The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FREANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1895 ON THE WEST LEDGE, AN EXAMPLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND LEGITIMATE MINING. SINK STRAIGHT DOWN. EIGHT HUNDRED FEET PERPEN- DICULAR WILL CUT THE LEDGE. GO0D ORE IN AN EAST VEIN. | GREAT INTEREST BEING FELT IN THE DEVELOPMENTS AT THE ALMA MINE. [Spectal Correspondence of THE CALL.] Great interest is felt just now at Jackson in the develop- ments being made in the Alma mine. This mine lies directly west of town, with- in a quarter of a mileof the main street, which return rich assays. The slates are also very heavily mineralized. The Alma Company is one of the few which have started right on the mother lode. Not a dollar has been spent in ex- perimenting. Accepting the experience of the Kennedy and other companies on the same ledge asa criterion for guidance, a policy in consonance with that teaching was outlined and adhered to from the start. The Kennedy ledge cropped boldly on a thousand feet of the Alma ground; | it prospected weil in free gold, showing that it was not a barren zone; depth had proved the Kennedy and other mines to be permanent and to be greatly richer at the lower levels. What was the use, under these circum- stances, of following the almost universal bad example and squandering money on prospect holes which would prove nothing after they were sunk, and serve cnly as reservoirs to catch surface water and help | spoil the mine? A working shaft was located in the right place and is going down to open up a mine. Levels can be opened up and drifts run for prospecting | wnenever desired, and if there is a mine not a stroke will have been made in vain. If there be no mine the right way has been adopted to determine it. Once for all new and useless prospect heles will not be sunk year after year, as is usually done, and nobody be the wiser after all. All the improvements at the Alma mine are of a substantial and permanent char- acter. Nothing is built for show, but the | best of everything is provided for use. The men composing the shareholders of the company are putting up their money | quietly and deliberately to find out whether they own a mine, and will con- | tinue doing so till they are satisfled on INTERIOR OF THE HOISTING WORKS OF THE ALMA GOLD MINING COMPANY AT JACKSON, AMADOR COUNTY. [Sketched for ““The Call.”] and it is understood by all that should it become a paying proposition the benefits flowing from it will be more direct and larger in proportion than from any of its rivals along the lode. It is so near the center of town that the men employed there would naturally reside within the town limits, paying rent and spending their wages with the established firms. The building covering the hoisting works of the mine is a very prominent landmarlk, from the town, standing alone as it does upon & high elevation itself, and from the dump of the Alma mine in turn one of the finest views of Jackson and all the sur- rounding country may be had. The mother lode zone here is at its narrowest, being but little more than a mile in width, and one can trace the course of all the principal veins readily from a single point if posted by some person well acquaintea with the district. The Alma mine is two claims south of the Kennedy, on the same lode, and its owners feel so confident of having a mine at depth that all calculations and expendi- tures have been based on this theory. Machinery capable of sinking 1500 feet was purchased and a perpendicular shaft started in the hanging wall 400 feet east of the croppings of the lode, the calculation being to strike the ledge at a depth of | that point. System and order prevail and | work is progressing smoothly and rapidly. | The hoisting-works building is 90x45 feet, | with blacksmith and machine shop annex. | The machinery consists of two engines—a fine engine, built by the Risdon Iron Werks; a double reel hoist, with five-foot |drums. A 14-inch Rand air-compressor | supplies power for two Rand power-drills, | which are used for sinking and drifting. The power for the hoist and air-compressor is supplied by a 16x54 boiler. At present steam is used exclusively. The Alma Gold Mining Company is a joint stock corporation, capitalized at | $1,000,000, there being 200,000 shares of the | par value of $5 each. The officers of the | company are: George R. Fletcher, presi- | dent; R. Herold Jr., vice-president; Cap- | tain A. Anderson, treasurar; D. Gotmann, | secretary; S. B. Francis, superintendent; | directors—F. C. Siebe, H. Plagemann, M. | J. Madison, H. F. Fortmann. The prin- | cipal office of the company is in San Fran- | eisco. A. J. Brooks. SANTA CRUZ'S VICTORY. | The City’s Demurrer in the Waite Case Sustained. | SANTA CRUZ, Cavn; Oct.25.—Hon. J. | G. Maguire to-day wired Messrs. Lindsay — HOISTING WORES OF THE ALMA GOLD MINING COMPANY AT JACKSON, AMADOR COUNTY. [Reproduced fro m a photograph.] about 800 feet. This shaft is without ex- ception one of the best in the State, great care being used in the selection of the ma- terial and in the work done. Itistim- bered with spruce throughout and cost $65 & foot for sinking. Itis a three-compart- ment shaft, 12x5 feet in the clear, and the timbers are 12x12 inches. Ithas been sunk o a depth of 420 feet. Lately the company has been using a power drill, both in sinking and drifting, and have found it a great advantage in hard rock, the cost being more than 25 per cent less. At the 400-foot level crosscuts were started both east and west, and itis the result of the findings in these crosscuts that has awakened considerable local in- terest in the mine. The crosscut west struck the Kennedy ledge ata distance of 183 feet, and found it pinched in a hard formation. Drifting north and south on the ledge it opens out and improves both ways, and sinking will be resumed to test it in a more favorable environmeni. In going east a diamond drill was first used, and rich ore was encountered, the cores from the drill assaying $24 85 per ton. Then a drift was started and the ledge crosscut, showing seventeen feet of ledge matter, with a very fine gouge, and about three feet of ribbon rock on the hanging wall. which is increasing as the drift is run south on the ledge. The company is eatisfied that it hasa mine in this east ledge, aside from the Kennedy ledge, and will now push its shaft down to the 1000-foot level and begin opening up the mine. Some very fine sulphurets are found in this east ledge, and Cassin, his colleagues in the suit of Albert H. Waite vs. the city of Santa Cruz, that the demurrer of the defendant ha | been sustained and the plaintiff given time to amend his complaint. This is an im- portant point scored by the city’s at- torneys. This eunit is brought as a test suit by Albert H. Waite, a holder of some of the bonds, to obtain judgment for $9000, with interest at 5 per cent per annum from April 15, 1894. to April 15, 1895, due on nine bonds of $1000 each, issued by the city on April 16, 1894, and also for the sum of $1§,$50, due on 273 coupons of $50 each. R MMill Valiey’s Doe Case. MILL VALLEY, CaL., Oct. 25.—Adolph Sylva, who was arrested in Mill Valley some time ago on a charge of shooting a doe, was tried by a jury in Justice Gard- ner’s court at San Rafael, and the jury failed to reach a verdict, standing six to six. Louis A. Janes, who brought the charge against S8ylva, says that the case will be tried againin a few days and another effort made to have Sylva convicted. The case has excited a great deai of .interest in Marin County on account of the promi- nence of the parties. It isclaimed that Sylva came into Mill Valley and in the presence of a number of parties shot a fe- male deer in violation of the law. LA Killed His Rival. DANVILLE, Irv, Oct. 25.—John W. Kitchen, 17 years of age, who formerly lived in Chicago. shot and killed William Coates last night. Both were rivals for tHe affections of Miss Ida Meeker. Coates was 20 years old. Kitchen says Coates menaced him with a knife. Heis in jail, CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW, THE SECOND DAY OF THE FLORAL EXHIBITION A SUCCESS- FUL ONE. NEW AND PECULIAR TYPES. THE PICTURESQUE TEA-Room Has PROVEN A HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE FEATURE. Do not write your name upon the sand | noryet on the tinted stationery if you want to preserve the record, but inscribe it on the silvery leaves of the African silk tree shown in the Golden Gate Park ex- | hibit at the chrysanthemum show. That silk tree was one of the wonders of | the floral exhibition at the Palace Hotel | yesterday. It is about four feet tall and has numerous fleshy, lance-shaped leaves with a soft, silvery sheen that makes it in- ! deed a thing of beauty. It was a feature of the “‘outdoor exhibit” of Golden Gate | Park, which exhibit iz completely chaneed each day. Yesterday the Romneyii coul- teri, a California tree poppy. had replaced other blooms, and with its *‘heart of gold" | and drooping, silken, white petals, at- tracted much attention. There was a | wealth of chrysanthemums, cowmprising | some of the latest and choicest specimens in this collection. The Sunset Seed and Plant Company had added some new floral attractions, among these the handsome new bedding plant strobilanthus, of rich yet subdued color- ing, resembling the coleus. A new chrys- anthemumn, the sport of a wetl-known | variety, is the deep yellow Emperor of China, which is exhibited for the first time by the Sunset Company. The souvenirs carried away from this display by all vis- itors were the candied violets, that tickled sight and palate alitke. The Mrs. E. D. Adams chrysanthemum, a large white flower to be found in this collection, con- tinued to be & center of admiring groups. Aside from its size ana beauty the plant is remarkable from the fact that it bears from five to seven blossoms. Between the Sunset Company’s large display and the exceedingly tasteful one | made by J. Carbone is a mimic fountain constructed of ferns and palms and with a cluster of pink (chrysanthemum) mer- maids rising from it. This piece, which forms an artistic center for Maple Hall, is | the exhibit made by George P. Jones. A bright spot of variegated color is the | collection of fifty brilliant azaleas shown by F. Ludemann of the Pacific Nursery. | The Donor and Countess Bismarck are the | newest specimens shown. Mr. Ludemann intends to have an azalea exhibit at his nurseries in February, when he will show what triumphs in azalea culture he has achieved. The daintiest piece at the show is | Thomas H. Stevenson’s arrangement of new California violets. The dewy purple | blossoms;were massed in ja cutgiass bowl | | oftic | his debut in November. song, “Asthore” (Trotere), Mr. {err; Soprano solo, “Let Me Love Thee” (Arditi), Mrs. Charles E. Kerr; cornet solo, “La Reve d’Amour” (Millars), Mr. Alfred P. Black, accompanied by Mr. C. A. Packard. To Mrs. Austin Speiry, Mrs. H. A. Cross, Mrs. Amos McCartney, Mrs. D. Swett and M mory E. Sniith, the committee on arrangements, and Mrs. W. H. Smyth, the corresponding secretary, with Mrs. O. D. Baldwin, the committee on music, the suc- cess of the exhibit is largely due. FOR STEALING SHEEP. J. W. Rockwell Arrested for a Crime Alleged to Have Been Committed in 1893, Detective Gibson arrested J. W. Rock- well at his home, on Bridge street, off Broadway, vesterday on a warrant from Stockton, where he is wanted for a crime alleged to have been committed nearly three years ago. Sheriff Cunningham of Stockton assisted in makine the arrest. 1In 1893 Rockwell bought a band of sheep | from John Decosta of Stockton, tendering in payment a fifteen days' draft on what purported to be a San Francisco business Indue time the draft was returned unpaid, and then Decosta found that the supposed business office was in reality a saloon. He also learned that Rockwell had sold the sheep for 50 cents a head less than he “paid” for them. Rockwch was located a few days ago by the local authorities, and the Stockton Sheriff was promptly notified. He will be carried to Stockton to-day. The police here say that Rockwell is wanted fora similar offense committed in Humboldt County in 1¢ e o G Died in the Arctic Ocean. Charles Emerson Weeks of Oakiand, who died at Herschel Island, in the Arctic Ocean, on March 29, left & $2000 (estate, and his will has been offered for probate in this City. The property is bequeathed to his wif e Captalu Morse to Lecture. Captain H. G. Morse, late of the steamship Alameda, Is going on the stage and will make He will lecture on his personal experiences during forty-five years’ services on the gea and also touch upon the Hawaiian question. - arr-Beel «Pop.’ The second Carr-Beel popular concert of the present season takes place this afternoon in Golden Gate Hall. An excellent programme has been prepared. TIA JUANA VALLEY CRIME. AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE ALEXANDER HUGHEY, A FIReDp UroN BY A ManN 1N HIDING WHILE WORKING NEAR His Barn. SAN DIEGO, Cavn., Oct. 25.—A cold- blooded attempt at ass; nation was made last evening upon Alexander Hughey, a rancher living in Tia Juana Scenes at the Chrysanthemum Show. upon a mirror. Stray violets rested upon the lake-like surface from which they were reflected, and perched upon the edge of the lake were birds of bright plumage that held violet stems in their tiny beaks. It was an _exquisite bit that rested the eye after gaziag upon the munificence of chrysanthemum form and color. 3 Apropos of the new California violet is the Golden Gate, which is a sport of the favorite variety, Emory E. Smith, man- ager of the floral exhibit, shows a generous cluster of the_ sport, which is larger and of richer color than its parent and retains its freshness for a surprising length of time. F. A. Miller of the Hayes Valley Nur- sery makes one of the mosi attractive e: hibits of the occasion. He shows a minia- ture forest of palms and ferns, and oppo- site this there 1s a collection of chrysanthe- mums. heather and other flowers embedaded in moss. One of the favorites of all visitors is the ostrich plume variety of chrysanthemum, a big feathery tuft of deep red shading into brownish yellow, one of the specimens ex- hibited by the enterprising firm of Japa- nese florists, De Moto Bros. John Rock of Niles contributed the stately palms that grace the corridorslead- ing to Maple Hall, as well as all the decorative material proper 1n use. There is a cool green nook in one corner of Maple Hall that remindsone of the coolness and greenness of some sylvan scene dear to memory, and this suggestive- ness is brought about by the cleverness of two amateur exhibitors, Mrs. B. E. Hen- riksen and Mrs. H. A. Bross. Grallert & Co.’s tasteful exhibit is one of the brightest of the show. The firm shows | its specialty of carnations in extenso, and the Corsair, a cardinal blossom of unusual size, and the Little Gem, of delicate rose shading to white, are new specimens shown. The pale lavender violets known as Lady Hume Campbells, the new Cali- fornia and Marie Louise and Russian vio- lets are conspicuous in their collection. William Babcock and J. K. Boyden of San Rafael sent their gardeners with small but choice exhibits yesterday. A visit to the chrysanthemum show is far from complete without a cozy quarter of an hour in the tearoom, where the Fuji Company serves tea in a clever reproduc- tion of & Japanese parlor. Little Shigi, a 10-year-old maiden, in native garb,isa nimble waitress. The attendance had increased to a flat- tering figure vesterday, and bids fair to be greater to-day. There will no premiums or prizes, the expense being covered by a light admission fee. The programme rendered last evening was as follows: Zither solos, (@) Russian song, “Wouldst Thou but Know,” (b) “La Paloms,” Alphonse Hirsch ; song, ‘“‘Staccato Polka,” Miss Adelaide Roddy; song, “Dear Heart” (De Koven), Edward C. Boyson; vocal duet, “Rigoletto” (Verdi), Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Kelleher (formerly Susan Galton), accompanied by Miss Blanche E. Bald- song, “Sunset” (Buek), Miss Lillian Cole- man, accompanied by Alfred J. Kelleher. And this evening the exhibit will close with the following: Valley, a milte this side of the Mexican line. Hughey had gone to his barn and was unhitching a team when some one hidden in the brush near by fired and a rifle bullet whizzed past Hughey’s ear and entered the side of the barn. Hughey whirled around, but could see no one, and he then dodged out of sight into the barn to escape a second shot. Nothing further occurred, and after wait- ing awhile, Hughey ventured out. He went to tne spot this morning, and found the tracks of heavy boots, and saw indica- tions of where his would-be murderer had knelt and waited to get a shot at him. He said he had no idea of who his assailant was, and so far as he is aware he has no enemy. He is inclined to believe the man was a Mexican or Indian. Officers are trying to trail the stranger by his track, but it is not probable he will be apprehended. Sad Accident Near Ashland. ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 25.—P. W. Paul- son, Joseph Million and ex-Postmaster E. J. Farlow went quail hunting at Shepard’s Soda Springs to-day. They separated, and while Paulson and Farlow were after a covey of mountain quail, Paulson fired at one of the birds in a chaparral thicket. Million, who was not supposed to bave taken that direction, received the charge of birdshot full in the face. Besides the shot in the face, one shot in each eye has rendered Million stone blind. —_—— SAN MATE('S FLOWER SHOW. The Exposition at Redwood City to Open on November 1. REDWOOD CITY, CAL., Oct. 25.—The San Mateo County flower show will be held at Redwood City on November 1 and 2. Nearly all the prominent growers who supply the San Francisco market with fragrant blooms will make exhibits. Timothy Hopkins and Michael Lynch, of Menlo Park, will send choice collections. Either of these persons could fill a great hall with an_interesting display, but the space has all been carefu] lfv apportioned so that only the best and a ittfls from each exhibitor will be the rule. Cash prizes and awards will be given for the best gen- eral exhibit and for the best single cut chrysanthemum. In the hall decoration a definite color scheme and harmony of ideas will be strictly adhered to. " The musical pro- gramme will be largely arranged in San Francisco from professional talent. Sev- eral society women are leaders in _the en- terprise, Wie proceeds of which will be do- Instrumental duet, the Misses Pearl sud nated to the Ifree kindergarten fund, BOWDOIN COLLEGE SCORES THE TIDE IN THE GARCELON CASE BEGINS TO TURN TOWARD THE TRUST. A COACHMAN LIKED CHICKEN. Two SeA CAPTAINS ADD TO THE ScOoRE MADE BY MRs. Gor- DON’S STORY. The testimony of the defense in the Gar- celon case was severely shaken yesterday, and the deposition of a little invalid woman over in Oakland struck the heaviest blow at that pile of evidence so carefully built of offered proofs of undue influence and of an unsound mind. Henry Rodgers brought his account- books 1nto court and vindicated his hon- esty, which had been put under a dark cloud by the evidence of Mrs. Purrington for the defense. ledger and cashbook entries of the $3500 paid in two amounts by Robert Louis Stevenson for the use of the yacht Casco in 1888. It had been asserted that his books that he had embezzled the money. Henry Vogt, the coachman who never looked up into the bottom of a small glass, He showed the several | showed no record of these paymentsand | resident physician and surgeon. Dr. Mer- ritt sized up the buildings from several sides, inquired the cost of running the hos- pital nn% the number of patients that could be accommodaied. As he was leav- ing, and after saying that when he gave anything toward a hospital it would be for anew one, he remarked to old Dr. Bart- ett, “Well, doctor, struggle along here as best you can and when Tam gone you will be able to enjoy my hospital.” Captain J, N. Knowles threw some more light upon the story of the intention to build a hospital, and explained how he managed the trust in his charge as thouei 1t were his own property. He said he usually gave each ot the two boys $250 a month, the surplus income of the Knowles trust. “They got the money at 9" o’clock in the morning on the first day of each { month,” said the comely white-haired captain, and then he continued: “I took the trust to please Mrs. Garcelon. There’s nothing in it for me. ['d justas soon give it up to any competent person. I told Captain Frank Purinton when he expressed himself as dissatisfied with the pay he was receiving from Mrs. Garce- lon, that I wouldn’t leave my business, weuldn’t leave my ship and be a loafer for anybody. I never suggested that he ask for 550,000. “One Sunday, about a month before Mrs. Garcelon died, I said to her, ‘I wish you would give Miss McClellan $25,000 or $50,000—350 a morth is not enough for her to live on,’ and she declared that the doc- tor had sufficiently provided for her.” Captain_A. M. Simpson, the fifth sea- captain witness and a third cousin of Mrs, Garcelon, bolstered up the hospital and the Bowdoin College probabilities by re- lating a few of his experiences with his moneyed cousin. The case will be continued next. Monday, when Judge Hayne has promised to put on the last witne: for the complainants. Sorry He Traded Ranches. C. Schnelle, & Leke County rancher, traded A FALC4 CrrrrSimPson WITNESSES AT TEHE Crer=iKNowies , My name is Grippe, Cold, CarreMCINTYRE TRIAL YESTERDAY. was recalled for cross-examination and | asked one question by Judge Hayne: *Did you suf‘ at any e to Fran aring, ‘The old lady was crazy; if you stand in with the Merritt boys there’s money in it for you?'” “No, sir; I never told Searing there was money in it for him. I never said that to anybody at any time. 1 met the Merritt boys on the street about two yearsago, and I told them that if they wanted me to testify I'd tell all I knew about the shop- ping trips.” But when Searing was called to the chair he told a very different story to the one told by Frank, the teetotaler. “Vogt,” said the Oakland produce- dealer, ‘‘came round to my place several times, and then one day he said: ‘You know all the chickens the old lady used to buy? Well, I used to_get most of them. She was crazy, and if you.stand in with the Merritt boys there’s money in it.’ ”’ Judge Williams, serene and happy, be- gan to read the telling deposition of Cap- tain Knowles’ daughter, Mrs. Harry F. Gordon, who knew Mrs. Garcelon so long and intimately. And as he got further into the type-written pages the habitually sad and grieved looking Martin, who bears the legal burdens of the Southern Pacific upon his shoulder, got up and retreated from the defendant’s fort and took & posi- tion over against the wall, where he sat in gloomy contemplation of the napyy family lined up against the olpposiw wall. There was little Ennmin MclIntyre, whose drink is wnisk¥ straight, and whose bald head glistens hike a holystoned deck. Next to him was Captain Frank Purinton, who wanted Mrs. Garcelon to persuade him to give up the glowing prospects of his pro- fession upon the sea for a mere pittance of $50,000. Then there was the Garcelon coachman, Henry, whose thoughts were never of the spirits in the liquid form. Next to him was Fred Merritt, who got $250,000 from his old aunt not to contest her will, and then received $15,000 from Bowdoin College not to do what his brother and the counsel for the defense are so actively doing. And lastly, there was the gorgeous and charming Mrs. Dargie, arrayed in allthe glory of the dressmaker’s and milliner’s art. But Judge Williams read on from the evidence he and Warren Olney and Phil- brook had taken in Qakland last Wednes- day night. ‘“‘Shortly before she died,” read the at- torney for Bowdoin College, “she told me that she had made a trust deed and a will and that they were both perfectly satisfac- tory. She said she had not left anything to Miss McClellan or to ‘the boys,’ and she seemed surprised that any one should think she ought to give the boys any more. I tried to induce her to give them some- thing, but she said she wouldn’t; that she had already given them a fortune, and had their word of honor that they would not contest her will. “‘She asked me to buy two pictures in the City for $100, no more and no less, for she wanted to present them to Fred Merritt and his wife. I brought back four pic- tures. Two cost $125 and she liked them very much. We all tried to persuade her that $125 was nothing to her and that she ought to buy what she liked best, but she ;vouldn’t do it, and took the other two at 100. “One day a man came to the house and wanted to buy Mrs. Garcelon’s cow for $25 or $50, I don’t remember which, and Stephen Purrington said he didn’t think the offer enough, but she told the man it was all right and that he could have the cow at that price. “‘She had full charge of her house until a few weeks before her death and was one of the best housekeepers I ever saw in my life. I remember her telling the China- man how to sweep out corners with a small broom and how to wash windows. “I would not call Mrs. Garcelon an in- valid. A woman who superintended all her own housework and did her shopping, though she was an old woman, I consider remarkably bright. I think she was more feeble six months before Dr. Merritt’s death than she was after; she seemed to pick up during her housecleaning. ‘‘She was not tiresome like many people of her age. She told me how much she thought of Judge Stanly and how much he had done for her and she asked me whether a ring or a shawl would be the better present for Judge Stanly’s wife and she said she intended to give Judge Stanl; & handsome cup and saucer or some hand- some present to show her disposition, but that she had paid him well for all his services. r. Merritt, she said, had left hera cer- tain amount of money for charity, ana she thought she had better put it all into a hospital, and then she remarked that she had remembered Bowdoin College, where her husband and her brother had been graduated.” Dr. H. 8. Buteau was sworn and told a story of a visit Dr. Merritt and Mrs. Gar- celon once made to the old "homeopathic hospital in Qaklsud, where Buteau was j his property last year for a #3000 note, secured 1 in Sonoma and Butte counti the ng made with J. H. Cummings. Now ms that he was defrauded, and has | begun suit torecover the property. TOUAILLON CONCERT. | A Fashionable Musicale, at Which [ Good Music Was Performed. | There was a large and distinctly fash- | ionable audience at the concert given last night by Miss Celina Touaillon at the | Y. M. C. A. auditorium. The music quite | justified the interest shown in the mu- sicale. Mile. Touaillon herself is a_pleasing inger. with sweet high notes. Her voice under perfect control. She sings French songs especially with finish and grace. Last night she gave Massenet’s ‘‘Le sais-tu?” Thome’s **Perles d’0r” and Bemberg’s “Chant Hindoo."" She received encores and about a dozen enormous bunches of chrysanthemums. Alfred Bogart, the other vocalist, sang Caryll’'s “What I Would Be’’ and Balfe's “‘Come Into the Garden, Maud,” which were both weil received. G. Minetti and S. Martinez gave genuine pleasure to their hearers by their render- ing of asonata for violin and piano in F major, by Griez. S. Martinez also played two Liszt solos with facility and finish. Soomaae THE BUILDING TRADES. A Strong Central Union Likely to Be Formed Scon. The building trades journeymen are gradually working toward the formation |ofa central body or a building trades union that will take in the carpenters, bricklayers, painters, plumbers and other unions, The proposition has been under discus- sion for a long time, but of late it is taking tangible shape. Some of these unions haye appointed committees to discuss the project with committees of other bodies, and so far as can be learned there is a de- sire on the part of the majority to bring about such an organization. Last evening the Carpenters’ and Join- ers’ Union 22 appointed a committee to meet with like bodies of the other unions. The members of No. 22 are all favorably disposed toward the formation of a build- inim\des union. t the meeting of this nnion last even- ing twenty-one new members were elected, s Arnold’s Jury Disagreed. The trial of Louis E. Arnold, formerly mana- ger of the West Coast Plumbing Company, on the charge of embezzling a $500 note, has re- sulted in 2 jury disagreement. Eleven of the jurors were for conviction, it is stated. but Owen Burns, an insurance agent, stood out for acquittal. Cts. Per Can. Colima Baking Powder, Colima Pare Spices. As inducement to test COLIMA'S SU- PERIORITY, Valuable Fresents given FREE with each can. 100 varieties to choose from. We mentiona few: 1 Glass Butter Dish, 1 Glass Sugar Bowl, 8 Preserve Dishes, 1 Decorated Thin China Cup and Saucer, 1 decorated Salad Dish, 1 Cup and Saucer (assorted decorations), 1 Thin China Oatmenl Bowl, 1 Cream Pitcher, Gold Decorated Cup, Saucer and Plate, Dec- orated set of 3 Water Goblets, up Pitcher, Vegetable Dish, 1 Glass Berry Dish, 1 Majolica Pitcher, 1 Covered Saucepen, 1 Coffee Pot (2 qt.), Oatmeal Set of 3 pleces, set 0f 3 Table Tumblers, 1 Dish Kettle (6 ats). Lots of others at our stores. Great American Tmporting Tea Co. (617 Kearny st. 146 Ninth st. 965 Market st. 140 Sixth st. 1419 Polk st. 521 Montgomery ave. 333 Hayes st. 218 Third st. 2008 Fillmore st. 3006 Sixteenth st. 104 Second st. 2510 Mission 52 Market st. 3259 Mission st. 1053 Washington st. 917 Broadway. Oakland, { 616 E. Twelfth st. llameda Pl‘r'l(’:t. and Alameda 100 Stores and Agencies in operation. A Big Savigg for Housekeepers. (City Stores. Sore Throat or any other result of wet feet. There’s only one way tocircumvent me. Wear Buckingham & Heeht's Nova Scotia Seal Gork Sols Shaes Absolutely | Waterproof Menis.. ... LS5 00 Women?’s,.........$3:50 Boys’.....$2.50 and $3.00 Misses? ... chu DS |Child’s. ...$1.25 and $1.50 Our Illustrated Catalogue sent free to any address. Kasts 738-740 Market Street FIRE! Cloaks. Every garment that was damaged by smoke or water by Thursday night’s fire will be sold at next to nothing prices. STORE OPEN TO=DAY. FRATINGER'S 105 Kearny Street. BARGAINS IN WALL PAPER, ROOM TrOLDINGS AND WINDOW SHADES. Large Stock of Fine Pressed Paper at Less Than Cost. Paper-hanging, Tinting and Frescoing. 811 MARKET STREET. JAMES DUFFY & CO. “I want some fine dress shirts.” “How are these?”” “All right,how much!” “‘§1.50.” ‘T’ll take three.” “Let me get your measure. Sorry— haven’t your exact size in stock; but I'll send over to the factory and send the It’s a perfect fit or none.” Such a thing 1s possible only where STANDARD SHIRTS are sold. Made here Neustadter Dealer can Bros., ‘‘sort up’ Man'irs 8. F. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO. European plan. Rooms 50¢ to $1 50 per day, 82 10 $8 per week, $8.t0 $30 per monthi; free baihs; Bot and cold water every Toom; fire graies in every room; elevator runs all night. AUCTION SALES. MERCHARDISE AUCTION SALES. Commencing Tuesday, Octo ber 29, 1895 WE WILL HOLD REGULAR AUCTION SALES OF MERCHANDISE At 16 Post Street, In the premises lately occupied by the Builders' Sxch: e. EXReT¥Lius ROBINSON, late with the firm of Newhall Sons & Co., bas been engaged by us and he is authorized by us to solicit consignments. Tt is our intention to hold regular trade sales of mer- chandise, and we would respecttully solict the lib- eral patfonage of the merchants and manuisc turers of this city. oxgis " WiLy, E. FISHER & Co., Auctioneers, 16 Post st