The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 1. 1898. i3 TURNED OVER 10 FESTIVITY, All Oakland Will Devote Te-Day to the Fabiola Floral Fetes. EFFECT OF SUNSHINE, Grand Marshal Daniels Issues His Final O:ders for the Big Parade. EXEMPT FIREMIN ARE READY. The Burlingame Polo Ponies Are on the Ground Ready for the Steeplechase. OAELAND Orrice SAN Fraxcisco CALy,) 908 Broadway, April 30. § The bright sunshine of to-day cheered the hearts of the Fabiola Floral Fete man- agement as nothing else could have done. Out at the trotting park, where the fiesta is to be held, many busy squads of men worked till far into the night finish- ing the stands, completing the fences and running the heavy rolier over the cycling track. The beadquarters of the fete in the Central usy thau the scene. of to-morrow g2yety and contests. - Pr t Davis ana Grand Marshal G. B. Daniels issued their final orders and made their last arrange- ment, and when the day closed everyth that could be done to insure a highly suc- cessful fete had been done. To-morrow the whole city will be given over to gayety. The department at'Wach- ington has given permission for the Post- osed as on a legal holid b agreed to suspend bus e residents have said that the day be a general hi v, and so Oakland will transform itse tainment commiittee to receive the thou- sands of visitors that will come from all the surrounding counties. The order of events is as follow Preliminary heat bicycle races. ) ¥. M.—Burro race; 4 carriage parade. parade. e County Club évent; icycle races. g are the prizes for the in deco. ss valued: at §50. For finest decorated 1 and: rider in ecorated bicycle parede—One high grade est decoration in g: ups in decorated ed bicycle parac > visiting clut ub in decorated bicycle parade mber of men {n- line—Silver Burlingame Country Club ilver loving cup. The following cycling clubs have entered the floral parade and there will be some keen contests for the prizes: Reliance i Bank building were no less | Grand Marshal Daniels issued his final { orders this evening. They are as follows: |. “All vehicles and equestrians which-ate to take part i the floral parade are requested to report at the entrance to the Oakland Trotting |"Park at 12 x. sharp to the grand marshal. | The parade .will ‘be formed on.the back | stretch of the racetrack and will moveat1 ¥. M. | As it will take nearly an hour to form the | parade, it 13’ absolufely necessary that all { venicles be ready to take their position at 12 | The column will move in- the following orde: 1 Baxd. i Grand Marshal, G. B. Danlels, Chief of Stafl, G. C. Pardee, Downing, Everet. H. Nickerson, Mar- cus Hyde, Julius Hengen. First Division. Chietof Division, br. J. L. Mayon. | Ald,"A. 'S Macdonald: | The aivision will ‘consist of ihe four-i | Atas—3. W, number. Second dlyision. Political Equality Club. This division will consist of the two-horse { equipages, about thirty-five in number: i Third 0. Chief of qivision, George Meson. | Ald, G. H. Spear: This division will consist'of the single-horse | vehicles of about a dozen and the Veteran [ Firemen and thelr visitors. Fourth dlvision. | Chiet of division, Claude Sharon. | Afd, D:L. Roscoe. | This division will consist of ‘the equestrians, | some fifteen or twenty in number. I i s CHRIST AAD.THE NOVEL “That Thememed by J. M. Lewis, the Theological Graduate. The Pacific Seminary the Scens of an Ordination and Alumni Banquet. | OAELAND OFFIcE SAN Fraxcisco Cavr,) | 908 Broadway, April 30. The commencement exercises of the Pa- cific Theological Seminary were held this morning in the chapel of that institution. There were three in tlie graduating class: J. M. Lewis, who received the degree of bachelor of divinity, and Messrs. Arthur | P. Alexander and Alfred Bailey, who took | the English course and received the usual | certificates. | - There was a large attendance of friends | of the graduates and the institution. \'sions,”” while Mr. Bailey considered the nfluence of Christianity on Our Civiliza- | tion."” Theinterest centered in Mr. Lewis, as | he was to be ordained a minister during | the afternoon. His subject -was ‘‘Christ {‘and the Novel.” - He szid: | “Novelists tell us that it is the province | of fiction to please. Yes, but fiction has no.moral right to.cdegrade. - The tendency |in ‘modern literature is to.reveal the un- clean, the impure, the loathsomeness, the beastliness of human life. It deals with characters wallowing in the mire of their ;own immorality. It pictures ‘a society dving in the sewers of its animalism. - And t1i8, forsooth,is called ‘art.’ 1t is false. There is no inspiration in it. It suggests 10 thought of a bigher life. It lifts no sonl to a purer atmosphere.. It has the odor of |"hell about it. tion, defends himself and hisschool in this | class: of literature. ‘If," he says, ‘I have once shown you every known detail of ance in deco- | everv known sin, and the list, it must be | | confessed, is & long one, you will then be | glad 1o walk purely in your appointed path, - You will remember ‘what have described to you and be cautious.” *It may be ‘a study of character,’ but it is ‘a study. of character in its immoral phases. It is a study of the beast, and not -of the man. Itsheroes are seducers, | ‘courtesans, liars and hypocrites. It turns its face: away from the true, the noble and the good. It ignores the divine in man, It denies a beneficent God. And men sit in the gloom of their own ruins, sad and Wheelmen, Acme | disconzolate, weighted down with the per- | | harids, tandems and novelties, about ‘ten in | Mr. | oone great enter- | Alexander’s ‘subject was *‘Foreign Mis- | Zola, the Nero of modern fic- | ALAMEDN'S FLORAL FETE, | All the Churches Unite to In- sure the "Success of the Undertaking. DELEGATES TO A CONFERENCE. | ‘Fire Department Relief Fund Trus. tees and Brard of Health Hold Meetings. ALAMEDA, Cav, April 30.—The relief society in connection with the Women's |-Exchange held an enthusiastic meeting | this afternoon in tbe City Council cham- |'ber to make arrangements for the coming | floral fete. Mrs. O'Neill presided, and the | various churches represented were: | Unitarian—Miss Elliot, Mrs. Plummer, | Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Baurhyte, Mrs. R. Frank | Ciark. | Episcopal—Mrs. McGurr, Mrs, Winter. Presbyterian—Mrs. Barton, Mrs, Bar- rett, Mrs. Minor Smith. Methodist Episcopal—Mrs. W. H. Pol- |lard, Mrs. C. R. Johns, Mrs. W. Johns, Mrs. Waterson. | Baptist—Mrs. Weeks, Miss Spencer, Mrs. | Woods, Mrs. Hubby, Mrs. Robinson. |~ Roman Catholic—Mrs. Columbus Bart- | lett, Mrs. Shea, Mrs. G. R. Rossitter, Mrs. Carpentier. At large—DMrs. Sutter, Mrs. 8. W. Dennis, The executive committee consists of Mrs. R. Frank Clark, Mrs. A. M. Hickox, | Mrs. J. 8. Hanley, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. G. R. | Rossitter, Mrs. W. H. Pollard and Mrs. | Branch, with Mrs. O'Neill as president and | Mrs. Rathgeb secretary. | It was decided to have seven booths | erected in the spacious grounds at Captain | R. Thompson’s residence. The ladies after considerable interchange of - ideas mutually arranged - the seven | kinds of ‘‘deadly. heartburn’’ to be sold | and the floral decorations to be used. | The Baptists will sell popcorn and pea- | nuts and bedeck their booth in pink and white flowers; the Methodists, water ices and -use vellow poppies; the Congrega- | tionalists, icecream and-use vellow and white marguerites: the Unitarians, candy and use sweet peas; the Roman Catholics, coffee and sandwiches and use roses; the | Episcopalians, tea and chocolate and use carnations; and the Presbyterians, straw- | berries and use pink geraniums. Fire Department. ALAMEDA, ‘CaL., April 30.—The trus- | tees of the Fire j Department relief fund |'held a meeting in the Chief's office last | night. The ouly business of importance | was the consideration of a resolution sent | hf Sherman Hose Company No. 3 to stop |‘all payments to-the relief fund when it has reached the amount of §1500; and only resume them to keep the total at that figure. | The resolution was made to prevent the | money accumulating faster than it is | wanted, so that in the case of a paid Fire { Department coming into existence—one | of the possibilities. of the future—there would not be too lur:e a nestegg to | revert to the city. When the question came up to remit the subject to the com- | panies interested in the ‘matter the six | trustees were found. to be equally divided in opinion.- Those against the resolution wanted the limit raised to $2500. Eventu- ally Chief Krauth changed his vote to the ayes and the matter will now be consid- ered at the May meetings of the com- panies., Missionary Conference. | ALAMEDA, ;Car., April 30.—The six- | teenth annual conference of the Women’s | Foreign Missionary Society of the Metho- | dist Church South opened this morning at | the church, Cnestnut street, with some | thirty delegates in attendance. The an- | nual report by the president of the so- | ciety, Mrs. Q. S. Knox, San Jose, was | satisfactory and showed an increase in in- terest in the missionary movement among the Jadies of the church. Reports | were read from the auxiliary societies by Mrs. Hawkins of ‘Hollister. It was stated b Wheelmen, Bay b, Gerden City Cyclers, Ciub, Crescent tic Ciub, Diamond 5 Club, Olymuic u Francisco Oukland Golden Clu Athletic Club, East Oukland Cycle Gate Cycling Club. The Burlingame ste: closed. .- The following v One and one-haif miles hurdlesfor polo porniies, gentlem, to members of Burlingame Coun lechase entries are ers; open. XNaj Braody Jumping L{Hung Chang|.. Jo Jo, . Crimson . The Duchess..| Whit Furk ... Blue eof iorse Colors. = ck: Yellow & Brwn 1 Blicand Yello L org. « Green A, McCreery, Bl Purpl Capt. Walfright. Maas. Tristan Blue Considerable interest is being shown in tne novelty class. The veteran firemen will enter it with their old hand engine, “Vigilant 9,” and will probabiy take the prize, although the classis a wide one and leaves ample room for surprises. The Fabiola souvenirs this year eclipse all former efforts in this line. flects much credit on the committee which bad charge. The attractive volume contains eighty pages, exclusive of covers, and 1s printed on the best of book paper. tive of Alameda County, though the cus- tomary tedious descriptions are entirely wbsent. Instead, the various attractions are portrayed by over forty fine half-tone cuts, and as a handsome souvenir the vol- ume is well worth the small amount charged for it. Among the illustrations are the “Golden Gate,” " scenes at the fete of '95, cuts of various prominent buildings and streets, views of Lake Merritt and Lake Chabot, pictures of the High School, Fabiola Hos- pital, Btate University, Young Men’s Christian Association and Mills College, and many descriptive bits of rural life and agricultural products of the county, letters. ‘The books | sre now out, and the neat make-up re- | 1t is descrip- | | sistency of evil, with no heaven of inspira- i tion to-inspire them to the ideals of life. Faith is'lost amid the debris of humanit and man ‘wanders in eternal space, ra iess and pathless.” Such a literature pa; | alyzes. | foundation ‘of character, | ‘mind new pessibibties of crime. Z “This is a poor apolog;ly, poor . philoso- Iphy.:-Must:a man go down: into hell to Enow what heaven is? “Must & man asso- ciate with ljcentiousness to. know what purity means? - Must a man have Kept step with ‘Beelzebub:to ‘Igarn to. walk with Christ?. We- are uttering-no bigoted pro- test-againstfiction: .'We are-simply bring- ing the ‘ethics of Christiatity. to bear upon it “Nor. are: we advocating the namby- pamby literature of some=—and this some 15 large—Sunday-school libraries, = We are simply - demanding a manly and healthy tone for the nobiest-of all art, tle ‘art of But the French realism—und the tendency is increasing in American litera- ture—in which this art is clothed, presents & morbid appearance. 1t is naturalistic, materialistic, in all its conceptions: Nay, it presents false views of -life, » false Psychology, a false morality.”’ he ymmg man was ordained this after- | Doon, and during the evening the alumpi ‘enjoyed a banquet, during which speeches |-and toasts were the order from ‘many who had spent their closing schooldays within the walls of the institution. ————— OLD RESIDENTS DIE. Several who Have Been Called to Eteér- nal’ Rest. O_AKLAND, CavL;, April 30.—Death has claimed a number of the old settlers dur- | ing the past twenty-four hours. Besides | A. K. P. Harmon's death there were re- | ported to-day those of John Herd 8r., Mrs. | Seth May 2ew and Mrs. Annie C. Booth. Mr. Herd has lived bere twenty-two years. He was a native of Liverpool and here many years and was past78. She leaves a son in Pasadena nmf bere. Mrs. Booth had been a resident of | the city over twenty years and was 61 years of age. Oscar Sorge, an old resident of Alameda, age 51, died yesterday. ——————— George William Curti= once used a pen- name, It was“Howadji,”’ and was used as a signature to his travels in Egypt and | the East, 77 yearsof age. Mrs. Mayhew has dwelt | a daughter | | that the Alameda auxiliary supports P | female missionary in China. Mrs. Josie P."Campbell, a missionary from - Boochow, delivered an interesting | address on the scope of her work and the Its influence disintegrates the |'success of her efforts in the Orient. It sreers at re- | ligion; it mocks .at: sin, and -teaches the | Board of Health. ALAMEDA, CAL., April 30.—The Board | of Health held a short executive session ;iau night: to consider the chanees and {amendments to thc ‘sanitary regulations | necessary to better provide for the public |-health. “They were along the lines of the |-éxperience gained by the board’s officers |-and have regard to. plumbing and milk |-and food supply: | Real Estate Market, | ALAMEDA, CAL:, - April 30,—T ‘* estate market isquickening. again. um- | ‘bers of new nouses have -been ' built lately |-and_many “contracts_let by the various [ real-estate dealers for the erection of hand= | some residences all over the city. NARROW ESCAPE. Mrs. O. S. Orrick and Daughter Injured by a Runaway. OAKLAND, CAL., April 30.—Mrs. O, §. Orrick and a little daughter had a narrow | escape from serious if not fatal injuries on Broadway shortly after noon to-day. Mrs, Orrick was driving up the street, when a spirited team of ,C. A. Heron’s came dash- ing toward her. At first she aid not notice it was a run- away, as there was a man in the bugay. ‘When she realized that the team was un- controllable it was too late to avoid a col- lision. In attempting to turn out the other buggy was given a chance %o lock with its rear wheel the rear whee' of her carriage. Both carriages were demolished, and Mrs, Orrick and her baby daughter were thrown under the buggy and the driver of the other vehicle upon the pavement. 1. M. Sloper of S8an Francisco, at the risk of his life, rescued the little girl from under the borses’ feet after the animals had fallen. The horses broke loose and continued on their way down Broadway. Hundreds he: real | of willing bands isade but'a moment’s work to extricate Mrs. Orrick from the debris. They- were able to walk into a drugstore near by, where Dr. Frank Adams rendered sssisiance. He found that they had escaped with a few scratches, but bad fear of the nervous shock that follows. Later Mrs. Orrick was taken home. She is a sister of Irving M. Bcott of the Union Iron Works. THE E£CHOOL CENSUS. Rough Estimates Show Gains and Losses About Balance. | OAKLAND, CAL., April 30.—The field work of the school census marshals is now completed, except for a few houses that had to be- omitted, for various reasons, on the original canvass. No figures are yet at- tainable, but a rough estimate shows gains | of about thirty in the Thira Ward, thirty- five in ‘the Sixth Ward and sixty in the| Seventh Ward. The same shows losses of about fifty in the First Ward, twenty-five in the Second Ward and fifty in- the Fifth ‘Ward. Tuis is an offset, with the Fourth Ward to hear from. - Toe total last year was 13,142. ————— Hunting His Relatives. OAKLAND, CaL., April 30.—Mrs, H. L. Kelly, secretary of the Associated Chari- ties,” has received from New York a letter regarding & young man who is seeking his | greatuncles, Alexander and Thomas | Powell. It says: | “A young man about 26 years of age, | named Alexander J. Harris, native of Ben- | ningbam, Vermont, now of 105 Bowery, | this city, is very anxious to learn if two greatuncles of his, Alexander and Thomas owell, are still living in- Oakland. They are elderly men, having gone to Californ in 1849, and are, he thinks, bachelors. Harris' mother’s maiden name was Tyler, and her mother was a Powell, sister to Alexander and Thomas. As he is now quite alone in the world he is very anx- ious to communicate with these relatives.’” Celebrate Founders' Day. MILLS COLLEGE, CaL., April 30.—The raduates and former pupils of Mills Sem- fnary and College are invited to spend next Saturday, Founders' day, May 2, at the old home. If any have fuiled to re- ceive invitations they wiil still consider that they are cordially invited. LEFT THE SCENE OF HIS LABDRS [Close of A. K. P. Harmon's Long Life of Activity and Success. WAS A PIONEER OF '49. He Took the Nucleus: of His Big| Fortune From the Early Gold Mines. MET WITH MUCH ADVERSITY. But He Triumphed Over All, and at His Death Filled Many Honorable Positions. OAELAND OFFICE SAN FraNcIsco CALL, 903 Broadway, April 30. After three-quarters of a century of active life A. K. P. Harmon died this A. K. P. Harmon, the Ozkland Banker and Capitalist Who Died Yesterday. CORPURALS KEEP GUMRD, Military Students at Berkeley Don’'t Like to Be Watched. Lieut. Winn's Method of Preventing His Class From Cribbing in the Examination. BERKELEY, CaL., April 30.—The stu- | dents at the State University who took the military examinations to-day are much incensed at the new system of keeping guard over them to prevent ‘‘cribbing” which was introduced this morning by Lieutenant Winn. During the entire periods of the exam- inations, both morning and afternoon, officers and ‘‘non-coms” were detailed to pace up and down the aisles for the pur- pose of reporting to the department any one who was caught “‘giving or receiving information.” The slander, as it is re- garded, of thus assuminy that such espion- age is necessary has aroused much indig- nation in the student body. The ‘‘war department” of the university has always been unpopular with the studentsand the innovation of to-day’s ex- aminations will probably not tend to mend matters. No More Horsecars. BERKELEY, C.\L,’ April 30.—The Clare- mont, Ferries and Ubniversity Street Rail- way Company is about to substitute gaso- line motor power for the horses now in use on the system between Eastand West Berkeley. Preparations for the change bave already been begun and the horses will all be retired witbin a month, The cars will be enlarged by lengthening the piatforms at each end. ‘It is said that the gasoline motors to be used will enabie the cars to move with as much speed as a. trolley-car, thus giving quick communicas tion between the two ends of the town. College Settlement Entertainment. BERKELEY, Cax;; - April 30.—The Bay View Club of the. West Berkeley College Settlement: gave - an entertainment last nizhtat theclubrooms as 4 wind-up of the work of the present college year. A pro-| gramme of musical numbers and recita:’| uons was rendered by Miss Kelley, Miss | Simpson '98, Miss - Bradley 95, -Charles Paine and A. W. Stamper ’'95. The settle- ment is in a very prosperous conditicn; and will resume work _after the summer vacation. The club wili uccupy the Hey- wood house, on Delaware street, next year. To Succeed Rev. Mr. Foster. LORIN, CaL., April 30.—The committee of deacons of the Park Congregational Church, consisting of Mesers. Crew, Sun- derland and Dixon, have decided to secure the Rey. E. Lyman Hood to officiate as pestor of the church, succeeding the Rev. 5. D. Foster, who recently resigned. The Rev. Mr. Hood is a post-graduate student at the University of California and is president of the Graduate Club. Bicycle Stolen. BERKELEY, CAL., Avpril 30.—An indi- vidual giving bis name as Aitkens secured 2 bicycle from the March Cyclery on Tues- day morning, declaring his intention to rent it for a ride, and he has not been seen since. The theft has been reported to Marshal Lioyd, but there is little hope of capturing the thiel now. The Grand Jury. OAKLAND, CaL., April 30.—The Grand Jury went out to San Leandro to-day and inspected the County Infirmary. “They | also held a consultation with® William | Fough, who was shot Sunday evening, to | determine whether the shooting was done by A. Santos, who is in jail charged with the offense. I morning at his [residence on Webster street. About a year ago his wife died and since then he has been in failing health | and for the last four months it has been apparent that the end was not far away. A. K. P. Harmon’s life was one continu- ance of successes. At the time of his death he was a director of the Bank of California, director of tke Security Sav- ings Bank, vice-president of the Arctic Steam-whaling Company, trustee of Mills College, president of the Mountain View | Cemetery Association and president of the | Choliar, Potosi, Imperial, Silver Hill and | Challenge mining companies. He was born at Scarborough, Cumber- land County, Me., in 1821. He served asa clerk in early life in Portland, Me. In 1848 he left the East for California, taking passage first to Chagres. At that time no through tickets were sold, and the journey was a dangerous one. It did not frighten ioung Harmon, though, and on arrival at Chagres he walked across the isthmus to Panama, where he remained six weeks and then took passage on the Oregon for San Francisc As an idea of the discomforts of travel in those days it may be mentioned that Mr. Harmon’ and his companions made the trip up the coast in a room imvrovised out of the two forward deck boats. Tt was April, 1849, when Mr. Harmon finally landed in San Francisco. He did not tarry in that settlement long, but at an early opportunity took passage on a small schooner for Sacramento, paying $30 for the privilegze of being on board the boat. An ox team was now secured, and Mr. Harmon and his friends proceeded to Coloma, where they went to work in the mines. His first day’s labor was rewarded with an ounce of "dust, and under these encouraging conditions he. worked for quite awhile. Heleft the diggings, though, to participate in the rush to Spanish Bar, where ne again ‘encountered . good luck and amassed quite a small fortune. The subjoined biographical sketch is furnished by Henry B. Livingston, histori ographer Pioneers. The deceased was born in Scarborough, Me., July ‘13, 1821, - His iather, John M. Harnion, was a prosperous Oxford County. After acquiring the rudiments’ of common sclhool education ‘in " his native town the lad when 14 years of age went to Portland, where he served as clerk in a grocery-store ‘during the following “two vears.” For a similar period he acted in a like capacity in" Scarborough, and at the expiration of the latter term journeyed: to Darien, Ga. - He again. resumed clerking | for two years, when he began trading on his own account.” He opened a furstore, and subsequently, under the name and firm of Boothby & Harmon, continued in busi- ness until 1847. On the aissolution of this partnersniyp the young merchant met with his first serious loss in the destruction of his effects by fire. . At the outbreak of the zold fever in California Mr. Harmon, ‘with character- istic impulsiveness, resolved to be in the van of the grand army of adventurers bound to the new El Dorado of ‘the Occi- dent. A company of four companions with himself was organized and daly christened the “‘B. C. R. Co.” Without loss of time they hastened to New York and set #ail for Chagres early in Decem- ber, 1848. A tedious delay of nearly two montus on the isthmus was happily ter- minated by the arrival from New York via the Strait of Mageilan of the steam- ship Oregon. He had no steamer ticket, but fortunately through the kindly offices of Agent Randell he secured passage at the regular rates. As an illustration of the exorbitant prices demanded for tickets it may be stated that at this time the late J. B. Bidleman paid $950 at anction for a single farejto SBan Francisco. Owing to the crowd Mr. Harmon was compelled to sleep ! every night in a quarter boat. On April 1, 1849, the ship entered the Golden Gate. She found the sister steamer “California swinging at anchor in this bay a forlorn craft, her crew having deserted and vamosed to the mines. fn order to save his own sailors Captain Pearson of of the Society. of California | farmer - of | | Rev. DriJ. R.McLean, e al | abill of excepiions and statements on appeal. | Suction Jales [~ PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE. 319-321 Sutter Street. AT 1101 LAGUNA ST., COR. TURK, THIS DAY, Friday. May 1, 1896 art contained in above private resi- dence, on account of cwner’s depart- ure for Europe, COMPRISING IN PART: ugent Plano: Cosily Genuive Ol Paint- sce Cur: re: Mahog- Jnk [ ining'room. Furni ak- aud . P g of all kinds: mplete in a1 1ts det Historical and eminent authors. - y 03 HOUSE, ¢ Street. st. and Grant ave. JAY, at:10" A M. sharp, I will sell | the Dak Furnishings and. Fine Cutlery, Crockery and Utensils of a restaurant. S. BASCH, Auctioneer. CHAS. LEVY & (0., AUCTIONEERS, Salesrooms—1135 Market Street, Belween Seventh and Eighth. - iiegalar Sale Days, Tuesdays and Fridays. Telephone, Jessio 761, THIS DAY, Friday fay 1, 1896, At 0'ClOCK ‘AL M., 8¢ Salesroom, 1135 MARKET ST., bet. ith ana Sth, Wi sEL Upright Plan rror fronts Folding B Parlor Chairs and Rockers, ( ak Bookcases, Desk Sideboards, Hat-Racks, Extension Tables, room Sets. Hair and Spring Mattresses, Bes: | Beddin tains, ot 500 vards Carpets. Portieres, Lace Cur- Paintings, Frames, Crockery. Glassware, Stoves and Ruuges, etc. Also, Stock of Restau- | rant, consisting of Counters, Chairs. Ta les, Cre ery, Groceries, etc., 2 Butcher Blocks, Saws, Scales, Trougns, Twine, etc. CHAS. LEVY & CO., Auctioneers. J. C. MUTHER, AUCTIONEER, ce, 521 Kearny St., WILL At 416 Minna st., near Fifd coutained in 7 handsomel cluding fine Oak Parlor, Din | Furniture, Beddin; nes, Waterback Range: five Brusséis Carpets throughont tae kouse. Al must | be sold without reserves no i, M THER. Auctioneer. the Oregon ran his ship under the guns of the United States man-of-war Ohio, and her commodore, Catesby Jones, held the jacktars on board the frigate until the regon was ready to leave on her down- ward trip to Panama. Mr. Harmon and company pitched their tent on Clay street, but at the expiration of a week chartered a schooner and sailed up to Sacramento. - The restless adventu- rers here hired s team and pushed on to Coloma, then the busy center of the min- ing . region. . His first day's digging yielded him $16. A big enterprise was | ‘that of turning the channel of the middle fork of the American River at Spanish ar. A party of thirty-six,of whom Mr.Harmo was.one, entered upon ti.e work, but aban~ | doned it without realizing a dollar. After | digging with fair success for four months, he turned his back on the Sierras, came | down to Ban Francisco and took a trip to |'the Atlantic_States. - He purchased mer- chandise in New York, shipped the same |to - California ‘and’ realized: very hand- somely on the speculation. He bad a| {-partner on Montgomery street named Quimby. They built a store on Merchant | | street, which went down in the big fire of 1850. - The structure was rebuilt, and in it the firm did business until the dissolution of partnership in the fall of 50. ! The theater of ourargonaut’s enterprises | was now changed to- Sacramento. Here | he became associated in the boot and shoe trade with T. S. Mitcheil. They fitted up | a fine store, for not only city trade, but country customers., 1t became & popular emporium. Thither resorted the rough digeer, who cheerfully | paid his six ounces ($56) for “No. 12 hip | | rubbers’”; and here, too, the buxom dame | from just ‘“‘the plains across” came to be fitted to ladies’ ‘'six’’ gaiters. The fire | which on November 2, 1852, nearly blotted store, which was soon rebuilt. The title of the firm was subsequently changed to | Knight, Mitchell & Childs; and again to Harmon & Co. During his residence in the capital city, Mr. Harmon identitiea himself with various eleemosynary and social societies, and was universally re- garded as a public-spirited and influen- tisl citizen. His removal to_the Bay | caused profound regret in the circle of his numerous friends. For upward of thirty-five years the sub- i'ect of this biographical shetch was active- | ly engaged in extensive mining enter- | prises. He was the official head of some of the richest, most substantial ana per- | manent Nevada companies. - As president | of those powerful organizations—the Chol- | lar, Potosi, Jackson and others—he man- | | aged the same shrewdly and successfully | He invariably enjoyed the fullest confi- | dence of his associates, wha never doubted |- his ability and integrity. Our deceased pioneer was first married in New York to Miss Marietta Randall. By her he had a daughter and son, the | { former born in Portland and the latter in | Sacramento. She died in 1876 at Oakland, | and two years thereafter he wedded Miss | Sarah Johnson in Portland, Maine. Her i death occurrea last year in Oakland. | “Fora quarter of a century prior to his | demise Mr. Harmon resided in the beauti- | ful suburban city of Oakland. Here he | erected a beantiful homestead, including |'a spacious conservatory, fitted with rare | exotics, native flowers and shrubbery, I'thereby enhancing ‘the attractiveness of | the grounds, which are picturesquely laid out and cared for with exquisite taste. |- During his long residence in Oakland, Mr.. Harmon was foremost in promoting . the best interests of the communaity. - He ! |-ever showed himself to be a representative | !'man in the truest sense of the word.. Of | | great busiuess capacity, of unswerving in- | | tegrity, his counsel and advice were eagerly | | soushit aiter and cieerfuily availed of. ! |- In volitics the “deceused: was an earnest | and conscientious- Republican, and in his | religious belief -a Congregationilist, ‘the | family attending the church of that de-| | nomination while under the pastorate of | In: social- life - Mr. Harmon justly com- | manded. the respect and esteem of - his fel- low-men “and the sincere ‘affection of hi deyoted friends. His unostentatious acts | of benevolence have lighteued. many a troubled heart, and hiis kind words cheered | many a perturbed spirit. ¥ His loss will be deeply deplored ‘in this | community; and more especially by the | Association of California Pioneers,of which he had for many years been a life men | ber, and frequently an incumbent of va- | rious offices within their gift. |- The funeral notice will” be found in an- other column of the present 1ssue of this journal.. HAPPENINGS OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. ‘OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,‘ 1 908 Broadway, April 30. Elizabeth H. Parsons alleges in a complaint filed for a divorce that John H. Parsons has | treated her cruelly. The preliminary examination of E. Martinell, the messenger-boy groom, was continued this afternoon to Saturday at 10 o’clock. The attorney for Benjamin L. Hill has been allowed ten days’ extension of time to prepare The city and county lodges of 0da Fellows | have decided to hoid their picnic on Wednes- aay, May 6, instead of Saturday, as was origin- ally intended. Robert Risdon has filed a petition asking that ihe affairs of the copartnership which has existed between him and Caroline and Henry Netshe be settled. | Colonel T. H. Allen, well known to Grand Army men on this coast and long & resident o . this city, 1s iying at the point of death at his home in'Fruitvale. To-day alarge force of men began work on the new sewer for the Piedmont Sanitary Dis triet, which is to cost 30,000 and will largely ‘enhance values of real estate in that part of the city. | SBacramento from existence, burned their | 4 GEO. F. LAMSOY, AUCTIONEER. Office—410 Kearny Street. THIS DAY, - ...May 1, 1898 4 On the premises, 1009 Scott Streeot, Near Golden Gate Ave., 2T WILL SELL.L The Elegant Furniture of Residenes Square Grand Pilano: Elegant Odd Pleces Parlor rtain t ns; Parior Friday... At 11 o'clock A. nt Ebonized Booke Fine Lounges; Feather v a TrERMS—CASH. GEO. F. LAMSO! HARDWARE AUCTION. THIS DAY Friday May 1, 1896, At 11 o'clock A. M., Immense stock of Hardware and General Sun- dries in the HARDWARE STORE. 2235 MISSION ST., NR. EIGHTEENTH. Don’t miss this sale. No reserve or limit. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery stroet. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. PACIFIC (0AST STEAMSHIP COMPANY CUT RATES Sige VICTORIA, B. C., and PUGET SOUND. First Class.........8$8.00 Second Class. . 3500 Meals and berth included. Ticket Office—4 New Mentzo GOODALL, PE O R. & INW ASTORIA AND PORTLARD. $2.50 Second Class, $5 First Olass, MEALS AND BERTHS INCLUDED. State of Callfornla salls. 2y 3 and 13 Columbla sails. From Spear- SUODALL, n;:‘n;(l NS & CO., Genl L Supts. CONNOR, General Agent, 630 Market stroat. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY AMERS WILL SAIL FROM way whart, San Franclsco, as For Mary Island, Loring, Wrangel. ‘Juneau, Kil- 1isnoo and Sitka (Alasks), at 9 A. M., May 14, 29, June 3,13, .8 For Victoria and Vancouver (B.-C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash.), A M. v b9, 19, 24, 9. -and ‘every fifth thereafter, connecting at Vancouver with the C. 2. R.R. at Tecomsa with N. P. at Seattle with G. N. Ry., at Porc ‘Townsend with Alaska steamers. For Eureka. Arcata and Flelds. Landing (Hum- boldt Bay) sir. Pomons, 2 -Pi AL, May 1, 5, 9, 18.17. 21 and every fourth day thereafter, For San Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San_Luis Obispo);” Gaviota; Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San ' Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) ana Newport, at 9 A. M., May 8, 7.11,.15,19, 23, 27, 31 and every fourth’ day thereafter. For San Dieco, stopping only at- Port Harfor (San " Luis Obispo),. Senta Barbara, Port Loy Angeles, Redondo (Los Angeles) and Newport, 11 .M. Mav 105 9. 18, 17, 21, 26,729 and every fourth day thereafter. For Ynsenada, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlsn, La Paz. Altats and aymas (Mexico), str. Orizaba, 20 A. ar., May 5::5tr. C00s Bay, 10 A: 3, May 10. Ticket oflice, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents. 10 Market st. San Francisco. COMPAGNIE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIQUR French Lina OMPANY'S PIER (NEW ) River, foot of Morion st. this line avoid both: t oy. tlie discomfort of crossing the ch boa! X E > No. 8 Bowhnz Green, New York. . F. FUGAZI & CO, CEANIC S.S. CO. DAYS TO HAWAIL. SAMOA, HONOLULU NEW ZEALAND, ov AUSTRALIA., S.S. AUSTRALIA. s KL MARIPOSA AND for SY 3 via HONOLULU and ¥, Thursday, April 30, . May 16 COOLG J.D. SPR. 8. Afr. NETHERLANDS AMERICIN STEAM NAVE GATION COMPANY. New York to Boulogne (Parls), Rote terdam and Amsterdam, Balling from New York EVERY SATURDAY at 8 A M. . Cheapest route to Europe. First cabin $45 and wpward. Second cabin §36. Round-trip tickets ag reduced rates. Lowes: siecrage rates to all poinia. For passage apply to local ticket agent or THOM A NOK & ROX, Pacific Coast: passenger 1 Marke; WHITE STAR LIYE. s Unlted States and Royal Mall Steamers BETWEEN New York, Queenstown & Liverpool, SATLING EVERY WEEK. ABIX,860 AND UPWARD, ACCORD. selectdd: second cabin, $35 and £10; Maj Teutonic. _Steerage ‘Tickéts: from - Engiand, Ire- land, Scotland, Sweden, Norway end Denmark through to San Francisco at lowest raes. . Tickets, salling dates and cabin plang may bo procu from W. H. AVERY, Pacific Mai! Dock, or at the Genera! Odlice o? the Company, 613 Market street, under Grand Hotel. . W. FLETCHER, General Agent tor Pacific Coast. [ BOYAL KAIL STEAN PACKET COMPANY. TEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL fortnightly for the West Indies and Bouthampton, nce, and Plymouth to iand passengers. P rough bills of lading, In connection With the Pacific Ml S. 5. Co., isstid for freight and treas e t direct ports in England and Germany. ‘Through tickets from San Frarcisco to P1 mw:fi . Southampton. First class, $185; 80. For mr:hemnlculm apply to PARROTT & CO., Agenis, 806 California st STOCKTON STEANERS Leave Pier No. 3, s A o eamer from Kach End Accommodations Reserved by Seomtnn, STEAMERS: T. C. Walker, Mary Garratt, Telephone Main £05, ally. J. D. Peters, City of Stockton. Car Nov rrd Tnoon O ' Diseases. Lost Manhood. Debility op disease wearing o Skin Disenses 1 e dociar ormiuaaad others fail. Curesguarante e Dr.d; F. GLGBON, Box 1937, calling en route at Cerbourgh, Washington St., -