The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1895. THE BAY DISTRICT RACES A Badly Mixed Card Furnished Some Tame Sport for Race-Goers. INSTALLATOR WON EASILY. Crawford Won With Big Weight Up After a Long Delay at the Post. Joe Piggott will be seen in the saddle twice to-day. e Jockey Chevalier had a combination yester- that ended up with r the p For & while it looked as it cash it,but the youngster furlong from home. B. Short, who rode Jefferson in the opening expressive than elegant, while the re at the post, and his usefulness as a v at the Bay District track has probably passed. Jasper Madison on Abi P deliberately cut Walter J off a sixteenth from the wire in the st race, which undoubtedly prevented him from getting second place. Mr. Johnson, who Toae the colt, entered no protest and it passed unnoticed. It now transpires that the boy Willie Swift, who was injured in Saturday’s hurdle race whilk riding Mestor, was more seriously in- jured than at first supposed. The physicians attending him now say the spiue is injured, end vesterday visitors were denied admittance 1o see him. Air seems to be one of those peculiar hat have & fondness for weight. One ith ateather on his back he will run like 8 dog, and a few days later, with a carload of on his back he will run rday was one of his It resembled a remnant sale at some cheap auction-house. The attendance was only fair, and they were not very successful in their endeavor to deprive the bookies of their wealth. Twoonly of the first choices straggled in. The October derby, four furlongs, opened the day’s sport, and ten cheap selling- platers lined up at the post, Rayo, on a previous showing of speed, was made a 214 to 1 choice, and he won easily from Bob Tucker after leading the entire route. Mendocino was the show horse. Pitted against a couple of two-year-olds and Mount Air in the next race, a seven- furlong run, Installator went to the post a 2to 5 chance. He was away last when the flag fell, but soon showed in front and won easily by a length from Joe K, heavily layed to get the place. Grady was a poor Elmwood stock farm followed this ictory up with another win in the third six and a half furlong dash. Peter ond was a 4 to 5 favorite with Ike L y fancied second choice. The fay- third to Mamie Scott, and the e front and won handily length. Although out- Scott ran a very creditable ng about four lengths behind ce, fin: the leaders. Tom e looked the best of the poor rnished the field in the fourth ile selling dash, and was a.de- m even money chance. An- lay sent Olivia to the post heavily a backed second choice. en they were sent away Chevalier on Detective, a 10 to 1 shot, darted to the front, and with Olivia in hot pursuit the two opened up a big gap on the bunch and had the race to themselves. Ina hard drive all the way down the stretch to the ire Jones landed Olivia winner by a head. The favorite, who fell completely out of the race at the beginning, showed some speed toward the end, and managed to crawl in- to third place, about six lengths away. The last race was a five-furlong spin with light welter-weights up. Abi closed favorite in the betting, backed from 3 to6to5. A stiff play on Crawford cut his price from 314 to 2-to 1. The two-year- olds in the race, Encino_and Margaret M, also received_considerable backing. After an exasperating delay of 45 minutes at the post, they were finally dispatched to a straggling start. Encino showed the way into the stretch, but soon had enough and gave way to Crawford, Abi P and Walter J, who were on equal terms a furlong from home. Through splendid riding, Piggott on Crawford got his mount home first, a length before Abi P. Walter J, who was badly jostled and cut off, finished third. MULHOLLAND. SUMMARY. ~ FRANCISCO, August 27, 1895. 1335, EIBST RACE—Five furlongs:’selling; 00, threeyear-olds and upward: non-win- Bers; purse $250. Time, 1:0234. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 2% Str. Fin, 1328 Rayo,100 (E. Jones)........ 1 1A 13 13 1332 Bob Tucker, 100 (Hinrichs) 2 2§ 23 21 1329 Mendocino, 107 (Chevalier). & 81 5k 31 1324 Druscilla, 100 (McIntyre 3L 314 4h 1328 Yreka, 108 (Glover) 1313 Huguenot, 111 (Booton) 1301 Steadfast, 110 (Shew) 1328 Jeftevson, 107 (B. Short). 1297 Tyrena, 100 (Anderson) . 1324 Ontarlo, 105 (C. Taral) Fair start. Won easily. Winner, ch. g., by Three Cheers-Little Girl Betting: Rayo 5 to 2, Bob Tucker 7 to 2, Mendo- cino 4 to 1, Steadfast 8 to 1, Huguenot 10to 1, Yreka 5 to1, Tyrena 15 to 1, Ontario 200 to 1, Druscilla 150 to 1, Jefferson 100 to 1. 1336 SECOND RACE—Seven furlongs; all - ages; purse $300. Time, 1:28. Ind. Horse, welght, jockey. St 15 Str. Fin. 1327 Installator, 105 (Chevalier).4 17 13 134 1326 Joe K, 78 (Reidy) 1 3h 214 2 2n 3ip 3h .34 4 & inner, b.c., by fmp. )Mt. Afr, 102 (Cot Good start. Won easily. Brutus-Installation. Betting: Installator 2105, Joe K 4 to 1, Grady 12t0 1, Mt. Afr12t0 1. 133 /7 THIRD RAC ix and a half furlongs; { selling: purse $300. Time,1:28. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. 1322 Peter ihe Second, 100 (Che: aller). R 4 25 15 2 Tke L, 101 (Hinrichs) 20 38 2 7)Mamie Scoit, 190 (F. Jones).1 1n 14 37 0'The Drummer, 98 (Reldy).. Good _start. Won _cleverly. tmp. Brutus-Bonnie Jean. Betting: Peter the Second 4 to 5, Tke L 11 to b, Mamie Scott 9 to 2, The Drummer 50 to 1. 1338, EOURTH RACE_One mile; selling: . three-year-olds and upward; purse $250. Time, 1:43. 4 31 4 4 Winner, b. c., by weight, jockey. 3 Olivia, 91 (E. Jones)....... 8 Detective, 98 (Chevalier). 3 Tom Ciarke, §3 (Coady) 4)Suro. 96 (McIntyre) 9 Alexis, 107 (Hinrich Ryland, 111 (Booton) Sheridan, 109 (S Fair start. Won drivi peror of Norfolk-Dolly M. Betting: Olivia 2 fo 1, Detective 10 to 1, Tom Tlarke even, Alexis 6 to 1, Suro 40 to 1, Ryland 50 st. 7 2 9 i0 1, Sheridan 50 to 1. FIFTH RACE—Five furlongs; selling; . light welter-weights; purse $300. Time, Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. . Fin. 1320 Crawford, 129 '(PiggoLt) 4l 17 1315 Abi P. 127 (Madison). 5 53 S8h 22 5 (L. Johnson)..1 3%, {1243)Margaret M, 102 (Hinrichs).2 2 1331 Encino, 103 (Chevaller).....3 in 1 1277 Lee Stanley, 134 (F. Taylor)4 6 6 Good start. Won driving. Winner, ch. g., by pache-Emma Longfield. Betting: Crawford 2 to 1, Abi P 6 to 5, Walter 10 to 1, Margaret M 16 to 5, Encino 5 to 1, Lee Mtaniey 100 t0 1. Following are to-day’s entries: First _race, bali & mile, maiden, 1ds—Ollie M 109, Lady Gray 104, Endymion 109, Phyllis 109, Jongleuse filly 109, Isabelle {04, Von Dunk 112, Cheripe 104, Cyrene 109. Secona race, five-eighths of a mile, selling— flodel 101, Warrago 102, Durango 98, Soon Inough 94, Rey Alta 100, Arno 97, Red Dick 98. Third race, five-eighths of & mile, handicap, wo-year-0lds—Gratify 112, Chas. Boots 108, Hberius 97, Miss Brummel 95, Cardwell 95, lenham 87. Fourth_race, five-eighths of a mile, handi- ep—Realization 112, Gold Bug 107, Howard 1320 Walter J, I i B4 2h two-year- uage to Starter Ferguson that | 108, Silver State 103, Sport McAllister 96, Greenback Jr. 93, Fly 101. Fifth race, seven-cighths of a mllehhllnéig- a s cap—McLight 110, Roma 105, Flirt McFarlane 95, Tillfe § 90, Mt. Air 99. Sixth race, flvfi»eishlh! of & mile, selling— Duchess of Mi)pitas 95, Mount Carlos 104, Fin Slaugbter 98, Schnitz 108, Lodi 101, Norman- die 102, O'Bee 98, John Capron 91, Monarch 98. A STOCKHOLDER'S SUIT. Robert A. Friederich’s Charges Against the Sunset Vineyard Company’s Directors. Robert A. Friederich, a stockholder in the Sunset Vineyard Company, has begun suit to have a recent assessment of $2 per share declared illegal. He declares that the corporation is insolvent and that its business has been mismanaged. The de- fendants named in the complaint are the directors: Finlay Cook, S. F. Long, C. D. Coon, Donzel Stoney and E. E. Bush. Mr. Friederich states that the business of the corporation has been mismanaged and that the directors and their predeces- sors have failed to properly cultivate, har- vestand manage the crops, whereby the affairs of the corporation have been re- duced to a ruinous condit:on. 2 The capital stock, he declares, is divided into 800 shares, valued at $100 each, and the directors own but one share each. Only 767 shares were issued,and of the 767 shares issued 219 have been bought in by the corporation for the non-payment of assessments, leaving but 548 shares repre- sented. The plaintiff owns 278 shares, or a majoritv. The corporation owns 200 acres of land in Kings County worth about $100,000. There are mortgages of $23,000 and other debts amonnting to $19,000. Mr. Friederich asks that a receiver be appointed and that the recent assessment be declared illegal. DAVIDSON'S RESTORATION, Friends of the Distinguished Scientist Rally to His Support. Senator Perkins WIIl Present a Petitlon Asking for His Re- appointment. The many stanch friends and admirers of Professor George Davidson, late of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, have not yet given up hopes of his rein- statement, and to this end a number of petitions have been forwarded to Wash- ington, asking that the veteran scientist be allowed to occupy his former position in the Government service. One of the strongest appeals for rein- statement is now in the hands of Captain A. M. Burns, the well-known marine in- surance man at 306 Sansome street. Cap- tain Burns has been a lifelong friend of Professor Davidson and in his removal recognizes & piece of gross injustice. It is only fair to state that his views appear to be shared by a majority of the people of the Pacific Coast, who appreciate the dis- tinguished services of Professor Davidson in his chosen field and earnestly desire his immediate reinstatement. 3 The petition referred to has been signed by over 500 men, all prominent in shipping circles, and embracing every branch of the owners, masters, underwriters, Pilots’ Association gave it their ndorsement, and the steamshin people are a unit on the proposition. The petition will be taken to Washington and presented by Senator Perkins, himself an enthusiastic admirer of Professor David- son. Captain Burns extends an invitation to &l friends of the movement to_call at his office and sign the appeal, which will be completed and turned over to Senator Perxkins within a few weeks. The petition reads as follows: To the Prca[llmtlaj the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury: We, ship-owners, shipmasters and marine underwriterson the Pacific Coast, have learned with amazement and great regret that Professor George David- son, Assistant United States Coast and Geodetic Surveyor, has been removed from this position in the Government service, which he has filled with usefuiness to us, credit to himself and honor to the country for half a century; and we all, without regard to party affiliation, de- plore this ill-advised act of his superior officer. As men interested in shipping Fro rty, and as seafaring men, we have recognized for many ears the very great practical benefits which gn\'e accrued to navigation, commerce and marine insurance from Professor Davidson’s wonderful knowledge of the harbors, currents, bars, lights, landfalls and hidden dangers of the coast, all 0 elaborately and accurately de- scribed and illustrated in his “Coast Pilot of Alaska” and his ‘““Coast Pilot of California, Oregon and Washington”—works presented to the Government and by it published for the public bepefit. In any other country such lebor as thisalone would have insured him honor and compe- tency for life. ‘We know that since the publication of these splendid works he has constantly kept him- self informed of the many changes in buoys, lights and bars, and of the discoveries of new dangers; that he has, as a faithful servant should, always held this information at our disposal, and that we can always call npon him with profit. We believe that there is no one man on this coast who has such an extensive, thorough and comprehensive knowledge of this subject, 80 important to our interests, as Professor Dav- idson, and we therefore earnestly ask that he be reinstated in the service, in order that he may protect these interests in the future as he has in the past. THE GOETHE-SCHILLER FUND, Great Preparations Being Made for the Coming Festival. At a recent meeting of the Goethe- Schiller Monument Association nearly 150 ladies met to form a ladies’ auxiliary to the association to assist the executive com- mittee 1n arranging for a grand festival to be held in the Mechanics’ Pavilion. Mrs. F. Hess, Mrs. W. C. Hildebrandt and Mrs. Dr. J. Regensburger were appointed as a committee to select twelve ladies who will act as an executive committee of the auxiliary. Ata meeting held on Monday the committee reported the following names: Mrs. B. Broemmel, Mrs. C. Bundschu, Mrs, C. Fechheimer, Mrs. G. Gerst, Mrs. M. Green- blatt, Mrs. I Hecht, Mrs. F. Heseman, Mrs. C. Mueser, Mrs. E. C.Priber, Mrs. L. Oesterreicher, Mrs. C. Mau, Mrs. A. Schmidt, Mrs. R. Schmid Mrs. R. Toepli, Mrs. C. Vollmann, Mrs. R. E. Walter, Mrs. R. Wienecke and Mrs. M. Wunsch. The committee stated that it was deemed advisable to select eighteen names instead of twelve, and with their own names added the executive committee will consist of twenty-one ladies. When the scope of the festival was ex- plained to them the ladies were advised to organize in sections. It was suggested that they ask all the ladies and gentlemen in- terested in the monument in Golden Gate Park to assist them. The committee was requested to make a report at the next meeting, when the artists engaged by the asssociation to perfect plans for representa- tions will also report. Each section will then be assigned to its particular part or sphere of usefulness. The association has determined that as the fund necessary to be raised will not be as large as at the last fair, more attention will be paid to the artistic details of the festival than if the committee’s sole object was to raise money. The intention is that the general public shall receive twice the value of the admission fee and will not feel obliged to éxpend any more money than they feel inclined to give. —————— Sacramento’s Improvement Club. Several weeks ago the business men of Sacra- mento formed an organization similar in its aims and objects to the Merchants’ Association of San Francisco. They corresponded with the officers of the local association and stated that they had resolved to make Sacramento a model city. Presiaent Donrmann replied and stated that this body will send the data, figures and reports of all the experimental work in this City. Within the last few months improve- ment associations have sprung up in nearly all the large citiesin the State. JAKE RAUER IS REBUKED, Judge Hunt D'el|vers an Ex~- coriating Lecture From the Bench. A WIDOW'S PROPERTY INVOLVED Rauer Figured Plentifully as Plain~ tiff and Defendant In the Same Actlon. An unusually interesting and compli- cated case, in which one Jacob Rauer fig- ured very prominently, was brought to an abrupt termination by Superior Judge Hunt yesterday. Suit has been instituted by the three brothers Gilfeather—Joseph, Edward and Dennis—against the estate of Bridget O’Hara, deceased, to recover property valued at §2500. Judge Hunt in granting the application for a nonsuit let his severest censure fall upon the head of one Jacob Rauer, who appeared as a de- fendant. A jury had been summoned to try the case, but the Judge said that he did not care to trust the case to the jury; thatifa verdict had been rendered in Rauer’s favor he would have to setit aside. ‘‘Further- more,” continued the court, “the doors of the court of equity should always be closed to such a questionable transaction.” Such unusual expressions from a Judge on the Superior bench are sufficient to clothe a case with more than common in- terest, and the facts as established show the provocation. % The property involved in the suit is situ- ated at 106 and 108 Bernard street, between Jones and Taylor. In 1887 the late Mrs. Gilfeather lived at 1106 Pacific street. In May, 1887, a fire took place on her prop- erty on Bernard street and the insurance companies proceeded to make repairs, em- ploying & man named J. B. Lawrence to do the work. Mrs. Gilfeather claimed fthe insurance companies should pay the bills, as it was not a total loss. £ Lawrence brought suit against Mrs. Gil- festher and recovered judgment in the Justice’s court for about $130. One Jacob Rauer went to- see Mrs. Gilfeather about the bill, and claimed that she had driven him from the house with an ax. A sum- mons was afterward served on the lady by another person, who also claimed to bave been ‘“forcibly and frightfully” ejected from the premises. In due time the property was sold under the judgment and the Sheriff made a deed to wrence. The latter subsequently deedea the property to Rauer, and he in turn deeded it to Bridget O’Hara, de- ceased, for $239. Mrs. O’Hara went into possession of the property and collected the rents up to the time of her death, which occurred in 1894. Mrs. Gouley, sister of Mrs. O’Hara, took out letters of administration and about a vear after the Gilfeather brothers brought suit against Mrs. Gouley, claiming that at the time of the deed to Lawrence and Rauer their mother, Mrs. Gilfeather, was insane. The suit was afterward made jointly against the administratrix, Law- rence and Rauer. In the complaint it was alleged that Mrs. O’Hara had come into possession of the property as a mortgagee and also that Lawrence and Rauer knew that Mrs. Gilfeather was insane and that the deeds were therefore fraudulent. On the trial Rauer became a witness for the plaintiff and swore that at the time he went out to see Mrs. Gilfeather in 1887 she was insane and that she was insane when the deed was made to Lawrence and when the deed was made by Lawrence to him and also afterward when he (Rauer) made the transfer to Mrs. O'Hara. On cross-examination it was developed that Rauer, though made a defendant in the action, was at the time of the com- mencement of the case in possession of deeds from the Gilfeather boys granting him an undivided half of the property, and that he had put up all the costs in the action and stood good for any and alt costs that might accrue. Rauer’s answer was 2 denial, and verification was wawved by the attorney for the plaintiff. Under the circumstances the Judge decided that Rauer should have been a plaintiff in the action instead of a defendant, and that the suit was collusive in its character. And Judge Hunt,as well as Attorney H. C. McPike, for the defendants, entertained the spectators for a half hour or more in a warm excoriati of Defendunt;f\lainfifi Rauer, characterizing such proceedings as shameful and deserving of the severest de- SUSHLTDS FESTIAL It Will Depend Upon the Suc- cess of the Canvassing Committee. Some of the Plans Which Are Al- ready Being Spoken Of by Those in Charge. The water festival for which all Sau- salito is preparing is dated for somewhere about October 10. Whether or not it will come off, however, is dependent upon the success which will attend the efforts of J. ‘W. Sperry and John W. Harmes, who have been appointed to canvass for funds, Should they raise a sufficient amount, the festival is assured. Should gold and golden promises not be poured into their hanas, Sausalito will see no grand display upon the water that washes along her beach. The money to hold the festival must come from at least two sources. The hill- side citizens of Sausalito must put up, and the transportation companies, which will vrofit much by the crowds the event will attract, are expected to donate a vortion of these prospective profits beforehand. So far pluns for the celebration are not very definite, but some idea of the charac- ter of it has been settled upon by those in charge, as a result of the numerous dis- cussions which it has given rise to. There will be red fire in plenty, fireworks of jall kinds, water ]mrades upon the bay in the lee of the hills, and promenade concerts upon the beach. Chinese lanterns will be strung along the water, up the hill, along the winding streets of the town and in the riggings of the boats, until sea and shore are bathed 1n the soft light from the lus- trous little globes of tissue-paper. The parade on the water will include® boats of all sizes, from schooner yachts to whitehalls and dingies. Floats will be placed here and there in the line, and all will be strung together, and will be towed by one of the big harbor tugs. It willbea grand affair—but it all depends upon the success of the canvassers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAXES. ‘W1ll Not Be So Much Higher This Year After All. E. Black Ryan, tax agent of the Southern Pacific Company, said he felt happy yes- terday because all his work on taxes of the last term had been finished Monday night, when he appeared before the Berkeley Board of Equalization to present the com- pany’s view of the question. ‘It was an un- precedently busy and harassing season for me, since a species of epidemic broke out among assessors to raise assessments generally on the company,” said Mr. Ryan. He said, however, that when the totals were summed up after all were equali: the Southern Pacific would not be so much the worse for this new movement,as in many instances the official valuations had been reduced under the tax agent’s showing. CIPRICO'S DEFENSE. He Only Joined the Conspirators in Or- der to Assist the Government’s Chief Witnes: Attorney Carroll Cook made the opening statement for the defense in the case of F. D. Cxpricq, charged with conspiring to forge and issue Chinese certificates, yester- day. The counts in which the prisoner is c]_nrg_ed with forging and uttering were dismissed on Mr. Cook’s motion and with the consent of the District Attorney, and Ciprico was then permitted to frame his defense on the charge of conspiracy alone. After this matter was settled Cook then asked that all the hearsay evidence given by O. P. Stidger, the Government’s wit- ness, be stricken out on the ground that it was not_admissible under the rules of evi- dence. Judge Morrow thought differently, however, and allowed the testimony to go to the jury. CiPrico then took the stand in his own behalf and swore that he went into the glot to aid Stidger. His state- ment of all the facts in the case did not vary much from the story told on the stand by the Government witnesses, but of course different conclusions were drawn. He told of all the meetings held by Foss, Greenwald, Katzauer and himself, and said that in the opium deals Foss was to get half and in the certificate deals Kat- zauer was to get half. The other halves were to be divided between the remaining conspirators. This was because Foss and Katzauer were the moneyed members of the gang. Into all these schemes Ciprico en- tered merely to assist the Government in catching thereal culprits. At 4 p. M. Cook had not concluded his address to the jury, and will continue to-day at 11 A. M. ROBBED WAILE ASLEED The Experience of John Digan, a Proof-reader From New York. He Fell Among Thieves In a Lodg- ing-House on Pine and Dupont Streets. Richard Kelly, an ex-convict, F. Defigan and Emma Roberts were booked at the City Prison yesterday by Officers Reynolds, ‘Wren and Campbell on the charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness is John Digan, an ex-proof-reader on the New York Irish ‘World. Digan arrived in the city a few | days ago and engaged a room in a lodging- house on Pine street. ‘When he reached his room last Friday night he found the woman Roberts there. He put her out and then retired for the right. He had $250 in greenbacks rolled up in a napkin which, before retiring, he put in a pocket of his trousers. For safety he placed his trousers at the head of his pillow, but next morning he found that the napkin with the greenbacks, his gold watch and diamond pin had disappeared. Digan reported his loss at(rol\ce head- %nu rters and Kelly, Defigan and the woman oberts were arrested. Sergeant Price re- | covered the watch and napkin containin, the money from a saloon-keeper on Thir and Howard streets and took them to headquarters. When the money was| counted it was fonnd that $190 of the $250 | was in Confederate bills. Kelly admitted giving the watch and money to the saloon-keeper and declared | that the $250 was all in greenbacks at that | time. The saloon-keeper denies opening | the napkin after receiving it from Kelly. Whether the police will take any action in regard to the saloon-keeper for receiving the stolen goods has not yet been deter- mined. Kelly has served several terms for rob- | bery. His last sentence was fourteen vears and he was released from San Quen- tin a year ago. Defigan is not known to the police. POTRERO IMPROVEMENTS, | Social Notes and Business Matters From That District and South San Francisco. South San Francisco and the Potrero continue to show improvements in the | way of new residences and stores, Hhrdly | a'day passes that does not witness the be- ginning or completion of some structure. Around the All Hallows Church neighbor- hood a number of substantial buildings are going up, while there are any number contracted for. City street work is also keeping pace with the spirit of progress now predominating in that section. The grading on Twelfth avenue from N to P streets is about completed, and that thor- oughfare now presents a much altered and handsome n%pearance. Work on_Thir- teenth and Fourteenth "avenues is also being pushed as rapidly as possible. The ladies of South San Francisco are making great preparations for a monster | fair, which is te be held in the opera-house October 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The proceeds of the five nights’ entertainment will be used to make needed repairs and also to paint All Hallows church. Pride of the Forest Circle No. 204, C. O. F. of A., will entertain their friends right | royally at Myrtle Hall next Tuesday even- | ing. The affair is termed a neglige party, and promises to be quite a social event. The selection of a site for the affiliated | colleges seems to be disturbing the resi- | dents of the Potrero as much as the com- mittee having the matter in hand. There is but one sentiment among them, and that is that the committee should not hesi- | tate a moment about accepting Mr. Cen- ter's offer. They point to its central loca- tion and its easy accessibility from all parts of the City as the main reason why the committee should not overlook it. It is reported that the Solano-street elec- tric road will be in operation about the middle of next month. The grading on Sixteenth street is completed, and the rails strewn along the roadbed ready to be laid. This road will be a short route to the Mission and park, and will be of great benefit to the residents of Southern He?gms | and the low land beyond. ! BLOCK IS MISSING. A Tailor Said to Be Insolvent, With Enown Liabilities of 8$5000. Albert Block, a tailor at 111 Mont- gomery street, is in financial trouble. His creditors began an attempt vesterday to force him into insolvency. They assert that he has transferred his property for the purpose of defrauding them, and that he cannot now be fourdd. The creditors and the amounts claimed by them are: Reiss Brothers & C It is believed that there are c; addition to these, and the employes of Block remain unpaid. In the petition filed in the Supreme Court the creditors say that on Monday Block assigned his property to E. Mayer, itors in the property being value more. They declare that they have unable to find Block, and that they believe he has departed from California to evade the service of papers. They ask ihat a re- ceiver be :fim ted. 1t is stated that Block began negotiations for the sale of his stock and fixtures, and that late in the evening the sale to Mayer was effected. = s A Railroad Damage Suit. Thomas Rolfe is suing the Southern Pacific Company for $50,000 He says that he broke his le; for the comp ;.oa January 31 while working THE VARIETIES OF WHEAT. A Comparative Exhibit Show- ing the Average Grain Yield Per Acre. ACID AND ALKALINE SOILS. » Professor Cook’s Good Advice About Comb and Extracted Honey for the Market. A good sheep man claims that in long- wooled sheep, size is easier to maintain than guality, while with down sheep qual- ity is more easily maintained than size, so that in selecting the sheep for breeders this fact should not be overlooked. The life of a farmer has often been called a life of drudgery. There is nooccupation that has a larger ratio of inspiring labor to one whose tastes are in harmony with rurul life, says Colman’s Rural World, The weak pointin American farming has been the lack of appreciation of the equip- ments necessary to a successful career. Too many men have been willing to be thieves. of the soil’s resources that they might swell their bank accounts. To the young man or woman fairly well edu- cated, there is no more promising field of enterprise. Referring to the extensive orchard of the Visalia Fruit and Land Company the Vi- salia Times says: Perhaps there is no other orchard that has proven such a financial success from the start. The first year after planting there was, of course, no income, but the second year there was an income of $2500; the third year, $14,800, and the fourth or present season it will probably amount to $25,000. Results count and such figures are incontrovertible. These returns are from something over 200 acres of bearing orchard, mostly peaches and prunes. The orchard occupies several hundred acres. The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station bas issued a bulletin, from which the following practical conclusions are drawn: Grafting-wax proves better than soil or cow manure in application to in- juries from mice and rabbits. Trees in cultivated soil have darker and more vigorous foliage than those in sod ground, with less yellowing, dropping of leaves or wilting in hot, windy days. Apples aver- aged 14 per cent greater weight on culti- vated than on pasture land, and 17 per cent greater than on mowed land. As to mousture, for every 100 barrels of water in 20 inches depth of soil on sod land there were 140 in cultivated land. Evaporation, as any one might suppose, was found pro- portionate to velocity of wind. With ten acres of land, fair barn and shed buildings and a comfortable living- house on it, a young, ambitious farmer can make more than a good living by a com- bination of dairying, swine and poultry raising and beekeeping, says the editor of the Cottage Grove (Or.) Echo-Leader. This was tried by the writer for many years, and after making money at ithe must be excused for any overzealousness in claiming that the four things form a most excellent combination. The original idea when he took the small farm was to go into the dairy business. He started in a modest way with a few cows. Butter- making was his chief aim, and he suc- ceeded in making such good quality that it always brought the highest price. Acid and Alkaline Soils, That it will not do to treat all soils alike, so far as the application of alkaline or acid substances is concerned, is a fact which just at this time has appeared very plain to me. With a view of trying the effects of granulated sulphate of copper as a direct application, along in the furrow with the seed, for potato scab, I made a number of experiments on different plats. In one in- stance the soil was evidently quite acid already. Itis thought that scab cannot live in an acid soil. To make a sure thing still surer I applied thirty pounds of cop- per sulphate in the manner mentioned to about a quarter of an acre on a lot of Car- man No. 1 potatoes. Next to this is another quarter of an acre planted to the same variety and in the same manner, except that no copper sul- phate was applied. The copper applica- tion seemed to have an injurious effect on the germination of the seed in this acid soil, ag it retarded growth to such an ex- tent that six coppered rows look now as if planted two weeks later than the others, while in fact they were the first planted, In another part of the grounds, and on soil that is evidently alkaline (from yearly ap- plications ot barnyard manure, nitrate of soda, ashes, ete.), I applied copper sul- phate in the same manner to one of the long rows of early Ohio potatoes without apparent bad effect. What the effects will be on the scab and_yield time will soon tell.—T. Greiner in Farm and Fireside. Wheat Yield Tests. H.J. Waters, professor of agriculture at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station, has just issued a report of the comgparison of new and standard varities of wheat. The experiment was begun in 1890 and has been continued during the present season. The varieties were grown under as nearly similar conditions of soil, exposure, fertili- zers, drainage, culture, etc., as possible, and the yields reported below are from careful weights of the products of the dif. ferent plots made at the time of thrashin The plats were one-twentieth acre in si 5 The land was plowed early in August t R depth of six or seven inches, thoroug® & pulverized and compacted. All varieBY were sown September 1 at the rate of se!i€S pecks per acre. Je Grain yield Grain yield NAME OF VARIETY. T acre er acre,’ 90- 5. Buug. Sfi,-v. Bush, Reliable 34.24 33.59 Fulcaste: 90 30.91 Valley 30.69 Ontario Wonder. 30.16 Wyandotte Red 30.13 Deitz Longberry Red 30.09 Currel’s Prolifi 30.01 Fultz. 28.90 Mealy 28.64 Democrat. 28.63 Extra Early Oakley. 28.59 ‘heiss 8.54 Finle; 28.48 German Emperor 28.23 Red Fultz.... 28.21 Mediterranean. 28.19 N_eltz. 27.71 igge 27. Raub’s Black Prolifie. 27}% Sibley’s New Golden. 26.98 McGhee's Red...... 26.97 Deihl Mediterranean 26.74 Tuscan Island. ImProved Rice Velvet Chaff. Millers’ Profit 1893-95, ave. for 3 years. Royal Australian. 33.48 31.09 Canada Wonde .77 30.94 The Pool. 28.74 29.90 Jones’ 32.45 29.82 32.45 29.55 30.97 29.50 27 28.44 1894-95, aver. for 2 years. 3 30.73 X 30.63 2BEINBVEL BEI8UZR2T 8 8 ! = 19. Twenty-six of these varieties were grown side by side for the past six years. In 1895 the Mealy, a smooth red wheat, produced 36.36 bushels per acre, the largest yield of variety tested. Following uhis variety in the order of their productions are: Re- liable 34.2, Royal Australian 33,5, Miami EERENRELS SERIBEEEE NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. S LU et e 575, NDERW AND HANDKERCHIEFS — AT W AR, HOSIERY Forcing-Out Prices! To illustrate the PRODIGIOUS SACRIFICE at which EVERY- THING IS BEING FORCED OUT during this the last week of our great clearance we present a few of To-Day’s Marvelous Bargains! LADIES’ WAISTS! t LADIES’ W 4 ISTS, pink and tan, will be closed out at 25c. . At 85 Cents. laundried collar and cuffs, in fancy stripes and checks of blue, At 55 Cents. LADIES' LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, in fancy stripes, checks and figures, full sleeves, yoke back, regular price §1, will be closed out at 55c. At $1.00. LADIES’ EXTRA GOOD QUALITY PERCALE AND LAWN WAISTS, laundried collar and cuffs, blue, pink, plaids and all fancy shades, regular price $150 and $1 75, will be closed out at $1. LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEES! O Cent=s Hach. At 1 LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED HANDKER- CHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular value $240 a dozen, will be closed out at 10¢ each. LADIES HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! At 15 Cents. LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, double heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular price 25¢, will be closed out at 15¢ a pair. - At 33)% Cents. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, extra long high-spliced heels, double soles and toes, Hermsdorf black, extra good value at 50c, will pair. e closed out at 33%c a . At BO Cents. LADIES' JERSEY RIBBED COMBINATION SUITS, mermo finished, high neck, eacl long sleeves, cream and natural color, regular price $1, will be closed out at 506 At 5O Cents. LADIES’ NATURAL GRAY MERINO WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, drawers to match, extra good value at 75c, will be closed out at 50c each. Market Streel, corner of Jones SAN FFRANOISOO- Valley 32.7, American Bronze 32.45, and .{)ones 8quare Head 32.44.—Philadelphia ress. Comb Honey. It requires less skill to secure extracted than comb honey, and one can obtain a larger crop, usually one-half more at least, says Professor A. J. Cook in Rural Califor- nia. It is also easier and safer to ship ex- tracted honey long distances. Yet the ambitious man will not stop before failure or difficulty, but will push on till success ?l'e! him' hearty greeting. There is a ascination in the production of the ex- quisite, immaculate comb honey which is not enjoyed in working for extracted, and as success requires more skill and ability this fact gives added pleasure. With the skill and tact required to secure a full yield of comb comes added profit, as the grice of comb honey is always much igher than that of extracted. Comb honey is a Iuxury and mainly graces the tables of the well to do, and so will always find the market, if of fine quality and ap- pearance, at a high price. Indeed, 1its very beauty will find it a market. Comb honey should be secured in the beautiful white one-pound sections. These are so white and beautiful, and- the size so convenient, that they soon drive all other comb honey from the market. The small size, just enough for one meal, brings ready sale on the principle that the penny package sells so well. The one-piece section is probably the most popular, though many of our best beekeepers prefer and use only the four- piece sections. The sections should be placed in a super, and on the hives as soon as the bees begin gathering rapidly from the early flowers. This may prevent swarming, and in such a case is sure to bring a good vield. Assoon as the bees are well at work it is wise to raise this super of sections and place a sec- ond under it, and so on, if necessary, for a third and fourth. In case the bees swarm they shouid be hived on foundation, and the super of sec- tions moved to this hive. They will often commente to work on the sections at once, in which case we proceed as before, and often secure a fine crop of honey. 1t is well to leave the honey in the hives until some time after it is fully capped. This gives it a good body, though if re- moveg as soon as it is all capped over, it will be white and so sell better. To remove the bees from the sections we have only to glace a board, with a bee-escape in it, be- 'ween the super and the hive at night. In the morning the bees will all have left the super, and 1t can be carried into the honey house. The bee-escape permits the bees to pass from the super to the hive, but pre- cludes their return. It is very convenient, and saves much time in shaking and brush- mé bees. are must be taken thatthe bee moth does not get to comb honey and stock it with efigs, as they will surely ruin it. In shipping comb honey the shipplng crate should not hold more than twelve pounds; should have glass sides, <o as to show that the contents are fragile, and should be so placed that the comb will run endwise of the car. This prevents the comb from breaking out. It is hardly necessary in these daysof better morallh{:nd knowledge to say the honey should be thoroughly graded. "It is well for the beekeeper to stamp his name and address on each crate, as this is a good way to advertise his product. REAL ESTATE TRANRAOTIONS. Jacoband Lina Re{mln to Nathan M. Benjamin and Antonette G. Baldwin, 10t on E line of Stan- yan street, 145 S of Sullivan, 8 25 by E 108:4: $10. James Mackey to Killen J. Jones, lot on N line of Fourteenth street, 98.10 W of Guerrero, W 1:2 by ; 81 t Philben to Cecilia A. Phil- 1ot %: E‘)’lno of Dolores, 176 S of Elghteenth. erick and Caroline Xielsen to Jacob and on Eline of Hampshire F Christiasa Anderson, lot l%lig'fl, 167:6 N of Twenty-first, N 25 by £ 100; L. and Veronica Blumel 10 Antonia Schoene- mann, lot on E line of Columbia (Fiorida) street, 1328 of Twenty-fourth. S 20 by E 100: l.) Daniel and Ellen Ward and John H. Julia Bergez and Peter Bernard, lot on E line of Noe street, 28 N of Day, N 30 by E 80: $10. Walter J. Phelps (trustee trost estate of S. C. Hastings) to Willlam Giselman §tnu°‘ ti.e), loton E N line of Wipthre~ , 68 bard, 6850 by & Burd: aospc O S Julie R. Nlison to Louls Jaunet, 1ot on SE line %o ¥ of Clary street, 116:734 NE of Bixth, N 2. hyPSE;nBO} 810. %C o N, TR0, ‘acific Improvement Company to E. L Wemple, 1ot on NE corner of Kentucky and Napa streets, ¥ 60 by E 100, subject to lease; $1. F.'W. and Emma A.Fuller to Anna M. Wede- meyer, lot on N line of Clement street, 107:6 W of Thirty-first avenue, W 25 by N 100: §20. Es:rella C. Lies to Kate Plunkett, iot on S line of California street, 107:6 E of Twelfth avenue, E 25 by S 100; $10. Agnes Comstock to Edward T. Farrell, loton E line of Twenty-seventh avenue, 321 S of Point | Lobos, § 28 by E 120; $10. F. W. Kreling to S. Kampe, lot on E line of Twelfth avenue, 87:6 N of L street, N 37:6 by E 120; $10. Peter W. Poulson to Alice S. Poulson, lot on E line of Forty-firs: avenue. 225 S of W street, S 25 by E 120: 810. Frank H. Keyes to Louise A. Howland, lot 28, | block 87, Sunnyside; $10. Joseph E. Studwick to Josepnine Studwick, lot on N Iine of Sagamore street, 330 W of Capitol, W 50 by N 125, block C, Railroad Homestead Asso- clation 2; gift. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Edmund Hindman of Oakland to Annie M. Cushing of Oakiand, lot on E line of Linden street, 170 N of West Eighth, N 50 by E 125, belng portion of lots 11 and 12, block J, Market-street Tract, Oakland; $10. William F. and A. E. Lewis (by attoney) to Al- bert A. West of Oakland, lot on W line of Webster street, 175 N of Prospect avenue, N 100 by W 72, being a portion of property of Oakland Homestead Association, Oakland; $10. Griffin 'of Oakland to Charles C. Davison of Oakland. lot on W line of Magno!ia street, 175 N of West Fourteenth, N 35 by 133:3, block 588, sub- ml to‘llomor:guge to Union Savings Bank, Oak- Delia L. Williams of Oakland to Edith A. Whit- ney (wife of F. E.) of Oakland, lot 8, block K, new town of Lynn, ¥as: Oakland; $5. Charles N. and Mary E. Wood of Oakland to Lizzie E. H. Eeeby of Oakiand, the E 4 of lot 12 and W 14 of lot 18, Potts Tract, an?. Oakland Township: $10. George W.and Mary E.Hoguet to Audrew E. Sevens, lot on S liné of Sutter_street, 138 W of Lowell, W 38, S 77.02, E 38, N 77.30 to beginning, being lot 6, block D, J. E. McEirath Tract, Oak- land Township; $10. A. V. and Addie E. Lancaster to C. J. Lancaster of Alamedu, ot on S line of Central avenue, prior to widening, 135:5 W of Union, W 39 by S 160, being portion of lot 4, block 1, Bartlett 50-acre tract, Alameda; $10. A. M. Benham of Oakland to Maria I. Valerga ot Oakland Township, lots 3 and 4, block H, amended map of Newbury Tract, to correct former deed, Berkeley: 81. Maria L. Valerga of Oakland Township to Emil Cruyl (wite of F. Cruyl) of San Francisco, lot on line of Prince street, 172.28 W or Snattuck ave- nue, W 0 by S 100, being lot 4, same, Berkeley: 425. J. F. and Harriet Davis to R. A. Summers of Oakland, lot 3, block N, Harmon Tract, Berkeley: 10. Aaron C. and Rebecea J. Ford 1o George E, Ford of 1ilinots, l0ts 11 and 1%, Dow aud Thomas Tract, warranty deed, Brooklyn Township: $1500. George C. and Rosa R. Ford to Aaron C. Ford of Tilinois, undivided quarter interest in lots 1 to 17, same, warranty deed, Brooklyn Township: $7500. Henry Meyer of San Francisco to Frank Wolpert of San Francisco, 1ot on SE line of Orchard avenucy 111.95 SW of Orange street, SW 50 by SE 140, being lot 75, Marion Tract, Brooklyn Township; 0. mes A. Hardin Benjamin F. and Emma Case to of Santa Rosa, lot on § line of West Tenth sireet, 94:9 E of Cypress, 15 256 by S 97:9. block 551, Eighth-street’ Tract, subject to a mortgage for 81650, Oakland : $10. Nathaniel McDonaid to Laura A. Pinney, lot on W line of Pearl street, 179.78 N of Weston ave- nue (Thirty-eighth street), N 87.60 by W 140, being lot 17 and N half of lot 18, block A, Broad- way and Telegraph-avenue Park Tract, being a re- subdivison of biocks A to E, Weston Tract, Oak- Iand ‘fownship; $10. Hannah (wifé of Joseph S. Sykes of Berkeley) to George Grimshaw of Berkeley, lot on E line of Fourth street, 44 N of Allston street (Or way), 1 100 by N 25, being portion of iots 15 and 16, block 107, Tract B, Berkeley Land and Town Improve- ment Association, Berkeley; $10. George Grimshaw of Berkeley to Hannah Sykes, wife of Joseph S. Sykes of Berkeley, lot on E line of Fourth street, 69 N of Allston street (or way),E 100 by N 25, being portion of lots 15 and 16, block 107, T'ract B, Berkeley Land and Town Improve- ment Association, Berkeley : $10, Mary J. Moss et al. to Eisie C.Campson of Ala- meda, lot 24, block ¥, Moss Tract, Brooklyn Town- 1 James E. and Amelia . Damon to Frai Marion Figk of Alamedn. lot 0 8 line o Cantrn avenue, 400 W from W boundary line of Teutonia Homestead Tract, W 25,5 486.81, E 25, N to be- sinning, Alameda $10. tate of John Magher (by James B, ¢ Collector) to C: Prowse, 10t 4, 5. 0, blook 1"4“5",‘ wards Park Union, Eden Townshp, tax,decd; §8. & Builders' Contracts, Jeremiah McCarthy with L. Westerlund, to erect a two-story building on S 1 3 g 805‘ ne of Weich street, 175 A. Lynch with C. Larsen, bu“d{anw‘ S 0, 10 erect a_one-story ‘ot Cl . Thirtecnth aveaue: $025. " ireets 87:6 from ., $925. W. F. Whittier with George Goodman, curbing, gty o0 NE comner of Laguna and Jackaon stree(s; George B. Jacksun with Moore & Cameron, to erect a one-story building (except mantels. £as fixtures and plumbing work) on W line of Second avenue. 160 S of Calffornia street; $1240. J. 8¢ 1a Montanya with Silas' Easle, concrote ‘work, ef on a two-story brick building on corner of Drumm and Merchant streets; $25,743