The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1898, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1898 SOCIETY ATTENDS A CHARITY GARDEN PARTY. :vLunched Al Fresco and Sipped Tea in a Charming Ten Thousand price that was plainly marked upon with their load of beautiful matrons and pretty , attired in the lght mmer fabrics the out-of-door fete ows, made a beautiful sight as they >d in the well-kept path that leads nt grounds. on, who placed the hand- of the char- thing to_insure the com- guests. Huge gayly col- nese umbrelias dotted the n and beneath them were laid the exclusive, with mbled st hat on before oud coff inte ory at T his to 1 uld be arty an done ) awr sandwich while st in a dainty tables with thelr wealth of good wonder at the ac table occupied things. The booths, at which dainty by a titled lady e veins flows bits of fancy work, bric-a-brac, sofa the blood of the beautiful Pocahontas n; lemonade, candy and A special train brou, down the flowers were for sale, were ari guests from ir ar- t and beautiful as ey did by ec rival were met by « whip financial 1 e provided with plenty > and no one paid more than the crack ® 6 ® ®® ®G ager of the California Title u and Trust Company. Howard Wright, who has held the position of manager of the Trust Company. has resigned. e In the Divorce Courts. R. Ritner was granted a divorce Ritner terday on the Insurance ery popular man in He owns the gen- \e postoffice, the reeport, and has ty » prisone nto merchanc the fer = busines: tan for da from Harold B. grounds of willful neglect and desertion. | A New Job for Spotts. t with United States Coiner A. T. FO Bites and stings of insects, inflammations, irritations, chafings, undue or offensive perspiration, nothing so soothing, cooling, purifying, and refreshing as a bath with ’ The most effective skin' purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as the purest and sweetest forv toilet, bath, and nursery. AFTER CYCLING Golf, Tennis. Riding, or any Athletics, a bath with Cuticura Soap is one of the luxuries of modern civilization. It prevents chafing, redness and roughness of the skin, soothes inflammation and irritation, removes undue or offensive perspiration, and when followed by a gentle anointing with Cuticura, pKfest of emollients and greatest of skin cures, proves most beneficial in relieving tired, lamed, strained, or inflamed muscles. t th rid. Price, CUTICURA SOAP, 250; CUTICURA (ointment), 50c. POTTER DRUG AND CHEM. CORP., ; an’%;:fogg::m. Erfiti‘:g Depot: F. NEWBERY & BONS, 1 King Edward st., London, B, C. “How to Prevent Summer Rashes,” free, operty of Spptts, whyy . was granted a_divotce | o Sacramento | will vacate his present position on the Moore on tne ground of | and gave | first of next month, will become man- ADVERTISEMENTS. the article purchased. e only serious drawback to the The ladies b fete was the scanty number of men included: M T. Scott, Mrs. present. The few, however, that were D. B there patronized’ the many booths Rowe. Prin freely and made up by their gener: Kruttschnitt, 2 < ity tor the Tewness of their numbers. Mrs. Russell Wilson, Mrs. J. B. Crock- The new tea hou that has just ar- rived from Japan and has been in- stalled upon the handsome lawn Just within the shadow of the celebrated great oak tree, was visited by all and admired by eve one, @ay was perfect. The the wind was in abey=- with evident feeling of regret that the merry throng at the stroke of 5 returned to home a " patronesses of the affair were Mrs. W. F. Nich- Mrs. de Wolf whall, Mrs. S. M. SUPERVISORS ENGINEERING | Police Alarm. BUT ONE BID CONSIDERED NEW SYSTEM WILL BE THE SAME AS AT PRESENT. Expended Simply for New Alarm Boxes and Elaborate Switchboards. Is the Gamewell Police Alarm system, which has met with favor béfore the Board of Supervisors, the most efficient that can be procured for the various needs of the Police Department in communicat- ing from the officers on the streets to those in charge of the various prisons? This is a question'that seems to involve a division of opinion between the Super- visors, the Gamewell Company and the City Electrician on the one side and the Hughes Company on the other, the lat- | ter maintaining that there are various de- fects in the Gamewell tem which it has overcome in many way In addition to this improvement the rival company claims to possess a number of additional inventions for decreasing the amount of time and the trouble with which the police officer on duty in the streets has now to contend. With the use of the ven- trilophone, lately invented by A. C. Rob- bins, the well-known electrician of the Automatic Fire Alarm Company, it would be unnecessary for the officer on duty to take the telephone receiver from the hook in the alarm box in signaling to the sta- tlon for assistance. His only duty would be .to turn the key in the box .and. the door, which works upon a spring, the moving of which sounds the alarm in the station, the answer belng sent back from the officer on duty in the prison through the ventrilophone, thereby rendering it ab- solutely unnecessary for the officer in the street to attend to anything but his duty in holding his prisoner until the neces- sary aid arrives. By this system, which has been proven a feasible one, it would undoubtedly be to the advantage of the city and to the Police Department to adopt it. But this the Supervisors have refused to do, and have absolutely ignored the request that the machine be investigated as to its merits or demerits. The Hughes Com- bany claims that it has not received a chance to bid owing to the trickery of the Supervisors in prohibiting its machine being submitted inits entirety for com- plete examination before the board. The “new” Gamewell system, after the $35,000 appropriation has been expended by the city in the expectation of getting something new will be identical with the old with the difference that the city will have elaborately constructed and nicely painted boxes for its citizens to look upon, with no improvement as to interior elec- trical mechanism for facilitating the send- ing and receiving of signals. The general impression of the public is that if the city is going to expend $35,000 to make an improvement in the present system it should endeavor to get something in re- turn for the money in the way of better faeility and not merely an improvement in the shape and design of the alarm box and various switchboards. The Hughes Company declares that it has been deprived from bidding for the reason that In the original resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors a clause was inserted demanding that in the sample machines presented the tele- phone must be omitted. Under this re- striction it was impossible for the com- pany to contend with the Gamewell, as it would be absurd to attempt to give a practical demonstration of the new in- vention without explaini it in detall, ANOTHER JOB. Alleged Fraud in the | right that will be as efficient as the pres- The $35,000 Appropriated Is to Be ty, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Seebree, Mrs. Shreve, Mrs. Fritz King, Mrs. F. P. Howard, M Austin _Tubbs, Mrs. George Pope, Mrs. J. H. P. Howard, J. S. Tobin, Mrs. Walter Hobart, F. Moody, Mrs. J. D. Grant, Mrs. R ._Schwerin, Mrs. Drysdale, Mrs. W. H Mills e M Scl.ussler, Mis: ett The coaches were driven by Me: Walter Hobart, George Pop Newhall, Duple D. Grant. [OXOXOJQROXOROJO] Paris Gowns and Simple Home - Made Frocks the Mingle for Common Good. Dollar Tea House. Wilson. ded at the tables ®® Mrs. Mountford Wilson, Mrs. Dou- Crocker, Miss Scott, Miss Crock- the Mis: Hopkins. TS, George Joseph s Beylardand [OJONORONOROROROROXONOXOXO) 010 ololofojlofolcoXoJoXoXo¥oXolo) would prevent. The use of the ventrilo- phone, unless properly expiained iu-con- on with the telephone, could not readily seen or intelligibly understood by those unacquainted with the workings of the new invention. The company claims that the restriction in the matter of telephones was made simply to ex- clude it from obtaining a proper examina- tion of the new system and for tne pur- pose of affording an excuse for the Board of Supervisors to make another appropri- ation after the $35.000 f8 expended in sup- plying the alarm boxes with telephones. This accusation is denfed by City Elec- trician W. R. Hewitt. He claims that the new boxes will be equipped with tele- phones without any additional expense to the city other than the usual rental which s now pald for the use of the in- struments. That it is possible to buy machines out- g | ent telephones now in use is denied by | | in_the alarm 1and which the omission of the telephone | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | Hewitt. {in the Gamewell, such as boxes,“ete, in He asserts that it is impossible to buy any of the telephones now used | ystem. and to. tolerate a substitution would mean absolute failure. | Although Hewitt's knowledge of elec | tricity is somewhat keen and far above the ordinary, the Supervisors are liable | to dispense with his opinion and use their own judgment, which will undoubtedly mean”an addittonal expense to the city in supplying the new boxes with tele- phones. Hewitt favors the Gamewell system and | condemns all others on the argument that | innovation is dangerous and therefore | should not be tolerated even as far as | making a casual inspection. The Hughes | system should not, in his estimation, be | given a fair trial. He laughs at the idea | of there being anything more perfect than | his pet Gamewell toy. Any improvement on this system to him seems an impossi- | bility. although from his knowledge of | condemning it. having given it but a hasty | inspection and being totally ignorant of | the various Improvements which it incor- | porates. He knows neither the basis upon which it s operated nor the extent of its | He cannot even cite the various | sses, al- | though asked to do so as an explanation | on which to base his condemnation of It. Everything in it to him is a failure, with- out & proper examination. It has no mer | its and possesses overy fault: He savs that the inventor of the Hughes system in introducing the double balance action for making his system work perfectly both ways is an imitator of the Holmes burglar alarm system. These are the principal reasons why the | Board. of Supervisors has favored the | Gamewell system and condemned the Hughes at the recommendation of the City Electrician, who, from his expressed | knowledge of the latter, knows absolutely nothing about its prevailing features or its value as a perfect alarm system. The managers of the Hughes invention have offered to- establish the entire sys. tem. including every' detail Incorporated| | | | addition to telephones, ventrilophones and improved electrical appartus for lessening the work and inconvenience now involved, for $25.000. ‘Whether the original contract 'of $35.000 for new boxes will be set aside unt!] a proper examination of the Hughes system is made is a matter ‘of conjecture. MANHATTAN. ATHLETIC CLUB. Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year. Amateur Boxers Who Will Meet Soon. The Manhattan Athletic Club, at a re- cent meeting, elected the following of- ficers for the ensuing vear: F. E. Muller, president; John McFadden, vice-president; | John Whalen, recording secretary; John | Casey, financial secretary; Frank Kraus, | treasurer; Fred ‘Marshail ‘and Peter Mc- Gee, captains. To the clubrooms will be added a reading room and a gymnastic de- partment. The next entertaininent will be held on the evening of the 26th inst. Af- ter a series of short-round boxing con- tests. a rattling six-round bout between | Gus Koster and Ed Lynch will terminate | the evening’s sport. | | — e Honolulu and Manila. Fast vessel leaves for Honolulu, nila and Hongkong September 1. Accom- modations for forty passengers. Thou- sand pounds of baggage. Room 118, Phe- lan building. . —_———— Had “Knock-Out Drops.” Fred Wilson, a frequenter of the “Plaza,” on Kearny street, was yester- day held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Mogan on a charge of grand larceny in $1000 bonds. He met Lorenzo Iserman of 505 Bush street on the night of July 28 and steered him into a winehouse on Clay street, where they drank three pitchers of wine. Iser- man became unconscious, and when he came to his senses Wilson had disap- eared and his watch and chain and $10 R’l money were missing. Wilson was ar- rested the following day searched a vial containin drops was found concealed in his cloth- ing. e Advances made on furniture and pianos, with Ma- and when “‘knock-out” ADVERTISEMENTS. BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT! eight lines. ~ We announce this week the arrival of 7 cases NEW BLACK SERGES, CHEVIOTS and CREPON and TWINE CHEVIOTS, and direct special attention to the following 54=inch Black English Serge.........T5c yard 52-inch Black Camel’s-hair Cheviot. - - 75¢ yard 50-inch Black English Cheviot. .. ....85c yard 52-inch Black Crepon Cheviot - 48-inch Black Twine Cheviot. . 52-inch Black English Serge - 52-inch Black Iron Frame Cheviot. 56-inch Black Scotch Cheviot. . ... .-$1.00 yard -.$1.00 yard --$1.00 yard: --$1.25 yard ..$150 yard We invite our patrons to inspect the abovs goods at their earliest opportunitu. SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. > 1892 Or00084 [ QESRPORAp, f% ‘ Q i, #3, 1S, 17, 19, 121 POST STREET; REMARKABLE GRbWTH OF BUIiLDING AND LOAN | ASSOCIATIONS OF THIS STATE | | of clothes, a number of silver-plated | spoons, two bracelets and other articles, which the detectives believe he has sto- | len, as he had also in his pocket a bunch | of skeleton keys. E b S AP BUDD WILL BE THERE. Interesting Facts and Figures Re- | The Governor Has Accepted the Invi- garding Their Work as Home Builders and Makers. California industries of all kinds have ‘ had somewhat of a phenomenal devel- | that the opment from small beginnings. They lossal proportions. The Call finds this strikingly true of | Building and Loan Associations in this State. During the past year over 1200 new | that the ladies have houses of various sizes have bee erected by the agency of these a: ciations. n | 2 - | the regul. There are 153 of these Build- | the Hughes invention he is not capable of | ing and Loan Assoclations in the State | has been tation to Be Present at the Irish Fair. A communication from Governor Budd was received yesterday by the entertain- ment committee of the Irish Fair stating invitation to be present at the fair on Governor's Day, Saturday, Sep- F | have in many directions grown to co- | tember 3, was accepted and that he and | his entire staff would be present on the day mentioned. By unanimous concurrence the man- agement of the coming fair decided to withdraw from sale the $1 coupon tickets been selling. As th, regular admission will be 25 cents it wag thought that it would decrease the sale of ar tickets. One of the most important exhibits that loaned to the Irish Fair has which have thus contributed to the en- | come from Port Costa from C. Murphy, largement of our material interests on the line of real éstate investments. The Continental Building and Loan Asso- ciation, 222 Sansome street, has an en- viable record in this direction, having been instrumental in erecting over one- eighth of all the dwellings erected m the State during the past twelve months by these associations. structures are all gratifying additions to the dwellings of this State and some of them are architectural beauties. These associations are inportant fac- tors in the question of progress, because they are the only institutions in the world whose controlling thought and dominating purpose is to make it pos- sible for all people to acquire homes of | their own, and thus become free: ers instead of renters. The Continental Building and Loan Association of this city is splendidly equipped for service in behalf of the people, as it has a subscribed capital of $7,000,000,a paid-up capital of $1,000,- 000, and a monthly income of $75,000. In the business circles of this State the Continental Building and Loan As- sociation is recognized and acknowl- edged as the leading organization of its kind. It is pre-eminent and its success is simply marvelous. In addi- tion to the homes built by them the Continental has made during the past year 271 loans to parties wishing to im- prove their property or remove exist- ing incumbrances. Statistics are not generally consid- ered as interesting reading, but in con- nection with this association they tell | the story of thrift and enterprise on the part of the people, who are ever | seeking to advance their interests and secure to themselves homes which they can call their own. Without the aid and co-operation of some such agency as the Continental Building and Loan Association this would have been im- possible for many people who are own- ers of happy homes to-day. » There are hundreds of families abid- ing in happy homes which they own and which have been secured to them through the loan department of this as- sociation. These loans are promptly made and upon the most favorable con- ditions. interests of the association, but con- serve the best interests of the parties who desire to erect dwellings of their own. The terms upon which these loans are made are such that every man who desires to build and is will- ing and able to work can do so profit- ably. All well conducted Building and Loan Associations are friends of the people inasmuch as they are home- makers and it is the duty of all par- ents to provide a home for their chil- dren. —_——— Who Owns the Articles? A “dope fiend’ giving the name of John Brown was arrested yesterday morning by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea. He had Lin bis possession flve overcoats, a suit They are not alone in the | These | gospels used by hold- I partment It is ten large pictures which will be of great interest to not only students of Irish history, but to the general public. They embrace “The Tara Broach,” *“The Cross of Cong,” “The Chalice of Ar- dagh,” “The Shrine of St. Patrick,” “The Crosier of Clonmacnols,” “The Shrine of Molaise,” “The Shrine of Moling.” Another famous relic is the.shrine in which was preserved the copy of the St. Patrick himself which are now in the museum of Dulin. One of the best points of Interest in the exposition will no doubt be the in- dustrial department, where Mr. Hilton and the silk looms in charge of Miss Amgia Martin will turn out silk hand~ kerchiefs with the motto of the fair— shamrocks—on them in green for the benefit of the fund. The Pavilion will be opened for installa- tion of exhibits in the industrial de- next Monday. —_—— Held for Criminal Assault. I Botwin, manager in a cloak factory ‘on Market street, was vesterday held to answer - before the Superfor Court by Judge Mogan on a_charge of criminal ault in $100 bonds. The complaining tness was Rosie Jacobson, a voung girl who at the time of the alleged assault was employed in the factory. She has since given birth to a -child. i e THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS. Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea water tub and swimming baths, North Beach. Nt e 40404040404040404+0404040+ CASH-OR-LITTLE-AT-A-TIME. CRIBS, $4:5° A CHILD'S HARDWOOD CRIB BRASS TRIMMINGS, THREE-QUARTER_SIZE, A SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. $4.50. WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF BABY CARRIAGES, CHAIRS, CRIBS, ETC. OUR PRICES LOWER THAN THOSE OF CASH HOUSES. J. NOONAN, Complete House-Furnisher, 1017 to 1023 MISSION ST, Above Sixth. 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