The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1895, Page 14

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 18Y5. OVERCHARGED GAS BILLS Trial of a Test Case Brought py a Number of Cus- tomers. VITAL POINT IN THE CASE. It Was Proved That Some Gas- Meters Over-Registered as Much as Nine Per Cent. A case of great interest to gas consumers | came up before Justice of the Peace Kerri- | gan yesterday. It was an action by which | a lot of gas consum ried to collect from the gas company the variousamounts they claimed they had been overcharged by the gas meters. The meters had been tested | by a machine, and had been found to be run ing ahead; one of them overcharged | the customer as much as9 per cent. But the banded customers lost their case be- ause they could not prove that the meters | all the time. | st case brought by J. | H. Launge, the owner of the gas-testing machine. If he had won the suit on ap- peal of course the gas company would have been snowed under with suits to re- turn the alleged overcharges of its thou- | sands of gas meter Several months ago Launge put his| meter-testing machine in the stores of the | following named persons: Boeckman & | Graner, Max Adler, J. B. Marshall, A. W. Dennett and Lombardi & Semeria. After a fair test Launge figured out that the ma- chine owed that the consumers were being overcharged as follows: Lombardi a, 4 per cent, or $14 on a bill of Adler, 6 per cent, or $9 on a bill SR \\'00(‘15 & Co.. 6} per cent, 6 on a bill of $254; Dennett's coffee- , 4 per cent, or $60 on a bill of $1501; all, 3 per cent, or $15 on a bill of nd Boeckman & Graner, 9 per cent, 10 on a bill of $452. None of the above mentioned bills were for a single month, | but covered a period of over a year in some instances. All the claims were as- | signed to Launge and he brought suit to recover what he called the overcharge. The gas company did not put in any tes- | timony defense. It contented itself with | trying to prove that the gas tester wasn't | any more relable than the gas meter, and | that taking a test of the meter on last | | The action w Monday and finding it overcharging 6 per cent then did not prove that the meter had been stealing 6 per cent of gas on all the 365 preceding day: | The last point _impressed the court very | much and turned the judgment in favor of the gas compan, It developed in the case that the .best chance a customer had to collect on meter overcharges was to meet the company’s | bill with a counter bill for “ove.charged Some of these suits for overcharged gas are successful, as in cases where tenants go to the country and the merry gas meter | goes rolling up a bill in the company’s | favor while the house isin darkness. There was a suit in the Justices’ Court the other day where the gas company compromised | rather than face a trial. THO PROWLERS ARRESTED Ex-Convicts Found on thei‘ Streets in the Early | Morning. in View of the Recent Bur- | Precautions Taken by the Police | glarles. } Owing to recent burglaries in the West- ern Addition and the Mission policemen | have been more than usually vigilant, | received orders tfo arrest all us characters found on the streets | after all good citizens have retired to rest | for the night. | Early Tuesday morning two houses on | Fair Oaks street were entered and shortly | afterward Policeman Murphy saw a man | prowling around the corner of Twenty-first | and Fair Oaks streets. The man assoon as he saw the officer took to his heels, but | Murphy quickly overtook him. He proved to be & young man named Robinson, who | has served a sentence for larceny. When searched nothing incriminating was found upon him, but as he could not give a satis- factory account of his presence at such an unseemly hour he was locked up in the City Prison. About 3 o’clock yesterday momming | Policemen Heaphy and Keegan saw an ex-convict named Davis on the corner of Twenty-sixth and Fair Oaks streets. As approached him he started off on a down Twenty - sixth street. The Tun officers pursued him and repeatedly cailed upon him to stop, but he paid no attention to them. One of them drew his_revolver and fired a shot over his bead. Ithadan | instantaneous effect upon Davis and he came to a dead stop. The officers searched him, but found no | burglar’s tools or plunder on him. He | told a rambling story about being on the | street at that hour in the morning, but it | had no effect upon the officers and he was sent to the City Prison. Robinson and Davis will be detained pending inquiries as to what they have been doing. Meantime they will be shown to the watches at the different police stations, so that if nothing is found against them and they are released from custody the policemen will know them again. Two other ex-convicts who were arrested at an early hour Sunday morning in the Western Addition were shown to the dif- ferent watches on Monday. S e e KEPT HIS CERTIFICATE. Peculiar Conduct of Peter Reles of the Humboldt House. Karl Vogt obtained a search-warrant in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday for the re- | covery of a certificate of deposit for $800 in the German Savings and Loan Society. He said that he arrived recently from Germany and took lodgings at the Hum- boldt House, 1309 Stockton street. He had | with him a draft for $800. One of the pro- prietors of the place, Peter Reles, took him to the offices of the Savings and Loan So- ciety, where he produced papers to prove his identity. He deposited the money with the society and received a cerfificate, which he-handed to Reles for safety, as he did not wish to carry it around in his pocket. He and Reles had a dispute a few days ago, which led to Vogt changing his lodging. He made a demand upon Reles for the certificate of deposit, but Reles refused to hand it over on the ground that he did nov know Vogt was the man he represented himself to be. Vogt accordingly obtained the search-warrant and Judge C%nlsn will hear both sides to-day. OALIFORNIA DENTAL COLLEGE. Will Open Next Monday—Preparatory ‘Work Now in Progress. The preliminary work of enrolling stu- dents preparatory to the active work for the next school year is now in progress at the College of Dentistry of the State Uni- versity. The opening lecture of the dean of the college, Dr. L. L. Dunbar, was de- | party than the Afro-Americans, North, South, | from Sieberst, declared that he could not ! | evidence whenever produced. | Tt was practically the same as the original & ‘s ‘ | early Presidents, was locked up in his livered last Monday, gnd by Monday of T next week all will be in readiness for the | real business of the school year. The first lecture is to be delivered on that day by Health Officer Dr. Williamson on “Anatomy.” The personnel of the faculty will be the same as heretofore, and the only changes in the corps of instructors will be in the positions of lecturer on me- chanical dentistry and assistant in opera- tive dentistry. The former will be filled by W.F. Sharpe, D.D.S., D.M.D., and P. C. Erhardt, D.L.8., respectively. The prospects of the college for the com- ing year are brighter than_ever before, and the enroliment is expected to be materially larger than last year, wken the number of students in all the classes was 176. AFRO-AMERICAN VOTE. It Will Be Pledged to the Republicans If the National Convention Is Held Here. The Afro-American League asserts that | it holds the balance of power in California. It wants the next National Republican | Convention held in San Francisco, and in | an address forwarded to the executive | committee in Washington, D. C., it sets | forth that ‘“We, as Afro-Americans, can give every reasonable assurance of the en- | thusiastic support of 9000 true and loyal | votes for the Republican party.”” After citing facts and figures the appeal closes as follows: No class of citizens bas been more untiring and faithfu) in their support of the Republican or West. This fact stands out in sharp ninence, notwithstanding the fact that the Republican party has refused to protect | our homes, our ballots and our lives. By the | failure of the party to act on these lines the | Government is now in the hands oj] the Democrats, and is controlled by formerly disloyal States. The country is suffering from internal strife on the | question of equal rights and silver and gold and other guestions growing out of the disor- anization of the party. We believe if the Republicans will come to the rescue of the brother in black in the South the Northern and Western negro will stand firm and solid for the party. In our judgment the holding of the i National convention in this State and City | Would more than anything else tend to con- ciliate the Afro-Americans and secure their valuable support. A renewed confidence in | the party and its leaders would at once be | perceptible throughout the Union, and the | votes lost by the third party movement would | be more than replaced by Afro-American votes. MACKAY MILL CONTRACT His Ore Crushing Compact With SenatorJones Yielded Over $700,000. Fox Alleges That the Mining and Milllng Company Was Organized With Fraudulent Intent. Secretary Havens of the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company was again called to the witness-stand yes- | terday morning in the Fox-Mackay mining suit and asked to read from the directors’ | minute-book records of certain special meetings held by the board for the purpose | of considering charges of fraud preferred | by individual stockholders. The first of | these meetings, according to the directors’ | record, took place as far back as 1888. At | this time John Nelson, a stockholder, through his attorney, Sieberst, addressed a | communication to the board charging fraud in the Jones milling contract, which | had been entered into three years previous. The directors met to take some action in | the matter, and decided to ask Nelson and i bis attorney to join them inan investiga- tion of the charges. This invitation Nel- son declined on the ground that no satis- factory results could be obtained from a conference with a board of directors elected and controlled by Mackay, himself the promoter of the alleged fraudulent contract. Another letter from Fox, plaintiff in the present suit, dated November, 1891, to the | same purport, was read by Mr. Havens from the minute-book. In this communi- | cation Fox reiteratea the charges of Nel- | son and threatened to bring suit if an in- vestigation in the interest of the stock- | holders was not commenced atonce. The | action of the directors was the same as on the Nelson letter. They met and sent a note to Fox, asking him to join themina conference. Mr. Havens, in response to questions | find the much desired reports of the Com- stock superintendent for August, Septem- ber and Octoher, These reports seem to Attorney Sieberst to have an important bearing on the case, and for the seventh time in two days he has urged the court to order their produc- tion. Havens strenuously asserted that he had looked diligently for the required re- ports, but without success. He promised to send to Virginia City for them, and the Judge said that he would admit them as At the afternoon session the attorney for the plaintiff filed an amended complaint. and contained no new allegations. This concluded the taking of evidence, and Attorney Sieberst opened his argu- ment for the complainants. He reviewed the methods alleged to have been used by Flood and Mackay in getting control of the board of directors, and commented severely on the system of prox#es intro- duced by the latter to make this control complete. Getting down to 1885, he de- clared that the organization of the Con- solidated Mining and Milling Company by Flood, Mackay and Jones, with tie latter as president and the other two in posses- sion of over two-thirds of the stock, was a secret move for the purpose of defrauding | the other stockholders in the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company. *The conduct of the affairs of this com- pany,” continued Mr. Sieberst, “clearly shows that there was fraudulent intent. They paid this company—in other words they paid themselves—$6 and $7 a ton for handling ore that cost formerly to crush only $4. The contract specified that the mill company should have the tailings. Of course, this did not amount to much— only $4,000,000 or $5,000,000, and this esti- mate is from the defendants. Ore of the same grade bad been milled before for $4 per ton. Why this sudden increase in the cost of milling? Jones went before the directors and askea that the price be raised from $6 to $7 a ton; $6 was not enough. Flood and Mackay, who prac- tically constituted the board, and who also owned the milling concern, readily agreed to an increase. Why not? They were putting money into their own pock- ets, but at whose expense? What about the other stockholders? Out of the opera- tion they got $62,000 and the mill com- pany got $700.000. TIs this fair dealing?” Mr. Sieberst will conclude his argument this morning. HENRY STILWELL'S FAILURE. Liabilities of $43,154 74 and Prac- tically No Assets. Henry C. Stilwell filed a voluntary peti- tion in insolvency yesterday. He has liabilities of $43,154 74 and property valued at $26,588 94, on which the incumbrances are $28,795 84, as declared in the petitian. The principal creditors are: Thomas E. Ryan $2502, Frank G. Drum $6353 94, 8. C. Mowry $1706 05, E. Bert $1000, Thomas K. Phillips $600, Ross C. Sargent of Stockton $21,145 04 on a note, C. Hirsch $2245 20 and Samuel Newman $2408. ———— A Lumber Company Incorporated. Central Lumber Company ot California was incorporated Ke-mduy with a capital stock of $10,000, of which $1900is actually subscribed. _————————— A Family Jar. - GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S Stores are selling MASON FRUIT JARS At greatly reduced prices. 1 dozen jars, pints, in box 1 dozen jars, quarts, in box. 1 dozen jars, half gallons 1n box. .50¢ .60¢ 80 SIS HE WAS SWINDLED, A Fresno Farmer Swears Out Warrants Against Three Land Dealers. HIS VERSION OF THE STORY. Surprise That Paul Pelton Met With When He Went to See His Sonoma County Lands. ‘Warrants are out for the arrest of John H. Cummings, P. Lassen and L. W. Snelle on a charge of overreaching Paul Pelton, a Fresno farmer,in a land deal. The warrants are sworn te by J. F. Pelton, father of Paul Pelton, who is actively at work with Attorney James H. Creely try- ing to recover the $10,000 out of which they claim the young man was duped. Cuqx- mings is well known as a speculator in lands. Lassen and Snelle are members of a real-estate firm. Before the shuffie in Jand holdings Paul Pelton owned eighty acres of improved property near Fresno valued at $12,000 and mortgaged for $4000; also 160 acres in Te- hama County valued at $§4000. Both places were well stocked with farming imple- ments. According to Pelton’s story the trio worked off on him a valueless $10,000 mort- gage on the Rancho de la Miseria in Sono- ma County in exchauge for his two good holdings. Pelton charges that other per- sons are implicated in swindling him, but he cannot reach them at present. A good abstract was first obtained of the Sonoma County land and to this forged transfers were added, so Pelton says, which com- letely deceived him and those to whom fie went for advice. £ Pelton dates the point of deception on the abstract at the place where Cummings got a quitclaim deed of the property of Attorney W. H. Allen for $10. Allen at that time claimed to hold a power of attor- ney to sign for R. B. Knapp. On the same day, May 15,1893, Cummings sold the place to W. T. McCarthy. Pelton declares em- phatically that McCarthy is a fictitious erson. Notary Higgins, who witnessed is signature, insists, however, that Attor- ney Allen brought him to the Higgins office and properly introduced him. Anyhow, according to Pelton, the same day that Cummings sold the property to McCarthy the latter mortgaged it back to Cummings on_two notes, one $10.000 and the other for $5000. Pelton says that no money passed between the parties on any of these transfers. He declares further that Cummings never saw and does not know anything about it. It was this $10,000 mortgage that Pelton accepted two months ago in_trade for his Tehama and Fresno properties. About the time he made the transfer Snelle, who was helping Cummings in the business, told him that the mortgages were perfectly good, as he himself had once held the $5000 mortgage. When Pelton with the $10,000 mcrtgn%e in his pocket went up to the Rancho de la Miseria to look after his farmers there laughed at him. The ranch had been divided up over twenty years be- fore and they all held clear titles to their laces. Pelton took what he called the orged abstract to the Recorder’s office and the places where the false entries and false seals were attached were pointed out to him, Pelton claims that Cummings and the others have sold his property, so he has no method of reaching them except in a criminal action. The matter was taken to the Grand Jury, but it was deemed more expedient to swear out warrants. 1t is said that Allen was mixed up in a similar case once before. He has since dis- appeared, so Pelton says. When the transaction was under way, McCarthy was represented as a wealthy Arizona miner. According to Pelton, it was afterward ad- mitted that there was no such person. The $10.000 mortgage that has caused all the trouble has been on record for over two years, but nobo(lg‘ paid any attention to it on account of the way in which it was entered. |LOCKED IN A WINEHOUSE. Predicament of an Insurance Man Who Went to Sleep in a Chair. Five patrolmen belonging to a detective agency, three regalar policemen and half adozen young men about town spent an anxious and active two hours last evening searching for Herman Denhard, one of the proprietors of a Montgomery-street wine- house. The wine man was not missing, except that the particular restaurant where he was dining wes not knewn, but one of his customers, an insurance man, who bears the same name as one of the place of business, with a Yale lock on the outside in addition to the regular fasten- ings. The house was closed at 7 o’clock and the proprietor and a few friends went a to dinner and the theater. Not long afterward the telephone in a neighboring place of business rang up and an anxious voice stated its owner was locked up in the winestore, that he was hungry and wanted to get home, and would some one please hunt up Herman and get him to open the door. It was suggested to the imprisoned man that he keep the telephone going until he finally located the proprietor, but a wail- ing voice answered : *‘This & nickel-in-the-slot machine and I have just put up my last five-cent piece.” Then the detective agency was sent to hunt for Denhard, the policemen on the beat were notified that burglars were not in the g;nce, and the hunt for the pro- prietor began in earnest. He was found at a late hour, but when he arrived on the scene he learned that the watchman had broken the padlock and liberated the young man, who will keep awake until he reaches his bed on future occasions. Sgag o GG e THE MARCEAU MARCH. Played With Great Suscess Last Night at the Mechanics’ Fair by Scheel. A new march, composed by W. V. Plise and dedicated to Colonel Theo C. Marceau, the millionaire photographer, was played by Scheel’s band at the Mechanics’ Fair last | might. There is not one dull measure in the whole piece, it being just enough on the Spanish order to be peculiarly fascinating. At its conclnsion there was immense ap- plause by the hundreds of music-loving peo- ple who nightly visit the fair. Those musi- cians who went to the fair with the most patronizing spirit were greatly surprised and their calls for the repetition of the beautiful march were continued until the band responded a second time. The mus- ical programme all the way through was especially fine last night. It contained several splendid classical pieces which, however, did not in the least dim the bri liant success of the Marceau March. Herr Fritz Scheel, who arranged the piece, was especially gratified at the recep- tion given the piece and predicts forita gopulunty rivaling that of the famous ousa marches. et G e Testimont G. F. Herr, traveling passenger agent of the Union Pacific Railway, returned yesterday from Boston, whither he had gone with the special train that took Oakland Commandery, Knights Templar, to the triennial conclave. He brought home many handsome souvenirs, among them being a silver tray with his mono- gram beautifully engraved upon the front and an iuicrllpuon, “From the ladies accompany- ing Oakland Commandery, Boston, 1895,” on the underneath side. TheGrand Commande; and Oakland Commandery presented him wit! engrossed testimonials, 3 property the | : -| NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. Crowded to the Door. anding Room at a Premium. . There’s a CAUSE for our continually getting fhe lion’s share of San Francisco’s cash trade. and will. The Newest Of the New in Dress Stuffs! Wrinkled Loveliness. Crinkled Prettiness. Knotted Elegance. Goods from over the sea. Exclusive Styles. Whole pages would be insufficient to describe the Great New Stock. See Counter Exhibit. 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Gleason Says the Soclety Fills a Long-Felt Need. The members of St. Joseph’s Literary Society made their first bow before the footlights last night in a production of “Captain Swift,” at St. Joseph’s Hall, on Tenth street. The building was packed with friends and ardent admirers of the performers, and as each made his or her appearance the progress of the play was checked for a few minutes by prolonged and enthusiastic applause. By special request Rev. James M. Glea- son, the founder and first president of the society, made a few remarks previous to the rising of the curtain. He stated that 1t seemed pretentious to offer a history of an organization which had not yet cele- brated 1ts first anniversary, but in a few words he described how the society had been founded last March to bring the young men of the parish together in a so- cial manner, and to foster the spirit of fra- Rev. Joseph M. Gleason. [From a photograph.] ternity as well as to be educational. Father Gleason concluded his address by urging all the young men above 18 years of age present to join the club. He also expressed the gratitude of the organization to the management of the Columbia Theater and to Daniel Frawley {or their courtesy in lending the copyright of *Captain Swift.” % Last night’s was the first entertainment given b{ the St. Joseph’s Society, and con- siderable curiosity prevailed to see how the members woulof acquit themselves. Before the close of the first act, however, the applause showed that the performers had more than sa tisfied the expectations of ! San their friends. On the whole the ladies who had been invited to assist the mem- bers of the society bore away the palm for their acting. Miss A. M. Petersmade a sweetand natural Stella Darbisher, and Miss Anna Daly was impressive and earnest as Mrs, Seabrook. In the scene where she declared herself to be Swift’s mother heracting was unusually strong, although the part was cut of Miss Daly’s usual ine. Miss Fanny Regaudiat played the role of Lady Staunton well, Miss Anna Daly. [From a photograph.] though she looked too young for her gray hairs. Miss Charlotte Secorde was effec- tive as Mabel, but here and there she stumbled a little over her lines. 4 T. W. Hickey gave a carefully studied interpretation ot%upmin Swift's role. It was evident that he had paid attention to the smallest details, and the same may be said of the picturesque rendering of Gar- dener, the Australian .squatter, by George Ryan. E. J. Horgan made a successful villain, and D. M. Fitzgerald, P. J. Barry and W. J. Hamilton were all good in their Eartu. A. M. Bernard would have done etter if he had been more sure of his lines. The stage accessories were unpre- tentious but pretty, and the stage manage- ment was agmimble, for the waits were short and nothing was allowed to drag. Before the performance a sextette was sung by _the following members of the St. Joseph’s Literary Society: F. Dumont Jr., G. Fitzgerald, 'E F. Kelly, M. W. O’Con- nell, Henry H. Hay, P. F. Scully. Before the third “act Pinsuti’s *'Queen of the Earth” was sung by H. W. Crown. The executive committee of the St. Jo- seph’s Society consists of: D. M. Fitzger- ald, chairman; C. Asmussen, business manager; D. J. Horgan, secretary; A. Klung, assistant business manager; T. W. Hickey (stage), P. F. Scully. The mem- bers of the sub-committees are: J. F. Finn, T. Sullivan, F. Lucier, A. McSorley, William Mumh{{, W. Deasy, Joseph Reid, M. O'Connell, H. Sale, T. McKeaver, F. Lucier, L. Brown, F. Atkinson, P. F. Scully, H. Brown, P.J. Barry, C. Asmus- sen, W. P. Klenck (stage manager), F. Du- mont Jr., J. Connell, Henry H. Hay. The Folsom-Street Mass-Meeting. Columbia Square will be crowded to-night with thousands of taxpayers, who will come together for the purpose of urging the Board of Bupervisors to immediately bituminize Folsom street. There will be music and speeches and then five-minute talks by prominent property- owners directly interested. Invitations have been sent to all the City officials, officers of otner improvement clubs, Merchants’ Associa- tion and Half-million Club. The cyclers will also be largely in evidence, the following clubs having signitied their intention of pariicipat- ing in the demonstration: California, Liberty, Francisco Road Club, Waverley, Outing, by S Polytechmique, Powell High School, Bay City, Imperial, Olympic, Golden Gate, Boulevard, Camera Club, Golden City, National, Pacific Royal, 8. F. Y. M. C. A., Sequoia, Crescent Roa Club, Southside, Sunset, Monarch, Pathfinder and Alpha. e HONORS TO GUARDSMEN. Notes of the First Infantry—Forthcom- ing Parades. Captain E. G. Eisen, recently appointed quartermaster of the First Infantry, N. G. C., has been presented by the mem- bers of his former company with.a mounted officer’s set of accouterments. At the time of the muster-out of the compary the members desired to present to Captain Eisen a token of their appreciation of his long service, but were somewhat ata loss what to_procure until his appointment on the staff of Colonel Bush gave them the desired opportunity. Lieutenant Evans and First Sergeant Cox were at the same time presented with the gold veteran medals for fifteen years’ continuous service. The First Infantry, N. G. C., paraded last mounted, and made an exceedingly fine appearance as they marched through Mar- ket street in column of companies. The large accession to theregiment was notice- able in the increased strength of the several cbmpanies. The field music paraded thirty-five men under the leadership of Sergeant Vaufihn, and were especially commended. Bush to have the regiment uniform on all occasions. The annual target practice will be held ;t Shell Mound Park on Monday, Septem- er 9. Oscar Tobriner has been appointed ser- }}eanpmajor of the regiment. Sergeant obriner was formerly captain of the High School Cadets. e Hale’s Real Estate to Be Sold. A petition for the sale of real estate belong- ing to the estate of Millionaire Joseph P. Hale was filed In the Superior Court yesterday. Mr. Hale died in 1893. His estate is unsettled and there are debts that amount to about $250,000. Attorney Loughborough declared that to meet this indebtedness some of the real estate must be sold, and Judge Coffey will give a hearing on October 4. The Supreme Court building, at the corner of McAlhister and Larkin streets, belongs to the estate, and that may be sold if there is not enough other property to meet the demands. The building is valued at £300,000. In Mr. Hale’s will there was a provision'that the structure should not be soldptor a number of years, but that may be set aside by the court. BEAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Eveline L. Hall to Bertha Schmid, lot on E line of Van Ness avenue, 27:8 S of Pacific sireet, S 25 by E 100. subject 10 a mortgage: $10. Jo2tto . and Mathiida von Rhein to Guatav Sutro, ot on N line of Pine street, 137:6 SRSt R T W of Franklin, ohn”and Harriette Wigmos ¢ Johnson, 1ot on S line of Broadway. 108 11 W of Dctavin street, W 34:436 by 8 127 814 toicorrect 1663 d 176 (Stelner street should be Octavia) ; $10. Myron E. and Eugenie B. Stanford to Carmen U. Dunphy, 1ot on NE corner of Washington and Webster streets, N 51 by & 80, subiect to mor- gages: $10. % .dwin W. Fuller to Mary A. Fuller, lot on E line of Stelner sireet, 100 N of Gak, N 25 by 12 100: Denis D. and Mary E. Hunt to E. D. Rosenbaum, lot on N line of Fulton street, 112:6 W of Brod- erick, W 25 by N 137:6; $10. E. . Rosenbaum to Sarah S. Rosenbaum, same; ft. Hugh and Theresa Keenan and Robert D.and Jennie Cranston to Mary G. Hunt, lot on W 1ine of Cole street, 176 § of Waller, § 25 by W 100:4%4; fiém;( D. Hunt tosame. same; gitt. . Morgenthau Company .(a COrpOrat Alfred Olson, lot on S line of Twen: street, 25 W of Hampshire, W 50 by N 97:6; B. Mastick to George K , Fitch, 1ot | line oncommlerchl street, 256 W of Drumm, W 256 Catherine Flynn to Patrick Flynn, Int on N line of Green street, 60 W ot Hyde, W 20 byNG_D; ft. Michael Connolly to Ellen Connolly, lot on W !11513 g Kansas nynn. 100 S ot Yolo, S 50 by W : gitt. \Elizabeth A, Dalzell to George C. Sargent, lot on E corner Lake street and Tenth avenue, E 120, N 86, S 85 deg. 45 min., W 120, S 36: $10. Antoine and Gracle Borel 0 ‘T. Rushton, parade in full Neite t is the intention of Colonel | evening in full uniform, field and staff | Zorl of Oakland,lot on SW corner of Baj lot on W line of Eleventh aven forni street, N 25 by W 120; 810, 0. Of Cal _Nathan and Eva Heyman to Andrew and Loulse Glois, lot on E line of Fourth avenue, 300 N of Clement street, N 25 by E 120: $10. Sidney V.and Cora B. Smith to Victoria Mo- Donald, lot on W line of Twenty-third avenue, 150 Sof Q street, S 25 by W 120; $10. piiizabeth W. Ranlett to Will Brooks, lot 24, ck 25, Lakeview: also right of drau acro Tots 21, 52 and 25 from Tot 5a: 810 - P P¢ 20088 Jones, Alien & Co. (o Charles W. Dowsing, lot on 35 line of Madison st., 43:1 S of Silver avénue, S 3:1, 17, NW 25, NE 139 a block 68, Siiver Helgnts; §10, 10 00 526 feet, Sophie' Federlein to Cathe Razzand, lot on W line of Mission street, 84 S of Brook, S’ 26, W 128, N 25, X 192 precita Valley, lot 3847 §10. orello and Cathe Razzanti to Lou tacallle, same, $10. o ATAMEDA COUNTY. Margaret Giambeni ofOskland toCatharinaClaas sen of Oakland, lot on E line of Pine street, 110 N of Seward, N 25 by E 95, being a portion of lots 19 and 20, subdivision of block 402, Oakiand: $10, Alice F.and W. W. Camronof Alameda to Sarah A. Vaughn (wife of James M.), lot on Sline of Caledonia_avenue, 236.11 W of Telegraph, S 141, E 88.38, N 41, W 46.65, N 100, W 45 to beginning, subject to & mortgage for $700, Oakland: $10. James T. Campbell to Marion Leventrict, iot on SW line of East Twenty-second street, 152:1 SE of Twenty-third avenue, SE 33:4 by SW 150, block G, subdivision 50, Associates’ Tract, East Oakland; 810. Joseph Warner and H. C. Morris to George J. few avenue and Hawthorne street, 8 216 by W 150, being lots 17, 18, 20, block 3,Warner Tract, Brooks Iyn Township: $10. Thomas R., Edward D. and Lizzie A. Bassett to Charles Simmons of Alameda, lot on E line of Fruitvale avenue, 300 N of Lioyd, N 50, E 115.83, S50, W.115:6 to beginning, being lots 18 and 14, block A, Fruitvale Station Tract, Brooklyn Towns ship; $10. Warner Land and Tmprovement Company (cor- poration) to Joseph Warner of Oakland, undivided haif of lots 4 and 10, block 1: lots 1, 2 and 3, block 2;lots 6. 15, 17 o 20, block 3: lots'8 to 9, block 4; lots 8 to 10, block b: lots 1, 3 to 16, 17, 20, 21 and 22. block 6: lots 1, 2, 5 t0 10, 12, 16, 17, block 7; lots 1 and 4, block 8: lots 1 to 5, 10,11 and 13, block 9: lots 1, 2, 11 to 17 and 21, block 10; lots 1, 2,3, 5. 9, 10, 14,15, 16 and 22, block 11; lots 7_to 12, block 12: lots 1,2, 4 to 9, 11, 14,16,18 to 21, block 14: lots 1 to 5, 7, 11,12, 16 to 19, block 183 lots 1 to 4, 6 to 12. block 16’ lois 6 and 7, block 173 Tots 1, 8, 5, 6, 7, 10 to 15, 17 to 22, block 18; lots 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 1 and_ 22, block 19; lots 1 'to 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, : lots 2 to 5and 7 t0 10, oc lots 2, 3, 4 and 14, block 23: lots 8, 10, 11. 15, 16 and 17, block 25; 1ots 7 to 12, block 281 lots 1.2, 3, 6 and 7. block 7; lots 5, 6, 9, 14,18 t0 18 and 22, block 28; lots 2, 8, 8 and 17, block 29: lots 5, 6, 11, 12 and 18, block 30; lots 4 and 7, block 31 1ots 3, 4, 5 and 1 acre on S side of 1ot 6, block 32; lots 1. 2, 3, 5 and 1 acre on S side of 10t 7, block 33 lots 2, 3,4, 8, 17,18 19, 26 to 30, 87. 40 to 50, 53 to 59, 61 to 68, 71'to 79, 82, 83, 86, 87, 90 and 100 to 106, resubdivision of biock 34, all being in the Warner Tract, Brooklyn Towns ship, together with an undivided half interest in all exisiing contracts, subject (o a mortgage to the Central Bank: 810. George and Mary Redding of Alameda to Albert M. Smith of Oakland, land beginning at the SW corner of 26-acre tract of W. C. Wright. thence NW. 6,09 chains. NW 13 chains. NW 7 chains, NW 599 feet. N 140.10 feet to center of road, thence & 1768 feet, S 16 chaips to beginning, being portion of plat 9, Rancho El Valle de San Jose, Murray Townshi . Sohn k. and Ellen E. Langren to James 0. Car- roll of Oakland, Iot on § line of Fourteenth street, 115 ¥ of Wood, E: 25 by S 106:8, sublect to & more- r 8450, Oakland; $10. B arn 7. M. Clune ‘ot Oakland to William P, Hurlbert of Oakland. lot on N line of Sixth street 100 E of Webster, 12:6 by N 100, being the 1226 feet of 1ot 27, block 83, Oakland; 8675. Faward S. and Catherine Blackwell to Fred H, and Susie Darrab of Berkeley, 1ot on S line of Berkeley Way 100 W of Grant strect, W 50 by 8§ 125, being lot or subdivision L, range 5, map of & subdivision of portion of ranges 5, 6 and 7, Hardy fract, sublect to_a mortgage i Unlon Savings nk ‘for $1000, Fe . B atio and Melvina Chandler to William W. R, Hateh of San Francisco, ot on S line of Encinal avenue, 250 E _of Willow street (Twenty-firs Street), I 50 by S 150, being lot 13 In W14, block H, lands adjacent to Encinal, Alameda; $10. Kate Powell of San Leandro to Margaret E. Pows eli, lot 15, block 49, Estuditlo Tract, San Leandro, Eden Township: §5. Jennte M. Davis of Oakland to Miss Susan Toeben of Oukland, lot on_N line of Twenty-tirss or Hobart, street, 423:935 E of San Pablo_avenue, ¥ 30 by N 100, being portion of lois 28 and 27, cor- rected map of Jones Tract, Oakland: $2600. Mountain View Cemetery Association to Fritz Boehmer, lot 17, In plat 21, Mountain View Ceme- tery, Oakland Township: $87. W. B.-and Ermina M. Hardy of Oakland to John P.and J. H. Anderson, Jot on E line of Claremont avenue, 60 N of Hardy street, N 50, E 138 to cen- ter of Temescal ‘Creek, thence S 61.07, W 169 to beginning, being lots 4 and 5, Claremont Park, be- ing a resubdivision of lots 310 8, block I, Vernon Park, Oakland Township; $10. 18, 19 and 20, block 21 block 2 3 Builders' Contracts. Minnie A. Hallows with F. A. Hellmuth, to erect, excesz grading, concrete, bainting, plumbing and itting, a one-story building on S line of Jackson street, 200:3 W of Central ave.; $2886,