The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1896, Page 11

y THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1896 11 A PAGE BROWN'S BIG INSURANCE, Fifty Thousand Dollars Paid Recently to His Widow. A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT. Ten Thousand Dollars of Acci- dent Policies Are Hang- ing Fire. A LIMITED TIME FOR DYING. The Deceased Came Outside of the Ninety-Day Period and the Courts May be Sought. The two insurance companies in each of which Architect A. Page Brown-had a life policy of $25,000 have paid the poli- cies in full, thus starling the widow in life with a neat nestegg of $50,000. At the time of his death he had two ac- cident policies aggregating $10,000 in the | United States Casualty Company. These | policies, in the usual form, provided for the payment of $50 per week indemnity in case of accident or disability for a cer- tain number of weeks. The company has not yet paid the loss. has offered to pay the indemnity of $50 r week from the time of the accident up 1e time of Mr. Page’s death, and while not yet positively refused to pay the 0, the full amount of the policies, it ken the matter under consideration n ew York office. The hitch, if such it may be called, rom the existence in the policies of | roviso to the effect that no claims will | 1 cases where death occurred in | an ninety days after the accident. ar proviso has been inserted in the of other accident insurance com- the reason for the proviso being, ing to the statement of insurance that experience has shown that all fatal accidents produce death of burg] 1n $2000 bonds. Sanborn con- ducted his own defense and pleaded that owing to the fact of being very drunk at the time his mind wasa biank as to what hap- pened then, DONAHUE FOUNTAIN. Executors of J. Mervyn Donshue’s Estate May Soon Have the Money to Build It. The prospects are that the affairs of J. Mervyn Donahue's estate will soon be in a condition to permit the executors—Peter McGlynn and Fred Burgin—to carry out the wishes of the testator in regard to building a magnificent fountain at the in- tersection of Bush, Battery and Market streets. A suit concerning some railroad stock deposited as a gnarantee or security pledge was decided by the Superior Court in favor of the executors a few weeks since and the Eresent indications are that no appeal will e taken to the Supreme Court. As soon as the little factional controversy now in Erogren among the owners of the Dona- ue road is settled the directors will prob- ably adjust the matter relating to the pledged stock. Messrs. McGlynn and Burgin will en- | deavor to provide a fountain creditable to San Francisco and worthy of the testator's ge%erosn;y. : ie will authorizes the executors to ex- pend $25,000 for the fountain. —_— BOTH DIED BY HANGING. Ernest Weber and Christopher Helm Commit Sui- cide. One Feared Approaching Poverty and the Other Was Tired of Long Suffering. Ernest Weber, a butcher, aged 65 years, living at 1424 Howard street, and Christo- pher Helm, aged 60 years, living at 560 Howard street, committed suicide by hang- ing yesterday morning, and their bodies were removed to the Morgue. Weber was remorseful because of dragging debt and Helm was tired of life through ill ness. For some time past Weber's strange ac- tions have excited attention. He had won $15,000 in the lottery, and this money haa gradually dwindled away. He had pro- vided well for his family, however, and just before his death felt deep concern for is own, as the following letter, written in German, will testify: My Dear Wife: Havin | tune in business an had so much misfor- always getting more from all that is left you can afford to live quite well. Theother way all would have gone, be- | cause business always went worse, and last week I did not even make 100 cents, and the expenses are too large for the little income, within ninety days. As Mr. Brown died 106 days after he was ed in the ruraway accident his poli- were forfeited according to the judg- ment of the insurance people, the policy being a contract and the proviso being plain and unmistakable. There is no con- tention as 1o the fact that the injured architect never left his bed from the time he was injured until he died. Insurance people say that he has forfeited his poli- cies by notdying soon enough and that all he is entitled to is the indemnity of $50 per week for 106 days. Mr. Brown’s representatives will bring the matter into the courts should the com- | pany refuse to pay the claim, in which | event the case will be of more than ordi- nary interest to accident insurance com- | panies and to persons holding policies un- | der them. Horace G. Platt, counsel for | the company, is in New York consulting with the heads of the institution, while Harold Wheeler, the attorney for Mrs, Page, is here biding his time and keeping his armor polished for the fray. J. D. Maxwell, manager for the insur- ance company, said yesterday that the ninety-day clause is inserted in all acci- dent insurance policies as a barrier against fraud. For instance, a man might have been insured more than a year ago and his insurance may have run out. Some day a relative may walk in the office and claim the premium on the ground that the in- sured had recently died from injuries re- ceived more than a year past. The proofs, or pretended proofs, will be ready and the insurance company will be placed at the disadvantage of having to explore a field in which all the evidence favorable to it- self has been mutilated or destroyed. On the other side, it is contended that such could not be the case in the Page matter, It isurged, alsn, that it would be against good morals to enforce the ninety. day proviso where there is evidently no fraud. Thus the case of a poor mechanic stricken down by an accident. All that he has to leave behind to his wife and children is the accident policy He lingers on and on, growing worse and worse. The physician from the first has predicted his death. When it comes to the eighty-eighth or eighty-ninth day and he still lingers hopelessly in the grave, though not dead, it is a terrible situation for his wife and children, If he should live beyond the ninetieth day the direst voverty would be their lot. If he should die before the expiration of the ninetieth day they would have a home and a refuge from the storms of life, W. A. Lawson, the attorney, has been looking recently over Supreme Court de- cisions on accident insurance cases. He said yesterday that in all such cases the courts have given the insured the benefit of the doubt, notwithstanding the strict constructions of ‘the provisos contended for by the companies. Some of the cita- tions are very peculiar. Thus, in a case where a man was choked to death acci- dentally while trying to swallow a tough piece of steak the insurance company con- tended that the policy should not be paid, because the death had not been caused by “external and violent means.” The court in rendering its decision pointed out that the provision in the policy was inserted for the purpose of pro- tecting the company from imposition in cases where a man might die from disease and allege that it was accident. The de- cision was given against the company. A similar plea and decision were noted in a case where a man was asphyxiated by poisonous gases in a well, the court saying that the proviso against death by the in- halation of gases meant the common use of gas in dentistry and surgery, in which event the proviso would hold good and the company would not be held liable. Other cases were cited in which the in- sured met his death while getting off the train at the end of the journey for which he had been insurea, the companies con- tending that the journey having been completed the policies lapsed, but the courts held that the policies must be paid. 8. C. Pardee, & well-known insurance man, said yesterday that about $325,000 was annually paid as premiums in Cali- fornia for accident and casunalty insurance. — Held for Barglary. William Sanborn, the dive performer, who fell from the roof of Artemus Webster's resi- dence, 1004 Pine street, about two weeks ago, was yesterdsy held by Judge Joachimsen to suswer before the Superior Courton the charge and so I thought it my duty to provide for you. | Dear wife, don’t trouble f'onrszlf: the money | which is in the house will last till the 28th of | this month. The 26th you have to pay $35 for t! work on Page street, and the next 26ta the | rest, and every 28th you must pay $26 25 in- | terest, and the 1st of each month the money | for the water. 1f you have not enough money, | until you get the $2000 from the lodge, you | ask Woertz to get you $100 from the lodge. | The lodge will do that. Now, you have to see ‘ what to do with the debts I have. Ithinkthey | will be satisfied with 25 cents on the dollar. Take the horse from the stable and bring it to | Meller. The receipts for everything of the last | month you shall find in the safe in the second box, also the will and the papers of the lodge. Now, you know all. I will forgive my enemies | who caused my misfortune. Your loving hus- | band, ERNEST WEBER. ‘When Weber’s butcher-shop was opened by A. Pfeuder yenerday morning, he was startled to find Weber’'s body suspended from the transom of an innqr door. The Coroner was notified and the body was re- moved. Christopher Helm’s body was found sus- pended from a rope attached to a bracket on the wall of his room in the German Hotel where he lived. The deceased had been ill for some time, and until recently was a patient at the German Hospital. He leaves a son and daughter living at Grabau, Germany. FAVORS BELT EXTENSION, Chamber of Commerce Takes a Firm Stand on the Point. street Recommends a Commercial Arbitra- tion Board—Master Mariners to Be Examined by Experts. The quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. Several important questions were considered. There was a large attendance and the members took a firm stand in regard to securing an extension of the Belt Railway south of Market street to a connection with the Southern Pacific Company’s line. The committee having the matter in charge was given more time in order to secure an estimate of the cost. A commercial arbitration board was rec- ommended similar to tbat in the Cham- bers of Commerce in London and New York, and 8 committee will formulate a plan to be reported upon later. The masters and officers of American ships will hereafter be examined in respect to their qualifications by experts appointed by the chamber, and for whose action tke chamber will be responsible. It was announced that the lightship and fog signal on the bar had been provided for by an appropriation of $80,000 in the general appropriation bill now before C ongress. The membership of the chamber has been increased since the annual meeting by the addition of forty-three new names, and it is active in the interest of the City and State in everything germane to its or- ganization. - HIS CHAIN WAS CUT. How a Broker From Mexico Logt a Valuable Watch Charm. A. Winters, a well-to-do commission broker from the City of Mexico, has re- ported to the police the loss of a valuable watch charm while at the Sutro baths last Sunday. It was not until after the discoy- ery of his loss that he realized the time and manner of the theft. The piece of jewelry in question was very valuable. It was a beautiful opa set with dismonds, and the cost of the setting alone was $155, The broker, in company with a number of other people, was watching the antics of a number of young fellows in oneof the small tanks, and the crowd increased to a considerabie size. Among the spectators was a well-dressed oung man accompanied by a rather flash- ily dressed woman. The "broker noticed that this oon]Llu ‘were paying more atten- tion to the others in thecrowd than to the bathers, and they ke&trmoving about. As they brushed past Mr. Winter he felt a slight jerk on his vest, but thought noth- ing of it at the time. A second later the couple hastily left the group and departed from the baths. A few minutes later the broker discovered that his valuable charm was gone, the gold chain baving been neatly cut in two with a pairof nippers. He ran out in search of the people he sus- ected, but they were nowhere to be found. %a is firmly convinced that under the guise of respectability the- coupie were only a pair of expert pickpockets who were “working’’ the crowd. debts, I made an end and took my life, for | HIGHER RATES FOR RETAILERS Differentials Increased Be- tween Carload and Smaller Shipments. WHOLESALERS IN FAVOR A Move Designed to Imcrease the Jobbing Business of San Francisco. HOW IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. The Fight Meade by the Southern Pacific at the Request of the Traffic Association. One of the most important actions taken at the recent meeting of . the Transconti- nental Freight-rate Committee at Milwau- kee was the widening of the differentials between carload lots and less than carload lots, to the advantage of the wholesaler and to the detriment of the retailer. This result was brought about mainly through the efforts of the Southern Pacific Com- pany’s representative, who was prompted to make the fight on this line by the Traffic Association of California. Shortly before his departure for Mil- waukee, C. F. Smurr, the general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company, teceived the following communication from William Bostwick Curtis, the traffic manager of the association: In view of the Trauscontinental Association meeting to be held in Milwaukee on the 30th inst. I hand you herewitha list of articles culled from westbound tariff No. T-1 of April 11, 18983, showing the measure of differential, which in the opinion of the Traffic Azsociation should be meintained between carload and less than carload rates westbound. Naturally opinions will differ on this sub- ject. I would state, however, that generally speaking, the differentials as existing in the westbound tariff of the Transcontinental Freight-rate Committee noted, were in the | main satisiactory. We do not believe, how- ever, that a ecarload rate should approach | nearer than 6624 per cent of the less thau car- load rate and you will observein the list which we inclose that that figure is main- tained. The guestion of differentials between car- load and less than carload rates is one of most material importance to the jobbing interests of San Francisco. That interest represents your heaviest patrons and for that reason we believe you will find it consistent to espouse their cause on the lines we pray for herein. The list of articles referred to in this communication composed every item in the commodity-rate schedule that did not show the desired difference between car- load and less than carload shipments. planation of the stand taken by the Traffic Association, sai “The railroad companies have always taken the stand that recent water compe- petition had impelled them to putinto effect a traffic showing too slight a differ- ence and in many cases no difference whatever between carload and less than carload shipments. It has been a constant source of complaint on the part of the wholesale dealers that this state of affairs worked injuriously to their trade, as it enabled the small dealer, who perhaps bought one or two cases of goods & month or perhaps a year, to obtain the same at as cheap a freight rate as the wholesale dealer who 1mported in carload lots only. ‘It has always been a fundamental prin- ciple of the transportation companies to grant to the carload shippers a less rate than to the less than carload shippers.. It is well known that transportation by sail, except in extreme cases, is, generally speaking, the same for small shipments as for large ones, and it i3 this fact that has recently forced the rail lines to lessen the difference between carload shipments and smaller lots. g ““We have sought for some time to rem- edy this difficulty, and the opportune mo- ment arrived when the Transcontinental Traffic Association proposed to remodel its tariff. We are not vet advised of the full text of the new tariff, but have every rea- son to believe that the difference between carload and less than carload rates will be greater than heretofore, and if they should rove not entirely satisfactory we shall Enuw at least that a move forward has been made in the right direction.”” LIVE ORESON GOLD CAMP E. N. Williams’ Story of Rich Diggings Near Cow Creek Canyon. Ditches From the Rcgue River That Will Open Up Hundreds of Thou- sands of Acres, E. N. Williams of Gold Hill, Or., prin- cipal owner of the Sulphur Springs hy- draulic mine, south of the wild Cow Creek Canyon and seven miles north of Gold Hill, is at the Russ. Mr. Williams owns two and three- fourths miles of placer ground on Sardine Creek, an affluent of the Rogue River. He gets water on it for eight months in the year. “Ididn’t know but the least bit about mining when I went there three years ago,” said Mr, Williams, “and in the or- dinary sense of the word one would have supposed that I would have got ‘done up.’ Iwasalmost a tenderfoot of the tender- fect. Icame from England over twenty years ago, and lived in different parts of Canada for fourteen years, and then came to the United States. “Three years ago I scarcely knew a mine from a well. But I went to Gold Hill, and got some ground that I believed was good, and then got two or three young men to take hold of the property who were well informed in gold mining. To one of these men I gave an interest. Then 1 bezan to make a careful study of the business. “We have been able to make the prop- erty pay well from the start, and now I think mining is about the nicest business [Sketched from life E. ‘Williams, Who Has Come From an Affluent of the Rogue River, in the Gold Hill District. by a “Cald* artist.] The difference desired by the jobbers is this: Where the carload rate is $1 per 100 pounds, the rate for less than a carioad of freight should be $1 50 per 100 pounds. Speaking of his work on this matter, Mr. Smurr uid"i'esterdny: ¥ “It was a hard fight to accomplish what the local Traffic Association desired, as most of the Eastern roads were in favor of maintaining the present low differentials between carload and less than carload lots. But we finally succeeded in bringin, them around to our way of thinking, an the new differentials will show a difference of 40 to 50 per cent between carload ship- ments and less than carload shipments. We made the other roads under- stand that it was better for all concernea to contract for carload shipments to term- inal points, than to act as distributors for the merchantsall along theirlines. Itisa better business for the roads to carry car- load lots at low rates than to have to aeal with the uncertainties of small shipments and the necessity of breaking bulk at fre- uent intervals in carscomprising zhrnug_h reight trains, even though a higher rate is obtaimed for the smaller shipments.” Mr. Smurr stated further that the date for putting in the proposed new rates was uncertain, and that they might not be- come effective until the first of June. He stated that there was to be a meeting of the executive committee of the Transcon- tinental Traffic Association to-day at Chi- cago, ana that the new rates would have to receive the indorsement of thatcom- mittee. Then all the trunk lines east of Chicago and the New England roads would have to be consulted and their con- currence obtained. Next, the schedules would have to be printed and copies served on_ the Interstate Commerce Com- mittee and distributed to all the agents of the different roads, the rates becoming operative ten days after a copy of them had been received by the Interstate Com- merce Committee. Trafic Manager Curtis, in - partial ex- “‘The ground where we are pays about 24 cents to the cubic yard. Thereisa good deal that is a great deal worse, and there is some that is a great deal better. The gold of the district varies from fine dust to nuggets worth $40 or $50 each. The biggest nugget we ever got out of our claim was worth but §4 40. ‘We use a No. 2giant and an 11-inch steel hydraulic pipe from a fall of 205 feet. This great fglrgivas ‘usan immense power. ‘We can tear up the soil any way we please. There is an abundance of water for eight months in the year. “When I first went to the district there wasn’t over 100 people in Gold Hill, and not 500 in the whole district. Now Gold Hill has from 400 to 500 people, and there must be at least 2000 men who are at work in the mines. They are all placer mines. No quartz has been found yet thatamounts to anything. I suppose that is because the prospectors have not gone high enough up. “Gold §1n is the center of what I think will be one of the greatest placer mining dis- trictsof the world. There isa company man- aged by J. W. Nonhng, whose office is in the Crocker building here, that is taking out a new ditch for ten miles up the Rogue River from Gold Hill. It is a low-level ditch, but after they get that finished thoi are ioinz to take out another one, a hi ditch. These two will open up hundreds of thousands of acres.” Mr. Williams brought down a lot of Eseehnenu of ore to be tes The Gold ill diggings are on the line of the Shasta route to Portland. Can Have No Fe: Judge Coffey has decided that Mrs. W, H. Smitn, as executrix of the estate of her hus- band, the late W, F. Smith, is not entitled to commissions for administering on en insur- TR ST bl was for . Ju 13 That it was exempt from admintstration fees because it was her un:-h Droverty. WATER NEEDED FOR FRUIT LANDS, The Problem Discussed by the State Board of Trade. IS NO GENERAL RULE. There Exists a Great Diversity of Soils Throughout the State. LELONG'S EXHAUSTIVE PAPER. Valuable Information Is Given by C. M. Wooster, W. H. Mills and Others. The question of the irrigation of land in the northwestérn part of the State was discussed by the State Board of Traae yesterday. An exhaustive paper on this subject was read by B. M. Lelong, secre- tary of the State Board of Horticulture, ana remarks were made by the different members of the board both as regards the theoretical and practical ideas in connec- tion witb irrigation. The following members were present: Colonel N. P. Chipman, president; C. M. Wooster, W. H. Mills, Colonel John P. Irish, B. M. Lelong, L. C. McAfee, J. A. Morrissey, Mark L. McDonald, E. W. Maslin, C. L. Montgomery, P. H. Coffman and C. 8. Jobe, At the beginning of the meeting an edi- torial appearing in the New York Sun regarding an exhibit of California prod- ucts to be given in that city, saying, “We are grieved by the news that the San Francisco Board of Trade did not come to time in aiding this enterprise,” was read and W. H. Mills stated the history of that enterprise and' his connection with it. Concluding he said: “The time has come when California should get up an exposition for its own benelit solely and not pay its money for the assistance of private corporations and enterprises.”’ A letter was read from the California Press Association at Sacramento asking theco-operation of the board in the matter of providing a suitable celebration in 1898, which is the fiitieth anniversary of the | discovery of gold in California and of the signing of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The board was asked to take | action in making this a State affair. _The board considered the communica- tion and a:’ppointed W. H. Mills, L. C. Mc- Afee and J. A. Morrissey to co-operate with the Press Association to agitate the mat- ter of an exhibition. Mr. Delong read his paper on irrigation, saying in substance: The guestion of irrigation for the develop- ment of fruit and its necessity to its growth has beeu discussed for years past, yet opinions as to its value and ulfimate results are marred. ‘This difference of opinion among groweis will always exist, owing to the great variations of #oils, localities and climatic conditions for which our State is noted. There are two methods of applying water for the benefit of trees and their crops: One is natural and the other artificial. Over & great | portion_of our State the rsinfall or natural system for the promotion of plant life is so irregular that the artificial application ot water has become an important and prime factor for the trees to properly develop their crops and give satisfactory resuits. In considering this important question the following variable conditions must be taken into account: First, average local rainiall; second, character of the soii; third, situation; fourth, kind of fruit grown. As showing the great variation and differ- ence in soils throughout the State—those re- quiring irrigation and those which do not need it—the following is a fair classification: 1. Heavy, retentive soils. 2. Non-reteutive soils. 3.'Sandy loams. 4. Gravelly loams. 5. Moist mountain lands. 6. Dry mountain lands. 7. Dry river bottoms. 8. Moist river bottoms. 9. Deep valley land. 10. Adobe, or flat land. 11, Hillsides. The rainfall in various sections where decid- uous fruits are grown is so distributed in small storms, yleldlui usually ouly a fraction of an inch of water, that it is evaporated before it has time to become thoroughly soaked into the ground. The orchards very early disclose indications of suffering from drought. In many sections the growers have been pre- pared to meet the emergency and turned on ihe water as soon &s there appeared need of it, The results were that such orcnards yielded full crops. During a lack of rainfall many growers have resorted to irrigation in summer, and no at- tempt was generally made to render the land moist in winter as is nature’s method. In such cases it is most essential to plow in the fall, then irrigate in the winter and cultivate in the spring. The trees will set their bloom better and make sirong growth. On the other hand, when there has been suflicient of rainfall an the ground_has been improperliworked and allowed to dry, the trees put forth in a feeble ‘way, the bloom sets poorly and the growth of i the young fruit is greatly retarded. On shallow or unretentive soils summer irri- gation is needea, The question which interests us most is: Does the soil retain moisture enough for the trees to develop their fruit without having 1o add water to it in order to accomplish the de- sired result? When the trees are young they draw from the soil a very small amount of moisture; this absorption increases every year as the trees grow older. ‘When nature furnishes therequired moisture the artificial application of water does not be- come necessary, but when this fails the differ- erence in moisture, to be in nearly perfect harmony with nature’s methods, muss be sup- pliea and irrigation pecomes essential through artificial means. When there is a sufficient rainfall to thor- oughly moisten the surface soil down to a depth where permanent moisture exists, through cultivation the soil is kept in prime condition and draws moisture continually from the deep-hidden sources sufficient for the development of the fruit and the growth of the trees. In such cases little or no irrigation 18 necessary. ‘Where there exists a substratum of gravel reventing the rise of moisture from the Seeper sources frequent irrigation is necessary. Quoting from Henry A. Brainard of San Jose Mr.ielong stated that irrigation in that county is almost always lpfliad in winter, furrows being plowed tween the trees both ways, leaving each tree standing in an inclosed space. Assoon as dry thesurface is plowed and harrowed smooth to prevent evaporation; but that, as a rule, Santa Clara County did not need } irrigation. Apricot trees. he continued, which show a checked growth after harvest, will be greatly benefited by irrigation as soou as the iruitis salhered, and stronger and petter buds will be eveloped for the next season’s crop. When cultivation cannot do the work irriga- tion must step in and supply the want, and whenever the orchardist provides himself with facilities for furnishing water when needed he places himself bevond the influence of the vi- cisitudes of the season. To keep the soil moist at all times, so that the soluble material required by the tree is constantly going into solution, water enough 1o keep the roots fresh and growing and to pro- vide a medium to circulate freeiyin all the tissues of the tree for the convenience of organ- material to every part, is the ideal condition. g The grower must be a thinker and an observer. He has got to learn the nature of the soil, its physical and chemical constitu- ents and the efféct of water upon it, how often it is required and in how great quantities. C. M. Wooster of San Jose said: *‘In Santa Clara county we raise 100,000,000 pounds of fruit each year, but not one- sixth of the valley, however, is subject to irrigation. In the eastern part of the val- ley irrigation has been destructive rather than productive of good, In the northern art there are three different conditions to e taken into consideration—the highest altitude needs the most and the lower the least water. . At the conclusion of the meeting a com- mittee consisting of W. H. Mills, C. M. Wooster, B. M. Lelong and E. W. Mas- lin for the purpose of placing the entire proceedings of the meeting into a pam- phlet for distribution. DECKED LL N WHITE Brilliant Nuptials of Miss Schweitzer and M. N. Hirsch. A Pink-and-White Wedding—Cullen- Oviedo Nuptials at the Cathe- dral. The Concordia Club on Van Ness avenue was the scene of a brilliant wedding last evening, the contracting parties being Miss Carrie Schweitzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Schweitzer, and M Hirsch, a prominent merchant of this City. The ceremony was performed at 6:30 P. M., according to the rites of the Hebrew faith, the Rev. Dr. Voorsanger officiating. The entire club was placed at the dis- posal of the wedding guestsand hand- somely decorated all in spotless white. In the parlor, where the ceremony was celebrated, a handsome bower of white Lady Bankshire roses and snowballs was erected. From the center swung an im- mense wedding bell, under which the happy young couple stood during the bridal service. Callas and palms deco- rated the handsome ballroom, a strik- ing feature of which was the two little sum- mer-houses, all of greenery, fitted up asa sort of lovers’ retreat. After the ceremony a bridal banquet wes served, with covers laid for 150. 3 Dancing concluded the merrymaking ar- ranged ia honor of the happy event. The bride was attired in a handsome gown of white satin elaborately trimmed with point. The maid of nonor, Miss Edna_Schweitzer, wore a pretty gown of pink ergandie. Two. little. tots, Arthur and Adele Hirsch, attired in natty white costume, led_the bridal party, scattering flowers in the bridal path. Mr.and Mrs. Hirsch left this morning for a Southern bridal trip, and on their return will make their home in this City. 3 There was a very pretty early morning wed- ding at the Cathedral on Tuesday lasi, the contracting parties being Miss Alicia S, Cullen and Dr. Louis P. Oviedo. The church was handsomely decorated with Easter lilies and palms. Exactly at 9 o'clock, the hour announced for the wedding, the strains of the “Lohengrin Wedding March” announced the arrival of the bridal party. First came the ushers, Dr.J. P. McCarthy and W. Loaiza Jr., followed by the bridesmaids, Miss K. Wood and Miss E. Wales. Next came the maid of bonor, Miss E. Oviedo, sister of the groom, preceding the bride, who entered lean- ing on'the arm of her father. Lastly came the flower maiden, Miss Blanche Whiting, carrying an immense basket of La France roses. The groom and best man, Dr. Charles §. Maguire, met the bridal party at the altar rai The Rev. M. D. Connolly pérformed the ma; riage ceremony, after which a solemn nuptial mass was celebrated by the Rev. J. B. Hanni- gan, assisted by the Rev. W. O'Grady and the Rev. C. A, Ramm. The service over the bridal party adjourned to the Oviedo residence, where a sumptuous wedding breakiast was served, followed by a reception at which the many friends of the bridal pair tendered their hearty congratulations. The bride was attiied in & handsome gown of ivory duchesse satin, made en traine, and elaborately trimmed with pear] passementerie and old point lace. e The maid of honor, Miss Oviedo, wore a modish gown of pink silk and chiffon, and the bridesmuids were aitired alike in white or- andie over pink silk slips. E%iss Whiting’s gown was fashioned of hand. some white brocade made in the prevailing picturesque style. Dr. nng Mrs. Oviedo have gone to Del Monte for the honeymoon. Last Sunday the members of the Marine Yacht Club entertained their lady friends aboard their yacht, the Volunteer. After a short cruise about the bay the party sailed to McNears Landing, where a delightful repast was provided by the club’s steward. After lunch an hour was pleasantly spent visiting the many points of interest in the vicinity before the start for home was made. The out- ing proved most enjoyable and was voted one of the most successiul affairs the club has ever given. The members are looking anxiously forward to the next excursion. The Marine Yacht Club is in a very] pros- perous_condition and will shortly be incor- porated. It has a large membership and a snug sum in its treasury. A new clubhouse at Sausalito is one of the possibilities of the near future. The members take great pride in the {act that their boat is the only one on'the coast manned by a uniformed crew of amateur salts. Those taking part in Sunday’s outing were: r. and Mrs. G. W. Morse, Mr. and Mrs. W.* d Mrs, H. C. Moyce, Mr. and Mrs. 2 , Mrs, Rood, Miss Williams, Mi Elai ams, Miss Minnie McCrosson, Miss Edita Lowney, Miss E. Gudmunsen, Miss Herber, Miss H. Herber, Miss Murry, Miss Walde, Miss McCarthy, Miss Hart; Messrs. R. E. McCrosson, J. Seyden, E. P. Philips, Oscar | Oison, George Engél, Frank Martin, C. G. Larson, E. Hubinette, Arthur Moyce, L. T. Terkelsen, Harry Pless, W. Retchless, G. A. Koch, E. 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