The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898. 11 A » THE REMNANT 10 CONVENE The Populists to Renew Their Fight. FUSIONISTS ARE IN CONTROL A, BRETZ WILL STRUGGLE TO SAVE HIS PARTY. English Hag Destroyed Much of the Strength of Maguire—Budd Also Has Some Friends. Oak Office San Franeiseo Call, v, July 8. To-morrow morn: it of the Popult of this county will hold a con- vention in Grand Army Hall for the pur ates to the State o doubt that a ma- y of the convention will be in favor ston with the Democrats for the pur- pose of nominating Mr. Maguire., There r however, many middle-of-the-ra men who will have seats in the convention and as they are all ora may be expected. Democrats and the ly rent asunder as at prese h has already support tha mi at there follows a lively time | g Hodkin, Will Maguire, L. Hodkn, Fred T. Hale, Robert Stewart, R. Feige. Lorin—John Obérg, John Green, Henry May, August Schnoor, E. Ely. | . Hoenisch, R. Heller, James iftieth District—. Heese, W Sam W. Grimmins, . Z. Van Buskirk, James McDonald, B. . Allyi, 8. R. Nichols, C. L. Matthews, George B Wardeil, ‘Mr. Schull, J. st 5. Bliss, Hitcheock. District — George H. Strickler, G. A , Dr. A. T. Childs, T. T. Frickstad, J. linbaum, J. A. Fielding, A. T. Dewe; I ey, Frank Cartier, G. Lauritzen, | A. Moody, C. S. Prescott, M. Gray. FOUND IN A CAVE. Carl Wilhelm and Arthur Downey Had an Underground Retreat. OAKLAND, July 8.—Carl Wilhelm, who ran away from his home several weeks | ago, was captured in a cave under a | house on Clay and Seventh streets last | night, by Detective Quigley and Officers | nlan, Haynes and Ford. With him was a newsboy named Arthur Downe; Wil- | helm was sentenced to fifteen days on a | charge of sleeping out, in the Police Court b morning. The boys had dug an extensive. tunnel and cave beneath the house and had been sleeping in it for a week past. The neigh- bors notified the police and asked that they be removed. Last evening the offi- | cers named started on a hunt. When the | entrance to the tunnel was found an at- | tempt_to crawl in was made.. This soon | proved imposible and an entrance Ww: ced into th he floor was torn up and the two young- sters captured. An examination of their underground home showed i‘:m(\unt of work had been oy | th that a vast done by the oung Downey is not considered a_bad boy and was allowed to go by Judge Allen in the Police Court, this morning Wilhelm e and will not stay at home. itor Vivian Assaults a Compositor. ND, July 8—Sam J. len, a itor on the Niles Herald, accuse: r F. C. Vivian of assault and ba and declares that he will have him Both of Allen’s eyes are swol- while his features show marks Allen asserts that the trouble over the settlement of a claim for d It includes $2 50 a day for thirt. s as compositor and $35 for edi- writing. Wh he presented the ie asserts that Vivian jumped on him and gave him an unmerciful thrash- xpressed his intention of swear- t for a warrant at Cen- this ernoon. Professor Dudley’s Double. OAKLAND, July S.—Alexander Cum- mings, who was arrested yesterday in Santa for having counterfeit $10 s in his possesion, was lodged in_ the ity J t night and removed to Francisco this morning, where he nd trial‘before the United States Court. Tt is believed that Cum- is the double of Professor Dudley anford University. A Deputy Con- ble ed the professor several a charge of passing coun- and lodged him in jail. lso believed to have at- operations, in this city at mmings mpted his Cu ten Kinkel's bakery on San Pablo avenue. All the Way From Montana. OAKLAND, Ju Iiss Alice Wilcox, of Helena, Mont., called at the Court- house to-day and secured a license for ge to Private Alexander Good- First Regiment, Montana In- 8. Both natives of na, twenty-three years of age, and engaged when Goodman enlisted. He € his betrothed to meet him her would be married. She is a sweet, oung woman and arrangements for A to take place Sun- a between 4 and 5 o'clock with Re officiating. Mrs. Hurt Is Heartbroken. OAKLAND, July 8—Mrs, Schaffer, ex- of Joel J. Hurt of Wyoming, Is * to lose her reason owing to the fact her three young daughters are liable taken from her. The trend of Judge n's opinion‘'made it so clear that the children are to be placed in the legal eare of their father that Mrs. Schaffer has lit- tle hope of retaining them- after the case | is disposed of next Monday. This after- | she became hysterical in the office | of Judge Gibson and would not be calmed for hours. Her husband is now.in jail on a charge of attempt to murder, and she is almost destitute. e fternoon v. Robert Ritchie house, which was vacant. | s been arrested on several occasions be- | 0AKLAND MAY NEED WATER One of Its Sources of Supply Getting Low. | BERKELEY MAY BE RELIEVED MOUNTAIN VIEW LOSING ITS | BEAUTIFUL DECORATION. | So Far the Artesian Supply at Alva- rado Has Given No Indication That the Wells May Run Dry. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, July 8. The continued- dry weather has seri- | ously affected the water supply of this county and there Is a possibility that be- | fore the autumn rains set in the experi- | ence ot Berkeley will be repeated in other | cities. | The beautiful Mountain View Cemetery | 1s partially wrecked so far as its artistic lawn and floral work goes by the scarcity of water. The regular supply has been exhausted for two weeks, and much dam- age has resulted. The new water com- pany is now laying pipe from its Broad- way reservoir near IFabiola Hospital to the cemetery grounds, and in a short time the cemetery wiill be relieved. A complete pumping tank erected on the ground. \ The same company has also made a | proposition to relieve the present water famine in Berkeley. It has offered to meters are allowed to govern the supply. Should this offer be accepted many miles of pipe will have to be laid at once. The | wells at Alvarado are this year flowing without cessation. Each year since they were tapped for the purpose of supplying Oakland there has been some defect in the supply. This year, however, there has as yet been no limit to the amount of wa- ter available for use, and so far there is no indication of any. The large reservoirs of the old company are lower than they have ever been at this time of year. very low, while the supply at Lake Chabot is also limited. It will be impossible, however, foreither company to curtail the supply to house- holders, because in such an event the | other company would undoubtedly re- | celve the whole business of the city. The Contra Costa company could have averted any ssible shortage of water by .additlonal reservoirs, because early in the year the rainfall was so great that ny millions of gallons had to be run off the lake at San Leandro. lakes depend entirely for their supply on the rainfall, and as the earth will be so very dry this fall that it will be a long | water gathers in the | while before any lakes, their supply cannot be materially replenished until the close of the year. A civil engineer of this city who | studled the water question very closely says that with the growth of towns on side the bay the question of a perma- is also being| supply the town with water providing | The Temescal Lake is | has | *den on a writ of habeas corpus. ) | pany he is suing for a divorce; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Blair, and 0. J. Backus, brought before J\ldge\xoe- None of them could tell anything of the boy’s whereabbuts, although counsel and court questioned them closely. The stepmother testifled that the boy left her February 6, but she did not know where he went. Mrs. Blaney saw him last four days prior to that date. The grandparents de- clared that they had not supplied him with funds to leave and dld not know where he was. On this showing the writ was dismissed. The boy ls-bu}, years of age. R. F. Coyle Wanted in New York City OAKLAND, July 8.—Rev. R. F. Coyle, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will Jeave Monday for New York City, whither he goes to Investigate a call given him to become the pastor of the Madison-avenue Presbyterian Church, It is one of the most prominent and wealth- jest churches of the denomination.in the United States. It is generally believed that Dr. Ceyle will accept this. call, and begin his pastorate October 1. He came here six years ago from Chicago, and is regarded as the most eloquent orator on the Pacific Coast. Mangled Beneath Carwheels. OAKLAND, July 8—Edward Powers, a switchman in the Peralta-street yards, fell under the wheels of a moving train last night and was badly mangled. There was a compound fracture of both bones in the right forearm, a comminuted frac- ture of another portion of the same arm, the thumb crushed, the left hand badly injured and the left foot mashed badly. The physicians declare that his condition is good, and d¢hat he may live. He was removed at once to the Fabiola Hospital, where he will be cared for —————————— A METCALF MEETING. Prominent Republicans Indorse the Ozkland Attorney for Congress. ALAMEDA, July 8-~Leading Republi- cans of this city met at Linderman Hall last night to take steps to advance the interests of Victor E. Metcalf as a can- didate for Congress in the Third District in: opposition to Hilborn. It was not an open public meeting, but among those in attendance were many of the best known of the Republicans of this city. It was decided that the Congressional canvass should be kept entirely distinct from any other political fight, and that to mingle in the contest for any other position would be disastrous. Speeches were made by Dr. C. L. Tis- dale, E. A. Randlett, W. H. Davis, Ralph Hamlin and others, and it was decided to call a mass meeting for Monday evening, July 18, to indorse Metcalf's candidacy. O’Keefe Threatens Suicide. ALAMEDA, July 8.—Patrick O'Keefe, the milkman, whose wife disappeared over a year ago, and whose children were taKen away from him because of his cruel treatment, has sold out and disap- He told a neighbor that he went ughters and mmy m, peared. to Oakland to see his da would have nothing to do wita Thereupon he had made up his min the best thing ‘- do was to kill hi~ and he proposed to do it. The neighbor agreed with him that that was th. . he could do, and O'Keefe departed, osten- sibly to carry out his design. Nothing has been seen of him since, but the Coro- ner, who has been notified, has not yet instituted a search for his remains. i Alameda News Items. ALAMEDA, July 8.—Letters have been sent to Senator Perkins and to prominent clals in Washington protesting against the rejection of W. E. Lucas from Com- on account of his color. The officers of the ferry boat Encinal prevented a well dressed lady, who a eared to be in deep distress, from jump- ng overboard yesterday afternoon while en route to San Francisco. The lady re- sides in this city. Her name could not be | learned. nrent water supply is anpually becoming | more serious. At the present time each of the old water companies is supplylng about half of the city, and the new com- pany says it is able, If necessary, to sup- ply the whole town and Berkeley besides without running any risk of its Alvarado wells becoming dry. No Trace of His Son. OAKLAND, July 8.—All efforts of J. E. Depue to find his missing son have proven futile. To-day he had Mrs. Sadie Blaney of San Francisco, his second wife, whom The Young Men's Institute of this city installed their new officers last evening, and afterward had a musical programme and a banquet. The following Alamedans are delegates to the Populist convention wnich meets in Oakland to-morrow: N. A. Manson, A. Allen, 8. A. Taft, S. G. Mitchell, ors, E. H. Jackson, John San- tine, P. L. Lyons, W. M. Cubery, George . G. W. Bassett, E. Robert and N. Anton. City Attorney Taylor has rendered an opinfon that revenue stamps need not be affixed to city warrants. The Board of Education has been using stamps on such orders for money, but will probably desist under the opinion noted. | Murphy GAMBLERS HAD T0 DISGORGE Mrs. Murphy Refused to Be a Victim. HER HUSBAND LOST MONEY THE LADY QUICKLY PROVED IT BELONGED TO HER. A Forgotten Powér of Aitorney En- abled Murphy to Make a Large Loan to Him- self. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, July 8. Mrs. J. D. Murphy is more than a match for the gamblers who won all her money from her husband, and to-night $500 that Murphy lost at craps last night Is back in his wife's wallet. Last night Murphy, a young drygoods clerk, started from home with the idea that he could make a little money by shooting craps. and they have some little property inter- ests. About a year ago it became neces- sary in order to transact some business that Murphy should have his wife’s power of attorney. After the immediate use for it had passed it was not revoked, and is still in force. ‘When the idea came over Murphy that he would like to make some money at crap shooting he exercised his power of attorney to iorrow $500 from his wife's account at a bank. He had not far to go to find a game, for within a few blocks of his home he discovered that he could be accommodated with all the crap shoot- ing he.desired. The game was located on Broadway, near Ninth street. Murphy started out in great luck. He won $100 in a few minutes and then noth- ing could stop him from breaking the bank. He played on and finally found his pockets empty and the necessity of mak- ng a confession before him, Murphy went home and told his wife, but she did not Eropose to suffer on account of her hus- and’s gambling propensities and she at once soufi:hl an attorney to secure the re- covery of the money. ‘While the gamblers were congratulating themselves on thelr good luck Ex-District Attorney George Reed appeared with Mrs. and explained the circumstances. There was no possibility of compromisa, for Mrs. Murphy was obdurate and de- manded . her money unconditionally. There was no need, however, of her mak- ing any threats, for the sports received the lady with becoming respect and rather admired her gluck, ‘When her attorney vouched for the truth of the story the $500 was at once handed to her and she went home happier and wiser. SOLDIERS SUFFER FROM MAL-DE-MER NOT AT ALL SATISFIED WITH THI DAILY RATIONS. A Letter From the City of Para Tells of the Joy With Which the Boys Will Sight Hawaii. Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, July 8. A letter has been ‘received by the brother of Thomas J. Thompson, who is in charge of the hospital corps aboard He lves with his wife, | p the City of Para,oneof thelast transports which shows that the life on the trans- s)ort is a long way different from that en- oyed by the men in -their homes. The letter was put aboard a passing ship in midocean. “Nearly all of the men were seasick and suffered terribly,” says Thompson. *In fact, several of the men were so entirely overcome by pain that they became de- lirfous and wanted to jump overboard. My three companions from Oakland George C. Taylor, E. Pierce and J. T. McDermott—were among those who suf- fered least. The major has been in bed since the time he left San Francisco, so the boys hayve had things much own way. All of the hospital boys are called doctors, and on the wnole we have | °. good time. “The men are packed like sheep, and weally they are not fed much better. We *our have a stateroom and are allowed +0 go all over the vessel, and as there 8 a good supply of whisky in the hospi- tal, it did not take us long to win the cook over to our side. We are serving as a hospital corps of the regular army, and the volunteer officers show us more re- spect than they do volunteers of the same rank.” Thompson says that one evening a com- pany of the soldiers were so annoyed with the food that was offered them that they went into the officers’ quarters and helped themselves to canned articles. He says the heat is intense and the boys will all be glad when they reach Manila, if for no other reason than that they will be able to take a walk without fall- ing over somebody. The general health of all on board was good, except for seasickness, and when the letter was written the boys were an- ticipating a great time on their arrival at Honolulu. Oakland’s News Items. OAKLAND, July 8—Ex-Mayor John L. Da- vie, who recently opened an office as an attor- ney, has purchased the Interest of A. B. Dor- rell'in the Emma Transportation Company, and will go back to the frelght business. As Mr. Dorrell was business manager Mr. Davie will probably occupy the same position in the com- any. City Auditor Snow, ex-officlo City Assessor, will notify the City Council and Board of Ed- Ucation that owing to the reduction made in assessments by Assessor Dalton the cit in- come will be greatly reduced in comparison with last year, and they must govern their ac- tions accordingly. Mrs, Mary Flaherty applied to the Prosecu- ting Attorney’s cffice to-day for the arrest of Conrad Thaler for battery. They are nelgh- bors and she drove Thaler’s cow out of her garden, when, she claims, he struck her with a rock. She has two witnesses. The county general fund is down to $0,00, and 30,000 of this will be needed for salaries for the next four months. All demands upon this fund unti] taxes begin o come In {n No- vember will have to be reglstered and held over. Judge Ogden to-day awarded Mrs._ Annie Beaudry, widow of the late L. M. Beaudry, a portion of the estate, valued at $187,064 82. Tt is mostly in rea. estate and has $20,000 indebt- edness against it. Ah Kay, caught by Sergeant Morrison for selling lottery tickets to Mrs. Morrison, pleaded guilty to-day and was “~ed $100 in the Police ‘ourt. He asked for lenfency, as he had a family to support. State Controller Colgan has apportioned the State school money. Alameda County, with 29,- 710 school children, will receive $93,2§9' 40. e — A NARROW ESCAPE. A Toy Cannon Nea;l& Costs a Young Man His Life. ALAMEDA, July 8—Al Donald, a 15- year-old boy, made a cannon out of an old bicycle pump, and was practicing with it in a yard on Alameda avenue this evening. He loaded it nearly to the muz- zle and touched it off. The cannon proved a success. It went off with a roar. It also went through a board gate and out intd the street. A young man named Frank O'Brien was passing at the time, and the ugly missile flew past his face, tearing his left ear and bruising his cheek. Half an inch more and it would have killed him. The noise of the explo- slon drew a large crowd, and O'Brien was taken to a physician for treatment, while the young cannoneer took to his heels and at this writing has not been founa. o e S Local Lodges Install Officers. BERKELEY, July 8.—Berkeley Lodge, No. 270, 1. O. O. F., installed officers last night as follows: N. G., E. Pullen; V. Byron Underwood; secretary, W. M treasurer, Joseph Chappie; con- ductor, A. H. Broad; Warden, J. Streightif; 1. G., John M. Foy; O. G Wilkes; R. §. N! G., J. W. Strikes N. G., W. M. Elits; R. 8, V. G., J. . 8.8, J. Davis; L. S. 8., W. R. er; chaplain, D. W. Giibert. Court Ocean View, Foresters of Amer- ica, installed officers at West Berkeley last Chase; \EAL ESTATE The Local Tide Still at a Low Ebb. A BURDEN NOT WELCOME BUT CHEERFULLY TOLERATED. General Review of the Records, New Building Contracts, Recent Sales and Other Notes. The real estate market still continues to be characterized by dullness and al- most a total lack of business progre Few, if any, large been corded during the pa nd the m Jor y of these, in prosperous times, would be narrowed down to ran- dom note. Along with this business de- pression has come the Government war tax, which since issuance has been a continual source of annoyance to realty brokers generally, as the internal revenue collected on prope will undoubtedly have to be defrayed by them. Although the gener: long to p placed upon transactions mad favor, it will be at an in- definite period that such a reaction will come. : brokers, however, content themselves with the fact that the money 1s being e 1 ained, in the E cause, and w the tax/ imposed dency to retard or stimu- sion. of the market they it pay, it and aw fifty-one recorded, amount- same perlod forty re- es passed to record in s and reconve ges and trust deeds are delity Savings and Loan and’ Carrie Stern, §5000 per cent, on prog block situated Frede 5:3 by Moses M Addition ifne o east som, $5000 property ated on for one year at 7 Western Addition outhe via, south-128:4% by east 21 idwin to Cora W. Morton, $10,- per cent, on property in block 11, situated on the | Ik and Geary, east 0 by | iti of Pol principal releases and reconveyances | corded as follows: vings and Loan Socfety | $16,000 on_property in the tuated on the southerly | 50 feet egst of Masom, to Monr: property in the Western situated on the southeast corner of Tl 00 on bster, by_south 137:6; bernia Savings and Loan Society McNear, $40,000 on property in o, situated respectivi line of Montgomery, north 40 by east 131 north | and the west- ff, §5 feet morth of Pine, | by south 2, | by morth 20 and by east 36 Mutual Bullding and Loan ward and Lucy Dreyfuss, $10,500 on propert . Addition block 14, situated on line of Post, 195 feet west of Lar- , south 120, BUILDING CONTRACTS. On the southwest corner of Broadway and west 50 by south 100—All work for two | ‘ NEW | buildings: owner Florence chitects, Coxhead & Coxhead; col h Bros.; cost $8595. of First avenue, $4 feet north of , north % by west —All work ex- < work, painting, concrete, grading, and’ water connections and ma & 6-room cottage; owner, Samuel M contractor, Edward Ginley; cost, $12 rly line & Clementina, 430 feet éast of ast 120 by south 1_work for two yurth, sry’ brick buildings; owner, H. E. Holmes “o.; architect, . Fred B, Wood; contractors, M. & C. B. Abrams; cost, . Westerly line of Bryant, 175 feet south of Six- teent uth 2 by west 100—All work for a I-story frame cottage; owner, J. E. Nieland; . D & Co.; cost, $1200. la: corner of Misslon and Second, 112 roof work, flashings on same; own- F &'Co.; architects, Percy & contractors, Paraffine Paint Com- 1 Hamilton; pany; cost, § | “'Southwest corner of Stevenson and Third s , southeast 45 by soutbwest 75—Carpen- try, mill work, glass, tin and galvanized iron, plastering, cementing, painting, etc., for a 6- bullding; owner, F. & A. Barucl Percy &' Hamilfon; contractor, D. 1y line of Fremont, 229:4 southeast | of Howard, southeast 45:10 by northeast 275—All work except wrought iron for a 2-story brick building W. F. Whittler; architect, dward R. Swain; contractors, Hannah Bros. cost, $99 | ing—All work for a 1-story frame library build- ing; owner, James D. Phelan; architects, Cur- Jett & McCaw; contractor, Z. O. Field; cosv, $3038. Northwest corner of Montghmery avenue and Taylor street—All work for a Z-story frame bullding, 2_flats; owner, E. H. Bothin; con- tracto C. M. Depew; cost, 0. | "Souterly line of Hayes ‘street, 165 feet west | of Laguna, west 27:6 by south 120—-All work for a 3-story frame building; owners, James J. and Mary E. Silvey; architect, rane; contractor, R. J. Pavert; Cost, $6 Westerly line of Jones street, 9 | Lombard, north 31:3 by west 137:6—All work, | except mantels, gas fixtures, etc., for a 2 | gtory frame buflding: owner, Dennis T. Sulll- | Van: contractor, Philip Rive! cost, $4600. Tasterly line of Mason street, 73 feet south of Pacific, south 49:6 by east 35:6—All work for | alterations and _additions, ~except painting, uated o cast corner of | mantels, gas fixtures, etc., for a 2-story frame 14 Polk streets ¢ north 120; | puilding; owner, Mrs. Annie Drossel; arch! Soclety 10 | trrts, Jenitzer & Barth;contractor, O. Krecke Speen and for " one | cost,’ $1605. & Do et B v in 50-vara | RECENT SALES. Mason, 659 Feet westerly 1ine of | phe following sales were recently negotiated uth of Vallejo, south 48:9 by wesl 10 Hibernia Savings and Loan Boctety A F. Michael, $10,734 for one “‘"k-‘l 6% per cent, on property in’the 50-vara Block 70, gituated on the northerly line of Sac- ramento, 0 feet east of Kearny, east 44:2 by north 59:6; by the Columbus Savings and Loan Soclety to Phebe J. D. D. Shattuck, $5000 for one year at 7'per cent, on property in the g0-vara block 135, situated ‘on the easterly line | of Powell, "112:6' feet south of Sacramento, south 2 by east 103; by the German Savinis 1y to Joseph Nordmann,. $6000 a pe; ‘r P y 3 One Hundrea block 3 el e st ) situated on the north- | by the real estate firm of Getz Brothers: | 25x120, lot and improvements, on west line | of Nineteenth avenue, 250 feet north of Point Lobos, for $800; lot 20 and 45x197 on north line of Point Lobos avenue, 75 feet west of Nine- | teenth, for $%0; 2x120, on east line of Tenth | avenue, 27 feet, south of K street, for $600; | 25120, ‘on_east line of Nineteenth avenue, 100 | feet north of J-street, for $400; 25x120, on east line of Seventeenth avenue, 275 feet south of 11 street, for ; 50x100, on south line of J street, §2:6 east of Ninth avenue, for $1200; ix100, on northwest corner of Eighteenth | evenue and J street, for $5(0. | “'Mrs. A. M. Simpson, wife of the lumber | agents in | corner of Twent hant of that name, recently purchased tas nee at 2010 Pacific avenue from Mrs. Sarah akely. The lot is 65x137:6. The sale w: ug ency of Shainwald, Buck- for $20,00 The firm of Bovee, Toy & Sonntag were the the sale of the residence property the northerly ltne of Post street. 195 fect st_of Octavia, in the interest of Mrs. Mary Scharine. The lot I5 20x100 feet and the rice obtained for the entire property was $16,- merch <1d I | 50. " The same firm also purchased 109 acres of land in Santa Clara County, four miles from Redwood, for M. J. Smithers. The land, which is being cultivated for the growing of grain and the cultivation of fruit, was bought for $14,230. The following sales of Baldwin & Howe Lot Including improvements on the southwest e of Norfolk street, 357 feet southeast of 25x64, $1650; lot and 5-room cottage on side of Righteenth street, 35 feet east of Sanchez, $1600; lot and 5-room cottage on the north side of Clement street, $2:6 east of Fifth avenue, 32250; lot and improvements on the northwest corner of Shotwell street and Precita avenue, 50x100, $1800; lot on the south- are reported by the firm | west corner of M street and Ninth avenue, 57:6x100, $75 street, 66:5 north of Twenty-first, 66 lot'on the east line of De Haro X100, $600; | 1ot on the southeast corner of Jersey and Dia- mond streets, 30x90, $1200; lot on the northeast fourth and Nebraska streets, , $1500; lot on the south side of M street, 6 west of Tenth avenue, 25x100, $400; lot on the south side of J street, 32:¢ west of Elev- enth avenue, 100x100, $1500; lot on the west line ¢ hth avenue, 100 feet south of J street, $1100. RANDOM NOTES. The contract for a_2-story frame bullding to be erected by the Fire Department on the southeast corner of Holly Park and West ave- be let in the near future. The bids on _the building were closed last Tuesday. The work of remodeling the old Auditorium Theater on Eddy and Jones streets is nearing completion, and it is expected to be In readiness for occupancy by the last part of August. About $10,000 is being expended in the erec- tion of an additional story on the Langham Hotel on the corner of Bilis and Mason streets. Work has already commenced and will be completed as soon as possible. Architect A. F. Onkley has taken new of- fices in the Food building. H. E. Pohlman, the real estate agent, has removed his office to the Clunie bullding, at 503 CaMfornia street. §t. Luke's Church was moved from its for- mer site on the southeast corner of Van Ness avenue and Clay street to the opposite corner. The work was done for the purpose of clearing the lot for the erection of a new edifice, the plans for which have been already. submitted and accepted. Mrs. Hannah Licbes has had plans prepared by M. J. Lyon for a $10,000 residence on the lot purchased by her on the north side of Broad- w t ot Fillmore street. ainwald, Buckbee & Co. report that within a few weeks they have made an aggregate of $60,000 of small sales. Among them are the fol- jowing: Lot 30x99:9 and cottage of D. A. Me- Intosh, at 2408 Franklin street, near Vallejo, to Mrs. C. E. Hawkins, for $3500; lot 27, and improvements, on the south line of Jack. #on_street, 137:6 west of Scott. to Miss Edith . Solomon, for $3250; lot, 47x60, and house on the southeast corner of -Jones street and Broadway, to J. D. Smiley, for $2500; and & Iot, 50x120, on the west line of Ninth avenue, 185 feet south of California street, for $1500. James Murphy has sold his S-room residence and the lot, 18:9x100, on_the south line of Green street, 100 west of Fillmore, to' Dr. R. H. Curtiss, for $7000. Bovee, Toy & Sonntag were the brokers. Another transaction by the same firm has been the sale of the house and lot on the cor ner of Ninetcenth and West streets, Oakland, from Curry to James Murry, for $5000. Henry P. Sonntag has leased the' premises at the northwest corner of Sansome and Jackson streets, which he recently bought, to the Hay- don_Packing Company as a warehouse for flve years for $1800 a vear. The larger leases reported by Bovee, Toy & Sonntag are as follows: The new four-story- and-basement brick bullding of A. M. Belsnaw, on the northeast side of Iremont street, he- tween Mission and Howard, to the Lioyd- Scovel Iron Company for five vears from cember 1, for $18,000: the first floor and base- ment on the southwet corner of Clay and San- some streets, from George H. Howard to Me- Murray & Callen, for five years, for $9000; the four-story-and-basement building at 22 Sansome street, from the Van Winkle estate to Luseomb & Iseac, for five years, and the store 4nd base- ment at 410 Post street to the Wetmore Cresta Blanca Wine Company, for eight years, the rental aggregating $24,000. - e A P L A Henry Norman, Special Commissioner of the < London Chronicle, Writes About the New America In Next Sunday’s Call. 50x120, ADJOURNMENT 0F CONGRESS War Session Draws to a Close. SENATE WASTES NO TIME McKINLEY PRESENT TO SIGN MANY DILLS. Patriotic Demonstration Follows the | Conclusion of the Session of the House of Rep- resentatives. Spectal” Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 8—In a man- ner so simple to be almost perfunc- tory the Senate, at 2:06 o’clock this aft- ernoon, adjourned without day. It had been agre ' when the Senate con- vened at noon that the House resolu- tion providing for the adjournment of Congress at 2 o’clock to-day should be adopted and that an executive session should be held to confirm the nomina- tions in the military and naval estab- lishments. No other business except of the merest routine nature was te be transacted. The arrangement was car- ried out to the letter. For nearly an hour previous to ad- journment Presldent McKinley and all the members of the Cablnet, except Secretaries Day and Long were in the Speaker’s room adjoining the Senate chamber. During that time the Presi- dent signed a large number of en- grossed bills, many of which would have failed had it been necessar- to send them to the Executive Mansion for his signature. Mr. Morg~n~ of Alabama opposed the proposed adjournment, maintaining that it would be far more desirable for Congress to take a recess until the first Monday In September. He drged that the war with Spain seemed to be draw- ing to a conclusion and insisted that it was the duty of _ongress to remain in session, as au.stions of the gravest consequence might be precipitated at any moment. He urged, too, that a treaty of peace with Spain might soon demand the attention of the Senate. After a half-dozen objections had prevented the consideration of the bill permitting volunteers at the front to cast their votes for members of Con- gress Thurston secured the adoption of a resolution for the appointment of a committee (f fifteen Senators to attend the Transmississippi Exposition at Omaha on a stated day. Then, at 1:05 p. m., on motion of Allison, the Senate went into executive session. At one minute of 2 o’clock the executive ses- sion ended and the doors were opened for the closing legislative session. The clock by which the Senate regu- | then again began a scene which, whil ! similar to the usual closing scenes ol | sessions, far surpassed in enthusiasm and manifest good feeling any similar | | Dewey, lates its business had been turned back five minutes in order that tne extra time might be gained. Spooner offered a resolution thanking Senator Frye, president pro tempore of the Senate, for the able and courteous manner in which he had presided over the deliberations of the Senate during the present session. It was adopted. A similar resolution offered by Cock- rell of Missouri thanking Vice-Presi- dent Hobart was adopted with a rous- ing aye. Vice-President Hobart then, the hour of 2 o’clock being indicated by the Sen- ate timepiece, formally declared the Senate adjourned without day. | coming excited, the curred in aiding the organization of the volunteer army. Handy (D.) of Delaware, by moving to strike from the Record a part of the specch which appeared as that of Ray (R.) of New York, precipitated the dis- pute which brought on the closing incl dent of sensational nature. Handy de- clared the part in question was never uttered upon the floor of the House, and read from reporters’ notes to corroborate his assertion. Ray declared he had ut- tered every word. The House was be- packed galleries were | intensely interested. In the House, when Speaker Reed | announced at 2 o’'clock, “this second session of this Congress adjourned without day,” a great cheer arose, and episode in the memory of the oldest member of the House. The occupants of the packed galleries, who had risen to go, paused as they heard several of the members begin singing ‘“America.” Other members hurriedly crowded around the Speaker's stand and joined the singers, until within a short time, it seemed all the members present were aid- ing in swelling the volume . of song. Presently voices here and there in the galleries joined in, and it was not long until members and spectators were all singing the patriotic hymn. The scene was a marked transition from the many partisan demonstrations which had been witnessed such a short time be- fore. Democrats and Republicans were now singing in accord the national an- them. When the song ceased, some mem- ber proposed three cheers for the nation’s President, and the roar of sound that followed came from a united House. “The North, South East and West—a United Country,” was proposed, and then in turn came the heroes of the war— Schley, Hobson, Sampson—and finally, the former Representative, Gen- eral Joseph Wheeler, who is now cling- ing, though ill, to his command in front of Santiago. was named, and the hall re- sounded with cheers of thrilling strength, Then the singing proceeded. Meantime, Sergeant at Arms Russell had brought in 200 small American flags and every member was now waving one. “The Star Spangled Banner” was sung while flags waved and the galleries cheered. Later followed “‘Yankee Doodle™ and “Dixie,” the latter, perhaps, for the first time in the House by members. Cheers for the Speaker were given, and then, as the members began leaving, saying farewell to colleagues, “Home, Sweet Home" and ‘“Auld Lang Syne" sup- planted the patriotic alrs, and impressed more strongly upon the hearers that an- other session was ended. Clerk McDowell, when the singing ceased, mounted the clerk’s stand and announced that Allen of Mississippi had opened a recruiting office in the Ways and Means Committee room, and a few minutes later Allen, popularly known as “Private John,” arose and said: “The -Congressional Rough -Riders will report to me in the committee room and enlist for Cuba.” The announcement was suggestive of his speech delivered a number of days ago, in which he proposed that a com- pany of Congressmen be recruited. ———— THE LIE PASSED IN THE HOUSE ‘WASHINGTON, July 8.—The end of the session of Congress in the House was marked by two notable incidents. One ‘was sensationally partisan, well nigh re- sulting in personal conflicts upon the floor of the House; the other was notably pa- triotic, and swept away all signs of the former. . The only measure of. importance was a bill to reimburse States for expenses in- e £ |bers all over the House, who were in “‘Mr. Speaker,” resumed Handy, "a question of veracity has arisen here. If the gentleman from New York says he uttered the words in question I declare upon my honor he did not, and I hold here the reporter’s notes, which that he did not, and I rely upon the mem- gry of members to substantiate what I ay. “‘Vote! Vote! Vote!” came from mem- haste to have the Ray-Handy incident closed. A vote was taken. he House declined to strike out the speech. A division was called for, and the negative vote prevailed. Cannon was standing just across the center aisle, his face flushed and his eyes fixed upon the minority, growing appar- ently indignant. “I call for tellers,” said Handy, and with that the veteran member from Il- linois stepped into the aisle. “You are deliberately obstructing public business in which the whole country is interested—" The rest of his remarks were lost.in the jeers of the minority, calls for the regular order and the resulting confu- sion, as Cannon charged up the aisle, pouring out a flood of vigorous denunci. tion. e had reached a point opposite Ball (D.) of Texas. Cannon had called for the yeas and nays, saying it was manifest that the Democrats would call for them. Cannon had repeated his charge of obstruction, when Ball, dressing the Republican side, as it sub- sequently developed, declared: *The Record is false, and you knew it was false when you voted against cor- | recting it.” “That is a lle,”” cried Cannon, and in an instant the belligerent members wers struggling to control them. The House was upon its feet. Marsh (R.) of Illinois | seized Cannon and thrust him aside, ana when Ball asked Cannon ‘“‘to come out- side,” and the latter was moving to com- ply, Lewis (D.) of Washington toox charge of the Illinols member and re- | L strained him. Meantime the Speaker had been pound- ing hard, and the sergeant at arms, Rus- sell, had seized the big silver mace and was moving among the members where the greatest disorder prevailea. Order was restored slowly and the rols call proceeded, while the galleries com- mented upon what they had seen in ths course of a visit to Washington. The roll call upon Handy's motion to | strike out resuilted, yeas, 50; nays, 106. Later the sessfon Cannon explained that Ball®had addressed his remarks not to him personally, and, therefore, he de- :lref{ to withdraw his offensive state- ment. The Speaker named Henderson, Hopkins of Illinols and Richardson of Tennessee as a committee to wait upon the Presi- dent, in.company with a Senate commit- tee, and announce the readiness of Con- gress to adjourn, 'Mr. Speaker,” said Henderson, after the return and reporting the committee had discharged its duties, “the President directs the committee to say he has no further communications to make to the House and says he desires to congratu- late this Congress upon its patriotic and faithful work.” The report was applauded. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. ey « lo sigRature vy o A their | show | ad- | night, as follows; D. McLaughlin, C. K.; P. Nichelmann, §. C. R.; C. Engebretzen, R. C.; T. Donahue, F. S. J, Renas, treas- H. Dean, S. . Bave, J. W.; C. urer; H. Kimbel, J. B. Not Mr. Fitzgerald. OAKLAND, July 8.—~The Mr. Fitzgerald mentioned as Brother Ambrose lost on the Bourgogne is yet alive and a rising | young lawyer in New -York. Brother Ambrose, or John J. O'Malley, was edu- {cated at Rock Hill College, Maryland. Mr. Fitzgerald is an A. M. of Manhattan College, New York. He is a counsin of the deceased. Berkeley News Notes. | BERKELEY, July S8.—Mrs. Florence | Chick of the Herkeley branch of the Red | Cross Society has tendered her resigna- | tion as chairman of the commitee on ma- She will be suc- terials and bandages ceeded by Mrs.-C. C. Connell. Professor E. W. Hilgard, of the depart- ment of agriculture in the University of Californfa, will leave to-morrow for Den- ver to attend a conference of leading agri- culturists, called to discuss the question of irrigation. Librarian J. C. Rowell, of the Univer- | sity of California, will return next Mon- | day to take charge of the university li- brary. 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