The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1898, Page 15

ROMANCE F NEWMAN'S LIFE Deserted a Young Wife Two Score Years Ago. ized young man who was introduced to! him_as the. Chinese .physician, Dr. Sun. | He made many friends by his pleasant, | gentlemanly, well bred manners, and he | was invited to come again. Sun went in+ and out among the -mission people for a | couple of months. - One day Dr. Masters | et -the Chinese Consul, who expressed | his $urprise and regret that the mission | was harboring one of the greatest- Chi- | nese rebels of modern times and that he had already succeeded in winning to his cause numbers of the Christlan young | | men of Chinatown. Dr. Masters hurried to the mission and found that Dr. Sun| had left a few hours before, and had | boarded the castbound express. The plot had been exposed and Dr. Sun remem- bered he had business élsewhere. Dr. Sun visited Eastern cities and at every place he followed the same tac-| tics.” He went quietly about among his | fellow countrymen and organized local Now She Is Here and Claims the Estate of the Dead Man. It is the Belisf That the the Trestle Will Solved. Mystery of Never Be Oakland Office San Francisco Call 908 Broadway, January 29. When George Newman died he left an estate valued at about $20,000, and he also left behind him a romance which is gradually being unfolded before the Superior Court at Martinez. Newman for many years prior to his death was a resident of Antioch, and was well known in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties. He engaged in several trades during his life, and accumulated his snug es- tate by thrift. He spoke very little of himself or his past, but occasionally enjoyed a hilarious time, and while on one of these sprees he met death in a mysterious manner. By the river bank at the edge of tidewater his corpse was found. The body was under the rail- road trestle, and whether he tumbled from the track or whether he was mur- dered and robbed may never be known, but there is much to support the latter theory. s were found on the r pockets were rifled, but his w was not touched. One man was Sus- pected of knowing how Newman might have died, and he has since been found and placed in the lunatic asylum. In addition to the tragedy tery of Newman's death, romance in hi supposed that he had a wife liv ing in Rhode Island, and when the Pub- lic Administratc cha of his es- he found letters from his and she wa nt for. A few days ago she arrived at Martinez, and at once claimed the right to administer the estate as the widow of the de- ceased Her ry is Newman ried her « > was but 16 e weeks af ted her and ept up a ca r forty vears ago when ars of age, and that their marriage he de- me to California. They al correspondence until chapters of tl Hing Chung Oey. When | | the Chinese cials got on his track he | sunddenly disappeared. At last he turned up in London a vear ago last October, i and the world was startled | that he had been kidnaped by the Chines | Legation in London and that Sir Halli- | day Macartney was arranging for his | passage to China as a prisoner of the | Chinese Government. | N MEMORY OF LINCOLN. Be Held at | Z | @ Mass-Meeting W | . Metropolitan Temple and a { Programme Rendered. The public meetings committe coln Monument League and a conference committee of the G. posts met last evening in Judge Coone: | offices in the Phelan building for the purpose of arranging a programme to be rendered at a meeting to be held in Metropolitan Temple on February 12, the anniversary of the birth of Lincoln. Samuel M. Shortric been invited ! to act as orator on invitation has been a also be arranged > wil programme will ais al talent will par | some of the best 2 ose who have the affair in ;éllfzx‘;;(eehrgh.nnlgu M. Cooney, chairm P. R. Lund, secretary; C lonel W. \_\. Stone, Colonel C. Mason Kinne, Sol Co- | he Senator F 5 H. | Wharff, A. Mau ! Bro J. Vininj ‘ J. W ‘ BOY BURGLARS [N THE TOILS William Hennessey and Law- rence Estes Chased by Three Policemen and Caught. They Are Supposed to Eelong to a Robbing Telephone Boxes in Stores. Gang Thet Has Been The butcher shop of M. R. Gsoske, 905 | Folsom street, was entered by William Hennessey and Lawrence Estes, two boy at an early hour yester- telephone | 17 years of age, day morning. They tore the b from the wall and carrfed it away with them to, steal the nickels in the re- ceive -ur years . and since that time{ They were observed by Policeman Men- only a few letters have passed between | jhan, and he blew his whistle and started them | on the run after them. At Sixth street In all these forty years Newman sent | they dropped the box and continued their trifling sums of money for her | fight south on Sixth street. Menihan continually claiming poverty, | was joined by Policemen McEntee and ding he was in Very com- | o'Connor, and McEntee fired a shot in cumstances. Her last let- | the air from his revolver to intimidate pitiful, pleading advancing | the two vouths, but it had the effect of and feebleness, and are said 10| ypcreasing their speed. Thi . Kept up - until Columbia ched. a th. They were and charged wi ¢ were arraigned in Judg: court yesterday and the hearing tinued until Tu of the telephone y and stated that within the pa ne of the contest- at Newman's wife and that he can- s ago, not widow now living. The atter is in the Superior Court of Con- | four months about 100 telephone boxes 2 Costa County, where the conflict- | had been stolen in different parts of the mony will be straightened out, | Cit¥, and destroyed to get at the nickels T s ny aig e - | in “the receivers, and he believed the The man who was last seen with| company had lost about $1000 in this way. Newman on the night before his death | The police say that Hennessey and E is named Griffiths this city. After dead Griffiths disappeared, and turned | 2nd up in Fresno, where he has a wealthy | yno® o1 the brother in the real estate busines: He | jmportant one. Hennessey is a attempted to kill his brother with a | He has served a term for petty knife, and was arrested. While under and has been arrested for vagrancy. arrest he was brought from Fresno to | testify at the inquest on The Ccroner would prob- nd has relatives in | tes are members cf a gang that has been ewman was found | making it a practice to break into stores the telephone & and th ould la y have taken some action had it not |LABOR MAKES PROTEST. been proved that Newman was a peri- | Objections to Charter Amendment odical lunatic, and had frequently been i fo asylums, He was sent back to Ag-| Coll ForthaVigorous Response of the Executive Board. news, was discharged about two weeks ago as cured, and yesterday was rear- | rested at San Jose in a demented state of mind, walking around in the cold barefooted and with only half his clothes on. POISONED BY Mrs. J. K. Porter in a Critical Condition From Eating Gumdrops. She Was Hurriedly Taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital for Treatment Mrs. J. K. Porter, who resides at 1930 Ellis street, was presumably acci- dentally poisoned in the Grand Opera- house last evening while witnessing the | play in company with her daughter. After the first act Mrs. Porter bought a small package of gum drovs, and after cating one or two of them she | was taken with severe pains in the stomach. She told her daughter of the agony she was undergoing and the daughter notifled the management of the affair. The ambulance was hurriedly sum- moned and the suffering woman was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was discovered that she had been poisoned and was in a-eritical condi- tion. Tt is the gpinion of Miss Porter that the ;:umdrxp,q were the cause of the trouble. After eating the gumdrops | Mrs. Porter endured the pain for a time, but later on it became so intense that she nearly fainted. When - the ambulance arrived at the hospital the victim of the poisoned candies was in an exceedingly weak condition and had to be supported while going into the ward for treatment. The doctors ex- pressed the opinion that the candies sold by the messenger boys in the thea- ter had been the source of pain, as they were without doubt poisoned. —_—— A NOTED CONSPIRATOR. An @Arrest in China Recalls an Incident in San Francisco. Recent news from Hongkong says that the notorfous Dr. Sun Yat Sun, the arch- conspirator against the Chinese Govern- ment, has been arrested by the Hong- kong authorities and handed over to the Chinese Government. About eighteen months ago this noted revolutionist fled to San Francisco and was for several months domiciled in Chinatown, where he succeeded in organizing a society called the Hing Chung Oey, or “Reform China Association.” Its professed object ‘Wwas to bring about reforms in the Gov- ernment of China by peaceful methods if possible, but if necessary by force. Dr. J. F. Masters of the M. E. Chinese Missfon says that one morning he found in the mission a very modest looking; well educated, well dressed Europeai- CANDY The following extracts arg from a man- ifesto tssued by the executive board ot the San Francisco Labor Convention, of | which E. W. Thurman is president, | | George Lafayette vice president, E. J. | Corbett secretary, T. J. Browning trea urer and J. K. Phillips financial secre- tary: | “There seems to be a strong effort to decelve the people of San Francisco, as it seems to us and espectally the laboring | | class, who demand recognition of their | | rights in the new charter, to put them | | off with the pretense that the charter | | can be easily amended. This is not so. | The pretense that a clause can be in- | | serted by which upon petition of 15 per cent of the voters an amendment can be submitted 1s absolutely not so. “The constitution, which is the supreme law, provides for the making of the | charter and also provides the only meth- | | 0d by which it can be amended after it is | | so made.” | | The objection generally is against the | | stand taken by the Examiner, the board | | asserting that the moneyed classes are | | always opposed to the interests of labor | and that “no one can say that a require- | ment for a three-fifths vote is an easy | amendment. It is just the contrary, and | {labor will not be hoodwinked in this —_————————— KINGS OF PURGATORY. | Council of Dignitaries Elects Offi- 1 cers to Confer Degrees. The Council of Dignitaries of the | Kings of Purgatory, a side degree of the | Knights of Pythias, met last night in| Pythian Castle and made arrangements | for the celebration to be given on the | 19th of February, the anniversary of the founding of the order. The following named were chosen as officers: President, George W. Monteith; | secretary, H. C. Hincksen; treasurer, Herman Schaffner; patriarch, G. H. Sam- uels; king of spades, Julius Calman; king of hearts, M. A. Samuels; king of clubs, | H. L. Blake; king of diamonds, F. Nedel- | finger; knave of spades, M. C. Dunn; | knave of hearts, E. C. Powell; knave of | clubs, George Rabbit; knave of diamonds, K. Winter; chamberlain, D. H. Skiller; herald, R. ¥. Lang; equerry,C. C. Morris, A number of Pythiins signed the roll | of membership, which now carries 165 names, and.it s expected that it will be | increased to 200. | It was decided to give the Initiatory and two other degrees upon the stage of the 0dd Fellows' Hall, which, for the occa- slon, will be fitted up with Oriental gor- geousness, and it was announced that ‘the work,”” as exemplification of the de- | grees is called, will be presented with a number of startling effects, including a | scene at which witches will preside at | a caldron of boiling oil, in which to pre- | pare the candidates. " | Gu will be admitted by invitation, | and every name presented for a card of admissjon will be submitted to a_commit- | zfie. Af‘lnerbethe ceremgnfl nffl lxfltlaht.mn: ere wi a "’J\d all until the hour of midnight. ————— Jubilee Decorations Burned. The Jubilee decorations in front of the | shoe store of Sommer & Kaufman at 28 | Kearny street caught fire from a cigar- ette -about half-past 10 and were com- | pletely destroyed. A still a was | turned in but the blaze was extinguished | before the fire department reached the store. A plate glass window was badly cracked by the heat. An alarm was rung in from box 2 at 7:30 last evening for a small fire in a lodging house on_ uhfl ton street, near Dupont. The blaze start- ed in some bedclothes and the loss was nominal, . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1898 THE ORDEAL 5 AVERTED Oaklandv Society May Be Spared Much Anx- iety. May Never Have to Receive Mr. and Mrs. Swiftwater Bill.: “A Splendid Fellow,”Says His Broker, “and a Welcome Addition to Oakland.” Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 29. Oakland society is relleved. Since it first became known that W. C. Gates, also krown as Swiftwater Bill, had purchased the Henshaw residence in the heart of the local aristocracy, and had paid a goodly figure for it, there has been much speculation as to how Mr. and Mrs. Gates and their $1,800,000 which he says he owns should be re- celved. It was not so difficult for Oakland so- ciety to outline a reception for $1.800.- | 000, but there are certain lines drawn on this side of the bay by society which would make it difficuit to determine the status of the millionaire from Daw- son City. It was known that Mr. Gates was ambitious, and gossips had circulated the story that the purchase of the mansion carried with it an unwritten but implied understanding that the Gateses should be admitted into the charmed circle of other residents of Oakland who owned $25,000 mansions. This was horrible, and now the little domestic infelicity “which has broken | out between Mr. Gates and his bride | has somewhat relieved the embarrass- ing situation. Oakland society has not said much: as a rule it dc and acts and ijts actions are of that nature that speaks louder than words. The question of the admission of Mr. Swiftwater Bill and his wife into so- | ciety was considerably complicated by | | the fact that he owned so much money. There is a lot of society on this side of | | the bay, but there is not any too much money, and $1,800,000 is quite a sum, ‘With the purchase of the residence and the prompt manner in which it was paid for there were many who felt in- clined to receive Mr. Gates with open | arms, for although his pedigree did | not precede him and his coat of arms has not yet been registered, a great deal of respect was felt for a man who ,000 in cash for a house would pay § and show proof that he still had $1,775, 000 left. It now appears, however, from the stories of both Mr. and Mrs. Gates, that their married life i3 nearly at an end, for she says that there are other things than money necessary to happi- ness, and he says that as he has all th, money he is not going to “chase her, consequently local society feels con- siderably relieved. William Laymance of the company Gates to invest in Oakland says that he never heard of which induc d Mr. any social inducements being held out to Mr. Gates when the transaction was closed. “Mr. Gates is a very shrewd gentle- man,” said Mr. Lavmance, “and making some particularly good invest- ments. He is the kind of man we want in Oakland, and he will be a desirable acquisition to any branch of soclety. He intends to reside in his fine house. and will no doubt make other invest- ments on this side of the bay. Person- ally Mr. Gates is very affable and a we hope his | perfect gentleman, little difficulties w and 1 soon be settled. STILL UDER DIRK CLOUDS ! L. M. Henry’s Name Connected | With Rumors of Theft. His Disappearance Cannot counted For and a Search 1s Going On. The disappearance of L. collector for the Spring Valley Water Company, becomes more mysterious as the days go by. No member of his fam- ily is aware of his whereabouts, but each is of the opinion that all will be well in | Just what he is up to, or| where he has been for the past week is | a few days. as much a mystery to them as to the de- tectives and the members of the com- | pany. Lorenzo Henry, a brother of the missing man, stated last evening that his brother had given "o intimation of his | going, but he thoroughly belleves that not even a l0-cent plece will be missed when the books and accounts are finally checked up. It was rumored that Henry had left the city, but no proof has as yet been found. The fact that he was a frequenter of the race course does not seem to have any effect on the case, as it has been already stated by members of the company that it would have been impossible for Henry to be in the company’s debt for more than two days' collections, but as a mat- ter of precaution they will check up ac- counts for 3?‘9 past two or three years. The Pacific Surety Company, which is on the bond of the collector, s not .alarmed at his absence, nor has it been asked to make good the agreement of the bond. It will not be known for a day or two what will be developed by the checking of the accounts which were controlled by He&ry. The most mysteri- ous portion of public to be the secrecy maintained by the company which has lost its collector. Chief Clerk Booker is the only employe who has the slightest idea of the stand- ing of affairs, and he has been sworn to secrecy. A dlllient search is still going on for the missing man, and thé rumor which had gain ground that he had made away with himself while despond- ent from drinking is ridiculed by -both friends and family. After the accounts have been thorough- ly investigated if a shortage is discovered the Pacific Surety Company wijll be held to the agreements of the bond, which was given for —_—————— DEATH OF MRS. DOANE. The Deceased Well Known as a Pioneer Resident and for Her Kindly dActs. Mrs. Lucy J. Doane, widow of the late | General Charles Doane, died at the fam- ily residence on Friday evening, after an | lliness of several months. Mrs. Doane was among the early ploneers and was actively interested In all movements for the welfare of the city and a supporter of her husband in the trying times of ‘36, when as Sheriff of the city he was called upon to perform some of the most important and trying duties that often fall to the lot of a public officer. Mrs. Don):l:e" death recalls with much vividness the times through wh the city then m and those ;ho w‘e’;"g here then can well recall the important duties which fell upon the General Doane was noted for his cool- ness, clearness and decision of character. It'is said that to his efficient administra- tive abilities SBan Francisco was indebted that anarchy was not permitted to run it. Coming to the city from New Orleans, he was supposed to be a Southerner, and was approached by those of Southern sympathies, with a view of securing him as a leader of their cause. His loyalty to the country probably served in a great degree to hold the secession interest in check and to help save California to the Union. i General Doane served the city four years as Sheriff, was an active Jeader and promoter of the State Militia in its in- fancy and was Brigadier-General of the Second Brigade at the time of his death MAT SOON - BE UNITED Two Christian Churches With Only One Pastor. A ction alcs CHAS. LEVY & CO., AUCTIONEERS. = 2n b 2 OCCIDENTAL HORSE EXCHANGE, 225 Tehama St., near Third. Assignees’ Sale of Plumbing Material. TO-MORROW, .Jan. 31, 1898 m., on Premises, | 413 Sutter St.. Nr. Stockton, | Thyur We Are Instructed to Sell | sday. THURSDAY. - ....February 3, 1897, | At 10 o'clock a. m. not taik, but it thinks in 1862, Mrs. Doane was well known for her many kindly acts and her deep Interest in_the public welfare. The funeral will take place from her late residence, corner Hawthorne and Harrison streets, on Tuesday next. ———,—— The Order of Golden Links. Mrs. John Pettee of this city, a lady whose works of charity are well known, is getting up a benefit for the Order of Golden Links, to come off at Foresters' Hall on the eve of Washington's birth- day, February 21, at 8 o’clock.* The Order of Golden Links Is a soclety composed of boys from 12 vears of age upwas one of the main objects of which is to procure situations for and help young men and boys along in life. Some of the best tal- ent have offered their services and the affair promises to be a great success. A Committee Now Seeking a Site on Which to Build. Rev. Davis' Resignation May Lead to the Formation of One Body. - Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway. Jan. 2. Another effort is to be made to unite the two Christian churches in this city. Choral Evensong. The Vesper service this evening at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, on California street, near Steiner, will be a choral evensong, the entire service being ren- dered by a vested choir of fifty men, wo- men and The rendering of the evensong will be under the direction of David W. Loring, founder of the Loring Club, who has Tecently become the choir- t St. Paul's and who has spe- ed the choir for this evening's EER EVENTS ARE RECALLED First Scientific Test of Gold in California Made by Dr. Fourgeaud. has left matters in such a condition only possible but desirable. There has been no pastor secured to preach to- morrow at the Central church, and the Rev. Mr. Davis' announcement last Sunday night that Dr. C. H. Garrison would occupy the pulpit has caused a little feeling between the Central and First churches. Dr. Garrison has no idea of preaching in the Central church to-morrow night, having been pre- service. P10 to understand why Mr. Davis should have announced him at the Central church. Elder Kennedy of the First Chris- tian Church said to-day that a large majority of both churches would like to see a consolidation, which would mean one strong church instead of two struggling ones. “We have a few thousand dollars in An Tntstssting Tubilest Tates Fromi e TOLALE TUNd, L agld "IN KEn- the Daughter of an Eminent for a site on which to build. A few | First Settler. months ago the two churches were 3 | nearly united, but the plan was blocked by the efforts of a few friends of Mr. Davis. A majority of the First Church and a great portion of the Central were in favor of a union, and since Dr. Butler has come to the First congregation this feeling has strength- ened. So far as I can see, the only ob- jection to the.union would be that the During the Jubilee week many letters and messages were received from loyal Californians who could not arrange their affairs so they could visit the State. An interesting letter was received by Colonel W. R. Smedberg from May Fourgeaud Haskell, wife of Captain Haskell, U. 8. A., and daughter of Dr. Victor J. Four- geaud, an eminent physician of the early times In San Franciseo and a well-known piloneer of California. In writing from Fort Niobra! Nebr., she says: “Cap- tain Haskell and 1 have been reading lately with much interest of the prepara tions for the Golden Jubilee in San Fran: cisco, and it has occurred to us that as my father and mother were among Cali- of about $500 before we join hands, as it would not be fair to saddle that obli- gation upon our members. The Cen- tral Church claims 300 members; we have 250, and, consequently, | class, strong church, out of debt and doing a good work.” The resignation of Rev. Edwards Davis | that a consolidation is said to be not | viously invited to preach at the First | Christian Church, and he is at a loss | | street. | Keller, doing. business in Bakersfield, ob- ! in The Call dated at Los nedy, “and a committee is now looking | | Central Church should pay off its debts | with a | new building and by encouraging the | spirit which seems to have come with | Dr. Butler, we could soon have a first- | is 1 fornia’s pioneers, were identified with her progress and growth from early and cherished through their lives fondest pride In her fame and fortune, I would dearly like to recall their memoriestothe ~of the during the approaching anniversary. Of our little family trio, that spent so many happy vears in California, I am the sole survi and am too far | away to give personally to this matter the attention I would like.” Mrs. Haskell incloses a copy of the resolutions in memory of her father, | which were adopted by the California | 18] Pioneers in Januar tribute is signed Alexander Campbe The fact is mentior Arthur B. Stout, and Emil V. Sutter. 1 that in the organ- ization of the Society of California Pio- | neers the name of Fourgeaud stands ixth on its record. October 14, 1847, just ix months after he had left his first camping ground near Independence, Mo., Dr. Fourgeaud landed at the foot of Clay | street a few yards street. The resolutions adopted by the Pioneers embrace this Interestihg paragraph: below Montgomery days, | The memorial | | Though Badly “In the latter part of March, 1848, Dr. | | Fourgeaud received from General Sutter | a small specimen of what was supposed | Dr. Garrison is said to be one of the few men who ever made any money out of a religious publication. He did chased the Pacific Christian, the organ of the Christian church on this coast, and will at once assume its editorship. FOUGHT OX THE BLIND BAGGAGE, Farm Laborer’s Desperate Struggle With a Murder- ous Robber. Himself From Being Hurled From a Train. | certificate, gaged in the business and catching and | r | slowly wasting away Wounded He waves | ten | pain. to be gold with the request that he should "Y: st it. He pronounced it pure metal. | his was the first gol. er scientifically tested in California. They endeavored to keep this discovery a profound secret, but in a short time it was rumored in San Francisco that large amounts of gold Speciai Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Jan. 29.—William Helman, a farm laborer, was brought to the County Hospital here this afterncon in a badly | serted. Men, women and children rushed Be Ac- | | His_ vision M. Henry, the | had been found in the neighborhood of Sutter's mill. These reports received little credence until the first sacks of the pre- cious metal were brought down to pur- : merchandise with. Two weeks af- this San Francisco was almost de- | battered condition. He was suffering wounds, a gashed wrist and numerous bruises and contusions, the result of a flerce fight which he had with an un- known man for whom he had acted in the role of a benefactor. The scene of | the encounter was the top of the blind baggage car of the southbound train, on which the twé men had started to ride to Bakersfield. Helman made the acquaintance of the stranger in this city and paid for his lodging and meals and also bought him a supply of cigarettes. On Thursday even- = ter to the ‘placers.’ In the California Star of April 1, 1848, Dr. Fourgeaud published an extended sr: ticle on the “Prospects of California.” of the future was almost prophetic. The dream of Nina, published Californtan of Deceraber s, 1647, ik vision which came to the wife of Dr. Fourgeaud. It was a dream picture of | San Francisco in 1876 as a great metropo- | lis—a city of lofty bulldings, beautiful streets and magnificent residences. | —_———— Women's Press Association. : (i more blows, knocking him Pacie, ccgular open meeting of the | Tren he robbed him. taking all acific Coast Women’s Press Association | money he had—about $. will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2| When Helman recovered consciousness ofitok. o Sidas HAIL NeUVE Eohs, | thepanbiec (I8 o Kok HimbArEHS cof building, Mason street, between Post and | and the two men then engaged In a des- Geary. The programme will be as fol- | Perate hard to hand flght. = Finally the blind baggage. When about half a mile south of Tipton the stranger struck his | benefactor on the head with a coupling senseless. the lows: Vi solo, “Di - | stranger drew a ragor, and Helman | B bodwer “Remintensnty; Mrs. Grace | Climbed down on to the tender of the en- gine. When the fireman had been told what the matter was he started after the robber with a coal hammer, but the fellow jumped from the car and made his escape. The facts of the robbery were reported to the officers at Bakersfield and a de- geription was given of the ruffian. He is described as being about 5 feet 2 inches in height and wore a black mustach He had two sweaters under a dark coat. He also wore a brownish Fedora hat. Helman is badly injured, and it was feared he had suffered from concussion Abroad,” with display of photoj Mrs, Sdrah E. Reames (this (a1l il i divided into several parts, viz.: “Paris, “I'Academie caize,” ' “Arles and “Cultivation of Beet Sugar in Germany as Compared With California’™); ode, “California” (composéd by Miss Mary Lambert for the Golden Jubilee), Mrs, Grace E. Dodge; violin solo, “II Trova- | tore,” Miss May Walker, accompanied by | Miss Blanche Walker. The public is cor- | dially invited. from a crippled shoulder, two long scalp | ing the two left for Bakersfleld on the | link, and then struck him three or four | The Stock and Fixtures of the above store, ocoupied by H. Williams, an insolvent debter. This stock comprises a large assortment of Bath Tubs, enameled and decorated, Oval and Square Bowls, Clasets in Cherry and Oak, all the latest Plumbing Implements, large and ele- gant assortment of Brass Goods, Nickel and Steel Connections, Castiron Pipes and Conne: tions and a full and complete stock of eve) thing appertaining to a first-class plumbing establishment. Desks, Partitions, Iron Safe. etc., ete. CHAS. LEVY & CO. Auctioneers. ant’s refusal to deliver to the plaintiffs a quantity of Alaska salmon, as provided for in a contract between the parties. —_———————— ' MERTENS DISCHARGED. His Violation of Law Only Tech- nical and He Had Received Great Provocation. TUnited States Distriot Judge De Haven vesterday dismissed the charge against A. F. Mertens on motion of United States Attorney Foote. The motion was as fol- lows: “I hereby enter a mnolle pros in the above entitied case on the ground that the offense involved herein consists in sending through the postoffice estab- lishment a threatening postal card. The offense is merely of a technical character. and in the opinion of the postal authori- ties the evidence is not sufficient to au- thorize a conviction.” Mertens is a respectable merchant, deal- | ing in spices, coffees, etc., on Drumm About a year or so ago, Mrs. D. tained some goods from Mertens’ place on credit, and subsequently removed to Placerville. Mertens requested her sev- eral times by letter to pay the bill, and she proceeded to harass his feelings by using mourning paper and ironically con- dolin, lect the bill. One day he saw a d Angeles, an- nouncing’ that John Smith had “skipped out” of that place leaving his creditors in the Turch. cut out the article, pasted it on a postal card and wrote under it, “This is a case similar to yours.” patch ‘When the humorous lady received the postal she became angry. She afterward received another with a slip about anoth er defaulting debtor, and she became en | raged, and complained to the postal au- | thorities, who arrested Mertens. Postoffice_Inspectors Erwin and Munro sald yesterday that they had recommend- ed the dismissal because Mertens had been guilty of only a technical offense, if guilty at all, and that they did not be- lieve that any jury of business men would convict the accused, He certainly had great provocation. ——————————— Asthma and Bronchitis cure Guaranteed. Dr. Gordins Sanitarium. 514 Pine, nr. Kearny, SF.,Cal. —_————————— Tan Must Go Back. United States Commissioner Heacock vesterday morning, after argument by Lyman I. Mowry on behalf of the Gov- | ernment, and by Ward McAllister on be- | half of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- this in the East, and now he has pur- | pany, rendered his opinion to the effect that Ng Peak Tan should be deported to China. Tan came here on a merchant's and was afterward found en- ving shrimps near Burlingame. NEW TO-DAY. HE SENDS IT FREE. A Never Failing Remedy That Makes a Man Young Again. TRUE MANLINESS QUICKELY REPLACES THE 'WORN OUT NERVES AND VIGOR. ‘When a man's strength and vigor is from nervous weakness, the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most severe writer rolled and tossed on thetroubled sea of Nervous Debility, Emissions, Lame Back and the various other troubles of Sexual Weakness, until it was a question whether he had not better take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles. But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combination of medicines that completely restored his general health and enlarged his weak, emaciated parts to natural size and vigor, and he now declares .that any man, young or old, who will. take the trouble to | gend his name ‘and address may have Free full particulars of this wonderful home treatment which quickly restored me to my full strength and vigor of youth. Now, when I say free, I mean absolutely without cost, because I want every weakened man to get the benefit of my experience. There are thousands of men suffering the mental tortures of weakened man- hood who would be cured at once could they but get such a remedy as the one that cured me. Send for it, and learn that there are a few things on earth, although they cost nothing to get, are worth a fortune to some men, artd mean a lifetime of happiness to most of us. Wrike to Thomas Slater, 178 Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo, Mich.; and the lnh*uon will be malled in a plain, sealed ¥r.velope. Office Furniture and | ‘with him over his inability to col- ' 2 There is no let up to the mental | suffering day or night. For years the | T An Instrument of Torture. The Greatest Sale of Trotting Horses, CAMPAIGNERS, ROADSTERS AND DOUBLE TEAMS, i INCLUDING: Algregor, 2:11. by Steinway; Dictatus, 2:21, by Red Wilkes; Fanadma, 2:133 Eros; Pascal, L:21%. by Victor: Rayanette, by Anteeo; Mont= Cristo, 2:20, by Malta; Eevptian Prince, ¥ El Mahdi, and colts and fillies by Direct, Dexter Prince. Hambletonian Wilkes, Prinee Red, Silver Bow, Sidney, Alex Button, Sable Wilkes and other great sires. The best lot el e ot of carefuily selected horses ever Horses ready. o at yard on Tuesday. Catalogues Address WILLIAM G. LAYNG & CO., Li X , 313 Bush forees HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WEST G Hatch, HE J Keily, Rio Vista G Reed. Stockton J W Kelly & w, Cal J Hamilton, San Jose C Monahan, Cal M Peterson, Vallejo A Hanson, Cal Angeles Miss K tie Kaufman, Cal Miss E Clark, C: rk, Cal s GLetnun, Flint, Cal Port ~ Jacobson, s P J Ward, Sait La LICK HOUSE. 7 J Sevmour, Fresno J D Hill & w,WintCk R Barcar, Vacaville |1 W Conant, Redding J M Wilmans, Newm A D ¢ ¥, Mag- C W Neal, nolia_Mine A w eeper, Cal g & v, Mrpsa F Barnhard, Fres: Bonfilio & w,L Ang McGaughey,Ls A ¥ BZmox Angel J Simpson, Eureka BALDWIN HOTF W H_Miller, Ukiah 1 J € Heald, 'N: Dr J McM: . Livermre H Lion, San Miss wank. L Anz|W H Young. Sta Rosa Miss G Culbert, L An C R Stewart.Los Ang N Benifield, Los Ang B Chaboyd, Oakwood Mrs I, Bonifield, L An |J Monton, Port Costa Y e lcGaughey,Ls W D I Pinole P Philadel Chicago an Jose ender, Cheg, W Drown & w,AngCp Kesw Peatery. Cal cls, PALACE HOT E Runyon, N J (J B Chicgo M Sta Rosa |J C i l§ X > M . _Rochster c N Y |Mrs Everett, Rochestr F L Martinetti, Cal S R Abrams, N Y F H Green, S Rafael Mrs § R Abrams, N ¥ ® Cadwalder, € Cadwalder, N Y Brown, Rdo 5 K R W Truman, Keswek Mrs J D Honevman Ks J W Bennie, Keswick Davis, London W L Hardison, S Paul A B Butler, Fresno F W Bryant, Grnd Rp Mrs A B Butler,Fresno Mrs F. Bryant. GrdRpd J D Sproul, Chico G W _Sanborn, Astoria H J Metzler, Yokohma W _F Montgomery,LAn eman, Keswck F H Green, Syracuse 2 Weller. Keswick E C Voorhies, Sutr Ck R Ta Keswick J A Clark, N' Y H Poindeter, Palc Alto C C Perkins, Rodeo | A D MacPherson, Cheg G H Clarke, Chicago GRAND HOTEL. zR R Hoge, Portland G D Cummings, B Placervl Courtland | A A S’ Jose. nce, Auburr . Hollister Sacto D fMrs Nelson, T J Nichols, Auburn | W Harris, G E Waggoner & s, |C Falck, W Auburn’ H_Campbell. Miss Glossop, Auburn |W D S L O Riley, § Jose Radcliff. E_Holbrooke, § Jose Chandler, Mt Vw W T Craig, Stockton L Ang E B Edson, Gazelle v, Chicago J C Doone,” Berkeley Sonora tier, 5 kton ilbert, w & s, n, ule, cto Marysville . Portld Cal D Flanigan, Bureka J Krick, Cal T W Hicks, Hanfor( W H Reed, Cleveland J 8 Enxabaugh, Hantd| W Newhall, Chicago | R W Colson, L' Ang |C J Cox. Sacto T H Wall acte | S Newell, Stockton W B Turner. Seattle A Smith, S L Burrs, Seattle Miss W H Watts, Ogden |F C & OCEAN TRAVEL. FOR DYEA w SKAGUAY The splendld ship Lucile, in tow of the tug Fearless, will leave San Francisco February § for Dyea and Skaguay. Speak quick for space. Agent, 123 California st., room 13. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers leave San Francisco, as Broadway whart follows fter. and 2 ort. Town. For Victoria, v send, Seattle, Tacoma. Iiv Trere acortes and New Whatcom _(Bellinghaa 1'ay. Wash.), 9 a. m., Jan, 1 6 11, 16 2. 2. 3i. and every fitth day thereafter. connectius at Vancouver with C. P. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P. Ry., at Seattle’ with Great Northern Ry.. and "com- y's steamer for Alaska. PoFor Eureka (Humboldt Bay), steamer Po- mona, 2 p. m., Jan. 1. 5 10, 14, 1S, 22, 26 3L Feb. 4. 8, 12. 16, 20, 25, 2. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon. Ca- yucos, Port Harford (San Luls Obispo). Gail- ota, Santa Barbara. Ventura. Hueneme, San ‘East San_Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, 9 a.m.. Jan. 1, 5, & 13. 17, 2L 25, 29, and every fourth day thereafter. For Diego, stopping only at Port Far. gord (San Luis Oblspo). Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Anzales). 11 » m., Jan, 8, 7, 1, 15, 19, 23, 27, 21, and every fourth_day thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz Santa Ro- ealla and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., Jan. 6 and 24 of each month thereafter. "The Company reserves the right tn changs without previons notice steamers, safling dates A hanve of ine MUCKET OFFICE—Palace Hotel. 4 New CO. DALL, PERKING & e affair seems to the. | Park and To Play for the Church. The Knaben Kapelle Hungarian boys’ band, through the Xkindness of Gustav Walter, will play at Calvary Presbyte- rian Church, corner Geary and Powell streets, to-morrow evening. This is their last appearance before leaving for the East. The first part of the pro- gramme will consist of & number of ani- mate pictures thrown on a large screen by the means of Edisen's projecting netoscope, operated by James H. ?lrectofrom No?‘sAlb Tto C. M ory, Orange, N. J. erto C. Moro, bass soloist, wnifl also take part in the pro- gramme. The entertainment is compli- mentary to the members of Calvary Presbyterian Sabbath School. Injured by a Dog. Mrs. E. Johnston, an elderly woman employed as a servant at 2334 Pine street, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon. She was carrying some par- cels in her arms and while crossing Fill- more and California streets a big New- |« foundland dog that some children were Eln.ylns ‘with ran against her, knockis er down and breaking her left leg an hip She was taken to the Receivin, Hospital and attended to by Dr. Bunnell. Lost His Pocket-Book. J. L. Lyon, 19 Montgomery street, and who resides in Oakland, reported at po- lice nndquu;en“ {lencr;hy " afternoon that he was the victim of a pickpocket. He was walking along Market street when he suddenly discovered that his ket book was missing. Tt contained ??c’f in gold and some valuable scrip. —_— New Commercial Company. The Yukon Commercial Company in- corporated yesterday with a capital stock of $25,000, all of which has been sub- R i ane s Mook, . Blizal ) Maeki Robert J. Park, Louisa d" nlolh{ hite, A. Edison's lnbor:-i of the brain. He is a well-spoken young fellow, who had worked forabouta year as a farm hand near Hornitos, Mariposa County. P SECRETARY CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS AT BIRMINGHA Dwells Upon the Efforts of Foreign Nations to Conquer Great Colonial Empires for Exclusive Trade Preserves. LONDON, Jan. 20.—Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of Btate for the Colonles, speaking at Birmingham this evening, dwelt upon the efforts of for- elgn mations to conguer great colonial empires with the intentlon of converting them into exclusive trade preserves, from which British trade should forever | luded. This policy, he said, is now §°.,°.§§.§ ‘over Great Britain . like the sword of Damocles in West Africa and China. Regarding the latter country, . Mr. Chamberlain added, he was happy to ‘be- lieve there was a general agrecement of all the great commercial powers that Great Britain's policy was a just one. ot e ok Mrs. Mackay at Nice. NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—A dispatch from Nice says that Mrs. John W. Ma has arrived there from Rome for the season. e L. F. Relchling’s Estate. The estate of L. F. Reichling, c:mnn- f real and personal property in this ‘lntit:. has been appraised at m&n —_———————— Sued on @ Contract. Delafield, McGovern & Co. of New York began suit in the United States Circuit Court yesterday against Harry A. Wil- Wi Brown liams, o flllt-fld Afl‘ & Co., finle- cover $11702 damages, to ve sustained by reason of the ‘aefend- 10 Market st.. THE 0: R. & N. CD. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TN PORTLAND From Spear-stréet Wharf at 10 a. m. FARE $I2 First Class Including Berth S8 Second Class ., Gen. Agts. an Francisco. Is & truss made on the plan of the above, with a heavy steel or iron band, as you well know if you have been in the habit of wearing one. Throw it away! Why will you continue wearing such an in- strument of torture when we can furnish you a most efficlent truss without any iron hoops or steel springs about it, and one which may l;)eA;vgxzn with ease and comfort NIGHT and As_for CURES, “DR. PIERCE'S PATENT MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS" has accom- plished THOUSANDS! It is an ELECTRIC truss; the only genuine and successful one ever and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SATLINGS: State of Californi: Columbia. I Through tickets and through’ baggage to all ‘W(%&%’%S‘;e::.n u'flufl tu::; nm:mpp':_: Eastern points, Rates and folders urun appli- u to investigate at once. Consultation free. | cation to F. F. CONNOR. General Agent, 830 Market street. Trusses fitted without extra charge. Call, or send 25 in stamps for our New Book on Hup. | GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. ‘ure. This book also describes our New A Superintendents. liances for Piles, Varicose Velns, etc. MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 704 Sacramento 8t.. cor. Kearnv, San Francisco. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. French Line to Havre. 's Pl Company's Pler (mew). 4 Norih CEAN TRAVEL River, foot of Iorton st’ Travelers -~ o SIS am | by this line avold both treasit by English raflway &nd the dfucomfort of The §.8 ALAMEDS | the channel 1o a small boat. New York to salls via HONOLULU | Alexaadria. Egypt, via Poris, frst class 36 and AUCKLAND for 7Y e SYDNEY, = Thursday, -~ February’s, at 2 p. m. L J. S. 8 AUSTRALIA, e for HONOLULU only, - Thursday, February o © 17, at 2 p. m. Special o - GET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. 3. F. FUGAZI & CO.. Agents, 5 Montgomary ave., San Francisco. - : For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily (Sunda; exceptedy 4t 102w Alviso daily et excepted] party rates. Line to COOLGARDIE, Australia, and CAPE TOWN, South Africa. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery street, Frelght Office—327 Market st., San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS . Freight assengers. Leave Pier No. 8, Washington St., at 6 | Fare Mv.:n\' ot Ak :mm"‘aoa: m, Pler 1. 41 Norts FREIGHT RECELVEL UF TO 5:30 P. M. Accommodations ‘The only line seling through and mmfi:&mmwnm-— Valley X aAfitm lv% Muin 905 Cal. Nav. and street, mumnm FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. teamer *‘ Monticello” SR TRt s st 2 ; ] Toute on h L HATCH b4 Co |