The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1898. C 9 ONES TOLD FALSE TALES His Wife Files a Paper Full of Sensation. LIGHT .ON A MYSTERY HOW MONEY WAS OBTAINED TO | DEFEND OTHERS. | Another Chapter of the Story of the Death of Young Annie Johnson Last Year. Office San Francisco Call, | , June 8. | Francour of San Francisco and Gertrude | full of a story sensation. She t prior to 1897 and Jones gether as husband and wife, and she had perfect confidence in him. In November, inie- Johnson entered In the early part Johnson died un- s, and Dr. C John F who has since married Annie Johnson's sister, were | tried for belng responsible for the death f Annie, but were acquitted. At the time of the trial it was freely erted that John Howard was not the guilty party, but that he was being used to protect a married man, whose name was not divuiged. Cereain it is th was forthcoming to outside sources. According to Mr answer she that two months ago she discovered that Jones was not worthy of her confidence, and she brought su for a divorce which is still pending. She denies that she ever delivered the note to Francour upon which he Is now suing. And she says that 1 entered into a conspiracy w to obtain from her. "Th ted to her, ated, that th n danger of | and from vho were threaten- | 'welcome publicity in je Johnson's death. that on the! representations | induced to furnish them with | nd also while she was {1l signed for $00. While believing ‘these told by her husband, Mrs. Jones | them to employ a good law- | d them, and says they con- press testimony and keep it m the District Attorney who conducted | e prosecution. Mrs. Jones further al- | leges that altogether they secured from | defe: . her $2500 between January 1, 1897, and May 1, 1588, Her attorneys are Messrs. Knight | & Heggerty. | The facts contained in Mrs. Jones' an- swer substantiate a story told by one of the attorneys in the case, but never be- | fore made public. When AnnieJohnson was aying frequently called for a man named “Ernest,” and to one of her girl friends named 'Esther Nerney she con- | fided the fact that Howard was not the party responsible for her death. Some of i facts were told in whispers, but | d not be substantiated at the time. Since then it has often been ated that Jones obtained money from his wife upon the plea that his reputation was in dan- pery and that it was necessary o use ey, One 13 those men- considered neces- so indignant when wer of Mrs. Jones has reopened 1 will no doubt lead to mnoon the answer of Mrs. wn in ac dance with | ered Into between coun- | THE KILLING OF HUGH WEBSTER WILLIAMS. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION COMMENCED IN ALAMEDA. The Prosecution Presents Its Side of the Case—The Defense Will Offer Evidence To-Morrow Night. | ALAMEDA, June 8—The preliminary | examination of William M. Gregory and | Abigail Miranda Gregory. on the charge of murdering Hugh Webster Williams in this city on the 22d ult. was commenced this afternoon before Justice Morris. The | people were represented by District At- | torney Snook and the defense by Attor-| ney H. H. Davis of San Francisco. | Preliminary to the commencement of the examination all the witnesses were excluded from the courtroom. Levi Siemmens was the first witness. He testified, as at the Coroner's Inquest, that he was halled by Gregory, who was covered with blood, and went with him into the house, where he found Willlams | Iying on the floor. Mrs. Gregory at first gald she shot Williams, and afterward | eald she did not know whether she did or | not. Witness took the body of Williams | td. the Morgue In his wagon. Gregory | had a black eye and his face was | wounded. . Officer Lawrence testified that he went with_Gregory from the police station to the house. On the way down Gregory sald to him, speaking of Williams: ‘He is lajd out, 'He is the man who broke up my home.” e also told what Mrs. Gregory said the affair, her account being the ublished. about same as already Sergeant Conrad testified that Gregory came to the police station, where he was on duty, and told him that he had had & flgm down on Eagle avenue and that he had better go down there.- Mrs. Gregory showed him her wrist swollen | and black, and told him how the affair occurred. She sald to him that she grab- bed the pistol and pointed it at Williams, | but ald not know whether she shot him | or not. | Mrs. Courtols testified that she was em- | loyed by Mrs. Gregory as a servant. ghe did not know Williams. On the day in question he came into the house and went_into Mrs. Gregory's bedroom. She | heard the shot fired, but did not see any istol. After the shot was fired she saw Eregory drag Williams into the kitchen. She went into the room while the men were fighting. Both were standing up and had hold of each other. Chief of Police Rogers testified to ob- taining possession of the pistol and find- ing one empty shell in it. . \ ¥hls was the case for the prosecution, and Attorney Davis for the defense then moved that the defendant be discharged on the ground that the evidence adduced by the prosecution did not clearly con- tain the elements of the offense charged. The District Attorney objected and claimed that the evidence of Dr. Buteau alone was sufficient to hold them. Jus. tice Morris denied the motion and an ad- journment was taken until Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, when the defense will present its evidence. —_—————— Rev. Mr. Palmer Accepts a Call. OAKLAND, June 8—This eity is to lose Rev. 8. 8. Palmer, of the Brooklyn Pres- byterfan Church. He has been here six vears, and recently refused a call to Honolulu. The call accepted by him comes from Springfield, O. He preached for the congregation several Sundays last month while in the East to attend the Presbyterian synod. He will return to this: city before settling in his new pas- torate. —_——————— Did He Die for Love? Gustav Claassen, a middle-aged man, who has recently arrived from Seattle, committed suicide in a lodging house at | mentioned. | do_their work. | class rates in which a reduction has been 44 Third street last night. He left the following letter, written in German and addressed to Miss luaggie Dyick, 768 Howard street: “I love you and die lov- ing you. Forgive me for what.I have done to you. Good-by; best wishes. Gustav.” The man was in very poor cir- cumstances, and is supposed to have been demented. —_——— SPANISH SPIES IN OLD MEXICO SEAPORTS FULL OF SYMPATHIZ- ERS WITH THE ENEMY. Treasury Department Gives Warning for the Benefit of Captains of American Vessels. W. B. Howell, A the Treasury, addr ector Jackson, received by the Collector sterday, which emphasizes the neces- sity of watchfulness on the part of the masters of American vessels as against the machinations of Spanish spies. The letter is as follows: Dear Sir: Your attention is invited to the following extract from a recent dispatch of a consul of the United States at a Mexican port, which you are requested to bring to the notice of the master of any vessel clearing from your port to a port in Mexico: “There is a very bitter feeling among the Spantards, not only here in this city but everywhere along the coast in Coatza- coalcos, Frontera—in fact all over the| country where Spaniards are to be found— and they are continually trying, by dis- tribution of circulars and_otherwise, to prejudice the minds of the Mexican people against the Americans. * * From all the information I get, and from what I hear and see myself, I strongly recom- | mend that captains of American, as well y as foreign vessels chartered by Ameri- cans, coming to ports of this country. should be warned to be careful about whom they allow on board their vessels to prevent any accident.” —_——————— ILL-TREATED HIS WIFE. | | 4 | Mrs. Lillie Sullivan Granted a Decree | of Divorce From Thomas I Sullivan. | Lillle Sullivan, Sullivan, a well known member of the | Cosmos Club, was granted a divorce yes- | | Mrs. wife of Thomas terday by Judge Seawell. Some time ago | M Sullivan left her husband on ac-| v | count of his ill treatment and went to live with her parents. After the statu- tory time had elapsed Sullivan filed suit for divorce against his wife on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Sullivan filed an answer, setting forth the facts that led her to leave her husband, and a cross- | complaint, fn which she prayed that the court grant her a decree on the grounds | of willful desertion and fallure to pro- vide. Sullivan, when he found that his wife was going into court and contest his | allegations, abandoned his suit and his default was made a matter of record. Evidence in the case was heard by Judge Seawell yesterday, with the result that he granted her a decree on the grounds | ———— GREENE FORGERY CASE. The Preliminar§ Examination Com- menced Before Judge Mogan. The case of Attorney A. J. Greene, charged with forgery by John Lapique, was called in Judge Mogan's court yes- terday. Attorney Prescott, who repre- sented Lapique, asked for a continuance, | but Greene and Attorney J. D. Sullivan strongly opposed it, as they said they had the documents to prove Greene's in- nocence. It was finally decided to take the evi- | dence of Attorneys N. Clement and Henry E. Highton, who were witnesses for the defense, and were anxious to get away. Their evidence referred to the set- | tlement of a claim that Clement had on | the estate of Jean Louis Ader, based | upon a promissory note for $1000. which | Clement had given to Highton. Attorney | Prescott moved that the evidence should | be stricken out, as it had no bearing | upon_the case, and the Judge sald he would reserve his decisfon, i Attorney Highton was being cross-ex- | amined as to his business connections with Lapique, when a continuance was | granted till this afternoon to enable him to refresh his memory. Greene claims that he has a good case. —————— SUCCESSFUL THE THIRD TIME. — | Frederick Nachtigall, Despondent, | Ends His Life. | Frederick Nachtigall, a grocer living | | and doing business at the corner of Post | $ and Broderick streets, committed suicide | by inhaling illuminating gas last night. Nachtigall lost his wife about three | months ago and has been gradually sink- | ing into a state of despondency border- ing on dementia ever since. Twice he at-| tempted to end his life by gas, but was discovered in time to save his life. Last night he found himself unwatched, and seizing the opportunity, went into the kitchen, attached a rubber pipe to the gas jet, placed the end in his mouth and calmly 'sat down to let the deadly fumes He was not_ discovered | until life was extinct and the Coroner was _immediately notified. Nachtigall was 67 years of age and leaves a grown- up daughter. S el L GUSTAV WALTER'S PROPERTY. His Widow Brings a Suit to Recover Against Mrs. Sterritt. Mrs. Josephine Walter has filed a suit in the Superior Court to recover posses- sion of jewelry, household goods, etc., contained in the Orpheum Annex at 121 O'Farrell street. Mrs. Walter alleges that the goods con- tained in the building were the property of her husband at tae time of his death, and that_tbey are now being illegally held by Mrs.” Sterritt, who refuses to ive them up. The property is valued at 2500, and she asks, as administratrix, an order restoring it to the estate. She also demands $1000 damages for its unlawful detention. —_————— FARE REDUCTIONS. The Southern Pacific joined the reduc- tion list yesterday. The fares for second- made are as follows: To Kansas City, Omaha and other Missouri River point: to $31; to Chicago, $3250; to New York | and Boston, $42 55; to St. Louis, $37. The reductions went into eflentgeslerday‘ and will be on lines by way of Ogden; by way of Mojave, over the Santa Fe; and over the EI Paso and Texas. —_———— It was UnDemocratic. The following reseolutions were adopted at a meeting of the Thirty-fourth As- sembly District Democratic Club last evening: Resolved, That we, the members of the Thirty-fourth District Democratic Club do hereby denounce the action of the State Cen- tral Committee in appointing a Cammittee of One Hundred to conduct the affairs of the Democratic party of the City and County of Ban Francisco, as we consider sald action to be arbitrary and unDemocratic, and not in accordance with the plan of organization of the Democratic party. Resolved, That sald action was a usurpa- tion of Power on the part of the State Central Committee; and be it fuither Resolved, That a committes of three be ap- pointed by the chair to confer with the Demo- crats of the various districts to arrange for a mass-meeting of Democrats to protest against the course of the State Central Committee. —_—— To Dispar “Black” Coffey. John J. Coffey, a Police Court practl- tioner, otherwise known as “Black” Cof- tfi" stands a good chance of being de- prived of the right to practice in any court. A short time ago he was convict- ed in the Police Court of a misdemeanor, for having lttemgtad to extort money by verbal threats. Judge Joachimsen im- osed a fine. All this has caused the legal raternity to believe that Coffey is not fit to represent the profession in court or out. In order to prevent him from so do- ing in the future action has been brought in the Supreme Court citing him to ap- ear and show cause why he should not ge disbarred. In the Divorce Courts. Buits for divorce were granted yester- day to the following unhappy couples: Bessie Foulker from W. H. Foulker, on the ground of failure to provide; Louls James Frederiksen from Della Frederik- sen, on_the ground of cruelty; Virginia X. McDermott from Wiiliam McDer- mott, on the ground of extreme crueit. Helen G. Burns from Edward O. Burns, on the ground of cruelty. H. Rosenbaum filed a suit for divorce from his wife, An- nie Rosenbaum, alleging infidelity as a cause of action. 1 | filed this afternoon in the Superior Court. | gee, the Real Estate Combine, W. F. | | to_foreclose on the | amount- due being $60.u00. | ing, $3500; electric power for elevator, $700; MANY NOTES TET UNPAID German Loan Society Sues to Recover. BIG BROADWAY MORTGAGE G. G. BAKER MADE THE DEAL SIX YEARS AGO. Twenty Notes Were Executed, but Only Four Have Been Paid. Much Interest Due. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadway, June 8. The manner in which a large block of unimproved city property can eat up a fortune in interest was told in complaints | The German Savings and Loan Soclety has sued George G. Baker, W. J. Din-| Lewis, John and Richard Roe, for $60,000. | There is a separate suit filed against each | defendant. G. G. Baker has not resided | in this State for more than a year. The suit s based on a land deal made in June, 1892. The property is located on Broadway, between Fourteenth and Fif- teenth streets, and is a large vacant lot 124x100 feet. In 1892 it was one of the most valuable blocks in the city, but the move of the city westward has caused It to_depreciate in value. To guarantee payment notes were exe- cuted on each of the five lots of which the block is composed. Four notes of $4500 four of $3500, four of $4200, four of $4000 an four of $3750 were executed and were to carry interest at the rate of 8-12 per cent per month, compounded monthly. The notes were made by George Baker to | W. J. Dingee, and were guaranteed by a mortgage of the bank. W. J. Dingee disposed of the notes to | the German Savings and Loan Societ, and the first note of each four was pald. The remainder were to be paid at inter- | vals of a year. Since the first payment was made the interest has been regularly paid up to December 9 of last year. Three of each serise of notes and in- terest from last December are now due, and the German society has brought suit | roperty, the total Mr. Dingee disposed of his interest to the loan soclety three weeks after ac- cepting the mortgage, and is merely a formal defendant, G. G. Baker being the maker of all the notes. ALL DEPARTMENTS ‘ WANT GOOD MONEY. ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES SUB- MITTED BY THE AUDITOR. What the Various Offices Think They | ‘Will Need for the Year to Come. This is the time when estimates of ex- penses for the coming year blossom from every municipal office, and they are now being gathered in by the Auditor, to be used in making his own estimates of the city’s financial needs. There were several submitted yesterday. The estimate of .the Public Library is as follows: Salarles, $29,000; books (new), | $13,000; replace books, $I750; periodicals, rent, gas and fuel for branches, $2300; printing and stationery, $2000; bind- | | furniture and repairs, $3000; sundry ex- penses, $500; total, $58,000. he Tax Colléctor submits this esti- mate: Regular salaries, $§14,200; extra clerks, $40,000; publishing delinquent tax list, $3000; compiling mintary roll, $2500; stafionery, advertising, as usual, about 2000. The Coroner asks for $25825, distributed as follows: Salaries, $17,200; horses and 4 horse shoeitig, $60; chemical analyses.$1200; photographing unidentified dead, $100; expenses of office, $1800; sta- tionery, $300; recovery of bodies from bay, $700; typewriter, $100; microscopical a‘p%- ances, $300; refrigerating apparatus, $1000; scales, 3100; interpreters’ fees, $100; tele- phone, §2587 burial of indigent dead, $700; chemical appliances, $500; rent, $780. Assessor Siebe answers the Auditor's call for estimates as follows: R‘e‘fiular salaries, $28,300; extra deputies, 000; printing, ete., $2500; horse and buggy, $600% subscription to papers, $25; total, $108425. Figel, for thé Exempt Iiremen, 12,000. Surveyor Til rinting, $325 5000; total, $5525. The Law Library asks for $4050, $3850 of which is for salaries. The Justices' Clerk wants $22,980, prac- tically all of which is for salaries. MAN’S INFATUATION FOR A PRETTY WOMAN LOVE IN SOUTH AFRICA ENDS IN THE POLICE COURT. ton askes for salaries, $500; _additional expenditures, Lena Surprenant, Alias Flossie Ed- wards, Arrested on Complaint of Oscar Frederickson. Another case of a man’s Infatuation for a pretty woman will be heard in Judge Mogan’s court to-day. The complaining witness is Oscar Frederickson, a civil en- gineer, and the woman is Lena Surpre- nant, alias Flossle Edwards, who, about two years ago, was the inmate of a house on Quincy place, Frederickson worked for the Homestead Mining Company, Black Hills, and it sent him to South Africa about a year ago. ‘While in Johannesburg he met Lena and they lived together. According to Fred- erickson she was always expressing a de- sire to get back to this city, but had no money, and finally he consented to take her back. The night before they salled from Cape Town he got drunk and she stole £200 from his belt and obtained a bank draft for the amount in her own name. When he accused her of taking the money she told him she would give it to him when they reached this city. They arrived here about two weeks ago and took rooms in the Milton House, Third street. Tuesday she removed her bag- gnge from the house and stole $8 from rederickson’s pockets. She gave the landlaflx $25, telling her to give it to her husband, as she was going to the springs. Frederickson reported the case ?o tic police and Detectives Ryan and _O'Dea arrested Lena at 325 Bush street. Yester- day she was booked at the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny, and another charge of having obscene pictures in her possession was registered against her. Lena tells a different story. She says when she met Frederickson he was {n hard luck and she loaned him £40. She also paid his fare to this city and the draft was her own money. She {aking the 5 from his pocket © CoTied —_——— A DAY AT EL CAMPO. Annual Picnic of St. Francis Church + Will Be Held on Saturday. The annual picnic of St. Francis Church will be held at El Campo Saturday and promises to be &, very enjoyable affair. The arrangements have been completed, and 1t only remains for the wu.unnr man _ The Chinese Flag. The standard of the Celestial Empire Is a very queer looking affalr, It represents the most tesque of green dragons c¢n a yell ground. e latter is suggestive not vzl.;m the national complexion, but also of that of & sufferer from bilidksness. To remove this unbecoming tint from the s-omplexion use Hostetter's lEu “ which will ly_regulate your liver, malaria, rheuma- to do his duty to insure the compiete suc- cess of the day’'s outing. There will be the usual number of competitive events, the chief of which is & rowing regatta. A number of handsome fancy and useful articles have been donated, which will be distributed as prizes to the successful oarsmen. The committee in charge of the affair consists of P. A. Bucklev chairman; A. Connich, secretary; Captain Patrick Con- nor, Captain Foley, Eugene O'Neill, Mr. Neily, Edmond Foley, James Kitterman, Charles J. Relly, Mr. McFadden, T. Cunningham, S. Fay, P. McGown, Charles Fuller, D. vowd, P. Quirk Sr., B. Glea- son, Lieutenant A. Mclntyre, George Henderson, Sergeant R. Behan, L. Faure, Joseph A. Murphy, R. Ruff, H. Ford, J. McElroy, John J. Brusher, P. Thornton, M. Thornton, M. McGlinchey, D. Patten, Eugene Meehan and Mr. Nicholas. —_————— STATE MINING DELEGATES. Governor Budd’;zppointaes to the International Convention. SACRAMENTO, June 8.—Governor Budd to-day appointed the following dele- gates to the International Mining con- vention to be held at Salt Lake City, | July 6, 7 and 8: u;;.h'vg? D‘\Au{csm. Los _Angeles; U. 8. G. Todd, Los Angeles; C. Wright, Los Angeles; M. F. Tarpey, Alamed: ames V. Coleman, San Francisco; W. F. Prisk, T. T. Lane, ‘Angels’ Camp; John McMurray, eaverville; Dr. Franl Bosqui, Bodie; D. C. Reid, Redding; Ja- cob Neft, Colfax; John F. Parks, Jack- son; Thomas «&. Bard, Hueneme; E. C. Chapman, Tayvlor mine; Mrs. C. 8 Church, Princéss mine, Coutolene, Butte County: J. M. Gleaves, United States Sur- veyor General, San Francisco; Louis Glass, San Francisco; John Ross Jr., Sut- fer Creek; S. K. Thurnton, California rciation, San Francisco; E. M. ada Cit P F. Thomas, laveras County; Almarin B. Paul and W. S. Keyes, San francisco; W. T. Detert, Jackson; James O'Brien, Smartsville; J. B. _Sexton, Placerville, Frank R. Weke, Downievule; John Siebe, J. E. Doolittle, San Francisco. ettt < S REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Clementine A. and L. C. Marshutz to Pletro S. Rossi, lot on N_line of Vallejo street, 150 E of Laguna, E 50 by 137:6: $10. Leonora M. and George A. Colmann to Cal- vin E. Knickerbocker, lot on N line of Page street, 75 E of Fillmore, E 25 by N 100: $i0. Clinton and Sarah W. Jones to Frances May Young, wife of G. H., lot on N. line of Broad- way, 185 W of Fillmore, W 27:6 by N < $10, Eliz Grass Valley; e, al Kittie abeth Reynolds, Nellie O'Keefe, and E. J. Linden to Edward J. Linden, Sr., | lot on N line of Turk street, 112:6 W of Plerce, W 25 by N 137:6 (quit-claim deed): $5. , A. and Jane A. Bayly to Italan- Sgizzrl:(finull Loan Assoclation, lot on N line of Pine strest, 61:6 W of Devisadero, W 25 by N_10; $10. N emiek Nachtigall to Mary Nachtigall (sin- gie), lot on NW_corner of Post and Broderick Streets, N §2:6, W 110, S 27:6, E %, S 5, E 50: Gift, stopher A. and Annfe M. Buckley to fatilda_Weigle, lot on E_line of eet, 208 N of Twenty-fourth, N 25 E 100: $10. Br: by Est osepl F. Osgood, trustees, to Peter J. E’x‘fi:a:,"ax‘f'nrfiun 'of lana bounded by Brannan, Semnd and Third and Bryant, being on NW angle of South Park avenue, being 42 on South Park by 137:6 extending to rear lane (Park Lane Novéh) on which said lot fronts 20 feet: $3000. Elizabeth B and Emily L. Osgood and Kath- ckpole (wife of E. D.), same to im deed; $5. Tiyman to John Bermingham, lot ;?ne of .Chanpel street, 229 \'gpegg on NW I str 29 Seventh, NE 45:10 by NW 137:6, quitcl 1 ana Louise C. Wannenmacher to Nicholas Hottua, lot on E h 200 § of I street, S 25 by B 120: $10 Estate of George W. Dean (by Benjamin D. Dean. saministrator) to John Brandt, lot on SE ilne of San Jose avenue, 189:7% N of Twen- ty-ninth street, SE 78:9%, NE 5, NW 83:11%, § 50:10% ; $1600 . S mtiin D, and James W. Dean to same, line of Thirteenth avenue, .. 7. Collings to John M. Chase, lot o of Kennebec street and Union enue, § 125 by W 75, lots 490, 492, 496 and 433, Gift Map 2: $10. M. to Jacob Heyman, re-record ift Map 3: $10. N a Héyman to Arnold and Ma- Wohlte: ot 1682, Map 8; e Aa Y Cand Magaret E. Moran to H. N. Til- s 16 and 17, block &, and lots 12 and 13, o vndicate’s First Addition; §20. Sol, Dora, Bernhard and Rose Getz .lfl Flora Page (wite of Walter 1) lot on S line of % t, 75 NE of Persla, 3 Yo Bk 6. “Excelsior Homestéad; $10 100, biock 64, E . Slizabeth Styles to Mary Roberts, lot on NE comem b he Mounttord and Jules vesues, N 50 by E 100, portion of lots § to Lakeview; $i0. Alameda County. 'S onsenberg to Joe Rosenberg, |u(vnn E 1ne ot oh avenue, 200 S of Walnut ctreet. § 50 by E 125, lot 2, block D, Wilcox Place, quitclaim deed, Oakland: $10. Charles A. and_Alfce C. Bailey to Hugh Forgle, ot on SW corner of Russell and Lo- rina streets, S 75.65 by W 100, being the E 100 feet lots 1§ and 15, block C, Adeline Tract, eley; $5. B Kele txte to South Berkeley Presbyterian Church, same, subject to mortgage for $300, Berkeley; $10. i Bavid ahd Harriet S. Rodrick to A. W. Nay- tor, lot on N line of Channing Way, 155 W of Shattuck avenue, W 75 by N 130, biock 2, Bar- ker Tract, Berkeley; $10. v Fannie E. Underwood to Elizabeth Under- wood, lot on SE_corner of Grove and Vine streefs, S 150 by B 135, being lots X, ¥ and Z, block 5, Graves & Taylor Tract, Berkeley; §100. Margaret E. Dwyer (administratrix estate of Ann Dwyer) to Edmond Fahey, lot on N 1ine of Alcatraz ayenue, 135.80 W from the point where the line dividing the Vicente Peralta Reservation and plot 5, Rancho V. and D. Pe- ralta intersects N line of Alcatraz avenue; thence SW 70, NW 240.80, E 70, SE 240, to be- zinning, being portion plat 51, Rancho V. and D. Peralta, Berkeley; $2300. ' . Jacob and Clara R. Hanna to Hans R. An- derson, lot on NW corner of K and Sixth streets, W 150 by N 150, block 48, Map of South- er: Addition of Town of Livermore, Murray Township: $10. Mary Talty to Peter Talty, subdivision of lot 40 in Tract 402, on Whitcher's Officlal Map of_Oakland, Oakland: gift. William Jr. and Jullet F. Lange to Carrie S. Sflverstine (wife of A.), iot on < line of Ninth street, 75 E of Brush, 1 50 by 8 100, block 94, Oakland; $18. J. P. Beckstt to Charles E. Proctor, lot on S Tine of Thirty-seventh street, 590.21 E of Mar- ket, W 100.26, § 150, E 95.73, N 150.01, ‘0 begin- ning, belng portion of Beckett's Second Addi- tion to Oakland, Oakland Annex; $10. Hermann and Anna A. Cordes, N. C. or M. C. and Anna C. Lassen (by commissioner) to Madge Manion, lot on E corner of High street and Briggs avenue, NE 63, SE 150, NB 150, 8B 50, SW 203, NW. 200, to beginning, being lots 4 ana 5, Briggs Tract Alameda; also parcel of land bounded on the NW by SE line of lots 89, 40 and 41, Briggs Tract, NE by NE line of Tot 59 if extended SE on the same course to the waters of San Leandro Bay, SE by wators of San Leandro Bay, SW by BW line of lot 41 if extended SE on same course to the waters of San Leandro, Alameda; $T180. Builders’ Contracts. James Clyde (owner) with D. H. (contractor), architect R. H. White. terations and aaditions except plumbing and ainting to make & two-story and basement rame bullding _on N line_of Golden Gate avenue, 137:6 W of Lyon, W 2 by N 137:6; Willlam J. Gray (owner) with C. (contractor), architects, Martens and Coffey. All work (except plumbing, gas fitting, man- tels, " diing, " gay fixtures, painting, graining and’ shades) for alterations and additions to two three-story frame buildings to be two two- story bulldings containing four flats on E line of Taylor street, % 8 of Broadway, § 41:6 by E_1%; $48 Same with Henry Ernst (contractor), archi- tects same. Sewering, plumbing and gas fit- ting for same on_same; 3350, Miss Mary J. Dunne (owner) with Reite & Ahlgren (contractors), architects, Martens & Sotfey. " All work except draining, plambing, gas fitting, mantels, tiling, gas fixtures, pain Ing, graining and shades for a two-story frame Matheson All al- Schutt building with_concrete foundations (two fiats)' on W line of Devisadero street, 75 8 of Golden Gate avenue, § 25 by W 100: s3i20, Same with' B. Kraus (contractor), architects, same. Sewers, plamblug and gas' fitting Lo same on sam . ate of John Felt Osgood by Ellzabeth B. | | that deal alone. ERNEST TERAH MURDER INT HOOLEY FAILS The Company Promoter a Bankrupt. TWO MILLIONS IN . DEBT COLLAPSE HASTENED BY A CREDITOR’S SUIT. Rise and Fall of a Man Noted for His Prodigality and for His Skill as a “Boomer.” Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, June 8.—A receiving or- der in bankruptey has been issued against Ernest Terah Hooley, for years prominent as the biggest company pro- moter in this country, prominently in- terested in bicycles, land and other con- cerns, and supposed to have been a multi-millionaire. Mr. Hooley reached the pinnacle of prominence in 1896, when he promoted the Dunlop Tire Company and was supposed to have cleared $12,500,000 by He has since been identified with the promotion of the Bovril Company and with many bi- cycle companies. It is understood not any of the latter was profitable to the stockholders. In the meantime, however, Mr. Hoo- ley lived a sort of Monte Cristo exist- ence, bought yachts and race horses and numerous historic country seats., In January of the present year he purchased the racing cutter Britannia, formerly the property of the Prince of Wales, from John Lawsen Johnstone. During 1896 he purchased the schooner yacht Verena from the Earl of Lons- dale. He is a member of a number of yacht clubs. For months past financiers have pre- dicted Mr. Hooley was in deep water. The markets were not affected by the downfall of Mr. Hooley, as the news of the receiving order was not unex- pected in these quarters. An attempt to float Hooley's bills was a failure, although 10 per cent was offered, but it is believed there is considerable of his paper in existence. It will be the sec- ond and third class institutions which will suffer by his failure. The shares with which Mr. Hooley was connected slumped lately, but the London mar- ket did not take much share in the gambling. It has been well known that Mr. Hooley had been unable to find money for the big Chinese loan which he pro- posed to float some time ago, and there was much talk a year since, when the authorities of St. Paul's Cathedral ac- cepted from Mr. Hooley a magnificent gold communion service. To-day’s petition in bankruptcy was made by Mr. Hooley personally, who described himself as of “Berkeley square, London, Risley Hall, near Der- by, and Papworth Hall, Cambridge- shire.” It is said that actions aggregating $2,000,000 are now pending against Hoo- ley, and that one for $265,000, which was set for a hearing to-morrow, pre- cipitated the crisis. The capitals of the companies pro- moted by the bankrupt aggregate from $60,000,000 to $65,000,000, and the shares in these concerns, as a whole, have de- preciated over 40 per cent since their flotation. YSAYE'S FAREWELL TO SAN FRANCISCO A LAUREL WREATH FOR THE YOUNG CELLIST. If Ysaye had never played anything else, if he were never to play again, he might stake his reputation upon his ren- dition of Bach yesterday afternoon. It was a marvel of techinque, a mas- tery of the Intricacles of the great com- position and the deep chords of the or- gan-like €olo that beautifies and human- izes it. If you had never heard Ysaye play Bach you would have aeclared, after hearing the Kreutzer Bonata, that his forte was Beethoven; but the large audi- ence that was content with three recalls after the sonata was seized with musical madness when the last long, beautiful note of the Bach number fell from It shouted ‘“Hochs!” and “Bravos!” with all sorts o: variations of sounds in the vowels, till the at vio- linist responded with something more than a profound bow. Gerardy, too, fell a prey to this insati- able audience. He played Saint Saens’ concerto in A minor, and was presented with a laurel wreath. Then he gave the Kol Nidre, the ideal expression of the cello, Plnyed with such exquisitely sym- pathetic expression that had his instru- ment been a human voice, a.deep, vel- vety, musical bass, it could not have sung the fine old Hebrew prayer more effectively. Ysaye's violin. Those who have ¢onsidered Lachaume’s | playing as cold, tacking In sentiment, should_have heard him play the Moon- light Sonata yesterday afternoon. The first glow movement ‘nrtlculsrly WAS rich in tone and full of expression. Lachaume excels in rapid, soft staccato. In the second movement of the Kreutzer Sonata the delicacy of the piano accom- animent was worthy the honor of play- ng second to Ysaye's violin. generdny‘l concert was the farewell of Ysaye and Gerardy to San Francisco. They leave immediately for the north. —_————— ARRIVED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. Stmr Guide, Olsen, 8 days from Crescent Stmr Valencta, Humphreys, 84 hrs from Se- tle. g DOMESTIC PORTS. GRAYS HARBOR-—Arrived June T7—Schr ‘Webfoot, hence May 26; June 8, bktn Gleaner, hence May 29; schr Pioneer, from Port Har- ford. USAL—Sailed June 8—Stmr Newsboy, for San_Francisco. FORT BRAGG—Sailed June $—Stmr Se- q\lsoin)‘, for San cisco. DIEGO—Arrived June 3—German ship Ferdinand Fisher, from Newcastle, N. S. W. ADVERTISEMENTS. For §T. MICHRELS, DAWSON and All YUKON RIVER POINTS, THE STEAMER TILLAMOOK, SAIL.ING SATURDAY, June 11, - Without Fail. For freight and passage apply,to the . b « JOHNSON-LOCKE MERCANTILE (0., Agents. TICKET OFFICE: 609 Market 8trect, 8an Francisco, Cal, Mk FIRST DEGREE Theodore Park Haynes Found Guilty. WILL NOT HANG, HOWEVER LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE PEN- ALTY IMPOSED. The Aged Slayer of Police Lieutenant Burke Made No Comment ‘When the Verdict Was Read. The declining years of aged Theodore Park Haynes, the slayer of Police Lieu- tenant Burke, will be spent behind prison bars. The jury selected to determine his fate deliberated several hours before it reached a decision yesterday morniug. Argument for and against the prisoner closed Tuesday afternoon, the judge de- livered his charge and the jury retired to deliberate on the verdict. Night came but a decislon had not yet been reached, so Judge Wallace ordered the jury locked up until the morning, The jury debated the case all night, and it was not until short- ly before court convened that the jurors became of one mind. From the first seven Jurors were of the opinion that the mur- derer should be hanged for his crime, three declared that he should not go to the gallows, but to prison .or life. and two, Jurors Brown and Wetmore, were firmly convinced that the prisoner was in- sane and thereby should be acquitted. Finally the advocates of the hanging sen- tence agreed to life imprisonment, Brown and Wetmore weakened and the balliff was informed that the jury was ready to report with its verdict. aynes, unnerved and trembling, made no comment when the verdict was an- nounced. It was thought that the aged criminal would create a scene and de- nounce his prosecutors, but he remained silent. Judge Wallace appointed next Monday for the pronouncing of judgment, and Haynes was led from the court room back to his cell in the Broadway Jail. The Railroad Demurs. Two demurrers filed with the Board of State Railway Commissioners by C. P. Huntington as an individual and the Southern Pacific and the Central Pa- cific Companies as corporations, in the matter of John R. Robinson, were con- sidered by the Railway Commission yes- terday, but no action was taken. murrers object to the complaint on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction on the part of the Raflway Commission and that it does not state facts sufficient to consti- tute a cause of action. ——— Warrant Withdrawn. Henry Mayer, taflor, 40 Montgomery street, yesterday withdrew the warrant which he had sworn out the previous day for the arrest of his son George on a charge of vagrancy. The boy called at | police headquarters to surrender himself vesterday morning. 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C.), Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes_ and New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m., June 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, July 5, and every fifth day thereafter, connecting at Seattle with this compas steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P. Ry., at Vancouver with C. P. Ry. For Fureka (Humboldt Bay), June 1, 7, 13, 19, 2, July 1, and day thereafter. - For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cavucos, Port Harford (San Luis_Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) and port, § a. m., June 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, July 4, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 16, 2 July 2, and 10 a m, every sixth every For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Rosa- lia and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., June 17, July For further Information obtain folder. The company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, safling dates ana_honve of safling, TICKET OFFICE —4 *New street (Palace Hotel) GOODALL, PERKINS 10 Montgomery & CO., Gen. Agts., t st., San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO0. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO [ ORI 28N D) From Folsom-street Whart at 10 a. m. FARE $12 First Class Including Berty $8 Second Class and Meals. SCHEDULE OF BSAILINGS: Columbla State of Calffornia. 3 gent, 630 Market st. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. Superintendents. Compagnis Generale Transatlanti French Line to Havre. que. | Company's Pier (new), 42 North | River, foot of Morton st. Travalmm | by this line avoid both transit by English railway and the discomfort of crossing the channel in a small_boat. New York to Alexandria Egypt, via Parls, first-class, 3160; second-class, $116 June 18, June 25, July 2, | " GENERALE ’TIRANBG LAN. GENERA 3 TIQUE, ::en‘:.,m & Pk No. wiing Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 M ave., Ban Francisco, s ST AMERICAN and RED STAR LINES, *NEW YORK, QUEFI‘Q\;STOWN' SOUTHAMP- N, NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP. Steamers sall under Belgian or British flags. Kensington ....June $| Noordland -June 15 Berlin .... June 11| Friesland ......June 23 PHILADELPHIA, g(.El]'-:NSTOWN, LIVER- 00! Steamers sall under Belglan flag. land June 4] Rhynland June 11 ! EMPIRE LINE. | To ALASKA AND THE GOLDFIELDS. Steamers formerly employed in trans-Atlantle services of the International Navigation Com= pany and specially refitted for this service, B.'S. Ohio, 3500 tons, from: Seattle, June 15. | 8.8 Indiana, 3500 tons, from Seattle, June 22, | 5. S. Pennsylvania, 2500 tons, from Seattle, June 29. Connecting with the company’s own fleet of 18 new and modern steamers and barges on the Yukon River, through to Dawson City and intermediate points. 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