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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895. 138 }nteresting Items From Important Points in Alameda County. | | naturally creating much interest in legal | circles. "Among the effects left by Mrs. | 1 | Jones was a shingle on which was printed | in a rough manner, *‘Cad Jones, hanged for | | wife-beating.”” It seems that Cadwallader | Jones, the divorced husband of Mrs. Jones, treated his wife with great cruelty when they resided in the mountains. A vigi lance committee arranged to hang him | and wrote his epitaph, but Jones left the county in time. "His wife saved the shin- | gle for a trophy. BORAX SMITH'S COMBINE It Will Enable Him to Complete Many Local Improve- A Acme Baseball Club. % The baseball enthusiasts in the Acme Club are to organize a club headed by J. DAVIE REPLIZS TO MOTT. Donovan the wellknown Greenhood & Moran player. The players will_assemble Sunday morning at the old Piedmoint grounds, where Colonel Robinson used to shine in all his glor-. The Acme nine will be selected from H. May, F. Cooper, | Men Summarily Dismissed From the i 3 ! H. Germain, J. U. Bird, J. H. Otey, A. H. Police Force Without Any Agnew, D. J. Corke: . ¢, Ag: |mew, J. V. Galindo, E. E. Laymanc Chs | W. M. Owen, H. J. Tresselt, J. 8. Fox, L. | Selna, W. E. P. Chambers and H. J. Roth- | erman. ! g George Ainsworth’s Will. | Nov.27. § The authenticated copy of the will of the | u this city have | late George J. Ainsworth of Portland, Or,, | Al <mith, the borax | Was filed with the County Clerk to-day. | ed to Oakland His estate consists of property worth about 2o | $150,000, which he left to_his wife and chil- | €9 | dren, share and share alike. mm::é | Will of J. Reichling. e Thodhes | The will of J. Reichling was filed to-day. 1at fie DBas | Phe personal property is worth $100,000 plans 1n re- | and the realty 350,6()". His three children, ada Rail- | Louis F., Albert H. and a daughter, are made executors and beneficiaries under the will. OARLAND OFFI Private advices de it pl . Smith went making the t by havi Foley Getting Well. Richard Foley, who was shot at Pleasan- ton, will recover. Detective Hubert has been at Pleasanton investigating, but says Foley has not made any statement of the story told by John Bernal about the shoot- ing. the borax deposits of extraction, profits. These ospectus, capitalists to interest. Itis od price a osits and in 1 the goodwill rest being just a ) that he will A Berkeley Failure. | Francis Ferrier of Berkeley, doing busi- ness as the Pacific Publishing Company, filed a petition in insoivency this evening. He owes $8750, and the unincumbered as- sets are about $5000. Crowley Has Gone. Deputy Sheriff Al White has returned from a trip up the county and has failed to find any trace of Phil Crowley. The Sheriff’s office 1 tisfied that the convict | is out of the county. e HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, | 903 Broadw ov. 27. organized in n which is to deal ax products in P In this cor- | has less than a cific Coast goncern at specified rate: At ah Con Thomas Smith, a man who saw service under iith has tied up Cov. the | s qmiral Farraguy auring the late war, died o SHOS n Southern | rgther suddenly last night at his home, 1115 Eden Park, East Oakland. James Gwyn, & 13 -0ld_colored boy, who was beyond parental control, was committed a manner that the more of amonopoly than f turn of Mr. Smith ALMOST READY TO START, The Mexican Expedition Receives Support From the Lower Country. THE SANTA ANNA EQUIPPED. Nothing Will Be Done That Will Incur the Displeasure of Officials. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, Nov. 27. Twenty-seven hundred Mexican dollars were received to-day from Lower Califor- nia to pay the preliminary expenses of the bark Santa Anna, that will shortly sail from Oakland Creek. Santa Anna’s voyage has been told in THE Cavr, but recently the deeds to large tracts of land have been carefully examined, The object of the | | total $1,678,921 76. The silver discount was $250,834 16. “This testimony was offered to prove how much the company paid out on the dis- count on silver, the object being in case the plaintiff received a judgment it would enable the court to estimate the discount during the disastrous Levy administration of 1883-89-60. M. W. Fox testified as to the assays of Hale & Norcross ore. By repeated tests he learned that the coarse ore assayed $60 gold and $40 silver to the ton, and the fine ore $25 gold and $24 silver. This was in direct opposition to the theory of the defense. On account of several depositions to be received from Virginia City not | awing arrived, the case went over to December 6. ————— MARRIED AT EIGHTY. Two Aged Persons Who Have Dragged Their Matrimonial Woes Into the Divorce Courts. Marie Eugenia Prestat, a wife of nearly 70 years of age, is suing her husband, Jean Bantiste Prestat, who is 80 years old, for a divorce. She alleges desertion as a reaso a decree should be granted to her. ] The aged couple entered into the matri- monial state eight years ago, and inside of two months they were fighting. A suit for divorce was brought by the bride on the ground of cruelty, and she asked for $60 a month alimony. The husband has no contest to make to the decree, but he THE SANTA ANNA. : ey ring is not yet | tothe ston School of Industry, at lone, by 2 Judge Ogden this afternoon. REFUSE TO RETIRE. | “The cash in the county treasury was counted | —_— this afternoon IA_\'“H})(‘Y\')*UX’ Baily, Auduorl >, 1 B i Whidden and Deputy District Attorney Moore. rol Drivers, § Audi- | WV 3 ¥ Patrol Drivers, Sustained by the Audi- | Whiddenand Deputy PEerer { tor, Will Contest. N 5 ight Pris eper Swain showed some of patrolmen how to shoot yesterday at Shell He beat all his competitors The pearest th Mound range. | with a score of 80 in 20 shots. man to him was Clark with 76. 1t has been very quiet along the water front of late owing to the rough weather along the coast, but & few vessels have arrived. Last month the receipts for dockage were $879. This month they will not be over £500. Mrs. Ellen Radford died at her residence, | 1165 Clay street, yesterday afternoon. The cause of Ber death was the injuries received in an accident a few days ago, when her buggy was run into by Mr. Christ, a young bicyclist. In the suit of W.H. Knight against W.G. b and Davis, who were 3 Commissioners last nigit it a moment’s notice, will contest f the commission 0 discharge The request of Chief eir dismissal specified no rea- desire, and the men had no hat they were to be put out of their yth of the men have served sev- , and wered«onsidered f erk Spaulding of the board took eral ye men. ( the appointments of the new men to the | Auditor this morning. Tripp_to secure certain property of Mrs, Eliza- | Jot receive these,” said Auditor | beth ook, claimed to be held by him in trust, | 3 o , the defense put in no testimony, and at the | has no power 10 ap- | conclusion of the case for the defendant to- | d if my day the defense rested and argument was | is still hold | begun. - If these men want to con- The report of the decision of the Supreme | ssal I will not pay any | Court in granting 8. J. Thomas, the colored | youth sent to San Quentin for twenty-five years f the patrol wagon untu the . Y me to. The charter plainly ovides that competent and experienced eral departments shall y removed, and I should section decided by the y office under it, and I if other departments . discharged hot cause, wants to try the lity of the law, I will stand with on account of a burglary in Alameda,a’ new | trial, sets forth that the court erred in admit- | ting testimony as to & prior conviction when it | had been admitted by the defendant. | W. A. Fine nas applied for letters on the estate | of Daniel Brennan, the man who thought he | owned the Oakiand water front. The petition | states that Brennan leit no will and his estate is believed o be worth about $1000. He was never married and his only surviving relative is a sister, Ann Brennan, aged 87 years. The Alaska Mining and N ing Company 3 " o A has been incorporated with 00,000 capital C refu to explain why be | of which $500 has been subscribed in sums of € eirremoval. He says he has rea- | 8100 each by Charles E. Smith, J. E. Guilbault, s, but does not see fit to state them. | J. E. Daley, A. B. Conrad and L. J. Smith. The company is to construct wharves and coal bunkers in San Francisco and Oakland, oper- ste mines and do all things necessary thereto in the United States and Mexico. VAN HGER T0 RESG, A Temescal School Trustee Indorses an Obnoxious 2l Saloon. prains are boih sa 1 with k. but they are Republicans, ned that there were two Poo- rovided for, hence the sudden Is. Mott a “ Pinhead.”” v Davie has a luxurious head of and Councilman Mott, chairman of ance Committee, shines in his I: was not thought, however, Mr. Mott's comparatively diminutive d would become an object of special One night Council- ice. But it_did. Bassett addressed ms and Bas )t e to Mott’s “pinhead.” taken it up. e was very w last night that Mr. oplied all the newspapers a typewritten speech denouncing his nor in withering terms. His Conduct Has Proved Unpopu- lar to Many Heads of Families. ¥ Poor little boy. Poor little pinhead,” Mayor Davie to-day in speaking of cilman Mott. ‘“He is not account- What does he mean hy intimating refusing to sign the ordinance n front of the city wharves I he railroad. Don’t he know 1e and the rest of gang lor the permission to erect that \ker they played right into the Southern Pacific's hands? They have it now, so that a decent sized opposition t cannot land any place. The e four-ton Emma is no opposition. The railroad company knows that and do vou see what they have done? Taken off one of their boats and are now making trips once in two hours. *Does that little nincompoop think that the people don’t see through itall? Does he suppose that they don’t &now that the erection of that bunker was a railroad move? It makes me tired to hear Mott talk about my working for the railroad. The fact that dredging is not done does not fect opposition ferry at all. 0skrLaxDp OrricE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Nov. 27. A saloon-keeper at Temescal has applied to the Supervisors for a renewal of his | license, and among those who have cer- tified that the place is orderly and well conducted is School Trustee Lewis N. Hager. Several of the people in the neigh- borhood are opposed to the saloon and have decided to call on Mr. Hager to resign. Joseph Humphreys bas prepared a state- ment of the trouble, which, it is said, is indorsed by many people residing in | Temescal. “Every Sunday,night,”” said Mr. Humphreys to-day, *‘the noise made | by the assembled crowd is an intolerable nuisance. I made it my business to visit | the place last Sunday to be thoroughly sure regarding the place and its char- | acter. When I got there a dance was in There is { water. He talks big, I{‘]‘{”i i G e ¥ to moke o | progress, and ‘upon, the floor was & whistle_you have got to have whistle | party of dancers S e - You can't make one out of a pig's | ) qiled with smoke and bottled stuff | was freely served to both sexes. The noise and indecent language could be heard by the crowd who were coming from church, and all agreed that such a place | should not be licensed. Upon careful in- it was found thas the place was Value of Intention. Mrs. Gerrish of this city is in doubt as to whether she will receive a legacy from a long friend or not. Mrs. Gerrish and 5 vinia Jones of Sacramento were | riends, and when Mrs. Jones was | flooy 3 qUCT “the recommendation ot alive she announced her intention of leav- | T Ci "N Hager, a School Trustee in the district, and a sufficient number of others whose names are immaterial, 28 they are private citizens. There is at present an application pending before the Supervis- ing all her property to her friend. short time since Mrs. Jones died. Before her presence of two friends, she orney the outline of her will, :tions to draw it up. In the | nisorg renewal of the license, and upon presence of witnesses, Mrs. Jones an- | gpe request is the name of School Trustee nounced to her attorney that it was her Hager, who recommends the proprietor as wish that the larzer one of her houses and the ground on which it stood be left to , Mrs. Gerrish of this city, and that the otner lot and smaller house shoald be sold and the proceeds given to the Salvation Army, with which to buy a site for a bar- racks at £ mento. ] of the estate was the result of a visit of Mrs. B on Booth of the Salvation Army to Sacramento. Mrs. Jones attended” the meetings, and con- cluded to leave some of her property to help the work. After teiling the attorney on of good moral character and a :u;i‘:;ile and proper person to conduct such a Pie% Mr. Hager as an individual we have no objection to his stand of morality, but as a School Trustee we deplore his con- nection. Above all persons the ones en- trusted with the selection of the guardians of our children’s morals while at the pub- lic schools should be governed by a higher code than that displayed by this wayside resort. e, as parents of children, guardians of public morals and as citizens of her wishes, and before the will could be | EZ#8 L o monwealtn, call upon Mr. drawn up, Mrs. Jones died. The memo- | fager to resign and not try to dr: 5 the randa and notes taken by the attorney and public schools down to the level of the not signed by Mrs. Jones are presumed to | Eg100ns be worthless, and as there are no known ——————— relatives of the deceased the Public Admin- strator has taken hold of the estate, and it ht it will escheat to the State. - is only one way to offset the ditfi- . and that is to have a court rule that By the use of mechanical devices now employed it is said that a workman can mnfie the *‘bodies” of 400 bats a day. By the hand process he could only prepare four 1= five. e’ intention be construed as her e Take electric cars to Ingleside lest’ will and testament. The case is [From a photograph.] and it is believed that they convey valid | did object to paying $60 a month for his titles to their holders. In consequence of | Wife's support, so after some wrangling this the expedition has been hastened, and the old bark is now an object of great in- terest. “I think the Government is pretty well assured by this time that we donotin tend to do anything that will interfere | with the comity of nations,” said Baron Baroteau to-day. ‘*‘The Mexican Govern- ment was considerably alarmed when it was known that we were about to go down to Mexico, and our agents there were very ciosely watched for a long time; but the best proof we could have that everything is likely to turn out satisfactorily is the re- ceipt to-day of $2700 from them. “We have been watched up here, too, but there is nothing for any one to be frightened at. If we had all the money we need we should have left several weeks ago, but we are nearly ready now and will sail the first week of the new year. The bark Baron Alfred Baroteau, Linguist and Owner of the Most Important As- signed Claims. (From a photograph.j has been out of service for many years, but she is thoroughly seaworthy now, and I have no doubt will prove a very comforta- ble and safe craft. “It seems strange, but the islands in the Gulf of Mexico are very little known, and if we do not succeed in establishing our claim to our land we can take enougn An- gora goats and timber to pay us for our trip. But we have alot of work mapped out and expect to locate some profitable mineral claims.” Colonel Powell of East Oakland is well acquainted with the island to which John Breen lays claim, and says it is a veritable radise. He was left on the island onee for several Gays and says it must be com- posed almost entirely of some metal ore that can conduct sounds properly. lying on the earth Colonel Powell said he could distinctly hear the bleating of An- gora goats that were too far away to be | seen, | The Santa Anna 1s an old wooden vessel | of about 1200 tons register. She draws about twenty-four feet of water and has an immense beam. Among the men who will go to Mexico and Lower California are Gus Wagner, W. Sonberg, Louis Imheer and Alfred Baroteau. John Breen, who holds a lot of deeds to grants in the southern country, was anxious to get a divorce a few weeks ago, but Judge Ogden decided that both the complaint and the cross-complaint were sustained and refused to grant a decree, so Breen is still married. Baroteau was served with divorce pa- pers by his wife yesterday and he also is anxious to be a single man when he leaves to make a fortune in the south. Among other things the Santa Anna will carry a complete photographic outfit and views will be taken of all points of interest visited. HALE & NORCROSS CASE. The Output of Gold and Silver Bullion During the Levy Adminis- tration. A. B. Thompson, secretary of the Hale & Norcross Mining Company, testified in Department 4 of the Superior Court yester- day as to the bullion tauken from the office in Virginia City during the years 1888, 1889, to June, 1890. According to the books the output of gold was $718,345 12 and silver $960,676 64; When | the parties compromised, he paying $1000 | and she dropping the action for divorce. | Since then matters have been peaceful be- tween the two, and neither has seen any- | thing of the other, so the sudden desire of | Mrs. Prestat to be free is somewhat unac- countable. There will be no opposition to her suit, {and the aged lady will soon be her own mistress again. FINISHING A CITY HALL, A Large Force of Carpenters Em- ployed on Alameda’s New Building. \ ——— Strenuous Efforts to Complete It by January Next—Many Social Events. ALAMEDA, Car., Nov. 27.—A special effort will be made to complete the City Hall so that city officials may take pos- session by the first of the year. This was supposed to be easy enough, unt@ the planing mill in San Francisco which was getting out the finishing material burned down, with the completed work which was ready for shipment. Then the work had to be made again, and it took time and the finishing was delayed. The plasterers haye abeut finished on the building and a bi force of carpenters is rushing the final work. They hope to have it done in time, but there is no certainly about it. Political Equality Club. The following officers have been elected by the Political Equality Club: Mrs. C. L. ‘Wood, president; Mrs. George Story, Mrs. T. W. Hinchman, vice-presidents; Mrs. H. Chapman, secretary; Mrs. C. W. Paxon, corresponding secretary; Miss Clara Bowen, treasurer; Mrs. A. W. Hissak and Mrs. E. M. Smith, auditors. Union Services. There will be union Thanksgiving ser- vices to-day at 10 o’clock in the Presby- terian Church. The Rev. F. D. Bovard, vastor of the Park-street Methodist Ohurch, will preach the sermon. At Christ Episcopal Church there will be special ser- vice. The offering will go to the Old Ladies’ Home in San Francisco. Native Sons’ Ball. Alameda Parlor No. 47, Native Sons of the Golden West, every year gives a big ball on Thanksgiving eve. Last night at | Armory Hall the biggest event of the sea- son in point of numbers took place. The following committees had charge: Ar- rangements, J. Henry Glas, Charles T. Rose, C. M. Day, J. J. Flynn; manager, H. A. Reichsrath; floor, Max Gundlach, L. Fischer, Joseph Moffatt, Henry Muller, Edward Owens: reception, F. O. Schuman, J. F. Hanson, H. Trausue, W. Eek- stein, Max Glas. Notes of Interest. Edward Louis,a Park-street liquor-dealer is seriously ill, and it is hardly expected that he will recover. Hugo Schroder, a coal-dealer, is ill ofa pulmonary trouble, and his death is ex- pected to occur at any time. Mrs. H. V. Ramsdell and son have re- turned from a trip to Portland, undertaken for pleasure. Mr. Ramsdell 1s a member of Bullock & Jones, San Francisco. The new church edifice of the West End German Church, on Haight avenue, will be dedicated next Sunday. Rev.H.E.J. Ongertn, pastor. ——————————— A Grand Prix for Cyclists. The Paris town ‘council proposes to found a Grand Prix de Paris for cyclists, but it will only be of £400. Our Paris cor- respondent says: ‘‘Cycling seems to ad- vance in aritbmetical progression. There are cycling dress departments for ladies and gentlemen in all the great shops like the Bon Marche and at the merchant tailors’. The Velodrome, at the Champ de Mars, makes a fortune, though the city receives from it a rent of 30,000 francs and 6 per cent of all the money taken at the doors. This royalty last year brought in 20,000 trancs. The last census, taken with a view to taxation, returned 50,000 in the department of the Seine. There are per- haps double the number now, as women are_taking up the cycle as a means of en- joving cool country air in the evening. very one who cycles is delighted with the exercise and the sense of freedom that it gives, It brings townspeople into the country without any of the town condi- tions. "I have friends who cycle to Dieppe on Saturday and back to Paris on Mon- day.”—London Daily News. ————————— Steam cars, 3d and Townsend, run to Ingleside. BUT FEW VOTES NEEDED. Our Delegates May Still Be Able to Get Those Required. VISALIA RIGHT UP TO DATE. A Record of How the Various States Stand Regarding San Fran- cisco’s Chances. i The railroads are now all agreed to make the rate to San Francisco from Chicago for the round trip $50, so that the delegates to the Republican Convention can reach this city at a reasonable rate. When the sug- gestion of low rates was first made, the railroads offered to make a cut for the occasion, but not until yesterday had they all agreed to an established rate. The Union Pacific road, through its representa- tive, D. W. Hitchcock, has sent thé follow- ing telegram: D. W. Hitchcock, General Agent Union Pacific Railway, 1 Montgomery street, San Franeisco: Fifty-dollar rate Chicago to San Francisco and return for National Republican Convention has been announced by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railways. E.L. LOMAX, General Passenger Agent U. P. R. R. Nothing further can be done regarding the convention plan now but wait for the delegates who have gone on to Washing- ton to go before the National committee- men and do the best possible for San Fran- cisco and the coast. Scipio Craig, the editor and statistician of the Redlands Citrograph,has worked out our strength in the following way and cor- rectly figures that we need but seven more votes to get away with the convention. Here are Mr. Craig’s conclusions: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. Headquarters—New York City. Chairman, Thomas H. Carter; secretary, L. E. McComas; treasurer, C. N. Bliss. Alabama — William Youngblood, Birming- ham. *Alaska—E. T. Hatch, Sitka. *Arizona- . Griffith, Tucson. Arkansas—Powell Clayton, Eureka Springs. *California—M. H. de Young, San Francisco. *Colorado—J. F. Saunders, Denver. *Conmnecticut—S8. Fessenden, Stamford. Delaware—B. J. Layton, Georgetown. District of Columbia—P. H. Carson, Washing- ton. Florida—1J. C. Long, St. Augustine. Georgia—W. W. Brown, Atianta. *Idaho—George F. Shoup, Salmon City. Illinois—W. J. Campbell, Chicago. Indiana—J. N. Huston, Connersville. *Indian Territory—J. S. Hammer, Ardmore. *Iowa—J. 8. Clarkson, Des Moines. rus Leland Jr., Leavenworth. ‘William O. Bradley, Lancaster. *Louisiana—Albert H. Leonard, Shreveport. *Maine—J. H. Manley, Augusta. Maryland—James A. Gary, Baltimore. Massachusetts—W. M. Crane, Dalton, Michigan—George L. Maltz, Detroit. Minnesota—R. G. Evans, Minneapolis. Mississippi—James Hill, Vicksburg. Missouri—R. C. Kerens, St. Louts. *Montana—Alex C. Botkin, Helena. ebraska—E. Rosewater, Omaha. *Nevada—William E. Sharon, Virginia City. New Hampshire—C. P. Cheney, Concord. New Jersey—G. A. Hobart, Paterson, *New Mexico—Thomas B. Catton, Santa Fe. New York—William A. Sutherland, Roches- ter. North Carolina—Henry C. Cowles, States- ville. *North Dakota—H. C. Hansbrough, Devils Lake. . Ohio—W. M. Hahn, Mansfield. *Oklahoma Territory—C. M. Barnes, Guthrie. Oregon—Joseph C. Simon, Portland. Pennsylvania—David Martin, Philadelphia. Rhode Island—Isaac M. Potter, Providence. South Carolina—E. M. Brayton, Columbia. South Dakota—A. B. Kittredge, Sioux Falls. Tennessee—George W. Hill, Dandridge. Texas—N. W. Cuney, Galveston. *Utah—O. J. Salisbury, Wheeling. ‘Vermont—Mason 8. Coburn, Manchester. Virginia—William Mahone, Petersburg. *Washington—Nelson Bennett, Tacoma. West Virginia—N. B. Scott, Wheeling. Wisconsin—Henry C. Payne, Milwaukee. *Wyoming—J. M. Carey, Cheyenne. A late dispatch from Mr. Manley of Maine, sent from New York, says that nineteen votes have already been secured. These nineteen have a * prefixed in the above table. As it only requires twenty- six votes it will be seen that seven more will win the fight. It is expected that we will get three of them in the South and the balance by shrewd and well-conducted fighting in ‘Washington when the National Commit- tee meets. ‘ A e SINCERE ABOUT 1IT. Visalia Is Doing Her Share for the Con- vention. VISALIA, Cav., Nov. 27.—Hon. J. W. Davis of Tulare was in Visalia to-day, in- terviewing our citizens relative to calling a mass-meeting in this city for the purpose of passing resolutions asking the members of the National Republican Committee to select San Francisco as the place for hold- ing the next Republican National Conven- tion, and had published the following card : NATIONAL CONVENTION MEETING.—A meeting of citizens of Tulare County will be Leld at City Council rooms, Visalia, on Saturday, No- vember 30, 1895, at 2:30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of taking action to assistin securing to San Francisco the Republican National Con- vention of 1896. This is a matter of interest to the whole State, and one in which Republi- cans, Democrats and Populists are all taking an active part. Everybody is invited to the meeting, irrespective of political faith. J. W. Davis, Member of (he committee on promotion for Tulare County, The Times this afternoon says editor- ially: In another column of the Times will be found a call for a mass-meeting of citizens to be held in Visalia next Saturday afternoon for the purpose of adopting resolutions relative to holding the National Republican Convention in California next year. The meeting should be a representative one, and if the voice of Tu- lare County can assist in securing the conven- tion itshould be heard in no uncertain tones. The committee having the matter in charge in San Francisco will try to get both National Conventions, but as the Republican National Committee will meeton the 10th of December to select the time and place for holding the convention of that party, all our energies must be exerted now toward showing tne commit- teemen that all California joins San Fn?chco in asking that the metropolis of the Pacific Coast be named as the convention city. The benefits to be derived from holding the convention 1n San Francisco are many. Itisa P long distance from Washington, New York and Chicago to San Francisco, and there are many men who are called upon to legislate for the country who really have no adequate idea of the immense territory west of the Mississippt River. A trip aeross the continent would broaden the vision of many of the legislators, and as many of the delegates will be Congress- men and Senators they would doubtless re- ‘main on the coast long enough after the con- vention adjourned to become acquainted with our needs, and thus prepare themselves to vote intelligently upon all questions brought for- ward by our coast representatives. With the delegates there will come a large army of indi- viduals, who will take advantage of the cheap rates of transportation offered by the railroad companies to see California and investigate its resources. They will come from every State in the Union and the fame of California will spread to every portion of the country. It will be a grand advertisemen t for the State, as well asa liberal education to the visiting states- men. XCLAIMANTS IN COURT. They Want to Collect $360,000 From the Estate of Thomas Bell. The estate of Thomas Bell was before Judge Coffey yesterday, in order to have a number of claims adjudicated. The claim- ants asked that certain portions of the real vroperty belonging to the estate be sold in order to satisfy their claims. To this Theresa Bell objected. She said the entire amount of the claims against the estate will not reach over $200,000, and that it is not necessary to sell any real ‘property to pay them. The claimants hold evidences of debt to the amount of $360,000, and there 1s $50,000 interest due on this amount. Mrs. Bell says these claims are excessive and ficti- tious, however, and so Judge Coffey must determine the matter. The claims are submitted from ail kinds of sources, and include vrovisions, wearing apparel and luxuries of every character. None of the creditors were quite ready to go on_ with the case yesterday, however, and so it was put over. e REAL \fisTATE TRANSACTIONS. Hugh and Mary A. Farley to Herbert E. Law, lot on W line of Van Ness avenue, 92:6 N of Chest- nut street, N 100 by W 45; $10. A. and Malvena Gallatin to William H. Crocker, 50-vara lot 5, on N line of Union street, between Steiner and Pierce, 137:6x1387:6; also 50-vara lot , on NE corner of Plerce and Green streets, 37:6x137:6; also block 402, bounded by Ken- tucky, Marin, Illinois and Colusa streets: also outside land block 224,10t on NW corner of Pt. Lohos and Forty-third avenues, W 128:8, NE 80, 5 105:3. also'S 62-10: outside land 328, lot on SE corner of A street and Forty-fourth avenue, 8814:2, SE 85:4, NE 350, W 164:6: also outside land 27,10t on SW corner of Forty-fourth avenue ana A street, W 83:7, SW 317:6, E 185, N 310:1; $25,000. Panlive K. Genereaux to Thomas Hancock, lot on E line of Devisaderostreet, 1005 of Oak, S 25 by E 108:3; $10. Albert and Malveno Gallatin to California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, lot_on NW corner of Jackson and Scott streets, N 127:814 by W 137:6: $25,000. e X Frederick A. Lawson to Frederick H. Venker, lot on NW corner of Bush and Broderick streets, N 26 by W 100; $10. Estate of James S. Lawson (by Lawson, execu:or) to same, same. Harrlét Dennen and James Muir and as execu- tors estate of Martha Muir and John D. Muir, in- competent (by Mary A. Sullivan, guardian), Kate Mosely, Thomas W., John A. end Bridget Tomp- kins, A’ J. Turner, J. L. and W. A. Halsted (by R. 1. Whelan, Sneriff) to John B, ‘Halsted, lot on W line of Dearborn place, 238:3 S of Seventeenth street, S 82 by W 96:9: 82876, ‘Thomas H. and Marieita Grifiths to J. E. le Ballister, lot.on N line of Liber:y street, 100 & of 25 by Frederick A. 6100. Guerrero, N 115; $10. Chris:ian Erikssn and August and Helen Marit- zen to Anton Eberle, lot_on I line of Bryant ave- nue, 110 S of Twenty-first street, S 25 by £ 100 ; 810. Henry J. Mibach to Frank W. Fuller, lot on F X ixth avenue, 250 S of K street, S50 # P.A. Dolan to Herman I Nager, lot on ! o corner of U street and Fourteenth avenue, E 57:6,8 9:11, SW 241, W :10, iso lot on N¥ corner of V street and Fourteenth avenue, N 225, E 92:6, SW 24139, E 2:10; $10. Minna Duwe toJohn H. Grady, lots 1674, 1575, Gift Map 3; $10. v E.. Agnes, Alice, Teresa, Emily, Frank and Martin Kelly to Thomas Kelly, lot on § line of shall street, 190 W of Craut, W' 50. S 209:15, E 50:1, N 209, College Homestead; Knud and Anna E. Olsen tp Charles R. Bishop, % lot on SE corner of Capitol and Sagamore streets, 175 by S 100, block B, Railroad Homestead, $1 Allexey W. Von Schmidt to San Francisco Col Iateral Load Bank, block 723, bounded by Seven- teengh and Eightéenth aventes, Dock and Ship streets: also block 730, bounded by Dock and Ship streets, Eighteenth and Nineteenth avenues, Tide Lands; $5. ALAMEDA COUNTY. Adelaid S. Moore to H. M. Coley, lot on S line of Twentieth street, 125 E of West, £ 25 by 3 100, being the E 1/ of lot 5, block Q, Barnes Tract, Oak- land; gift. Mrs. F. K. Goerke (wife of G.) to A. H. Blow, lot on W tine of Filbert street, 200 N of Twenty- eighth, N 50 by W 125, being iot 17, block A, Golden Gate Homestead, Oakland: $10. Maria E. and C. 8. Martin to James M. Haven, lot on SW corner of Eeghth and Brush streets W 40 by S 100, being the £ 40 1 et Iots 15 to 18,block 96, subject {0 mortgage to Union Savings Bank for 000, Oakland; §10. George Sturtevant et al. to Elizabeth Urfer and T. H. Slusser, loton NW corner lands ot Clarke Carpenter and Pearl streets, N 80 W 143,S 10 E 10 5 70 E 133 to beginning, Alameda: $5. (rix of the estate of J. e E. Sturtevant (exet Webster) to same, same, Alameda; $1800. cholas J. avd Lida Sweeney to Thomas Ward, lots 65 to 74, map of the Rose Tract, Brookiyn Township; $10. Eliza D. Bartlett to Helen V. Wheeler, lot.on S 1ins of Ninth street. 100 E of Harrison, 1 25 by S 75, being the N 75 feet of lot 10, block 85, Oak- land; 810, Elsle S. Wheeler to Christiana M. Powell, lot on the N corner of East Eleventh sireet and Fourth NE 50 by NW 100, block 29, Clinton, East $10. tice and J, J. White to Charles Johnson, C. H. F lots 67, 68 and 75, Kimball Tract (quitclaim deed), Oakland Township; $1. Louis C. and Emma B, Dowton to Alice A. of San krancisco, 10t on N line of Orkland a 30 E of Howard, E 30 by N 100, being lot 25 and a portion of lot 26, Bowie Property, Oakland Town- ship; $10. J. L. and Helen L. Howard et al. to Edwin L. Arnest, lot on SW line of Grant avenue, 360 SE of Telegraph avenue, SE 30 by SW 115, being por- tion of lots 50 and 5034, Mosswood Tract, Oakland Township; #10. Willism Joerndt to Josephine Petersen of Berke- ley, lot on S line of Folsom street, 101:6 E of Cur- tis, E 35 by S 100, block 10, Curtis Tract, Berke- ey 810, Eliza D. Bartlett to Helen V. Wheeler, lots 15, 16 and 17, block D, map of subdivision of block D, and portion of block F, revised map of Prospect Hill Tract, Brooklyn Township: $10. Same to same, 10ts 29 to 32, block Ey map of sub- division of portion of biocks 1, A, E and F, revised mup of Prospect Hill Tract, Brooklyn Townstip; Same to same, lots 1 and 2, block T, Warner Tract, Brooklyn Township, subject to a mortgage for $400; $10. Same o same, lots 32, 33, block H, map of sub- division of revised map of Prospect Hill Tract, Brooklyn Township; $10. Same to_same, lot 9, block C, Stone Tract, being a subdivision of lots'1 to 5, Stone Subdtvision, Brooklyn Township; $10. John H. and Dealia Walker to Carl J. F. Stolte of Alameda, lots 23 and 24, block F, map of por- tions of blocks E, F and G of revised map of Pros- pect Hill Tract, subject to morigage, Brooklyn Township; $10. Builders’ Contracts, Mrs. M. A. Rosekrans with Riley & Loane, grad- ing, brick work, etc., on W line of Valencia street, 140'S of Twentleth sireet: $1695. Mrs, M. A. Rosekrans with W. J. Field, concrete work, etc., same: $4200. Timothy Hopkins with William S. Snook & Son. plumbing and gasfitting work, etc., in Panorama Building on Market and Tenth streets; $1382. 8. Magnin with Willlam Helbing, to ereci a two- story building on N line of Bush street, 35 W of Baker. ——————— PARIS USES ICE, The Germ Sharps Say Natural Ice Con- tains Bacilli. Among the first of the many curious things that impress the American summer visitor to Paris is the way the French have of doling out ice as if it were diamords and the horror which Parisians profess for the American custom of icing their drinks and thereby impairing their digestions, says the New York World. Notwithstanding all this, the consumption of ice in Paris, especizm'y for domestic uses, has increased rapidly during the last few years, and it it continues at the same rate it will not be long before it surpasses that of New York. The last twelve months show a total consumption of over 110,000,000 pounds. Most of the natural ice used in Paris is taken from the lakes in the environs at Chaville, in the woods about Versaillesand St. Cioud, and even frcm sheets of water in the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes. Ice is made artificially in ‘large quantities, however, and is sold at a much higher price than the natural article. Natural ice, indeed, the Academy of Medicine say$, is full of bacilliin a state of suspended an- imation, and the doctors recommend that only artificial ice be used for domestic pur- 0ses. The bighest-priced ice comes from Nor- way and from Switzerland, where it is gathered from the glaciers and from the mountain-tops. This costs from 28 to 30 francs a ton. Artificial ice costs but a trifle less, but that which is gathered in and about Paris is sold from 9 to 10 francsa ton. The city of Paris harvests the ice in the lakes in the Bois de Boulogne and Vin- vennes and sells the crop, saf acked in the mnniuiinl icehouses, for 55, francs or about $11,000 annually. et R 5 M Men become bald more frequently than women because of the closeness of the hats they wear, which keeps the head too hot, induces perspiration and weakens the hair. The boys of the famous Blue Coatschools of London, who never wear hats, never be- come bald till late in life. ts you for study, business or morrisge are PAUPERS AT CUT RATES, Vagrants and Petty Criminals Flocking Here From the North. CHEAP TICKETS THE CAUSE. Charitable Organizations Complain of an Extraordinary Influx of Mendicants. Every war brings in its train evils to some who are not combatants, and the rate war on between the Southern Pacific Company and the Oregon Railway a% Navigation Company is not an exceptio! to the rule, as the charitable organizations of this City are beginning to find out. Hundreds of professional mendicants, vagrants, tramps and petty criminals are flocking to this City frorz the north, both by rail and steamer, most of whom would not be able to come were it not for the low rates prevailing. San Francisco’s pleasant winter climate and the reputation the City has for caring well for the poor always at- tract from all over the coast a large num- ber of these people who make it a business to obtain living without work during the winter months of each year. For some days past the different chari- table organizations have been applied to by so many people whom they have found to be strangers who have come from the north that they have become alarmed and have warned the Chief of Police and asked for his assistance. Most of these people, they claim, are professional beggars and vagrants, and some of them petty crimi- nals. .. One of the officers of one of the big char- itable organizations of the City, who has been looking into the matter, said yester- day: This is a serious matter with uvs. We hav here plenty of deserving poor to care for, and every winter we have to contend with a [arge number of those who make it a business to come to this City in that season. It is the largest city on the coast and so the best field for beggars and vagrants to “work.” Then we have & reputation for doing considerabie for the poor at this time of the year. Soyou can see how riui(:kly many who could not otherwise come will take advantage of the low rates. Many of them ¢an pay their own way down, but & larger proportion will be helped out o communities where they are not wanted by the people, who find that much easier and cheaper than caring for them during the whole winter. 1haveno doubt that many of them have been helped on their way here. Only yesterday a family came to us for help to get to Los Angeles. They were from Tacomas, where they had been given passage to Poris land and from there came by the low rates on the steamer. Some of these people who.are willing to talk tell of many others who have been helped out of the nortliern country in thisway. The worst thing about these people is that most of them are professional vagrants, and will unscrupu- lously *work” one charitable society after an- | other,and this is very hard on our deserving DOOr. An attempt has been made to have the different organizations co-operate so as to keep track of all those who make a business of work- inF them, but so far it has not been successful. There should be some means of preventing many of these people from coming, particu- larly those who are of the criminal class, and to this end we have applied to the Chief of Po- lice for his assistance. Iam sure thatan in- vestigation will show that a very small propor- tion of those coming down are of the class of deserving poor. La Grande Trappe, the parent of all Trappist monasteries, was lately thrown open to women for the first timein its history, on the occasion of the consecration of its new church by the Bishop of Setz. 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