The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1896. HON, W, B ELLIS OF EASTERN OREGON He Favors the Dingley Bill and a Law Aiding In- dian-Fighters. Decided Improvement in Business i in the North Since the Election. Jobn H. Mitchell to Succeed Himself| in the Senate—Need of the Nicaragua Canal. Congressman W. R. Ellis of Oregon arrived vesterday on his way 1o Washing- ton, accompanied by Mrs. Eilis, 1tis the first time in thirteen years that Mr. Ellis has been here, z2nd then he was on his way to Oregon from Iowa, where he had lived riearly his entire life. He settled at Heppner, in FEastern | Oregon, in a rich farming and sheep-grow- ing country. When he had been there seven vears he was elected to Congress, was re-elected, and now for the third time ! last August, the event which many w | remember was won by the Eastern crack- two years' imprisonment and §5000 on each count. Two and & hall years are already served. Judge Ross denied ‘the writ and heid that Greenwald’s sentences are to run for six vears munus the credits for good behavior, and that he need not 1ake the pauper’s oath to es- cape the fines as on each count the maximum sentence was imposed. CYCLERS IN TRAINING. Saturday’s Meet—The Road Club and Eay City Club Kuns and Pool Tournament Next Week, A large number of racers are in active daily training for the opening meet at the new Veloarome track next Saturday. Wells and his trainer (Aylward) have come up from San Jose, and another re- cent arrival is W. E. Becker of Minneapo- lis, who won the five-mile National eham- pionship at the League of American Wheelmen's annual meet in Louisville 1 erjack, . M. Murphy, on the San Jose track in November, 1895, when he defeated | Bald and Cooper, and wen what was prob- ably the most interesting and bitterly con- tésied event ever se=n in California. There will be an immense crowd at the meet Saturday if the advance sale of seats is any criterion. The sport should be of the best, as all the crack riders of the coast are entered, and several from the East. The track 1s perfectly safe, being six laps to the mile, well banked all the way around, and is so scientifically con- structed that it actually induces speed. It is built of boards, and itis weli known that a board track is faster for cyclers than either cement or earth. The management contemplates holding !another meet on Thanksgiving day, and entry blanks dare already out providing for a mile handicap, amateur, two-thirds mile open vprofessional, two mile handi: can professional, besides the Velodrome shield race, a match race between two CONGRESSMAN W. R. ELLIS of Oregon, Now at the Grand,; Ne N :\::E_i\f\‘ NS RN NN N % & = R SSNN S Who Has Just Been Elected for the Third Time. [Sketched: from-life by a *‘Call”: artist.] he has been elected. Mr. £llis is of heavy | prominent riders, and a match tandem | build, bas blue eyes, a full dark beard and | is about 45 years old. I The Congressman says that never before | was there such a fight waged in Oregon as during the recent campaign. There were | speakers out all the time, and Mr. Ellis | took a very lively part in the fray. “We carried my district, which is the second, by 4000 majority for McKinley,” | said he, ‘‘but ovér in the Willamette they i went back on us, brincineg in a Democratic | majority of about 1700. This leit the| State to the Republicans by about 2300. | “My Congressional district embraces all | east of the Cascade Mountains, except | Lake and Klamath counties and the river | counties of the Columbia west of the Cas- | cades. The wool industry is very im- } portant in it, and the question of the tariff | was a great issue in the camvpaign. Silver | did not cut.so much of a ligure. except | along the edges of Nevada and Idabo in | Oregon. 7 “‘Business has improved a good deal in Oregon lately. It has a very much healtnier tone. ~Sheep have ' advenced 10 and 20 cents a head and wool is going up. There is a bright outlook for the State. The Orezon Legislature will | elect 4 United States Senator this winter, | and in my judgment Senator Mitchell wil | be elected 10 succeed him. The Senator continues very popular. He did some great work in the recent campaign, He Was speaking everywhere. “I think the Pacific Coast should geca member in the next Cabinet. The position should be the Secretaryship of the In- terior or tne Postmaster-Generalship. We have no pronounced candidatesin Oregon, but suppose there may be yet. However, 1he coast should be represented. “Then in Oregon we would like to see | the Dingley bill become a Jaw. We woula | like to see the tariff raised temporarily on wool, Inmber and some other things till the McKinley bill could be passed. If we | could get the Dingley bill, though, it| would give us the temporary relief we need. “There is one other thing that Oregon would like to see accomplisned this win- | ter in Congress, and thatis the paasage of | a bill pensioning veterans of all Indian | wars prior to and including the year 1856, There are about 2000 ex-veterans and their widows on the Pacific Coast. I think itis | time something was done for them, and 1| am going to try to get it this winter. The pension desired is $12 a month. “Besides these two bills we, of course, | want to aid in every way we can the Nica- ragua cgnal.”’ Congressman and Mrs. Ellis, after re. maining heréa few days, will visit the Yo- semite, and wil}- then go to Los Angeles for a short time.. They will. reach Wash- ington about December 3, just before the opening of Congress." Smuggler Greenwald’s Sentence. Beveral weeks ago Crandall & Bull peti- tioned the United States Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus for Louis Greenwald, one of the Emerald gang of opium smugglers | who was sentenced to six years in San Quen- tin. The claim was that the sentence was in- definite, vague and accumulauive, and the judgment was defective. Greemwald was sentenced on three counts 1o, | of Solano County, is 1n the City on a visit | Tace. The programme is good, though it would seem that with the usual hotiday crowd at the intercollegiate football game and the hor-e races, the crewd that would | attend bic: be very larze. The members of the Golden Gate and e races that day would not | Waverly cycling ciubs mourn the loss of | a very prominent and popular member, P. J. Hyde, who died suddenly a few days ago.” He was well known in the cycling rld, and was a delecate to the asso- ated clubs and the Wheel:nen’s Muni- | ipai League. C. P. McLeod, a well-known wheelman c el | early in January. 10 FHGHT FOR THE CRAVEN- DEED Lawyers Are Now Lining Up for the Next Big Battle. Mrs. Craven and Her Principal Witnesses Meet for Consuitation. Judge Slack Has Appointed Three Appraisers to Inventory the Fair Estate, The legion of lawyers in the Fair estate litigation are forming new lines and al- liances for new strugeles over the late Senator’s millions, now that the pencil will has passea out of the complication. The special administrators, ‘W. K. Good- | fellow, James S. Angus and Thomas R. Crothers, and their counsel, will stand with the neirg and their counsel in oppos- | ing the suit of Nettie R. Crzven to recover possession of the Mission and Pine street vproperties, while they are opposed to each other in the contest over the trust clause in tne worobated will, for the administra- | tors are also the trustees. | All sorts of dire things are being said | with regard to those deeds and the claim- | ants under them. Itis asserted that the | activity of the Police Department, begun in anticipation of the trial of the will con- | test, will be continued in the matter of the | claims under the deeds held by Mrs. Cra- | ven for the Missson and Pine street prop- erties. It is alleged that the police have evidence going to show that the deeds are brought before the Grand Jury. On the other hand, the counsel for Mrs. | Craven declare that should this action be | taken it would please them to meet and | answer the charges on those lines as well, | if not betier, than upon any other. ““The same principle is invoived in the deeds as in the will,” they say. “The counsel for Charles Fair piled up stacks of | expert testimony to our hand when they | produced and espoused the pencil will, | as they did up to a very recent date and until the trust clause of the pencil wiu| | had been decided invalid. The resources | | of the City in the matter of experts and | frienas of Fair familiar with his nand- | | writing were aimost exhausted to show | that it was genuine writing of his own. | { | That evidence is still there. It will be a strange spectacle to see them now bring- ing charges of forgery in face of that evi- dence, supported by some other expert evidence going to show that it is not Fair’s siznature.” l Itis not claimed that the deeds, which | | are also written in pencil, were drawn by Senator Fair himself. 8o far from being | an element of weaknessit is cited as one of strength by the counsel for Mrs. Craven, for they will introduce as a wit- ness the man who wrote them, said to be a gentieman of high standing and a familiar friend of Senator Fair. The name of the person to whom the property was to be deeded was not written by this person, & space being left for it and in which the name of Mre. Craven was after- | wards inserted. The experts imported | from the East will, therefore, airect their | attention toward the signature, “James G. Fair.” The experts, Messrs. Ames and Car- vatho, have taken a room in the Parrott building, adjoining the offices of Knight { & Haggerty and Charles Fair, and with | the most improved appliances are at work. “They had not been in the office twenty | | minutes before they were .able to point out convincing discrepancies in the pen- | cil will,” said George Knight yesterday. “They wili do the same thing with the ;deeds. We have providea microscopes | that allow nothing to get away. They | cost the neat sum of $2000, but it is won- | derful the work they ao. Talk about tne X ray—the work of these instruments is almost as remarkable. No, it is absurd for the plaintiffs in this ejectment suit to | expect to win by merely getting benind a ‘notarial seal. I may say that the claim of Notary Cooney for damages for the al- | legation of forgery by Coarles Fair is also | absurd, as he will doubtless discover be- | fore all this litigation is concluded.” | Itis known that Fair hasa number of private detectives in his employ working on this matter, and one of them was over- heard to say in so mauy words and speak- ing of this matter, *“We have the Grand Jury all right, anybow.” The counsel fcr Mrs. Craven are busy | preparing for the trial of the ejectment suit, which they expect will be reached They are eager for trial, they si and would like to bring on the issue earlier, but that the crowded | state of Judge Slack’s docket prevents. and will remain Tor the races Saturday. Captain Day has called a run of the Bay | City Wheelmen to Laundry Farm for next | Sunday. It is a pretty trip, a shortand enjovable ride, anda a good dinner will awaif the tourists at their destination. There is a big entry list for the club’s pool tournament, whicti commences next Mon- day evening. The handicaps have not vet been announced, but the scratch men will | probabiy be Pike, Fred Day, Spalding and Bob Terrily. The 8an Francisco Road Club will bave a moonlight run to-morrow night to Sutro Batbs. Sundav next Captain Lewis will {lead the members on a. blind run, for which he promises some pleasant sur- vrises. The club will give us first annual dance Thursday evening, December 10, at Union-square Hall. H. A. Geddard left for the East Monday | night, being preceded a day by his fellow- member of The Bay City ‘Wheelmen, R. Van Zandt. Both will go to London for the annual cycle show there in December. | -———— SUICIDE OF A OLOAKMAKER. Robert W. Deutsch Kunds His Life by Inhaling Gas. Robert W. Deutsch, a cloakmaker at 223714 Sutter street, committed suicide : Tuesday night by turning on the gas. Deutsch came to this City with his wife and four children six months ago, but he was not_successful in obtaining employ- ment. flicted with asthma. In ordernot to annoy his family Deutsch slept in a small room over his wile’s bearoom. After bidding bis wife and children | good-night he went to bed and in the morn- he was discovered dead,with the gas turned on full force. That it was a case of de- Iiberate suicide was manifest by the fact that he filled all the keyholes and cracks of the door with paper. Deutsch wasa member of. tlie order of B'nai Brith and of the Odd Feilows. At one time he was a_ well-to-do merchant in New York, but. his iliness reduced bim in circumstances. S SSrE sh Scalded to Death. Anton Loewen, the baker who was badly scalded in Aunt Abbey’s bakery, Sixth street, early last Friday morning, by & kettleful of bomnfi lard falling over bim, died at the Ger- man Hospitul Tuesday night. He leaves a widow and jour cuildren, who reside in Oaklsnd. —————— Durrant’s Brief on Appeal. The motion for leave to file the brief in the Durrant case in the Supreme Gourt will come (up for heariyig on Decomber 2, T To add to his troubles he was af- | They had a consnitation with the princi- | pals yesterday, Mrs. Craven, Mr. Roberts | and Mr. Williams being present. With regard to the suit of Fair against Angus, to establish the status of the trust | clause of the probatea will, it is under- | stood that the opposing connsgl have | | agreed upon a means of getting to the |'Supreme Conrt as quickly as possible with | that question. | | While Judge Black has decided the trust i | clause invalid with regard to-real prop- | erty, judgment has not been given, and | therefore an appeal could not be taken. | It is understood that under this agree- | ment Charles Fair will be placed on the | | stand on Tuesday, when the case comes up betore Judge Slack. a few questions | will be asked him and then judgment will | be asked, given and an appeal taken. The heirs of ‘the Fair estate are losing no time in the matter of securing to them- | selves their own under the will allowed to g0 to probate last Monday. Upon their application Judge]Slack yes- | terday appointed three appraisers of tie estate, who were no sconer appointed than they began their work of placing val- ues apon the big property. The appraisers are Richard V. Dey, Gus- { tave L. Bresse and Ernest A, Leigh. | Dey is the choice of the heirs. He for many years occupied the closest of busi- ness relations with the late Senator, being | s private secretary and companion in a | tour of the world. He has been the busi- ness agent of the estate for :ome years and was one of 1he executors of the will of Mrs. Fair., Gustave L. Bresse is a biother of the late Euvene W. Bresse, who was named as one of the trust-es of the probated will | and who was Senator Fair’s private secre- | tary at the time of the millionaire’s death. | | Mr. Bresse was selected by the special ad+ ministrators of the estate, Goodfellow, ! Anzus and Crothers. Ernest A, Leigh was chosen by Judge Slack to represent the Probate Courtin listing the progerty and plucing valua- tions upon it. Mr. Leigh is a member of the real estate firm of Davidson & Leigh. The appraisers met yesterday and began the preliminary work of taking an inven- tory of the estate. Challenges the Grand Jury. Attorhey C. B. Darwin has given noiice to Judge Daingerfield that he desires to chal- lenge the legality and fairness of the Grand .luryl that returned an indictment for criminal 1ibel egainst Frederick llnrflolthl';nhlhhlng iu the News Letter an article reflecting on Judge Hebbard. A notice of this action has been served on the grand jurors, and_ they have’ been instructed to appear in Judze forgeries, and that this evidence will be | 5 | wine be piaced in the reserved column, | first quarter of the year had scarcely Daingerfield's court to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock to answer questions in regard to the point raised by Mr. Marriott’s attorney. WINE-MAKERS' MEETING. Last Year's Vintage—The Price Set at Not Less Than Twenty Cents Per Gallon. The annual meeting of the California Wine-makers’ Corporation took place in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, President H. Bendel of the board of di- rectors presiding.. The attendance was large, almost theeutire membership heing present, and 1025 shares out of the 1124 being represented. President Bendel in his opening address spoke of the flourishing condition of the corporation which has united the wine- makers in a solid body, and the result was that they have been enabled to com- mand better prices for their wina. By their unity they had emerged from the tenaer mercies of the buyer, who hereto- fore could set a price and the maker had to submit, During the last year over 16,000,000 gal- lons, mclufium sweet wines, were ex- ported, while the coast consumption was 6,000.000. Deduct 4,000,000 for sweets and 18,000,000 gallons are required for market. Oaly 10,000,000 galions have been pro- duced this year 10 supply the demand The present crop of sweet wine is remark- ably short, probably not exceeding 2,000.- 000 gallons exclusive of muscat. The report of J. H, Wheeler, secretary and manager of the corporation, states that the membership has increased from 185 to 217. The wine of the 95 vintage de- livered consisted of 5,092,678 gallons of red and 417,219 gallons of white; transierred to tue corporation in addition to the above 2,613,000 gallons, from which. have been deducted for sale 964,050 gallons. The defective wine amounts to less than 150,000 gallons. Extra or superior wines | sold at an advance over standard price, 120,000 gallons. Manager Wneeler referred in his report to the marked reduction of the expenses of the corporation and the advantages to the corporatiun by the return of the seilers to the wine association. There have been no losses, although the corporation has handled over half a million dollars in loanson wine. The classification of wines has been left to competitive buyers, and the poor products of the year, as shown by the defective report, is exceedingly smali. The report also referred to the dividend re- cently declared by the corporation of $6 per share. During the year 1897 loans will be made n the usual transfer, even though the when accompanied by the insurance policy and an affidavit to the effect that the wine is free irom other incumbrances, and belongs entirely to the member. In- | terest in aavance has been reduced from !9 to 8 per cent per annum, and no sub- scribed stock is required, as the corpora- | tion has now funds sufficient to supply 1ts members in full of its requirements. The expense contributed of 5 of a cent per gallon, which is half the usual brokerage charged, is the only expense attached to wine passing through the corporation. The pric: of new wines was discussed at length and a resolution unanimously adopted recommending that the board of directors set the figures at not less than 20 cents per gallon. The following directors were elected for the coming year: H. Bendel, president; P. C. Rossi, vice-president; J. H. Wheeler, secretary and manager; W. Paxton, treasurer; C. F. Montealegre, W. B. Ran- kin, D. M. Deimas, H. B. Chase, Joseph ‘W. Hotchkiss, the latter being a new di- rector irom Healdsburg. A resolution | was adopted commending the services of retiring director A. Sharboro. The new board of directors will meet next Wednesday forenoon. DRUNK FOR TWO. YEARS. Mrs. O’Connor Tells of the Wild Career of Her Late Husband. Mrs. Francis Adelaide O’Connor, widow of the late Jeremiah O’ Connor, satin Judge Coffey’s court yesterday and explained why she thought Mr. O’Connor was of unsound mind when he made his will, her name being left out of that interesting document altogether. Mrs. O'Connor testified ‘hat she was married in 1889 and for about two months her married life was happy, although Mr. O’Connor was her second husband. The passed when her lord began todrink 10| excess. IHe would abuse her when he was | drunk, she said, pulling her about the floor by the hair, knocking heraown, lock- ing her out doors at night and in other ways treated herbratally when she refused to get whisky for him. She said that in the last two years of her li‘e he was so drunk that he often did not know where | he was. Such treatment palled on her, Mrs. O’ Connor said, and she left her husband’ bed and board, but as the fault was all his, she thought she ought to have a share of | the property. Attorney Kalloch was curious to know how much liquor the lamented Mr. | O'Connor was able to consume. The widow said that he always brought home a bottle if he was downtown duringthe day, but in the last two vears it was his custom to send her for whisky. She | was unable to tell how much her hus- hand’s bottle held, but she always took a flask at night and bought 50 cents’ worth, | all of which he drank. This continued every night for two years. He seat her to a vegular liquor-store on Valencia street | because he said they gave more at a| liquor-store than at a grocery. When Mr. 0’Connor remained at home in the day he sent her to buy whisky, 10 cents’ worth at a time. She often went six times, and not infrequently seven and eight times, but she drew the line at nine times, and then be wou d beat her. A courtroom full of witnesses have been subpenaed, and further testimony is to be taken to-day. LOOKING FOR A FIREBUG. A Young Man Makes Attempts to De- stroy Two Vacant ¥lats, The police arelooking for a young man who has apparently develoved a mania for setting fire to vacant flats. He is de- scribed as about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches tall, slight mustache, slender build, wears a summer suit, and has a pleasant way of talking. Yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock he calied at the drugstore on Clay and Leav- enworth streets and asked for the key of a vacant flat at 1329 Clay street, as he ted to examine it. He got the key and returned with it in abou: twenty min- utes. A few minutes Jater a lady who lives in the flat below discovered that the vacant flat was on fire. An alarm was turned in and the flames were extin- E_ms!ed before much damage was done. be walls and ceiling in one of the rooms had caught fire from a lot of wood and paper that had been piled up in the closet and set on rire. Tundny afternoon the same young man made a similar attempt in a.vacant flat at 1227 Harrison street. He got the key from a corner grocery. The flames were extin- guished after about $100 worth of damage had been done. H ———————— SAM MILLER GONE. The Well-Known Stage Agent Passes Away After a Long Illness. Samuel Miller, the well-known and vopular general agent of the Yosemite Valley Stage Company, died yesterday morning after a long veriod of illness, having been confined to his bed for four monthe, Mr. Miller came here in early days aad |CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. | William M. Hawley. for a long time conducted a livery busi- ness in Mariposa County. Later on he became identitied with the stage line to the Yosemite Valley, and eventually was appointed its local general agent. The de- ceased leaves a widow and one daughter by a former wife, = - SUDDEN DEATH OF W. M. HAWLEY The Well-Known Tugboat Superintendent Passes Away. A Man Universally Respected by All Classes of People on the Front. He Served Through the War .and Wil Be Buri d in the Grand Army P.at. / It is the unexpected that always hap- pens. Monday afternoon Captain William M. Hawley, superintendent of the Sprec- kels Towboat Compiny, was apparently in perfect health and his cheery voice could -be heard half a block away as he laughed over a story told by one of a group of captains who surrounded him. They were all standing on the north side of Market strest and Captain Hawley was waiting for a Market-street car, as he said he wanted to get home early. He jumped | | Mary’s Cathedral, Father Dempsey offi- dwelling at 1929 Clay street, owned by the Giblin ecstate. Tihe damage was about £300. How-the fire was started is not known. While it may have started from some one who was examining the premises with a view of renting, and threw away a cigarette or match, there is still a suspicion that'it was of an incendiary origin. A CHURCH CEREMONY. Nuptials of Miss Frances Crooks and Joseph Enright at St. Mary’s Yesterday. Miss Frances J. G. Crooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Crooks, and Joseph Enright, a popular business man, _\\'ho en- joys the proud d:stinction 'of being the youngest merchant in this City, were mar- ried yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at St. ciating. 2 To the strains of the bridal march from “Lohengrin” the bridal party entered the churen, the ushers, Edward Coleman, J. | J. O’Connor and Joseph Coleman, leudlupi the way. They were }allowe_d by the bridesmaids, Miss Genevieve Wilson, Miss May Crooks and Miss Annie Wilson, who in turn were followed by the n_\md of‘ honor, Miss Millie Claro of Vallejo, who | preceded the bride, who entered leaning on the arm of ber father. The groom and his best man, James Leslie Crooks, awaited the bride at the altar. Palms and ferns made a pretty decora- tion for the church. After the ceremony there was a bridal breakfast and recep- tion at the residence of the bride’s grand- mother, 1432 Post street. The bride, a beautiful brunette, was handsomely attired 1n a gown of white brocaded silk. The corsage was trimmed with chiffon and rare old lace. The maid of honor was attired in figured white silk, and the maids of honor wore white tulle gowns over white silk. Mr. and Mrs. Enright received many costly and valuable presents, After a wedding tour that will embrace Died Suddenly Yesterday. [From an old photograph by Taber.] HAWLEY, the Universally Respected Superintendent of the Spreckels Towboat Company, Who | on the car without waiting for it to stop, waved his hand goodby to his friends and that was the last time they saw him alive. Yesterday morning at 8 o’clock he died from hemorrhage of the lungs. About 5:30 A. ». Captain Hawley began to complain of a tight feeling in the chest, but did not pay much attention foit. At 6:15 A. M. some ship captain rang him up in regara to the dqcking of a ship. Mrs. Hawley answered the telephone and the captain told her to say that he would at- tend to the matter when he gotdowntown. Three-quarters of an hour later a fit of coughing seized him and that was the be- ginuing of tae end. At 8 A. M. he was dead. There was no better known or better liked man in San Francisco than Captain He wasa splendid business man and a favorite with all with whom he came in contact. He was a great friend of the newsboys, and many of the lads who sell papers around the ier- ries will miss the whole-souled skipper. He came here from New York in the early | 50’s and went into partnership with Ed- ward Dilion, the chronometer-maker, under the firm name of Dillon & Co. His knowledge of maritime matters and ac- quaintance with masters of ships helped wonderfully, and the venture was a finan- cial success. Hawley remained with Dillon a num- ber of years and then cast in his lot with the old Griffith Tughgat Company. He was for a long time “Griff’s” most trusted employe and was given the settlement of ali contracts and a general supervisicn of all the business done by the concern. When the Ship-owners’ and Merchants’ Towboat Company absorbed the old line Captain Hawley was retained on the pay- | roll, and while he had nothing to do Cap- tain Griffith assured him that his pay should go on until he secured another position. This shows how the services of the man had been appreciated. ‘When John D. Spreckels became inter- ested in towboats Captain Hawley was one of the first to be offered a position. He finally became snyperintendent of the *“Black Stacks,” as they have come to be known, and the keen interest he hasal- ways shown in the line’s business has in a great measure helped to place the con- cern inits present enviable position,that of one of the finest equipped towboat com- panies in America. He was beloved by every man in the service, as he took a per- sonal interest in the advancement of each employe. He was kind-hearted to a fault, and the personification of patience and perseverance. He seidem or ever lost his temper, and when he did no one was | more ready than he to make amenas. _~ Captain Hawley seemed to have a pre- monition that his end was near. He was u member of the National Guard of New York, and also served dnrh:é the war. Being a member of George H. Thomas st, he was ent.tled to the privilege of in the Grand Army plat at the Pre- Last Sunday he wzlt out there and selected his lot, and '6n Monday he showed several of his friends the receipt for the money paid for it. At thetime he had a slight cold, and when in the office of the John D. Spreckels Company remarked, “'I vot this cold through wear- ing a rubber overcoat and thereitis. 1'll never wear it again.” The cold wore away during the day, and in_the evening Cap- tain Hawley was as well o5 ever. Captain {hwlay was a member of the United Order of Workmen, the Knighis of Honor of EastOakland, besides being a Grand Army man. g Fire in a Paintshop. ‘A little after 1 o’clock yesterday morning a spark from a soidering iron started a fire in a K}in!lhop at 119 Front s'reet, owned by R. N. ason & Co. About $200 demage was done before the blaze was extinguished. ———————— A Suspicious Fire. An alarm was sounded from box 128 about 3 o'clock yesterday for a fire in an unoccupied R S U 1 |B all the southern country, the young peo- ple will reside at 1131 Howard street, where they will be at hotae after January 1each Wednesday of the month. EOLEOTIOS ANNUAL MEETING.| A Reception To-Night at a Fine New Sanitarium. ¥ The Eclectic Medical Society of the State of California began its twenty-third | annual meeting in the lecture-room of the California Medical College, 1422 Folsom street, yesterday morning. There is quite a representative attendance from other cities of the State, and yesterday after- noon the hall was well filled wita well- known practitioners of the eclectic school. | Dr. D. Maclean, the president, was inthe | chair. The meeting, owing to the length of the | programme, will continue several days. After the papers are read they are dis- | cussed oy those present. The meeting also partakes of the nature of a reunion of | the alumni ot the college. A number of | laay practitioners were among the audi ence. The officers of the society are: | President, Dr. D. Maclean; vice-presidents, | Dr. L. F. Hedrick and Dr. E. H. Mattner; | recording secretary, Dr. B. Stetson; cor- responding secretary, Dr. H. B, Mehr- mann;~treasurer, Dr. H. W. Hunsaker. The new members received are: Drs. Elon A, Armsby, M. H. Henderson, P. F. Bullington, Frank G. Fay, G. Hendrick- son, T. F. Kelleghan, James 8. Cornby and Charles Mezland. 4 Among the papers read and discussed | yesterday were the following: Section 1, practice of medicine—Chairman R. Musgrave, M.D., Hanford, “Diphtheria”; Vice-Chairman H. T. Webster, M.D., Oakiand, “Special Therapeutics in Pneumonia”; L. T. Wade, M.D., Guadalupe, “The Woodbridge Treatment of Enteric Fever’; M. H. Logan, M.D., San Franeisco, “Tuberculosis’’; G. P. Bissell, edarville, “Effect of Altit rv’; L. F. Herrick, M.D., O sl Fever”; prings, *Rhus Tox Poi d ateria’ Medica—Chairman J. V. Coombs, M.D., Grass Vailey, “Dynamics and | Cellular Theory of Food.Medicine and Poison'’; | Vice-President John Fearn, M.D., Oakland, | “Daucus Pausillus.” This e""i"fi the management of the new Maclean Hospital and Sanitarium, at Douglass street and Casselli avenue, will be given a reception 1o the members of the State Eclectic Medical Association at | the hospital, a picture of which appearea | in yesterday’s CALL. GENERAL DIMOND'S ESTATE. Appraisers Estimate It to Bo Worth No More Than $125,804 38, The inventory of the estate of the Jate General W. H. Dimond has been filed in Judge Slack’s court, showing a total ap- praised valuation of $125,804 38, of which $83.799 38 is personal property and $37,105 real estate. Among the evidences of indebtedness examined by the appraisers and declared ‘worthless'” are the following: Receipt of Ira Ploutz for $20, order of George R. Pres- cott $20, note of ¥. H. Bacon $100, note M. D. Boureh $500, note T. E. Myers $175, note R. D. Laidiaw $2000, note J. C. Quinn $1 3 due bill C. H. Moore $300, 4 13 The decedent awnea 11-32 interest in the | partnership of Williams, Dimond & Co., which is appraised at §26,000. The lot and improvements op_the northerly line of roadway, near Webster street, are ap- praised at $28,000. DEATH IN THE SAN BLAS. Unknown Man Plunges Into the Hold and Eroaks His'Neck. An unknown man, wearing the apparel of a laborer, plunged to his death down into the hold of the steamer San Blas, lay- ing at the Union Iron Works, last evening. The body was discovered by P. ue Groot, M.D., k H : hildren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. ! who notified the Coroner's office and Deputy Coroner Tyrrell removed the re- mains to the Morgue. It is not. known just how the deceased | met with the accident. No one saw him fall, but as the body was directly under the main hatch, which was open, and his neck was broken, the tbeory that he met his death by a fall, is, in all probability, correct, . Noone employed on the shiporin the ron works could identify the body. A note addressed to Dave Sheeban was found on the hody, and it is believed that this may lead to his ide tion, PILLSBURY AGAIN. A Well-Known Criminal Once More Arrested for Pussing Several ¥orged Checks. Cleveland Pillsbury, an ex-conviet, was arrested yesterday afternoon on Third street by detectives Dillon, Crockett and Reynolds and booked at the City Prison | on three charges of forgery. The police had been jooking for Pills- bury for three or four weeks, but he man- aged to elude their vigilance till yesterday afternoon. IHe is accused of passing a forged check for $20 on Ed Homan of the Midway Plaisance, signed H. 4. Williams; one for $16 50 on Oliver Hinckley, Eighth street, payable to H. A. Williams and signed A. Hayward, and ona for 3675 on Mark Strouse, -butcher, 1146 Marke: street, Pillsbury is a nephew of the famous penologist of that name, who for many vears was superintendent of the peniten- tiary in Albany, N. Y. He came hero from Oregon in 1877, after serving a term there for forgery. That year he wasar. rested for petty larceny and got six months in the County Jail. In 1830 ne was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin for forgery, and in 1890 and 1891 he got short terms for petty larceny. Four or five years ago he swindled a number of merchants by making collec- tions from them to aid a sick woman, who had lost her eyesight. He was arrested and allowed to go on promising to leave the City and never return. He stayed away until a few months ago, when he re- turned and started a saioon at Eighth and Folsom streets, under the name of H. A, Williams. WILL VISIT SCHOOLS. The Board of Health Is Still Watching Diphtheria to Prevent It From Spreading Further. The Board of Health decided yesterday thatin order to form an intelligent idea of the danger of the spread of diphtheria it would be necessary to makea thorough in- spection of the Everett and Notre Dame school buildings and their sanitary ar- Tangements. After considerable discus- sion of the subject it was decided that the full board, accompanied by the Health Officer, visit tne schools at once. ‘The revort of Dr. Spencer, the bacteriol- ogist, was adopted as au official circular ang ordered printed for general distribu- tion. The report gives directions for de- tecting cases of the disease and for pre- venting contagion. —_——————— The Arabic vernacular furnishesa singu- lar illustration of the popularity of war in the East. It has over fifty names for the sword NEW TO-DAY. ~CONDENSED MILK.. Has No Equal Don’t pay anything extra For the privilege of buying California made goods—but when price equals price and quality equals quallty you should slways buy them in prefer. ence—NOT excepting « STANDARD SHIRTS” made in California. Quality and prices right. DR. COOK Makes X-RAY examinations, and guarantees & perfect cure of every case he undertakes. 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Iutlon No. 15,337 (1hird Series) of the Board of Supervisor:, public notice is hereby given that the new official map of the Clty and County of San Fraucisco is now open for public inspection for & peciod of thirtv (30) devs ‘on and from this date in the office of the City Engineer, third floor, main corridor, City | i And all parties interes ed or invited to examine the sald map and file objec. tions, it any they have, to tie delineations as made on sa.d_map with ihe Board of Supervisors on or before Thursday. the 17th day of December, 1898. INO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk. affected are hereby g WILCOX COMPOUND SY® P 1 Safe and sure are imitations. At all dregeists. Wryte for Woman's Saj FREE, WILCOX MEDI= CINE Co., 22 Se, Eighth St., Pbilada., Pa