The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1898. FLEW ~ A |® Pilot Boats Called in L‘\i Hurry by the Sharp- | shooter. i | The Captains Mad When It| Turned Out to Be Onlya Stowaway. Charles S. Woods of Winters Search- he Front for His Run- away Wife. American barkentine Sharp- er gave the pilot boats America y Mine a short race outside day. She was towed to sea the morning and in the after- ptain “Little” Jordan of the and Captain “Big"” Jordan on Mine both sighted the with her ensign fiying at Both the pilots thought serious accident had hap- ite the strong wind they ran down to the he America was the first to and as she came up under counter a big that pened so in nd hes me h her her barkentine’s wave on board which almost sub- mer, rt little schooner. Cap- tain Jor 1s equal to the occasion, howeve d soon had the Sharp- hailing distance. The kentine told the pilot stowaway on board unwilling to take to ooter within ain of the t he he had o the laws of Hawaii ¢ iable for any de y may br to y stowaway had not a even a change of clothing the his appeal ay down succeeded in 1 be libeled would have to tven here might yecause en so that the have been saddled te period. and the stow the America, lot boats went A little while Marshall the and Cap- an signal him. The situ explained to Captaln Mar i the stowaway was trans- tug. Later he was land- ym-street wharf. To the Active he said that his arry Edwards and that p- ng then the imm! in Honolulu. He gave (all the money he had) and suit of clothes to one of the stow him away. The sailor ncealment to fa and the s then that m the Shar] fairly w saw him. was flown-frc Edwards w id not have the appe having done any hard felt very sore over the re- saptain the barkentine im to work his way dow stranded in San Francisco ; one suit of clothes and 15 in his pocket. Wo 1 day yes Gertrude, who has d )ds is a pruner by prof! wages in the orc in Yolo County. as b 1 drinking consid- z his wife of two summers, tired of it, She got together all the in the house, ;acked s . The next day to realize his loss, and, any money and being un- any, he walked all the cisco. On his arrival | the town all over and | the services of Sergeant y of the em tried diligently to find man but failed, so last borrowed twenty-five way to Benicla and ing to walk the rest of ck to Winters. Woods de- a handsome bru- the medium size wn suit and a is a country girl, never ™ isco but once only for a couple oes not hear from he is going to put at Winters and Francisco to con- a come back tinue the The st xceeding d to § rch. ner City of Puebla had an rough trip of it from Puget 2 ¥ She had to into a heavy wind and sea all the way down and was In consequence nearly twelve hours late in getting in. Part of the railing was carried away and some of the windows in the pllot- | rentage. When a young man he came to lionos ore tn Debney, who | gmerica and to this city, where he took the ( eattle, came down | gpened a little tobacco store. He re- on the Puebla as a passenger. He will take charge of the steamer Fomona on trip, vice zo.s north to assume command of e Umatilla at Port Townsend. Cap- Harry Goodall, who took the Uma- north, will come back to San rcisco and will assume command umer Columbia n the Port- a Captain Conway of the Co- as been tri *d to Port- - he Las been appointed su- Raily Oregor s steamer and the both arrived -sterday after a rather of twenty days. Both r laden and will go to their cargoes will be irs en route to New first of the sugar car- nehipped direct an from Ore- been towed ks dam- which was aban- off the Columbia Port Hadlock dition, is to Merchants’ Ex- <a-Yukon Transportation m got away day crowded with passenge ‘%I‘}?e“sé:;:: sel will go direct to those points and will thus save a second handling. All who went up on the vessel are confi- dent that they will come back million- aires. —_—— French oval frames, all sizes, new and stylish moldings and the nicest and cheapest line of cabinet and frames. Sanborn, Vail & 30, T Dfll:el [CNAL | OF DISTRESS the | he is | health he wanted to | his part of the contract, but | f 2 he put his | was round the wa- erday looking for rds Lately, aid she was going harbor police. | Captain Cousins, | be | | latter’s rigging. | his station to take a stowaway ab: PILOT-BOAT TAKING oard. i OFF A STOWAWAY. o | The pilot-boats America and Lady Mine were called to the barkentine Sharpshooter last Sunday in a hurry by a flag at half mast in the When the America got within hailing distance Captain Jordan was more than angry to iearn that he had been called off ADOLPH SUTRO INCOMPETENT His Daughter Appointed His Guardian by Judge Belcher. { | Is Now Afflicted With Senile Dementia, for Which There Is No Remedy. the Master Mind That Planned the Great Comstock Collapse of Tunnel, | Adolph Sutro, the millionaire, philan- thropist and ex-Mayor, was adjudged mentally incompetent by Judge Belcher last Saturday. His daughter, Dr. Emma L. Merritt, who has been attending her father since he began to manifest signs of a failing Intellect, was appointed guardian of his person and estate, and she gave bonds in the sum of $100,000 | as a guarantee that the duties imposed upon her would be faithfully per- formed. 1t has been known for some time that Mr. Sutro was nearing the end of a use- ful business career; that his mind was failing and that a guardian must be appointed to attend to him and his vast estate. In the hope, however, that something would intervene at an unex- pected time to render the proceedings for the appointment for a guardian un- necessary his friends and relatives dld’ all in thelr power to prevent the world | from knowing his true condition. Last September Mr. Sutro began to | grow worse, and finally his case was | pronounced by three eminent physi- | cians, W. W. Kerr, Willlam H. Mays and W. A. Whitwell, to be senile de- mentia, for which there is no relief. This precipitated matters and the ap- plication that he be declared incompe- tent and a guardian appointed was flled | with Judge Belcher. Last Saturday the milllonaire’s four children, accompanied by the physi- cians and Colonel Little, appeared in Judge Belcher's chambers. All were ex- amined and the Judge signed the order declaring Adolph Sutro mentally in- competent. Dr. Emma L. Merritt was then appointed guardian, her bonds be- ing fixed by the court at $100,000. Her brothers and sisters went sureties on the bond and, this completed, the estate was forever removed from the hands of its cwner. Adolph Sutro was born in Germany | eighty-one years ago, of humble pa- mained here a short time and then went to Virginia City, Nev., and a short time after his arrival there he evolved the scheme of running a tunnel from the base of Mount Davidson into | the Comstock lode that the water from | the lower levels of the mines might be | drained. | | After a long struggle, he finally succeeded in getting the enter- prise under way, and in 1878 the tunnel wag completed, at a cost of over $5,- 000,000. A year later Mr. Sutro resigned his position as superintendent of the | tunnel and returned to this city. He immediately invested in real es- tate, and to-day owns one-eighth of the whole taxable area of the city. Al- though he pays assessments on but $1,- 500,000, it is estimated by experts that his estate is worth over $3,000,000. Ow- ing to his speculation, however, in the enterprises known as the Sutro Rail- road and the Sutro Baths he was com- | pelled to raise large sums of money, and in consequence his estate is heavily | encumbered. He ran for Mayor in 1894, and owing to hls popularity and reputation for in- tegrity he was elected by a large ma- jority. This was the beginning and ! the end of his public career, and now he is as 2 child, his mind shattered by | overwork, and he must be cared for until the end of his days. ———— | Benefit for the 0ld Ladies’ Home. | A benefit for the Protestant Episcopal | Old Ladies’ Home will be given at the | residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace | Sanford, 2509 Pacific avenue, next Satur- | day afternoon and evening. Very enter- | taining programmes have been arranged | for the occasion, some of the best talent in the city having volunteered to help the | good cause, and a substantial benefit is } anticipated by the management. pe ina OAKLAND TAKES THE CAKE. The Milt Johnson Contingent Walks Away From the Local Talent. Sketches at the Great Confectionery Contest at the Miners’ Fair. Great was the Cake Walk at the Min- ing Fair last night, and now all the col- ored folks of San Francisco are sad, for the judges decided that Oaklapd was the winner by five small but effect- ive points. Fully 10,000 people paid to see the con- test. The galleries and main floor of the Pavilion were crowded almost to suffocation. For nearly an hour be- fore the performance seats were at a premium, and standing room was diff- cult to find. San Francisco was represented by the following three couples: Charles O’Brien and wife, F. H. Worth and Car- rie Leslie and John Stewart and sister. The Oakland contingent consisted of Milt Johnson and Rosy Stewart, Major ‘Waters and Bell Brown and John Duke and sister. After a grand parade the couples walked as teams, San Francisco start- lug off first and being followed by the three couples from Oakland. Some ex- ceedingly funny and amusing walking was done, and especially that by a di- minutive pair of walkers, who were given an extra cake all to themselevs. The razor element was eliminated from the contest and no blood was shed, but there were suggestive looks and hints of a settlement of differences else- where. Side steps, back steps and any old kind of step, with a pigeon-wing cut and a double-kneed twist, piring aspirants. The audience was high state of amusement, and when th= famous and only Milt Johnson led his beaming partner out for the last walk, and this dusky damsel caress- ingly laid her head upon his shoulder, the crowd went wild, and gave vent to their approval by loud and prolonged applause. v The judges decided that on ability, grace and style Oakland was entitled to 270 out of a possible 300, while San Francisco received 265 points. Johnson and his partner were awarded the cake, a large affair of icing and ornaments, and when it was presented Johnson of- fered to walk any contestant for cake- walk honors that desired to meet him. The Oakland contingent also won the $50 wager that they had posted against a similar amount put up by the San Francisco walkers. To-night the Klondike wedding takes place and the ceremony will be attend- ed with all the splendor and pomp of the most exclusive marriage in high |~ e fhodimila [ signature of ot Tac is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. were | ught into play by the smiling and | social circles. Henry Miller, the groom- elect, will make Miss Fanny Turner his wife. The ceremony will be per- formed at 9 o’clock' upon a flower-be- decked stand by the Rev. Frank S. Ford. To-morrow the couple will start for the Klondike. This afternoon there will be a ladies’ concert and to-morrow the famous Martels of New York will appear. At a meeting of the Board of Man- agers of the Fair last night, it was de- cided to offer a silver cup to be awarded to the county having the best mining exhibit. This award will be made upon Miners’ Da Following is to-night's programme: Overture—'"Maritana” Wallace Passing Review Kontski Irish Wedding P Scene from ‘‘Falstaff’ Waltz—* Tsabel” Intermission. Wedding March,.. Miserere from. ‘‘Trovatore Cornet, W. B. Rogers; trombone F. Collection of Populs ng: Traumerel .. March—""Atal POLICEMAN IN TROUBLE. Thomas Kelly Arrested on a Charge of Battery. Special Officer Thomas Kelly was ar- rested on a charge of battery at an early hour this morning on complaint of Wil- liam Linsky. Linsky claims that he was walking up McAllister street with his wife and sister when Kelly approached, and without any provocation struck him on the head with a club. Kelly was locked up in the City Prison. —— e ‘Want Witnesses. Detective Silvey is anxious to find the two women whose pockets Tom Costi- gan, & clever “dip,” attempted to plck at St. Brendan's Church last Thursdlfy. A New Crazy Sect in Connecticut. A lot of fanatics in the State recently im- mersed an old rheumatic woman bodily in the water to ‘heal her,” as they said. She nearly died in consequence. How much better it Would have been to have treated the poor old woman for her Infirmity with Hostetter's Stumach Bitters, which not only cures rheu- matism, but prevents kidney complaint and remedies dyspepsia, constipation, liver trouble and rieryous prostration. Give it a systematic trial. viste DR, JORDAN'S Great Museum of Anatomy 1061 MARKET 5T. bet. 6th & 7th, 8. F. Cal. The Largestof i1a kind1n the World. DR. JORDAN—Private Diseases. Consultation free. Write for Beok Philosophy of Marriage. MAILED FREE. DAZZLED BY IS BLARNEY Ira N. Tooke of Denver Victimizes a Jew- elry Firm. He Represented Himself as a Wealthy Engineer and Capitalist. Has Now to Answer a Charge of Obtaining Goods by False Pretenses. Ira N. Tooke was booked at the City | Prison yesterday by Detectives Cody | and Silvey on a charge of obtaining | goods by false pretenses. Tooke arrived in the city recently from Denver with “Lucky” Baldwin and registered at the Baldwin Hotel. He represented himself as a mining en- gineer and promoter of ited the Palace Hotel and got ac- quainted with the firm of Schumacher & Co., jewelers, in the Palace Hotel building. There he told them he was a wealthy engineer and capitalist in Den- ver, and before he came here he had presented his wife with $20,000 worth of jewels and his daughter with a dia- | mond worth $3000. He showed a ruby that he wore on his bituminized | rock for pavements. He frequently vis- | diamond, which he said he would like | to show to his wife and daughter at the { Baldwin, with the view of purchasing them, they were handed to him on his promise to return them that afternoon, if they were not approved. Tooke did not return with the jewels, and when Schumacher made inquiries he ascertained that he had left the Baldwin the same day, and that neither his wife nor his daughter had been staying there. Schumacher notified the police and Captain Bohen detailed De- tectives Cody and Silvey on the case. Sunday they found Tooke in a house on Franklin street, and placed him under arrest. He said he had got drunk and the jewels had been stolen from him. Chief Lees wrote to Denver for infor- mation about Tooke and received a re- ply that he was a fraud of the worst description. He was an ex-railroad en- gineer and blossomed out as a religious reformer. The money he procured in this way he spent on drink and de- bauchery. He was arrested for a crim- inal assault upon a young girl, but he pretended to be so penitent that he was not punished. His wife is being sup- ported by charity, and altogether he was looked upon in Denver as a most depraved ma TAILORS ARE PROSPERING. The New Union Coming Boldly to the Front. A meeting of the new Tallors’ Union, which will be known as Local No. 2, Journeymen Tailors of America, was held in Union Hall last night. The new organization, while not yet fairly started, is progressing finely, and promises soon to become one of the foremost trade or- ganizations of the city. As the employers are, in the main, heart and soul with the rinciples of the organization, no trouble s expected from that source when the work of introducing the label is started, and many of them have already exp: d their willingness to use the label a: on as the organization of the new body fis far enough advanced to warrant them in making a fight for its use. As the char- ter from the international body has not yet arrived no delegates have been elect- ed to the Labor Council, but the tailors will be fully represented in that body a: soon as they are entitled to the privilege. The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year: J. T. Ellsworth, president; Thomas Lund ce-president; George Nesbit, secretal George L. Holmes, treasurer; Henry Steiglitz, ser- geant-at-arms. will meet on the first and third Mondays at 102 O'Farrell street. —_———————— ‘Wives and Daughters of Pioneers. The ladies having charge of the recep- tion to be given by the wives and daugh- ters of pioneers, to be held on Febru- ary 19, desire that on or before February 14 the name and addresses of members of the Society of California Ploneers and of the widows of deceased members and of the daughters over 16 years of age bs sent to John L. Spear, secretary, Pioneer Hall, San Franci: e e Robbing the Mails. Arthur Wilson pleaded guilty in the United States District Court yesterday of attempting to rob the United States mails_in Sacramento. He will be sen- tenced to-morrow. Wilson cut open a mail pouch in the Sacramento posteffice for the purpose of taking money from letters, but he was caught in the ADVERTISEMENTS. D.A1SON CITY, Nov. 13, '97. Myr. Tbomas Buller— Dsar Sir: 7 * * * * The Mackinaw Clothing and Woolen Blank- 8 ets made by Brown Bros. & Co. are the best on the Klon- dike. Every one wanis gfo hnow how and where we got thiem.=s 00 Claude and Clinton Rice. 'BROS: BROWNZSS In the future the union | finger which Schumacher examined and | found to be a valuable stone. He won | Schumacher’s confidence, and on Jan- | uary 27, when he admired a topaz andi 121-123 Sarisomé St. with its rich Champagne Flavor is far and away the best the market. Five cents buys chewing tobacco on one of the new big pieces—40 per cent. larger than the old piece Try It Once And You Will Stick to It. QUANTITIES OF MEN AND WOMEN . Would use whiskey (which is ac- knowledged by physicians to be the most healthful drink that can be taken in moderation) if they were positive they could get just what they require and just what they could depend upon. When, therefore, the Government of the United States by its official stamp guarantees “O. F. C.” Whiskey to be 100 per cent proof hosts of people have no longer cause for hesitation. It is gratifying to ob- serve that the best people in the community are beginning the use of this healthful distillation, “O. F. C..” which is every day increasing in popularity. SHERWOOD & SHERWOOD. ANY. Sufferers from the results of indiscres tions of youth,.from excesses of any kind in maturer years, or who have Shrunken Organs, Lame Back, Varicocele, Rup- ture, exhaustive drains, etc., should waste no time, but consult this Great Specialist; he speedily and permanently cures all diseases of Men and Women. Call on or write him to-day. He can cure you. Valuable Book sent Free. F. L. SWEANY, M.D. 737 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal., Opposite Examiner Office. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE Liverpool and London and Globe INSURANCE COMPAN F_Liverpool, England, on the 3ist day of December, 'A. D. 1806, and for the year ending on that day, as made t Commissioner of the State of suant to the provisions of the Insurance of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL paid up Amount _of capital stock, in cash ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Loans on bonds and mortgag 2 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company 5 secured by pl other of bonds, s ketable secu Cash in bank: Interest due and stocks and loans . 409,824 60 Premiums in due course of collec- tion .. . 1,633,883 00 Rents due and acery 4,552 08 Annuities, life and revers terests purchased by pany ... = 2,042,718 73 Deposits and expenses i 108568 «eeervennn 256 54 Total assets ...... 54,713,835 02 LIABILITIE Losses adjusted and unpaid, losses i | “in process of adjustment or in | suspense, losses re: 1 | _expenses . ceeee$ 43,735 00 | Gross premi fire risks run- | ning one vear or less, reinsurance 50 per cent; gross premiums on fire risks running more than one year, reinsurance pro rata......... 5,038,598 25 Amount reclaimable by the insures on perpetual fire insurance poli- { _cles . creeeeneesien . 331,213 48 Liabilf der life department . 30,052,329 90 Cash dividends remaining unpaid 121810 00 All other demands against the com- pany ceeee 825,907 06 Total labilities ..... $36,904,593 69 INCOD Net cash actually recefves premiums ... Received for Int; on bonds, stocks, all other sources . 964,844 53 ..-$ 8,729,020 53 Total income ... EXPENDITURES Net amount paid for fire losse: -$ 4,100,850 48 Dividends to stockholders.. 1,253,829 00 Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage .. 1,195,302 54 Pald for salaries and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 623,365 16 Paid for State, national and local 169,635 08 taxes ..... All other payments and tures " expendic Total expenditures . Fire losses incurred during the year 4,199,550 48 RISKS AND P [ [ Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the| .............. .. 32,252,513.955i$10,973.951 02 expired during 2,247,048,525) year ...... 11,431,759 44 Net amount § December 31, 1S 9,906,579 85 JOHN M General Manager. T. I. ALSOP, Sub-Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1ith day of April, 1897. W. J. SULIS, United States Vice-Consul at Liverpool. CHARLES D. HAVEN, RESIDENT SECRETARY. Pacific Department, No. 422 California Bt., 8. F. 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