The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1896. PATRIOTISM IN THIS COUNTRY, Love of Institutions and Principles the True Sign. RELIGION AND POLITICS. “A Man's Censcience Is Respon- sible Only to the One Great Judge.” ALL FCR GOOD CITIZENSHIP, The Patriots of Colcn‘al Times Fougl t Against the Joining of Church and State. Professor alonzo T. Jones of New York aelivered an interesting lecture on the subject: “What is Patriotism 1n This Country ?”” at Metropolitan Temple yester- day. The attendance was not nea s0 large as usual, but the enthusiasm of those present more than made amends for this deficiency. Chairman Quitzow opened the meeting with a few general remarks, excusing the smail attendance because of the beautiful day at park and seashore. Dr. George T. Derrick followed in a brief address, aiter which the speaker of the day was intro- duced. ‘*What is patriotism in this country?” caid Professor Jones. “That is a question which needs to be thoroughly undesstood. Love of country is much more than affec- tion for mountains, rills aud rivers. It is the love of country which extends to its principles and its institutions which makes tue country what it ““TLe chief principle involved nowadays is the same as existed when the country was established—the relation of religion and state. Qur fat .ers sai That reli- gion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator aud the manner of discharging can be directed only by reason and convic- tion, not by force or violence, and there- fore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience.” he speaker discoursed on the relation of religion tothe Government as viewed the Colonies. He said that Jefferson, Adams and others fought against the es- tablishment of any particular church, for the reason that such act would be merely ‘“‘erecting a claim to infallibility which would lead us back to the church of Rome.” “It was contended,” continued the “that a man’s conscience is re- sponsible only to the great Judge; hence it is easily seen that the one thing our fathers had in]view in giving religious free- dom was to escape the church of Rome. In order to do this, however, it was neces- sary that no cburch or religion be given the preference. This was done in Pean- vania before the Government was even established. “Other colonies foliowed suit, with the resalt that the Declaraiion of lndepend- ence carried with it this furdamental principle of succ Before this, how- ever, a vizorous attempt was made 10 pass t * ral Assemuly ‘a bill establish- g a provision for teachers of the Chris- tian religion.” it provided for a general assessment on all taxable property for the purpose named, each person,as he paid the 1ax, to say to which particular denomina- tion he desired it conveyed. The bill was cuccessfully carried to the third reading and then checked by a motion of Madison to postpone to the next General Assem- | Madison immediately issued the fol- ing letter, which finally caused tue de- at of the measure: it for a fundamental and that religion, or the duty ur Creator, and the manner harging it can be directed only by conviction, not by force or vio- —the religion, then, 0f every man must ft to the conviction and cooscience of man; and it is ercise it as these may diciate. its nature, an inalienable; because the opinio ence contemplated eir own minds, cannot jfoliow the. dic of other men. Itis inalienable, also, be what is bere & right loward men is & toward the Creator. It is the duty ot efy man to render to the Creator such hom- %, and such only, as he beileves to be ac- able to him. his dut precedent, both in order of time n degree of obligation, to the claims of ciety. Beiore any man can be consid- he must be dered us & subject of the Governor of the e; and if a member of civil society, s into any subordinate association, st alway ith @ reservation of his duty to the general author much more must every man who becomes a member of any particular eivil society do it with & saving of his allegiance to the Universal Sovereign. We maintain, therefore, that in matters of re. ligion no man’s right is abridged by the inst] tution of civil iety, and that religion wholly exempt from iis cognizance. True it is, that no other rule exists by which sny question which may divide a scciely can be ultimateiy determined than the wiil of the majority; but it is Also true that the meajority may trespass upon the rights of the minority. Because, if religion is exempt from the authority of society at large, still less can it be subject to that of the legisiative body. The latter is but .the creature and vicegerent of the former. Its jurisdiction is both deriva- > and limited. Itis limited with regard to co-ordinate departments; more necessarily is it limited with regard to the constituents, The preservation of & free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which reparate each department of power be invar:- bls maintained, but more especially that cither of them be suffzred to overleap the great barrier which defends the rights of the people. The rulers who are guilty of such en encroechment exceed the commission from which they derive their authority, and are tyrants. The people who submit to it are gov- erned by laws made neither by themselves nor by any nulhol;uy derived from them, and are slaves. * * Because experience witnesseth that eccle- siestical establishments, instead of maintainu- fug the purity and efficacy of religion, have hed & contrary operation. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal estublishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? Moreor less, in all piaces, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in_ both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Inquireof the teach- ers of Christianity for the ages in which it ap- peared in its greatest luster; those of every »ect POINt to the ages prior o its incorpora- tion with civil polity. Propose a restoration of this primitive state, in which its teachers depend on the voluntery regard of their flocks, many of them preaict its downfall. On which side ought their testimony to have preatest weighi—when for, or when against, their interest ? It is vproper now to see if therz is any special need to revise the laws made by our forefathers. You are all familiar with the fact that the church of Rome has made assertions that she wanted tis country. Thbis comes clean from Leo to San Francisco. In 1892 the Supreme Court of the United States declared this country a Cbristian Nation, proving it by docu- ments issued by Ferdinand and Isabella to Columbus. See what followed this. July 11, 1892, there was published in this coun- try, in the New York Sun, a letter from the Vatican announcing the plans of Leo XIII respecting the United States and throughout the world. In this letter it was written: What the church has done in the past for others she will now do for the United States. * « » Like all intuitive souls he hails in the United American States and in their voung and flourishing church the source of new life for Europeans. He wants America to be pow- ywe 10 0 the right of every man “This right th erful, in order that Europe may regain strength from borrowing a rejuvenated type. * * * If the United States succeed in solving the many problems that puzzle us Europe will follow her example and this outpouring of light will mark a date in the history not only of the United States but of all humanity. _“‘In October, 1892, Francis Satolli, Arch- bishop of Leponto, was sent to this coun- try asthe personal representative of the Pope, ostensibly to represent the Pope's interest in the Columbian Exposition, but in reality to be permanent apostolic dele- gate at the capital of the Nation, with as- surance under the seal of ‘the fisherman’s ring’ that whatever he does shail be con- firmed by the Pope. “‘September 5, 1893, at the World’s Cath- olic Congress, Chicago, this same Satolli delivered to ‘the Catholics of America’ the following message from Leo XIII: In the name of Leo XIII I salute the great American republic, and I call upon the Catho- lics of Amerlca to go forward, in one hand bearing the book of Christian truth and in the other the constitution of the United States. * * » Bring your fellow-countrymen, bring your couniry, into_immediate contact with thet great secret of blessedness—Christ and his church. = Here you have & country which will repay alleffort not merely tenfold, but, aye! a hundred-fold. And this no one understands better than the immortal Leo. And he charges me, his delegate, to speak out to America words of hope and blessing, world of j Go forward! in one band bearing | the book of Christian truth—the Bible—and in the other the constitution of the United States. “A few days later, September 24, 1893, Professor Thomas O'Gorman of the Catho- | lic University, Washington, D. C., having been announced in the published pro- gramme to read a paper at the World’s Parliament of Religions on ‘The Relation of the Catholic Cburch to America,’ changed the title to ‘The Relation of Chris- aity to America,” and declared that ‘by right of discovery and possession, dating back almost nine” hundred years, America is Christian’; cited evidences in proof of ‘an acquaintance between America and the churcn in tilnes when the only Christian- ity in existence was_ Catholic,’ and de- clared that thisis ‘a Nation that shall find its perfection in Catholic Christianity.’ +‘Qctober 18 and 19, 1893, the jubilee of Car- dinal Gibbons ‘as celebrated at Baitimore. The night of the 18th Archbishop Ireland delivered a panegyric in which he ex- claimed : 1 preach the new, the most glorious crusade. Church and age! Unite them in mind and beart, in the name of humanity, in the name of God. Church and age! * * * Monsignor Satolli, the church and the age. Rome is the church; America is the age. “And at the banquet the night of the | 19th the archbi shop again spoke to the fol- | lowing purpose: 1 do not know whether or not you appreciate | the full value of the union vousee typified | here to-night—the union of the Catholic chureh | HISTORIC PAPERS LOST IN THE BAY. Five Carloads of Original Documents Dumped as Refuse. BUT A FEW ARE SAVED. Private Letters of Halleck, Sutter, Leidesdorff, Lick and Span- ish Dons. THEY TOLD OF EARLY DAYS. Carted Away by an Innccent Janitor. A Letter on Selecting a Site for Chico. Through the presentation of a number of papers to the Park Museum by Louis Plank of 2600 Sacramento street there has been brought to light the fact that many papers and documents which would have been of inestimable value to the historian of San Francisco and the State have been lost forever. “Some time ago, while in the museum in Golden Gate Park,” said Mr. Plank last evening, “I noticed that there was no display of documents relating to the early history of this State and City and having a number of writings bearing on that sub- ject 1 concluded to donate a few."” Among the contribution are bank checks of some of the old-time banks of this City, such as Page, Bacon & Co., Lucas, Turner & Co. and Palmer, Cook & Co.; also, a bill and America; the fraternity between the | ciurch and the non-Catholics of the Nation. | | The Vice-Presidrnt of the United States comes here and takes his seat alongside the cardinal. | The spirit of fraternity between church and | state thus typified is the result of the work of our American cardinal. September 24 the fewspaper dispatches stated that Bishop Keane was the bearer of a rescript from Pope Leo XIil, of which | the import was as follows: | The papal rescript elevates the United States | to the first rauk as a Catholic Nation. Hereto- | fore this country has stood before the church | &s a missionary country. Ithad no more rec- | | ognition officially at Rome than China. the new rescript the country is freed from the propaganda and is declared to be a Catholic | country. 1n his encyclical of January 6. 1895, to the hierarchy in America, Leo XIII him- self speaks and says: We highly esteem and love exceedingly the | young and vigorous American Nation, in hich we plainly discern latent forces for the | advancement alike of civilization and of Chris- | tianity. * « The fact tnat Catholicity | with you is in good condition, nay, is even en- | joying & prosperous growth, is by all means to | be atiributed to the fecundity with which God | has endowed his church; * * put she | would bring forth more abundant fruits if, in | addition to liberty, she enjoyed the favor of the | laws and the patronage of the public Guthority. Now, can_any man read over this siring of | facts and deny that there is being carried on by the papacy in the United States a fixed purpose to crowd itself into_place in this Na- tion as the Christianity” of “this Christinn Nation.” Rome has caught the cue of the Su- preme Couri's interpreiaiion of the constitu- tion, and is using it to her advantage. It behooves American citizens to work hard and fastif they intend to overcome the power she has already attained. MICHEY D'BHEN'S BRICK, With It the Newsboy Knocks Out a Third-Street Car Conductor. | ] He Resented Being Pitched Into the Street While He Was Piying His Trade. H Little *Mickey”” O'Brien, who sells | papers at the corner of Third and Market streets, and incidentally does business in transfers, to the great displeasure of Super- intendent Vining and Lis minious, is the hero of the hour among the gamins who know him. Single-handed, but with a brick in it, he captured car 1103 yesterday morning at 8:50 o’clock running south from Market. Mickey’’ was not looking for troubl was forced upon him, and he stood nis ground to do battle. In the course of his business he boarded the car, offering his wares to the passen- gers. The conductor spied him, and, reaching out, grabbed him by the nape of the neck and pitched him out onto the | | bard pavement. The act was a ruffianly | one, and might have seriously injured any 1ad, but not **Mickey.” The passengers who witnessed the bru tal adtion of tus conductor were not bas ward in expressing themseives. While they were so doing Mickey was picking himself up and hunting for ammunition 1o continue warfare. He spied a brick. That was just his size, and he wielaed it to the great discom- fort of the passengers on the rear dummy, who dodged inside of the car for protec- tion. They were unacquainted with Mickey’s accuracy of aim or else they need have no fear. Straight from Mickey’s fist the brick flew and landed with an ominous thud on the conductor’s stomach. It only smashed the fellow’s watch, and he soon recovered his wind. Picking the brick up, he harled it back at the kid, but it overshot the mark, Fearing further hostilities, the conduc- tor rang two bells for the car to start. By this time Mickey felt master of the situation. He held all the ammunition and the enemy was in retreat. But that was not enough; he went in pursuit. The window at the rear end of the car was open, and just the other side of it was the conductor's back. It made an elegant iarget, and Mickey prides himself now that he made a clean bullseye. The brick fetched up against the back of the conductor’s neck and knocked him down. The Police are now looking for little “Mickey’’ O’Brien, who is wanted on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. FALL OF THE BASTILE. The French Colony Will Celebrate the Anniversary at the Chutes. P. A. Bergerot presided at the Saturday meeting of the Fourteentn of July com- mittee appointed by the French colony to arrange for the celebration of the anniver- sary of the fall of the Bastile. The fete will be held in the new pavilion built on the grounds of the chutes, near the park. The literary committee presented the following programme: Overture, president's address, “Hail Co- lumbia” by the orchestra,address by the Fench Consul, Lyre Francaise Chorus, Engiish ad- dress, “Star Spangled Banner,” address in French, “La Marseillaise,” with the Lyre Fran- caise cnorus. * After the fireworks at night there will be from Thomas Sprague against the Civil Government of California for $200 for an iron safe, certified as correct on the 30th | of April, 1848, by J. L. Folsom, Assistant Quartermaster and Collector oi the Port. Captain Folsom was at one time one of the largest land-owners in this City. Folsom street was named for him and he was the | owner of the property at Second and Fol- | som streets, on which now stands the Wie- land Brewery. There is a receipt from Adolph Sutro, the present Mayor, dated April, 1853, Sacramento street, for two boxes of candles, sixty-four pounds, at 35 cents a pound. An agreement by which William A. Leidesdorff, prominent in early bistory, offering to sell to D. Baxter a lot at the southwest corner of Battery and Sacra- mento streets for $36,000 cash or $40,000 on the instaliment plan, was amortg the num- ber. This bears date of September 29, 1851, but does not give the dimensions of the property offered. A bill for merchandise sold to Don Rafael Pinto of the bark Muscovia, seized | by Henrique Richardson, the man who laid out old Sausalito, and after whom Richardson’s Bay was named. An order from George Hyde, first Alcalde, dated October, 1848, directing Wm. D. M. Howard, administrator of the estate of Leidesdorff, to pay certain money to Henry Gerke, who was well known in early days, the owner of much realty on the western slope of Telegraph Hull. A receipt from Frank Ward for ribbons and silks, bought by W. Cheds, and dated Yerba Buena, August 24, 1846. That is be- fore San Francisco was known. A receipt from Robert A. Parker, dated April, 1847, for $25 45 for freight on a piano and furniture from New York to San Francisco. A bill of goods, charged to William A. Leidesdorff, dated Yerba Buena, July 20, | 1846, and signed by Josiah Belden for the | owners of the bark Don Quixote, from whom the goods were purchased. A promissory note by Leidesdorff in the following words: Fifty days after date I promise to pay to Thomas O. Larkin the sum of two hundred and seven dollars, payable in hides. December 8, 1847, San Francisco. This would show that in those days money was not very plentiful. There is also a bill from the S8an Fran- cisco Gas Company against George W. Frink showing that from April 11 to 18, 1855, he consumed 1500 feet of gas at $15 when he was engaged in business at 113 | 34 per thousand feet—$22 50—but the com- pany, in consideration of prompt pay- ment, allowed a rebate of 6 per cent. “About two years ago, when Mont- gomery block was sold,” continued Mr. Plank, “I happened to be in the old build- ing and noticed a number of papers thrown in a heap on the floor. Picking up a few of them I noticed that they were of the character of those I gave to the Park Museum. Having for a number of years been a collector of all I could find relating to California history I noticed at once that from a historical point they were valuable. “The janitor asked me if I wanted any of them. I told him I should lLike a few, and he told me to take them ali, and added: ‘If you had been here two weeks ago you could have had all you wanted, for I had four or five cartloads carried away from bere and dumped into the bay.’ To say that I was mad when 1 heard that is a mild way to put it. I secured all there was left, two boxes full, and have them now. & “Here,” said Mr. Plank taking up a paper at random from a drawer in his desk, “is an interesting letter from Gen- eral Sutter.” Following 1s a copy of this as written on his farm at Helvetia: Hock, July 4, 1849. Arch C. Peachy, Esquire: DeaR SIR: Yesterday I hashad the pleasure of sending you a letter by Olympia. Ihope you now in possession of it. I take the liverty to introduce to you my friend Mr. J. Bidwell, he can give you every information about the country as he knows her through and through. He knows a good place for a town near the Butes, perhaps it would be good if you, lieu- tenant Maynard and myself lay one out there. Excuse my haste and beleive me my dear sir yours respectfully your obedient servant and friend J. A. SUTTER. * ARCH C. PEACHY Barque Whiton Bacramento City This refers o General Bidwell and the proposition 1n those early days to lay out the city which is now known as Chico, and A. C. Peachy was in later years & member of the law firm of Peachy, Bil- lings & Halleck, the owners at one time of Montgomery block. Mr. Plank produced a charter party by which Samuel Brannan gave D. W. M. Howard the use of the launch Rainbow to carry freight or passengers from July 12, 1849, in consideration of $415a month; an order from H. W. Halleck, Secretary of State, authorizing Captain Folsom to re- ceive from William Richardson, ex-Col- lector of the Port and the first Harbor Master of San Francisco Bay, 5000 Pe- ruvian dollars of uncertain value in part payment of money due the civil Govern- | ment, and a morigage given by Leidesdorff to James Lick for $10,000 loaned on the | City Hotel. At the foot of this document is the word “cancelled,” the signature of James Lick and the date, September 18, 1848, The papers in the possession of Mr. Plank are so many in number that he has | not had time to examine them all, but they are very interesting. They are the private papers of Captain Folsom, W. A. Leidesdorff, A. C. Peachy and General H. W. Halleck, all of which throw light on the early history of this City. A BEAUTIFUL OLD EPITAPH. ' | In Was Translated From the Gaelic in an Old Scottish Cnurch. There is something singularly beautiful and affecting in the following epitaph, which an old newspaper represents as translated from one (in Gaelic, probablv) in the parish church of Glenorchy, in Argyllshire: Lo, she lies here in the dust, and her memory fills me with grief; silent is the tongue of Melody, and the hand of ele- gance is now at rest. “No more shall the poor give thee his blessing, nor shall the naked be warmed with tue fleece of thy flock; the tear sbalt thou not wi&? away from the eye of the wretched. here now, O feeble, is thy wanted _help? No more, my Fair, shall we meet thee in the social hall; no more shall we sit at thy bospitable board. Gone forever is the sound of mirth; the hind, | the candid, the meek is now no more. ‘Who can express our grief! Flow, ye tears of woel” — o = A Napoleonic Legend Svoiled. The Napoleonic legend tells how Napo- leon, while Moscow was in flames, found time to draw up a decree organizing the Theatre Francais. Alas! the story 1s not true. The French national archives have recently been overhauled, and it transpires that Napoleon was in Poland when he re- ceived the decree ready to be signed. He there signed it and sent it back to Paris, but in the margin wrote tae following: “To be forwarded when the army will be at Moscow. It is his Majesty’s intention that the decree should be dated from that town.” The archives do not say whether the decree was sent to Moscow or not, bat it was certainly not drawn up there.—Paris Daily Messenger. the usual dancing. The executive officers of the Thirtieth Assembly (Republican) Club, organ- ized in the interest of the party for the coming campaign. Both officers and members are energetic, determined young men, who are sound on’ Republican principles and will show a good record next November. REALTY MARKET REVIEW, Operations of the Torrens Land System in Ohio Ex- plained. IS A SUCCESS IN ILLINOIS. A Much B:tter Showing Being Made This Month in Building Operations. The Torrens Land Transfer System, which has been iu use in Illinois since the first of the present year, is giving excellent satisfaction there,according to the reports published in the newspapers of Chicago and other cities of the State. - The Supreme Court of 1llinois declared thelaw constitutional,and asitis the first State in the Union to adopt the system its operation and benefits will be watched with keen inter- est by all real-estate dealers and owners throughout the country. There are many ad- vantages claimed for the system, all of which seem to be well sustained by its operations in Illinois: Ohi1o has alsoadopted the system and it will go into effect in that State the 1stof Septem- ber next. At a recent meeting of business men held in Cincinnati J. T. Harrison, a prominent attorney of that city, read a paper which suc- cintly and in simple language explaiued the Torrens system. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette of May 24 gives the following report of Mr. Harrison’s address on the subject: He explained In a detailed way the working of the “Torréns Land System,” which is named after Sir Robert Torrens, an Englishman. This system was introduced into Australia in 1858 and had been used in the New Zealand colonies since 1870, and in Englana since 1875 and Canada since 1883 and In Illinois since the first of the present year. It will become effective in Ohio September 1. It had been used in Prussia, Bavaria and other Eu- Topean countries for a_century, and in | amburg for 600 years. Atthe World’s Fair the change was first agitsted in Amer.ca. There was present there a real estate congress. The system provides that a title be examined by an expert down to a given time, and when the title is thus certified it must hold zood. This fixes a basis aud avoids long examinations. A title thus once registered and certified is fs- sued 10 the owner, and upon this certificate ail no- tations of liens or other interests which affect the land are stated. No interest in the land can be made a lien upon it until so siated on the register aud certificate. If snowner w nis to mor gage his land he does so in duplicate; gives them Lo the lender, wao presents both to the Recorder, who files the duplicate and returns the original to the lender with the proper notations ihereon. If the title is transferred the old certificate is re- turned and canceled, and a new certificate 1ssued 10 the purchaser. The old sysiem is a back number. This is shown plainly. In Chicago, from October, 1871, to December, 1895, there were transcribed and re- corded in 500 volumes 2,326,819 legal documents; up to March 15, 1894, there had been filed in the Recorder's office ¥,900,634 volumes. The annual cost in Chicago Is about $10,000,000. All of this was causcd by the great fire. Cincionati has 800 large volumes of deed records, 700 of mortgages and 150 lease records, not to s, anything avout many of the reports and books. The present sys- tem Is too tedious. Under the new one & borrower can negotiate aloan in s few minutes. The pres- ent system is a chain which is only as strong as its weakest link, and often this is very weak. Title examinations in Chicago for 1890 cost $3,000,000. Mr. Harrlson cited numerous objections to the oid law and pointed out the advantages of the new o e, When the law becomes effective in Obio it wiil De optional wizh all (he owners of land and repre- sentatives of estates to make application for the registration of titics. The applicaiion must be made to the Probate or Common Pleas Court. The law gives thecourt ample time for investigation, and npov satistactory evidencea proper certificate is 1ssued. The Recorder must rgister the title, when certified to by the court,and issue the proper ceitificates. Co:porations must give names of offi- cers. Kxecutors and sdministrators bave rules laid down for them. All transfers are wade in the office of the Recorder. At death land passes to the personal representative of the estaie, who may have the lana registered and certificates obtained for the hieirs. Land bought under this Act s 10 pay 1-10 of 1 per cent of tae tax value. This provides for an assurance fund. Provision is made for re- imbursements. Tue fees under the new system are very reasonable. In ciosing Mr Harrison said: The fees reqmred are to the referce notless than $5, no more than 830, and such other fees on filing the appiication and 10 the Recorder from 2 cents 1o $2 for each paper filed or item of service rendered. The fee for examining and registering each transfer of registered land, including the filing of all papers therein, entering memorials, issuing new_cer:ifi- cates of titley and indexing came, $2 50. The fou of the referee is also to be estumated at one-haif of 1 per cent upon the value of the land appraised for taxation up to $10.000. T estimate that upon a piece of real esiate worth $3000, and which would be valued for taxation at_about 1800, the total cost for registration would be in the neigh- borliood of $30, including sttorney’s fees. This Is about the cost of one examination and abstract of tile. Penalties are provided for fraud- ulent registration, alterations of register Lok in the Recorder’s office, m ‘king the same a feiony— imprisonment in the penitentiary from one to five years, also afine not exceeding $5000. Forgery in the matter is made punishable by iniprisoument in the penitentary from one toten yearsand a fine not exceeding $5000. 41l books, papers and documents filed in the Recorder's office are de- clared the subjects of larceny, and that the of- fender, when convicted, shall be Imprisoned in the penitentiary from one to seven years. Perjury i3 made a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary 110 n one to six years. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There was & notable increase last week in the amounts called for in the building con- tracts filed. The number filed was 19, aggre- gating $150,962. This included a portion of the coutracts, three in number, aggregating $52,881, for the new building of the San Fran- cisco Gaslight Company, on Post street, near Powell. The contracts filed thus far during the month aggregate nearly a quarter of a million of dollars, and it is probable that at the pres- ent rate the total for the month will be large enough to make up for the falling off in May. There were 101 transfers recorded last week. Eighty-one mortgages, aggregating $249,533, were placed on record last week. Tne larger ones and the security given were: By the German Savings and Loan Society, for orie year at 614 per cent, $25,000, on prop erty on the east liiie of Stockton street, 50 feet south of Sutter, south 40 by east 80, and prop- erty on the southwest corner of Green and Webster streets, south 137:6 by west 101:114; by the Hibernia Sayings and Loan Society, for ohe year at 64 per cent, $20,000, ou property at the southwest corner of Siockton and Union streets, south 68:9 by west 115; by the California Title Insurance and Trust Company for one year at 615 per cent, $15,000 on prop- erty at the southeast corner ot Sansome and Commercial streets, north 50, east 60, south 16:8, east 30, north 66:8, west 90; by the Hi- bernia Savings and Loan Society for one year at 614 per cent, $10.000 on property at the southeast corner of Gough and O'Farrell east 103:6, south 30, east ) ,and by the Ger- man Savings and Losn Society for one year at 614 per cent, $12,000 on property on the north lite of Post street, 98:9 feet west of Polk, west 68:9 by norta 120. Sixiy-two releases, aggregating $238,375, were filed last week. The principal ones were: By the French Bank to Francoise Tainere, $47,000 on properiy at the northwest corner of Hyde and McAllister streets, west 70 by north 114:6; by Abraham B. Keesing to Han- nah Keesing, $12,000 on property at the northwest corner of Twentieth street and Potrero avenue, north 408 by west 100; by E. H. Knight to Charles A. King, $12,850 on roper!y at the southeast corner of Green and B\'e ster streets, eust 192:6, south 137:6, west' 100, north 27:6, west 92:6 and north 110; by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to the Joseph Wagner Manufacturing Company, £30,000 on_property ou the south corner of Spear and Mission streets, southwest 45:10 by southeast 137:6, and property on the south- east line of Mission street, 45:10 feet south- west of Spear, southwest 45:10 by southeast 187:6: by James D. Phelan to Albert W. King, $12,500 on property at the southwest corner of H street and Forty-first avenue, west 240 by south 600, and by the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to Alfred Bouvier, $10,000 on property on the north line of Broadway, 87 :E east of Scott street, east 50 by north 110. MISCELLANEQUS NOTES. Recent sales made by Jacob Heyman include one lot on Twenty-third street for £1000 and one lot on Alvarado street for $950, both in the Heyman Tract; also two lots iu block 722 for §600. M:. Heyman will commence this week the erection of a cottage on Sullivan street, near Cortland avenue. Baldwin & Hammond have just placed upon the market subdivision 2 of ki Cerrito Park, a, portion of the town of San Mateo. This is the second subdivision placed upon the market, and the property is in_every respect very de- sirable. The lois average in size 150x200, and the streets have botn sewers and water mains laid. 3 New trains between this City and Mateo Jeave the latter vlace at 8 4.3, and arrive in San Francisco at 8:40 A. 3. Returning in the evening, the train leaves hereat 5:30 P. M. and arrives at San Mateo al 6:10 ». M. These trains shorten the time ten minutes. This firm reports a %ood demand for the lots in the block bounded by H and I streets and Ninth and Tenth avenues, which they recently placed upon the market. The terms at which these lots are offered, viz : $50 cash and $10 per ‘month, make it an inducement for buyers to take them, and as a resuit quite a number have already been disposed of. O’Farrell & Co. are to be confnlullted upon having secured the handling of all - of the unimproved portion of the Weber es- tate of Stockton. It is mainly inside Pmsfl'(y and includes fiiteen blocks inthe best Tesidence portion of the city, tweuty-four blocks near the center of Stockton and thirty- five acresof outside land. The proverty is at present owned by C. M. and Julia H. Weber, who inherited it from their father, the late Captain Weber, The latter was the founder of Stockton and donated many sites_for iactories and public buildings. Until O’Farrell & Co. made a contract to handle the property the Weber heirs refused to set a price upon any porton of their hoidings. Last week the block unded by Weber avenue, EL Dorado, Bridge and Hunter streets, 200x300, was sold by the Webers to Henry Cowell for $85,000, O'Farrell & Co., conducting the sale. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will on Saturday, the 27th of this month, offer at auction about 400 acres of the famous Murphy ranch in the Santa Clara Valley. It has been divided in small tracis of ten acres each and the portion so- lected for this sale is the very cream of this well-known ranch. A special excursion train will be run on the day of the sale. This firm will also hold an auction sals of miscellaneous properties June 30. A petition is now being circulated among owners of property along Golden Gate avenne between Van Ness ayenue and Market street urging the Board of Supervisors to rescind the resolution passed some time ago declaring that portion of the avenne a bouievard. Negotiations between D. Samuelsand the owners of the Center Market have apparently fallen through, and it is more than probable that Mr. Samuels will locate his store in some other quarter. He has had offers made him Dy several parties, and it looks as if he would have a chance to choose among & number of locations that would perhaps prove more cen- tral than the market property. Messrs. A. J. Carmany and H. D. Lawrie have been appointed joint managers of the Califor- nia Titie Insurance and Trust Company in place of L. R. Ellert, who recently resigned the position of manager. Both gentlemen have been connected with the company for a number of years and are thoroughly "conversant with its affairs, and are likewise thoroughly informed in regard to the particular line of business in which the company is engaged. They were selected by a unanimous vote of the board of directors, which demonstrates how highly the gentle- men are esteemed by those whose interests they have been chosen to manage. RACE JUDGING BY MACHINE Bluifing the Judges of the Ath- letic Meet a Thing of the Past. An Automatic Recording Mechanism Which Is Bound to Decide Impartially. The introducion of machinery, against which divers long-haired red-flag wavers are wont to inveigh as the cause of our present industrial conditions, has not only invaded the former domain of manual labor, but even threatens now to dispense with the necessity of mental exertion. In these tin de siecle days we have ceased to wonder at the revolutions which machin- ery has made in the various branches of industry—the great changes which the combined harvester has made in agricult- ure, or the complex and intricate looms have brought about in cloth-making. The latest innovation tending toward the abolition of mental exertion is a “Patent automatic 1judgin;z machine,” for judging the finish of sprinting, bicycle, or even swimming races. This ingerious machine is the work of A. L. Band, a prominent Australian athlete and member of the New South Wales Athletic Club. The machine is used at nearly all the big athletic meets in Australia, and many professionals refuse to race withont it. The mechanism of the judging machine is rather simple. It consists of six up- right poles, connected above, and forming five openings, through each ot which one contestant finishes. Across each opening is streiched a light tape w. ich, when broken, releases one of five shutters on an The shutter, dropping, reveals the num ber of the winning man. The shutic. hiding the number of the winner is the only one that drops, unless the contest- antsrun a dead heat, In which case two numbers are shown. Besides the indicator, there 1s also placed above the framework a self-recording mechanism which indicates the distance between the various finishers. This re- cording device consists of a cylinder covered with paper marked off on a scale of feet and inches, and after being started just before the runners reach the finish, revolves at a uniform rate, and as each man finishes, the same spring that releases the indicator also releases a little pen whic'i strikes the tevolving paper-covered cylinder, and thus the distance between the men is mark: 0Of course the distance is only appro: the distance when the runners are going at top speed—perhaps a 10 or 10 1-5 second rate in the 100-yvard dash. Several successful trials were made yes- terday with the new machine at the Olym- pic Club grounds. Besides Mr. Band, the inventor, there were present M. G. Dod- well, his associate, a member of the New Zealand Athletic Association, John Ellivtt letes. All expressed themselves as well pleased with yesterday’s trial, which was the first exhibition of the machine in this country. make great changes in sprinting races. As one enthusiast said yesterday, it can neither be bluffed nor bribed. The dis- tance-measuring mechanism, - while it measures only quroximltely. indicates very much more closely than the human eye could possibly do. Whether the intro- duction of this-and similar machines which do away with the necessity of mental effort will cause the decay of the mental faculties from disuse is a question for the evolutionist to ponder over. THE BUGGY WAS sMASHED. Pgter Zimmerman of San Jose Left His Rig in the Country. Peter Zimmerman of San Jose, who rode from Holy Cross Cemetery to Thirtieth street and San Jose avenue on Saturday night underneath an electric car, is still in a padded cell in the Receiving Hos- pital. He is now tearful, and instead of calling for Billy Boiden, the San Jose at- tor ney, he begs that his wife be sent to him. He tays she lives at 233 Walnut street, San Jose. The police learned yesterday that Zim- /nerman hired a horse and buggy on Sat- urday morning from the Fashion stables in San Jose, and the rig was found yester- day morning near Uncle Tom’s Cabin, on the San Jose road. The rig was badly smashed and it looked as if it had been capsized. Zimmerman apparently walked from there, leaving the rig, to Holy Cross Ceme- tery, where he got underneath the car. NEW TO-DAY. MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY, NCLUDING NATIVE SONS GOLDEN WEST, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order Red Men, Ancient Order Foresters and other cemetery asso- ciations, San Mateo County: neurest cemelery Lo the city; non-sectarian. LN N0 SENSE EXCLUSIVE: PERFECT TITLE GUARANTEED: location unex- celied. 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