The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896. 13 KILLED A CHILD AT IRVINGTON, Inhuman Conduct of an Unknown Man in a Cart. DROVE RAPIDLY AWAY. Scattered Children at Play and Fatally Crushed Rosie Ramos. THREATS ARE OPENLY MADE. It Will Not Be Well for the Mis- creant to B: Seen in That Neighborhood. OAxLAND Orrice SaAN Francisco CALL,] 908 Broadway, May 18. the charge against them is a wrong that can only return toits orignator. Both stand high in the profession on this side of the bay. : The City Council. OAKLAND, CaL., May 18.—The City Council met to-night and finally passed the resolution that closes up Rosso’s Cot- tage, the notorious resort near Lake Mer- Titt. Councilman Manuel made a long speech in which he answered the many charces made by the Mayor regarding the differ- ent departments of the city Government. Mr. Manuel divided his arraignment of the Mayor into seven parts, and argued that each one was a proof that the Mayor has constantly ass rted that which be ‘knew to beuntrue. The Mayor will reply in & communication to-morrow. Nordhausen’s Estate. OAKLAND, CAL., May 18.—The will of the late E. A. Nordhausén has been_filed for probate by bis brother, C. A. Nord- hausen, who is appointed executor. The estate is valued a. ,000. A life interest in the late home, 563 Fourteenth street, and all personal effects are left to his mother and $75 a month. At the mother’s death her interest goes to deceased’s sister, Mrs. Loise Heeseman. To the latter he gives $20,000. The rest of the estate goes to the brother. Mrs. Warner's Death. OAKLAND, CaL., May 18.—The death of Mrs. Lola E. Warner, wife of James | Warner, at her home, 1067 Oak street, has | thrown a sadpess over a very large circle of acquaintances and friends. She leaves nine children, besides her husband, to mourn her loss. - She was a native of Con- necticut, aged 49 years 9 months, and has resided here thirteen years. The funeral will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) after- noon from her late home. On Friday evening a man in a cart, while driving along the county road through Irvington, fatally injured a li girl. He did not stop for a moment to see what he had done, but arove on and leit his little victim to die in the road. Hali an hour later she was a corpse. The residents of Irvington are much ex- ercised over the matter, and to-day it was the only subject of conversation in the little town. Everybody is trying to dis- cover the heartless driver, being followed up in ail directions. The name of the little victim 1s Rosie Ramos, and her father is one of the best-known residents of Irvington. Rosie Ramos was playing in the road on Friday evening. She w comypany with several other cbildren when the) 8 horse and cart approaching rapidly. little ones hastened to run for shelt si Rosie stumbled, and before . she could re- gain ber feet the d vehicle almost She was car- ried intoa house ana a doctor at once pro- nounced ker injur She remained unconscious for about half an hour and then breathed her last. Another of the children was also struck, but escapedwith a few bri Althou and a the dri done, ho i the children it was by er could plair > whipped up his hc d to hir, izht o that he had and drove ee wha he ut has dis- covered nothin hat to the heartless horser This morning Coro- to Irvingion to hold an at all sati. y could be aymates of little had seen art pass along the road. I told the same story, e affair, and a verdict with the few facts at hand rdanc: he Coroner, “if 1 had reached a verdict charging some one with manslaughter. From the story of the companions of the lead girl I conclude that the driver must cither have been drunk, or a brute, or h. The little girl was frightfully cut 1d crushed, aud the best proof in my mind of the man’s guilt is'that he drove on and was not humane enough to stop and at least pick the little thing up. *If that cart and driver are ever seen in that part of the county again I expect there will be another job for me. Indig- nation there is very great§ and 1f ever the man that killed little Ramos be found by her friends or neighbors he will be punished enough before they are through with him. And he would deserve it all. At present we have nothing that will help to find him but the description of the children, and they were so frightened that they can give but few detail FOR A COUNTY EXHIAM, Hall of Records Annex Is Loaned to the Board of Trade. Granted in Response to the Petition of Three Hundred Local Mer. chants. OAKLAND, Car., May 18.—President J. P. Taylor and a delegation of the directors of the Oakland Board of Trade were in attendance on the meeting of the County Supervisors this merning and presented the following petition: “‘Gentlemen: We, your petitioners, would respectfully solicit that you give the occupancy of the room beneath yours in the Hall of Records to the Oszkland Board of Trade for the purpose of making there a permanent exhibit of the pro- ducts snd manufactures of Alameda County, until such time as your honorabie board shall have use for said room.’’ This was signed by nearly three hun- dred business firms of the county. Mr. Taylor addressed the board, saying the Board of Trade now had 2 very large mem- bership who desired to do something to- wards advertising the county and they be- lieved that such an exhibit as it was pro- posed to place in the room would do the greatest amount of good. Their request was granted. ——————— The Fruit Crop. OAKLAND, Carn., May 18.—Horticul- tural Commissioner A. D. Pryal has made a tpur of inspection of the fruit crop down the valley as far as Mission San Jose. He reports the orchards less afllicted with in- sects than ever before. The late rains se- riously affected the cherry crop. Apricots will not be an averaze in quantity, but ex- ceilent in quality. Apples, pears and vege- mgles. hay and berries are looking splen- did. As Quarantine Ofiicer, Mr. Pryal re- cently notified local fruit-dealers that oranges afflicted with Australian scale were being received here and exposed for sale. He warned them to receive no fur- ther fruit thus infected, and to-day oranges in the local market are cleaner than ever before. Considerably Mixed. OAKLAND, Can.,, May 18.—H. Stein- back, assignee of M. L. Goldson and J. M. Shannon, has sued A. L. Harn for $106 79, with interest from March 23, 1894, and the case is now on trial before Judge Ogden. The amount represents a note given for professional service. The defense charges that the treatment was so negligent as to result in the patient’s death, Those who know the physiciansfeel that d clews are The Chimney Goes. 0AK ), CaL, May 18.—The Board of Supervisors this afternoon let a con- tract to the Oakland Iron Works to re- move the condemned chimney at the | Courthouse and replace it with an eighty- | foot irorn cestack twenty inches in | diameter. e cost will be 5. For some time it has been feared that a high wind mizht blow the chimney over on the building and cause loss of life. The Railroad Sues. OAKLAND, CAL., May 18.—The Central ific Railroad Company has sued the of Oakland to recover $1258 75 paid as taxes on April 17,1896, under protest. This is the amount which was assessed to the company on the Seventh stree: local track d the claimed was a part of \t-of-way, assessed by | the State Board of Equalization. | Cake-Walk at Macdonough. | | OAKLAND, CaL., May 18.—The Mac- tonough Theater wes packed to-night, the n being the opening of the Prim- & West’s minstrels. To-morrow it there will be a cake-walk, and sev- 1 walkers have entered the Major Waters, the historic y-sweep, will be on the stage and fident of a prize. Bridge Repairs. GAKLAND, CaL., May 18.—The manage- it of the Vandercook electric line have ce of men at work replanking the hth-street bridge to-day. The caps d stringers are being strengthened where decayed with braces on each side. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Erief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 958 Broadway, May 18. There is to be & social at the First Presbyte- rian Chureh to-morrow evening, with & musical and literary programme of & high order. Ex-Chief of Police Schaffer will shortly sue the city for salary for iis unexpired term. He claims he was discharged without proper cause. The estate of Kate Edith Kirkham, widow of the late General R. W. Kirkham, recently ad- udged incompetent, has been appraised at F188,750 66. Counse! for Ben L. Hill, convicted of mur- dering his wife, has been allowed fifteen duys from May 15 in which to prepare and file his stetement on appeal and bill of exceptions. Phil Sheridan Circle No. 5, Ladies of the G. R., will give a Martha Washington social on esday next at Loring Hall. Members of the circle will be dressea in the time of one hun- dred years ago. The Board of Health hasreceived the regula- tions for carrying out the instructions of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture of the United States, concerning the testing of Gairy cattle as to the presence of tuberculosis. Ira W. Bishop, Superintendent of the Pied- mont Railway Company, was arrested this af- ternoon upon the complaint of Street Superin. tendent Miller, charging that the company did not repair the street between its tracks when requested to do so. MRS. YORK'S CASE. The Decision on the Appeal for Her Extradition Will Not Be Given Till October, Chief Crowley received a dispatch yes- terday from Detective Crockett that he would leave Denver last night, as the case of Mrs. Emma York would not be decided till October. Mrs. York was arrested in Denver several weeks ago while on her way to Canada on the complaint of her daughter- in-law, Mrs. Adelia Gibson, who charged ber with felony embezziement. The amount involved is $20,000, which Mrs, Gibson’s husband gave to his mother be- fore his death and which the widow c.aimed was community property. Crockett left with the necessary papers for Mrs. York’s extradition. She fought her extradition and the Judge who heard the case decided that the evidence was not sufficient to remand her into custody. An appeal was taken on behalf of the people to the United States Appeal Court and a decision will not be given till Octo- ter in St. Paul, Minn. Crockett will bring with him Sam Sin- german, a commercial traveler, who was arrested about a week ago on a complaint sworn to here by Miss Rebecca Casmir, 512 Post street, charging him with grand larceny. Singerman made Miss Casmir's acquaintance and got from her $200 worth of jewelry and som: money to starta cigar-store with. Instead he got a woman to join him here from Los Angeles and absconded with the jewelry and money. —————— DEATH OF A GRAND DOG. Herbert Spencer Loses the Champion Prizée Winner of This State. Herbert Spencer, the well-known sports- man, who tor many years was the shoot- ing companion of W. J. Stackpole, de- ceased, was taken by a very unexpected surprise vesterday morning on receipt of a telegram from Alameda which briefly stated that his famous pointer dog, Buck 8, the winner of first prizes under Judges Roper, Davidson, Wadell ana Mortimer, was dead. Mr. Spencer, who resides in Alameda, was very much attached to his dog, which was acknowledged by sportsmen as being one of the best trained pointers in this State on quail. The highly prized canine was always accorded an hour’s exercise by its owner each morning in the immediate vicinity of Mr. Spencer's resiience, and on yesterday morning it is presumed that the dog had partaken of some poisoned meat which had caused his aeath. Mr. Spencer is determined that he will leave no stone unturned in unearthing the vandals who have poisoned 0 many valu- able dogs of late, and 1t is safe to say that if the guilty party is discovered he or she will receive a lesson which will not soon be forgotten. Dog-poisening in Alameda bas become very gopulur of late, The Alameda rtsmen’s Association will open the exhibition of dogs to-mor- row evening. The Oakland bench show of this year will assuredly prove a mostsuc- cessful venture. The entry of dogs of various breeds is much larger than last vear, ana judging from the great interest that is manifested by all classes of sports- men in the show, crown the efforts of the club, success is bound to | Sixth and Casl BOTH SAILORS WERE DROWNED. Young Von Schmidt’s Body Found Near the Scene of tye Accident. RESCUED MAN’S STORY. Struck by a Heavy Squall While Running Before the Wind. WERE ATTACKED BY CRAMPS. Only Four Feet of Water Where the Strong Swimmer Met His Death. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 903 Broadway, May 18, | All doubt as to the jate of the two men who were reported robbed Charles Brown on the San Leandro road last night. ‘When Scott was searched Brown’s pocketbook and a missing check were found on him. Deputy Charles White ana Constable Koch made the arrest after dis- covering that Scott had been in the com- pany of Brown all of yesterday. —— THE DOG SHOW. It Will Open Wednesday and Promises to Be a Success. OAKLAND, CaL., May 13.—The second annual dog show given under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Sportsman’s Associa- tion will open in the Exposition building Wednesday. Ther: are nearly 300 entries, including most of those that took first and second prizes in San Francisco recently. A large number of the finest dogs from the Northwest will arrive to-morrow and be placed on exhibition. 3 The Exposition_building is being placed in condition rapidly and will present a very pretty picture when the show opens. The managément is doing all in its power to make this the best show ever given on the coast. ————— GOING EAST. Professor Lorenzo D. Inskeep Leaves for Chicago University. OAKLAND, Car, May 18,—Professor L. D. Inskeep of California College has secured a leave of absence for one year, and on the 28th with his wife will leave for Chicago to be away a year. The pro- fessor is a nephew of Senator McBride of Oregon and wil! go there to visit his uncle en route to Chicago. Itis the intention of Professor Inskeep to take a years' special work in philosophy and political science in the Unversity of Chicago, and at the same time will do a in amount of teaching in one of the missing from the | affitiated colleges. At the end of the year Samuel H. von Schmidt, a Stromg Swimmer Lrowned Sunday Night in Four Feet of Water. and Exrert Sailor, Who Was dredger’s yawl last night was aispelled this morning when the body of S. H. von Schmidt was found on a sand spot near the narrow-gauge pier. Early this morning Captain E. A.von Schmidt had a crew at work dragging the creek, bt the body was high aud dry on the sand where it had been left by the out- going tide. The arms were under the body, which was lying face down, and the fingers plainly showed that cramps had helped to cause death. Von Schmidt was a remarkably strong swimmer, and also a trained sailor, and the cause of the acci- dent is still &8 mystery. All the men 1n the boat were sailors, and the manner of its capsizing was told this morning by Naujek to the engineer of the dredger. The sailor’s story was somewhat disconnected, but the engineer repeated it thus: ‘Naujak told me that the party was sailing up the creek with the wind nearly dead aft. In the boat with him were Tom R. P. Morrison of San Francisco and a Dane. Peralta-street wharf when a squall struck the boat, her bow went under and she sank. Morrison, who was a poor swim- mer, clung to the mast, which stuck about a foot above the water, and the other three started to swim ashore. Noujak alone reached it. He did not wait to send a boat after Morrison, so I went to see about it. Morrison was picked up by a steamer, but Von Schmidt and the Dane were drowned.”’ “From the position of his arms and bands,” said Captain E. A. von Schmidt, i uncle of the unfortunate man, to-day, “I believe cramps overtook him. It seems a mystery that such a powerful swimmer as he should drown. The small wound above his eye may have caused loss of enough blood to weaken him, but I am sure that he had not that scarin life. When they found the body it was within 100 feet of where the boat sank. If this is where he went down, and it was probably very near the spot, the water was not over four feet deep at 4 o'clock last night, the time of the accident.”” 8. H. ven Schmidt was known as one of the strongest swimmers around the bay, and the opinion prevails along the water front that he must have caught his foot among the wreckage and been unable to rise to the suriace. If such were the case his body must have become free of the wreckage after death. The yawl that went down is an jll- fated craft. Last season she filled and sank between the two piers, but the crew were rescued. Von Schmidt used to boast of his stiff boat’s capacity, but she finall proved unable to weather a heayy squulf,’ THE HARM N PLACE. Some Miscreant Girdles Frult Tr Cuts Down Ornamental Ones OAKLAND, CAL., May 18.—The beauti- ful Harmon villa at San Leandro, which was awarded to Mrs. Harmon in the set- tlement between her and her husband when he attempted to leave the State with $20,000 along with $10,000 in cash, has been | despoiled by the work of some miscreant, Bince the separation both Dr.and Mrs, Harmon have remarried, the former re- siding in the North and the latter in San Francisco. Thursday night some one moved with a spirit of -spite or revenge girdled some forty growing cherry trees and cut down a number of orange and E.lm trees. The cnerry trees appear to have been barked by a drawing-knife, while a saw was used on the orange and palm trees, Mrs. Harmon-Wheeler has her suspicion of the perpetrator of this act of vandalism and has offered a reward of $100 for proof that will lead to his arrest and conviction. —_———— A Suspected Highwayman. OAKLAND, CAL., May 18.—Will Scott, a lad eighteen years of age, was arrested at tro streets to-night. He is suspected of being the highwayman who and £ | Blake & Moffatt building. They were nearly opposite the | : he will return and resume his position in the faculty of the institution in which he bas been a leading member since it was opened in 1857. Professor Inskeep has found time to take a prominent part in public affairs. He hasbeen a member of the Board of Library Trustees, president of an improvement as- association having its headquarters at Twenty-third avenue and has been vice- resident and president of the Citizens’ Municipal League. The latter position, which is one of mucn dignity and im- rtance, he still holds. Proiessor Ins- eep's return at the end of the year’s leave will be welcomed by both his college and the community. —.—— GUT FOR HARMONY. Newly Organized Congressional District Committee Meets To-Morrow. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CATL,] 908 Broadway, May 18. To-morrow afternoon the first meeting of the newly organized Congressional Com- mittee of this district will meet in the The committee consists of : Forty-sixth Assembly District—E. K. Strow- bridge. Fort. B seventh Assembly District—George A beo; FP'(\nwelgh!h Assembly District—W. H. riend. Forty-ninth Assembly District—John A. sa Fiftieth Assembly District—Hugh Aldrich. Fifty-first Assembly District—Robert Edgar. Coutra Costa County—Dr. J. 8. Riley. Solano Count Anderson. Yolo County—H. Erving. Colusa County—J. W. Browning. Glenn County—George D. Dudley, Lake County—P. Ogden. There will be a conference regarding the programme of futureaction. In connection with the calling ofa primary fora Congres- sional convention it is understood that various propositions intended to avoid the danger of two primaries and the conse. quent conflict that would ensue will be acted upon. It is the first step toward harmony. LIBEL THE SCHOONER. Shipwrecked Sunilors Begin an Interest- ing Buit Against the Pacific Trad- ing Company. Hans Isaacson, hunter, Victor Carlson and F. Bartlett, sailors on the sealing | schooner Alton, began suit in the United States District Court yesterday to recover $1900, alleged to be due them under ship- ping contracts signed with the Pacific Trading Company December 15, 1895, The libelants allege that on the day mentioned they sailed on the Aiton for the sealing grounds. When off the coast of Japan they were sent out in a small boat, and in a heavy fog which came up later lost sight of the schooner. They cruised about fo_r several days, an- dergoing great hardships, finally landing at a small seaport town on the coast of Japan. The complaint alleges that with much difficulty the libelants made their way to Yokohama, where the American Consul was informed of their condition. On April 20 the Alton put in at Hekodate, Japan, and the master was notitied by Deputy American Consul George H. Scid- more that the libelants were at Yoko- hama. The captain of the Alton notified the three men to come to Hokodate, but before they could reach that port the schooner sailed. In consequence of this action they were compelled to make their way back to America as best they could, which thef proceeded to do, reaching this port May 12, Isaacson alleges that he is out of pockat $1200, of which $300 is for loss of wearin apparel, retained by the Alton, and which he would have earned had he been permitted to continue the voyage. The remainder of the amount asked for is claimed by Carlson and Bartlett, PROF, LE CONTE WILL GO EAST To Deliver Lectures Before Prominent Geological Societies. HIS GOLDEN WEDDING Will Be Celebrated at His Old Home in the State of Georgia. BIG DEMAND FOR LADYBUGS. A New Jersey Scientist to Capture a Thou-and Dollars’ Worta. BERKELEY, CaAr., May 18.—Dr. Joseph Le Conte, State University, has been granted a leave of absence for six months, during which time he wiil go East and to Europe, visit- ing the principal geolozical societies on his journey, and will return to America in time to celebrate his golden wedding, in Georgia, the 14th of next January. Dr. Le Conte will leave for Buffalo some American Science Association. After the meeting at Buffalo he will go to Bangor, Me., in August, and speak before the United States Society of Evolutionisis. In September he will read a paper before t e National Academy at Washington. | Dr. Le Conte has been a member of this society for the past twenty-five years, but has never yet been present at a meeting. In October he goes to Princeton to attend the sesqui centennial of woat is known as Princeton University. University,” says Dr. Le Conte, “is not Princeton University. New Jersey, in fact. At the meeting there i October it will be officially named, or rather changed to'‘Princeton University,””. | and Dr. Le Conte is to be the representa- | tive from the University of California at | this one hundred and fiftieth anniversay | conference. In November he goes by spe- cial invitation to Eugiand, where he will address the British Science Association at Liverpool. During his stay in England he will be the guest o1 the association. If he has the time Ur. Le Conte will also visit Paris. Upon returning from Europe in Decem- ber he will attend the meeting of the Geo- logical Society of America, of which he has been president for the past year. The place of meeting has not yet been named, where in New York State. “There isa possibility,” said Dr. Le Conte, to-day “of getting the American Sciencs Association to hold its next convention in San Fran- cisco. I have been in correspondence with several members, and they assure me that they are willing to come. It depends en- ti upon the railroad rates, and when I appear before the railroad association I ope to have with me concessions from the railroad company which will assure the convention for the Pacific Const. The British Science Association meets in Canada next year, and I feel fairly con- fident that they can be induced to come West and meet with the American Science Association. Dr. Le Conte’s golden wedding will be celebrated either at Macon or Milledge- viile, Ga., on the 14th of next January. It is expected thatall his children, his grand- chilaren and other relations will be pres- ent. “He will return the same month to Berkeley to take up his lecture work of the spring term. He will give only one undergraduate course in geology next year, and will con- fine his almost entire” attention to ad- vanced work and to the completion of sev- erai books which he has commencrd. He is now engaged in reading the proofsheets of his revised work on geology, which will be ready for the market at the beginning of the fall term. Dr. Le Conte will take to New York with him, in July, his manu- script on his new work on “Light,” and will leave it with his publishers there. Though Dr. Le Conte celebrated his sev- enty-sixth birthday last March, he is as hale and hearty to-day as five years ago. Catching Ladybugs. BERKELEY, CAL.,, May 18.—Professor John B. Smith, head of the department of entomology at the New Jersey experi- | ment station, who has been on a tour of | California_gathering $1000 worth of lady- bugs for his State, will arrive in Berkeley to-morrow, and will be the guest of Pro- fessor Woodworth. Exporting ladybugs from California is an entirely new line of industry. Importation of the insect for the purpose of destroying a certain scale which collects on deciduous fruits grown in the central and southern parts of the State has been carried on for a number of years past, but now the work of exporting has commenced. A new industry, therefore, has come into existence, and it has already given prom- ise of casting the business of the butterfly- chaser or the frog-trapper into utter insig- nificance. Professor Smith has been sent to this coast by the State of New Jersey through their agricultural experiment station for the express purpose of collecting and transmitting to ten points in his State $1000 worth of these “‘coccinellidiz.”” The San Jose ladybug is the species for which the entomologist is looking especially. The San Jose scale has become seated in New Jersey and it is his purpose to deter- mine whetner the California bug will be of service there in destroying the fruit est. g “The ladybug,” said Professor Wood- worth to-day, ‘‘seems to be the most suc- cessful of all the pest-aestroying agents in California, but in the Eastern States they have not served with hike efficacy. “The bug is the great California remedy. In the East the spray and a process of fumigation are used, but the bugs have not shown up very well. There 1s perhaps no insect in the world which is capable of causing greater dnmngo to fruit interests in the United States than the San Jose or pernicious scale. We are looking with much interest to the results of Professor Smith’s adventure out here on -his bug- collecting tour, because of the great good which will come from it if the insects work spccessfully in New Jersey.”” Suffragists Will Hold Forth. BERKELEY, CaL., May 18.—The Citi- zens' Suffrage Bociety of Berkeley wtil hold a convention next Wednesday after- noon and evening at Shattuck Hall. Mrs, George W. Haight, president of the local Citizens’ Suffrage Society will deliver the address of welcome. The afternoon meet- ing will be addressed by Mrs, Albert Cas l'afu and Miss Severance. will speak on the subject, ‘‘Does the Wife and Mother Need the Ballot?” and Miss Severance on the question, ‘‘Does the Business Woman Need the Baliot?” The session in the evening will be ad- dressed by Miss Yates of Michigan, and by Attorney George W. Haight. All the suffrage clubs of Oakiand, Ala- meda and vicinity are expected to be rep- resented. The ladies have been invited to speak before the West Berkeley Republi- can Club, and the club, in turn, has n the veteran geologist at the | time in July, where he will address the | “What is commonly called Princeton | It is the College of | but it is expected tnat it will be some- | Mrs. Carlisle 1 Huction Jales GRAND Al’C:l‘loX SALE ELEGANT FURNITURE LAURENCE VINCENT, Auctioneer. Office, 609-610 Spreckels building, 927 Market st. THIS DAY Tuesday....... = ... May 19, 1896. At 11 o'clock A. M, on the premises, 1811 Sutter street, near Buchanan, .1 WILL SEL] The Elegant Parlor Upholstery, Plate Manue Mirror, nt’ Cabi frame French et. Pictures. Bric-a-brac, Axminster. Moquet and Body Brus- sels Carvets: Beaugital Folding Bed, cost .75 Mugnificent Chamber and Dining-room Furniture, te Curlea-Hair Mattress Missivn Riankets, ete.: Ri Lace Curtains, V Flegant Eureka Grand Hange with elevated warm oven, Linolenm and an fmmense quantity of useful household fur- niture too numerous to mention. House open for inspection early on morning of sale. Terms Cash. LAURENCe VI Auctioneer. GRAND AUCTION SALE At the Bancrof: Bullding, 721 TMarket Street, Between Third and Fourth. THIS Day, Tuesday...... Atllocl ay 19, 1896, 0 . M. lock A, 3. and 7 WE WILL SELL 2500 Yards of Carpets. Also a magnificout line of Japanese Art Goods, the finest ever offered at auct: one lot of Gents® rurnishings and a lot of Lidies' and Children's Underwear, Hoslery and Notions. No limit: no reserve. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY. Office, 120 Sutter Street. H. J. LEUTHOLTZ, Auctioneer, B. M. BIRDSALL, Proprietor. ORIENTAL CURIOS. Antique and Modern High Art. 419 KEARNY ST. THIS DAY, Tuesday...... of Japanese and Orieatal goods, including Ku; every size, Antique Bronzes, Kagu Satsuma, A wata, Cloisonne, Bishue, Kochi, 3 Two elegant presents given to the ladies daily attending the sale at 2 P. M. Chairs for the ladies. F.T. K WELL-KEPT FURNITURE. THIS AFTERNOON, AT 2 O'CLOCK, At 830 Mission Street, Near Fourth. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery st. AR. Auctioneer. J. C. MUTHER, AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL THIS DAY.} Tuesday. May 19, 1896, At Salesrooms, 521 Kearny St., Commencing at 11 A. . sharp. FINAL AUCTION SALE. We are going to move this week and everything must and will be sold. Parlor. Chamber and Lin- ing Roem Furniture, 40 Hair Mattresses, 20 fine Stoves, fine Bedding, 1500 yards of Brusselis Carpet and all kivds of housebold goods 1o nu- merous to mention 3 fine Sewing Machines, 4 Register and 1 fine Square Piane. ntion of the trade is especiaily called to thiis sale, as nothing will be reserved or limited. J. C. MUTHER, Auctioneer. GEO. LA;MSO.Y, AUCTIONEER. Office—110 Kearny Street. TO-MORROW. Wednesday, May 20.... VERY ELE Carpet. 1387_P. and B By order of 1. H. 3 On account of departure, ber and Dining-room elezant Uploistery, etc, | G o. i Parlor. Cham- Oak Furniture; aTS 10-IOTTOW. Auctioneer. mass-meeting will soon be held by the club, at which the suffrage question wiil form the central topic of discussion. Contractor Grant Arrested. BERKELEY, Cir., May 18.—Contractor Grant was arrested this moraing on com- plaint of Will Schmidt, who states that the contractor disturbed his property. The arrest grew out of the difficuliies which seem to exist between George and Will Schmidt over a house at Berkeley station. Each of the brothers appears to claim tha: the office which isat present occupied by Will Schmidt is his own. Contractor Grant was ordered by George Schmidt toremove the building, but Will Schmidt protested, and the result was the arrest of Grant for disturbing the prop- erty. The contractor was released on his own recognizance. Summer School of Chemistry. BERKELEY, CAr, May 18.—Professor | W. B. Rising, bead of the department of chemistry at the State University, has an- nounced that the summer school of chem- istry in Berkeley, will open on June 17 and continue until July 29. The success of the school last summer was unprecedented, and because of this fact a continuance is warranted. Miss Swain to Lecture. BERKELEY, CaL., May 18.—Miss Addie wain, a psychromatic reader of consider- | able prominence, will lecture to-morrow evening on Fellows’ Ha. THE SERGIVES UP TS DEAD The Body of a Young Woman Found on the Beach at Park-Street Wharf. her speciaity at the Odd At the Meetinz of the City Trustees Attention Was Drawn to the Sewage in the Tida: Canal, ALAMEDA, CaL., May 18.—At midday to-day the body of a woman recently drowned was found at the foot of Park street, about a chain east of the wharf, by L. Sarrahinga, a city scavenger living at 1014 Regent street. She had been washed up by the tide, and as it receded the body was left face downward, with the feet pointing to the shore. The face was bat- tered and the right eye closed and heavily contused, making identitication almost a matter of impossibility. She seems to have been of Scandinavian or English origin and about 30 years of age. On her person mnothing could be found to lead to her identification. She is of medium height, has fine flaxen hair, blue eyes and apparently belonged to the humbler class. She was dressed in a thick, warm woolen fabric, brown in color, but showing a bright red in the woof, skirt and bodice being of the same materidl, Her jacket was a short-waisted black, cheviot, double-breasted, mandolin sleeves and six large black buttons. No hat was found with or near the body. Her under- skirt is of black sateen and her flannel petticoat made of gray worsted, hand- knitted. She wore black stockings and black cloth-topped boots. In her pockets were four keys on a ring with a dress-fastener, a pair of black kid gloves and a purse containing an English shilling and penny, a two-cent piece, a nickel and a dime, together with a small almanac for 1896, issued oy E. Colgate, the English periumer. She carried asilver open-faced Geneva watch in her breast with the initials N, 8. cutin the form of a monogram attached to a gold-plated fob-chain with a bangle at its end. The watch was stopped at 1:50. The collar of her waist was pinned with a common brooch from which all tae plat- ing had been worn, leaving two swallows in blue enamel remaining. In her ears she wore red coral ear-rings, the coral set in gold—the coral being about the size and shape of a split pea. Her two front upper teeth are goid stopped. It is con- jectured that she was a domestic in search of employment, as some one very like her called at Cory’semployment office about a week ago, ut _did not leave her name or address. The body is lying at the parlors of A. P. Smiley, dep- uty coroner. Board of Trustees. ALAMEDA, CAL., May 18.—At the meet- ing of the Board or Trustees this evening accounts to the amount of $576 40 were passed for payment. The City Electri- cian’s report for the past month showed: Working expenses $639 95, salaries $412 50, total $1052 45; receipts—consumers $238 90, arc hghtu and city lights $796 90, library $27, old material sold $33, total $1097 05, A letter was received from E. W. Lin- forth of 1716 Everett street, traversing the incompletion of the tidal canal and the accumulation of 1ilth and sewage therein. He made complaint of the terrible stench that arises from its waters, so muchk so that the car-conductors go inside their cars and close the doors when crossing it, and pointed out what a menace to the pub- lic health the nuisance 1s. As Congress will adjourn soon and no ngpronfiation is likely to be made it is the duty of the City Trustees, as the rep- resentatives of the citizens, to take imme- diate action and see that the canal 1s fin- ished to San Leandro Bay, so that the scouring action of the tide can remove the effluvaa. Five hundred feet of Paragon hose were ordered to be procured. At the request of the City Attorney it. was decided to re- voke the business license of Sallinger Bros. of Oakiand. It was resolved to ask the Board of Health to recommend the invited to the suffrage conventien. A | nameof a suitable physician to succeed to the position rendered vacant by the late Dr. C. G. Zeyn. It was decided to levy a supplementary assessment for the open- ine of Buena Vista avenue for the sum of $986 85. Dawson Divorce Suit. ALAMEDA, CAL., May 18.—The Seattle court has appointed J. Barber to take the depositions of Mrs. E. St. Sure, Dr. G. P. Reynolds and Oscar L. Rod ers in the matter of the divorce suit of Dr. Lewis R. Dawson against his wife, and in which certain prominent young men of Alameds were named as co-respondents. Esterbrook and Bert Remonel are said to be on a bi- cycling tour to the Blue Lakes. Political Equality Convention. ALAMEDA, CAr., May 18.—The conven- tion ior political equality will be held this week in _Alameda on May 21 end May 22. There will be daily sessions at 3 p. M. and 8. M. in Armory Hall, Park street, cor- ner Buena Vista avenue. Rev. Anna Shaw, Miss Sarah Severance, Miss Yates of Maine, Miss Mills of New York and others will address the people. Death From Paralysis. ALAMEDA, Car., May 18.—Mrs. Har- riet M. Figg, mother of Frank H. McCor- mick, president of the Municipal Leazue, died last night at the residence of her son, w om she was visiting. Her death was due to paralysis, and her remaimns were ~hipped to Sacramento this afternoon, e she resided, for burial. She was 58 old. Electric Light Injunction Suit. ALAMEDA, Car., May i8.—The injunc- tion suit of ¥ ing vs. City Trustees was po-tponed this morning till next Wednes- day. Pole-setting by F. N. Delanoy has been temporarily abandoned, pending ad- vice from Engineer Mazuma. . PAWNED THE WATCH. Andrew Ariando Arrested on the Charge of Felony Embezzlement. Andrew Ariando, a window cleaner, was brought from Napa to the City Prison last night by Detective J. A. Fitzgerald, and booked on the charge of felony embezzle- ment. Ariando purchased a gold watch valued at $60 on the installment plan from Julius Van Vliet, a jeweler on Market street. He paid $10 on account, and pawned the watch for §25. % He admitted pawning the watch, and gave as an excuse that his aged father wanted to return to Italy, and it was the only way he could raise the necessary funds to help him. — flsma.rt Broadway, 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. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Established in 1834 for the treatment of Private Diseases. Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Diseases “I'he doctorcureswhen Sk othersfall. Try hi harges low. Curesguarantced. Callorwris Dr.J. F. Gmfifo-..x ltl!.&ni‘nmia:: LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY ORDER OF the Board of Directors of the San Francisco and an Joaquin Valley Railway Company thats meeting of the stockhoiders of sald company has been called by said board, to_be held on TUES- DAY, the 16th day of June, 1896, at 3 o'clock fn the afternoon, at the principal place of business of said_company, at the bullding where the said Bourd of Directors usually meets, namely, at the office of sald company, No. 321 Market street, im the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California; that the object of sald meeting 18 to consider and'act upon the proposition that said company create a bonded indebtedness of six mil- lion dollars (6,000,000) in gold coin of the United States, for the purpose of raising money to com- plete the construction and equipment of the rail- road of this corporation from the city and county of San Francisco to the town of Bakersfield, in the county of Kern, State of California, and to pur- chaseand pay for any other property within the purposes of said company, and to secure the bonded indebtedness so proposed to be created by amorigage or trust deed upon the railroad and raiiroad lines and other property of, said company now owned or hereatter to be acquired by said company. By order of the Board of Directors of the Sam Fraucisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Com- any. P Corporate seal.] ALEXANDER MACKIE, Secretary the San Francisco and San Joaquim Valley Railway Company.