The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, EPTEMBER 29, 1897 9 Alameda County W. C. T. U., will speak. A meeting wili be held to-nichtat the Turst Baptist Church to take final action upon the incorporation of the church. A MYSTERIODS 'I'|" Rev. John Covle, D.D., the mew pastor of 1N T Trinty M. Churen, Berkeley, received a | sp.endid ovation Sundny last’ when he 1 | preacncd his fuitiatory sermons. His address in the morning was on “The Fower of Gosp-L” A reception is to be tender.d Dr. Coyie and his family at Trinity Church par- lots Thursday evening of this wedk. Saubiie NO BUSINESS IN JAIL. | A Priconer Released cause of the [ Decision Knocking Out a Court’s 1 Mrs. Clune and Two Chil-| dren Have a Close Call Sta - ding. OAKLAND, Car., Sept. 28.—The opinion recentiy renderel by Judg-s Hall and Ogiden t the Berkeley Ju: hiad no legal existencs has alrealy inu 10 the i enefit of one prisoner. ices’ courts red terious Substance Was Placed in Their Several months ago Jue Fass was con- c el of petit Iniceny befare Justice G Food. ry and senterc:d to 100 days in the County Jail. To-day his aitorney applied =i for « writ of habzas corjus on the ground tihat the prisoner had never been jegally Police of Thre Yo ine | tried and sentenced, and Judge Ozden Thres; Oities Mrying | Fo5 o the writ " Thare are: sesecal to Find the Perpe— ther prisoners the County Jail who decided to ask the couri for similar trators. couples who were rried oy eley Justice are also a litile i s to whether not a_ cloud does doubt OAKLAND, Cax not hang over the proceeain. They ol 5% have been udvised that such a doubt can- PO 1 this . not ex.st, tke point has not yet been crumento are mak finally decided. 1o unravel a mystery e « e famil N ‘\M:‘xum_, A DANG ROUS FIRE. Abgus-two Burning Sacks ink -« Big Smoke at SUbTAnEe vy Toy the Giant Powder Works. of food there w OAKLAND, Car., Sepr. 28 —A fire w Clune and the two discovered ASeaaE o .‘l\.J“k e Foomast gl : v | Stock of sacks at the Giant Powder Works, i - | and 1t was reportea that the works were the ent irritantis now | on fire. Other powder wor honed 10 offer belt 1f neces=nry, but it was stated by theoftirials at the Giant that the tlames were confined to a piie of sulphuric ucid «acka and refu=e, and thai rhere was no danger. The fire wa: quickly subdued, but no buildings were reached. L the State Chemist. was made and it w found that some one had tampered with he food and bed iiveraily placed a sab- stance, supposed (o be arsenic, in the arty- cles that the family were likely to use every d Mrs. Ciune and her children Alameda Notes. suffered foratew days, end then becom MEDA, CAL., Sept. 28.—Wah Kee, & re- AEm I . o i . ¢ (hinese laundryman, who refused & convinced that there was a conspirncy Serpiiptdar s b el Sl 193 afoot to poison the famiiy she consuited | with the slternative serving twenty-five the police. From the method employed | days injail. At first b ht he would pay by the party who alded the foreign sub- e e s stance 10 the food it was very plain that good wages. it was no idental, bui had a ¢ R ez ot eoo dental, bui had been ca copal Church celebrated its quar- plannec | wn this evening. A At the time that the poison was first Ogram dered by a chorus discovered u woman wl been roum- levoic luding 5t. Luke's choir ing-at Mrs. Clune’s ho disapreate Franc withont telling any one she was going. ization of young men, under the She took her trunk in the morning and ¢ Alameda Guardsmen, will be per- has not been since seen. It is believed | fecied to-morrow evening. that she ouzht to know something of the | Judge Morrs had a vagrant boy of only 15 tues who w oo ipteitiGhiipooning (e [FeaTs ot s DvEle Nt RDUCHaz, 10 Iy, and it is for her the police are | 10€s not kuow wnat to do with him. Heis e oD ® 8T€ | 156 voung to be sent to jail, but what to do is e. He says his purents reside in Sacra- minent in the non-par- . and was formerly con- nane Scciety specie. it rea ¥ new me ¥ app.ication Carita Chapter of th &1 entertainment o Club ers on has 1aken his week and e E Wec in over there are woman Lwo boys She well ble and, 1es rents her rooms, tern Star will give resday evening of Dealers deny ¢mphaticay that it is in A une. vor of higher licenses, and at a meeting ding was mede with d Saturday reso.utious were passed de- when 1t was eaten ng the reports which appeared in the cnicle and Daily Report of Sentember 24, to the effect that they did favor sucu increase, to be untrue, “The meeting re.erred to, according to the resolutions, was a meecting of the di- ors of the California Protective Asso- ciation, composed exclus vely of wnole- sale liquor-dealers. The California Protecave Ass ciation of Liguor-dealers, Josed of retailers, Wes Dot In any way represented at said meeting. This asso- sunposed of te Chemist Wenzell | versity 1o be subjected to re thun one k of are to the police are 1i the | ciation of refail hquor-gealers is unaiter- uissing we that she may | ably opposed to an ircrease of the licenso, bs abe to % the gu believing that such incresse would operate varties. ~trongly against the interests of the retail = trade and would be inim cal to the whole- e iy N et s and brewers ss well.” he wholesae d tkey took the action alers also deny that tributed to them, - BERKELE CaL., t. 28. — Hon, Johin Swett has presented to the library a larce number of elementary itexi- 73 2 pooks. The coliection, wnich numbars | OOOPER INDICTIED AGAIN, over volumes, is of particular interast ST to students of pedagogy, us they show | Another True Eill Found Against the the progress that bhas been made in | Bogus Nobleman. methods of teaching. | ! “Sir Harry” Cooper, the bogus noble- Rabbi Voorsanger, professor of Semitic man, against whom the Grand Jury a short of the Lo 1 Memorial Association, | 0f trying to pass fictitious paper, is hav- to be he. 7at the Delta Upsi- | ing the coals heaped upon him. Whatever lon Frat. House. hopes he may have had to escape by s technicality irial on a cuarge of having in Experimental work in the new agricul- department laboratory will be com- by the fir-t of next week. udents last night de- | , ‘“Resoivea, the | South Carolina dispensary system ought 10 -be_adopted Affirma- pessession b anks and seals of the ew Z=aland Bank wer- dissipated yes- terday, when the Grand Jury found a true bilt against him on the same charge. Cooper's trial 1n the Police Court on the charge took plzc: some time ago and re- sulted 1n his being held to auswer before the Supericr Court. Since the trial it was learned that the complaint on which he was brought before the court was fauity, inasmuch as it alleged tnat the blanks day night to consider the matter of secur- ing a fire alarm system for the town. A and seals found in the defendant’s posces- number of propositions will be submitted, | sicn belonged to the “Bank of New Zea- Po-imester O'e Vincen: is anxious to land, Limited.” the addi.ion ol the werd bave signs placed on all it €t corners ited’’ constituting the error. g.ving the names of the streets. I. was in order to be sure that *‘Sir The executive committee of the As:o- | Harry” did not escape on such a techni- ciated dents will m this afternoon | cality that the Grand Jury brougnt in an to take action in regard 1o theva | indictment against him. musical organizations of the ~——— The Berkeley W. The larzest bird 1n the world is the con- *tea” tuis afternoon from dor. Con with a spread of wing of residence of Mrs. J. H. Rbo eighteen (o twenty feet have been shot in street. Mrs. Johnson | the Andes. FOCD COFFEE. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-030-0-0-0-0-0000 Drugs are used in imitation of POSTUM Cereal Food Cofiee to give it a bitter or coffee taste. In the desperate attempts of coun= terfeiters to take the public money, they resort to ingredients that are harmful to the human stomach. It took over a year of experiment- ing to learn how .to prepare pure Cereals to give them a cofifee flavor and yet preserve their absolute purity and food value. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-C-0- 0000000 No other Cereal Coffee with a dis= —————————————————————————————————— tinct Coffee flavor is pureand harmless LI 0T M) vl e el ey Ali genuine packages of Postum have red secals and the worls, “Tt mak:s red blood,” thereon. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-050-0-0-0-0-00-0-00-0-00 0-0-0-00-0-0-0-00000 the imes rents her roo £k will soon be resumed oo the laving of | as an unfortunate in | yrack on the filled-in portion of the narrow- | m ~he bestows every | gauge mole. sband is a travein north, but will soon y 1 M | ortd, but wilsonn | FAVE ENOUGH LICENSE, fo \the story fold Ghief of uor Dealers Deny That They Are in the poison was first found in Favor of R The children ute | Tpe Protective Association of Liquor ck. They had State | REAL ESTATE | Country Lands Keeping Ahead of City Property in Value. ‘ Be Negotiated Through Local Agents. Appreciation in Van Ness and Precita Valley Property — Record Review and Not-s. All farmers possessing plenty of wheat just at this iime are bappy; but there are others who wear a smile indicative f per- fect freedom from care and worry. They are the men owning broat ecres of farming and orchard iand. Sales are being made all over the State, favorit- ism on the partof buyers harily showing itself at all. oping the southern part of the State | been the Vallay road. Chiefly through its loosing the shuckles of monopoly the farmers in general have been enabled to pay all arrears in mortgages and in many cases deposit snug sums in the bank, to be used on a rainy day. Though prices for city property con- tinus low, the outlook grows more encour- aging with each succeeding day. The de- mand for local real estate is growin steacily, and a steady demund is always productive of hizher prices. The largest sale made since publication of the last column was that of the W. Tevis residence, on the north line of Jac son_ street, east of Pierce, sold for $35,000 to Wilham Alvord of the Bank ot Cali- fornia. Upon the lot, the dimeunsions of which are 50x127:814, is an excellent two- story dwelling, Burnhem & Marsh recently conducted a sale of the prop riy on the scutheast corner of | Geary and Websterstreets by D, Mendelssohn | 10 J. B. Hulting, for #31.000 (in r.und uum- bers). The proveriy s 65x137:6, and the in provements consist ol a tirinity of flats, of | siores and of two-story dwelling-houses. R:view of the Records, During the week 8f y-six mortgages passed to record, aggregating tue sum cf $185,802. For the same pericd thirty-seven releases were recorded, with & total yaluation of $344,308. | The following were the principsl moriguges: Bank to Lillora Canfield, ar aL7 percent on property on the west iine of Front, south of Californis, ne Dupont, south 68:0x ;. Mibernin Bank to | Sacra | Revecea J i | 1ng, $10,000 o une year at 6z per ceut on ars ai 7 per cent. ou property ~ ot (o of Laguna, H, wife ot one yesr at 6 west corner of Ninih and F . and north corner ot T A. Robiuson, $40,000 for n property on he om streets, 100x nin and Fol-om, 185; same to Mary J. E. Redmond (Ellis) 000 for one year ut6lg per cent, ou prov- eriy on southeastcorner of Battery'and Cali fornia streets; Seeurity Savings B.uk 0 Lucy H. Otix 00 f.r 1wo years, irom October 111 7 percent, ON PrOPErly om east Sausome street, north oi Pine, 4. 5 per cent, 1 Properiy on the NOTthwest COrwicr Of Sacra- mento and Buchanan streets, 26x110. The tollowing releases were lor compara- tively large sums: From Fr nd Edward Antoinerte W. Howard to man, $63.000 on propety on of Ciay aud Montgomery. 68:9x97:6; Hiver- nia Bank to Irwin C. Stump, $42.500, on pro on southeast corner Jones and Pine 87 ame 10 Mos-y tavus, Nathan a d Abralinia Rosencrantz, $37,500, on undividea three-quarters east ineKearny, *outh of Post, 205150; same to Hilel or Hilley Rosen 5000, on undividea one-eighih of same to Esther Rosencrantz, $6000, on undivided one-e:ghtn of same; Jerome B.Lin- coln, Winfield S. Jones and James Otis, trus- iees Esther A. C. Whitcomb, to Joseph G. Eastland, $30,000 on property on south west corn Leavenworth and Golden Gaie avenue, 137:7x137:6; German Bank to Sal- omon and Juila 8. Cohn. $5750 on norih-ast corner Walier and Shreaer streets, 84:7'4x 100; Argonant Mutual Berefit ana Loun As- sociation 0 M. and Ella Van Wart, $6200 on southwest corner ot Eureka ana Eignteenth streets, 35x75; Henry B. Keesing to Hannah | Keesing. $21,500 on nortn line of Bush street. | westof Jones, 68:9x137:6; Security Savings { Bunk 1o Sarah A. Damon, $7500 on north line of Golden Gate avenue, west of Lazuna street, ibernia Bank to Aien W. J. Bowle, | $12,000, on south line of Jackson, west of Gough. 50x127:817; La Societe Frnncalre to David Mendeissou, $12,500 on southeast cor- ner Geary and Wabster streets, 65x137:6; A. N. Drown to Robert A. and 'Aiice McLoau, #15,000 on northeast coruer Broadway snd Broderick street; Bank of California to Hart. tand Liw, $14,437 on southwest corner Greenwich and Broderick and southwest cor- | ner Filbert and Broderici sireets. Schmiedell and Richard M. Sher- northeast corner Auct'ons and Sales. Von Rhein & Co. are preparing an auction cetalogue to be submitted during the early | part of next month, G. H, Umbsen & Co. report the sale of the following parcels at their auction held Mon- | day last: Southwest corner Fulton and Laguna strees, { withlot 50x110.and improvements,renting for F65, sold for $8000; subject 10 court confirm- ation. House ¢ n rooms and jot 70x133, at 1012 Doiores, §7 witn &n “iL" Three ten- ements and lot 16360, renting for $21, at 46 Jessle street, §11 ibject to court cou- | irmation. Lot 27 b, 01 south xile of Fulton street, 110 ieet west of Scott, $2300, with an “ir.”" Lot 65x115 and improvements, reniing for $38, sold for $6200; subject to court coufirmation. Two-s'ory brick house of three reoms ani lot 17:2x70, at 422 Greenwich str et, $1225, with an “if, Easion & Eldridge report the following sales as made ut their auction yesterday: South line of Pacific, 24 west of Jerome aliey, lot 26x167:6, two-story butlding, $10,- 2503 south iine of Fulton, 187 :6 west of Scoti, Tot 37:63137 :6, $3900; nortneast 1ine of ~onth rurk, 212 soutnvwest of Second, lot 22x98, with three-story house, $3600; north line of Hiil, 105 west of Noe, ot 25x112, with twe- Story house, $8250; north Line Tweniy-ninth, 181 :6 east of Dolores, lot 54:6x114, with house of 11 rooms, $3950; southeast corner of Church and Tweuly-second, lot 25x125,$3000; north line D to C, between Thiriy-first streel and Thiriy-second avenue, lot 240x600, $10,- 000; west line of Collingwood, 75 nortn «f Eighteenth, Iot 49:4x125, ‘with house of six rooms, £4000; ncrtheasterly iine of Moss, 100 northwest or Folsom, lot 50x75, with two- story bui.ding, $5100; northwist corner ot B street and Sixin avenue, 10t 32:6x100, $900. Couniry Lands. Easton, E dridge & Co. are appointed gen- eral agents in California of the L, J. Rose Company, limited, of Londou, owner of the original Sunny Siope vineyard, winery and other property at Pasade The place origi- naly comprised 3500 acres which, with the improvements, were taken over by the London company for $1,600.000. About 1000 acres bave been disposed of and the remainde: will be placed on the market by the agents. Negotia- tions are now pending for the sale of the iarge winery and vinevar., including the stock of wines. The remainder of the property is com- posed of full-bearing orange orchards and some vacant land availabie for the same pur- pose. A Los Angeles syndicate hes been or- ganized 1o purchase 150 acres of tne orange orchard and the remainder of the property is being offered on specinl credit terms extend- {ng over five years at 6 per cent. 'he J. W, Mitchell estate, consisting of 115, 000 acres in Stanisinus and Merced counties, in the vicinity of Turlock ana Merced, has been placed in the hands of McAlee Brothers ofthis ¢ity. The property lies ou the Merced HARKET REVIEW |Sale of the Rose Vineyard to| | tusiness One of the most potent factors in deve!- | ot | Gordon (now Boone) and Charles H. Boone, $6500 ior une year at Gl per cent on prop: n th- north lne ot P.il, west of | Laguna, 68:9x137:6; same to Henry B. Kees- | the north Iine of Bush, west of 68 :9x13 ; German B o Rosa U0J 10r Lwo years at 7 per cent on { properiy on the southwest corner of | Van Ness evevue and Pue, 84:9x30; by the | | Savings Bank 1o Suren A. Damon, e Gae uveiue, wesc | Hibernin Bank 1o Caroane | el ! River, touches on the San Joaguin, and is ! watered bv three systems of irrigation—the Turiock trrigation district, the Crocker-Huff- man sysiem and a private ditch in which the Mitohe.l extate is the prineipal owner. Both the Southern Pacific and the San Joaquin Vallsy romds are in proximity. The initial transnction wiil be the offer at auction early 1n November of 10,000 acres at the town of Atwater, all under irrigation and some of it planted in'grapes and sweet potatoes, of which Intier s high as 240 sacks have been raised t)the acre and are known on the market as the standard of the coas. Although Inrgeiy in fruit and grain, grain land prices will form the basis of sales. | 3 i34 Randcm Notes. The sixteenth and sevenleenth stories of | the Claus Spreckels building will be oecupied | by the San Francisco Cinb. There widl be a din- | a billiard-room and other | ing-huli, a 1ibra features of inter | rty in the region of Berlin, Colusa was recent y purchased by Menden- 000. There ure 800 acres of | | Bl Bros. for | the land. A. M. Speck & Co. reccntly leased for Mre Grace Ormhardt the thr e upper stories of the bui ding on the souihwest cornmer ary and Willlam_streets jor five years to | Mrs. L A. Devin. The reat will amount lo lurtens & Coffey have let contracts for al- terutions sud additions to the bui.ding of the Brice estate on Seventh sireet near Howard. They will te nrranged for stores and flats at & costof £10,000. Mrs. Anu Whittell will build e block of flats on the middle fisty-vara lot, ironiage 137 feet on the south lime of Fell street, beiwee u and Franklin, at w cost of any sum be- tween $15.000 wud $20,000. Proper.y vn Van Ness avenue,north of Val- lejo streel, thet part ot the avenue having been recently bituminized to tae rapidly becoming more valuable. Thisis en- hanced by tie certainty that Lomtard street will te made a boulevard 1o the Presidio. Some time ago the ot on the ni rtliwest of the av. nue ai-d Union street was purchased 1 | »ud u $10,000 building erected. Now a ! | the enst side of the svenue, beiween U and Green streets, has been purchasei by Schoenwasser, Who is ercctivg cosily dwel ik« Other improvements in (he v.cinily are 2180 in"progress. Wiljimm Hencke will construct a three-story buliding, to ¢ st ¥8000, on the west line of Taylor street, zear Wshington, J. J. Doyle will build & $6000 residence on McAlister street, near Scott. A. Gless will construct a twe-story brick, 40x60, on First street, near atoma, for $6600. Residents of the district west of Castroand south of Sixteenth streets are determined to increass their children’s school taciiities. A committee s now engaged in trying to in- duce the proper authorities to construct & | primary sehicol buildin : It s velieved that ex-Mayor Sutro, 1o suit | the desire of a cermin ciass of patrons, will | build private tub baths at the Cliff House { Baths at an approximate minimum cost of 0,000. Precita Valley is fast stepping toward the | foretront of progre Many imrrovements have been secured through the efforis of the improvement ciub of that name, and the | valuation of property is fast enhatcing as a | consequence. Work ix now under way on six flats of nine | rooms each on the north iine o1 Eddy street, between Poik and Van Ness avenue, for Mrs. H. Syivester. The cost will aggregate nearly $10,000 GAUE FROM ALASKA. | Intreduction of the Ptarmigan ’ v the Tamalpais Preserve, i A Bracs of These Beautifal Birds for | the Aviary of Gol en Gate Park, The Golden Gate Park and the Tamal- { pais Sportsmen’s Club preserve have | added to their game birds a brace of | ptarmigan. This grand game bird is a member of the grouse family that inhabits the cold regions of the north and affords snorts- men grand shooting during the autumn months. The plumage of tbhe ptarmigan iy ssh-colored, but as winter approaches it becomes white —a provision of nature which piotects the biris from the sharp | eyes of vermin and birds of prey when the ground 1s covered with snow. The birds haunt the lofty heights in winter and feed on the moss of trees and whatever picking they can find on the pine branches. They descend in the spring of the year to breed in the valleys ana wax fat on the berries and buds of trees. For several years sportsmen of some o the Eastern States have been figuring on a scheme for the capture o a suffici nt number of these fine game birds for slocking purposes, but the idea was aban- doned when it was learned from experi- encea bird fanciers thut the ptarmigan would not live during the voyage. This is now proved beyond all question of argument to be a false supposition. The schooner Herman, which has just ar- rived from Kadiak Island, which is in Alaskan territory, had on board two brace of those highly prized birds. They were captured by E. W. Littlejohn of the Herman, who supplied the vessel with vame during its siay at the island in question. In speaking of the game birds and ani- mals of that region Mr. Littlejohn said that with the assistance of two shipmates he bagged 600 ptarm:gan in two days and that the birds he now has in his posses- sion were slightly winged with small shot, makineg them easy of capture. They are now in fine condition and got along splnnuidly during the voyage to this city. One of the male birds grew very tame and was tauzht to ciuck like a tame chicken when it wanted tood, which con- si«tad of corn, wheat and berries. The brace which Captain George Scott has at s residence, in Alameda, will doubtless be presentea by the captain to Mr. McLaren, the superintendent of the park; they will be consigned to the aviary. Mr. Littl>john is very anxious that the brace in his posseseion will prop- agate their species, and with that object in view he hopes to see the ptarmigan be- come one of the game birds which will afford the sportsmen of the Tamalpais Ciub grand shootinz a few years hence. —_————— Young Presbyterians. The Young People’s Association of the Pres- bytery of San Francisco ield a semi-annual conveation in Westminster Presbyterian Church, on FPage and Webster streets, last | evening. There was a good attendance. The opening overture by the orchestra of Trinity Church was followed by a praise service, led by Robert Cleland. Rev. Mr. Robinson led in prayer. After reports by Miss Jennie Part- ridge, secretary, and F. Walker, treasurer, the presiaent, Rev. H. N. Beyier, announced an- other lecture course on Biblical and church topics by eminent divines, 1o ve given ouce a month in the churcnes of the presbytery. This is 10 be a sequel 1o & similar course given two yeais ago, and which attracted atiention in other cities. The full data of the cours: wiil be published luter. Reports were read by Miss Jones of the Olive Brauch, Mrs. F. A, Doane of the Mizpah and Mrs. F. Waiker of the St. John's societies of King’s Daughters. ‘The Society of Andrew and Philip was also represented by William Clifford of M.spah Church. The orchestra played again, after which Re dr.sson “The Cross’”’ A'new Christian train- ing course was recommended and adopted, to be introduced in the ehurches as far as p ticable. Sl el Too Weak to Be Moved. Pollceman Coleman of the Pacific Coast So- ciety for the Suppression of Vice was notified of & case at 730 Sutter street, which needed attention. Upon ealling nt the residence he was notified that Miss Mabel Wheeler, who was the cause of his visit, was too weak to be moved. At the advice of 8 physician she was ailowed to remain, and a report of an im- provement fu her condition is daily expecied. e e California Quartet Concert. The Cal:fornia Quartet, assisted by Cyrus Browniee Newton, reader and impersonator; Mr. and Mrs, Tobin, trombone, Miss Alma Bergland, soprano, and Miss Motlie Prait, the well-kuown accompanist, will give a concert in Westminster Presbyterian Cnurch, Page ;nnuwebllur streets, Friday eveniug, Octo- er 8. amuel § Cryor, D.D., gave'an ad- | HEAVY GUNY i POSITION Engineers Surveying the South Shore Harhor Defenses, Strong Batteries of High-Power Guns for the Outer Forts, Ordnance Sufficient to Stand Off Spain -or Japan—England Would Bear Watching. The United States engineers in charge of the harbor fortifications of San Fran- cisco have directed that asurvey be made of the shore line on the south side of the bay and Golden Gate from Black Point to Point Lobos. The purpo:e of the survey, which has just been begun and will be completed u week hence, is to designate the forts on a map for the convenience of the Engineer Corps and for the informa- tion of the War D:partment. The original plans for lortifying the principal cities of the United States, which wera adopted many years ago by a board appointed to devise a system of defense, have been moditied in many respects. On that board Colonel Mendell was the repre- sentative, in a certain sense, of the pro- vosed work 1n San Francitco. It was or.ginally recommended to Congress that San Francisco should be defended by eighty guus of high power and 140 mor- tars. One theory was that the heaviest guns should be pianted on Aleatraz Island and on either side of the narrowest part of the chanunel. A departure from this plan was advo- cated and it was always understood by army engineers that Colonel Mendell was responsible for a modification of the plans to the exient of placing the heaviest zuns farther out in the vicinity of Point Lobos, Lime Point and Poin: Bonita. The sub- sequent changes have been in that direc- ticn, although Colunel Mendell has not been in active seryvice for the past two yea There is now a battery of 12-inch rifles on the hill above Fort Point, another high up on the Lilat L'me Point and also ex- lensive works at Point Bonita. A power- ful battery o: high-power guns represent- ing the best type of modern rifled ordnance will be planted near the water line of Gravelly Cove, under Lime Point. A bat- tery of this description will also be put in at Bakers Beacn and engineers talk of pulting in another mortar battery south of Fort Point. Ihe Alcatraz batteries may not be as numerous as originally advocated, as the belief now exists that a hostile tieet ap- proaching San Francisco ifrom the sea should be fought as soon as it comes wi bin artillery rance. The heavily armored modern warships carrying tre- mendous guns of long range should not be allowed to come into the narrcw chan- nel without the strongest resistance. It isnot de igned, however, thatthe batteries el immed)a commanding channel all be weakened, but ratber that the forts on the extreme pointsof land commanding a range of the ocean snould ve strengthened. Tue engineer officers entertain the belief that all the guns will ultimately be mounted on the disappearing carriages. Modern mechanism has provided means for handling the heaviest rifles on car- rioges that may be lowere¢ from sivht. The guns on the hill above Fort Point are open and exposed to the fire of warships and but little protection to the gunners is afforded by the parapet. Army and navy officers faney that the harbor defenses are now sufficiently well advanced to stand off any fizet that Spain cr Japan could put into action here England is the great power that we may be called on to fight at the entrance of the Golden Gsate. She has a station at Vancouver, where her fleets may assemble and outfic for operations against San Francisco, Her armored ships represent the greatest power in armor and ordnunce vet conscructed. Qur position is strong enough with the assistance of floating batteries of the Monterey and Monadnock type and with the aid of torpedoes to muke a splendid fight against the best fleet England could send mgainst us. Engineers who have stuiied the subject now hold to tue view thatthe fight shou!d begin from our side as soon as the ships of a hostile fleet get within range of the outer guns of the harbor, and the tarther out heavy guns are planted the greater will be the chance of a victory for our side. GOODSPEED COMPROMISE. Probability That the Big Will Contest Will Bo Abandoned. Judge Cofley yesterday listened to argu- ment and testimony in regard to the pro- posed compromise ana settlement of the controversy that has so long raged over the estate of the late Mrs. Lucy C. Good- speed. When Mrs. Goodsoeed died she lelt an estate that at present is estimated to be worth $200,000. but it may turn out to be of much greater value. In her will the lady left the greater part of her property to her two minor children and cut off her three adult children with §50 each, saying that they did not need it as much as the minors, A contest was at onca filed on the usual grounds of undue influence and unsound- ness of mind of the testator, It was al- leged that Mrs. Goodspeed had suffered from several strokes of paralysis and that it was afier the first of these strokes that shs wrote the will which attempted to deprive the elder childreu of their share of the prop-rty; that up to that time she had never made any differeace in her treatment of her children and that her affection for each and all was equal. Pending the trial of the contest all parties concerned appesared in court ves- terday and asked the Judge to sanction a compromise whereby the two minor heirs shali receive 50 ver cent and the adult heirs shall take 50 per cent, 10 be distrib- uted equally among them. The minors are Riland C. Goodsp2ed and Florence Norine Goodspeed and the adults are Mrs. Annie Stanford, Mrs. Jennie Snowgrass and Orville C. Pratt Goodspeed. Attorney Heggerty caustically criticised Atiorney S. M. Shortridge because the latter spoke of the proposed settlement as a hard bargain in favor of the adult heirs. Most of the attorneys engased in the case appeared to think the proposed com- promise fair and ju-t and Judge Coffey remarked that the was disposed to give his consent, the consideration of the family matters that mignt be dragged into the litigation if the contest pro- ceeded weighing with him in the matter. He was not prepared to decide the point offhand, however, and put the case over until Friday morning at 11 o’clock for de- cision. The court did not conceal the fact that he considered the provosed settle- ment a good bargain for the aduit hLeirs. the narrow The Perfume of Violets The purity of the lily, the glow of the rose,| ne in Pozzox’s and the flush of Hebe coml ‘wondrous Powder. | | FAuction Balcy CHAS. LEVY & (0., AUCTIONERRS. sulesrooms—1135 Market Streos. THIS DAY, Wednesday September 29, 1897 At 11 0'clock A. M., On the premises, 903 MARKET STREET. 1 FIFTH, We are ins ricted to sell (0 he st bid ler. for csh, th contents of tie , Water Urn, . and everyihing THIS DAY Atila t. eir Eighth W SiDNESDAY), t o rze stock of Mew an i Second-hand Furni Carpets. Ranges, Mirrrs and a g Househo'd Eqoijmeats. FRAY K W. BUITERFIELD, 602 Mark. fI4S HE JURISDICTION 7 Justice of the Peace Barry’s Pos'tion as an Acting Police Judge. It Is Alleed He Occupied Judge | Conlan’s Seat Without Legal Invitation. A question involving the right of a Ju:- tice of the Peace to sit as a police ma trate in a criminal case without legal invitation is about to be decidel by Su- perior Judge Carroll Cook in the case of R. H. Paterson, who is charged with an assanit with a deadlv weepon. The case originally grew out of a barroom fracas in one of the gin resorts on Market sireet come time ago, in which it is alleged that Paterson us:d a yoliceman’s club on two obstreperous night cusiomers. For this aileged offense he was hela by Judge Con- lan to answer before the Superior Court. But under the careful prunine of legal technicalities discovered in the pleadings by W. Hff Cook the information was found to be full of fatat flaws. so that the ca-e was sent back to the Po- lice Court for correction. On the second hearing Juage Conlan declined to hear the case, and in order that justice might not be defrauded out of her rights Justice of the Peace Barry heard the case and in turn hetd Paterson to answer before the | bigher court. Here again Hoft Cook found that Justice Barry had not been le- | gally invited to occupy Judge Conlan’s seat, and as a consequence again attacks the information filed against his client Paterson in Judge Carroll Cook’s devart- ment. The legal contention in this case is that under the consolidation act a Justice of the Peace to have police jurisdiction must be delegated by the Mayor to perform the duty in the absence or disability of tue Police Judge. This section of the old con- solidution law has been reduced to a frag- | ment by the thousands of amendments injected into it by the Legislature from time to time. At the last session of the Legislature an act wos passei which pro- | viued that a Police Judge can request a Justice of the Peace to act for him. But in this case no such request has been made by Judge Conlan to Judge Barry to hold court for him, or at least ne such re- quest appears in the proceedings of that court, and on this technicality Hoff Cook expects to pull Paterson scot free out of the legal meshes of the law. The case 1s an interesiing one inasmuch as it will settle the disnuted point asto which of the anthorities, viz., the Mayor or the Police Judge, has the power (o as- | sign & Justice of the Peace to preside in the absence of a Police Judge. Or, in the absence of such an vrder or request, has a Justice of the Peace criminal jurisdiction in this city and county e e — RAIL SHOOTERS BEWARE, The Game Wardens of Alameda and San lfateo Counties Give Timely Warning. The Game Wardens of Alameda and San Maleo counties have requested THE CaLL to draw the attention of the local sportsmen to the fact that the season for shooting rail in those counties will not commence before October 15 and that all persons detected in the act of shooting them before the opening will be promotly arrested. As there are many local hunters who never tiink of reading a newspaper contemp!ating a great day’s rail shooting on Friday and Saturday next on the Bel- mont marshes, doubtless the Game Warden and his assistant will reap a har- vest of coin that will be unwillingly sur- rendered. Chesapeake Bay Dog. Herman Olericns has brought to thiscity a duck dog kncwn ai & Chesapeake Bay re- triever. arrived yesterdsy fiom Baltimore, and is konneled at Bridges’ stables on Pest sireet. The dog will have a chance to dis- play his quaiities as a retriever in th - <hooting mithe Tulle Helle Club next Fridey, Messrs. Elison, Work and Web- stor, e three crack shots who ed at the 1a- ternational shooting match in Europe some mouths since, nre in San Fraucisco, and will anlclpute in the shooting at the Tulle Belle Club. A Man-Eating shark Caught, A man-eating shark, measuring nine feet KEW TO-DATY. JF CUTTER EXTRA Old Bourbon has been a staple family and medicinal whiskey fora quarter- century. B, JARTIN & Co, 411 Market $t., San Francisco. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1834 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or dlum'elfln’on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen others fail, Cures Try him. Charges low. aranteed. Callorwrite, + F. GIBBON. Box 1957, San Francisco. r. This acquisition to canine society | ! SPECILL, AUCTION S1LE M & & 2 Derb; Stables, cor. Leaveuworth & Geary sts. SAN FRANCISCO. AT TO-MORROW, Hhuraday =i September 30, AL1l A, by order of C. F. ACKLEY, we will seli ail the stock of the ROTEL RAFAEL STABLEN. SAN RAFAEL, Cousisting of 1 almost er back, 1 Miller - A surrey. 1i:ht * coupe, 1 victorle, 3 lizht 6-seated surreys, s 2 phae- tons, 6 top buz 5 head driv. | iug and ridiug horses, 10 s-ts of doub’e Larness, 20 Sels *ing e harness, robes, bankets, e ¢. U Ck can be seen at any time previous to (he sale. No re- serve or limit. Salejo.i'ive SULLIVAN & DOYLE, | office— | from en | Harb So much | Sixthst Livestock Auctioneers. ‘UCHIOY SALE OF HORSES. e e 4 b= S 1 M ~ATURDAY. 8 ~October 2, 1897 AL 11 0'Clock A. M., AT J. D HORAN'S STO:K AND SALE YARDS, COR. TENTH AND BRYANT STS , Saturday T WILL 8 e At pubiic auction, 'l property of Gluo. WILLIAMS AND W. B, FILC..EK, consising of 80 hea!l of borses, bro<en and unbroxen, weighing from 1000 to 1510 pounds. tock can bsseen ai abuve yards two duys p evious (o sate SOWAT CTNS Auctio tured in the bay off ew vesierdsy moruing by Captain Maggio and three fishermen. e men ¢ fishing 10r sea bass with a net, and woen the big man-eater struck the moshes it raised & terrivle commoiion. Foc nearly an hour the shermren battied with the shark and at last ceeled 1 drowning it retting a rope under 1ts fins and p e boat, where an oar was poked down its throut. The shark destroyed about 300 fathoms of netting before itwas killed. The big fellow's juws are armed with rows of formidable teetn. It is onex- ibition at the American Union Fish Com- pany’s place »t 114 Merchant strest. The shark weighs 499 poun::s e ut 10 tail, was ca Thirty millions of wooden spoons are manufactured in Ru-sia every vear. NEW TO-DAY. FREE 10 EVERY HAN. THE METIHOD 0F A GREAT TREATNENT FOR WEAKNESS OF HMEN. 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