The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895. 13 Interesting Items From Important Points in Alameda County. WS SCHAFFER BRIBED?. Sensational Story Told by a Chinese Lottery Game Pro- prietor. MUHLNER IS NOW ON TRIAL Emma Nevada Wishes She Were a Bird or an Angel for a Short While. 0aKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 4. Che attempt to bribe Chief of Police lisaltogether eclipsed by the sensa- 1 statements made by Ah Sing to er Banks while four people were | thin hearing distance. These state- s relate to the manner in which the alleges he secured immunity rrest for Jottery-dealers under the ation of ex-Chief Schaffer. Ah | g told where the lottery-joints were | cated and how much each was paying every month. h Sing's proposition,” said Chief Lleyd to-day, ‘‘made to Officer Banks in our hearing, was to pay $168 for seven games for November, double that amount | for December, and on the 1st of January he would oven thirty games, for which I would be paid §2000 a month.” The report of the proceedings contains a great deal of damaging evidence against the last police administration. and this will probably go before the Grand Ju As Banks is the officer against whom e Chief Schaffer preferred charges of bribery two weeks ago, the officer considers that Le has been very fortunate in being able toso completely turn the tables on hi enemy. It is very probable that Ban will be commended by the Commiss tead of peing ce: be on hand to plead to- mMOrrow morning. MUHLNER ON TRIAL. The Jury Is Driven Out to the Scene of the Murder. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—The trial of Louis ner for the murder of his sweetheart, Lewis, commenced in court this morning. ved no traces of hi: the County Jail, and sat, looking very f-composed, alongside his counsel. Not | was shown in the proceed- and it is the general opinion of law- vers U less the prosecution can pro- | e more direct evidence than at the minary examination a conviction can- secured. | court opened Attorney Nagle, for | the defense, asked that all witnesses be | excluded from the courtroom, and also | that thev be instructed not to read any of | ick’s M J I the newspaper reports of the trial. ‘I know of no law, Mr. Nagle, that will permit me to make an order of that kind,” | said the Judge. ‘I take an exception,” said the attor- ney, and this sentence was repeated fully | 100 ‘times during the day’s proceedings. en an argument followed about the ex- | on of Detectives Holiand and Her- | Judge Frick refused to exclude | them ahd another exception was taken. | ct Attornéy Church made g statement to the jury and re- acquaintance of Muhlner ana | and said he would prove that | s committed by the defendant | éxpect a verdict of guilty. urveyor Prather explained in | e latge diagram of the Mooar resi- | and surrounaing country, where the | took place. The map was intro- in evidence. After the noon rec ry was driven out to the Mooar | . where the shooting occurred. Upon | Eddings was placed on the he told of meeting MuhIner on oon of the shooting at the New- se. He saw Muhlner comb his and had a short conversation with | 1t nothing important was stated by | tness. The trial will proceed to- | rrow morning. | EMMA NEVADA'S REGRETS. The Singer Cannot Attend Mills’ Alumnze Concert. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 4.—The alumns Mills College will hold a recital on Fri- evening at Beethoven Hall, in San ncisco. In connection with the affair following note has been received by the lady mapager from Emma Nevada, who is a graduate of the college: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30. 11 were only & bird or an at once to my dear old sehool. er iny services for the concert, but ther bird nor angel I must content h two tick 1 beg you to give home and o oy love to Mrs. Mills and all my ere regrets that I cannot be ieve me, & devoted member of the EMMA NEVADA PALMER. Resigns One Office. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—Mrs. C. Saunford igned from the secretaryship of the iety for the Prevention of ¢y to Children, and will in future confine her labors to the Alameda County Humane Society. In accepting the resignation the exec- utive board passed the following resolu- tion: WHEREAS, Mrs. Sanford, our secretary, in- forms us she has given up the agency for the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 1o Children, and will devote her attention to the animal work ; therefore be it Resolved, That we feel aid action she has conferred upon this society a lasting honor. The children’s work will still. be con- ducted at the Humane Society. as the board has unanimously tendered desk room and use of telephone for the period of three months to Mrs. Lydia A. Pres- cott, the new agent for the California Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Children. Realizes She Was Duped. OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 4.—There was a warm debate in the County Jail to-day that lasted over an hour. Mrs. M. E. Mc- Manus, who was a partner of James De Witt of San Jose when that individual conducted a jewelry store as a bait for un- suspecting widows, is struggling very hard to secure a settlement witn De Witt, who 15 awaiting trial in the Superior Court. She is inducing him to pay her a share of the value of the goods in the hands of the police. She was accompanied by an at- torney, but De Witt was obstinate and re- fused to do anything to help any of his dupes out of the trouble into which he has dragged them. Back to the Banks. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—City Treasurer Gil- pin paid money out to-day faster than he took it in at any time during the receipt of taxes. Several bundles of old claims against the city, which have been held chiefly by banks uantil there were funds on hand, were presented. In ali over $100,000 was paid out to-day. Contra Costa Road. OAKLAND, Cavu, Dec. 4.—At last it's meeting of the Merchants’ Ex- change the matter of the proposed road over the Berkeley hills to Contra Costa County was discussed. It was finally azreed that since there was so much differ- ence of opinion about a preferable route, a oners | Judge | The prisoner | long confinement committee of five should be appointed to make a report. The members named are: D. C. Brown, Wilbur Walker, J. F. W. Sobst, G. B. Daniels and J. S. Wixson. Oakland’s Dockery. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.— Next Monday night the new milk ordinance will be final- 1y passed by the Council. Milk Inspector Pierce says he coes not think Oskland dairymen” have been very great sinners, but he says he intends o make vigorous tests and discover those who are commit- ting peccadilloes. A new outfit, with which the tests will be made, is on hand. Itcon- sists of the “little detective,’” a glass tube about four inches in length ana a quarter of an inch in diameter, in which is a little blue ball or indicator. A miniature Bab- cock machine will be used for testing but- ter fats. Certain of a Surplus. . OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—The executive ttee of the Oakland Exposition has cided to be guided by the popuiar desire regarding the disposition of the surplus. Everybody that enters the exhibition will be handed a ballot, which will read: The exposition executive committee desire an expression of views as to how the net pro- ceeds, if any, of the exposition shall be dis- posed of. Write “Yes” opposite one of the two following propositions and send this coupon to Kirkland & Trowbridge's drugstore: To set the money apart as a nucleus for a permanent exhibit fund. i To trensfer it to the Associated Charities for aiding the destitute. Deunies Her Wifehood. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 4—Dr. William O’Rourke declares he is not a mar- ried man, but a suit was filed yester- day in which a_young woman, who her name is Sadie Dowling O’Rourke, sues | for a divorce on the ground of desertion | < | the missionaries are watching for an ad- | LIVE N FEAR OF DEATH, | Missionaries Robbed, Beaten and [ Cut in St. Paul’s Birth- place. |a TALE FROM ASIA MINOR. | “It Seems at Last as if the Power of Islam Will Be Broken.” OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 4. } | 'The present crisis in Turkey is being | eagerly watched by many people of this | city whose relatives or friends are doing | missionary work in that unhappy country. | | Rev. N. R. Johnston of East Oakland has | just received a letter from Dr. David ! Metheny’s wife, in which are some facts | } that show how fearful are the atrocities in | Turkey at this time and how anxiously | ditional frigate to guarantee them some | protection. “Dr. Metheny is stationed at held from time to time until the 14th of next May, when Professor Watson him- self will be present from the East and speak on his “Comnpte, Miil and Spencer.” Glee Club Concert. The University Glee Club gave its first concert of the season this evening at Stiles Hall. Tne club was assisted by Dr. Gilbert F. Graham and Charles E. Par- cells, Professor Charles Milis Gayley's new song, ‘The Golden Bcnr,‘i was ren- dered by the club for the first time. The 1emainder of the programme was as follows: “The Golden Bear,” words by C. M. Gayley; topical song, Mr. Raymond, J. Russ and the club; violin solo, “‘Airs de la Czardas’ (Teuo Hubay), Charles E. Parcells; “Under the Green- wood Tree” (Bishop); tenor solo, “Mine Only” (Bohm), Dr. Gilbert F. Graham; “Evening’s Twilight” (Hatton); “O Honey,” My Honey"” (Caryl), Dr. Graham and theé club; violin solo, selected, Charles E. Parcells; “My 0ld’ Kentucky Home,” Dr. Graham and the club; “What Shall He Have That Killed the Deer” (Bishop.) Associated Charities. A meeting of the Associated Charities of Berkeley was held last evening at the Holmes library. It was decided that their quarterly meeung should be held on Mon- Aay evening, December 16, at the library. At this meeting the report of the directors will be presented and a paper read by the president, Rev. Georze B. Hatch, on "““The Objects of the Society “."d Its Relations to the People of Berkeley."” Trial of Kerns Postponed. The trial of Deputy Marshal Kerns for alleged battery on Mrs. Fred Fonzo while raiding Fonzo's cafe in search of contra- band fiquor, was again postponed to-day until December 18, on motion of the prose- DR. [From a photograph.] from the doctor. She says she was mar- | ried by contract to O'Rourke in 1893, and that two vears later there was a child by the marriage. She says that the doctor | has frequently acknowledged her as his wife and that the contract is binding. The doctor denies that the contract is | valid and says he is under no obligations at all to the woman who calls herself Mrs. O'Rourke. Died of Lockjaw. OAKLAND, CaL.,, Dec. 4.—A few days ago John Jamison, a colored boy, ran a wood splinter into his foot. His father pulled it out and for a time it seemed to be sealing, but two days ago the boy was ob- served to be suifering from symptoms of lockjaw. He was taken to the Receiving | Hospital and expired this morning after | there has been such a general tendency to several hours of acute suffering. Editor Pomroy Improves. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 4—E. B. Pom- roy. editor and proprietor of the Times, who has been at death’s door for several days, gave signs of improvement to-day. Some physicians from San Francisco and Oakland held a conference to-day, and while they do not as vet hold out hope of recovery, they declare the symptoms more favorable than for several days. ‘Walkerley's Estate. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—Judge Frick has allowed Mrs. Blanche M. Burbank and Frank Barber, sole surviving executor of the estate of William Walkerley, ten days to object to the proposed bill of exceptions of Mary L. Doughty and others. The Burbanks declare that the bill “is an idle and useless thing and is a sham and not true.” Stole a Yacht. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.— Thomas Buck, Phil Evans and William Abigo were ar- rested at Emeryville to-day on a charge of larceny. Antonio Pimental, a fisherman, charges them with having stolen his fish- ing smack last Sunday. The men are all in the County Jail and the smack has been returned. Bars on Ferry-Boats. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 4.—John Schion and B. F. Hensley, two of the barkeepers on the ferry-boats, paid a fine of $15 each in the Police Court to-day. They were ar- rested some time ago and convicted and carried their cases to the Supreme Court. They have now taken out city licenses and will not appeal. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE BAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 4. The Oakland navy race has been postponed until next Sunday. Ah Only, a Chinaman, was fined $100 this morning for conducting a lottery. The California Jockey Club will commence racing at the new Oakland Track Feoruary 22. The Young Men’s Christian Association is aiscussing the organization of a football team to meet the Stocktons. The Oakland High School football team will lay the Alameda University eleven on the erkeley campus next Saturday’ afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The annual exhibition of the Acme Club at the Macdonough Theater next Monday night promises to be a big affair. The seats will be &t & premium within a day or so. The City Hall engine team, consisting of the two big gray horses, Sam and Dick, will be entered in competition with the San Francisco Department in the horse show by Chief Law- ton. The jury in the suit of J. T. Machado against the County of Alameda awarded the plaintiff $900 for damage to his orchard by floods, caused by changing thegrade of astreetat Hay- wards. The suit was for $2000 damages. Charles Pashold, & tailor in the employ of M. J. Keller, was taken into custody this morn- 1ng on & bench warrant from San Francisco. Pashold and his wife have had trouble, which they have carried into the courts, and he failed to heed a summons Lo appear. Mrs. A. L. Taber, & member of the Salvation Army, who lives at 826 Twentieth street, is jooking for some one to adopt her two-andeone- half-year-old baby. She was deserted by her husband some time ago and is at present sick and unable to take care of the chil County Tax-Collector Barber made a settle- ment to-day with Auditor Whidden by which he turned over $620,491. During the month past more than $800,000 has been turned into the county treasury. The settlement made to- day is the largest single one ever made in the county. The Reliance Club has two important events in contemplation for this month. The "fen- tlemen’s night” on the evening of the 20th will be a very interesting ef The ramme will be good from star! finish. 5ly following the Reliance football team will meet the Butte team at Central Park. Mersine, near Tarsus, in Cilicia, and is the oldest missionary connected with the Re- | formed Presbyterian missions in Syria and | Asia Minor. Mrs. Metheny refers to the feeling of confidence inspired by the presence of the United States vessel Marblehead. Captain O’Neill is described as a ‘““fine old man, who carries his well-worn Bible with him and can talk avout and rejoice in the | coming of the millennium.” *‘As to the reason of their coming,” the | letter proceeds, *‘it was first to insure jus- | tice in the case of the assault on Mr. Chris- tie’s students in the mountains this sum- mer, as the authorities here, though | promising everything, do nothing. Then fanatical outbreaks all over the country of late that it was felt better to have a frigate ¢at hand. It came at a very opportune mo- ment, for last week many threatening demonstration were made in Adana and Tarsus. The Marblehead got in before noon on Saturday and Consul Gibson came | in the morning by the Egyptian steamer. The ship may spend next week here, for it | is thought from the way the Turks pro- crastinate that the Consul may have to spend that time 1n Tarsus. ‘“‘About the same time of the Christie incident, or a week later, seven men went into the house of Yusef Jedeed, who has been one of our teachers for more than twenty years, beat, abused and cut Yusef, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. They also robbed them of all their goods. While they went to store away their plunder, intending, as they said, to come back and kill the infidels, the family took refuge with one of the village chiefe. We did not present the case to the Consular Agent bere because we did not know whether our Government would take it up, and we felt it would be better not to touch ii than to fail. On telling Consul Gibson about it he spoke to the Tarsus authorities asking that these men be punished and the goods restored. *‘Of late our authorities have refused to renew our passports with the qualifying clause. Consul Gibson tells us that we do not need passports here, for he on his own authority can get us Turkish passports. You can hardly realize what it is to have our immediate representative an upright Christian, and we cannot be too thankful 10 Providence for sending such a man in these troublous times. “The excitement all over the country is intense, and the Moslems say they are onl: waiting for the Marblehead to go away till chef" massacre the Christians. The ‘ship will not go, though, till the country is quieter. **It does seem as if the power of Islam is to be broken at last.” PHILOSOPHICAL BULLETIN The Union Issues an Interesting Paper at Berkeley Uni- versity. Carpenters and Joiners Form an Or- ganization—Glee Club’s Con- cert—Ladies’ Tea. BERKELEY, Dec. 4.—The Philosophical Union of the University of California has just issued in pamphlet form a full report of the recent philosophical congress, when Professor Josiah Royce of Harvard gave his address on “The Conception of God.” In addition to that of Professor Royce the pamphlet also contains the addresses of Professors Le Conte, Mezes and Howison. Another bulletin which has just been issued by the union contains the pro- gramme of the meetings for the ensuing college year. At present the union is studying Professor Watson’s book, “Compte, Mill and Spencer.” On Decem- ber 20 Protessor Irving Stringham, head of the mathematical department, will read a paper on Mill’s theory of numerical science and Watson's criticism of it, with A. B. Pierce and Professor Haskell to lead the discussion. Other debates between several of the adberents of philosophical study at the university will continue to be DAVID METHENY AND FAMILY. cution. The plea of postponement was made on the ground that the hiquor ordi- nance case which is now in the hands of Judge Frick should be disposed of before the trial of Kearns: The deputy is much displeased over the procedure, and says he does not see what connection the liquor ordinance case has with the charge of battery against him. Carpenters and Joiners. Berkeley Union No. 23, Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union, was organized last Mon- day evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The purpose of the organization is to restore the scale of wages and otherwise improve the condition of the craft in Berkeley. About thirty members signed the roll, but the officers expect that before the end of the year fully 200 names will be enlisted. The following officers were elected : President, Joseph Langalis; vice-president, Charles Day; recording secretary, Kobert Steedman; financial secretary, John Lavelle; treasurer,” John T. Campbell; conductor, Joseph Rose; warden, F. Well trustees—H. P. Nelson, S. H. Reno, A. Cross. Faculty Ladies’ Tea. The ladies of the faculty gave their sec- ond tea of this term to the professors and students at Stiles Hall this afternoon from 4 to 60’clock. The affair was in charge of Mrs. Howison, who was assisted by Mesdames Fozg, Drew, Colby and Hesse and by the following students: Misses Newton, Mason, Marchebout and Mr. Leslie Mott of '98; Misses Whipple and Symmes of ’96, Misses A:fuxtine, Butler, Fernald and Mr. Clay Gooding of ’97. and Misses Burr, Bunnell and Mr. E. N. Wood of '99. The object of these informal re- ceptions is to inculcate a closer social re- lation between members of the faculty and the student_body. WELL BEHAVED PUPILS, Corporal Punishment Disappear- ing From the Alameda Schools. Well-to-Do People Said to Accept Work Upon the Streets—An Avenue Opened. ALAMEDA, Carn., Dec. 4.—President Tisdale of the School Board, at the regular meeting on Tuesday night, took occasion to felicitate the board and the people of Ala- meda over the fact that corporal punish- ment had almost disappeared from the schools. Where there were formerly twenty cases in one school there is now hardly one the presiding officer reported to his colleagues. There are seventy names enrolled at the night school, but the at- tendance does not average above twenty- six. The discrepancy caused some discus- sion and an expression of surprise thatthe school was not more largely attended. The night school has received much attention from the board, and not long ago a second teacher was_installed to assist in instruct- inf the pupils. The present attendance at the schools is below the normal, owing, probably, to the childish ailments that predominate at this time of year. Street Laborers. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 4.—The fact that the city of Alameda pays men who work upon the streets §2 a day attracts an army of applicants. Not only the laboring pop- ulation of Alameda, buta part of that of Osakland, and some even from San Fran- cisco, apply for a job. The work only lasts twenty days, as by that time all the streets and culverts have been thoroughly cleaned. Most of those to be seen at work on this job are people who ordinarily labor, but a good many who have not been used to such work "thankfully accept it, for $2 a day for unskilled labor is not to be had nowadays in many places in California. The 2im is to give the work to those res dents of Alameda who need it, but it is claimed that several of those who obtained it are not at all in need of such assistance, Some even own houses, and are said to have money in bank,and arestill allowed to take work away from those who badly need it, for there is not enough to go around. It costs $1500 to $2000 to clean the streets of Alameda, and the work is performed every autumn just before the heavy rains set in. Buena Vista®Avenue Extension. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 4.—There will be no contest of the Buena Vista avenue ex- tension. It was_expected that W. H. Piper and W. H. Taylor, non-resident owners, and A. Fromm, a resident owner, would invoke legal proceedings to escape paying their assessments and taking land from their possession for the street. Piper and Taylor paid at once, but Fromm omit- ted to pay and let his assessment go delin- quent, which increased it 5 per cent. Then he took no measures to stop its being sold for delinquency until the day of sale when he secured a postponement and exchanged deeds for a receipt for his assessment, as one about offset the other. This completes a very important public improvement, making Buena Vista avenue a continuous and open thoroughfare for a distance of three and a half miles. Notes of General Interest. Mr. and Mrs. A. Mecartney of Bay Farm Island have taken the Shaw residence, on Grand street, for the winter. The Shaws have taken apartmentson Van Ness ave- nue, San Francisco. Joe Hooker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, will hold an election of officers next Friday. J. L. Fields has been nominated for president, E. L. Hutton for vice-president, J. C. Linderman for treasurer and Ralph Hamlin for secretgry of the Veteran Re- publican Club. e election is to take place on the sccond Saturday in January. William Abjohn, convicted of battery upon his sister-in-law, Mary Gillard, was sentenced yesterday to 120 days in the County Jail by Justice Morris. The railroad commenced work yesterday to erect an automatic_bell at the corner of Railroad avenue and Prospect street. An- other will be placed at the Sherman-street corner of the narrow-gauge curve and one may also be placed at the Park-street crossing of the narrow-gauge road. ; Librarian Harvourne reports that during November 11,129 books were issued, of which 49.2 per cent were works of fiction, 17.6 per cent juvenile fiction and 33.2 per cent miscellaneous. Eighty-four new members were received. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper of San Francisco will deliver an_address in this city before the Political Equality Club next Monday evening. IN NO HURRY. The First Congregational Church Meets With One More Disappoint- ment. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, Dec. 4. The First Congregational Church has not yet obtained a successor to Rev. Dr. McLean, and indeed is no nearer to naming his successor than when he re- signed. E. P. Flint, a prominent member of the church, who was one of the original com- mittee of nine who were appointed to try and find a suitable man to fill the pastor- ate, said to-day: “We have had another disappointment. The man whom the trustees thought would accept a call has decided not to come. At present we are not in a great hurry. “Rev. Dr. Freeland, who is at present preaching, is an eloquent speaker and it is good, in a financial way, to have him there. He could not accept the church, and indeed we would not want him to. He is too old, being over 60, and is not de- sirous of accepting the responsibility of church government. We aim rather high and are difficult to please. There are really no available men, except they be pastors who wish to come to the coast for their health. Able men, such as we seek, areall emploved and not easly induced to come to the coast. “Dr. Freeland is a man of great capabili- ties, and is an excellent substitute, but there is no desire to give him a call or on his part to accept one. We do uot know what we will do next.” THE STOOK MARKET. All stocks were lower yesterday. The sharpest decline was in Occldental, which did not go above 81, as against §1 60 as Tuesday's best price. Opening at $1 it ran down to 74c at noon, sold back to 80¢ in the afternoon and closed at 77¢ bid. Sales on the noon informal session were over 15,000 shares. Potosi was another stock to break badly, selling down to 55¢, against 71c on Tues- day. The depreciation in the other stocks will be seen by the list of sales below. Bodie sold down to 47c, against 57c on Tuesday. The decline in_Occidental Consolidated s at- tributed to some unfavorable change in the mine, where they have been following north on a recent- 1y found lead of ore in the 650 level. At the Stock and Bond Exchange, Market Street Railway, in anticipation of the coming dividend, sold at NOTES. The Bullionand Best and Belcher assessments of 10 and 25 cents per share, respectively, will be delinquent in the boards to-day. An interim dividend of 214 per cent is now pay- able at the London and San ¥rancisco Bank (Lim- ited) of this City. The dividend is for the half year ending September 30, The Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Com- pany of Michigan has declared s dividend of 5 per share, payable on the 18th. Bullion valued at $2680 has been received from the May Flower gravel mine. Assessments Pending. Following is a list of assessments now pending: [ ame Bimay CoMPANY. No. | Amt.| inthe | Sale Day. | Board TJackson. 15 21 Exchequer. 38 21 21 16 11 31 59) 30 8 30 77 30 Ophir 67| 30 Chollar. 41 7 Confidence 26 3 Yellow Jacket. 60 22 Mexicas 53 1 Con. Cal. 5| 16 Overman 74l 27 BOARD SALES, Following were the sales in the San Francisco Stock Board yesterday: REGULARMORNING SESSTON COMMENCING AT9:30. 00 Bulwer. 100 Chalinge.. 100 Chollar 100 CC Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock Board yesterday : REGULAR SESQI 2000 Alpha. ..30,500 Con N 600 7500 Excng 24 29400 Ophirl.07: 61200 . % 13700 Potost.....62 400 61 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. 1 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4— 4 P. M. 48 Mono . 11 Nevada Queen. 11 Occidental. Challenge Con. Choliar-., Con. 1mperiat. Confidenc Con.New Yo Crown Pont... EastSierra Nov Exchequer Kureka Con.. Gould & Curry. Hale & Norc: lowa. STOCK o7l AND BOND EXCHANGE. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5-2 . M. UNITED STATES BONDS. Bid. Asked. U S 4s coup..111 MISCELLA Cal-stCbleds. 11015113 Cal Elec L 65.10714109 CntraCW bs, — 10034 Dpnt-stex-cp 77 EdsnL&P 65.105 10614 F&CHRR6s.105 ~ — Bid. Asked U & as reg...111 Geary-stR5s.100 105 LosAnzL6s. — —— ISFENPRRSS — Do,Gnted.6s. — 10214BPRRATIZES — MKt-stCbleBs — 125 = SPRE Cal6s..110 DoRyvConds..10714107% Cal NevCNgR8s. 102 N PCRR6s.10815 — N Ry Cal 63,108 1 N R Ouk Gas b unstS&T6s. — 103 Do, 2d Iss 4 —|SutterstR5s.1091511014 Omnibus 6s.. — 1387(VisaliaWC6s — = 92 PacRollM6s. — — WATER STOCKS. ContraCosta. — 57%ySan Jose...... — 100 MarinCo..... 50— [SpringVaiiey 99% 995 GAS STOCKS. — 893 Pacific Light. 45 49 5 — “iSan Francsco 7114 713 Oak G LEFH. 50 B014 Stockton...t — = 213 PacGasImp, — | INSURAN CE STOCKS. FiremansFd.154; — [Sun. . 5615 — COMMERCIAL BANK STOCKS. Amer B&TC. [LondonP&A.12714 % Anglo-Cal ... 591 — |London&SF. — Bank of Cal.. — 233 Merch Ex.... 12 CalSD&TCo.. 56345 60 = FirstNationl.178 185 - Grangers.... SAVINGS BANK §TOCKS. GerS&LCo.1500 — |Sav & Loan. — 150 HumbS&L.1000 — Security. — 300 Mutual...... — 41 |Union Trust.810 840 SF Savinion190 500 | STREET RATLROAD STOCKS. Californta....105 — Oak,SL&Hay — 100 Geary-st..... 60 7214 Fresiaio. . 914 13 Market-st.... 4434 4315 Sutter-st. =7 - POWDER STOCKS. AtlanticD... 15 1514 Judson - - Californla...) 95— |Vigont. 70— 18Dt ....c0 1835 20 MISCELLANEOUS §T0C Alaska Pkrs. — 100 |OcenicSSCo — 20 BIkDCoalCo. — 10 [PacAuxFA. — 214 CalCotMills.. — — 100 CalDrvDock, — — 30 Edison Light. 9414 96 - GasConAssn. — — 9 HawC&SCo. — 67 PacTransCo. — 26 HutchSPCo.. 13 121 PacT&TCo 45 — JudsonMfgC. — — ' SunsetT&T.. 50 — Mer ExAssn100 110 [UnitedCCo — 26 MORN SESSION. Board—250 Market-st Railway, 443, Street—29 Edison Light and Power Co, 84: 20 do, 94%4. AFTERNOON SESSION, Board—20 8 V Water, 9954. INTERESTS WHEELMEN, Imperial Cycling Club’s Tandem Road Race Next Sunday Afternoon. The Olympics Will Give Ziegler a Theater Party To-Morrow Night. The five-mile tandem race next Sunday, between ten teams from the Imperial Cycling Club, is attracting more attention than anything that has taken place for some time in the way of bi- cycle racing. This is the second race of its kind to be held in the United States, the first having been run over the celebrated Chicago boulevard course last sprin, One of the teams entered in the Imperial race pacea George Hamlin in his world’s record ride of five miles in 11:11 2-5 a fortnight or so ago, and this will give some idea of what may be expected in the wav of speed, as the team that day cov- ered the distance in 11:08. The start will be at 3 o’clock p. M., and the course from San Leandro to Fruitvale. Prior to the tandem race there will be a five-mile road race for members of the club, and a similar event for the board of directors. In the latter Secretary Egan seems to be a sure winner, though Presi- dent Tooker vows he is trained down so fine he is simply unbeatable. Inthe mem- bers’ race Frank Byrnes will ride from the scratch, and his known ability as a road- rider makes it seem a cenaintg he will se- cure the time prize, and possibly may get first place. There will be a large entry list, which will close this evening. On Thursday evening, December 19, the Imperial Club will hold a reception and ladies’ night at the clubhouse, 614 Van Ness avenue. The Bicycle-dealers’ Protective Associa- tion will meet at 10 o’clock this morning at Garrity’s Golden Gate avenue and Leaven- worth street. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Camera Club Cyclists will be held this evening in_the clubrooms, Academy of Sciences building. It seems probable that the meet- ing of the Associated Clubs to be held in San Jose next Saturday night will be the largest in point of | Mr. ARTIST TOM HILL, BACK, He Is En Route to Mount Baker to Paint It for a London Banker.‘ A BUSY SEASON FOR HIM. Has Sold Over $10,000 Worth of Pictures Besides the Big One of the Yosemite. Thomas Hill, the noted landscape artist, who has gained renown by his paintings of different parts of the Yosemite, arrived here last night after seven months’ ab- sence. It has been a busy time for Mr. Hill. He bas been almost constantly at work at his studio at Wawona and has turned out a number of pictures for prominent people in England and elsewhere and has com- wuissions for several more. Among these is a $5000 picture of Mount Baker for Mr. Thomas, a London banker. It is to be six by eight feet in size. Mr. Hill will Jeave for Victoria on his way to Mount Baker to-night. He will have to do some roughing it, for he will have to travel in the mountains on horseback. He has also sold to E. Wood of London two pictures, one of Lake Johnson, in the Yosemite, and another of yet another part of the Yosemite for $1000. His big picture of the Yosemite, on which he has so long labored, has also been sold to Mr. Thomas for $5000. Of the smaller pictures, includ- ing the two to Mr. Wood, he has sold about $10,000 worth, which would indicate a growing demand for the work of Cali- fornia artists. s Altogether Mr. Hill is pleased with his season’s work. He appeared last night at the Palace with a flowing beard and a white hat, looking much like the historic one worn by Horace Greeley. He said he hoped to have his picture exhibited at the Royal Academy at London. The Princess Louise some time ago asked the artist to paint a picture of some Brit- ish Columbia scenery, but Mr. Hill bas never yet pulled himself together to exe- cute it. He thinks now he may do so while on his visit to the north. “The weather has been in the main ex- quisitely beautiful in the Yosemite,” said Hill. “There has been a little snow, but only occasionally. Once the ther- mometer went up to 90 lately at Wawona, but it was always cold at night.” Quite a number of people came down with Mr. Hill. Among them were Willella D. Hil!, Mrs. John_S. Washburn and Burt 8. Smith. They will go as far as Portland with Mr. Hill. ““There is an abundance of fine game in the valley and contiguous to it,” said Mr. Hill. “We saw a magnificent lot of deer the morning we left.” PICKPOCKETS AT WORK. They Are Operating in the Crowd at the Racetrack. A colored man reported to the police last evening the loss of a pocketbook con- taining a diamond brooch and $40 in gold, which he said had been picked from his pocket at the races, Extra detectives will be detailed for the racetrack who will keep a sharp lookout for the light-fingered gentry. The police are satisfied it is not the work of local pickpockets, as they are all too well known. The detectives have been instructed to use extra vigilance for the next three or four weeks in watching the crowds in some of the retail stores, and it was said yester- day that several of the new policemen would be detailed on this work, as they would stand a better chance of capturing the thieves, who as a rule know every detective and almost every member of the department. Several pickpockets and thieves were recently arrested while working the crowds at the chutes on Haight street. They were shown to the different watches at the olice stations so that the men wouid know them again and were then released. If any of them are seen in a crowd by an officer they will at once be arrested. F. GOBEY'S FUNERAL. A Requiem Mass Celebrated at the French Church, on Bush Street, Yesterday. Frank Gobey, the popular liquor man and caterer who died a few days ago, was buried yesterday from the French Church, on Bush street, between Stockton and Grant avenue, where a requiem mass was celebrated, the interment being in Calvary Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers were: A. P, Hotaling, P. Poulin, John T. Gray, War- ren Payne, 1. Block, A. Schetzel, J. P. Doggett and P. Feldman. The other pallbearers were: Sam Meyer, Gus Messinger, M. Morris, E. Stoddard, J. Monaco, P. Brewer, W. Stratmeier and H. Matthies. The floral pieces were numerous and beattiful. A large number of the friends of the deceased followed the body to the grave. e NEW TO-DAY. attendance of any that has been held for some time past, as nearly all the dele- gates from the various clubs have ex- ressed their intention of attending. hether this is due to the fact that the deiegates to the association are to be the guests of the Garden City Cyclers, whose reputation for hospitality is of long stand- ing, or because of the large amount of im- portant business there is to be transacted, 18 a question. 1f the weather is favorable the officers and delegates from the various clubs in this City will ride down awheel, though it is said the roadsare now more or less cut up. The Olympic Club Wheelmen have com- pleted arrangements for the theater party to be tendered Otto Ziegler Jr., the great racer, at the Columbia to-morrow evening. A prominent member of the wheelmen is re_sYonsible for the statement that Ziegler will no longer be seen wearing the ivy-leaf emblem of the San Jose Road Club, but will don a new red and white racing suit bearing the ‘“‘winged doughnut” of the Olympic Club Wheelmen, the suit having been presented to him by Allan Jones, the popular rider, who was obliged to give up racing. The Road Club has always main- tained that Ziegler would never ride under any other colors than his own, and he says he never has while in the East. If he has made the change stated it has been since his arrival here. But the strange part of it is, the Olympics have a by-law which reads that a member wko once rides under another club’s colors after wearing the Oly mpic red and white will not be allowed to race under the 0.C. W. colors again. This py-law has evi- dently been made elastic in Ziegler’s case. However, what’s the difference? Heis a plucky, npeedg little rider, and will be | popular with the grnbllc no matter what club he rides for. The general populace bothers little about those things; they only interest the club wheelmen. Great preparations are being made for “Qur Set” smoker on Saturday evening, December 21. Mr. Knapp is expected back from Southern California in afew days, and meanwhile Messrs. Stinson, Thom: and Fagothey are nnnginf the prelimi- naries. The invitations will be out next week, and will be limited to 100, ——————— The Chittenden monument, erected by the State of Vermont in memory of her first Governor, William Williston, and lo- cT;e‘gszt Williston, is now practically com- pleted. 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