The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1898 11 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. \0 CASH FOR NE EXPERTS Only Glory for Witnesses in Clara Fallmer’s Defense. Those for the People Receive Handsome Fees for Their Knowledge. of a Statute That Is of Defend- Interpretation Great Import to ants. Oakland Office, 8 Broadwa ay 5. San Francisco Call, | TRIED A CASE 100 EARLY Meyer in Court the Day After He Won a Sheepskin. Not Having a License He Was Forced to Give His Testimony. Lost His Suit but Thinks He Can Win by Prosecuting an Appeal. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, involving the privileges of arged With murder is now the legislative department ounty, that if a determination ached will establish an import- precedent one way or the other. The debatable point is the latitude of a stat- ute enacted in 1872, which gives the court and its officers power to employ expert in any c: n which it is con- sidered absolutely necessary. the trial of Clara Fallmer for murder two expe Robinson and Rucker, y the I to a The defense having no , and considering it nec- 'S to employ medical experts, ap-| dgden to authorize under employment of nec- mony. e judge ) his opinion the statute i i the court only with the power to said that if for the de- e door to vast the future. i and A. L. e for the ds give equal c well as to the de- ld be obtained not ast But at t eting an oral jon was rend from the District Attorney’s offic t the ce - cate was not nd that th lis record it is shown who testif i and as only charged n he ¥ stat. means who serious crime. All the were put on to testify s of the de- strength of for the de- COMMERCE-STREET OPENING. Fourth Report Filed After Years’ Unceasing Work. v 5.—The fourth report treet opening commis- s morning. The total $16,699 43. Of this or damages for property ile the rest goes for expenses. r to raise the money needed for 769 separate as: 3 1ts are Five Hopkins opened from 1 is taxed $700 of the op: llowing street car lines Alameda road §: 4 Highland Park $13 nd $43 50. en- the 1 is made up of J. holas Moritz and A. L. de Golia is the a r Melvin the secret irst report was presenteq 1 knocked out Ju 6, M. ¢ B ameron vs lh‘;’n Superintendent of St The - ond report was filed July 20, 1595, 2 z ferred back by the Counsll The thisd co. port was presented November 1896, and knocked out by the bel 'Wright vs. Street Superintende Miller September 20 1897. Employes’ Day’s Outing. OAKLAND, May 5.—A. L. Stone, secre- tary of the Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Electric Railroad, gave his men full swing of the road to-day for their families and friends for their annual at San Lorenzo Grove. The ca egardless” and ‘“‘meeting points” were anywhere except on “‘single tra The invitations were not as numerous s last year, but' those wno attended had a better chance to enjey themselves, ow- ing to the absence of a jam. The early morning was dark and unpleasant, but before noon the sun came out and the Fifth Regiment band played while the “boys” let the trolley fly. A lengthy pro- gramme and pienty of athletic events made the time fly only too quickly. It was late to-night before the return home was made. Bostonian Visitor Missing. OAKLAND, May 5—Andrew Mahan, who arrived here 1 Friday morning from Boston on a visit to his brother, is missing, and it is feared that he has met with foul play, as he had considerable money when last seen. The police have been requested to look him up as he has been unaccounted for for nearly a week, He went out on the evening of his arrivai and has not been seen since. Emery Tract Changes Hands. OAKLAND, May 5.—The Abner Doble Company trarsferred a mortgage on the entire Emery tract to the Realty Syndi- cate to-day. It was to cover Six promis- sory notes of the value of $100,534 28, $61,- 02, $114,783 30, $32,848 73, $6400 67 and s6 46 respectively. 'The property was formerly valued af $321.724 42 and was the property of Joseph S. Emery, who mort- gaged it for the total of the six notes. e Thought He Had a Spy. BERKELEY, May 5—Speclal Oftic Ehinger of West Berkeley arrested a man vesterday whom he suspected of being & Spanish spy. The suspect was taken to Oakland, where it was learned that he was a Japanese by the name of B. . Morse. . st ———— Read the exceedingly interesting story of Neptune’s visit to the big battle-ship Oregon when she crossed the line lately, written by one of the officers, in next Sunday’s Call. Attorney | & | 3. 8. Meyer passed his examination be- | fore the Supreme Court to practi a week ago. Tt next morning he was engaged in a case in the Police Court, appearing as attorney for Contractor Quirk, who was on trial for an alleged violation of the ordinance governing the & of sewers. Altough it requires no license to prac- tice in the Police Court, the practitioner cannot plead that he is debarred from testifying, i called upon, on the plea of confiden 3 otested that he and declined to testify, that the information d in confldence llen ruled that as ense to practice law, no h professional confidence could exist, 2void contempt proceedings Meyer received his g Meyer ate from the c! of the Supreme showing that he had successfully nation and had been ad- ce law. Now the point Meyer was a bona fide e was passed S the Commissi rs, or whether e law | =2 2 i g 2 B 2 B WANT FUSION AND MAGUIRE Populists Open Their Campaign With a De- sire to Mix. Prospect That the Stalwarts Prefer the Middle of the Road. Democrats Have Not Yet Made a Move in Alameda County. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, May 5. The Populists opened their campaign | last night in this county. Since the lively | times prior to the McKinley-Bryan cam- paign little has been heard of the party, | and it almost completely lost its identity in the celebrated fusion that did not fuse. In 1894, at the county election, the Popu- lists showed what might be called abnor- mal strength in this county. They elect- ed the Sheriff, the County Treasurer and County Superintendent of Schools, and | their organization was remarkably strong. Two years later the party fell into the fusion trap of the Democrats, and, as the fusion vote of Alameda Coun- ty for Bryan was not much larger than the ordinary Democratic vote, Some sur- prise was expressed and some curiosity evinced to know what had become of the | Simon Pure Populists. Since that time till last night the party has been in se- clusion, but it is now coming to the front, and it is found that there is still a strong { fusion element in it, only this time the| | desire to fuse is not over a President, but | Who also appeared as attorney | declare that it was through testimony that the verdict was his legal standing bes a fact only | when he received this certificate. He be- lieves that if an appeal be taken he can he Superior Court that he w acto an attorney at the time he was i on the witness stand, and that timony should, therefore, be strick- en from the recor i this be done At- Meyer is confident the judgment National Guards Hopeful. ALAMEI M, 5.—Despite_ the dis- ourag. r of Governor Budd's re- marks he Fifth Regiment, &s re- ported in the morning papers, the mem- bers of Company G continue hopeful tnat be found to let them enter a . service, The record made_ by them at the la pection, the rapidity with which the full number of men W recruited and the general high standing the reasons for While they would pre- maain in the Fifth Regi- . still, so long a$ their company or- on'is maintained, as propc have no t thorities. objec being put into other regiment. In fact, all that they want is active service, and they are ready to obey orders promptly and with enthusiasm. Red Cross League. ALAMEDA, M —Enrollment lists of the Red Cross League were put In the Free Library and other public places order to give an > citizens to enter about town to-day i opportunity for patric their names as willing to aid in the cause “uba. A goodly number of sig es were obtained during the day. It is proposed to call a mass-meeting as soon as public est shall have been sufficiently aro Tw prominent izens will be appoirited vice-presidents dent Mastick within two or three A Reacing Meet. ALAMEDA, May 5.—The executive com- mittee of the Alameda Driving Associ tion has completed arrangements forraces to be held on Monday, May 30, at the track on the marshes. Outside horse- will be allowed to participate in ., which is an innovation, as heretofore only members have been per- itted to take part. A small admission by Pres days. fee will be charged, and a card is being | made up that promises some good sport. Alameda News Notes. DA, May 5—The Alameda and acific Cricket clubs will play & game of the season at Klinkner- t Sunday. The Alameda club will use the Webster street grounds in this city during the season. The concert given under the auspices of the Unity Circie at the Unitarian church last evening was well attended and thor- oughly enjoyable. A number of additions were made to- day to the list of volunteers for Company F of the California Rangers Dr. T. P. Tisdale of this city has a nephew on board the cruiser Olympia, Commodore Dewey's flagship. The Central Democratic Club of this city will meet Saturday evening at Lin- derman Hall for the purpose of taking steps to take part in the approaching campaign. The Adelphian cidh will hold a meet- ing on Saturday afternoon which is ex- pected to be unusually attractive. A fine musical programme has been prepared. e Withdrawals From College. | BERKELE:, May 5.—The following stu- | dents at the University of California have withdrawn since January 31: E. A. Akerly, Miss M. G. Allen, P. G. Allen, W. P. Armstrong, O. M. Atwood, C. H. Ball, H. C. Belding, R. W. Bender, B. S. Birdsall, S M Blood, G. D. Blood, P. W. Bours, Mrs. N. g ppell, Miss M. Church, ' H. G. Miss J. M. Cranston, J. H. M. Fraser, H. E nane, W. Kierulff, H. pi¢ W e Morse, A. R. 1 H. e Parkhurst, Mrs. Powers, J. G. Reed, 3 Richards, alz, Miss G. Savage, . J.'F. Seaman, H. P. Short, Miss R. ‘Stedman, W. T. Sterling, Miss M. Thompson, Mrs. B. Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, May 5—E. L. Lyman, a graduate student in the aericuliural dos Earlmenl of the State University, has cen offered an instructorship in an agri- cultural college in China. He will go to | Shanghai with Professor John F' g}l‘-ail:‘ainlends to spend his Vacaflo‘;xyelxl:; Marcus P. Hall has been apn £ perintendent of the Alameda Water Gome pany, to succeed the late Dr. Louls Wel- [lendortt, o e Berkeley igh School S Commission has begun the work e paring bandages and pack | Soldiers at the front. DM I the | efective flue caused a fi | Parsons residence on Magee a\{:nlgg ;33 Delaware street this morning. The blaze Jas extinguished before the firemen ar- ved. The Young Men's Republic: f Berkeley wiil et toomononr aiuts O Golden Sheaf Hall on Addison street. Fred Haanstra, formerly a press helper on the Berkeley Gazetts, whose. disae, pearance last week caused his parents uneasiness, has been hear L. i i v i e following board of trustees South Berkeley Presbyterian Church Lag been elected for the ensuing year: Messrs. Paul L. Beville, a_ sophomore State University, ‘to-day received & tere am ordering him to report immediately Bl;ifia'oomnany of the National Guard at Borcher, Brainard, Forgie, P H Bad Clephane, Mes. -Botts ok seck &ooper. ; | trees. | et a Governor. It seems to be conceded | among the Democrats of Alameda County | Muguire will be the candidate for nor. There are many Populists in | this county who think enough of Maguire | {o want to fuse with the Democrats to se- cure his election. This element ins the Populist party in Alameda County col- | lided very forcibly at the very first meet- ing of the county committee held la: night, with the stalwart Populists, who | | argue first, last and all the time in fa.vor‘ of keeping in the middle of the road. The latter element is headed by Dr.| Oberg of Temescal and A. A. Bretz, who | ed once in the Assembly. J. Gregory is said to be the leader | of the fusionists, and at present there is | no prospect of immedlate harmony. The | ently intends to get into the , for Chairman Gregory has al- appointed a_committee consisting A. Toyne, M. J. Manson, P. B. Preble, A. Hoenich and J. C. Estey, to draw up a call for the county conven-| tio! | So far nothing has been heard from the | Democrats of Alameda County. Whether the old factional strifes are still in ex- stence or whether the hatchet has been permanently buried cannot be told. But | the prospects are that there will be as discord within the ranks as there has been. | eventh Ward Rgpublican Club will | meet_to-morrow evening in Judge Law- rence’s courtroom in Kast Oakland, and | it is believed that an attempt will be | made to unite the club with the Young | Men’s Republican Club of that ward. | President H. B. Rowe has issued a spe- cial notice for a full attendance, as he will appoint the club's executive commit- tee to-morrow night. Recruiting in Oakland. | OAKLAND, May 5-—Orders were re- ceived to-night from Colonel Fairbanks of the Fifth Regiment by the captains of Companies A and F to recruit to the full limit of 103 men each. Company A drilled to-night and already has ninety-nine men. The companies will be filled to-morrow.. An_ investigation has been made into the insult to Colonel Fairbanks, whose pictures were turned to the wall and dressed with old overalls yesterday. It has been found that the work was done by some hotheaded members of Company A, who were also responsible for the un- {cemly language written on the portrait pany F's room. The pe of the deed will be punished, T o 0T Took Tobin Unawares. OAKLAND, May 5—D. J. Tobin, a horseman, was arrested yesterday for battery upon the person of his Japanese cook. “Deputy Constable Robinson went to his residence to serve the warrant, but was told that he could not, as it was in Contra Costa County. He returned to- ward home, but stopped when well out of sight and tied his horse among some He then hid along the road. After a two hours’ wait he was rewarded by tHe appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Tobin in their family coach, driven by a coach- man. He stopped it and read the war- rant in a loud tone of voice. Tobin was then compelled to go to Justice Imw- rence’® court and put up bail money. Mrs. Mary E. Blake’s Will. OAKLAN_, May b5—Mrs. Helen F. ‘Witcher and Miss Alice S. Blake, daugh- ters of the late Mrs. Mary C. Blake, filed their mother’s will for probate to-day. Miss Ethel Pomroy, a grandchild, is be- queathed $15,000; Miss Alice S. Blake, 100 shares of the capital stock of Blake, Mof- fitt & Towne, and household furniture. This is to equalize the gifts made during Mrs. Blake's lifetime to Mrs. Helen F. Witcher, consisting of certain property in Oakland and the note of W. B. \Vl!cier All of the residue of the estate is to be divided between the two daughters, share and share allke. The value of the estate is unknown. Visiting School Teachers, OAKLAND, May 5.—Sixty-eight teach- ers of Marin County, in charge of Super- intendent of Schools Furlong, arrived in the city early this morning and_were met by City Superintendent Mc€lymonds. They were divided into groups and di- rected to the various schools, of a grade similar to the ones in which' they worked at home. Only the regular work was done, it being the desire of the teachers to see the system and order of the daily routine. To-morrow they will make ex- tensive reports in the County Institute that is in session in San Rafael. Dr. Paterson Wins. OAKLAND, May 5.—Judge Greene ren- dered a_decision this afternoon awarding Dr. E. M. Paterson $1500 for professional services rendered Mrs. Dr. Harrington of Napa, The sult was brought to recover $5000, but the defendant denied that the services were worth that much, claim- ing they were rentlered out of professional courtesy. Expert testimony was intro- éuced on both sides during the trial, sev- eral hospital physicians of San Francisco being among them. .Grand Fete Champetre. OAKLAND, May 5.—Extensive arrange- ments are being made for the grand fete champetre to be given Saturday at the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith. The fete is for the benefit of the Central Free Kinder; en and Ladies’ Relief Society. It will last from 2 to 7 o'clock_and there will be the battle of roses, Maypole dance, sklpmnisthe rotge n a.ndsge dance, refreshments of all various sports for the children. A n Francisco band will furnish music for the occasion. Stranger in Distress. OAKLAND, May 5.—A young woman, named Louisa Stella, is stopping with strangers at 418 Eleventh street. She is affiicted In _such a manner that she is In- capacitated for work. She is a recent arrival from Vancouver, with no friends or relatives. An attempt was made to get her tntotthe Coxxxany‘ln tm"y' eg:l;; t.y_. '§° was not a resident o she could not be admitted. . Oakland Daughters of Revolution. OAKLAND, May 5—Mrs. F. B. Ginn, financial secretary of the Red Cross So- cu%" received to-day from the Oak- land Chapter, Daughters of the Revolu- tion, for the advancement -{ the work. This is the amount credited by mistake to Sequoia Chapter of San Francisco, they having paid their contribution in that | as her guns have been mounted she will | be ready for service. | Come down from Mare Island there would | boys in blue are Lcalt, MOSQUITO FLEET NEARLY READY Revenue Cutters érant, Rush and Corwin Put on War Paint. Alterations to the Fearless, Vig- ilant and Active Nearly Completed. In a Week or So the Little Boats Will, Be Ready to Back Up the Monterey. The revenue cutters Grant, Rush and Corwin put on their fighting colors yes- terday and are now ready for active ser- vice as far as looks go. Early in the morning the sailors were put to work and before very long the white, trim- looking cutters were the same color as the Monterey and equally as attractive look- ing. Alterations on the tugs Fearless, Vigi- lant and Active are rapidly progressing and In a few days they will be ready to join the revenue cutters, and then the mosquito fleet will be ready for action. The Vigilant has had her masts and tow- ing bits taken out, her machinery and boilers have been overhauled and as soon The boilers have been taken out of the Active and several alterations have been made to her hull, and she will also be ready to give an ac- count of herseif as soon as her guns are mounted. Very few alterations are to be made on the Fearless outside of painting her the regulation fighting color. After the war the chances are that the Active and Vigilant will be sold, but the Fearless will always remain a part of the United States navy. In a k or so the entire fleet will probably be seen off Folsom street whart Keeping the Monterey company. There Wil be eight vessels in all—the Grant, Rush, Corwin, Vigilant, Fearless, Active, Unadilla and Monterey. Then if the Charleston should not have sailed for Ma- nila and the rejuvenated Camanche should be quite a gathering of Uncle Sam’s ves- sels he bay. c’}finemll'iflled States steamship Albatross, late the Fish Commissioners’ steamer, 13 also being fitted out at the, Union Iron Works. Fike the other boats her crew is now being enlisted at the naval rendez- Vous at 10 California street. The suppo- sition is that either the Albatross or Grant will be the flagship of the mosquito fleet. Captain L. serve returne H. Turner of the Naval R d from the north vesterday 1 a visit to the training and at once paid h Ship Marion. He found that in his ab- Sence Lieufenant Commander Nerney | %4 taken all the necessary steps to have e = for an instant call. The the men ready I i taking a great interest in passing events and every one of them is hoping that he will get a chance to do some fighting under Old Giory. The mascot of the coast defense steam- er Monterey is a big black dog named Sumbo, and the canine’s particular friend is & sailor named Skelley. The latter was | Skylarking with some of the men early Vesterday morning, and, to escape a rush made by one of them, he jumped into a catamaran that was swinging in the davits. The catamaran tipped over and Skelley was dumped into the bay. The strong flood tide carried him away from the warship, but before he had gone thirty feet Jumbo was off to the rescue. He swam up to Skelley, and catching him by his clothing around the neck held his head above water umitil the siiip’s boat came along and picked them both up. The sailor was none the worse for his ducking, and now Jumbo is more of a pet than ever on the Monterey. The batteries at Fort Point, Lime Point and Point Bonita are to do some practice firing in a few days, and the officers of the forts have issued a warning to all kinds of craft to keep out of the line of fire. Notices in English and Italian were posted at Fishermen's wharf. and the fishing steamer Alphonso XIII was sent out to the fishing grounds to warn all the incoming boats. Assistant Chief Whar- finger Scott took a gang of men with him on the State tug Governor Irwin and placed a red flag on Mile rock to warn everybody out of the line of fire, It was blowing almost a gale of wind at the heads, and in consequence the landing party on the Irwin had considerable diffi- culty in planting the flag on the rock. The ship Louisiana, which arrived from Australia with coal last Wednesday, dragged her anchor vesterday and nearly went ashore on Alcatraz Island. It took two tugs a long time to get her anchors up and the vessel to a safe anchorage. Several changes have been made in the officers of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s fleet. J. Judson Campbell, the purser of the Umatilla, has been trans: ferred to the new steamer Senator, and . C. O'Donnell, late freight clerk of the Umatilla, has been made purser of that vessel. Charles C. Lacey, who for years was chief engineer of the Umatilla, has been made supervising engineer of the company's fleet, with headquarters at Seattle. Mr. Lacey was at the head of the engineers’ force that assisted Captain C. Miner Goodall in raising the steamer Corona. News was brought from Dyea the lat- ter Eart of April that among those killed in the avalanche at Sheep Camp was C. C. Jewell of this eity. This information was not correct, as his wife has received two letters from him since that date. The Yukon River steamer Rideout was launched at 8 p. m. Wednesday from the shipyard at Stockton and was towed to San Francisco_the same night by the steamer A. C. Freese. The Rideout is 150 feet long, 32-foot beam and 4lg-foot depth of hold and will have two pairs of '.and%m engines 14 and 24-Inch_diameter of cylin: der by 6-foot stroke. She is calculated to make about 14 knots, and will be used on the Yukon as a passenger and towboat combined, having accommodations for 200 passengers. 'The boat was put up b. ‘William Delaney at the yard of the C. N. & 1. Co., and was ready to be knocked down and shipped on e Whitelaw on March 10, but owing to the loss of the wrecker by fire at Dyea the managers of the California Yukon Trading Company decided to complete the boat and tow her to St. Michael. Captain R. Fredrick, who was placed in charge of the work, put a number of extra kelsons and clamps in her, bracing her thoroughly under the deck with truss work and fastened her throughout with screw bolts, making her stiff enough to make the long ocean voy- e. She was ready for launching fn twenty days, but was delayed by not be- ing able fo secure calkers, and as the boat was set up 100 yards from the water, another delay of a week was caused in moving her {o the river. The machinery will be rushed into her by Chief Engineer Fox and his assistants, as she should be ready for sea by the 20th of this month. A ROBBERS’ ROOST. Detectives Make a Big Haul in West Oakland. OAKLAND, May 5—Detectives Hodg- kins and Shorey discovered a vacant house in West Oakland to-day that had been used as a storehouse for robbers. The house was declared by the Health Department to be unfit for habit: some months ago. When the lmlaos: visited a vast stock of boxes of crackers, sugar, provisions, dozens of bottles whisky and beer and other pmfi-‘.xm‘.’f 'i“ to:nd. o bell st n a house on Camj street, batweern Sixteenth and savan&enth. ‘where one of the burglars lived, was found a lot of furniture, bedding and apparel, most of which had been taken from houses while the tenants were absent. All the prop- erty was taken to the Police Station, and already much of it has been identified by eople whose houses Wwere robbed by urflnts. There is & wagon load still to be identified. The robbers have not yet been caught. ———ee——— “Don’t give up the ship” and other famous American battle cries; their full stories told {n next Sunday’s (0L, AN BIRNS 1S HOME AGAIN Says He Feels Inclined to Enlist With the War Volunteers. Mexico Is in Accord With the United States in the Battle. It Is Believed That He Will Take a Hand in Local Political Affairs. Colonel Dan M. Burns, who left here last December to look after his mining interests in Mexico, returned last night and was greeted at the ferry landing by many of his old time political adherents. He appeared to have grown considerably stouter during his absence, and in re- sponse to inquiries made by his friends concerning his health replied that he never felt better in his life. A carriage was in waiting for him, and aiter excus- ing himself to his friends he was driven to his home on Octavia street. “Business is steadily improving in Mex- ico,” sald he last night, “and all the mines are panning out well and profitably. The people are greatly Interested over the war, and every bit of news is eagerly read and discussed. The sympathies of the majority of the people of Mexico are with the United States, and they expect to hear of gregt and signal victories both on land and sea. I understand that reports have been circulated that the Mexican people are not in hearty accord with the United States. Such reports are not true. The few Spaniards there are, of course, in favor of their mother country, but they do not amount toc many. The presence of the Spanish is unwelcome in Mexico. You can rest assured that the majority of the people of Mexico are in hearty accord and sympathy with the battle being made by the United States. “The reports of the great naval battle won by Commodore Dewey were gladl¥ received by me. When I read them felt like enlisting, so as to take a hand in the fight, and I am not certain that I may not yet do so. ‘Arue American pluck and courage were shown by Dewey and his_ men. When they entered the harbor of Manila they well knew that they had to win or die. They took the chance—and won. Such deeds arouse the fire of natri- otism in the hearts of every one. There was every possibility of their vessels run- ning into the mones laid in the harbor. That did not cause them to hesitate for 3 moment. They ran the gantlet and vic- tory was theirs.” ““What do you think of the local politi- cal situation?’ was asked. “I have not been paying any attention to politics,” he answered, “and since I have been on my way home I have not heard of anything but the war.” “Do you _intend returning shortly to your mines?”" “I will remain in the city until after the first of the year.” And the answer was ven in_a manner that suggested that ‘olone] Dan Burns will be mixed up in the political fight next winter unless he goes to the war. FORTY MISSING FROM THE VAULT Chinese Certificates That Can- not Be Found and Are Probably Stolen. Before the Dis- ‘Will Be Six Months Exact Loss Can Be I covered. With reference to the article published exclusively in The Call yesterfay con- cerning the loss of several Chinese cer- tificates of registration from the big vault of the Collector of Internal Rev- enue during the administratjon of O. M. Welburn, P. T. M. Waite and H. C. How- ard, the clerks appointed recently to in- dex the 48,000 certificates, sald yesterday that forty are missing. They will not be able to ascertain whether these have been stolen or mislaid until the whole work of indexing has been finished. They know that forty duplicates have been called for and that they have been unable to find them, but hope that when the work of indexing shall have been completed they will turn up. There is no clew as to the persons who are responsible for the loss of the valu- able documents, and in all probability the culprits will never be discovered un- less some one of the number turns. State evidence and exposes his accomplices. The indexing is going on at the rate of 5000 ger month, and 20,000 have been in- dexed already. This leaves about 28,000 to finish. In about six months’ time the number of certificates missing may be ac- curately determined. FORESTERS OF ANCIENT TIMES The High Court of the Pacific ‘Will Meet in Oakland on 3 Tuesday. Names of Those Who Will Repre- sent the Several Courts of the Jurisdiction. Next Tuesday the eighth session of the High Court of the Ancient Order of For- esters of the jurisdiction of the Pacific will be opened in the city of Oakland in Gler’'s Hall. The several courts will be represented by one hundred and sixty delegates, and among these there will be representatives from the court in Hono- lulu, H. L The order in the past two years has increased in membership and finance. The increase in the former has been about 500 and as to finance the increase has been about $20,000. During the past two years there have been instituted forty-two courts. During the session the principal con- tests will be for the office of high chief ranger, for which position there are two candidates—Max Boehm, at present the sub-high chief ranger, and W. J. Locke. For sub-high chief ranger the candidates are J. Henderson, 8. Ferris and P. J. Cole. For the office of treasurer there is but one candidate, George W. Lunt, the incumbent. For high court secretary the only candldate is O. M. Goldaracena, the incymbent. There will be-an effort to ha:fi sessions biennially instead of an- n % "lrheym.nd officers at this time are: Dr. H. G. Case, H. C. R.; Max Boehm, 8. H. C. R.; G. W. Lunt, H. C. T.; O. M. Golda- racena, H, C. 8.; P. J. Cole, H. C, 8. W.; G. H. P. Shaw, H. C. J. W.; W. Thomp: son, H. C. 8. B., and C. F. Frey, H. C. The following are the delegates to the High Court: Robin Hood, San Francisco—A. Nicholson, Thomas Watson, v‘!}vul.rneks. San Francisco—J. Cobine, J. H. Occidental, San Francisco—J. Henderson, J. Horwood, A. M. McPherson. Pride of Grass Valley—W. J. Moyle, J. R. Geach. Star of West, San Francisco—George Nisbet, Auction Salcy MAGNIFICENT FURNITURE. THIS DAY (FRIDAY), AT 11 A. M., 855 GOLDEN GATE AVE., NEAR MASON, ELEGANT FURNITURE. THIS DAY (FRIDAY), AT 2 P. M., 1114 JACKSON ST., NEAR MASON. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, 602 Market st J. W. Leahy, E. Strohmefer, W. J. Thorpe. dtarof - Mision, San Francisco—Charles Sutherland, George J. Hansen. Pride of Plumas, Johnsville—J. W. Pown- ing. Ve Oakland—S. Ferris, J. McCracken. B e \merican, San Francisco—Wilitam T. Claus, P. Goessel. ‘Amador—James Blamey. Twin Peaks, San Francisco—Dr. Soper, P. Koppen. ?\?«‘:’uru. San Francisco—C. P. Richardson, Nathan, Charles A. Lewis. . “Adelaide, San_Francisco—S. Mish &l%ien City, San Jose—F. W. Hogan, J. W. | Chute. Unity, Jackson—William Trenerry. San Joaquin, Stockton—George Campbell. an Diego—Ed Strahlmann. Fountain_ Clty, . Apollo, Francisco—Geo! Garfield, San Francisco—Willlam Cannon. Bournemouth, San Francisco—Eugene Jack- *Ohward, San Francisco—D. B. Richards. Alliance, San Francisco—William 0. Mac- Dougall. Excelsior, %:nmlnncllco—L};. ‘Wilson. Pledmont and—J. Roberte. Masaior "san Francisco—C. A. Masistra. Vlctolr:,,-"sm Francisco—J. Desbarats. Gualal; . H. Borden. Star of California, Seusalito—G. W. Stmp- ton.. Renains San gmcnfu? chie X 01 o—W. J. Framiin. San cisco—W. F. Jones. ed W Ukiah—W. J. Poage. Star of Redwood, Redw West. Washington, San Francisco—George 3 California, San Francisco—William J. B. arner. University, Berkeley—S. C. Brown. America, San_Francisco—F, Behnke. Concord, San Francisco—J. S. Trotter. Sherwood Forest, San Francisco—Thomas Mitchell. Friar Tuck, Seattle, Wash.—A. J. Clark. Sequola, Eureka—William C. Hodges. Columbia, Arcata—E. Kmutz. Menlo Park, Menlo Park—H. Midgley. Star of Suisun, Suisun—Charies Brunone. Korbel, Korbel—Albert Sudbrack. Bohemian. San Francisco—William Vogel. Pride of San Mateo, San Mateo—E. H. Alt. Mount Diablo, Somersville—Thomas P. Shine. Todos Santos, Concord—W. C. Jaquith. Volta, W. Smith. Pioneer, Troutdale, Or.—H. A. Shilds. W, E Pomeroy, Pomeroy, Wash Union, Prove City, Utah—A. A. Noon Del Monte, San Francisco—Dr. A. B. McGill. Oak Grove, San Francisco—Dr. Damkroeger. Starbuck, Starbuck, Wash.—Michael Ray. Southern’ California, Los Angeles—Max Cohn. Ulnta, Evanston, Wyo.—Joseph La Riviers. (cColorado, Colorao Springs, Colo—J. A- Me- ay. San Pablo, San Pablo—B. B. Mcsterson, Caspar, Caspar—B. J. Bowden. Lagunita, Willits—C. J. Mast. Sanhedrin, Potter Valley—I. W. Grover. Gate City, Pueblo, Colo.—Dr. J. H. Smith. Laurel, Boonville—G. F. Clow. Greenwood, Greenwood—J. H. Frushee. Mendocino, Mendocino—F. C. Myers, Tvanhoe, San Francisco—George Richter, H. Nathan. Christofero Colombo, San Jose—C. Nocentelli, P. D. Polidori. Usal, Usal—O. Bainbridge. Eclipse, Crescent City—T. J. T. Berry. Scotia, Scotla—A. A. Lamb. Hartford, Vallejo—Ed Parrington. Buckhorn, Coulterville—R. A. Blum. Mount Jefferson, Groveland—J. H. Clark. Pride of Stanislaus, La Grange—A. Roberts. Alblon, Albion—E. S. Johnson. ‘Azalea, Pescadero—Dr. C. L. McCracken. Triumph, Oakland—M. J. O'Gara. Mokelumne, West Point—O. Lampson. Sutter, Sutter—J. A. Little. Mount' Rose, Reno. Nev.—C. Corris. Violet, San Francis _ D. Getchell. Hydraulic, North Bloomfield—K. N. Currfer. Magnolia, Napa—M. Schwartz. Barnsdale, Virginia City, Nev.—J. A. Con- ne. Lakeport, Lakeport—T". B, Russell Castle Rock, Redding: B. Mundy. Maripoda, Mariposa—M. Newman. Pride of the Mountain, French Gulch—C. S. Plumb. Mount Shasta, Sisson—G. E. . Wheeler. Duncans Peak, Hopland—John W. Andrews. Grant, Oakland—L. D. Kahrs. Webster, Pinole—J. S. Catlette. Tomales, Tomales—M. L. Murpl Lincoln, San Francisco—J. Wi McLennan. Arema. Point Arena—Hon. J. B. Sanford. Ramona, Ramona—J. A. Verlague. El Cajon, El Cajon—John G. Burges. Eala Mountain, La Porte—J. D. McLaughlin, Diamond Mountaln, Susanville—W. H. Bur- il Benicla, Benicia—J. O. Morgan. Surprise, Cedarville—R. H. Stanley. Adin, Adin—George H. Knight. Pullman, Pullman, Wash.—P. Henderson. Lookout, Lookout—E. §. Trawbridge. Lilac, Fallbrock—H. B. Rice. Seaside, Oceanside—O. W. Cranz. Mount 'Olympus, Port Townsend, Wash.— Judge M. B. Sachs. Knarshorough, Oakland—E. H. Barrett. Rose of Sharon, Eisinore—S. L. Lawler. Tuolumne, Sonora—P. M. Keefe. Mother Lode, Quartz—E. H. Armstrong. St. John, Willows—Henry Bielar. Confidence, Confidence—i. E. Fleming. Vinton, Vinton—L. J. Stephenson. Solomon, Los Angelés—George M. Warner. Miiton, Milton—M. J. Dougherty. Bart Mountain, Coppercpolis—J. M. Stone. Summers, Carters—W, D. Demming. Camanche, Camanche—H. F. Crabtree. Soulsby, Soulsbyville—William Francis. Calaveras, San Andreas—J. J. Halley. Treadwell, Tesla—A. D. Stoop. hy. lilams, R. N. e Jessie Ackerman relates some of her most wonderful experiences in dotting the great globe with W. C. T. U. missions in next Sunday’s Call. e Free Day Postponed. Owing to the continuance of charity ex- hibition of the Woman’s Hospital at the Hopkins Institute, the free day has been postponed for one week to May 13. gr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 5 KEARNY ST. Established in 18534 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debllity or disease wearing o bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen others fall. Try him. Charges low. Cnresguaranteed. Callorwrite, Dr. 3. F. (B TON, Box 1957. San Francisco. RAILROAD TRAVEL. SAN FRANGISCU and NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Tiduren Férry, Feet of Market St BAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. vg:ug:xfi'n.us—nw,fi. 100 & m.; 13:35, ), 5:10, 6:30 p. m. Thursdays—Extra trij at 1130 p. m. Baturday A ] and 11:30 p. m. e—Extra trips at 1:50 200, 9:30, 11:00 & m.; 1:30, 3:30, BYA.NWR:.F:LEL TQ SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—6:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 a. m.; 12:48, 8:40, 5:10 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trips at # iy 11:10 a. m.; 1:40, 3:10, m. San Francisco and Schuetzen Park 5 same schedule as above. Y B oY AUCTION SALE OF HORSES TO-MORROW. ...May 7, 1898 At 11 o'clock a. m., at J. D. HORAN'S Stock and Sale Yard, CORNER OF TENTH AND BRYANT STS. I will sell at public auction the property of Messrs. Archer, West & McCullough, consist- ing of SO head of horses, broken and unbroken, welghing from 1000 to 1500 pounds. Stock can be seen at above yards two days previous to sale. S. VATKINS. Auctloneer. SATURDAY. RAILROAD TRAVEL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) w lenve nnd nre due SAN FRANCIN (Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) o nrrive at Fral VA Marysyille, Oroville and Reddiug vis Woodland nd . 7:004 Vacaville and Rumsey, 7:804 Martinez, San Ramon, Vallejo, Napa, Calistoga and Santa Ross 8904 Atiautic Exprose, Oglon and Kast.. 81804 Nijes, Sau Jose, Stocktou, Ione, Sacramento, Maryaville, ~ Chico, Tehama and Red 1l 415 *8:804 Peiers, Milton, Oakdale (Jamestown for Vosemite). T 9:004 New Orloans xpress, Merced, Tres: uo, Bakerstleld, Santa Barbara, Jos Augeles, Deming, El PYaso, New Orleans and Enst............ @1ddp 10:004 Vallejo, Martinez and Way Stations 7:45r 100r SBacramento River Steamers. . '9:008 1:007 Niles, San Jose aud Way Stations.. *9:434 San Jose, Niles and Way Stations.., 191154 :00F Livermore, Mendota, Visalia . 12:157 Sau Ramon, Vallej listogs, Kl Verauo sud Santa ltosa. . 9B 4:00r Benicia, Vaca Kuights Landing, ville and Sscramento. 4:80p Niles, San Jose, Tracy and Stockton 4:30p Stockton, Oakdale, Merced. 4:80% Castle and Lodi ) 4:80p Lathrop, Modesto, Merced, Berends Raymond for Yosemite), Fresuo, ojave, Sauts Barbara sud Los Angeles .. Tba 4:80p Sauta Fo Jtoute, Atisutic Kxpress for Mojave and last..... 6:452 6:00F uropean Mail, Ogd L _9dsa +6:00¢ Vallejo 12:152 6:00 ¢ Haywards, Nilew and San Jose.. T:454 $7:00p Vallejo, Port Costs and Way Sta- HHODS....eeee.. oo = 19459 8:007 Oregon igxiwess, Sacramento, Marys- ville, Redding, Portland, Puget Sound and Kast ... Sal34 SAN LEANDRO AND ilAl'WAl(DS LOCAL. (Foot of Market Street.) 8:00! M .;‘:gl 006 | Melrose, Seminary Park, | ts9id5a 150:004 | Fitehburg, Elmhurst, A {I1:008 | San Leandro, South San i Leandro, Estadillo, Lorenzo, Chierry and 30p 300 Hagwards. 00P | § Runs through to Niles. 00p N HAREIE) ¢ o Niles. +112:008 TOAST DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). (Foot of Market Street.) 17:454 Bauta Oruz Bxcursion, Sauta Oruz ‘and Principal Way Stations 8:15.4 Newark Centerville, San Jose, Foiton, ‘Boulder Creek, Santa Oruzand Way *2:155 Novars. Genietvilie, Gar Joss, New P Newarl le, San B Alimaden, Feiton, Boulder Creek, Sauts Cruz and Principal Way Stations 4:157 Ban Jose, Glenwood *10:504 & Way Stations 9:204 a4:15p Boulder Creek and Sauta Cruz...... J#9:204 CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Prom SAN FRANCISU0—Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)— *7:16 9:00 11:00a.. 31:00 *2:00 $3:00 *4:00 $5:00 *6:00e.. From DAELAKD—Fool of Brosdway.—*6:00 8:00 10:004.:. 11300 *1:00 $3 00 1400 *8:00rx. COAST DIVISION (Broad Gauge). (Third and Townsend Sts.) *7:00A San Jose and Way Stations (New Alpaden Wednesdays ouly)........ 1:80F $7:304 Sunday Excursion Banta rove, Paso Robles, Swn Tinis Obispo, Guadalupe, Surt and Principal Way Statio . duer L o . 004 11:304 San Jose and Way Stations ... *8:35a *2:45» San Mateo, Redwood, Palo Alto, Sante Clara, Sen Jose, Gilroy, Hollister, Santn Cruz, - Sulinas, Monterey and Pacific Grov *1:30p San Jose avd Way Stution #4:15r Sau Joseaud Principal W: . *3:007 San Jose and Principal Way Stations 6:83a 3:30p SanJose and Principal Way Stations 5:30p 6:107 San Jose and Way Stati 7:30p $11:45¢ Sau Jose and Way Statior 7:808 A for Moming. T for Afternoon. * Sundays excepted. § Sundays only. t Saturdays only Monday, Thuralay and Saturday nights only. § Sundays and Monda: @ Satnrdays and Sundays. === CALIFORNIA Santa Fe gl ; 32 SAN r@cclscu RU ule CHICAGO. THE ONLY LIMITED TRAIN. FROM CALIFORNIA BY ANY LINE, Leave San Francisco at 4:3) p. m. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. Carries fires-class passengers only, but withe out extra charge. DINING CAR, BUFFET SMOKING CAR. Pullman Palace Drawing Room Sleepers, 33§ days to Chicago, 4% days to New York. Trains arrive and depart from Market-street Ferry. San Francisco ticket office, 64 Market treet, Chronicle building. Telephone Main 1520, Oakland office, 1113 Broadway. Sacramento office, 201 J street. San Jose, 7 West Santa Clara’ street. THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. From September 10, 1897, trains will run as follows: South-bound. North-bound. Passen. Mixed Mixed | Passen- ger | Sunda Sta- | Sunday | ger Dally. [Excep’d.[ tions. |Excep'd.| Daily. 7:20 am| 9:00 am| Stockton | 3:45 pm| 5:4 pm i pm| Merced [12:30 pm pm 0 pm| Fresno |9:30 am pm pm| Hanford | 9:45 am| 1:15 pm pm| Visalia | 6:40 am{12:40 pm Stopping at intermediate points when re- quired. Connections—At Stockton with steamboats of C. N. & L Co., leaving San Francisco and Stockton at 6 p. m. daily; at Merced with stages to and from Snellings, Coulterville, etc.; also with stage for Hornitos, iposa, ete.} at Lankershim with stage to and from Madera. Arrive San Francisco. Leave Ban Francisco. In effect Al 3. Petaluma, 6:10 pm|10:25 am Santa Rosa. | 7:38 pm| 6:22 pm Fulton, : L’(!nn-r-. Geyserville, Cloverdale. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. From S h‘-'nh i May 1, 139, an Francisco. commencing W._EK DAYS. i For Mili Yalley and Sun Kafacl—T0, 700, *9:30, 11: m.; *1:45, 3:20, 4:00, 5:16, *:00, 6:30 p. m. Extra trips for San Rafael on Mondays, ‘Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 11:3) . m. - SUNDAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—*8:00, %9:00, 71000, 110, 11:30 2. m.; 100, 4145, % how, 145 p. m. 11300 a. m. does not run to San Rafael. 5:30 p. m. does not run to Mill Vailey. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. % THROUGH TRAINS, .00 a. m. week days—Cazadero and way sta’ 120 p. m. SaturdaysCazadero and way sta’ns: 115 p. m. week days (Sat. ex.)—Tomales and ‘way stations. :00 a. m. Sundays—Cazadero and way statlons. 145 p. m. Sundays—Point Reyes and way sta's. Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Springs; at Lytton for Lytton Eprings; at Gey- serville for siug Springs; at Cloverdale t:l' opla r Dunca ind for n Springs, elseyville, New Carlsbad and Bartlett Saratoga ey, John Day's, Rive alley, Jol 8, lver- Bucknell's, Sanhedrin Heights, neville, Orr's Hot Springs, Men- Fort , Westport, 'sal. to day round-trip tickets at On_ Sundays round- tickets to all points beyond San Rafael at half rlt.ll.n Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bldg. 4. W. FOSTER, R X. RYAN, Agent. | strenzth 10 the MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY, Leave San \Mfi,mcom&mg May 1, 1898: Week Days—9:30 a. m., and 5:15 p. o Sundays—8 00, 10:00, 11730 & m.» 1745 and :30 p. m. Round trip from Mill Valley, $1. THOS., COOK & SON, Agents, strect, an Brandiso. . ST Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican remedy; glves health and 621 Market