The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 46

46 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. FAIR WATER LOTS AGAIN. Suit of the Gas Company to En-; join the Estate Is RS Revived. ! THE WEBSTER STREET FILL Lawyer Pillsbury, as Before, Bases His Action on the Constitution i and Admission Act. An effort is again being made in the Federai courts by the Pacific Gas Improve- ment Comy to have the Fair estate en- | joined fr ling in that portion of the n bay known as the *basin,” between the Presidio and Fort Mason reservations. Att Evans S. Pillsbury filed a bill of revi with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court yesterday, the pur-; pose of which is to revive the old case | which was begun in October, 1893, but never proceeded any further than the de- murrer of the defen in November, 1894. By tbe original and amenced bills of complaint, James G. Fair of Nevada and Contra s Charles A. Warren and Ed- ward Malley were made the defendants. The order to show ¢ on the petition for a temporary injunction was acted on by the court October 15, 1894, The court then decided that the complainant was not entitled to the injunction f and discharged the order to The next step was the demurrer. Fair's nce then, and the uperior Court having ap- | Angus, Louis C. Bresse, Thomas C. hers and W. S. Goodfellow special adm tors, these gentlemen are now made parties defendant, as well as Contractors Warren and Malley, and the heirs, Charles G. Fair, Theresa A. Oelrichs and Virginia e added to the list. It is an equity proceeding, and the | amended bill previously filed is given in the bill of revivor, its prayer being practi- cally reiterated. The complainant, the Pacific Gas Im- provement Company, claims a leasehold valued at $10,000 to what is known as ‘Western Addition block 339, fronting on the bay and bounded by Francisco, Fill- more and Steiner streets. It derives its occupancy through tue United Gas Im- provement Company of Pennsylvania, | which secured the lease from the Central | Gas Light Company. The specific act on the part of the defend- ants to which the complainant objects is the filling in by contractors Warren and Malley of the Webster-streer extension | some distance out into the bay, and the | double row of piles run by ator Fair | along Lewis street from Lyon to Pierce, | and near to the Fillmor reet wharf, is alluded to with some particularization. Attorney Phillsbury bases his action up- on the Guadalupe treaty as before the pointed Jam. admission act and the provision of article 15 of the State constitution. H Fair's claim to the tide land there is based on mesne conveyances from the | North San Francisco Homestead and | Railroad Association, which had ac-| quired title to the property wkere| the filling is being done’ under the act of the Legisiature, approved April | 14,1861 On July 3, an order was secured from the Board of Supervisors for the grading and filling in of the extension of Webster street, and the Gas Company alleges that the Fair estate proposes to in- close the whole of the basin and fill it in, | cutting the company off from water | access. | One of the main points contended is that | no water-front line has ever been estab- lished. Itis claimed that the legislation of the State providing for tue e.\mb"sh-‘ ment of a deep-water line and designation | and appraisement of tide, swamp, over- flowed and salt marsh lands has all been invalid on the ground that it has been | contrary to the admission act and the | State constitution. | Under the actof April 4, 1864, author- | izing the sale of tide lands to the North | Ban Francisco Homestead and Railroad | | or to | in that line. | a letter to the | to impos should remain public highways and free, and he relies particularly upon the consti- tutional provision that no tide lands within two miles of any incorporated city n should be conveyed to private parties. The filling in of the basin, the gas com- pany contends, will damage it at least $15,- 000 worth. CAPS WITH RED BANDS. A Complaint Made by the Officers of the Salvation Army of This City. “There are individuals who go around this city soliciting subscriptions,” said En- sign McFee of the Salvation Army, “who | dress so much like our soldiers that they may be mistaken for ours, and contribu- tions intended for us may never reach us. These men wear blue caps something like ours and they have a red band around it like that on our uhiform caps. *“This morning coming down on a car I saw two menin a wagon, and knowing that our soldiers did not go around in such a CRIPPLE CREEK'S BOOM. The Excitement Still Continues in That Wild Winter District. ALL TRAINS ARE THRONGED. It Costs $1 to Sit in a Chair—More Railroads and Hotels to . Be Built. H. W. Preston, Treasurer of the town of Victor, one of the principal camps of the Cripple Creek district, is at the Grand. Mr. Preston is president of a leading ab- manner, managed to get ahead of them | and then discovered that the inscription | on their bands was ‘Heaven at Hand.” “I have nothing to say about the pur- pose of these men going around as they do, but I can thinkagood deal. There are | others who have adopted our uniform and something similar in the way of acapor | bonnet. One wore a bonnet with a yellow ribbon and the words *The Army of God’ | in Llack. We soon put a stop to her work | We call attention to tbis as | we do not wish the charitable to be im- posed upon.” General Stephen Maybell when seen at i | | “Heaven at Hand” headquarters yester- | aid: *“My attention has been drawn to the fact that the officers of tae Salva- fion Army had spoken against some of the men of our army, and 1 bave written brigadier in which I state that there is no foundation for the charge that the soldiers of our army are trying n the public. He cal n the staff captain in full uni- form to show that the uniform differed from that worn by the Salvation soldiers. This captain was dressed in light-blue pantaloons, a short military jacket of dark blue, and a dark-blue cap of the pat- | tern worn in the United States Army and different in shape from that worn by the | Salvationists. The general called attention to the difference in buttons and shield and said: “No person with two eyes can be de- ceived.” *“We receive little or no contributiods,” said Mrs. Maybell, who was standing by. “Sometimes we get a sack of half-decayed potatoes that the Salvation Army has re- Yesterday our men had with ay’s collection three sacks of spoiled green peppers. “There are some people,” added the general, ““who to avoid giving to the poor, tell our people, *“Why, we have just given to the Salvation Army,’ and when the Salva- tion Army comes around they say, “We have just given to the ‘Heaven at Hand Army,’ and so it goes. I think that tbis charge against us is prompted by petty jealousy on the part of the Salvation Army. — AN IDEAL RESORT. Beautiful Camp Taylor, With Its Many Attractions. Camp Taylor, on the line of the North Pacific Coast Railroad, twenty-nine miles from San Francisco, afiords, for the prices charged, more attractions than any similar resort in the vicinity of the City. Itis situated in a magnificent grove of pine, reawond, laurel and madrone trees, | through which runs a beautiful stream, affording opportunities for fishing, poat- ing and bathing, as well as offering many | charming subjects for the. artist and | amateur photographer, for the latter of whom a darkroom has been provided. | Forty cottages, a three-story hotel of | forty rooms and an unlimited number of tents provide accommodatious for many puesis, ronnd the hotel, and some of the most picturesque drives in the State over good | roads can be taken from Camp Taylor. | The ocean is ten miles away, approached | through the grounds of the Country Club | and Bear Valley. San Rafael is thirteen miles south. Bolinas Bay, Lagunitas Creek, Petaluma and Sausalito are all within easy distance of the camp. One of the most enjoyable features of CAMP TAYLOR. Association, the basin was inclosed by a line run from the intersection of Webster and Tonquin streets, along Tonquin to Scott, thence diagonally through block 480 to the intersection of Baker street, thence to the shore line, and thegce following the shore line tc the proposed extension of Webster street. The tide land commission ran a line under the act of March 30, 1868, which in- cluded the tide land beyond Tonquin and Lewis streets. The amendatory acts fol- | lowing Attorney Pilisbury alleges to be void, as weli as the act of March 30, 1868. | He follows up the legislation by which sections 365 and 695 of the Political Code were repealed, 2s he shows, and argues that the act of 1878 annulled the seawall line run by the Harbor Commissioners from Taylor street to the Presidio. Healso attacks the act of Congress of 1888, by which the Secretary of War had a line run and upon which act Fair based his right to fill in south of Lewis streei. Pillsbury’s point in this connection is that this act delegated a power of Congress to an execu- tive officer, the exercise of which was not subject to Congressional approval. He sets up also that Fair's claim that article XV of the State Constitution and section 2532 of the Political Code are con- trary to the Federal constitution in that they impair the contract between him and the Homestead Association cannot be supported in view of the provision of the admission act that navigable waters the resort 1s. the grill breakfast every Sun- aay, served in the grove of grana redwoods adjoining the hotel. Their own dairy and gardens furnish the hotel with butter, milk, cream, eggs and vegetables. Hops, hayrides, croquet, tennis, bowl- :ing, billiards, pool, boating and bathing {afford a constant variety of in and out | door amusements. Spezking of some of the more recent improvements at Camp Taylor, Joseph F. Bertrand, the new manager, said: “Since my advent here the place has been gen- erally refitted, there now peing under con- struction children’s play grounds, new croquet grounds, lawn tennis courts, gym- nasiums, new cottages and garden-houses. A new concrete dam will replace the old one at Taylorville that will, when finished, back water enough to form an artificial lake about a mile and a half in length. On this lake will ply, for the accommoda- tion of guests, a steam launch that will carry from twelve to fifteen persons; besides this, smaller boats for those who delight in rowing. The lake itself will be stocked with many thousands of fish, that wiil be reserved for the exclusive privilege of guests. many large trees, from twenty to thirty feet in diameter, that have been cut through and formed into arbors, in which luncheon will be served. In conclusion, I | may say that it is my desire to have this resort the foremost in the State in the way | of modern equipments.’ Graveled drives and walks sur- | “In the grove surrounding the hotel are | strect company and isinterested in mining property. He thinks Cripple Creek the greatest gold country on earth. In speak- ing of it he said: There is nothing like it anywhere, and it is getting better all the time. You can’t miss it there, no matter what you take hold of. There is money in everything. Thedistrict is spread- ing, too. Some ten miles below Victor, at an altitude 2500 feet lower, is a new camp, called Marigold, where some good gold discoveries of Lafayette and Minna streets, when she was run over by a grocery wagon. One of the wheels passed over her abdomen and she was | rolled over and over. She was taken to the Receiving Hospital by her mother, who lives at 120935 Howara' street, and Dr. Weil exam- incd her. He found that she had almost mirac- ulously escaped without any serious injury, and she was taken home. THEIR PRESIDENT HONORED. A Handsome Silver Service Presented to 8. Peckerman. 8. Peckerman, president of the Congre- gation Beth Israel, was the recipient of an entirely unexpected honor on Sunday evening, the anniversary of his sixtieth birthday and his fifth year of service as president of the congregation. Rabbi M. 8. Levy and the board of trus- tees ol the cougregation called at his resi- dence, and after being pleasantly enter- tained by Mr. and Mrs. Julius Von Vliet, the son-in-law and daughter of Mr. Peck- erman, who acted as host and hostess on the occasion, M. J. Franklin, on behalf of | his colleagues of the board of trustees, pre- sented Mr. Peckerman with a combination set of solid silverware, consisting of thirty | pieces, asa mark of appreciation of his services to the congregation. In addition to having served as president for five | years, he has a record of fifteen years of continuous and conscientious service as a | member of the board of trustees. In his | presentation speech, Mr. Franklin paid | due tribute to the efforts that President Peckerman had always put forth to ad- H. W. PRESTON, TREASURER OF VICTOR, IN CRIPPLE CREEK, WHO IS VISITING SAN FRANCISCO. [From a sketch made by a *“Call” artist.] have just been made. The Cripple Creek dis- coveries promise now to extend for probably seventy-five miles, reachingclose up to Canyon City. I have been in Cripple Creek now two years, and am called an old-timer; but Iam entitled to that appellation, because I have been in Colorado since 1872, Seven railroad trains arrtve every day in Cripple Creek, each loaded down with passen- | gers from various parts of the country. Be- sides this there are many freight trains. The two roads now completed caniot do its busi- | ness and two more are short line fron Denver, and the other & direct line from Colorado Springs. W. S. Stratton, the millionaire owner of the Independence mine, has subscribed half of the $1,000,000 | necessary for the line from Colorado Springs. |1t is tobe twenty-eight miles long. Denver's | idea in building enother road is in order that she may hold the business. The Independence mine which Stratton owns has so much gold in it that he can get out half amillion dollars’ worth any time and not feel it. In fact he has more gold than he knows wiat to do with, and is not in a hurry to get it out. It is said he has been offered $10,000,000 for the mine, but he won't sell it, no matter what is offered, He said to me just before I left when we were talking about it, “some one’s liable to rope me into some sort of a deal and I'll lose itif I go selling the Independence and going into other things,60 P1ljust hold on.” A couple of years ago | Stratton wasa carpenter at Colorado Springs &nd never dreamed of having so much money. He made his first strike in the Washington. When he sold out he menaged to pay his debts, and thus he got the Independence. ple Creek, and in six months 1 do not doubt as fast as they can. It is impossible to take careof them. There are not hotels enough. Oiten men pay $1 apiece for the privilege of sitting in chairs during the night. Cripple Creek wasdeveloped with home capi- tal, but now many Easternand foreign moneyed men are arriving and investing. We estimate we have 130 producing mines, and there are 11,000 locations in a region about six by twelve miles in extent. The country over this region is ell located, and if a man wants a claim in it now he must buy it. But there is good territory contiguous to it, especially be- low Victor, to which I have aiready alluded. The stock excitement continues and has grown into a craze, especially at Colorado Springs. A new stock exchange has been started at Victor, and another is being started | at Cripple Creck. Two years ago there were | six houses in Victor. Now there are 6000, and it is one of a chain of live camps. All the camps have churches, water works and electric lights. They iso have plenty of gambling- houses and all the adjuncts of live mining camps. There is little killing, however. In fact, 1 believe nobody hes been killed since August. Mr. Preston has come on to spend the holidays with his daughter, Miss Violet Preston, who is a student of Stanford Uni- versity. There are a number of other successful Cripple Creek men in town. Peter Eells, proprietor pf the Hotel Portland, and W. R. Snape, an early resident of the wild camp. | Mr. Preston brought a number of speci- | mens of gold-bearing rock with him, is what is called by the miners sylvanite, is fine greined and with a light bluish cast, looking much like pieces of fine blue lime- stone. Not a flake of gold can beseen init by the eye, but when the rock is roasted the gold fairly boils out of it. Mr. Preston showed specimens before and after. No one woulid suppose to look at the bluish rock that it was worth anything. ““This is the same kind of ore as is found in Stratton’s Independence,” he said. “A friend of mine who has similar ore, took eighteen sacks of it to Pueblo, just before I left, and got $22,000 for it.’”’ {r. Preston will remain here during the holidays. ——— Narrow Escape of a Child. Myrtle Newman, two and a half years old, was playing yesterdsy morning on the corner to be built—one a | There are now close to 40,000 people in Crip- | there will be 100,000. People are arrivingin | It | vance the interests of the congregation, and attributed the great progress madé during the past five years largely to the personal interest taken in the affairs of | the congregation by its presiding officer. | As showing the progress made, it was stated that the present membership is j about 200, and the attendance at the Sab- bath school 300. Rabbi Levy made a few appropriate re- marks, and then all were invited to sup- per. This was followed by brief post- | prandial speeches, among those who took | oceasion to pay tribute to the honored offi- {cial being his grandson, Charles Van | Vliet, a lad of 14 years. STAVFRD COLLATERLS Heirs Appear in Court to Argue on the Tax Ques- tion. It Is Argued That the Law Is Discrimi- native and Therefore Uncon- stitutional. The Stanford estate was before Judge Coffey yesterday, or at least that part of it which is involved in the collateral in- heritance tax. The collateral heirs had been cited to show cause why they shoula not be com- | pelled to pay a tax aggregating $350,000, | and they were all present by attorney to | answer the call. There appeared for the | heirs Frank Spencer of San Jose, A. N. | Drown, Russell J. Wilson, Dr. Taylor and | Mountford J. Wilson, and opposed to | them was District Attorney Barnes. i\‘\'s]ter Hinkle was there, too, to back up \ | | | | Mr. Barnes, and E. McAllister, who drew up the law and worked for its passage, was also on hand. The principal contention of the repre- sentatives of the heirs was that the law is special, discriminative and uncons‘it: tional in a number of other ways. They also contend that, even gran'ing the law is all right, the estate is not now in a con- | dition to pay anything. It was argued | that any law which makes one class of | heirs to an estate taxable and another | class, heirs to the same estate, not taxable | is discriminative. The instance of father | and son inheriting from a brother and | uncle was cited. The father and brother 1s not taxable. If he dies and his inheritance is to him or his heirs the son has all the rights of the parent so far as the inheritance is con- cerned, but the son’s inheritance, if it be over the limit, s taxable. Here, it was argued, are two heirs with equal rights on the estate, yet one is taxable under uhe law and the other is not. Arguments of a somewhat similar na- ture touching the constitutionality of the law were made by other counsel, and the case was submitted. The beneficiary interested most deeply in the result of the case is the Stanford University. That institution was left about $2,500,000, and its tax is $125,000. The other collaterals are relatives in vari- ous parts of the country, to each of which Stanford left $100,000. —————— Telephone charges in France are to be reduced to 5 cents for a three-minute con- versation within a radius of fifteen miles. ———— Books for anything they will fetch at the Auction Store, 747 Mazket street. » OREGON STONE SELECTED, The Commissioners Have String to the Contract, However. a COLUSA STONE OVERLOOKED. It Will Be Heard From Later, Prob- ably, and Be Substitued for the Oregon Gray. The question of material for the union depot and ferry house was finally de- cided by the Harbor Commissioners yes- terday. After weeks of discussion, during which daily sessions were held, the board finaliy came to an understanding. Oregon gray stone was designated, but there is an “if" attached to it, and the chances are that the Colusa stone will be substituted at the last moment. Architect A. Page Brown is decidedly in favor of the Oregon gray stone, and in a communication to the board expatiated upon its many good qualities. In conclu- sion, however, he stated that the Colusa stone was good and might be substituted with advantage for the Oregon gray. Con- sulting Architect Percy is decidedly op- posed to the Oregon stone and says that in the buildings in San Francisco in which it has been used it shows signs of disinte- gration. Both reports were discussed pro and con by the members of the commis- sion before the meeting was called to or- der, and after a long conference with Con- tractor McCarthy it was decided to accept all the lowest tenders for the work at once. At the hour of meeting there were pres- ent in the boardroom President Colnon, Uommissionere Cole and Chadbourne, Tirey L. Ford, the board’s attorney, and F. 8. Stratton, ex-attorney for the com- mission; Chief Engineer Howard C. Holmes, Joe Rowell, representative of A. Page Brown, Ex-Governor Adams of Ne- vada, R. W. Gorrill, president of the Pa- cific Bridgze Company, and a dozen other contractors who were bidders on the depot There was also a delegation from the Granite-cutters’ National Union in at- tendance. It had been stated that they would not cut any rock that might come from Folsom Prison, but this they denied. In a communication they told the board that they would cut rock for the commis- sion, no matter where it came from. ‘When FPresident Colnon called the meet- ing to order it did not take the board long to get to work. “You all know my feel- ings in this matter,” said Commissioner Cole. I am in favor of brick and terra cotta, but, a§ the majority is for stone, I will bow to their will, and now beg to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the bid of C. F. McCarthy, dated December 10,1895, and as filed with this Board on said date for all masonry work according to the plans and specification for union depot and ferry house, San Francisco, subdivision four thereof embodying ail work | and materials described in the plansand ma- sonry specifications on the basis of using Ore- gon gray stone facing for outside of walls and towers in place of Roman buff brick and terra cotta trimmings, and white enameled brick up | 10 spring of arches, and bollow terra-cotts arches, brick and Oregon gray stone to be per samples then submitted, for the sum of $230,- 000, be and the same is hereby accepted. And thesaid C. F. McCarthy be and he hereby is required, and his bid is so accepted on this condftion, that he shall,within six days from | i date, enter into & written contract to do said | work according to the plans and specifications vrepared therefor, and will agree to the condi- tions and terms as embodied in and annexed to said specifications, and will also execute and | file with this board a good and sufficient bond with two or more sureties to be approved by | the said board, in the sum of $115,000, condi- | tioned for the falthful performance of said work. Price included in above figures for hol- low terra-cotta rite partitions, 12 cents per square foot. Mr. Cole then said: ‘“‘After having care- fully considered all the bids for the con- struction of the union depot and ferry- bouse, the proposais of the following bid- ders being deemed the lowest and best should be accepted. I move that that course be foliowed, and that each success- | fui bidder be required to furnish a good and sufficient bond for the earrying out of the contract, such bond to be approved by the board.” Chadbourne seconded the motion and it was carried. The lowest bidders are as follows: * C.F. McCarthy, masonry, brick, terra cotta and fire proofing, $230,000; bond, $115,000. Risdon Iron Works, construction of steel and other iron work, $188,000; bond, $94,000. Bateman Brothers, carpenter work, plaster- ing and glazing, $43,400; bond, $24,000. James Duffy, plumbing and gasfitting, $11,123; bond, $5500. William Cronan, roofing, skylight and gal- vanized ironwork, $43,599; bond, $21,500. George J. Smith & Sons, painting, $12,900; bond, $5000. At this point ex-Governor Adams of Nevada arose and asked if he might say a few words in favor of the tufa stone. He produced the analysis made by Professor Price, which gave the article submitted a very high character, and ‘argued in favor of using the material in the new ferry depot. *‘We have no objection to your stone, Governor,” said President Colnon, ‘‘on the contrary we think very higblv of it. In fact, the only objeciion is that it has not stood the test of time. There is no means of telling what the effect of our California climate would be on it. Another thing, we have selected a stone which we will use in the erection of the depot.” “That being the case, gentlemen,” said Governor Adams, “there is nothing more to be said. In a few years from now we hope to be able to point with pride to the durability of Nevada tufa stone.” The commission will meet again to-mor- row, when all of the contractors will be present and their bonds will be discussed. Some minor changes in the contracts may then be made, but the. commencement of the building will date from the 26th inst. FOR CONFIDENCE WORK. John O’Brien Has Two Crimes Charged Against Him. John O'Brien, alias Sullivan, alias Car- roll, aliay Cummings, was booked at the City Prison Monday by Detectives Dillon and Crockett on tke chargesof obtaining money by false pretenses and grand lar- ceny. O’Brien is a well-known contidence man. On December 12 he went to Mrs. Daly, who keeps a grocery at 527 Mission street, and represented himself as a friend of her cousin, W. B. McHave, an engineer on the whaleback steamer City of Everett. He engaged a room in her house and borrowed $10 from her and that was the last she saw of him. On Thanksgiving day he met William Rowland, a machinist living at 781 Harri- son street, and inéroduced himself as Cap- tain Bullivan of the ship Cape Horn Pigeon. He told Rowland he wanted a | dren’s celebration. | visited Emmanuel Baptist Church on that | preparations and will do a similar work machine on his vessel and Rowland took him to his home and hospitably enter- tained him. He slept there all night and in the morning stole Rowland’s gold watch and chain, which he pawned. e e, A UNANTHOGS CALL Green-Street Church Wants Rev. Flawith to Remain. Rev. F. Flawith has received a unani- mous call to the permanent pastorate of the Fourth Congregational Charch on Green street. Six months ago he took up the work on North Beach as acting pastor. The opinion of his congregation is that he has succeeded. The church members in large numbers last Wednesday night, and without a dissentient word, called him by a standing vote to be their permanent pastor. No reply has yet been given by Mr. Flawith, and the church is awaiting his decision. During Rev. F. Flawith’s incumbency, the male members of the congregation have been organized into a ‘“Men’s League,” to apply their Christianity in the most prac- tical and unselfish way. So far as their means permit they feed destitute families, clothe the poor and provide medical aid for the needy and sick. It is their purpose to see that no young man in the vicinity of North Beach shall be left heipless and alone 1n sickness, providing they know his case is a needy one. They have helped several cases of des- titution and provided medical advice for those too poor to pay for it. The pastor of the Fourth Congregational Church believes in the teachings of Pro- fessor G. D. Herron. It has needed some courage to uphold these views and follow them, and in the practical way, and the congregation, by its unanimous call to the acting pastor, has shown that it indorses the carrying out of Professor Herron's views. The members of Green-street Church state in fact that they have stepped out of the old tracks and that they are satisfied with they new way. AT EMMANUEL CHURCH. Regular Christmas Services Will Not Be Held Until Next Sunday. F. The Workers Work, but the Absence of Theodore Durrant Seems to Be Felt. Emmanuel Baptist Church will not hold special services to-day. The regular Christmas exercises will be merged into next Sunday’s services. The reason for this change is not given. Itis merely an- nounced that the devotions customary to December 25 will be celebrated December 29 instead. With the exception of Theodore Durrant, the condemned murderer of Blanche La- mont, there is littie or no change in the active personnel of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Nearly the same peopie who took part in last year’s Christmas festival were on hand yesterday preparing for the chil- These same people | will later in the week prepare the church proper for the Christmas service. The same ladies and young girls who fatal morning of April 3 last for the pur- pose of beautifying God’s house in honor of the hving Christ, but who got no fur- ther than the threshold of the sacred eai- | fice which by one person had been o ter- ribly desecrated, assisted in yesterday’s for next Sunday’s exercises. The one figure absent, he who has been described as ihe leader of all such work, was Theodore Durrant. It is questionable if he was even thought of in the hurry and bastle incident fo arranging a Christ- mas tree for Sunday-school children, yet just the same, those engaged in the work seemed inspired by a sense of duty rather than that joyous eagerness which is popu- larly supposed to permeate the hearts and souls of Christian workers. One year ago to-day Durrant was an active participant in the Christmas cele- bration. To-day he is under sentence of death with little, if any, hope of ever again mingling with those who celebrate with song and pratse the Christmas of 1895. The lecture-rooma of Emmanuel Baptist Church presented a gay scene last night. From 8 until 9 o’clock Santa Claus, that good old friend of the children, held full sway. The principal feature of the even- ing’s entertainment was a pretty little play with tableaux called ‘“For Christmas’ Sake.”” Miss Tabor made an excellent grandmother, while Miss Magee was all that could be expected of a dutiful grand- daughter. The evening’s entertainment and Christ- mas tree were under the direct supervision of Miss Daisy Wolfe, and to her is due much of the credit of its success. The reg- ular Christmas services will be held Sun- day next. Publicly Dunned. Mrs. Delia Montague, 708 O'Farrell street, ap- peared in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday to answer a charge of disturbing the peace. The complaining witness was Mrs. O'Brien, wife of attorney John P. O'Brien. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. and Mrs, O'Brien for- merly lived in Mrs. Montague's house. She sued them for $150 rent, but the case was de- cided against her, as Mr. O’Brien put in a coun- ter claim for legal services rendered. A few days ago Mrs. Montague met Mrs. 0'Brien on Market street and dunned her for the rent, in presence of some lady friends, and had used boisterous language. The Judge fined the de- fendant $50. NEW TO-DAY. Atomizers, Colognes, Extracts, 1 Puff Boxes Terra Cotta and Bisque Goods AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT CUT PRIGES! 50c Atomizers cut to o o $1 Atomizers cut 0. %5? $3 50 Atomizers cut to B $2 50 50c Fancy Cologne Bottles cut to. ose ;{ Fancy Col%m\e Bottles cut to . ibe 50 Fancy Vases cut to. $1.00 $1 Purses, Ladies’, cut to " 50¢ 50c Purses, Ladies’, cut to. : 3 . 28 1!.7.1 have them in Sterling Silver and Before hrohuilgfinino our Immense Stock of Holiday 6 el ¥ Goods and eompare Seo oar Window Display. NO PERC 2883 Sou NTAGE PHARMACY, 't Marize th side, bet. Fis e SOt G s 4 @%gmg Giving a man something he neeas fooks like char- ity. But an article of luxury and enjoyment is accepted as a genuine, unadult-rated gift. Give him a box of the _ of You_can make a first-class, tasty Xmas gift and never miss the money. A little down and a little each pay- day. ONYX TABLES, CHAIRS, PARLOR FANCY ROCKERS AND TABLES, CABINETS, COMB ASES, BOOK CASES, DESKS, TABOURETTES, TEA TABLLS, ETC. Fancy pieces of furniture are fashionable gifts. Our prices are never higher, gen- erally lower, than those of exclusive cash houses. M. FRIEDMAN & GO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Free packing and deli city and suburbs. LOOK! T THE 10 PER CENT REDUCTION AT JOE POHEIM'S, the Tailor. Fer holiday trade all the latest designs of Woolens now in. Suits Made to Order from $15.00 Pants Made to Order from $1.00 Overcoats Made to Order from..$20.00 Full Dr Swailow-Tail im- ported and Silk-Lined from Perfeet Fit Guaranteed or Fo Nale. JOE POHEIMT}HE TAILOR, 201, 203 Montgomery st., 724 Marketst. and 1110, 1112 Market st. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE UNION CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY F ST. LOUIS, IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, on the 31st day of December, A. D. 1894, and $40.00 for the year ending on that day, as made to the in- surance Commissioner of the ate of Callfornla, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Folitical Code, condensed as per blank fur- nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Cspital Stock, paid upin Cash.......... .$250,000 00 ASSETS. Loans on Bond and Mortgage. .. $172,000 00 Cash Market Valae of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company . : Amount of Loans secured by Bonds, Stocks and other marketable securilics as collateral. . Cash in Company’s Oftice. Cash in Banks. Interest due and accrue 237 47 Premiums in due Course of Collection. 177,650 58 25,000 00 Totat Assets... LYABILITIES. Losses in process of Adjustment or in SRIMEEOUIIN 5’ oo oo ofiv s s v 838,726 65 Losses resisted, including expenses. ... 763 87 Gross premiums on Risks running one year o less, $688,236 71: relusur- ance 50 per cent. . 844,118 85 All other demands’ against pany.... 51352 Total Lisbiliies... INCOME. Net Cash actua'ly received for pre- $568.766 05 18,551 38 Total Income... EXPENDITUR Net amount paid for Losses....... Paid_or allowed for Commission or Brokerage.... Paid for _ Salari T r oificers, clerks. etc....... tate, National and local 179,982 34 35 268 32,81 2 C. P. ELLERBE, id 0. K. CLARDY, Secretary. B Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 24th day of January, 1895. _ M D. MURRAY, Notary Public. TARPEY & KRIGBAUM, GENERAL AGENTS, 208 Samsome Street, San Framcisco, Cal. PO TAL JR, Chinese Tea and Herh Nanitorium, 727 ¥ashing on St - -nnrn\nei co, Cal, wlon nnmm: Place, al Office Hours: 9 to 12, 1todand 5 to7. Sun- day, 9 A. M. to 12 M. ent. 11 Po Tal Jr., son of the famous L1 2o Tai, has taken his father's business, and is, afier eleven years' study ia China, fully prepared to locats and treat all diseases. NEW WESTERN MOTEL. EARNY AND WASHINGTON 'S, — K modeied and renovated. K 1% (s WARD. <o European plan. Kooms 50c to 50 per day, 34 e 10 #8 per week, $8 1o $30 4 Botand cold whzer every Toom, Hes srane 0 op, 100m; elevator runs all aignt. | " Srales 10 9ve al nigne