for boilers, ordinary chim- neys and walls for buildings. On the northeast side of the Pine Log lode, Calaveras County, near the Aae- laide mine, is a deposit which was also encountered in the workings of the Mel- rose mine, north of the Adelaide, at a depth of 200 feet, where it fills the entire space between its walls. On Santa Cata- lina Island is a large body of ste: it is said about 400 tons a year upplied to plasterers, soap factories. druggists and | foundrymen. At the Empire Landing quarries, on the same island, two varieties are found hard and soft. The stone been used in several buildings in Los s for ornamental, sanitary and elec- trica! gurposes and for lining fireplacesand furnaces. The soft variety i ied i slabs one inch thick for 75 cents a running foot and the hard variety in similar slabs for $2 50 per foot. Last year very little work was done on these quarries, but this yearthey areagain very actively operated. The entire amount of this substance produced in the United States annually is about 21,000 tons, most of which comes from Western North Carolina. Most of the product is d in mills, but some is in the form s and blocks. The fibrous variety is produced in St. Lawrence County, N. Y. The substance occurs in almost every e aiong the Atlantic Slope; also in th Dakota, Arizona and Texas. Out- side of North Carolina and California, the States which produce more or less soap- ia, Maryland, New Hamp- ey, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Zini In add n to the uses mentioned it is utilized also in the manu- facture of paper, silks, woolens and porce- lains, and by tailors, shoemakers and glaziers. It is prepared ana sold under a number of names. WARRANTS MUST WAIT, Auditor Broderick Is Not Sure That the New Appropriations for This Year Will Stand. Auditor Broderick will ask the Mer- chants’ Association, represented by Presi- dent Dohrmann, to wait until atter Septem- ber 7 before presenting its warrants for July street sweeping for his signature. Mr. Dohrmann recently called upon the Auditor, and stated that in view of the fact that the Finance Committee of the Board ot Supervisors had adopted a reso- lution to increase the appropriation for street sweeping to $150,000, he woula, at the end of this month, present a demand for $12,500 under the one-twelfth act. After thinking the matter over, Mr. Broderick decided not to sign the warrants. *I can see no valid reason for signing this warrant,” he said yesterday, *‘for sev- eral reasons. In the first vlace the action of the committee is not final, and may be reversed by the full board when it meets, or the appropriation may be scaled down to conform with that of former years. Again, the Mayor may veto the appropria- tion, in which case that of last year will stand. In either case my bondsmen would be liable should a shortage in the funds occur, and the appropriation run short through my having signed warrants or funds the ‘extent of which had not been definitely determined. Iam not going to of per stone are G shire, New Je | can aid the upbuilding of the State by patron- | e y | with the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- | ducement held out to attract take chances on the matter, and will ask all_to wait until the Board of Supervisors and Mayor have passed on the prupoud] appropriation.” LABOR AND POPULATION, The Unions and Half-Million Club Not in Complete Harmony. TWO POINTED INTFRVIEWS. Willlam H. Bunker and M. McGlynn Take Different Views of the Same Question. Now and again indications have come to the surface showing that there was not complete harmony between the labor unions of this City and the Half-million Club. William M. Banker, a member of the executive committee of the Half-million Club, said: Shortly after the club was organized it was found necessary in order to accomplish its object of bringing the City population up to the hali-million mark to pay special attention to the development of the entire State and of home industries, and it is on these lines that our work has been carried on. It was very clear that neither mechanics nor laborers were needed ; that the various ayenues of employment were already more than filled. The club aims to_promote State development, and it has not allied itself with any under- teking that cannot receive the unqualified in- dorsement of every patriotic citizen, The material development of the State by the introduction of Eastern capital and Eastern people of means will certainly result in in- creasing the amount of work for mechanics and laborers, and without this increase of work this City cannot make the healthy growth to which the Half-million Club is committed. Regarding the excursion through_the State, which has come in for some littie criticism among people who fuiled to grasp the practical nature of the project, it was_the direct means of giving the State about $500,000 worth of free advertising of the best kind. Itled to cor- pondence in several cases that have come to our knowledge which resulted in tra < of California lands. The excursion also accented the fiesta idea and brought it into general pop- ularity. These in turn have attracted a large number of Eastern tourists, and will, if contin- ued, attract an increasing number each year. As ‘each_tourist is credited with spending about $600 while out here, the benefit to the State can be readily scen. In short, our object i to provide work and not workers, and our efforts should certainl receive the cordial support of the labor uniof We shall work in_co-operation with the Manu- facturers’ Association, and the laboring people izing home industries. M. McGlynn, president of the Labor Council, the representative body of the labor organizations of the City, had this to say on the Half-million Club and its effect on the laboriug people: Frankly I am in much the same position that Ibelieve the majority of the citizens of San Francisco to bein regard to the Hali-million Club. I have not deemed it of sufficient nt or probble future importance to ble myself to form an opinion. So faras I have been able to learn the club has no definite object, or if it has the members of have taken considerable o0 conceal it. it claims to be working in conjunction ciation, but although I ama director in the latter body T am not aware of any particular given by them to the home-industry move- ment. The working people look upon the Half- million Club as being a real estate advertising scheme pure and simple. Perhaps they are mistaken aiso, tae Half-million Club may devise some plan whereby to put to work the 15,000 or 20,000 idle mechanics now in this State before others are enticed here from the East by the reports of its continuous carnival season and_the consequent delusion that the people of a State thus frolicking must be free from el cares. Of course, the Half-million Club emphati- cally declares that it desires to attract only men of capital, but it is certain that long be- fore they can attract one capitalits a score of idle mechanics will flock to this State in_hopes of finding employment by Very reason of the in- | the capitalist: It is the knowledge of this fact that has caused| the feeling of opposition to the Half-million Club on the of the working peol eir recollection of the Midwinter Fair and s effect on industrial life here is yet too vivid to permit them to place any confidence in any plan engincered by real estate owners and agents. If the members of the Half-million Club are really sincere in their desire to make Califor- nia and the people prosperous, let them come fairly out and join the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ iation. This talk of their ion with it is allrot. They junction with it. At least 1do not see any evidence of it. The money they have spent in their banqueting tour Jugh this State would have been very ac ceptable to and been more profitably used by : Manufacturers’ Association, which em- phatically declares that no new residents are desired until those here are able to earn a living. GOLDEN GATE PARK. The Southern Pacific Will Remove the Spur Tracks. Yesterday afternoon Charles F. Crocker and H. E. Huntington of the uthern Pacific Company notified Joseph Austin, president of the Board of Park Commi sioners, that the company’s spur tracks in Golden Gate Park would be at once re- moved. The Park Commissioners prefer that the tracks should remain for the resent, so as to facilitate the dumping of oam and street-sweepings within the domain of the park, where the material is needed. Messrs. Crocker and Huntington took the position that the maintenance of the tracks was a source of expense to the company, for which there was no adequate return. They 2lso submitted to the Com- missioners that the company was receiving the censure of the press and the public for keeping the tracks in the park, hence the removal would no longer be delayed. Some months ago an arrangement was effected between the Park Commissioners and the Merchants’ Association by which the Commissioners agreed to pay the asso- ciation from $900 to $1200 a montn for the street-sweepings. t was considered that no better material could be found for enriching or creating soil in the park than the sweepings from the streets. Since this arrangement went into effect the management of the sweep- ing has been transferred from the Mer- chants’ Association to the Street Depart- ment. The Superintendent of Streets is willing to dump the material on the cars at Fourth and Townsend streets, but in- sists that the Commissioners shall see to its delivery within the park limits. Commissioners Scott and Austin hold that the tracks shculd remain to enable the street-sweepings to be dumped where the material is most needed. = QUESTION OF SALVAGE. Two Boatmen Who Found a Water Cask in the Bay Arrested for Petty Larceny. Harry Jobhnson and Charles Love, boat- men employed at the Folsom-street wharf by Ed Peterson, were arrested yesterday morning on a warrant charging them with petty largeny. The case is a peculiar one. Love on Tuesday night rowed the carpenter of the ship Cyrus Wakefield out to the vessel. On” his way back to the wharf he:came across a big water cask. Hetowed it ashore and got Johnson to assist him in empty- ing it, as it was partly filled with salt water, and langing it on the wharf. It took th2m over an hour's hard work. L. W.Ohlson yesterday morning claimed the cask and Johnson and Love asked for $2 salvage. The cask is worth $8, and they thought $2 was little enough. Ohlson offered them $1 50, which they refused to accept, and objected to handing over the cask till they were paid the $2. Ohlson immediately went to Judge Low’s court and swore out a warrant for their arrest for petty larceny. Peterson laid the facts below Judge Low after the arrest of Johnson and Love, and he at once released them on their own Tecognizance, NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. A HOST OF MATCHLESS BARGAINS! T To keep up the rush, and by so doing to successfully accomplish the COMPLETE CLEARANCE deter=- mined upon at the outset of our great sale, we make this week ANOTHER SWEEPING CUT IN PRICES throughout the remainder of our SURPLUS STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS, and in inviting atten= tion to the following specimen bargains we beg leave to remind all that SELECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE PROMPTLY TO SECURE THE BEST RESULTS, as the goods cannot fail to go off rapidly at the PRODIGIOUS REDUCTIONS QUOTED! (OLORED DRESS DEPT At 25 Cents. 5000 yards 37-INCH ALL-WOOL DRESS GOODS, in mixed, checks and bour- ettes, regular price 40c and 50c, will be placed on sale at 25c a yard. At 25 Cents, 2500 yards SILK AND WOOL FRENCH FIGURED CREPONS, elegant_assort- ment of colorings, regular price 7ac, will be placed on sale at 25¢ a yard. At $5.00. 32 SILK_AND WOOL EMBROIDERED FRENCH DRESS PATTERNS, in grays and tans, regular price $15, will be placed on sale at $5 cach. SILK DEPARTHENT! At 40 Cents. 38 pieces FIGURED SATIN, changeable effects, former price 65¢, will be closed out at 40c a yard. At 50 Cents. 40 pieces FANCY FIGURED TAFFETA SILK, former price 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. At 85 Cents. jeces BLACK FIGURED SATIN UCHESSE, former price $1 25, will be closed out at 85¢ a yard. BLACK DRESS CO0DS ! At 50 Cents. 25 pieces 4 INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH SERGE, worth 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. 24 ALL-WOOL ' all the e offered as FRENCH FANCY WEA st designs, worth 85¢, will at 50c a yard. LADIES' GAPES! At $1.50. LADIES’ CAPES, double or single, trimmed with applique in contrasting shades, tan, brown and red, worth $4, will be closed out at $150 each. At $2.50. LADIES’ CAPES, double or single, in various designs of trimming, braided applique, lace and ribbon, all the new- est shades, worth $6 50, will be closed out at $2 50 each. ; At $5.00. LADIES’ FULL RIPPLE CAPES, of black cla vorsted, handsomely braided; so black, navy, tan and Havana brown Ripple Capes, lined throughout with silk and trimmed with applique of contrasting shade, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $5 each. LADIES' S0ITS! At $4.95, | LADIES' SUITS, navy and black serge, “'Oli:h $9, will be closed out at $4 95 each. D At $7.50. LADIES’ SUITS, navy, black and tan cheviot, box jacket and skirt, lined throughout, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $7 50 each. LADIES WAISTS! At 55 Cents. LADIES’ WHITE LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, tucked or stiff bosoms, regu- lar price $1 25, will be offered at 55c. At $1.00. LAUNDRIED WAISTS, | LADIES® in { heavy percale, in fancy stripes and checks of black, navy biue and pink, regular price $1 50 and $1 75, will be closed out at $1. ASH G001 At 25 Cents a Yard. 2 lots TABLE DAMASK, 56 inches wide, one lot bleached and one lot un- bleached, reduced from 40c. At $5.50 a Pair. One case 12-4 CALIFORNIA WHITE ‘WOOL BLANKETS (these are 72 inches wide), heavy, solid goods, re- duced from $7 50. At 7} Cents a Yard. 275 pieces solidiy_made, stylish GINGH- AMS and SEERSUCKERS, all this season’s goods, reduced from 12}c a yard. At 5 Cents a Yard. 400 pieces FLANNELETTES and OUTING CLOTHS, a good assortment of styles, all desirable, reduced from 84c and 1234e. NOTABLE LINE! To make room for our New Importation of COMFORTERS, we shall close out every one of our present stock at re- duced rates. VEILING! VEILING! At 25 Cents a Yard. WHITE GRENADINE VEILING, with black dots—the latest novelty. At 30e, 35¢ and 40c a Yard. WHITE SEWING SILK VEILING, with black dots, in a variety of styles. At 50 Cents a Yard. | WHITE AND CREAM CHIFFON VEIL- ING, with black dots—the latest craze. Having resumed delivering with OUR upon the PROMPT AND ACCURATE del OUR WEW DELIVERY WAGONS. OWN WAGONS, our patrons can depend livery of all parcels, GLOVES! GLOVES! At 75 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES’ 4-BUTTON REAL KID GLOVES, in brown and tan shades, extra value for $125, will be closed out at 75¢ a pair. At 85 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES’ 4-BUTTON GENU- INE FRENCH KID GLOVES, indark, medium and tan shades, extra value for $1 25, will be closed out at 852 a pair. CARRIAGE PARASOLS ! At $1.00. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria silk, lined, will be closed out at $1 each. At $1.25. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria_silk, lined ard ruffled trimmed, will be closed out at $1 25 each. HOSIERY AND CORSETS ! At 15 Cents a Pair. 96 dozen LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, high-spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular value 25c, will be closed out at 15¢ a pair. At $1.00. 98 dozen LADIES’ CORSETS, made of fine English coutil, sateen striped, long waist and high bust, with patent-loo; eyelets, perfect French model, draban black color, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at $1 each. MEN'S FURNISHINGS! At 10 Cents. 250 dozen MEN’S EXTRA FINE FANCY BORDERED HEMSTITCH'D HAND- KERCHIEFS, large size and fast col- ors, regular price 25¢, will be closed out at 10c each. At 12i Cents. 150 dozen INDIA SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, in a large variety of neat, fancy patterns, worth 25¢, will be closed out at i2)4c each. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. Market and Jones Stregts. Market and Jones Sireets. Murphy Building, Market and Jomes Strests. Native Sons Arrange a Grand Programme for the Cele~ bration. Excurslon Trains, Parades Here and at Sacramento, and Much Festivity. The programme for the Native Sons’ celebration of Admission day, which takes place at Sacramento on the 9th of Septem- ber, has been arranged and includes the usual festivities incident to the anniver- sary. In order to give zest to the occasion an electrical carnival has been arranged, the details of which will shortly be made pub- lic. On the evening. of Saturday, Septem- ber 7, a grand street parade of the twenty- one San Francisco parlors will be held in this City, marching through the principal streets. Frank W. Marston of California Parlor No. 1 will officiate as grand marshal and the parade will terminate ut the ferry, where the entire party wil embark for Sacramento at 8 o’ciock. The train will arrive at the capital about midnight, when a grand illumination will take place, during which another parade will be held. On Sunday morning another special train, in addition to the regular, will leave at7 o’clock, arriving in Sacra- mento in time for the excursionists to wit- ness the regatta on the river which has been arranged for that day. On Sunday afternoon concerts will be iven by visiting bands in the City Hall ark and at Sutter’s Fort, at which sacred music will be rendered. Another special train will leave San Francisco on Monday morning, arriving at | Sacramento in time for the grand parade. After the parade receptions and dances | will be held at the various parlor head- quarters, at some of which icecream so- cials will be held. In the evening the Sacramento parlors will give the usual grand ball, which is ex- ected to be a very swell affair. Tuesday Ess been set aside as a special day for the Natives at the State Fair, and several thou- sand are expected to attend. California Parlor No. 1 will _be accom- panied by Buena Vista Parlor, N. D. G. W. El Dorado Parlor wili entertain at Smith’s Hall, Pacific Parlor at Pythian | Hall, Stanford and Hydraulic parlors at Turner Hall, Sacramento Parlor at Assem- bly chambers, Mission Parlor in Senate chalmbers and Rincon Parlor at Grangers’ Hall. Orinda Parlor No. 52, N.D. G. W., will be the guests of El Dorado Parlor while at Sacramento. The magnificent new banner of El Do- rado Parlor of heavy biue and maroon plush will be borne in the parade by four unior past presidents, J. T. Batteaux, H. 1{. Hartman, H. Abrahams and H. E. Farmer, escorted by senior past presidents and the present officers. The committees in charge of the outing are composed as follows: Transportation—G. H. 8. Dryden, L. F. Bying- ton, Sam Shaen. Press—Ed N. P. Phelan, W. H. Hazell, I Liv- ingston. 5rinnng—l.. P. Powelson, W. W. Shannon, 8. C. Conney. Fl{unee—-fl. C. Pasquale, W. H. Hazell, A. L. arl. Hotel and Accommodations—Charles E. J. B. Williawms, R. W. Martland. W. Lees, W. A. W. Monahan, L Nonneman. flfiglvenmng—fl. Abraham, W. C. Miller, F. A, tts. Decorations—E. W. Levy, George Lacombe, Finlay Cook. Parade—J. R. Howell, G. H. 8. Dryden, J. T. Harmes, H. E. Coffey, C. H. Johnson. The Morgue’s Record. The body of James Costello was washed ashore on the Presidio beach yesterday after- noon. He was a laborer aged 75 years and lived at 2559 Greenwich strect. The Coroner | rancho, Contra Costa Coun is satisfied that the drowning was accidental, s0 no inguest will be held. Martha Dolan, the victim of & bonfire. Her body Martha lived at 312 Hickory avenue, and last Sunday, in com- tarted a bonfire. H frightfully aged 6, w. pany with some boy dress caught fire and she was burned. FRANK M. BEE'S ESTATE. The Consul’'s Son Left Property That Has Been Appraised at £45,260 60. The appraisers of the estate of Frank M. Bee, son of Consul Bee, filed their report in the Superior Court yesterday. They de- clare the young man’s estate to be worth | $45,260 60, scheduied in part as follows: Furniture and_personal effects at 1923 Pine street, $589;. part of Las Juntas, or Welch 00; stock on the ranch, $269 50; diamon; pendant of emeralds and diamonds, 3000 shares Lower C value lifornia mining stock, no rst National Bank stock, $1800; Ger- vings Bank account, $14.487 40 shares South Comstock, no value; real estate, Pine and Laguna streets, $10,000; mortgage «.xlloyl)rlt’-'perty at Sutter and Octavia streets, HI17: Appraisals of other estates are: James McGinn, $44,870; George W. Tindall, $23,- 413 27; Samuel Lewis, $25,05 SHE SAW HER SON DROW Twenty Men Also Looked on at Georgie Huff’s Death Struggles. Incredible Cowardliness at the Pre- sidio Wharf When a Boy Went Down. who was drowned Sunday off Pressdio wharf, was picked up yesterday by the Presidio lifeboat crew a short distance from where he lost his life. George was but 8 years of age. His father is a first sergeant in the army and lives near the old fort across the roadway from the wharf. While away trom home BSunday afternoon at the military post his wife took a short walk in the direction of the wharf. Suddenly she saw her little {son in a tiny blue boat drifting out from underneath the structure. The boat moved away trom the shore so slowly its motion could hardly be seen, and all about there the water was perfectly calm. There were about twenty men on the wharf at the time and thez stood looking at the child drift away without attempting to save him. Among those who were there was the son of the quartermaster. He told a sad story yesterday about the manner in which young Huff was allowed to drown. “If I'could swim a stroke,’’ said he, *‘I would have jumped in and saved him. The men stood round there and they shouted at the bov when he was but twenty feet from the wharf. But none of them would go into the water. “They shouted and frightened the little fellow, and he jumped from the boat. saw him all the time. He sank three times and came up to the surface three times while his mother was looking on. She was frantic and begged the men to save her boy, but they refused. Then the lifeboat was got out, and it was there five minutes after the boy jumped into the water, but by that time he wasdead on the bottom. {l a man had plunged in he would be only a few yards from the boy and could have saved him e"il{f The fellows on the wharf looked at him go down three times and never stirred.” ———— The Li Po Tai Estate. ‘The Supreme Court has reversed the Superior Court decision in regard to the administration of Li Po Tai's estate. It holds that tne son's lnlblli(n to read English does not make him ineligible to the office of administrator. The body of George Huff, the little lad | THE PORTIA AW CLUB, The First Meeting Since Vaca- tion Proves a Decided Success. Judge Cooney Delivers an Interest- ing Lecture on the Subject of Agencies. Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Clara Foltz, dean of the Portia Law Club, is still touring in Europe, that organization pre- sented an admirable programme to the large and appreciative audience which assembled at Beethoven Hall last night. | The Portias have had a long vacation—two months or more—and thoroughly refreshed | after the past year's labors are prepared | for a season of study and social activity. Last night’s programme proved a feast in the way of music. recitations and a ““talk with the club on law.” Judge Car- penter was to have delivered the opening address, but at the last moment learned that an engagement,made before the open- ing night of the Portias had been agreed on, would prevent his attendance. Judge Cooney, at the earnest solicitation of the club, consented to take his place, and his brief talk on the subject of agencies proved highly entertaining. In his opening re- marks he said: The question of agencies is one of vast im- portance. I do not think that I go too tar when I say it is the most important of the day. It enters into nearly all the transactions of man at the present time, and for that reason alone should be thoroughly understood by the women. There are two classes of agencies— general and specific. The one has the power 1o bind the principal in ail matters, while the other is limited in its action. The speaker then dwelt at length on the Eower of agents, their liability and the lia- ility of the principal, defining also in a clear and intelligent way illegal agencies, and on whom the responsibility fell when methods of this kind were adopted. The recitation of Browning’s “Count Gismond,” by Mrs. Leila Ellis, proved one of the most striking features of the pro- gramme. The remainder of the programme was | as follows: Soprano solo, Miss Nellie Gal- lagher;. bass solo, J. H. Hughes; violin solo, J. H. Rosewald: soprano solo, Miss Nellie Giusti; recitation, George T. Brom- ley; accomramst, Miss Ada E. Weigel. An excellent programme for the year | has been completed, including lectures on legal matters by such well-known people as A. P. Van Duzer, J. C. Campbell, D. M Delmas, Carroll Cook and others. SR S ey FOR SANTA ORUZ MOUNTAINS. Colonel Menton to Conduct the Last Excursion of the Season. There is still one more opportunity for people to enjoy the pleasant trip to Santa Cruz Mountains at exceptional rates. Co_lonel W. H. Menton, the genial .ex- cursion passenger agent of the South Pacitic, will personally supervise tol:le' ]e.rsl: outing of the season, to be held next Sun- day. The rate for the trip, which is timed to allow a full five hours’ sojourn at Boulder Creek, will be $125 for the round on sale, 45 A M. tnf. ickets are now should take the 7 City. ————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. David and Jeanne Jacobs to Leoj q Willlam Cohen, 1ot on'N 1ine o1 Sutier sirene. 710 W ot Scott, W 5 by & 100: #10, : line ot s Milion to Elizabeth J. Tilton, lot on W S . street, 245N of Twenty-second, N 50 eorge Jordan to Monroe Greenwood, re-record 1874, deed {2hjoton W iine of Kecond avenue, E 30 g itornia streer, N 25, W 112:7, 5 25, M. and Myra A. Greenwood to Fred Greenwood, yra re-record 1630, d 240, same; $10. A. Green, lot 1751, gift Phillp C. Green to Mary Healey to T. . Jewell, lot on NE cor- and passengers boat from this map 3; t, 'ap 8: eran ner of Ninth avenue and East N street, E 100 by N 100, block 166, Central Park Homestead; $10. Conrad and Agnes Herold to Henry and Kath- arina Bebrens, lot on S line of Rutledge avenue, 50 W of California evenue, W 50by S 75, lot 23, Har- Tis map of Precita Valley lands: $10. and Adolphine Zillmer to J. H. Penprase, lot on N line of Merritt street, 75,18 W of Hattle, W 25.06, N 72.94: E 25.18,S 71.62, block C, Park Lane Tract: $10. M. and Catherine A. McCann to Florence M. Athearn, lots 27 and 28, block 57, City Land Asso- ciation (quitclaim deed); $10. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Ellen Plunkett to the Pacific Coast Dredging and Reclamation Company, undivided half interest in lot on E line of Kirkham street, 1003:8 W from center line of West Eighteenth street, N 135, E 230, S 135, W 230 to beginning, block 624, Oak- land; also undivided balf of lot on E line of Poplar street, 1003:8 N from center of West Eighteenth street, N 185 by E 230, block 623, Oakland: also undivided half of lot on E line of Union street, 1003:8 N from center of West Eighteenth street, E 46:6, N 185, W 46:6, S135 to begiuning, block 622, Oakland; $800. 0. A. Lane of Oakland to James W. McCoombs of Oakland, lot 7, block L, Klinknerville Tract, subject to a mortgage for $125, Oakland Township; Carl and Ernestine Trinkler to G. W. Adler, sub- division 8 in lot 35, Gien Echo Tract Map 3, re- subdivision of lots '10, 16, 18, 29, 36 to 38, Glen Echo Tract Map 2, Oakland Township: $10. Thomas F. (and as attorney) and Ada Graber (by attorney), A. A. Fink and Matilda Erkenbrecker to William E. Lerch of Oakland, lot on W line of Shat- tuck avenue, 78.81 N of Berkeley way, N 38.81, W 84.79, 8 , E 82.04 to beginning, beimg lot 3, block 1, S ew Park Tract, Berkeley: $10. O. L. Shafter Estate Company (a corporation) to Walter C. Blasdale, loton Sline of Channing way, 125 E of Bowditch, E 45 by S 135, block 8, College Homestead Assoctation, Berkeley: $10. Charles K.and Harriet W. to Ernest A. Girvin of San Francisco, lot on NE corner of Berkeley way and Grant street, E 109:1, N 250, 90:11, S 350 to_beginning, being lois 26, 30, 31 and portion of lots 28 and 32, Range 4, Hardy Tract, Berkel 3 arles E. and Mary E. White to Eugenfe Me- Laren ot Oakland, lot 1, block F, Daly Tract, sub- ject to a mortgage for $150, Brooklyn Town- ship: $10. JHelen E. M. Wagner of Alameda to Augustus H. Ward of Alameda lot on S line of B 175 W of Paru street, S 327:5 to bay of San Francisco, thence W to a point distant 265 W from W line of Paru, thence N 327, E 90 to begin- ning, being lot: 9, 14 and 15, block U, Oak Park. Alameda: $10. George E. and Louicy A. Colwell to A. W. Pat- Uana of Alameda, lot on S line of Santa Cl avenue, 44 E of Union street, E 44 by S 157:6, block 14, Stewart property, Alameda: $4154. J. E. Crooks of Haywards to Caroline Ketelsen of Haywards, lot 8, block 108, Meek Tract, Hay- wards, Eden Township: $10. Lorenzo M. Perez ot San Francisco to Abram Sil- verstine of Oakland, ot on S line of Sixth strect, 100 W of Broadway, W 50 by 5100, being lots 13 and 13, block 64, Oakland; $5. Williamn Hail of Alameda to Winifred Hall of Alameda, 1ot on E line of Willow street, 59:6 S ot Seward, S 30:6 by E 75, block 700, Oakland: gift. Pe) George W. Lynde to Martha V. Lynde, undivided half interest in lot on N line of West Fifth street, 103:3 W of Adeline, W 25 by N 101. being lot 5, block 488, Briggs Tract, map 2, Oakland: also lot on E line of Lake street, 120 N of Peralta avenue, N 80 by I 125, being lots 46 and 47, Capital Home" stead Tract, East Oakland; $10. F. B. and Emma J. Oliver to Alejandro Nowell, Iot on N'W line of Seventh avenue, 50 NE of East Eighteenth street, NE 100 by NW 150, block 105, Clinton, subject to a mortgage to Eureka Loan As- sociation, East Oakland;: $10. J. 8. Emery of Alameda to Edmund Atuwill, lot on N line of right ot way of the California and Nevada Railway, 100 L from San Pablo avenue, N 40 to S line of lands of W. B. Johnson, thence E 0 N line of said right of way, thence W o begin- ning, except lot on San Pablo avenue conveyed to California and Nevada Railway Company, Oakland 5. John G. and B. Klumpke of San Francisco to Elizabeth H. Spear, lot 18, block C, Rooney Tract, i ced, Berkeley: $5. e K and M. B. Emmet to D. J. Landregan, , block C, Rooney Tract, Berkeley: ry J. Moss, Jessie E. Auseon et al. to fohn C. and Margaretta Owens, lots 14. 15 and 16, vlock L, amended map Moss Tract, Brooklyn Township; John C. Owens of San Erancisco to Margretta C.), same; gift. e man and A. C. Berthier to Theresa Heron, lots 66 10 72, Eliburst Park Tract, Brook- yn Township: $1000. R romas and Minnie Morine to Christine Deneft, lots 66, 67 and 68, block C, Fruitvale Vilie Tract, subject_to & mortgage for $600, Brookiyn Town: : $10. o ry A and_ Eillzabeth W. Hebard to H. Hebard, lot on W line of Park stree: N’ of Blanding avenue, W 127:1035. N 100, § 186:7, 8 100:414 (0 begioning, being iots 12 and 3, block A, Minturn Tract, Alameda William 1. Hebard to Henry A. Alameda; $10. Builders’ Contracts, Hermann Harms with J. Bucher, to erect a 3- story building on S line of Brannan sireet, 125 W Fourth; $7290. William 100 vard, same, ROYAL Baking Powder. Highest of all in leavening stren;th S. 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