The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. GENERAL RUGGLES HERE: Semi-Official Visit of the Ad- jutant-General of the Army. HASTY LOOKS AT OLD SCENES. Saw Lee Surrender at Appomattox. He Climbed Up the War Ladder. Brigadier-General George D. Ruggles, ndjutant-general of the United States army, arrived in this City yesterday from the north on a tour of the Northwest, in which he is combining his usual August vacation and a great deal of semi-official observation. “My visit has no official significance,” he said, when seen at the Cosmos Club yesterday. “I simply wanted to come out ‘West and see some posts which had been built up since I was on the coast, take a look at the Puget Sound country, which I had never had an opportunity of visiting before, and rest my eyes on some territory which I had not seen for a quarter of a century, like Fort Leavenworth, for in- stance, which I have not seen since June, 1861. “I knew it would not be possible for me to take the trip next year, because there | will be a long session of Congress then, Brigadier-General Ruggles. [From a photograph.} and the following I will retire, so that if I :had put it off my trip, with its refreshing of my memory, would have been of no practical service to me.” General Ruggles was on the Pacific Coast, stationed at this City, from January 19, 1889, to October 1 of the following year. Then the Department of California in- cluded Arizona Territory and Oregon. He i years old and has been in active service for forty years. In November, two years ago, he was promoted to brigadier- general and made adjutant-general of the army. On this trip he has visited Chicago, Mil- waukee, the Wisconsin State militia_en- campment at Camp Douglas, the St. Paul headquarters at Fort Snelling, Fort As- siniboine and Helena, Mont., and the new {v()s!. Fort Harrison, at that city; Fort ‘ellowstone, including a run through the National Park, Fort Missoula, Spokane, Fort Sheridan, in the Cceur d’Alene re- gion; Fort Walla Walla, Portland, Or., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., the Columbia River jetties and the new post on this cpast, Fort Canby. A good look at the Puget Sound country followed. The new fort which it is in- tended to establish there rests entirely with the Army Engineers, Board of Ord- nance and Fortifications and General Scohfield, and upon their combined recom- mendation Secretary Lamont will locate it. When he returns East he will go by way of Salt Lake City and Denver, and take in Forts Logan, Riley, Leavenworth and Crook. As one of the old war adjutants General Ruggles saw Lee surrender at Appomattox. He was then adjutant-general of the Army of the Potomac under General Meade. He began his military career on the Northwestern frontier in Minnesota and Dakota during the '50’s, and as early as 1858 was acting adjutant-general at St. Louis of the Department of the West. His services for the Union cause began as acting assistant adjutant-general of Miles’ brigade, Patterson’s army. He was on special duty in the adjutant-general’s office in the War Department from July i, 1861, until June 28, 1862, in charge of the organization of the volunteer army. Climbing the ladder of rank he became chief of staff and adjutant-general of Gen- eral Pope’s Army of Virginia in the sum- mer of 1862, and was engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, saw the retreat from the | Rapidan, took part in the two days’ fight on the Rappahannock and also in_the bat- tles of Waterloo Bridge, Gainesville, Groveton and Chantilly. Following thisand up to November of that year he was on General McClellan’s staff in the Maryland campaign as assis- tant chief of staff in_the army of the Po- tomac, participating in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam and the skirmish at Smokers Gap. That winter he spent three months on special duty in Secretary Stanton’s office. The closing year of the war saw him | adjutant-general of the Army of the Po- tomac under Meade. He was in the Hatchers Run affair, at the capture of Petersburg, Va., and in the final pursuit of the Confederate army terminating in Lee's surrender at the Appomattox court- house. 5 Since then he has been successively ad- jutant-general of the Department of the ‘Atlantic, Department of the East, Dep‘lrc- ment of the Lakes, Department of the East again, -Department of the Platte, Depart- ment of Dakota, Department of Texas, Division of the Pacific and Department of California, Division of the Atlantic, and, for the third time, Department of the East. During the afternoon General Ruggles called upon General Forsyth, who has just broken camp at Monterey and came into the City yesterday with his staff. OFF FOR ATLANTA. Secretary Filcher Leaves To-Day and the Exhibit Goes Saturday. J. A. Filcher, the secretary of the State Board of Trade, will leave for Atlanta, Ga., to-day so as to be present when the Cali- fornia exhibit reaches the exposition. He will be accompanied by Phil M. Baier of Tulare who will assist in arranging the exhibit. C. M. Johnson will remain in San Francisco three or four weeks to pack exhibits of fruit that arrived too late for shipment with the bulk of the consign- ment which will leave about the last of the week. At Los Angeles the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles exhibits will be puton the train. Mr. Filcher was informed yesterday by a letter from 8. R. Knott, first vice-president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad that that line will co-operate with the Southern Pacific.in the shipment of the California exhibi GOETHE-SCHILLERFUND. The Monument Association Appoints Auxiliary Com-~ mittees. Many Prominent Ladies Selected Who WIll Assist at the Coming Fete. The German residents of this City and vicinity are making great preparations for the Goethe-Schiller festival that will be held in the Mechanics’ Pavilion in No- vember under the auspices of the Goethe- Schiller Monument Association. In order to prepare the plans and details of the festival, the executive committee has ap- pointed a number of ladies, who will con- stitute the ladies’ auxiliary to the associa- tion, as follows: Mrs. J. Brandenstein, Mrs. C. Bertheau, Mrs. M. Bertheau, Mrs. M. F. Bender, Mrs. J. 8. Bow- man, Mrs. C. Bundschu, Mrs J. Budde. Mrs. R. Capelle, Mrs. Dr. Castelhun, Mrs. Dr. D. Cohn. Mrs. E. A. Denicke, Mrs. F. W. Dohrmann, Mrs. W. Duisinberg. Mrs. A. Eisenbach, Mrs. A. Eloesser, Mrs. M. Esberg. Mrs. C. Fechheimer, Mrs. H. Fortman. Mrs. G. Gerst, Mrs. M. Greenblatt, Mrs. G. Mrs. F. Habenicht,ZMrs. I. Hecht, Mrs. A. Herbst, Mrs. W. Herrmann, Mrs. W. C. Hilder- | brandt, Mrs. F. Hess. Mrs. D. C.'A.’ Kern, Mrs. E. Koehler, Mrs. O. Kioppenburg, Mrs. Dr. Koebig, Mrs. M. Koll- man, Mrs. Dr. Kreutzmann. Mrs. C. Leichter, Mrs. Louis Lisser, Mrs. Os- wald Lohan. F. Maass, Mrs. C. Mangels, Mrs. R. frs. J. C. Meussdorffer, Mrs. Helena nry Meyer, Mrs.C. Michalitschke, B. Paulsen, Mrs. A. Perutz, Mrs. E. Pohli, Mrs. E. C. Priber, Mrs. G. Proll. Mrs. J. Regensburger, Mrs. Dr. Richter, Mrs. E. Rohte, Mrs. A. Rosenthal. Mrs. Claus Schilling, Mrs. M. Schafer, Mrs. H. Schussler, Mrs. A. H. R. Schmidt, Mrs. J. Schulte, Mrs. J. Siebe, Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. W Speyer, Mrs. Claus Spreckels, Mrs. F. D. Stadt- mufier, Mrs. ¥, Tillmann Jr., Mrs. C. Tourney. Mrs Henry Van Bergen, Mrs. C. Volkman, Mrs. C. C. Vorrath. rs. W, Westhoff, Mrs. R. necke, Mrs. Dr. Winterberg, Mrs. H. Wolft, rs, 8. Bachman, Mrs. M. Peters, Mrs. F. Schwerdt, Mrs. J. M. Buehler, Mrs. Theo Dierks, Mrs. B. Dreyer, Mrs. B. Grave, Mrs. H. Roeber, Mrs. J. Steppenbock, Mrs. M. Schwerin, Mrs. B. Broemel, Miss D. Fuendeling, Mrs. J. Stange, Mrs. C. Hadenfeldt, Mrs. Dr. A. Aron- stein, Mrs. H. L. Read, Mrs. D. Neustadter, Mrs. Leon Sloss, Mrs. L. Greenwald, Mrs. Frownfeld. Mrs. P. Lillienthal, Mrs. E. R. Li S Sachs, Mrs. J. Stern, Mrs. G. Frank, Mrs. L. inhart, M: . W. Hellman, Mrs. 1. Walters, Mrs. D. N. Walters, Mrs. M. Brown, Mrs. L. Weil, Mrs. George Kahn, Mrs. Henry Kahn, Mrs. Rudolph Herman, . Hugo Rothschild, Mrs. M. Heller, Mrs. . Ach, Mrs. B. Trieste, Mrs. B. Levintritt. Oaklana—Mrs. H. Bahls, M H. Bendel, Mrs. A. Schilling. Alameda—) W. Cramer, Mrs. H. Epstein, Mrs. A. Mayrisch, Mrs. L. Oesterricher, Mrs. F. Ruether, Mrs. J. Siegfried. Mill Valley—Mrs. A. Hinz, Mrs. R. Sekmidt. San_ Reinel rs. A. Zinkand. Sonoma—Mrs, C. Dressel. St. Helena—Mrs. F. Behringer. The executive committee and the Ladies’ Auxiliary will meet to-morrow _in Beethoven Hall in the Hotel Savoy, Post and Powell streets, and be%in the prelim- inary work of the festival. The associa- tion expects to make enough money at the festival to complete the fund for the monument. About $10,000 will be sufficient, as the association has fully $30,000 on hand. Itis g:oposed to have a’ monument that will be an ornament in Golden Gate Park. e Trafiic Association. A meeting of the executive committee of the Traffic Association was held yesterday. Those resent were: B. F. Dunham, Charles M. Yates, William R. Wheeler, C. H. Schmidt, L. H. Bonestell, E. J. Marcus, Henry Michaels, H. Williams, Edward Brown, E. A. Phelps, J. Curtis and I. F. Littlefield. B. F. Dunham was elected president, Charles M. Yates vic president, Henry Michaels second vice presi- dent, Wakefield Baker treasurer. . Railway Directors Elected. The annual meeting of the Guatemala Cen- tral Railway Company was held yesterday in the Southern Pacific building, corner of Mont- gomery and Market streets. C. P. Huntington was elected president, Charles F. Crocker vice- president, ¥. 8. Douty treasurer, C. L. Lansin, | secretary, H. E. Huntington, C. G. Lathrop ,,,5 C. E. Green directors. e ———————————————————————————————————————————————— DR, HENLEY'S CELERY, BEEF AND IRON, THERE ARE JUST THIS NUMBER OF INGREDIENTS USED If your nerves were sound, your digestion good and your blood rich and pure, there would not be much the matter with -you. But you know you are - weak, down and shaky. THERE ARE JUST IN ITS PREPARATION. This grand com- bination contains superb celery, which will strength- enyour nerves; per- fect beef extract, which is what your stomach needs, and iron, which will purify and enrich your blood. THIS NUMBER OF THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF YOUR SYSTEM WHH 1T WAL HELP UNFLIGL HASKINS CONTEST ENDED, The Famous Case WIill Be Submitted to the Jury s To-Day. MRS, HASKINS' HANDWRITING. Characteristics of It Also Found in Letters That the Husband Wrote. The taking of testimony in the Haskins will contest was concluded yesterday. At 11 o'clock to-day the arguments will be made, and in the afternoon the case will be submitted to the jury. Very little new evidence was obtained at yesterday’s session. Expert Eisenschimel was cross-examined at great length by Attorney Ford, and was called upon to testify about the band- writing of Mrs, Haskins. He said that several characteristics of Mrs. Has- kins’ handwriting were found also in the wills and the accredited letters of the hus- PROFL R 1 cé.g,euscmMEsa Some of the Faces Before the Haskins Jury. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] band, but that this merely showed a simi- larity of habits. Both Mr. and Mrs. Haskins spelled wrong at times. Both left out lettersin writing words. But notwithstanding the mutual characteristics, he said, there were great differences in the handwriting. Mrs. Haskins wrote ‘‘ever” for ‘“‘every,” “‘sincer’’ for ‘“‘sincere,’’ “hast” for “haste,” surround”’ for ‘‘surrounded.” There were many such instances, and similar errors appeared in the letters that James Has- kins wrote. One was in the will. “Those are odaities,” explained the ex- Tt ¥ Pe“Do you call ‘Please not do that’ correct English?” l'he attorney asked. “No, sir. “But Mrs. Hasking wrote thatin one of her letters?”’ “Yes, sir.” “And she wrote ‘Didn’t wish to make my loss knowing?’ "’ “Yes, sir.” “Did both occasionally leave off let- ters?’ ‘‘Yes, as bad spelliers will do.”” The expert was dismissed, and Attor- neys Deuprey and Wright called wit- nesses to testify about the home life of Mr. and Mrs. Haskins. William H. Wolf of the commission- house of Wolf & Sons played whist at the Haskins’ residence, and he never detected any discord, even during the games. Mrs. Margaret Davis, for years a neigh- bor, testified in the same manner. Mrs. A. L. Schocken followed. *‘You were well acquainted with the family, were you?” asked Attorney Deuprey. .‘.dI went there often, and my sister Rose said—" g “Never mind your sister Rose,” said Judge Coffey, and a reminiscence was lost o the court. ““Did you ever hear Mr. Haskins say any- thing ‘about the ownership of the property ?' “That is what I was going to say about my sister Rose.” “Well, what was that?"’ “‘My sister Rose came to me and she said—"" “I object, your Honor,” broke in Attor- ney Ford, and the story of Mrs. Schocken’s sister was again rulea out. On cross-examination Mrs. Schocken was asked whether she had talked confi- dentially about business matters with Mrs, Haskins, and the inquiry brought out the statement : “I would not tell my business affairs to lrg woman.” ther witnesses for the defense were John Kirkpatrick, once a Chief of Police in San Francisco, Charles H. McDonald, Mrs. W. H. Byington, and Mrs. Rose New- man, the *‘sister Rose” of Mrs. Schocken’s testimony, This ended the case for Mrs, Haskins. _Attorney Ford then called George Has- kins, one of the contesting nephews, to give some testimony about the Forest éicy property. Charles Hejntzen was momen- tarily recalled, and the concluding testi- mony was given by Mrs. Mary Haskins of Forest City, the wife of James William Haskins, This witness stated that Mrs. Haskins had once told her of trying to get a new will made, but that the new will had never been written. LABOR IN LOS ANGELES. The Situation There as Viewed by Commissioner Fitzgerald. He Belleves That a Branch of the State Labor Bureau Is Sadly Needed. Edward L. Fitzgerald, the State Labor Commissioner, returned yesterday after a two weeks’ trip to Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island. He is much improved in health, notwithstanding that it was not wholly a pleasure jaunt, for he was kept busy looking at many matters pertaining to the labor question. He met with a very pleasant reception, and among other things learned that the people of the soutn are very desirous of having a branch of the Labor Bureau established in Los Angeles. During his short stay in that city Mr. Fitzgerald saw the great need of such a bureau; in fact as much as in this City, for Los Angeles 1s far from being free from the abuses that are inflicted upon the laboring classes by the unprincipled. He found that there are about 3000 un- employed of all classes in that city and that a large number are arrivals from Arizona. The wages paid there are lower than in San an:i:co, carpenters making only $225a day. Even at this price there are more carpenters ‘employed in Los| Angeles ~thanrl:enywhere ig the northern vart of the State. For all that there are more idle carpenters there than in the l"’I:m'be f brickyard: umbermen and owners of brickyards are taking advantage of cheap labor and are putting up bufidings at prices that leave but little margin on their contfacts, simply for the purpose of getting a market for their lumber and bricks. Houses are being erected at the rate of thirty-threea month or eight and a quarter_a week at an average price of $3000. The July building contracts amounted to $800,000. Since the winter laborers’ and artisans’ wages have increased a little. LS Mr. Fitzgerald made hasty investigations of several cases where abuses were charged. In many stores the girls are paid from $6 to $3 a week, and the lower the wages the less the comforts for the help. Inthe$3 stores tke girls are not even ailowed to sit down during working hours. ‘While investigating charges that a coop- erage firm had been advertising for hel and failing to furnish the applicants witl work Mr, Fitzgerald found that work was offered but at very low wages. The Asso- ciated Charitjes of Los Angeles is helping a large number of people. In_his investi- gation_the Commissioners found that many Mexicans had been brought into the United States in violation of the contract law by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad during the strike, but lack of time prevented an extended inquiry. The commissioner did not lose sight of one of his hobbies— the anti-Japanese question. He founé nearly all the cheap restaurants run by Japs. He went into one place and said “he wanted to hire forty Japs and was told that his order would be filled as soon as the contractor could send north, meaning Victoria end San Fran- cisco. He called upon Senator Stephen ‘White in regard to the Japanese question and the Senator promised to introduce into Congress a Japanese exclusion act for the Labor Commissioner. Senator White stated that the people of the East are hard to convince that coolie labor in California is a curse. The trustees of the Whittier Reform School requested Mr. Fitzgerald to assist in finding work for the boys whose terms of imprisonment are concluded. They said that there are many worthy and de- serving young fellows in" the school who deserve the State’s care when they became free again. Mr. Fitzgerald visited the boys, who are camping on Catalina Island. and found many intelligent lads who had been a little wild in the past. He promised’, to co-operate with the trustees and assist any boys whom the trustees will recom- mend. E In speaking of the employment agencies Mr. Fitzgerald stated that the majority are run upon a high-handed principle and are sadly in need of a little disciplining at the bands of the State. There 18 only one free bureau in Los Angeles.and that has had the misfortune of falling into the bands of scheming politicians. Mr. Fitzgerald visited the oil fields and found that they employ between 2500 and 3000 men. Oil is rapidly taking the place of coal for fuel and many industries are starting ug in consequence of being able to secure cheap fuel for power. FAULTY BIRTH RECORDS. The Health Officers After Physicians ‘Who Fail to Make Reports. Health Officer Lovelace has called the attention of physicians and midwives to the fact that they must report all births at the Health Office. Failing in this they will be punished according tolaw. The birth lists are being closely watched by Secretary Godchaux with a view of getting agood test case and carrying it into the courts. The following notices from the orders of the Superintendent concerning the regis- tration of births have been sent to all physicians’ offices: SECTION 1. Physicians and midwives must on or before the fourth day of each month maxe a Suing in thelr practice. daring the preceding month. In the apbsence of sucgsnuen%r::u tlllzg parent must make such report within thirty days after the birth of the child. Such returns must be made in accordance with rules adopt- ed and u; bl feat ipon blanks furnished by the Board of Sec. 2. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment noi exceeding m::ya, or by both such fine and imprison- Reports on births have been allowed to et into a slipshod condition, and Health flicer Lovelace is determined to straighten them out. Within the past month a score of inquiries have been made at the office to get the dates of certain births and no trace of them could be found on the records. The inquirers were put to great trouble over the matter and laid the blame on the management of the office. The Health Department now proposes to put the re- !ponslbllll{n where it belongs: the physi- clans who fail to make proper reports. ————————— Reduced Rate on Canned Goods. The Southern Pacific Company submitted a Proposition by telegraph to railway companies between its lines and the Mississippi River and Chlmfo. ‘Whereby a rate of 65 cents might be established on canned goods from California. The present rate on canned h;mdl to Chicago and the river points is 75 cents a_hundred pounds. This applies also to the tarift tointer- mediate points from common points in Cali- fornia. The Southern Pacific Company has offered to make a combination with the other railways toreduce the tariff 10 cents & hundred pounas. ————— Stamped envelopes were issued by our Government to commemorate the centen- nial of American independence, but there ‘Were 1o adhesive stamps issued. S YANG YU'S PROCLAMATION: The Chinese Minister at Wash- ington Warns the Six Companies. BOYCOTT ON ONE COMPANY. Authoritles of the United States May Be Asked to Settle the War. The war which has been impending in Chinatown between the Sam Yup and the See Yup companies for several weeks has aroused the ire of the Chinese authorities at Washington. They have interested themselves in the matter to the extent that if the boycott which is now hovering over the S8am Yup Company is not de- clared off in a few days they will cause trouble among the ranks of not only the See Yup Company but the Ning Yung fac- tion as well. The follewing proclamation was received by Consul-General Li from Yang Yo, Min- ister Plenipotentiary to the United States, yesterday, with instructions to post itin a conspicuous position, that all Chinese might read it and take warring: From the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Consul-General Li and Consul Chane. ‘This' message is from the Minister and is di- rected to the See Yup and the Ning Yung Company particularly. That in the matter of a trifie with the Sam Yup people you have caused interference to be glnced in the way of the busiress of the Sam Yups and all of their dealings. Ihave been informed that some of the leading men have made trouble and have in a measure paralyzed the business of the Sam Yups. This state of things I shall not aliow to be carried on, even if some of the common people do congregate and prevent the regular course of business from ing carrfed on. You should,. therefore, use diligence to suppress the existing boycott and tell each other t0 abide by the law and suppress the feeling of enmity which exists in your hearts. You may not be aware that this may cause serious trouble, and the time may come when, repenting of your action, you may find that it 13 too late. 1 therefore appeal to you to abide by your profession or occupation, whatever it may be, and not travel on the road of obscurity an darkness, as no good will come of it. If any more disturbance follows this procla- mation the authorities ot the United States will be notified and you will be punished ac- cording to the laws of the land in which you are residing. Be not persistent, but obey these instruc- tions. YANG Yu, Minister to the United States. PRICE OF BEER BLOSSOMS, Ex-Sheriff Stanley Says Hops Have Been Grossly Maligned. Though a Celebrated Thlef-Taker, He Is an Agricultural Oracle. Ex-Sheriff Stanley of Mendocino County, besides being one of the most celebrated thief-catchers in California, is also an oracle on matters agricultural in the coun- ties north of the bay. Mr. Stanley asserts that the dispatches published in some of the 8Ban Francisco papers to the effect that many of the hop fields would .go unpicked this fall on ac- count of the low price of the beer blossom are liable to do incalculable harm to the agricultural interests of the northern bay counties. “There is no truth whatever in the state- ment that the hops will not be harvested on account of the prices,” he said. “As a truth a large number of the hop-growers of Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino counties have yearly contracts for their hops at 15 cents. These contracts have been runuing through years and years, and the growers are perfectly satisfied tolet them continue, even though the price goes 100 or 200 per cent higher some years. Allthistalk about the hops going unharvested is nonsense. If the price goes as low as 7 or 8 cents the growers could not afford to let the blos- soms wither on the vines. They can grow them for 4 cents a pound, and at $1 a hun- dred for picking they have a profit. “The responsibility for these mistate- ments rests with some of those growers who want to clear ten or twenty thousand dollars a year on their yards. There have been times when the growers of Sonama and Mendocino cleared $2000 an acre on their hops and those men are invariably the ones to raise a howl if the blossoms go below 25 or 30 cents. Do you know that there is a good living in hops at 10 cents? At 15 cents the grower can make a fair profit.” THE MECHANICS' FAIR. Saturday Afternoons to Be Turned Over - to the School Children of the City. Probably 2000 people visited the Mechan- ics’ Fair at the Pavilion last night and en- joyed the music and the exhibits. One company has an exhibit of burners and stoves to demonstrate the advantages of gas thus applied-over electricity for both light and fuel. In pickles this City shows that she can do as well asanywhere else in the world. In machinery appliances for saving gold |.in mining and powerful irrigating pumps seem to predominate. A convenient res- taurant annex at popular prices has been fitted up by the trustees. 3 1t is the intention of the board of direc- tors to devote Saturday afternoons to the school children, admission to be free, if possible. TR Next Saturday is to be ‘“university day,” and excursions at reduced rates are to be arranged for to accommodate the students of Berkeley and Stanford. The Wednes- day following is to be turned overto the scholars of the night schools, and the Saturday after next to the boys and girls of the high and technical schools. There 1s also be a German night for the Turn Vereins and other German societies, and if the committee can so arrange it special nights will be designated for other societies and clubs. f The musical programme for to-day is: 'h, “Turner Festival Gazza Lad1a aliz, “Adle’...... Caprice, “Unter den Seiection, “Boceacelo”. ... Overture, “Bohemian Girl” Waltz, “Carmen” Strauss Preiude, chorus and cavatina from (e opera ", erc: . Kontski March. “Festival Songs”. Overture, “Raymond” Waltz, “Chimes of Nori T i Overture, “Martha" Waltz, “aritans Selection, “Black “Cavalry Charge" Galop, “In a Hurry The board of directors decided last night to spend $350 on the chessroom at the in- stitute in improvements, . At Laurelhill Convent, near Limerick, seventy of the nuns and pupils were taken du:g:rously sick at dinner lately, four having already died. The inquest showed that a custard of which they had eaten, containing eggs and milk “imperfectly cooked, had develo) bacteria and pro- duced ptomaine poisoning. Mendelssohn NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ~ TO-DAY'S GREAT LEADERS! - To=day we offer a SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDI= . NARY COMBINATION of ATTRACTIONS in NEW GOODS AND- CLEARANCE BARGAINS ! LADIES' CAPES! At $1.00. LADIES’ TRIPLE CAPES, in a variety of shades, neatly trimmed with gimp, worth $3 50, will be closed out at ?1 each. At $1.50. LADIES’ CAPES, in a variety of shades and styles, worth $4 50, will be offered at $1 50 each. At $2.50. LADIES’ SINGLE and DOUBLE CAPES, in black and a variety of colors, with various trimming, worth $6 50, will be closed out at $2 50 each. At $5.00. LADIES’ FULL CIRCULAR SINGLE CAPES of Kersey cloth, in a variety of shades, lined with silk, trimmings of applique and ribbon, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $5 each. TADIES' SOITS! At $4.95. . LADIES' SUITS, navy and black serge, worth $9, will be closed out at $4 95 each. 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’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, in fancy stripes, checks and figures, full sleeves, yoke back, regular price $1, will be offered at 55¢. At 75 Cents. LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, extra full sleeves, in all fancy shades, made of heavy percale, regular price $1 25, will be offered at 75¢. At $1.00. . DIES’ EXTRA GOOD QUALITY PER- s CALE AND LAWN WAISTS, laun- dried collar and cuffs, blue, pink, plaids and all fancy shades, regular price $1 50 and $i 75, will be offered at $l. BLOVES! GLOVES! At 65 Cents. 200 dozen LADIES’ BIARRITZ KI(D GLOVES (with two hooks at wrist), Foster, Paul & Co. make, in dark, medium and tan shades, good value for $1, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. At $1.00. A 75 dozen LADIES’ 8-BUTTON LEN " MOUSQUETATRE DRESSED KID GLOVES, in dark and medium colors, also black, extra value for §1 50, will be offered at $1 a pair. CHILDREN’S JACKETS! At $1.00. : CHILDREN’S JACKETS, varying in size from 4 to 10 years, made of Navy, Plain and Twilled Cheviot, worth $2 50, will be closed out at $1 each. At $2.00. CHILDREN’S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of medium shade brown covert, cloth, very neatly trimmed with brown soutache braid, worth $5, will be closed out at $2 each. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. VALUE OF THE CITY. Figures That Will Create a Big Dispute Sent to Sacramento. Auditor Broderick has just sent his valuation on San Francisco property to the State Board of Equalization at Sacra- mento. Following are the chief items: Value of real estate, $178,935,646; value of improvements, $86,082,959; value of per- sonal property, $62,786,542; number of acres in the county, 27,200; assessed value of mortgages, $49,684,914. 4 5 Rumors are already being actively cir- culated that the Board of Equalization in- tends to put a big raise on the San Fran- cisco assessment in order to balance the | reduction of railroad assessments in other counties. The county officials expect a raise, but what it will be they cannot guess. g Last year the assessment was raised 15 per cent. Two years before that the local valuation was raised 20 per cent and the year preceding it wasadvanced 30 per cent. A big fight will be made to keep down the figures to those named by the local board. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Edward Hackett (by B. P. Oliver, commissioner) to Hibernia Savings and Loan Spciety, loton N line of Ellis sireet, 50 W of Laguna, ¥ 45 by N T éani by and Panline Dunn to William T. Dunn, 1ot on N line of McAllister street, 125 W of Devisa~ dero, W 25 by N 187:6: $10. Madsen and Marle E. Lund to Margaret D. and Mamie E. Keefe, ot on S line of Fell street, 145 W of Broderlck, W 25 by S 187:6; &10. Cathrina Himmelmann &nd Willism Klumpp to 21, all interest in Miss on block 21, ia, Hermann, R'dley and West Mission streets: ail futerest n tax certificate No. 362, quitciaim deed; $5. N immah C. and Otto 1. £ob to Ludwiz Hauser, 10; on N line of Twenty-secord street, 76:10 E of Senctez. E 26 by N 114: §10. John H. Dawson 1o Clara L. Arguello, lot on W line of Fair Ouks street, 60 N of Twenty-tifth, N_26 by W 100; $10. ‘Maria Hickey and Joseph Keane to Petra G. de Bargone {(administrator of estate of Leonardo Bar- me), lov on N line of Chestnut street, 100 W of Bupont, W 20 by N 70; $2000. Horan to James and Rose homas and_Mary Daly. loton NW line of Natoma street, 140 NE of Second, NE 25 by NW 75; $10. Tistate of Edward B. Brady (by Joseph Young and Charles Wynne, executors) to William A, Ma- e, 1ot on SW line ‘of Fourth street, 250 SE of firvant, SE 25 by SW 80: $4650. los, Harry L., Alta C. and_Lounise A. White and Fua Wood to Peter A. Smith, lot on SW line of Fourth street, 48 NW of Bluxome, NW 24 by SW 100; $10. : Edward N. and Lucinda N. Moor to F. H. Davls, lot on E line of Mississippi street, 350 S of Yolo, $ 25 by £ 100; $10. Jacob and Lina Heyman to Anna C. Meyer, lot on E line of Thirty-cighth avenue, 200 N of R street, N 26 by E 120: $10. Robert E. and Jane M. Neil to James Camp, lots 17,18, 81 10 34, block 5, Lakeview: $10. David M. and’ Susan M. Riddie to Florence M. Athearn, lots 27, 28, block 57, City Land Associa- tion: $7 Patrick J. McDonald to Ellen McDonald, Iot on NE line o Twelfih avenue, 300 NW of L' street, NW 50 by NE 100, block 228, South San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Associaton: $5. William and Rosey Maguire (by William A.Gar- diner, commissioner) to Germania Bullding and Loan Association; Lot on 5 lino of Ney street, 160 W of Congdon, ¥ W 50, block 8, College Home- S S Hiten s s . . and Ellen Sinclair to Emma D. Fisher, lot 4, block R, Ralitoad Homestead Association 2, quitclaim deed; $10. Maurice Dorc to John and Catherine McDonald, lot on SW corner of Fifteenth avenue, 475 N'W of Nrootreet, NW 25 by SW 100, block 306, Case Estate of R. H. Pearson (by H. F. Williams, ex- ecutor) to same, lot on SW line of Fifteenth avenue, 475 NW of N street, NW 26 by SW 100, quitclaim deed; $1. Jutius C. and Eila C. Henkenins to James S. Mackie, lot on SE corner of R street and Eighth avenue South, 8E 75 by SW 100, 0'Nelll & Haley Tract. No. 169; $10. Jacob and_Lina Heyman to Edward H. Kuhl- man, lot on W line of Chapaltepec screet, 50 N of Henrietta, N 25 by W 70; $10. ALAMEDA COUNTY. B. E. and Mollie A. Loomis to George Hunrick of Golden Gate, lot on E line of Eleventh street, 176.40 8 from S line of Berkeley Branch Railro Jight of way, 15 100 by § 37:6. being portion of lot 10, block 26, Beaudry and Peladeau property, Oak- land Township: $10. Yel Kawamoto (wife of T.) of Japan to T. Kawa- moto of Alameda, lot 41, Glen Echo Tract, map 3, Oakland Township: also fot on S line of len ave- nue, 300.83 I of Webster street, SW 160,60, SW 4 inchies. N 160, E 4 feet to bexinning, being por- g&: of lot 1, Glen Echo Tract, Oakland Township; T3 Savamoro of Japan to, . . Browh of Qak: , same: The Yokohama Nursery Company, Limited (for- merly Yokohama Gardorers' Association), of Oak- land to same, same;. 50. nx-:.; Jegema o I‘gj’.’m. (wife of A.) to same, me; $5. Charles H. and Louisa E. Sturgeon to. Pacific Coast Savings Society, lot on S line of Blossum street, 125 W of Fruitvale avenue, S 11464, W 35, N 11454, B 35 to beginning, being 10t 8, Orchard Tract, Fruitvale, Brooklyn Township: 85. William J. Donovan to Margaret Donovan, lots 10,11 and 12, block b1, Oakland: $10. Fannie McBride of Oakland to Thomas §. Wrylie, loton SE line of Twenty-third_street, 34 SW of East Twenty first, SE toa point 10 feet to the NW of SE line of lots 1 and 2, block H, subdi- vision 50 associates tract, thence SW 328, N W' to SE line of Twenty-third avenue, NE to begin- ning, being a portion of lots 1 and 2, block H, sub- division 50 associates tract, East Oakland: $10. William G. and Mary Stahl to W. S. Gee of Ala- meda, loton N_line of Pacific avenue, 100 E of Willows street, E 50 by N 150.2, being 1ots 2 and 3, block 18, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alameda; 10. Builders’ Contracts. Emma A. Hinds with Hans Petersen, to erect building on W side of Second avenue, 126 S of California: $1850. 1 1Congregation Obabia Shalome with A. A. Ehat, ainting, etc., synagogue on S line of Bush street, E of Laguna: $964. Abraham Hessel with F. C. Acker, toerecta 2- story building on S line of Bernard ' street, 160:6 W _of Jones: $2550. M. F. Guildea with G. W. Forsyth, to erect a 4- room cottage on W line of Williamson street, 581:7 N of Point Lobos avenue; $1250. —— HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL, . Miss A C Busteede, Cal R J Frank, Los Angeles Miss F V Gridzein, Cal M J Frank, Los Angeles Mrs C Gordon, Livermor C M Frank, Los Angeles H P Chadbourne, Pleas- J G_Hatch, Los Angeles anton E ¥ McNaugh, California, W J Rogers, € ©V Jones, Mt View 3 G O'Neill, N Wescott, Santa Rosa Mrs Knox, Sacramento Miss Knox, Sacramento AT J Reynolds, Walnut B W Bond, Front Royal, cel Virginia C LBlakemvie, Placervl Mrs L F Cox, St Louis Miss O F Cox, St Lonis ¥ B Gongner, Placerville E F Cox, St Louls J P Boden, Placerville Mrs A R Fleming, St Ls D A Ostrom, Yuba Miss P Estey, Placerville A A Travis, Lundy T Rummelsberg, Colusa M I Halsey, Sacramento LT Morley, Detroit § Frank, Seattle W_H Morley, Detroit _ E F Northam, San Jose J Moss, Grants Pass, Or Mrs Moss, Grants Pass FJ Moffitt, Oakland W Reed, Capitola B Graham. Fresno Dr R E Hosthy. Sta Cruz Labom & w, Davisvl C J Walker, Tu Bettner & w, Rivrsd W W Middieca J B Smith, Fresno J B Larensen & Smith, Fresno M L Maloney & w, Fresno L Joy, Terre Haute W W Black, Hollister A W Burnett, Ind R P Lathrop. Hollister Fay, Tulare R P Bacon & wi, Boston J H Watkins, Sacramnto F M Smith, Plymouth W E Peck, Santa Cruz _ Mrs I A Harper, Ind Mrs E Frost, Terre Haute I M Parker, Detroit J L Bond, Ukiah H W Crabb, Oakville W B Pliss, Sonoma, R Cobb, Gilroy € W Wilson, Sn L Oblspo J W Midgley, Chicago Mrs E D Moore, Chicago Mrs Midgiey, Chicago ‘A E Midgley, Chicago W Midgley, CI B C Brice, Sacramento 1 M Hurst, Adgels Camp T F Eubanks, S L Obispo W F Frazer, Sacramento PALACE HOTEL. HrWeinstock, Sac E W Buell. Chicago 21 il e SEEEEEEO i a w, Chicago JH F Bartine. Salt Lake T B Smith, London P Kerwin, Virginia Miss Smithers. N Y %S!li{(hel’!. NY ot irs Rancroft, N Y Cast Hoene, Wash, C ¥ Joy & w, Wisconsin Mrs C Aull, Folsom W H Griffith, Denver Miss Whiteside, Boston Miss O'Loughlin, Boston C Lane, St Louis W E Edmonson, US N W W Foote, Onkland M Hauschild, Oakland Ars Churehill,Napa Miss Churchill, Napa San Jose J C Grubb, Delaware N Scheller, Germany J E McCormick&w,SJose CJ Titus. Sacto Mrs Pettier & c,Nevada Miss T Lo, Sacto H Hodgkins & s,St0ckion LICK HOUSE. A S Kerry & w, Seattle H_F Clark, Pa C E swezey. Marysville C E Burrows, Stockton layton P D Jackson, Sac C Baird. nira T J Geary & w, Sta Rosa E J Rockwell, Bakersfld R D Chrittenden. Hanford M Brady, Fowler D R Cameron&sn, Hanid A E Mclntire, Stockton Mrs S A Blythe, Tulare E W Buell, Chicago F J Kiesel, Ogden S C Cornwell. Merced C H Leggett, Merced ‘A H Peck & w, Denver LBrackman&w,Martinez LMcDonald, Franch Gulch B F Bishop, Tulare S Tichner, Or E Porter, Bradley JA Louttit & fy,Stockton J T Brittan, Colusa NEW WESTERN. S C Williams, Los Ang J W Ellsworth, Cal F Eisenhurst & w,Cal J H Ayers, Rio Vista H V Fanseco, Boston Miss White, N Y . Mrs McGill & dhtr, Chgo Mrs Hall & dhtr, Chicagg T Dain, Philadelphia I Stone. Chico C G Booth, Fresno G A Tread, Fresno T Jones, Fresno Miss Jones, Fresno L B Burt, Chicago B B Cloth, Los Gatos G B Lucy, Vallejo K L Lore, Vallejo Misa Tont, Menl BB S sucy, Menlo utts, ment B L Loreling, Sacto - BALDWIN HOTEL. G D Darwin, Fulton Dr Burdell, Marin Co J R Burns. Or D W Burchard, San Jose Mrs Marseo, G L Veaten, Chicago . G 1 MeFamiany: Forting J C'Ruddock, Ukiah S Abain, St Louls L SButter S'w, Reng 8 W eoir, N ¥ h'Y ompson ‘& w, A Hyons, City Panams LM Holes, San Jose W M. P’;u:'ér. Ifi),PCIlyol G T Taxtun, C; nama M FS snmuyv.lloh lillP‘ MacRI ‘allejo 3T Murphy., San Jose _— 4