The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 189§. 11 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. NO BURGLARS 10 SHOOT Ludwig Warnke’s Alarm Causes a Great Scare. An Oiled Clock the Basis of a the Quiet Town of Alameda Sensation in Grave Doubts as to Who Sent a Shot Through the Grocer's Window, s Oakland Office S. F. Call. 908 Broadway, Jan. 10. Ludwig Warnke, the well-known ten- or singer, is now trying to distinguish the difference between a burglar alarm and the alarm of an eight-day clock. A confusion of the sounds emitted by these different instruments a few weeks ago caused him a severe cold, gave Mrs. Warnke an unnecessary fright and necessitated the repairing of a window through which neighbors say Warnke shot at imaginary burglars, which incident Warnke denies. Mr. Warnke keeps a grocer shop at the corner of Railroad avenue and Wil- across the estuary. He has run his store for a number of years, More recently he has been annoyed, and has suffered somewhat by tia dep- redations of burglars on various occa- sions, During the past ‘two years house- breakers have patronized his store to | such an extent that he became tired of | the habit of waking in the morning, finding himself robbed and reporting ter to the police. He decided mak tecting the complete system of burglar alarm, and to store. He purchased a most 80 thoroughly did he place these safe- guards around his store that the only place a burgiar, could come In was down the chimney, and as soon as he stepped out of the grate he would even then start the alarm. A good deal of sympathy was ex- pressed for Mr. Warnke. He is well krown, {s a popular tenor singer, ar- rangese-harity entertainments, has tak- en part in several operas and is a sing- er at St. Joseph's Church in Alameda. It was on the advice of several of his friends that he protected his house and store with burglar alarms. He moved into the dwelling next to his grocery shop, and the thief-catching system was connected with his bedrcom. Sev- eral times he tested the works, and on | each occasion the most hysterical noise was emitted {n his sleeping chamber by the alarm bell. After taking these pre- cautions Warnke felt safe. The other night there was a violent ringing of the alarm in Warnke’s bed- room. Freezing as it was, Warnke jumped up, grabbed his revolver and went forth to shoot the burglars. He had previcusly, so he says, studied the latitude and longitude and bearing of every barrel and box in his store, so that he had no need to obtain a light to rush to the door in his wild chase for the thief. However, the usual ac- cident did happen, and if there were a burglar he escaped while Warnke was paving his respects to his stubbed toe. elghbors down the street heard a few shots fired, and Mrs. Warnke found a broken window, but her hus- band declares that he did not fire, and that the shots were from somebody else’s gun. An examination of the alarm system found that it was intact, nor had it been dlsturbed, nor had the bell sound- ed. The polica who were called in did not find anvthing to justify even a sus- pieion of burglary, and Warnke believ- »g for a e that the store was haunt- P A little later an investigation was made, and the singer discoversd that all the trouhles had been caused by an 0la rusty clock which had been kicking around the hou for several months During the pre 15 day to the sensa- tlon which araused the neighborhood one of the little Warnkes had tried to make the clock ¢ by pouring oil upon the work About clock in the morning the oll eot in its deadly work, | and released suffcient of the pust te start the over-wound sorings and make the alarm sound as it never sounded before. by Mr. Warnke to-day. But the peonle in_the neighborhood are still tryvine to discover who fired the shot that broke the window. —_—— City Funds on Hand OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—City Treasurer Gllpin has apportioned $13.560 55 to the varfous funds. The amount in each is: General, $34.951 14: salarv, $3626 35; street, $2256 21: school. $9087 49: hieh school, 20536 63; fire. 83862 72: police. $7982 28: free lihrarv. $3358 63; fire and police telagranh, $1568 68: sewer. 5 95: street light. $18.- 636 47; park. 32023 81: bond interest, $7387 0 bond redemption, $11.420 1 ing bond interest, $11,818 % ing bond redemption. £14, Hlef and pension, $4991 42 urgent necessity, $224 99, polics re- ; tunding, $3721 70; change in his method of pro- | This is the explanation given | WILL SAVE - MUCH MONEY Ladies Wish to Follow the Grand Jury's Advice. Extravagance to Indigents to Be Supplanted by Economy. Supervisor Wells Anxious to Do All in His Power to Remedy the Evil. | | | The Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 10. recommendation of the Grand | Jury that some system be followed in | looking after the indigents of this county has borne fruit, and the extrav- agance of past methods will probably soon be ended. ] The ladies of Murray Township havé started a society which will probably | result in a plan of co-operation be- tween all the townships in the county and the Asociated Charities of Oak- land. The first meeting was held at Livermore Saturday and Mrs. Knox, M: Langan and Mrs. Pitcher were ypointed a committe They reported in favor of Mrs Fuller for president, Mrs. Wendell Jor- dan, president; Mrs. J. McKeon, tr Pearl Pitcher, secre- report was adopted. ties will adopt the tary, Next Saturday the 1 constitution and by- | to perfect their organiza ‘ Supervisor Wells said to-day that he would cheerfully co-operate with the | ladies of the organization in the sys- | temati distribution of relief. It was | Supervisor Wells district while under | the charge of ex 3y | was criticized by the Grand Jury omprises Washington and Murray "townships. In this district $6000 less | | . THE INNOCENT CAUSE | 60 cents was given away indiscrimin- ately by t Supervisor in and this is considered to be too much | to be distributed without any system or organized effort to discover the mer- its of the claims of the indigents. .- Sunday Night Burglars. ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—Burglars gn- | tered the residence of Ralph Kramer at | 2169 San Jose avenue last evening and | ransacked the place thoroughly, steal- | ing some articles of clothing and jew- | elry. The family went to church short- ly after o'clock and returned at little past 9. | the house they found that some one had been there during their absence, as ar- ticles of clothing were scattered about | on the floor and things were in confu- | sion. | had entered through a front window by prying it open with a jimmy, after hav- ing unsuccessfully tried to effect an entrance through a rear window. They had burned a great many matches and left them scattered | around, and had managed to find | good many articles of jewelry and sil- | verware. They must have become | frightened for some reason, for they | did not carry off what they could read- ily have taken and only took a coat and , a muffler, a ring and a lady's gold watch and fob, the whole valued at be- tween $61 and There was a con- ’sld(~raP)]-~ sum of money in the house, Which was fortunately not found by the | thieves. There is no clew, but the burglars are supposed to belong to the same gang | which has been operating in the sub- | | urbs of Oakland for some time past. ! Lincoln-Avenue Condemnation Suit. | ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—The condem- | nation suit of the city of Alameda | against the Cohen estate in the matter | of the opening of Lincoln avenue came | up again in Judge Greene's court this afternoon and was put over till the 20th inst. Considerable curiosity is | felt as to whether the Cohens will not come into court and agree to accept | the award of some $5100 for damages | made by the commission and pald into court for them and abandon their op- position to the opening. It is not be- | lieved that the commission would again make so large an award, as the values of real estate have materially decreased since it was made. | Attacking a Will. | _ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—Last summer Edouard Louis, a saloon keeper of this | place, was accidentally shot and killed by a’ companion while on a camping trip to Sunol. He left considerable prop- erty, which was all bequeathed by will to his wife. His mother, Mrs. Mariana Louis, has now come forward and filed a contest, alleging that the will was made and signed by her son while he was in a state of intoxication, and therefore it is not a competent docu- ment. She wants it thrown out and the estate divided according to law, which would give her a share. The widow. indignantly denies the truth of the mother’s allegations reflecting on the memory of her son. one year, | =1 As soon as they entered | A search showed that burglars | FINE HEALTH OF OAKLAND ?Officer Dunn’s Report Is Full of Flattering Figures. Public Schools Said to Be in a Splendid Sanitary Con- dition. The Growing City Needs Inspector of Markets and Foods. | | { | o r Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 10. The annual report of the Board of Health for the year ending June, 1897, has just been published, and it shows that this city enjoys remarkable health | in comparison with other large citles. Health Officer Dunn says: “The health of the city has remained at its usual high standard during the past year. Comparison with other citles shows that the death rate in New leans is 23.34 per thousand, iIn York 2 San Francisco 17.08, Sacr: 60, while in Oakland it is 1 The very low death rate from zymotic dis a marked feature in last ¥ port, and when our marshes are filled in and drained and some fur- ther improvements made in our sewers this will fall still lower.” The health officer commends the san- itary condition of the schools, but con- demns very forcibly the condition of the city prison and the marsh land. He adv that in view of the growth of the ¢ the office of veterinary sur- geon and market inspector should be divided into two offic so that the work can be better looked after. Dur- ing the year there were 764 births in this city, and 1243 marriages, while there were but 733 deaths. ———— TURNING TO CATHOLICISM. Rev.George E Swan Declares That Protestants Are Reaching Out for Discarded Forms. BERKELEY, Jan. 10.—Rev. George E. Swan, rector of St. Mark's Episco- pal Church, who recently condemned the local Protestant churches for sanc- WHAT DION'T- HAPPEN' | | | tioning a ball game on Christmas day, | declared In his sermon Sun y even- ing that the members of the Protestant D, Jan. 10.—The engage- ment was announced to-day of Rev. EdwardsDavisof the Central Christian Church and Miss Alta Margaret Kin- gore. The pastor’'s fiancee is the so- prano soloist of the church and the daughter of Attorney Miller Kingore of 1027 Eighth street, this city. The young people met two years ago in San Jose while Miss Kingore was studying music at King’s Conservatory. of Music. Mr. Davis was lecturing in that city at the time, and in his audi- ence was his future wife. Miss Kingore is a petite blonde, with pretty big blue eyes and soft masses of brown hair. She talks easily and in- telligently, and is quite a favorite ameng a large circle of friends. Be- ing musically inclined, they readily found much in common, and their Lfriendship soon grew into love. They Another | churches “are coming by droves back into the old mother church to find what they have lost—true worshi “Outside of the Catholic church,” he declared, “public worship is almost a lost art. The modern churches have sald that our ritual is a mere creed, | interposed between a man and his God. | They are finding out that if they de- | stroy the outward and visible they lose | also the inward and spiritual, for the | two must exist together. “God’s house is not a concert or lec- | ture hall. Preaching may be a mighty | force, but it should not be the object of the church. To make it such is to give a stone for bread and to encourage re- ligious coldnes! The Unlversity Reopens BERKELEY, Jan. 10.—The Upiversity reopened this Registration continued all recitations were promptly Twenty-five regular and fifteen special students were admitted. Recorder Sut- ton and his assistants were kept busy answering questions and settling the more than usually numerous conflicts in recitation hours. PLANS FER A BRIDGE. | Board of Supervisors Will Meet as Election Commissioners Next Monday. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Plans and esti- mates for the rebuilding of the Web- ster-street bridge were opened by the | Board of Supervisors this morning. There were three of them and they State morning. day and | whole, and Friday next at 9 o'clock | s .the time set for their consideration. The San Francisco Bridge Company, Cotton Bros. & Co. and Johnson & Peterson submitted the plans and esti- mates. Next Monday morning at 11 o'clock | the board will sit as a Board of Elec- tion Commissioners, as provided in the new primary law. At that time fifteen names are to be submitted for the pre- cinct officers of election, from which five will be selected at a later date. R. M. Fitzg begun. | were referred to the committee of the | 1 | proved, and In the meantime his past | record will be hunted up. |MORE AFFIDAVITS FILED. W. G Palmanteer Makes a State- [ ment Which Is Corroborated | by His Wife. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—The suit of | Margaret A. Given against Henry C. Morris et al, to cancel a note and | mortgage alleged to have been exe- cuted under duress, was on trial before | Judge Ogden to-day. Last week the | plaintiff offered damaging affidavits in regard to the conduct of the defend- ants In inducing Mrs. Given to consent to a dismissal of the suit. The defense introduced affidavits inrebuttal,among which were those of Mary Comstock, George H. Burbeck, Kate M. Palman- teer, Mary E. Morris, Henry S. Morris, W..G. Palmanteer and Henry C. Morris. These all tend to show that W. G. Palmanteer only acted for the best interest of his client when he ad- vised her. This afternoon Judge Ogden and all of the attorneys of the case adjourned to the residence of Mrs. Morris, where her deposition was taken. WILL BUILD A “BIG € FENCE Quite a Unique Cus- tom. The Structure to Stand on the Campus East of the Old North Hall. BERKELEY, Jan. 10.—At an infor- erald was reappointed a , Mal meeting of a number of university | Juction Sales GRAND AUCTION! THIS DAY (Tuesday), and To- Morrow, at 11 A. M. | MAGNIFICENT UPRIGHT DECKER PIANO, | Elegant Parlor, Chamber, Dintng and Kitéhen | Furniture, Firstclass Carpets, ete., ete., con- tained in 6¢ rooms of THE LONGWORTH HOTEL, 510 Geary street, near Taylor. | FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. | 602 Market street. BRODERICK AND THOSE SIGNS ‘The Auditor Sends a| Strong Veto to the Supervisors. Will Not Sign the Demands Unless Shown More Law. | | Contractors Will Not Get Their De- mands Audited Because of Irregularities. Auditor Broderick informed the Board of Supervisors yesterday that he member of the board of trustees of the | senlors this afternoon a unique plan | did Dot intend to allow the city to pay Alameda Count FATAL FIGHT AMONG JAPS Law Library. One Murdered at Livermore and the Slayer in Jail. Tragedy In the Japanese Camp at Hollow the Corral Mines. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, )8 Broadw Jan. 10. Jugachie, Japanese laborer, was hbed to death last night by a coun- tryman named M. Ehara. The mur- derer is now in the Livermore jail, and 11 be held to-morrow on im. The quarrel occurred at the Japanese camps near the a Corral Hollow coal mines, where there are about forty Japs living together. The men we! slate from tl shaft. The vesterd employed picking out ! at the mouth of the 3 at their work ning it was re- ad knives and the wit- ffair can talk but little is uncerstood that the men i a desire to carve the other and that Ehara was the smarter of the two. Deputy Coroner Fiedler of Livermore took the body to the Branch Morgue | to-day and Coroner Baldwin will go up to-morrow to hold the inquest. orutares Reliance Gentlemen's Night. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Next Monday evening will be gentlemen's night at the Re! Club. There are to be two preliminaries and three eight- round goes between Tony Williams and Fred Maynard, George Baker of Denver and Js McMahon of San = isco and Iy de Coursey of Los Angeles and an unknown. The annual election of offic s of the Reliance Wheelmen will held to-morrow evening and will be followed by a ban- quet. — Frostbitten Feet. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Henry Nichols, a dar bout 60 years of age, is at the Receiving Hospital and will be ex- amined in a day or two as to his san itv. He was discovered at an early hour this morning in Redwood Can- by the King boys, in an appar- itly demented condition. His feet raw in the bottom from walking. had be frost-bitten and then 4 in cold water. He then walked several miles, leaving blood at every step. They were treated by Drs. Por- r and Stratton at the hospital, where he will be kept until he is greatly im- have been engaged for six months past, but not until to-day did the romance reach the public. The date for the wedding has not yet been set, but it will be a quiet home affair, with only the relatives present. for a “senior fence” was devised and resolved upon. The scheme is to have the fence in the form of an immense “C,” similar in shape to an octagon, with one side missing. Each of the sides will be 16 feet in length, and the fence, it is estimated, will seat in the neighborhood of 100, or five-sixths of the men of the senior class. | The project has been received so en- thusiastically that there is little doubt that it will be carried out. A com- mittee will probably be appointed soon to request permission of the university authorities, who will undoubtedly sanc- | tion the scheme. In all probability the | “Big C" fence will be completed before the end of the present month. The fence will consist of sixteen foot lengths of planed hard pine boards, six | inches wide by three inches deep, rest- ing upon redwocd posts, six by six inches in size, placed at Intervals of eight feet. The fence will be four feet in height. An fron foot railing will run the entire length of the “C.” The suggestion has been made that in the future when the permanent buildings for the university are being constructed, a- monumental stone “C,” with a fountain in the center and stat- ues in the angles formed by th- sides, be erected by the alumni of the present x;n.h;r class as a memorial of the class of "98. The proposed location of the “Big C" fence is on the campus just east of North Hall, where one of the recita- | tion tents used to stand. QUEER DETECTIVES. Portland Sleuths Tried a Funny Geme on an Oakland Attorney. OARLAND, Jan. 10.—Chief Lloyd has received a letter from the Chief of Police at Portland regarding the $20 reward that the northern detectives wanted for giving information to At- torney McEiroy about his stolen type- writer. The letter says: I am very sorry about the way these n al'h;‘l luh\\'rfllnr about that $20 re- hey e ward. T been reported to the Police Commissioners for this and ,the matter is now pending. I am ever so tharkful to vou for placing this mattcr in my hands, as I never would have known about it if you had not written. ad a letter from Mr. McElroy and he rted to know the store in which the machine was placed. 1 have seen Emery at_the County Jall myself and got information from him and have written Mr. McElroy. The machine has been recovered and Chief Lloyd's part in the matter is en- tirely satisfactory to the attorney. —_—— Oakland News Notes. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Miils College opens to-morrow, after a three weeks' vacation. The teachers are the same as vear. umerous bicycles have been stolen in and around this city durlng the pas forty-eight hours and reported to con stables or the police. . 69 yvears of age, a na- of New York State, died this morn- at his home, 1280 Fifth avenue. He s a widow, one son and a brother. | The Alameda Bimetallic Club applied to the Board of Supervisors to-day to ascertain what {mllll(‘nl parties are to be represented, and the number of each, on | the election boards to be chosen this Robert 7l tive h. Mabel Lockley of San Francisco, had hallucinations after constant breoding about Durrant, was taken to the Chabot Home to-d missioners_refusing to_commit her. She I‘_:ui‘(l\ruughl in from Berkeley Saturday night. — e They Don't Want Stamps. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—The City Coungil | passed to print to-night an ordinance for- bidding the stamp system of trading in this city. argued against the syvstem, and there | were also petitions filed asking that the ordinance be not passed. There was a warm debate, and the measure was finally passed to print, no members vot- it. A petition, signed by 2700 | names, was presented, asking for the pur- chase of the Simson tract for $150,00, the | owner agreeing to refund $20,000 to the | city after purchase. —_———————— More School Accommodations. ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—A meeting will be held to-morrow evening at the City Hall to discuss the matter of further school accommodations. It has been proposed to build a High School, but there is a sentiment that it would be better to build a new Grammar School, | as such a structure would accommo- date several times as many pupils as | there are now in the High School, or | likely to be for a good while to come. Invitations have been sent out to a | number of prominent citizens to attend and take part in the discussion, as it is desired to have the plans well matured before any decisive steps are taken. Groome Was In San Francisco. ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—Last Saturday the parents of Verginald Groome, a young painter of this city, residing at 1812 Willow street, reported to the po- lice that he was missing, and as he was in poor health they were greatly alarmed concerning him. He turned up all right yesterday and explained his absence by saying that he had | gone to the theater in San Francisco and had remained in the city without thinking of notifying his parents of his | whereabouts. The fac-simile signature of | the | the Lunacy Com- | Many merchants appeared and | | for the street corner signs that were | ordered some time ago by the Superin- tendent of Streets for downtown cor- | | ners, and that if the contractor wants e | his money he must look elsewhere. Th | main reason why the Auditor objects | to allowing the city to pay for the ma- roon and silver signs that now adorn the corners of many of the downtown streets were set forth in The Call some time ago, but in his veto to the board he elaborates on the matter, and ex- plains his reasons fully. His letter is in the main as follows: These demands I return for the reason that I am unable to find any law that | directs thelr allowance and audit or through which I can see any reason for | the charge being made against this, city | and county. | The only law on the subject that I have | discovered in the search is an ordinance of the Board of Supervisors, and known as ordinance No. 1727, approved August 14, 1853, *‘providing for the erection and maintenance of street guldes throughou the .city and county of San Franeisco,” | in_which it is provided: | Section 1. All owners of real estate | cornering on the crossings or intersec- | tions of any streets, etc., are hereby re- quired to erect and maintain at their own cost and expense street guides. * * * The Superintendent of Streets by this ordinance has certain duties assigned to him, etc. 1 do not find any_power vested in the Superintendent of Streets by this ordi- nance to order street signs or guides placed upon corner houses or buildings and chargeable against this city and county. An examination of the bills accompany- ing the demands will show that the own- ers of some of the buildings upon which signs_are charged for are amply able to | i for the same if the ordinance be of any virtue. The city has lately been gen- ally canvassed and many property- | owners have been induced to place street guides_on their buildings and have been | | obliged to pay for the same from their own pockets, and can _see no rea- | |son for drawing any distinction be- | tween the moderately circumstanced property-owner and the wealthy. If the | former has been obliged to pay from his | pocket ould not the wealthy and | milliona | i & c., the same? res, I look upon these demands ‘and in conflict with the spirit of our laws and form of government, and therefore as fllegal refuse to audit or allow same. the Re- | spectfully submitted, s WILLIAM BRODERICK, g City and County Auditor. | The Auditor also returned to the | board, unsigned, warrants in favor of Gray Brothers for work done fronting on Lafayette square, amounting to | $3578 08, and in favor of J. J. Dowling | for work done fronting on Alamosquare amounting to $149535. He was unable to find any law authorizing the pay- ment of demands in the form in which they were presented. EVANGELIZING | SAN FRANCISCO | | | Undenominational Revival Meetings to Be Held Here. the East, Will Lead the | Services. The plans for holding large unde- nominational evangelistic ~—meetings were discussed at the meeting of the Presbyterian ministers yesterday morn- ing. They decided to invite all the ministers of the various sects to join with them in inaugurating these meet- ings during the time that Major Hilton (the evangelist), who is now holding a revival at the Howard Presbyterian Church, is in this city. { One of the ministers stated that the meetings would be an assured success owing to the fact that it has been five or six years since there had been an evangelist in this city. It was then decided that a committee be appointed to communicate with the ministers of the other denominations and a central locality be chosen in which these meetings may be held, if the other churches agree. Major Hilton addressed the Presby- terian ministers yesterday morning, and those that had the pleasure of lis- tening to him did so with marked at-: tentlon. He spoke on the converting of those who did not belong to the church. He stated that it was not only those that were not of the fold, but also the stylish member of the church, that had no more faith and had God less in his heart than some poor old soul who had never entered a church. “If any of you wish to take up ...osionary work,” he said, “‘do not go to China or Japan. Stay right in San Francisco; or, if you do insist upon leaving home There are plenty of souls that saving in all these places.” The Bay Association met yesterday at the Y. I1. C. A. building and dis- cussed ““The Methods of the Assocla- tion.”” The resuit was that a commit- tee was formed to look into-them. * Professor Moore read a most interest- ing paper before the body on “The | Stundist Problem in Russia.” | There was also a review on need How is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. | ants in the action. | with C. P. Ry.. Major Hilton, the Evangelist From | go to Chicago, New York or Pittsburg. [ | First street, San Jc P WEEKLY AUCTION SALE AT TATTERSALL’S 721 Howard St., THIS DAY. Tuesday....... ] January 11, 1897, At A M - % head of good, well-broken Horses and Mules; , 8180 Wagons, Carts, Euggles. Harness, ete. F. ROOK 11 o'clock Whitman Saved Oregon,” after which there was a discussicn by the minis- ters. A paper was read by Rev. J. Coyle at the meeting of the Methodist ministers on the “Belief of the Unbelievers.” The banquet that is to be given on January 31 to the sninisters of this city at the Occidental Hotel was also dis- cussed at some length. At a meeting of the Christian Minis- terial Association a paper was read by the president, Rev. T. D. Butler, en- titled “Recollections of Spurgeon.” ————— A STARTLING ERROR. City Given Big Damages by Mis- take, but thje Mistake Has Been Rectified. In the case of the City and County against John Center a mistake has been found and rectified that might have re- sulted in endless entanglements and lit- igation. It was a case in which the city and county sought to quiet title to a strip of land along the old Mission Creek bed. The section had been cut up in small holdings, and was occupied by 209 tenants, who were made defend- As the property was valued at $150,000, the City and County Attorney, when he instigated suit, demanded restitution of the prop- erty and $150,000 damages for unlawful concession, Judge Slack, before whom the trial took place, decided that the property must be returned to the city and county, but held that no damage had resulted through its detention. Rhodes Borden, who represented the plaintiff in the action, was instructed to draw up a decree in accordance with the findings of the court, and in doing so he inadvertently concluded with the words:- “Let judgment be entered for the plaintiff, as prayed for in the com- plaint.” This allowed the damages prayed for contrary to the decision of the court, but as Judge Slack did not notice the difference he signed it when it was presented. Fortunately, no ap- peal was taken from the judgment, and the mistake was discovered and recti- fled before the record became seriously tangled. —_———— Officlal Courtesy. Lieutenant H. H. Noble, U. S. A., ald to Brigadier-General Shafter, vesterday pald an offictal visit to Captain Kirby of the British war vessel Phaeton and to Lieutenant de Stege of the British tor- pedo-destroyer Sparrowhawk. going on board of the vessels named. The aid con- veyed the respects of the department commander to the foreign visitors. In each case it was merely a ceremonial visit, in return for like visits pald by the visitors at headquarters. Dr.Gibbon’s Bispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Privats Diseuses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mind aud Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Call orwrite, BRBON, Box 1957, San Fracisco, Dr. 3. OCEAN TRAVEL. THE 0. R. & N. (. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTIL.AND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. FARE 85 First Class lucluding Berth $2.50 2d Class and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS State of California s .Jan. 13 Columbia .. .Jan. 18 and through baggage to all at Through tickets nd folders upon appli- R, General Agent, Eastern points. I ) Market street. cation to F. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. 5.S. AUSTRALIA, for HONOLULU_oniy Tuesday, Jan. 25, £ p. m. Special pai at rty rates The S,S. ALAMEDA ealls via HONOLL- LU and AUCKLAND fip- gé'““%m e : Line to COOLGARDIE, Australia, and CA¥ WN, South Africa. 3D, SFRECKELS & BROS. CO.. Agents. 11 Street. Freight Office—327 Market st.. | PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers leave Broadway whart San Francisco, as follows: 3 For ports in Alaska, § a. m., Jan. 1, 6, 11, 18, 21, 26, 31, and every fifth day thereafter, For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett. Anacortes and New Whatcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash), 9 m., Jan. 1 6 11 16, 21, 26, 31, and every h day thereafter, connecting at Vancouver 5 at Tacoma with N. P. Ry., at Seattie with Great Northern Ry., and com- any's steamer for Alaska. For Eureka (Humboldt Bay). mona, 2 p. m., Jan. 1. 5 10, 14 Feb. 4, 8, 12. 16, 20, 25, 29, For Santa Cruz, Monterey, yucos, Port Harford (San Luls Obispo). Gavi- ota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San edro, East San_ Pedro (Los Angeles) and ewport, 9 a.m., Jan. 1, 5, 9, 13,17, 2L 25. 2, and every fourth day fhereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Cbispo). Santa Barbara, Port a. fift steamer Po- 18, 22, 26, 31, San Simeon. Ca- P Ny s Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 g S 1, 15,9, 2, 2 21, and every day thereafter. o msenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del . Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz Santa Ro- e and Guaymas (Mex)), 10 a. m., Jan. § and 24 of each month thereafter. The Company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamars, salling dates and_honrs of safling. = ICKE OFFICE—Palace Hotel, 4 New ontgomery st. N ODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts. 10 Market st., San Franelsco. C . Compagnie Generale Transatlantigue. French Line to Heyre. Company’'s Fier new), 42 North River, foot of I orton st. Tr;\\'elenm by this line avold both transit by English railway and the discomfort of crossing the channel In a small i New York to Alexandria, Lgypt, via Faris, first class $160, second class $116. LA BRETAGNE, December 11, 10 a. m. | LA GASCOGNE December 15, 10 a. m. | LA NORMANDIE December 2, 10 a. m. | LA CHAMPAGNE, January 1 10 a. m. | LA BRETAGNE. January §, 10 a. m | “For further particdiars apply to A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO.. Agents, 5 Montgomery, ! ave., San Francisco. 3 STOCKTON STEAMERS | Leave .Pier No. 3, Washington St., at 6 y. /ED UP TO 5:30 P. AL Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and give inz through freight rates tu zll points on the | Valley Rallroad. STEAMERS: | T. C. WALKER, 3. D. PETERS, | MARY GARRATT, CITY OF STOCKTON. Telephone Alxin 805 Cal. Nav. and Impt. Co. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. Steamer ** Monticello.” ‘Wed., Thurs. and Sat For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays excepted) at 5 p. m. Freight and Passengers. Fare between San Francisco and Alviso, S0ci to San Jose, 5c. Clay street, Pier 1. 41 North fose.