The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCIS 0 CALL, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1896. DARKER SHADOWS N BELL'S CASE, Deepening Mysteries of the Strange “ House of Silence.” CLOSED TO RELATIVES.| An Uncle of the Injured Young Man Refused Admission to the Bedside. GUATEMALA'S EX-PRESIDENT, Alfonso Barrillas’ Father Coming Here to Defend His Son in the Strange Tangle. The people who now surround Frederick Bell, as he lies on his deathbed at 1107 Bush street, are overlooking no points that may tend to still further deepen the mys- tery regarding the alleged accident that has 1aid so low this once bright and active young man. John Bell, the Santa Barbara capitalis & nephew of the late Thomas Bell, learned of the so-called accident shortly after it occurred. The news reached him by way of a messenger sent to him by a sister of | Fred Beil. He immediately came to this City, hoping to help the young man sas best he could physically and morally. Last evening Mr. Bell was seen at the Grand Hotel, and he, too, displayed a de- sire to be silent on the subject of the young man’s ailment, *‘What can I tell you?’ he asked. *All I know is that his sister sent me word he was dying /and I came up here immedi- atel I nave been to the house, have seen everybody around the poorboy, but I have been forbidden to enter the sickroom. “Yes, I believe the boy is in a most dan- gerous condition, or else I would certainly be permitted to see him. I have not been able to get any aetails of how the accident occurred, no one appearing to Know any- thing about it. “I am told Fred is unconscious, but I do not know it positively, as they will not let me get near him. “I do think 1t very strange that such a fatality should attach itself to our family. My uncle went that way and now there seems to be in storea similar death for his boy.” In w of John Bell’s statement and the versistent refusal of all partiescon- cerned to say anything regarding this affair, it is not likely that anything will be learned of its details until Coroner Hawkins has to take the case in hand. That the secret of the whole affair is so well kept is due no doubt to Fred Bell’s peeuliar entourage. Glancing down the line of those who are connected with it are: Theresa Percy, who is now the widow of the late Thomas Bell, who died in such a mysterious manner, and whose vast estate appears to be the vortex of sensation and tragedy. Mrs. Bell, in her earlier career in this City, when it became known that she and Bell had married, was sub- jected to annoyances innumerable at the hands of news-gatherers. Subsequently “Mammy” Pleasant, the octogenarian colored woman so well known in aiter vears as Sarah Althea Hill's friend in the celebrated Sharon divorce case, appeared on the scene. It was in connection with the advent of Thomas Bell’s children by Theresa Percy. The scandal was ven- tilated during the months that the Sharon case was being heard, and with “the Bracket behind the bureau,” “baby farm- ing"” became familiar terms connected with the unfortunate plaintiff who is now dying in the S8tockton Asylum for the In- sane. “Mammy’’ Pleasant has no love for re. porters, hence her desire to keep Fred Bell's case out of print. As to Mrs. Clinton Ferry, the divorced wife of the “Duke of Tacoma.” in whose house the recent tragedy occurred, she has but just pulled out from under the cathode ray of journalistic investigation. Her troubles with her husband in Paris when the latter broke into her apartments and caused gendarmes to arrest her for intimacy with a dashing clerk from the Bon Marche have been published with positively embarrassing detail, especially by the Parisian press, and rather fully by many of the English and American news- papers. Now comes the last scandal, or rather the one most recently developed, the prin- cipals in which are not likely to wantto give out much information tenaing to clear up the mystery of the ¥red Bell af- fair. Fred Bell bad a room in Mrs. Ferry’s house, where also lived an actress named Haines, whose divorce case is still pend- ing. There alsolived in the same house, on the same floor, a Mrs. Etelka Gordan, from whom her husband—‘‘Gordan the Tailor’—secured a divorce some years ago. Fred Bell courted both these ladies, and it was from in front of their apartments that he fell on the fateful night two weeks ago. He had no right to be on that fioor, especially after midnight, as his room was on the floor below. The private detectives who have been working on the case at the instigation of those friends of Bell who have been unable to get satisfaction as to his condition from his relatives, claim thata rival of Bell's in the affections of either Mrs. Haines or Mrs, Gordan may have had an altercation with him during which the disastrous fall ocearred., Inu connection with the case the name of Alfonso Barrillas, a son of the ex-President of Guatemala has been mentioned. The young man is impetnous, like most people of Ccatral America, and he had no particular liking for Fred Bell, for whom he knew Mrs. Gordon held a high regard. “Tley can’t put any blame on me,"” Mr. Barrillas stated yesterday. *I have got nothing to do with this affair. I knew Etelka up to a year ago, but have not cared for her since an old man has become her friend. I was notin the Bush-street house when Bell was thrown out, butI|tition for a handsome-diamond medsl, understand they're going to make me |given by Leonard Gill, captain of the figure in the matter.” In the meantime ex-President Barrillas | Club outside grounds yesterda; has cabled that he has taken passage from Guatemala and will arrive here as soon as | ard Coffin capturing second prize. the steamer City of Sydney can carry him. This will be the first visit of that dignitary to this country. Last evening a male nurse at the house, 1107 Bush street, declared that Fred Bell | lance to his mother’s home, the **House of | Silence.” FOR THEATER GOERS. | What There Is on the Programmes of the Various Play-Houses for To-Night. “The Strange Adventures of Miss | Brown,” in which Eddie Foy takes a lead- | ing part, will be continued at the Baldwin | Theater. He will sing two new songs, one | a parody of “‘The Days of Old.” i Primrose & West will continae to hold | the boards at the California Theater with | their company of black and blackened | minstrels. The cake-walk is one of the | | great features of the evening. | *‘Faust” will be continued as the attrac- | tion at the Columbia Theater this even- |ing. A most brilliant scene in this pro- | duction is the Brocken scene, made re- | splendgnt with electrical effects. | At the Grand Opers-house Kdmund K. | Collier will make his appearance in **The | Cross Roads of Life,”” a play of exciting | interest. It is a strong melodrama, in | which the leading actor will have good | support. { “Fra Diavolo” is to be the attraction at | the Tivoli Opera-house th is evening. Mar- tin Pache will appear in_his favorite role of the chief of the brigands. Kate Marchi will appear as Zerlina. This evening those who will attend the | performance at the Orpheum Music Hall will witness the debut at this house of | Wood and Sheppard and Fielasand Lewis, | who come with a good reputation for en- | tertaining. | For the people of Oskland there will | be a treat at the Macdonough Theater | | this evening. Richard Mansfield is to | | appear in the character of Beau Brummel. WHY LANGENBERGER DIED. He Had to Get Work by May 1 or | ; His Wife Would Leave | | Him. | | SEl s §Cbousing Death by Suicide in the f Park Rather Than Be Separated | From Her. | The body of the suicide found near the | Midwinter Fair Mining Camp on last | Thursday has been identified as that of | Albert Langenberger, the son of a wealthy | | citizen of Anaheim, this State. | The father of the unfortunate man, who | held the position of resident agent | for Wells, Fargo & Co., for many | years in Anaheim, died about five months ago and left an estate valued at | $40,000, $500 of which Albert received im- |y, mediately after bis father’s demise. About | three years ago young Langenberger ; married and the result of the union wasa | | girl who is now two years old. | On the morning of the day of the suicide | | Langenberger visited a saloon on Market | street, where Otto W. Ahrendt is em- | | ployed, and drank a glass of wine. He | then told the bartender that he contem- | plated suicide and exhibited a bottle which was labeled ‘“poison.”” Ahrendt, who | was acquainted with Langenberger and | his wife, and who had roomed for a long | time with the family at 2661 Everett street, where they resided after their mar- | riage, vainly attempted to get the deadly drug away from his friend, as he knew he | was despondent. | In speaking of the matter yesterday Mr. { Ahrendt said: | “Ihave known Albert Langenberger for | | a few years and I was surprised at his rash | act, although I had reason to suspect he | | might attempt suicide. After the death of | bis father, which occurred a few months 2go, he came to me and told me that he | was going to deposit $350 in the German Savings Bank, and he asked me to accom- | pany him, which I did. He told me at | that time that his wife was rather reckless | with money, and recited one instance of | when she had left her pocketbook and $500 | on the table of 2 restaurant and walked out, unconscious of her loss. She occupied a position as cashier in Regan’s restaurant for some time past and Albert was unem- ployed. *‘He told me that he had looked for work diligently, but could not find any, and a { few days before his death he told me that his wife had threatened to leave him if he | did not get work before May 1, and he said be could not stand that, as he loved her so much. Iknew Albert to be an in- | dustrious man, but he was uniucky lately about securing work. He told me “on last Tnursday morning that he was going to | commit suicide and showed me a bottle labeled ‘poison,” I cried to get it away from him, but did not succeed. The apron which was found in his possession marked with the initials ‘0. W. A.’ was mine, and the w.:{ I account for that is that his wife washed his and my aprons when I livea with them and possibly the aprons got mixed. I understand Mrs. Langenberger left here yesterday with her child for her parents’ nome at Los Angeles.” EARLY MORNING ROW. John Crowley, a Plasterer, in a Critical Condition at the City and County Hospital. John Crowley, a plasterer, 20 years of age, living on Willow avenue in the Mis- sion, is lying in a critical condition at the City and County Hospital. He attended an entertainment at tne | Turn Verein Hall on Eighteenth street | Saturday night, and about 2 o'clock yes- terdav morning went downtown with two friends. At Fifth and Mission streets they got mixed up in a fight with a gang of young hoodlums, and Crowley was knocked down by a blow from some in- strument. Policeman Folsom was at- tracted by the crowd and found young Crowley unconscious on the street, with an ugly cut across his forehead. He was taken to the City and County Hospital, where it was decided he was in a critical condition, He was suffering from concus- sion of the brain and a possible fracture of the skull. The police arrested John Sullivan, one of Crowley’s_friends, who had a black eve and his collar torn, and took him to the Beventeenth-street station. Two or three friends called to see him and he told them thata young man named John Murphy bad struck Crowley with a slungshot. Mauarphy was arrested yesterday afternoon and will be detained ‘in the tanks at the City Prison pending further developments. —_———— : OLYMPIC SPORTS. Wind Up of the Three-Cornered Gill Competition for a Diamond Medal Yesterday. The finish of the three-cornered. compe. Olympic Club, took place at the Olympic Fred R. Butz proved the winner, How- Yoliowing were the events: . Jame . e, :1015. 'fi"zny.':d' dash—F. R. Butz first, H. Cof- fin second, G. James third. Time, :23 4:5 880-yard run—H. Coffin first, F. R. Butz would probably be removed in an ambu- | second, G. James third, Time, 2:15. REALTY MARKET REVIEW, Several Important Transactions Reported the Past Week. MANY AUCTIONS ANNOUNCED. Record of Transfors, Mortgages and Releases -for April and for the Week. The resl estate market jogs along at about | the same pace that it has for some time past, being neither better ncr worse than it has been for several months. The chief consola- tion that dealers find in the present condition of the market is that it is an improvement on a year ago, and more then an improvement on the market of two years ago. There isa de- mand now for good properties, but only at what are considered rock-bottom prices. And sales are peing made right alomg, although they are in the main small ones, big deals being few and far between. It cannot be said that any particular section of the City is more favored than another by buyers, unless it be the Western Addition and the Richmond dis. trict. And even in those localities the preference is not sufficiently marked to be worthy of spe- cial comment. When a deal or two a little larger than the ordinary run happens to be made in any particular section of the City an effort is sometimes made to create an impres- sion that the section in question is receiving more attention and has a better future than other portions of the community . But these spasmodic attempts to boom some particular locality occur almost regularly, first in one sec- tion, then in another, and it is safe to assert that just cow no one portion of the City has any material advantage over the balance in the matter of real estate activity. 4 San Francisco is now undergoing a process of transition that is the experience of every large city, and there 1s more or less of a shifting of | business and residence districts. The ten- dency and drift in each caseis in certain di- rections, but it is difficult to foreshadow with absolute certainty just where these changes will terminate. The enterprise of land-owners very often grm’es a potent factor in these changes of business and residence districts, and in San Francisco it will probably be no ex- ception. Whatever the future may present prices of all properties in this City are such as to offera guarantee 1o all who invest in real estate of any description. The last issue of Thomas Magee & Sons’ Real Estate Circular contains the following article: CLAUS SPRECKELS AND BEET SUGAR. To some of his personal friends and directors of the San Jorquin Valley Railrosd, who went one evenin§ last month across the bay 1o see Mr. Spreckels off and bid him good-by when he started on a short trip to Europe, Mr. Spreckels said that if his life was spared long | enough to see the State making not ouly all of our own beet su, gu. but exporting $50,000,000 t to the A 3 and, ily do that within a few ' The East now imports between $75, 000 ard $100,000,000 worth of sugar, nearly all of which, Mr. Spreckels says, Cali- fornia can easily make. Mr. Spreckels also | told his friends that he had repeatedly been offered $10,000,000 by New York capitalists, with whom he has had previous dealings. They want the money invested in California, in his full charge and unhampered direction. While Mr. Spreckels is in Europe he will in- spect the great sugar factories of France and Germany, and see if they have any improve- ment in’ machinery and methods which may be of use to him. Mr. bl'rreckels bought over 6000 more acres of land, Watsonville sugar beet factory, about six weeks before he left, These lands were long | used for wheat, barley or oat grawing, but they are all right for beets, or Mr. Spreckels would not have bought them. The assertion has been generally made that, now that wheat raising does not the land heretofore devoted to its culture would practically go out of cultivation and bring next io nothing. Much of this land will be used in beet cul- ture. Beet culture has only begun, and its ex- tension will withdraw from wheat growing im- mense tracts in the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento valleys, while, by reducing the wheat area, it will tend to better the price of that sulrl . Beets grown in France and Germany g‘ie d S to 10 per eent of sugar only; here our ands yield 14 to 18 per cent, and without spe- cial fertilization. There, but for government bounties, the business could not be made suc- cessiul. When California gets to manufactur- ing $50,000,000 worth of beet sugar for an- nual export East, the shipment of refined suger to Atlantic ports from Germany and France, on which there is a heavy import du(i’. will greatly decline, if it does not entirely cease. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There were 103 mortgages recorded last week, aggregating $353,800. Tne principal ones were: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $32,- for one year, at 614 per cent, on property on the northeast line of Tenth street, 225 feet north- west of Howard, northwest 200 by northeast 213:4: by the German Savings and Loan Soclety, #10,000 for one year, at 7 per cent, on_properiy on ' the northwest line of Howard street, 175 feet northeast of Seventh. northeast 50 by northwest 90: by the Hibernia Savings and Soclety, $35,000 for one yesr, at 613 per cent, on property st the southwest corner of Kearny and Post streets, south 62:6 by west 50:6; by the same, $61,000 for one year at 634 per cent on, propercy at ‘the southeast corner of Mission_and seventh streets, southeast 80 by northeast 80: by Albert Meyer, $38,000 for one within resch of his | y as it used to, the most of | 1 | year at 634 per cent on property on the west lin of Xnnlm‘én'ry street, 103:1%% north of Sgirer north $4:414 by west 60: by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, $10,000 for one year at 814 per percy at the southwest vorner. of bhr foruia and Davis sireets, south 137:6 by west 187:8; by the California Title Insurance ang Trast Company, $10,000 for one year at 6146 per cent on property at the northeast corner of Sutter and Fijle more streets, north 53 by west 100. The releases granted last week numbered thirty-nine, aggregating $550,897. The larger ones were as follows: By the Hibernia Savisgs and Loan Soclety, $425,000 on property on the southeast corner of California and_Leidesdorf? streets, east 57:6 by south 137:6: on the northeast corner of California and Monigomery Sireets. east 62:6 by north 68:3: on the north line of California street, 55 Battery, east 24 by north 62; on the Clay street, 137:6 east of Kearny, eas: 34 Y south 119:8, west 50:134, north 58:3, east 159, north 61:3: on the sonthwest line .of Main street, 157:6 southeast 0f HAITiSOn, southeast 197:6. southwest 275, nonhw”::ruf:' and on the northwest Corl earny and Ba; streets, north 275 by west 412:6: by the Hiberma Savings and Loan Soclety t0 Jean A. Bergerot and Thomas la Coste 828,000 01 property on the north line of Eddy street, 137 :6 feet west of Taylor, west by north 187:6, and by the same to Andrew Sbarboro $10,000 on prope: Larkin street, 80:6 feet sout! 57 by west 137:6. There were 131 transfers recorded last week. Twelve building contracts, the particulars northeast 137:6, Dortheast 137:6, on the west line of of C; south of which were published each day in TwE CaLL, were filed last week, the aggregate being $33,313. ~ The total number of transfers for the month of April was 312, amounting to $1,187,465. | During the same month 406 mortgages were | recorded, aggregating $1,566.502, while 250 releases were granted, aggregating $£1,033,- 75, AUCTION SALES. On Thursday of this week O'Farrell & Co, will offer at auction about & dozen miscella- neous properties. They will also place under hammer on the evening cheap lots in the Excelsior Homestead, while on the 28th they will hold another auction of miscellaneous properties. 0. F. yon Rhein & Co. &re preparing a cata- logue of miscellaneous properties which they will offer at auction in & short time. Messrs. Easton, Eldridge & Co. have outlined & number of specially important sales during the month of Mav: | _ To-morrow they hold a public sale of miscel- | 1aneous catalogue, comprising investments and different classes of proverty throughout the City. On Saturday, May 16, on the ground at Berkeley they will hold an out-of-door public offering of sixty subdivisions of the Hillegass Tract, adjoining tne State University, where the street work is all finished, and in the midst of some of the most elegant homes in Berke- le; an Tuesday, May 19, at their salesroom in | this City they have a pubplic offering, under | instructions from the San Francisco Gaslight Company, of the important property on How- | ard, First, Fremont and Beale streets, compris- | ing'forty-one subdivisions of the original prop- erty that has been occupied by the gas com- pany for a number of years. This sale will be one of the most i ml’unt that is likely to be held during 1896, being in the midst of the manufacturing portion of the City, and the property is at the present moment in absolute demand for improvements in this neighbor- hood. On Thursday, May 21, they will hold an out- of-door offering 1n the city of San Jose, being 8 subaivision of block 5, Within a mile of the Courthouse, comprising twenty subdivisions, surrounded by handsome homes and fine im- provements. The Pioneer Woolen Mills propert Beach will be sold at auction May 27 by Shain- wald, Buckbee & Co. They report that there is & good deal of inquiry about the property atNorth | Tutel, remptory, the property to be sold | Without timit to the higtiest bidder. The Arm is preparing s catalogue of miscellaneous | properties that they will offer at auction ina | 1ew weeks to close out a large estate. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag will have an auction of miscellaneous properties the latter part of this month. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. C. H. Reynolds & Co., bave removed their office to 323 Montgomery Street. Bovee, Toy & Sountag have sold to Abrabam Schweicher of Colusa seventy-six acres of the McMahan ranch at $110 per acre. | Two large transfers recorded last week were { made by Thomas Magee & Sons. One is the | property on the northeast side of Fremont street, 6 feet south of Market. 45:10x 3 The purchasers were Mack & Co., the consideration being $55,000. They intend to erect a building on the premises 10 cost $45,- 000. The other deal was the sale of the How- ard Presbyterian Church property, exclusive of the chapel site, on the southeast side of Mis- sion street, west of Third, for $46,200. David Bush of the country department of O’Farrell & Co.reports the sale of the Glen Cove ranch of 424 acres for $21,250. Itis twenty-five miles from this Cisy and is just opposite Port Costa. It has three-quarters of a mfle water frontage, with wharf and ware- house. There are about twenty acres of vine- yard and fruit trees, the balance being pasture and grain land. The same gentleman has sold to A. Eydney Jones for Mrs. Bailey the Bailey block at Dwight-way station, Bcrkelei, for $35,000. Itironts 210 feeton Shattuck ave- nue and 129 feet on Blake street. The block hason ita new building containing eighteen stores and five flats, with four suites of offices, a hall for lodges, a hotel of seventeen rooms and a le%lruu residence. A bill enacting the Torrens system of land transfers has passed the Senate 1n Ohio and is expected 1o pass the Assembly, in which case it will become & law there, as the executive of the Buckeye State has 1o veto power. Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. report the follow- ing recent sales: The gore corner of Market and Fourteenth | streets, fronting 181 feet on Market street and 153 feet on Fourteenth, sold to C. A. Grow for $40,000; street, near Broderick, 1ot 29x cottage on_Bush street, near Broderick, lot 31:6x100 feet, $3250; two lots on Ninth avenue, near Clement street, $900 each: a residence on "the mnorth line of Fell street, near Cisyton, lot 25x137 :6 feet. $6250; a lot on Hamp- shire street, near Twenty-first, 20x100 feet, $720; a house at Menlo Park with about an acre of land for $5500; & lot on First avenue,'near Point Lobos. 25x120 feet, $1000: a lot on Cherry street, near Sacramento, 26x187:6 feet, $1400; two lots In Fairmount Tract for $600; a cottage on Clement street, near First avenue, lot 256x100 feet, $2800. The London and San Francisco Bank has just listed for sale with Raldwin & Hammond the block bounded by Ninth and Tenth avenues, “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day's Entries at Pacific Coast Jockey Club's Ingleside Track. distance sregiven. Taces where the borses bave no record st ihe distance 1o be run the records at the next nearest Abbreviations—F., fast: Fa, fair; H., heavy; m., mile; £, furlong; * about. FIRST RACE—flalf a mile; selling; two-year-olds. Best | record. | | =l |The Roman. | Dunboy ... Dist. [x.h-}r_x:\ Owner. Pedigree. .| William Napler....|Imp. Martenhurst-Cheerfal HI|E. Co Riley-Sisterly Alma Dale stable.. 3. el ¥imwood stock frm | 1mp. Brutus-Beauty Lone stable.... |1mp. Loyalist-Spray Ot May 25 & hundred | due no doubt to the iaet that the sale is abso- | H and I streets. The streets are all graded and sidewalks are laid around the entire block. It fronts the park and is in a locality where there isa considerable demand for J:ropany. ;‘l o'fll be m}:'l on payments of $50 dowa and permont) Mrs, Lillie B. Lilienthal has purchased from Cranston & Keenan a house and lot on Masonic avenue, near Haight street, the consideration being $3500. A meeting of the Van Ness Avenue Improve- ment Club was held last Wednesday night at the hall, 2304 Van Ness avenue. The following officers were elected: Herbert E. Law, presi- dent; D. Ghirardelli, vice-president; John J. McGovern, secretary; Val Schimidt, treasurer; executive committee, Dr. Hartland Law, John H. Brickwedel, Daniel T. Haley and William . Pierson. Since the last meeting forty names have been added to the membership roll. A review of the last six months’ work shows a very healthy improvement in_affairs in this end of town, & substantial development; an expenditure of over $160,000 in improvements; the bitumin- izing of Van Ness avenue; the widening of Lombard street from Van Ness avenue to the Presidio; the making of Van Ness avenue & boulevara; the improving of streets and side- walks, and measures looking towara the cut- ting through ot Van Ness avenue to the water; the securing of the necessary action for added improvements. One of the most direct and forceful benefits of the organization in this section of town has n the co-operation of General Forsythe and Colonel Kimball, who have given their strong support to the objects of the club by improv- | ing the Presidio and Fort Masou. The Gov- | ernment is filling in the marsh on the north of | Lombard street and the Presidio at the cost of | $25,000. Across the line the Union-street road is building grounds for sports such as are held in the Olympic Club grounds. Fort Mason is being graded down, and Colonel Kims ball has agreed that when the avenue shali be Froperly cut through the landing irom all the slands will_be made at this point for military purposes. The grounds will be beautifully terra and elaborateCc upon with drives, making one of the most attractive points in the City. This will be & beautiful and fitting | termination for Van Ness avenue, the widest street in the city, and now a boulevard. Recent sales are reported by Sol Getz & Bro. as follows: Lot 25 by 120, on the west line of Ninth avenue, 175 feet south of K street, for $650; lot 50 by 120, ©on the east line of Tent! ayenue, 150 feet south of K street, $1300: lot. 25 by 120. on the east line of Twelfth 'avenue, 275 feet south of I street, $500; lot 25 by 120, on the west line of Twenty-third av- enue, 100 feet north of California street, $600: lot, 26 by 120, on the west Jine of Elghteenth avenue, 275 feet south of A street, $400; lot 25 by 10v, on thenorth line of Brazil avenue, 25 feet west of Madrid street, $350; lot, 50 by 100, on the south- west line of Mount Vernon avenue, 75 feet north- westof Howth street, $450, and six lots in Getz Addition to Lakeview for $900. The same firm reports the following improve- ments being made in lots sold by them: In the Getz addition, to Lakeview and on tracts near Mission street: H. Neugebauer, & two- story house of six rooms and bath, on Mount Vernon avenue, near Howth sireet; Mrs. F. Flynn, a five-room cottage on the corner of Mount Vernon avenue and Howth street; W. . Neumanm, & one-story coitage on Howth street; Frank Goodwin, & five- room cottage; Mrs. L. A. = Westfall, & two-story and _basement seven-room house on "Mount Vernon avenue, near Louisberg street. On lots sold by same firm near Misslon street: Mrs. Mary J. Jones has completed_a four-room cottage on Vienna street, in Excelsior Homestead; Mrs. Wilhel- | mina Bood hss let the contract for the erection , five-room cottage on the north line of Bra- | zil avenue, in Excelsior Homestead; Walter J. | Page, the wrecker, has built a nice_home on | Vienna street, near Persia avenue; Mrs. Caro- | line Lingg, a cotiage on_Athens street, near | Persia avenue; Thomas Russo, a cottage in block 64, Excelsior Homestead, and Mrs. Em- | ilie G. Nielson a two-story house of six rooms | on the corner of Persia avenue sand Vienna | street. /-'-\smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to. enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. FOR Fine Tailoring P-I-:l- Fit, Best m::lgflv at ju THE TAILOR, PANTS made fo order from $4.00 SUITS made to order from $15.00 MY $17.50 ano $36 SUITS ARE THE BEST ill THE STATE. 201 and 203 Nonigomery St., cor. Bush 724 Market St. 1110 & 1112 Market St SAN FRANCISRA COSMOFPOLITAIN, Opposite U. 8. Mint, 100 and 102 Fifth st, San ZFrancisco, Cal.—The most select family hotel in Gy elsondiie\groom ikl 38 mopolitan Hotel. W S e Weak Men andWomen 'HOULD USE DAnle(L\NA BITTERS, THE great Mexican i gives Health and trengil to the Sexual Organs | EASTON FiDRIDG RE A\‘ESTB{\E&\\ES??T%GO GENERRL RCTIONEERS AT AUCTION TUESDAY, TUESDAY.... -...MAY 12, 1896 At 12 o’clock noon, AT OUR SALESROOM, 638 MARKET ST. Green-St. Heights Residence. No. 1016 Green st,, west of Joues; 8 rooms and bath: elegant surroundings; bituminized street; cement stone walk; examine this; California cable and North Beach and Mission cars; large, hand- some lot, 45x120, to rear street. Pacific Heights Property. NW cor. Laguna and Greenwich sts. ; large, fine building of 4 French flats; one 6, two 5 and one of 4rooms and bath: must be sold; Union and Pacific cables; lot 81:3x100 feet. Oak-St. Large Lot. South line of Oak st.,, west of Devisadero: this elegant large lot is fit for 6 French flats or 2 stores and 4 French flats; Oak-st. cable and electric cars; street bituminized. Pacific Heights Improved. NE. cor. Union and Steiner sts.; good corner for business; Union st. in basalt rock; cement stone wi ; Union cable; Fillmore electric cars; must : corner lot, 37:6x62:6. Halght-Street Heights. SE. cor. Ridiey and South Broderick sts; 4 of the choicest residence lots in the city; front Bue: ista Park; 4 blocks from Golden Gate Pari magnificent view: 2 biocks south of Haight examine these: Haight-sireet cable and Fillmore eleciric; lots 3 and 28x75 feet. Precita Heights Home. Cottage and lot; No. 105 Precita ave., east of Coso st.; 6 rooms: brick foundation: Folsom and Misston électric; large lot, 40x140 feet. Mission Tenement House. No. 218, NE. line of Twelfth st., SE. of Howard: bullding contains nine rooms divided into 2 tene- ments of 6 and 4 rooms: centrally located; street bituminized: Howard cable; lot 21x87:6. Golden Gate Park Lot. North line of Carl st., W. of Cole: street sew- ered; Affiliated Colleges and Sutro Library to be built near; Haight and Omnibis cables and elec- tric road; Jot 25x137:6. Mission Residence Lot, East line of Fair Oaks st., N. of Twenty-fifth; handsome lot all ready for buliding: fine view: leasant surroundings: San Francisco and San ateo electric; lot 25x100 feet. Ashbury Heights Lot. SE. cor. Stanyan and Seventeenth sts.: grand view: cholce nelghborhood: ail ready for building; one of the best lots In the city; electric and cable cars; lot 46:9x100 feet. Courtland-Ave. Home. No. 26 Bennington st., N. of Courtland ave.; comfortable] bome: street bituminized: Mission electric cars: lot 25x124 feet to rear street. Mission Cozy Residence. No. 449 Jersey st., E. of Castro; 2-story bay- windowed, 7 rooms and bath: Castrc cable and ‘Twenty-fourtn electric; lot 25x114 feet. be sol EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., 638 Market Street, Auctioneers. At Auction TUESDAY, TUESDAY.. MAY 19, 1896 At 12 0'Clock Noon at Saiesroom, 638 MARKET STREET j By order of the At Auction 'SAN FRANCISCO GASLIGHT COMPANY. +41+41+4 14 BUSINESS LOTS Fronting First, Fremont, Beale, Howard and Natoma Streets. NATOMA STREET. | o~ 137+ 137:6 A 100 25 I 2525 ) 100 2 = 7 8 3 17 s = ] | [ 15 ] —— | dad |5 6 16 ) 5] 5 1817 |16 14 s 5 o [ s pe =k H] 5 15 s R 4 = 2 | 5 ‘ | ) =f e B ls * 0575 5 e 3 2o 12 gl | H Y 3 kol & - 3 I3 E 13 2 E 22 3 2 - 1 e B8 :"' 7|8 ;;| Gl i~ ] 81910 12 s : i 5 g s o | 3 sl 8 i ! | £ % G bt | 100 |25 )25 28| 100 1;; 1 |15 | as|as g HOWARD STREET. I 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 82:6| —I = % % g ofs|alsfaf1lx ‘/1 5 L] 5 = 5] 2 |2 2| H S g |12 3| & % 5 By = > Dist. Owner. Pedigree. e 6t m 1 m m ¥ 1 (1082) | Governor B Imp. Brutus [nstallasion Imp. Eothen-W yandotte Gano-Lillita *|E1 Rio Rey-Question Imp. Keene-Gray Sall 1mp. Silk Gown Ordnance ndoo-imp. Calphurnia " |E1 Rio Rey-&yivia Rosa Fresno-Rosa G THIRD BACE—Six furlongs; selling. Best Index. Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Owner. Pedigree. 1164 Eimwood Imp. Erutus-Swayback 1146 . Erell. Dotbi-Natchitoches |Zerome Joe Daniels Sweetbriar a mp. Cyru Ros 1163 | Daylight. 3 ColomaLavrap otets arry Lewls.... rsailles-Cousl: 1105 |Mt. Boy......... Favetus Mc Crey Belle FOURTH RACE—Seven { Pedigree. 61 1mp. Bratus-Nabette 7t |Tmp. Cheviot-Lurline 1t -+|@len Kim-Red Girl - {Imp. Iverness-Wood Vi 71 | Imp, True Britontiity g im | Strathmre-Flower of Meath 11-16 m) Flood-imp. Queen Bess. 5% Prince Norfolk- Haldee FIFTH RACE—One and a half miles; selling. Best. Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lbs’ Owner. Pedigree. e Pntetion] St 2ol e B R e ins: EERC 108 1% m (104(F... Nevada stable....... (El Rio Rey-Het.Humphrey 110 [1m ™ |108|F.." | Mokelame stic fm|lmp. Sir Modred-Tybhoon 108 1 m Elm' stk farm. (I mp. Brutus-Bessie 108 |78 |102|F...|S. C. Hildreth. Jils Johnson-Bertie O 118 134 m {105 Fi 1p.Cheviot-Phebe Anderson 110 15 m |108|F, Pirate Penzance-L Stanhope SIXTH RACE—SIx furiongs; selling. Lbs| .| Dis. |Lbs|Tk. Pedigree. 105 61 102 Bertle W 103 12t 107 F riar Tuck-Jessle B - g‘ g; }g‘; ; Imp. Inverness-Aflinity i b oy iy % mp. Kyrie 108 6t (110 F. Patque- 1tia 102 5 105/ F. St. Carlo-Queen Alta R g 15 x J.H. Fenton- 107, 6 l11F. Imp. Saxon-Loulse T Business and Mechanical Industries surround this property. T:rsr;srop-rty Is located In the present growing business portion of our city, and certainly has the brightest outlook for investors of any sectlon. Business men, capitalists, investors and speculators should examine this property, for it certainly presents an elegant opportunity for one and all to obtain a large percentum on the capital they may Invest. TERMS—One-fourth cash, balance In 1, 2 and 3 years. Interest7 per cent per annum. 3 N. B.—California Title Insurance and Trust Company willll issue a certificate of title to each purchaser for the amount of the purchase price for the sum of $25 for each 25-foot lot. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 688 MAREKET STREET. SIGNATURE _———— B L DOCTOR SWEANY, lP YOU HAVE A SECRET OR WASTING DIS. ease which weakens your body, brain or sex- ual powers, why not go to the ONE MAN Who_you know will cure you? This manis Dr. L. BWIA.P’Y.&G“ lebrated s) W are loca! 737 office. op Hours 9 to 12 and2to5and 7 to 8 P. M. Bundays 10 to 12 A, M. only. The Original and Genuine WORCESTERSHIRE, as a further pro= tection against all imitations. ] ) PV IVDOVODODIVOD EA & PERR is now printed in BLUE, diagonally across the OUTSIDE wrapper of every bottle Agents for the United States: JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, N. Y = ‘of