The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896. 9 MERCHANTS TEST MUSIC'S CHARMS, Thousands of People Are Attracted by One Band. MUST HAVE AMUSEMENT Live People Have Proved That They Will Not Remain in a Necropolis. A PROBLEM PARTLY SOLVED. Rev. Edwards Davis Not After the Dollar—Need of Care With Religious Armies. 0axrAND OFFIcE SAN FrANcisco CAnr, 908 Broadway, May 24. } The merchants of this city have been for years trying to solve a problem, and they partially succeeded last night. For many years it has been conceded that not less than $20,000 of Oaklanders’ money is spent in San Francisco for - legitimate amusement purposes only. Probably tha amount is greater; certainly it is no smaller. This practice not only tends to rob local merchants of what they consider their just trade, but it also puts into the hands of the railroad company for ferry and car fares & small fortune. To keep this money at home has long been the de- sire of Oakland merchants, because they realize if they can keep people at home on one proposition they can in all others. So accustomed have been the merchants to the old state of affairs that they well- nigh regarded it as their unconquerable fate. They expected the city to represent a necropolis after dark, and their expecta- tions were beautifully gratified. Nothing has been done to change this state of affairs, and year by year the result bhas be- come more marked. Last night the neighborhood of the City Hall was thronged with people till nearly midnight. At 10 o’clock, the usnal hour on Saturday night for Oakland to die, some of the sidewalks were impassable. There were more people in the stores and more business was done. Everybody was sur- prised to see everybody else on the streets instead of having gone to San Franciscoor to bed. And all this was due to a pro- gressive move on the part of the Mer- chants’ Exchange. The members of the exchange recently decided to try an experiment. They en- gaged a regimental band to give a concert in the City Hall park. The effect was magical, and the great danger now is that the City Council may pass some more broad-minded ‘‘keep off the grass” ordi- nance because some of the crowd over- stepped the edges of the sidewalk. Now is the time for the merchants and capitalists to do some practical thinking. 1i a band will attract a thousand people, then two bands will attract two thousand people, and the introduction of amuse- ments enough to gratify the varied tastes of the masses will solve the whole diffi- culty against which the merchants are now contending. Oakland is, of course, the natural center of Alameda County. It contains the only first-class theater in the county, which is open on an average but two nights a week; it also contains the only cheap theater, which is in a building that ought long ago to haye been suc- ceeded by & handsome modern structure. Walter Morosco wanted to have a the- ater in a building that is soon to be erected, but the owner did not think proper to consent. There is but one way to keep people and their money at home and that is by offering them what they can get else- where. They will not remain in Oakland for the purpose of keeping company with the sidewalks. Instead of devotinz nearly the whole of its energies to 10-cent license quarrels the great body of mer- chants should begin at the other end. It has been very clearly proven that the attacks on San Francisco merchants are circumvented at every turn. Now the fight should be made from the other end, and instead of fighting the merchants should enter the field, at present unfilled so far as Oakland is concerned, and do a little building up. The Board of Trade has just been re- organized and is now prepared for work. It can do no better for the present than to co-operate with the Merchants’ Exchange and go to work and see that the City is supplied with a first-class family amuse- ment house. It would be filled nightly with a crowd from all over the county. The crowd will never come till the attrac- tion is here, and until it is merchants and cthers will see their streets deserted in favor of the larger City, for it is a well- known fact that legitimate business and legitimate amusement go hand in hand. Rev. Edwards Davis may justly be re- garded as a new minister. Since he first occupied the pulpit at the Central Chris- tian Church in this city he has been crit- icized in a variety of ways. His dramatic sermons were an innovation and several other of his efforts struck orthodox Oak- land as being strangely out of place. At . .times many unkind things have been said about him and the methods he used, but he has now outlived them ana is growing in popularity, while his church is also in- creasing largely every month. His de- clination of the offer of a San Francisco church at a greatly increased salary has proved that he is sincere, and that the old _story of a call from a rich church being always “‘a call from the Lord” is not in- variably true. ” Mr. Davis is still 2 very young man, but he will certainly add to his successes. He has proved that the almighty dollar is not his deity, and having done that is entitled to the best that the world theological can offer. During the past two weeks this city bas been visited by men who claim to be the forerunners of new religious ‘‘armies.” Qsakland has always been looked upon as " a legitimate and lucrative field for irre- sponsible religionists, and more so-called evangelistic work is done here than in any other city of its size. Gospel tents, gospel halls and gospel missions are located all over the city and so long as they are not run on solicited subscriptions they are not subjects of investigation. ‘Wher, however, they are represented as - organized bodies and a systematic canvass for funds is made curiosily is excited as to the validity of the claim. During the past week collectors of the ‘‘Gospel Army” and «Jesus Army’’ and not many weeks ago of the “Army of Heaven at Hand,” were out and merchants are anxious for credentials, which are not forthcoming. Since the success of General Booth's army any re- ligious movement with the military appel- lation commands respect. A Broadway merchant said this week that the majority of the subscribers are under the impression that they are subscribing to the original Salvation Army. In one case a solicitor wearing the well-known blue uniform was arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses, but he proved that he was col- lecting for an “army” of his own, known as the ““Gospel Army,” and was released. One “army’’ has as much claim to sup- port as any other, provided it is honestly run and has an actual existence. So far as Oakland is concerned there isno “‘Gos- pel army,” no ‘“Jesus' army’ and no “Heaven at Hand army” at the present time, nor has there ever been, and the charitably inclined should be very circum- spect in the manner in which they hand out alms. 8. W. B. PLAYING FIREMAN. The Usual Weekly Fire Drill Creates a Good Deal of Excite- ment. OAKLAND, CAL., May 24.—Some excite- ment was caused this morning on Wash- ington street while Chiei Fair was drilling several companies on the Brunswick Hotel block. There is a stand-pipe at the hotel, and the Chief gave orders to testit. Contrary to custom there was an unusual pressure in the pipe, and when the water was turned on the fun commenced. The pow- erful stream flew in all directions, knocked a fireman down a basement, scattered horses and pedestrians, and it was given out égat a very sericas accident had hap- ened. L “There was nothing serious at all,” said Chief Fair to-night. ‘I want the men to become acquainted with the working of the stand-pipes and hydrants in all the big buildings in the city, and I worked on the Brunswick this morning. Nobody was hurt, although there was a little excite- ment when the full force of the water was felt. Altogether we had a first-classdrill.” ALAMEDK'S FLORAL FETE Arrangements Perfected for the Bicycle Parade on Thurs- day Next. The Populists Meet and Discuss Free Silver—Two Military Church Services. ALAMEDA, Cav., May 24.—The lantern bicycle parade in connection with the floral fete next Thursday will be one of its most prominent features. The details have all been worked out. The parade will form at Benton sireet at the junction of Alameda and Central march will be up Central avenue to Park street to Buena Vista avenue and counter- march on Park street to San Jose avenue, thence to the park. After circling the park the route will be up San Jose avenue to Broadway, back to Central avenue, thence to High street and the grounds. The wheelmen’s show will be under the airection of the Alameda Cycling Club. V. A. Dodd will act as marshal and M. E. Gaines and E. M. Whalley as assistants. Every bicycle club on both sides of the bay wiil be represented and a host of un- attached pedalers will also fall into line under the direction of Albert G. Dexter and F. E. Graham. Every bicycle must carry at least five lighted lanterns. Populists Meet. ALAMEDA, Carn, May 24.—The Aia- meda Populist Club met last night in G. A. R. Hall, the president, W, Davis in the chair. The subject for discussion was *“The bounty given by free-coinage coun- tries to their producers, and whether the same operates as an embargo upon Ameri- can produce.” N.J. Manson led, followed by Dr. Tatt and others. The opinion ob- tained that there should be free coinage of silver in this country and that the only way of protecting American producers was by opening the mints to the free coinage of silver. Alameda Choral Society. ALAMEDA, Can, May 24 — Fred Cowen’s melodious cantata, ‘“The Rose Maiden,” is to berendered by the Alameda Choral Society under the direction of E. D. Crandall on Thursday evening, June 4, in Armory Hall. Tie soloists will be Miss Nellye Giusti, Miss Hackmeister, Miss Josephine Patterson, Robert Lloyd. Memorial Services. ALAMEDA, Car., May 24.—At the First Presbyterian Church this morning the Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R., attended in a body, when the Rev. F. S. Brush delivered a powerful sermon on *“Heroism in War.”’ The installation of the officers of Com- %IH_V E and the hospital corps of the oys’ Brigade, attached to Christ Church, took place this morning. The event was postponed from last Sunday, owing to the illness of the rector, W. M. Lane. Electric Railway Mishaps. ALAMEDA, CAr., May 24.—Traffic on the electric line to Oakland was blocked for a part of the afternoon. Car 16 caught fire and several pails of water were used to extinguish the flames. On the opposite track car 19 had a broken axle. FIREPROOF BUILDINGS, School Director Murdock In Favor of Using Them for the Public Schools. Ventilation and Physical Culture Are Important Needs of the Educa- tional Department. C. A. Murdock, chairman of the Classi- fication Committee, said to a CaLL re- porter yesterday that he was in favor of extending the physical culture course by the employment of an additional teacher if the condition of the funds during the next fiscal year should warrant it. He added that he regarded physical cul- ture asone of the most important branches in the public school curriculum, and that he was heartily in favor of extending it. Ventilation was another important mat- ter and fireproof buildings another in his emfintlon_. “There is now a proposition bef board,” he said, “?o Erect.utwelv‘::otot:: schoolbouse on’ Bernal Helghts, It is likely that instead of altering or rebuild- :ng tsz’o board will put up a fireproof struc- ure. : In reply to the question as there vogld be m&ch ditfenn"ge':lr: fl:l‘;: cost, Mr. Murdock said that a brick build- ing plainly built would be only a little more expensive than one of wood. He was of the opinion that wooden buildings were behind the age and that the safety of the children demanded fireproof struc- G ———————— Telegraph poles in Switzerland are pre- urnsg ftgml;:pld decay by being ohlrpged with & creosote compound, pressed by gravity into one end of the wood, avenues and start at 8 p. M. The route of | HIGHER TARIFF ON SOLICITORS, Increase in License for Protection of Self- Interest. LOSS OF LOCAL TRADE. Berkeley’s Butchers and Bakers May Have to Pay Heavier Taxes. LECTURES TO DAIRYMEN, Professors Woodworth and Jaffa to Lecture at Eureka and Arcata Next Month. BERKELEY, Cav, May 24.—The ques- tion of solicitors’ licenses and how they may be adjusted so as to subserve the best interests of both the solicitors them- selves and the town of Berkeley is now re- volving itselfin the minds of the members of the Town Board. As matters stand the license of local solicitors being $10 a quar- ter, other vendors from Oakland and Ala- meda, in which places the licenses are $100 and $120 a quarter respectively, may come to Berkeley, pay their license and dispose of their goods at a handsome profit. At the same time the local resident so- licitor is running behind because of the heavy competition. One of the first matters to be taken up by the new Merchants’ Protective Associa- tion when it is organized will be the ques- tion of increasing the solicitors’ licenses with the hope of keeping within the lim- its of Berkeley a considerable portion of the trade that now goes to Oakland. 8. H. Taylor, a member of the by-laws committee of the association about to be formed, has called the attention of the members to the maiter and suggested that the Town Trustees be asked to raise the tax to a sum similar to that charged in which is practically prohibitory. vior said: “A large nvmber of Oakland grocers and butchers do a thriv- | ing business in Berkeley. In reality, such business should all remain at home. Ala- meda’s stores get all the Alameda trade because shat city has imposed a solicitor’s tax that makes it unprofitable for outside firms to attempt to enter the home field.” Trustee Cripps of the Town Board does not think that Berkeley merchants are be- ing materially injured by the Oakland | competition. "“The present license tax for peddlers and solicitors,” said he, “is $10 per quarter, which is quite a heavy in- crease over the insignificant tax our own storekeepers have to pay. The point raised is worthy of copsideration, but at first thought I should consider that the tax is high enough. If we find that fol. lowing Alameda’s plan will do us any good we had better take it up.” Will Address the Dairymen. BERKELEY, CaL., May 24.—Professor Jaffa and Professor Woodworth of the de- partment of agriculture of the State Uni- versity are preparing for a number of lec- tures to be given before the Association of Dairymen at Eureka and Arcata about the middle of June. “We would like to send more men up to the meeting,’” said Prolessor Hilgard yes- terday, ‘‘but our ‘traveling expenses fund’ has nearly run out, and we cannot branch out very extensively until after the next annual budget of the Board of Regents has been made out. “The plan of Regent Reinstein to have fifty meetings held during the coming year at various points throughout the Btate with the view of bringing the popu- lation of the rural districts and the State University into more close and more friendly relationship is an excellent one. He estimates that the cost of these meet- ings to the State will be about $3500. The money, if devoted to that purpose, will be well spent I am sure, because ‘of the fact that the Agricultural Department and its rural constituents are not in_such close touch as is conducive to the highest good of beth. It is proposed that at these meetings, or at least at many of them, the president will be present, and thus to add to their importance. We have more invi- tations to attend and address farmers’ in- stitutes than we can possibly accept be- cause of the shortage of funds. “'Several years ago we had an annual appropriation of $1000 to be expended in visiting the country districts; year before last had $500, and last year we were allowed $300. You see what a difference will be made if we can get $3500 for this same purpose. Iam awaiting with anx- iety the report of the board as to their budget for 1896-97, which will be made out at their meeting on Tuesday.”” Meeting of Suffragists. BERKELEY, CAL., May 24.—A special public meeting of the local Citizens’ Suf- frage Society will be held at Stiles Hall to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Objec- tions to the enfranchisement of womena will be answered by Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. William Keith, Mrs. Bangs and others, A paper prepared by Olara Benwick Colby on the practical results of the franchise in those States wnere it has been extended to women_ will be read by the president of the society, Mrs. George W. Haight, Let- ters from Governors, Senators and other statesmen will be read testifying to the beneficial results to be derived from the enfranchisement of women. Address by Colonel Greenleaf. BERKELEY, CaL, May 24.—Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, deputy surgeon- general, U. 8. A., will address a citizens’ meeting under the auspices of the Good Government Club at Stiles Hall next Tues- day evening, the 26th inst., on the ques- tion of sanitation in municipal affairs. Health Officer Rowell will also be present and add his views concerning the indi- vidual wants and necessities of the public along the same lines as those of Colonel Greenleaf. THE HANDBALL COURTS. Coast Champion Riordan and P. Hutch- inson Defeat Ex-Champion Harlow and Al Pennoyer. The weather yesterday wasall that could have been desired for good handball, and the spectators in the courts were treated to several clever exhibitions of the game. At the S8an Francisco court there were two unusually attractive games, The first was between P. T. Donnelly, the amateur champion, and George Hutchinson and J. J. Feeney and R. Linehan, the crackajacks of the Union court. The Unionists proved too strong for the other two, and won the tinal by three aces. The other game was between J. Riordan, the coast champion, and P. Hutchinson and J. Harlow, ex- champion, and Al Pennoyer. The feature of the game was the m“m%om Hutehin- son, which surprised everybody. He and Riordan won in three straight games. The principal attraction at the Union court was & game between J. J. Feeney and Terry McManus and R. Lenihan and J. Kennofi. h side won a rub, and the final will be played next Sunday. Z’l‘:.u‘zwlng were the games playea yes- i Ban Francisco court—T. Ward and P, Ryan played M. McNeil and L. Corraine; each side won a rub, and the third and fln% game was won by McNeil and Corraine. M. Edwards and J. Collins defeated R. Murphy and D. Regan; 21—14,16—21, 21—19. J. Shew and T. Ryan were defested by M. Edwards and J. Collins; 21—15, 17—21, 21—20. J. Lawless and J. Murphy defeated J. Shaw and L. Kenny; 13, 15—21, 21—20. R. Shay and R. jelds defeated T. Sullivan and C. Ward; 21—14, 17—21, 21—19. J. Brown and W. Darius defeated_C. Butterfield and G. Stans- bury; 21—15, 17—21, 21—18. P.T. Donnelly, the samateur champion, and G. Hutchinson werg defeated by J. J. Feeney and R. Linehan, the cyclone team; 21—13, 12—21, 2115, 14 -21,18—21. J. Riordar, coast champion, and P. Hutchinson defeated J. Harlow and A! Pennoyer; 21—15, 21—17, 21—19. Union_court—T. Ci and P. J. O’Brien de- feated Willic McGuire and R. Burns, 21—17, 18—21, 21—-16. J. Slatterey and J. Healy de- feated W. Stansbury and J. Collins, 2117, 19—21, 21—16. J. Kennedy and Willlam Leonard defeated William McManus and Ed Greany, 21—17, 18—21, 21—16. C. Vogel and T. Conlon defeated R. Murphy and F. Lyons, 2118, 16—21, 21—19. William Keough and Professor Lynch defeated James O0’'Donnelland R. Shields, 21—16, 17—21, 21—18. M. Gil- hooley and F. Land defeated J. Hallan and W. McManus, 21—17, 19—21, 21—16. J.J. Feeney and Terry MeManus played R. Lenihan and J. Kearney and each side won a rub. —2; | ———————— GEORGE H. EGGERS BURIED. The Pioneer Interred With Impressive Masonic Rites. ‘The funeral services over the remains of the late George H. Eggers, a prominent and respected California pioneer, were held yesterday afternoon at the Masonic Temple. E A large number of friends of the de- ceased listened to the impressive Masonic funeral rites performed by his brother Masons. The choir of the Hermann Lodge, ¥. and A. M., to which the deceasea be- longed, consisting of the following quartet: Benjamin Clark, first tenor; M. Wittich, second tenor; J. O. Low, first bass, and J. R. Jones, second bass, rendered the follow- ing selections: ‘“‘Peace to the Memory of the Dead.”” Christian’s Good-night,’’ “Thy Will Be Done,” “The Lord’s Prayer.” Besides the widow the deceased left a son, Herman C. Eggers, and three married daughters, Mrs. Herman Meyar, Mrs. Theodore Hampe and Mrs. Hilmar Ste- phany. Fol{owing were the pallbearers: Wil- liam Schlueter, W. Mocker, Emil Roehte, B. A. Becker, Fuiton G. Berry, John A. Smith, Nick Van Bergen, B. F. Burnett. The body was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery. MY DAY FOR A SHBBATH No Warrant at This Time for Keeping the Seventh Day Holy. Rev, James Small Somewhat Surprises His Congregation by His Admissions. 0axrAND OrFricE SAN FrAxcisco CALL, 908 Broadway, May 24. Some unusual admissions regarding the sacred law that is generally supposed to govern the observance of the Sabbath were made this morning by Rev. James Small of the First Christian Church. His address on “Christianity’s Day of Rest” was listened to by a large audience. The preacher said in part: “The old seventh-day Sabbath was Jewish and had been abolished for Jew and Gentile, It was meant only for the Jews, and every- thing Jewish has been done away with. Truth and absolute right can never be abolished, and all that there was in the law of Moses of this na- ture we have in the gospel. We are under no obligation to do anything because it was in the law of Moses. And yet what- ever t here was in the law right in itself, morally right, right even long before the law of Moses was given, and not made right by being put there, is, of course, obligatory upon Christians, but not be- cause it was contained in the law of Moses. Christ is on his throne, and we should hear him and not Moses. This is saying only what Paul said, Hebrews 1:i, ‘In_the last days God has spoken unto us by his Son.’ “Taking the whole history of the church into view in all parts of the world, under every variety of political rule and every ecclesiastical arrangement, it may be safely said that any law that could have been framed, must have been oftener broken than kept. It was the highest wisdom, therefore, upon the part of God to leave it just as it was left, with the types and the facts pointing to the day with divine significance, with every prompting of aredeemed soul, hallowing the day as divinely precious with apostolic teaching and example guiding Christians to keep it with sacred rejoicing, and yet so un- trammelea by statute or enactment that if circumstances forbid the observanceof it, there is no dishonor paid to divine author- ity by the failure to keep it. Yet, if any man in full view of these considerations, pleads the absence of positive law, and not only outrages the public sentiment of Christian communi- ties, but the best promptings of gratitude in his own heart, and the best yearning of his nature for spiritual culture by devoting this day to secular toils, he is simply un- worthy to be the Lord’s free man. He must learn not to use his liberty to his own injury or to the injury of others. We have no command to keep the Fourth day of July and make it a.day wherein the citizens of tie States can shout for old glory and yet their gratitude and patriot- ism is seen more in the fact in the absence of statute or enactment; so our loyalty to our Lord and master is seen in keeping it by the early example. Authorized exam- ple is equal to precept or command in Christianity. This is the day the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it. “To be fair, however, there is no com- mand to keep the firstday of the week. There is no positive enactment upon the subject. But this only shows the wisdom of God. And it shows, too, the elastic and universal element that is in Chris- tianity that forever adapts it to the great onward march of humanity. Aund the man who denies this elasticity holds in Mis hana the dagger that to-day is piercing Christianity. The Christian must never admit that the world can outgrow the gospel. “For, had the first day of the week been established by positive enactment as a day of rest and worship and the manner of its observance been decreed among the myriads of the gnor, the bond and bread- winners and busy men generally wiao have accepted the Christin this age of activity, the law must have been broken continually.” Young Opens His Mission, OAKLAND, Can, May 23. — Steward Youngof Fruityale messianic fame opened his public meetings to-day at Thona's Hall. There was a very small attendance, not over twenty people heinslm the hall. Mrs. Lasher was not there. oung spent a greater portion of his time paying his re- spects 1o those who exposed him. He de- chred he has ample grounds for libel cases that would make him a rich man, but the satisfaction of knowing that the Lord led him was sufficient. Chaplain Edmondson Preaches, OAKLAND, Car., May 24.—Chaplain W. E. Edmondson of the United States flagship Philadelphia preached at the As- bury nf E. Church South to-night. The local companies of militia turned out and attended church in full uniform to hear the chaplain. He preached g very inter- esting discourse on the practical possibili- ties of blending patriotism and religion, Died Without a Doctor. OAKLAND, CAL., May 24.—Mrs. Victor Sophia Darche was found dead in her bed last night in Berkeley. The deceased was 67 years old and had been ill but four da; Her friends recommended that she see a doctor, but she mnufienuy refused, and so the Coroner will hold an autopsy and inquest. | south 30 by wess 137 | streets, southeast 80 by northeast 8 REALTY MARKET REVIEW. Decrease in Amount of Build- ing Contracts Filed in May. WOOLEN-MILLS AT ATUCTION. The Market Generally Is Quiet—Re- view of the Records for the Week. / The principal transaction last week was the auction sale of the San Francisco Gaslight Company’s property. It is reported that a majority of the purchasers of these lots intend toimprove the same, but their plans in this direction have not in any instance assumed a sufficiently definite shape to make it possible 1o more than generalize as to the character and extent of such improvements. The prices obtained for the property were not high, yet, as in the case of nearly all sales made now, the prices were thought to be “good, considering the present condition of the mar- ket FProperly interpreted, this expression means that the present market is a low one, one where rock-bottom prices prevail and one upon which property sells strictly upon its merits and its present earning capacity. A market like this is one where it is safe to make investments; but it seems that this fact is not appreciated to any great extent, judging from the volume of business being transacted. Bunding operations are considerably lighter thus tar this month than last, taking asa criterion the number and amount of recorded contracts. By some this falling off is attributed to & fear on the part of those who contemplated building of possible strikes in the bwilding trades. Activity in building has e correspond- ing effect asa rule on the real estate market, and it is possible thatthe present quiet that prevails this month in the real estate market has been brought about to some extent by the falling off in building operations. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There were seventy-one morigages recorded last week, aggregating $235,320, The larger ones were: Py Bartlett Doe for one year at 7 percent, $10,000 on property on the south side of Califor- nia’' street, 77:8 feet west of Mason. west 20 by south 60; by the German Savings and Loan ¢ clety for one year, at 614 per cent,$12,000 on prop- erty on the northeast corner of Twenty-first and Valencia streets, north 55 by east 8 by tne Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. for one year, at 614 per cent, $35,000 on property on the eas line '0f Sansome street, 97:6 feet south of Pine, south 40, east 108:134. north 41:6, west 34:434, south 1:6, east 68:9; by Louisa M. Babcock, to December 31, 1896, at 6 per cent, 213,250 on property on the west line of Grant avenue, 40 feet Dorth of Sutter street, north 42 by west 80: and by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, for one year, at 614 per cent, $16,000 on property at the southeast corner of Page and Buchanan streets, east 100 by south 137:6. The number of releases granted last week was fifty, aggregating $206,981.® The larger ones were: By the German Savings and Loan Soclety to John B. F. Davis. $10,000 on property on Lhe west line of Taylor street, 68:9 feet south of Busu, : by D. 0. Mills to P. B. Cornwall, $24,000 on property on the southeast corner of Page and Buchanan streets, east 100 by south 137:6: by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to Plerre Dupuy, $68,000 on_property at the southeast corner of Mission and Seventh ; by the same to W. H. Hyde, $14,000 on propert, at the north- east corner of Sixteenth street and First (Jullan) avenue, east 85 by north 94. and on property on the east line of Mission street, 209 feet north of Fitteenth, north 90 by east 160. There were ninety-nine transfers recorded last week. . There were twelve building contracts, aggre- gating $53,457, recorded last week, the par- ticulars of which were published each day in THE CALL. EVENING AUCTION SALES. To-night the first evening auction eale of real estate that has taken place in this City for along time will be conducted by O’Farrell & Co. at their salesroom, 11 Montgomery street. The property to be offered is 100 building lots in the Excelsior Homestead. They are all 25x 100 each and are nice and level and ready to be built upon. They are located ciose tothe Mission-street electric-cars and are but twenty- eight minutes’ ride from the City Hall. They are to be sold on very easy terms, viz.: $10 cash and the balance in monthly pi lents of $10. The sale will begin at half-past 7. THE PIONEER WOOLEN-MILLS AT AUCTION. The peremptory sale by Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. of the Pioneer Woolen-mills will take place Wednesday noon, May 27. Asthe prop- erty is to be sold absolutely without limit to the highest bidder, the sale will no doubt attract a large crowd. The property is cer- tainly very valuable and can be put to various uses that will pay a good return on the invest- ment. OTHER AUCTION SALES. G. H. Umbsen & Co. will hold an auction sale of miscellaneous properties June Sth. The catalogue comprises the following: Nos. 922-92214-924 Natoma st.. bet. 10th and 11th—Three 2-story frame honses: fot 50x75. Va- cant lot 25x125, east side of Dolores street; 160 feet north of Twenty-fifth strect. No. 59 Noe sireet, between Fourteenth and Ridley—2-story residence, 8 rooms and bath: size 30x162. Two level lots, south line Eighteeath street, 125 feet west_of Clover alley, one block west of Donglass street; 25x121 feet éach. Nc. 285 Ciinton Perk, near ' Market and Dolores streets — Cottage of five rooms and bath; lot 25x75 feet. Nos. 815-317 Golden Gate avenue, between Hyde and Larkin streets, two houses of 9 rooms, etc., eac and ba of Fu : lot 84:415x187:6. Two-story ment house of § rooms, NOrthwest corner 2 and Webster streets; loc 27:6x80 feet. Nos. 4 9 Stevenson street, between Fifth and 8ixth, double house of 6 rooms each: lot 26:6x70 feet. South line of Oak street, 278:6%% feet west of Devisadero; 25x137:6 feet. Lot on west line of Bright street, 150 feet south of Randolph;: 25x100 feet. Nos. 410-41014 Page street and Lily ave- nue—two flats of 7 and 6 rooms: lot 54:2x120. 3 Cottage No. 415 Lily avenue: 20x60 feet: 1ot southenst corner of Turk and Lyon streets, 50x 137:6 feet, and the French Hospital property, which 1s to be sold by order of Board of Directors, located on Bryant street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Itwill be sold as an entirety. Improve- ments consist of u 3-story brick building and sev- eral smaller balidings: 10t 376x 275 feet. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will hold their next sale of miscellaneous properties June 12, the catalogue for which is now in course of prepa- ration. O'Farrell & Co. will hold an auction sale of miscellaneous properties June &. 0. F. Von Rhein & Co. will hold a sale of mis. gcllaneo us properties about the middle of une. 2 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. G. H. Umbsen & Co. have just placed on the market for Mayor Sutro block 721, located just south of Golden Gate Park, bounded by J and K streets and facing Ocean boulevard. " It will e offered in subdivisions and ot easy terms, H. E. Poehlman reports the sale last week of two lots on Douglass street, near Seventeenth, 37 by 125 each, for $2100; alsoa lot on the south side of Clement street, west of Fifteenth avenue, for $800. Some of the contracts have been let and work has already commenced on the foundation for the handsome family hotel to be erected on the lot at the northwest corner of Sutter and Hyde streets by Dr. Julius Rosenstirn. It will cover the enuzrsn lot, will be five stories high, and will cost ,000. Th:lwork of tearing down the old Bijon Theater on Market street was commenced last week. It will be replaced by a three-story brick and terra cotta front building to be erected by Claus Spreckels. Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. report the sale of nine lots in Richmond, on Tenth and Eieventh avenues and California street, at prices rang- ing from $850 to each; also three cot- tages on Bush street, near Broderick, for a to- llf:l $10,000. Recent sales made by A. M. Speck & Co. as follows: Two flats at 1231 Union street, eas! of Larkin, for Buehel being the pur- chaser; two dwellil at 108 Langton street, near Folsom, tor $2700; cottages and a lot 25x100 on Alabama street, near Twenty-fourth, for $1800; a lot 25x100 at 1103 Stevenson street, with brick building and cottage in the rear, , and a lot 25x100, with two frame buildings, at 1105 Stevenson street, for $3000. Will I fisher & Co. are about to place upon themarket for Samuel W. Holladay the hand- some property located at the summitof Clay street hill. This property has been in litigation for about thirty-five years, and it wasonly afew months ago that Mr. Holladay succeeded in establishing his title to the premises. It com- i ix 50-vara lots situated on both sides of Sluy-amn extension from Gough to Octavia. The view from this point is magnificent. Last Saturday Easton, Eldridge & Co. sold at auction for William J. Dingee the following Alameda real estate: Six lots on Everett street and seven on Lincoln avenue at prices ranging from $5 to $820, the latter being for & corner; one iot, 54:8x154:33, on Everett street, near Lincoln avenue, with residence thereon, for $2400; two lots, 25x92 each, on Paru street, one for and one tor $470; a house and lot 47x | 47:10, on Park street, near San Jose avenue, brought $2800; three cottages, with lots each 83:4x100, located on Eagle avenue, between -Union end Schiller sireets, sold for $4000; two Huction Jales GRAND AUCTION SALE IN THE BANCROFT BUILDIN 721 Market Street, Between Third and Fourth. THIS DAY, May 25, 1896, At 2 o’clock and 7:30 P. 2. WE WILL SELL A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ROYAL DANISH TERRA-COTTA. Splendid pleces of Cloissoner, rare pleces of An- tique Satsuma, Ivory Goods. Carved Sandalwood, Bric-a-Brac of all kinds, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ladles’ Garments and Notions, 3 New Upright Pianos, 3 Baby Grand Planos, etc., withoutreserve. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY. ORIENTAL CURIOS. Antique and Modern High Art, 419 KEARNY ST. Monday. THIS DAY. cesesessneeeen. May 25, 1896, AT 2P. M. Monday. More than 100 cases of new goods ex S. S. China, opened and now on sale, consisting of every kind nese and Orlental goods, including Kugs of size, Antique Bronzes, Kagu Satsuma, Awata, Cloisonne, Bishue, Kochi, etc.. etc. 0 elegant presents given to the ladies daily attending the sale at P. 2. Chairs for the ladles. T. KEELAR. Auctioneer. ¥ PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE, 319-321 Sutter St., above Grant Ave. AT SALESROOM TO-DAY, MONDAY, at 10:30 .., I will sell for storage and advances two Upright Standard Planos; large line of Parlor Upholstery and Tabtes, Plate Mir- rors, Pictures, Oak, Walnut, Birch and Mahogany Chamber Suites; Desks, Bookcases, Library Tables and Chairs; Sideboards; Extension-tables and Chal ves; Agateware; Carpets, etc. TRUSTEES SALE. THIS DAY, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896, At 11 o'clock A. M., AUCTION WARE- ST., BET. SEV- ROOMS, 1135 MARK TH AND EIGHTH, L} New Kugs of all sizes; Clocks; Lounges; Parlor Lamps; Curtains: Blankets; Easels; Pictores; Mirrors, and numerous other articles. These goods are all new. CHARLES LEVY & CO., L. JACOBI, Trustee. Auctioneers. TO-DAY, AT 11 A. M, Elegant Oak Household Furniture, 203 Gough Street, Near Oak. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery st PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE, 319-321 Sutter St., Above Grant Ave. THIS DAY, Monday... ... i May 25, 1896 P. tl 1 , 420 DEVISADERO ST, COR. FELL, «e:.T WILL SELL.... A DELICATESSEN STORE, ....CONSISTING OF. 1 Elegant Ice Chest. cost $100; 4 Ice-Cream Freezers: 1000 pounds Ham; 100 boxes Sardines: Eggs: Butter; 16 Swiss Cheese; Snyder's Catsup; Imported Sauces; Royal Baking Powder; Shows cases: Fixtures, and 1 Horse, Harness and Dellv- ery Wagon, etc., etc. Terms—Cash. 8. BASCH, Auctioneer. he above goods are the finest ever of- ction. JOSEPH T. TERRY, General Auctioneer, Furniture and Insurance Agent, Office—30 Montgomery Street. NoOTE. Buyer Grand Auction Sale of High-Grade Bicycles. This Day, Monday, May 25, 1896, at warerooms, 844 Market St., opp. Fourth, at 2 P. M., 1 will sell, without limit or reserve, a large con- signment of up-to-date bicyles. The attention of the general public Is called to the above. J. T. TERRY, Auctioneer. GEO. F. LAMSON, AUCTIONEER. Office—410 Kearny Street. TO-MORROW, Tuesday... ...May 26, 1896 At 11 o'clock A. M., On the premises, 1712 BUCHANAN ST., NEAR SUTTER, <1eoT WILL SELL.... The Magnificent Piano, Furniture, Splen- did Carpets and Costly Bric-a-Brac of Residence, <...COMPRISING ... 1 Magnificent Grand Upright Plano of matchless tone In use but a few wecks, o royal instrument; Elegant Parlor Cabinets; Tables and Parior Stand- ards; Fine Lace Curtains; Costly Draperies and Portieres; Magnificent Oroam ents; Paintings and Elegant 0dd Pieces Parlor Uphol- -y v T Royal Wilton, Moquet, Body Velvet and Rich Body Brussels Carpets through- out the house: Splendid Persian Rugs: French Mantle Ciocks; Elegant Oak, Ash and Walnut Chamber Suits: 1 Extra Size Mirror-Front Armoir a Glace; 1 Eiegant Polished Oak Mirror-Frons Folding Bed; 1 FElegant Child’s Willow Crib: Finest Feather Plllows; Extra White Halr Ma: tresses; Best Bedding; 1 Walnut Sideboard: 1 12 foot Extension Table: Extra Outfit Silver-Plated, Cut Glass and Decorated Chinaware: 1 Medal Range: Patent Kiichen Table; Linoleum: Fine Agateware, etc. TERMS—CASH. GEO. F. LAMSON, Auctioneer. ROYAL AUCTION. WEDNESDAY. Wednesday e egeeeaen «...May 27, 1896, 1148 Turk Street, Corner Buchanan,. Most Magnificent Parior, Chamber and Dining- room Furniture, Works of Art, etc. ‘This is the most elegant residence sold at auc- tion this year. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery street. lots, 50x150 each, on Blanding avenue, near Everett street, sold for a total of $1300. Sol Getz & Bro. report the following recent sales of lots near Golden Gate Park: Lot 25x120, east line of Thirty-sixth avenue, 175 feet south of J street, for $200; 1ot 25x100, outh line of J_street, 80 feet east of Thirty-sixth avenue, for $226: lot'25x120, east line of Thirty- second avenue, 100 feet north of J street, for $300; lot 50x120, west line of Forty-seventh avenue, 295 feet south of I street, for $500: lov 50x120, west line Forty-seventh avenue, 220 feet north ot T street, for $500; lot 25x120. east line of Twen- tieth avenue, 500 feet south of Point Lobos ave- nue, for $450; lot 25x120, west line of Nineteeth avenue, 224 feet north of California street, for £550; lot 32:6x100, southeast corner K street and Tenth avenue, for $1000: lot 25x120, east line of Tenth avenue, 125 feet sough of N street, for $350: 1ot 50x100, north line of U street, 57:6 feet west of Forty-second evenne, for $150. BOOM AT THE PRESIDID, Large Forces of Workmen Will Soon Have Employment There. Official Orders for Battery Changes of Station—Colonel Guenther’s Promotion. In conformity with instructions from the headquarters of the army General For- syth, commanding the Department of California, has directed that the following changes be made: 3 Battery H, Fifth Ariillery, Captain El- bridge R. Hills will be relieved from duty at the Presidio and will proceed to Fort Canby, Washington, for station, at such time, not later than July 15, as transpor- tation shall be provided by the quarter- master’s department. Batteries B and M, now at Fort Canby, will upon arrival in this department take station respectively at Alcatraz Island and the Presidio. Battery I, Fifth Artillery, Captain George W. Crabb will be relieved from ddty at Fort Mason and take stationat the Presidio upon the departure of Bat- tery H for Fort Canby. Battery E, Fifth Artillery, Captain An- thony W. Vogdes, will be relieved from duty at Alcatraz Island and take sta- tion at Fort Mason upon the departure of Battery I from the Presidio. This change will give Captain Vogdes the honor and leasant duty of commanding the post at g‘ort Mason, commonly known as Black Point. Battery K, Fifth Artillery, Captain Henry J. Reilly, will be relieved from duty at the Presidio on June 1 and take station at Alcatraz. Battery C, Fifth Artillery, Lieutenant Oliver E. Wood commanding, will be re- lieved from duty at Alcatraz on June 1 and take station at the Presidio. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis J. Guenther, Fafth Artillery, commanding post at Alca- traz Island and artillery inspector of the Department of California, has been romoted to the rank of colonel to take ei- Fect. June 5, upon which date Colonel H. W. Closson of Washington barracks goes on the retired list. Colonel Guenther has been granted a four months’ leave of ab- sence. At the expiration of that time he will take command at Washington bar- racks. Colonel David Gordon of the Sixth Cav- alry, who will be retired in a few days, wil{ make his home on Georgetown Heights, Washington, D. C. He is well known on the PacificCoast. Captain Benjamin K. Roberts, Battery A, Fifth Artillery, ison duty again at the Presidio. During his leave of absence he ;’isn.ed Bohemia and studied problems of ife. The promise of further extensive im- provements at the Presidio is about to be fulfilled. The contract for a vast quantity of grading to fill the marsh has been awarded to John W. Murphy of Modesto. He was found to be the lowest responsible bidder when the Sropoms were opened a few days ago. Since then Colonel A. S. Kimball, chief quarlermaster of the de- artment, has been advised by wire from ashington to award the contract to Mr. Murphy, hence work on & large scale will soon begin. The quartermaster-general has also wired acceptance of Silas Carle’s bid for con- structing the new stables at the Presidio. Mr. Carle is a Sacramento contractor, and is_preparing to carry out his new contract without delay. The foregoing work is to be paid for from funds of the fiscal year which ends June 30. The allotment of the new appropr:a- tion for the next fiscal year will be made early in J’ulg and with the additional money available other important improve- ments at the Presidio will be authorized. ———————— Nelson’s Body Found. The body of Charles Nelson, & seaman be- longing to the steamer San Benito, who was drowned on the 16th inst. oy falling into th bay when trying to board his vessel while in an intoxicated condition, was found floating at the Union Iron Works yesterday morning and taken to the Morgue. DR. BROWN AGAIN. The Deposed Miuister Preaches in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Dr. C. O. Brown preached yesterday morning and evening to a congregation in 0dd Fellows' Hall. The services were notable from the fact that they were the first which the reverend doctor held before his new charge since his ejectment from the First Congregational pulpit. Dr. Brown stated that the Sabbath school, prayer meeting, Christian En- deavor and Ladies’ Aid Society of the “organization” would meet in Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, but he did not men- tion the future meeting-place of the new church. Until a more suitable place is found services will probably be held in Golden Gate Hall. After the singing of the hymn ‘2iy Faith Looks Up to Thee’” Dr. Browa preached from the following words of Jesus in answer to Pilate when that Roman asked the Savior if he was a King: “Thou sayest that L am a King. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness of the truth.” In the evening Dr. Brown held memo- rial services, and preached from the sub- ject of the “Heroic Dead.” Fourth of July Committee. The first meeting of the Fourth of July exec- utive commitiee for organization will be held in Assembiy room, Mills building, this even- ing. The commiitee is as follows: Charles J. King Schnirmun), W. H Davis, L. J. Truman. A.S. Hallidie, Arthur G. Towne, Samuel Fos- ter, Colonel A. D. Cutler, W. G. Doane, David Rich, Samuel C. Hammond, A. J. Raisch, Cap- tain D. Macdonald, John Gillson, Dr. George L. Fitch, Captain J. A. Margo, P. A. Bergerot, Joseph P. Kelly, George W. Elder, Captain F. J. Kearney, Major J. A. Whiteside, Edward Holland, Edward L. Forster, H. C. Schaertzer, W. W. Snannan, P. Marais, —_————— The Czarina does notapprove of smoking for women. Her Majesty 1s credited with the observation that a cigarette in a woman’s mouth is as bad as an oath in a man’ /:\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. Dr, H. gaGibbon’s Dispensary, Curea i Dr. J, F. GEIBBON, Box 1957, 3a0. RADWAY’S PILLS, Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. plete digestion and absorption of the food, cause a healthy action of the Liver and renderthe Bowels natural in their operas on without griping