The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, The. JOHN D. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. EGJB]]CATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOM .....2I7 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 THE GAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) s served by carriers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per montb 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. I tn | One year, by mail, $.50 OAKLAND OFFICE... veereess..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. .Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE ieeeee...Rigge House C. €. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. Margquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes-street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. | 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane Kentucky streets. open until 9 o'clock. glers of Paris." ueen.’" ady streets, Speciallies. Vaudeville and the Zoo. M THE CAMPAIGN. nant moral of the recent elec- perceived by the people, and it 1derstood t the conservative | ornia will not sanction anything in | s of revolutionary radicalism, there nor lessons by the result to| will be well to give attention before the sub- sed and the thoughts of all are turned | LESSONS FRO ] HILE t i W is now ent of C | | taught ject is dis: tc bu One of 1ess and preparations for Thanksgivin »st interesting of these less: lway in po- | every | ture take an port their favorites by power, but it means that the ra is no longer regarded in the popu- | in the commonwealth dangerous to public es must be sub- ilroad ead and tics all other ainst it. en the old fears of the | against the railroad, but The Southern Pa- | of Hunting- | ndit, as an oc- | e laughed Cartoor er a bugaboo. boss, devourer of men and women It a hundred votes in the State | said, printed | | tcpus, @ ed to flutter the voters. is dou if as many were gained for Maguire by all that was f the old-time monopoly se, then, the railroad is out of politics. | ightens the people. It is no longer an e for demagogues. The construction in road and the coming connection | e Santa Fe system assure a com- | puts an end to the monopoly. The the voters perceives that the situation | has changed, and as a consequence they are not to be y more in political contests by either a fear or the favor of the Southern Pacific. Another lesson to be learned from the contest the folly of attempting to dodge an issue which is | understood by the people. It was known throughout | the nation that the main point to be determined l)_v} the contest was whether the people would sustain the'| administration. If the Democrats had met that issue | foirly—if they had stood by their platform of free trade and iree silver—they at least would have held | ‘their party together. As it was they met the fate | that befalls every force which attempts to retreat from the field after the battle has been joined. The retreat weakened the ardor of the rank and file, led to de- moralization and resulted in a rout. The emphatic teaching of each of these lessons is a matter of gratification to all who appreciate honesty in politics. The elimination of the railroad bugaboo from politics is really a blessing to the State. Here- after it will not be so easy for demagogues to attain eminence among us. A better class of DcmocmtsI and Populists will now come to the front, for the opposition will need on the stump orators who can seriously debate the issues of the time, and the loud | but empty mouthers about monopoly will have to give way. Hardly less valuable is the dzmonstration cf the futility of dodging. Altogether Caliicrnia will be found to have benefited morally as well as na- influenced is terially by the results of the voting oun Tuesday, for the lessons are too clear to be either overlooked at present or forgotten in the future. McLAUGHLIN’'S GOOD WORK. IO\A’ that the campaign is over, the verdict ren- N dered and approved, it is natural that those who bore the burden and heat of the day should receive proper acknowledgment. Prominent among vhese is Major Frank McLaughlin, chairman of the Republican State Committee. From the first he had been active, and the closing hours found him un- wearied in the arduous work. When success crowned hic afforss Lo =5 jubilant. His only hope had been that the party to which he is devoted would securs an affirmation of the principles it upholds, through the election of the men who stand for these prin- ciples. Possibly the position of Major McLaughlin is unique. He is not in politics for the gratification of personal ambitions. While the time he devotes to partisan matters is something a man of affairs can ill afford to devote to the interests of the public, he freely gives this time. The highest honors within the power of his party to bestow have been offered him, and he has declined them. His declaration that hc desires no office is sincere, as his devotion to bringing about the triumph of Republicans has been unremitting and unselfish. Apparently the most the party can do for the Major is to tender an informal vote of thanks.. It has no substantial rewards which it could induce him to take. A large part of the credit of victory must be given him, and with this, and the sense of duty well per- fcrmed, he is content. > P | quiet citizens of C: THE PASSING OF THE SANDLOT. an oval tract Hall N iront of the « l covered with sa which was organized, late in the seventies, the sandlot party. It was a com- bination of ambition and violence which spread alarm throughout the State, and for,a time seemed to threaten the permanent destruction of its prosper- ity. The sandlot revolution was so pronounced and so loud, and so effectually browbeat all opposition, that it attracted attention all over this country, and in Europe was really regarded as the beginning of another Reign of Terror, such as turned France into a slaughter-pen in the revolution of 1793. Its theater, that oval area in front of the new City Hall, has long been grass-grown, and a group of statuary, provided by the will of James Lick, stands there now illustrative of the progress and power of California. The principles of the sandlot, however, have bad a survival. The uneasy spirits which were trained there have from time to time taken possession of the Democratic party and made it a menace to the public welfare. The disease that generated on the sandlot, as cholera starts in the well Zemzem in Mecca, some- times went far abroad. Even California Republican- ism has had sporadic attacks of it. But its greatest istence has been in the Democracy. In 1896 it pers took nearly full possession of that party, and tens of; thousands of Democrats fled from the pestilence and aided in the political sanitation of the State. But their flight left the surviving sandlotters in posses- sion of the organization, and, with the aminer as the sandlot organ, the campaign of 1898 was fore- doomed to be sandlot, by sandlotters and for sand- lotters. The ticket was filled with them. Maguire, Barry, Dunn, La Rue, Henley, Grady, Wallace, Menzies, Hinton, trained in the sandlot school or inoculated with its principles, in congenial companionship and in joint cry for office, made a campaign which proved that they were in the tertiary stage of the disease. From the skin in and from the marrow out, flesh and bone, they were sandlotters. ¥, Heretofore the people had not enjoyed the chance to quicklime the pestiience by catching it in a group, where the caustic would harm so little healthy flesh. They were quick to see the time for action. The dis- infectant was used with judgment, and the bubonic plague of California politics was obliterated in one ds work. The sandlot sleeps under the turf and the daisies, and so does sandlotism. All of its ex- ponents are done for. ' The people had been patient with it, hoping it ‘would die. They have been some- times indifferent to it, as one is to lunatic who ks he is Jove and threatens thunderbolts. But time patience and indifference ceased, and the a | cleansing and purifying ballot besomed the pestilence off the face of the earth and left it clean. The day is not distant when men will wonder that they submitted to such leadership as this year rode at the head of the fusion forces. They will wonder why they felt party 1 for a movement that was the first serious appearance of anarchy in this country e the bombs burst in Haymarket square. . The ornia will long recall the great on which the sandlot brigade rode to its fate and ell in a heap, never to rise again. S d SALISBURY’S SPEECH. ALISBURY'S speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet is reported to have caused no little irritation among the European powers. The | fact is not surprising, for the speech was more no- table for a certain cynical candor than for diplomacy. It touched upon every irritating subject in interna- tional politics, and the touch was not soothing. The important statements of the British Premier were that the present peaceful condition of Crete is | due more to the admirals who are in command there than to anything done by statesmen; that Great ition in t is not what it was before at Omdurman; that while Great Britain sympathizes with the Czar’s wish for disarmament, her Ministers w not check their preparations for ; that the appearance of the United States as a actor in Asiatic problems may not conduce to the peace of the world, but is likely to conduce to the interests of Great Britain; that her Majesty’s Govern- ment would take part in a conference of the powers to determine upon legislation for the suppression of anarchy, but had no hope that legislation could abate the monstrous evil; and, finally, that while not de- siring either war or conquest, the Government has resolved to maintain the empire Britons have re- ceived from their forefathers, and therefore would not intermit naval and military precautions. Against all this array of troubles the frank and bluff old statesman offered no wosd of comfort except to repeat his belief in the efficacy of the European con- cert to maintain peace. He admitted that the pro- ceedings of the concert were not always admired, nor had the full confidence of the public, but he pointed out that “patient application, combined with the moral strength of Europe,” has in the past pre- served peace under difficult conditions, and drew from that experience a hope that the concert would ’cc-minuc to be at least equally efficient even if it did nrot grow in strength and usefulness. The portions of the speech most interesting to us are those relating to the pioposed European legisla- tion against anarchists and the effect likely to be pro- duced by our active participation in Asiaticaffairs. The first contains a warning. A vindictive crusade against anarchists on the part of all European nations would drive a large number of the worst of that fiendish crew to the United States for refuge. It behooves us, therefore, to take heed of what is done in Europe in this matter, so that we may guard our shores against the incoming of the enemies of society—the thugs of civilization who regard arson and murder as acts of heroism. In what was said of the result sure to flow from our annexation of the Philippines there is much to awaken the anxieties of patriots. When we become an Asiatic power we are at once involved in all the controversies now going on in that section of the world. The war clouds which have long been over- hanging Europe will then threaten us as well. We have little to gain by the annexation of those tropic islands with- their mongrel populations, but much to lose. It would be like throwing away the substance of prosperity for the shadow of empire. Americans should give heed to Salisbury’s frank declaration that our appearance in Asia might not conduce to the peace of the world, but would surely conduce to British interests. T mwawe—. Telegraphic reports concerning the numerous Texans who died in the vicinity of the polls do not state whether they had been thoughtful enough to put in their votes first. Doubtless, however, there were willing friends to attend to this formality later. A local snake charmer has been bitten by a rattler, and while the consequences do not seem to have been serious to him, it may be that the rattler suffered acutely. 1i the Teresa shall be recovered there will be scant Among the particular reasons the community has | opportunity for writing on the list of the heroic the for congratulation is the defeat of John P. Dunn, name of the officer who abandoned the ship in terror. A DEAD SIDESHOW. MONG the political frauds swept away by fl Tuesday’s election was Deacon Fitch's Non- Partisan “party.” This hoary old delusion has for years been the bete noir of the Republican party of this State. Professing reform and disclaim- ing all knowledge of practical politics, its moral in- fluence among a small number of thoughtless people has been considerable. It has been able on occa- sions, by indorsing regular nominees, to change a few votes and thus aid in the election of an official here and there. But this influence has generally been exerted in behalf of Democrats. Seldom have the Non-Partisans attempted to promote Republican suc- cess, notwithstanding their convention and voters are made up almost entirely of members of that party. 1t is gratifying to note that at last this Democratic sideshow has overreached itself and come to grief. Heretofore Mr. Fitch’s convention in “doing” Demo- cratic politics has been extremely conservative. It has confined its efforts to indorsing weak Republicans and strong Democrats, and in this way has concealed from the public its true character as a “reform” body. But this year, believing he had a cinch on the people which could not be broken, Deacon Fitch flung his tanner as a, Democratic sideshow boldly to the breeze and indorsed substantially the entire Phelan ticket. The effect on the public is shown by the returns. With few exceptions every nominee indorsed by the Non-Partisans has been defeated by an overwhelming | majority. Moreover, in the cases in which indorsed candidates have been elected their success may be discovered in | influences entirely divorced from Non-Partisanism. For instance, Asa R. Wells, chosen Auditor, was elected in consequence of the weakness and bad character of his opponent. F. K. Lane, chosen City Attorney, was elected because his opponent bore the name of Fitzgerald, and thousands of Republicans thought he was the unpopular Commissioner = of Labor, candidate for Public Administrator on the Democratic ticket. So with the others. Lackmann and Heyer, two of the Supervisors indorsed by Non- Partisans, would have been elected anyhow. Deacon Fitch indorsed them only because he knew opposi- tion would be useless. Almost without exception every other candidate rominated has been overwhelmingly defemted. Mr. Fitch’s favorite for Sheriff is 5000 votes behind his opponent; his nominee for County Clerk is beaten by 7000: his District Attorney—an especial pet—is laid out by over 4000 majority; his Superintendent of Schools, another pet, is beaten by a plurality of 12,000; his candidate for Assessor has lost by nearly | 8o00. Not a single Police Judge or Justice of the Peace indorsed by the Non-Partisan “convention” has been elected, while nearly all the Supervisors and School Directors who received its favor have been sent to the political boneyard. An especially active fight was made by the Non-Partisans against Sur- veyor Tilton. He wins by 5000 majority. For a long time the Republicans of this city have had Non-Partisan sincerity under surveillance. The methods adopted by Deacon Fitch, which are founded upon 2 gratuitous assumption of political plirity, were never entirely free from a suspicion of Democratic job-chasing. But when the Non-Partisans went in with Phelan openly, indorsed his entire ticket, copied his platform and repudiated the best set of Republican candidates ever presented to the people of this city, an expose followed, which has resulted in the com- plete destruction of the Democratic sideshow. It is a good thing that non-partisanism as practicea here is dead. It always was a fraud. GERMAN LABOR AND PROGRESS.. OME British investigators into the causes of the S rapid advance of German industry have reached the conclusion that the dominant factor in the problem is not the legislation of the Government, nor the instruction of the technical schools, but the char- acter of the German people. In their judgment Ger- many is beating Great Britain in all forms of dustrial competition mainly by reason that the Ger- man workingman is more faithful, more industrious and more persistent than his British competitor. The investigations have not been carelessly made. No other foreign rivalry of any kind has so disturbed in- British complacency as that of the Germans in the trade of the world. In comparison with that the average Britisher regards the Russian advance in China and the French claims in Africa as matters ot minor interest. The British empire would be little affected if the Russians were lords of Manchuria and | the French of Central Africa, but if the Germans cap- ture the markets of the world for the manufactured goods of Europe, the wide empire of the mistress of the seas will feel the loss in every department of its power. Nor is the danger a slight one. The industrial and commercial advance of Germany has been something extraordinary. Without the vast natural resources of the United States and without our swift increase of population and wealth, the development of German trade has been almost equal to our own. The growth of some of her cities has been as rapid as that of Chicago. The trade of Hamburg has increased twelve- fold since 1870. The empire leads all European countries in the extent of railroad mileage, and the recent expositions of German machinery at Berlin and at Leipsic are said to have shown something like a revolution in the industries of the people. The output of this industry is to be found in every market of the world, and is rapidly supplanting that of Great Britain. Even in England itself German goods are crowding out those of British manufacture. 1t is, therefore, not to be wondered at that the manu- facturers and the statesmen of Great Britain have been inquiring most studiously into the nature of the new competition and the causes of its success. Some of the investigators, as we have said, find in German character the main cause of the success of the nation. One of these, the London Spectator, says: “It is not protectionism; it is character, method, intel- ligence, which have won this great victory under physical conditions less favorable than those existing in France or England. If we have anything to learn ir this respect from Germany—and we have much— it is that we must insist on character, insist on edu- cation, insist on seriousness, on method, on diligence. There is a real danger that, seeing what great results have followed the splendid develop;nent of technical teaching in Germany, we shall build numbers of tech- nical institutes without reflecting that in Germany a great body of culture, of excellent secondary educa- tion, lies behind the techdical school and renders its achievements possible.” ¢ There is a lesson for America as well as for Great Britain in this. The Spectator, being a free trade theorist, gives, of course, less credit to the benefits of protection i Germany to her industry than should be given, but none the less it is right in asserting the value of character. In the great struggle for su-, premacy in the industrial world that race will win whose workers are most diligent, most faithful and most steadfast. . Some of the colored troops who fought so' nobly at Santiago would find in North Carolina now a con- dition of affairs to test their mettle. 189% Outlook of the Mar- ket for the Future. RECORD OF OCTOBER SALES EXTENT OF VARIOUS PLEDGES FOR THE PAST MONTH. A. Glance at the Records, New Build- ing Contracts, Recent Sales and General Random Notes. . Real estate at the commencement of November indicated a slight improvement on the general sluggish condition of the market, which has been its main charac- teristic almost for a year past. Inas- much as it Has begun well, it is certain the month will close with a brighter hope for the future in realty. Although there | have been no exceptionally large sales | negotiated, nevertheless, the increased Inumher indicates clearly that the valua- tion on sales is steadily increasing. Ac- cording to Thomas Magee & Sons’ Real Estate Circular, the sales for the month of October in number amounted to 28 and in value to $904,051. Although this record falls considerably below that for the same month in the | previous year, it cannot be taken consist- ently as a criterion that the market is | depreciating. The present year has been fraught with nothing but absolute lack of progression, and considering this fact the record of sales for the month of Oc- tober is considered large and an encour- aging proof that realty is on the upward | instead of the downward trend. According to the authority of the real estate firm of Magee & Sons, however, this impression is erroneous, although the | majority of bankers concede it to be a | tact. They claim that the monthly sales | are the best test of judging the exact con- | dition of the real estate market. If they do not Increase it is utterly futile, they im, to say that the real estate market | is_ improving. The number of mortgages for the past month amounted to 265, with an aggregate lue of $675,368. The releases and recon- | veyances numbered in the records 0, | with a total value of $509,158. The largest | number of both releases and mortgages | Was taken by private individuals., ‘Lhe ggregate pledge assumed amounted —to i1, Releases from various pledges | on property were valued at $276,762. | REVIEW OF THE m:t:uxvi.r ; e past week there were fifty-two ing to an aggregate value of $308,36. For the same period thirty-elght releases and reconvey- ances passed to record in the total sum of $1%5,- | | i The principal mortgages gnd trust deeds are as follows: By the Humboldt Savings an Loan Soclety to Frank G. Norman, 37000 for two years at 6% per cent on property in Mis- | sion block 72, situated on the northwest corner | of Valencia and Twentieth streets, north 101:§ by west 100; by Le Grand Morehouse to Wil- liam F. Swiit, §7600 for one year at 6% per cent on property in Western Addition block 211, sit- uated on the northwest corner of Oak and Oc- | tavia streets, west 68:9 by north by the | Mutual Savings Bank to Frederick B. and S, | M. Hulting, $5000 for one year at 6 per cent | on property in 50-vara block 18, situated on ¢ line of Taylor street, 137:6 north dy, north 25 by east 137:6; ' by Michael trustee for Willie and Katie Keller un- e will of Jacob S. Beideman, to Golden State Land Company, $32,000 for one year and ecight days at 7 per cent on property in West- ern Addition blo . situated on the north- West corner of Broadway and Larkin street; by E. B. Pond apd H. C. Campbell, trustees of the San Francisco Savings Union, to Ludovica M. Bigelow, $16,000 on property in 50-vara blocks situated respectively on the north- et, 137:6_east of Mason, ‘6, and the westerly liné by Jo- of Stockton street, south of Clay; by seph Goetz to Lee Chong and Chong Sing Chew, $25,000 on_property in o0-vara block 113, situ- ated on the northwest corner of Clay and Du- pont streets, north 57 by west 63; by Henry F. Allen and Christian de Guigne, trustees of the Union Trust Company, to Alvinza and Charity Hayward, §150,000 on property in one hundred | blocks 352 and 412, 50-vara block 124, Mission block 25, Western Addition blocks 100 and 187 and 50-vara block situated respectively on the southeasterly line of Brannan street, 137:6 northeast of Second, northeast 137:8 to Japan and southeast 137:6; easterly corner of Brannan and Eighth streets, northeast 206:3 by south- east 275; on the northwest corner of Bay and Stockton streets, west to Powell, north to h Polnt. east to Stockton and south to on the southeasterly line of Market and y line of Dolores, south 24, east 180, 2:8%, northwest 72:4% and’ southwest ; on the northwesterly corner of Van Ness avenue and Lombard street, north 27132 to line of Lagoon lot 20, southwest along said line 450,60, south 24.44 to southwesterly line of La- goon lot 18, southeast along said line 15.39 to Lombard, east §7; on the southerly line of Lombard street, 31:3 east of Laguna, east 350, south 100, east 31:3, north 50, east 106:3, north | 25, wi 75, north 100; on the northeast corner of T: i Bay streets, north 215, east 137:6, south 77:6, east 137:6, south 137:6 and west 275. The principal releases and reconveyances were recorded as follows: From F. Heffernan to Frank G. and Anna M. Norman. §12,000 on prop- erty_situated on the northwest corner of Va- lencia_and Twentieth streets, north 101:6 by west 100; from the Savings and Loan Society to Henry Fischer. $23,000 on two pieces of prop- erty in 50-vara block 223, situated on the nerth- erly line of Geary street, 62:8 east of Jones, east 75 by morth 77:6; from the San Francisco Savings Union to Ludovica M. Bigelow, $16,000 on property in G0-vara block 165. NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS. Northerly line of Jackson street, 150 feet west of Larkin, west 25 by north 127:8—All work for a 3-story frame building; owner, H. Galey; grehitect, H. Godart; contractor, L. B. Per- ramont: cost, $6723. Northerly line of Seventeenth street, 145 feet east of Folsom, east 76 by north 100—~All work | for a 2-story concrete, brick and wood build- ing; owner, the St. Nicholas Laundry Com- pany: contractor, F. W. Kern; cost, $5960. Northeast cornier of Green and Devisadero streets, east 53 by morth 106—All work, in- cluding improvements for a 2-story frame build- ing; owner, W. . Gunn; architect, E. A. Mathews; contractor, A. S. Ruch; cost, $10,06S. Southwest corner of Dwight street and San Bruno avenue, west 20 by south 100—All_work for & d-story. frame dwelllng; owner, o H 1600. Dieckman; contractor, L. Medus; cost, . Westerly line of Larkin street, 30 feet north of Sacramento, north 35 by west T3—Plumb- ing, sewers, gas fittings, etc., for a S-story frame building; owner, George W. Harris; architects, Shea & Shea: contractor, H. Wil- ltamson Company; cost, $1024. Northeast corner of Greenwich street and Jansen alley, east 31:7'% by north 45:6—All work for alterations and additions to a 2-story frame building; owners, A. & T. Schabiagne: archi- tect, J. Godart; contractor, P. A. Antonelle; cost, $3768. Easterly corner of Minna and Seventh streets —All work for a 2-story and a 3-story frame building; owner, Thomas G. Taylor: architects, Martens' & Coffey; contractor, J. B. Gonyeau! cost, $10,1¢ Easterly line of Chattanooga street, 129 feet south of Twenty-first, south 25 by east 12— All work except brick work for a 2-story frame residence; owner, George Towns: architect, W. ‘W. Kendall; contractor, W. Plant; cost, $3720. RECENT SALES. The firm of Baldwin & Howell report the fol- lowing recent sales: Lot 25 by 106:3, and im- provements, on the southeast corner of Sacra- mento and’ Lyon streets, $4500; lot and {m- provements on the easterly line of Vicksburg ;6 feet north of Twenty-third, 32:6 $2500; lot on the westerly line of Cole 00 feet north of Frederick street, 25 by . $i700; lot and improvement on the north- east corner of Hyde and Delgado streets, 25 by 62:6, $3150; lot and two flats, 25 by §7:6, on the southerly line of Page street, 87:6 feet west of Laguna, $6250; lot on the southeast corner of Stevenson and Brady streets, 50:6 by 66, $4000; lot and four-room cottage on the westerly line of Vermont street, 150 feet north of Twentieth, [+$1450; lot on the westerly line of Central ave- nue, 101 feet north of Jackson, 25 by 120, $3200; lot and improvements on the ‘southerly line of Twenty-first, 25 by 85, $2800, The following sales were negotiated by the same firm in the Park and Sunset districts during the month of October: During the month of October the firm of Baldwin & Son reported the following sales: Two tenements and lot 22:6x80 on the northerly line of Jessie street, 45 west of Mint avenue, for_$3000; lot 33:4x100 on the northwest corner of Vermont and Humboldt streets, for $1200; lot 25x100 on the northerly line of Belgrade avenue, 700 east of Stanyan street, for ) A. J. Rich & Co. have begun the sale of two blocks of land between Wighteenth and tieth and Dolores and Church streets. v report previous sales in other sections of the city as follows: Easterly line of Van Ness avenue, 105 north of Lombard street, 32:6x108, for $3250; the westerly lime of Buchanan street, 90 north of Post, 26x92:6, for $3200. Through the firm of Shalnwald, Buckbee & Co. the lot and building on the Southerly line of O'Farrell street was recently sold by the Enterprise Bullding and Loan Association to Henrv Marx_for $7000. Through the agency of Baldwin & Howell the_property belonging to the estate of Elza J. Benson, situa on the east corner of 4 O'Farrell Hyde strects, was recently REAL ESTATE 1§ 5L DWLY PROGRESSING, bought by Charles S. Johnson for §12,500. The lot has a frontage of 25 and a depth of 9) feet. The same firm reports the sale of the following property in the park and Sunset districts: Lot on the west lipe of Tenth avenue, 275 feet south of M, , $300; lot on the east line of Ninth avenue, 175 morth of O. 50x120, $750; lot on the east line of Ninth avenue, 100 morth of O, 75 ), $1125; lot_on the north side of O street, 57:8_west of Eighth avenue, $25x100, lot on the west side of Eighth avenue, 100 north of O street, 25x120, $275: lot on the northwest corner of Eighth avenue and O street, 57:6X 100, $850; lot on the southeast corner of Twelfth avenue and M street, 100x120, $1050; lot on the southwest corner of Ninth avenue and street, 58x120, $1125; lot on the north side of street, 32:6 east of Twelfth avenue, 25x100, $75 lot on the east line of Ninth avenue, 150 north of O street, 50x120, $750; lot on_the west line of Tenth avenue, 175 south of M street, 50x120, $600; lot on the south side of N street, 82:6 east of Ninth avenue, 25x100, $300; lot on the south side of N street, 32:6 west of Eighth avenue, 100x100, $1225; lot ‘on the east side of Ninth ave- nue, 235 south of N street, 25x120, $400; lot on the southwest corner of N street and Eighth avenue, 32:6x100, with key lot on Eighth ave- nue, $950; lot on the east line of Ninth avenue, 225 morth of O street, 25x120, $375; Iot on the west line of Eighth avenue, 125 south of N street, 50x100, $600; lot on the south side of N street, 57:6 east of Ninth avenue, 25x100, $300; lot on the east line of Ninth avenue, 27 of N street, 50x120, $730: lot on_the e: Ninth avenue, 200 south of N str $750; lot on the southeast corner of X and’ Ninth avenue, 57:6x100, §1050; east line of Ninth avenue, outh of N street, 50x120, $800: lot on_the east line of Ninth ave- nue, 100 south of N street, 50x120, $500; lot on the ‘east line of Twelfth avenue, street, 25x120, .$800; lot on the South s street, 57:6 east of Ninth avenue, 25x100, $300. RANDOM NOTES. Archite~t~ Cunningham Bros., Claus Spreck- els building, have completed their plans for the new high school at San Rafael. Bids are now advertised for. George F. and Harry N. Gray have brought suit in the United States Court against the Board of Harbor Commissioners for alleged in- fringements of patents in the concrete arches and_fireproof construction used in the ferry depot. Richard C. Jones & Company have succeed- ed the late firm of Harris & Jones as whole- sale and retail lumber dealers at 739 Bryant street. F. A. Rouleau, the well-known searcher of records, has removed his office to the Whit- tell building at 40 Montgomery _street. L) The city and county has made a contract with the City Improvement Company to keep in repair all bituminous streets until June 30, o 1900, for an aggregate cost of §I A'new real estate firm has b opened at 133 Montgomery street. purpose of those interested to conduct and transact a general realty and insurance busi- ness. It consists of George C. Boardman Jr., Edward J. Hooper and Douglas S. Watson. The basement of the Union block on Market and Pine streets, belonging to the Robert Sher- wood estate, 1s to be enlarged and extended. The time for sending in plans for the Bur- lingame clubhouse has been postponed and ex- tended untfl next Monday. Thomas G. Taylor is_about to improve his property, situated on the northerly carner of Seventh 'and Minna streets. A three-story building will be erected on the front of the lot and a two-story one facing Minna street. The estimated cost of the improvements s $15,000, on plans by Martens & Coffey. The buildings, when completed, will contain three stores and eight flats. Henry P. Sonntag, the real estate agent, re- cently ‘purchased another plece of property in the city of Chicago. It is a three-story bulld- ing. situated at 1016 North Kedzle street, near Randolph. The price pald was $20,000. AROUND THE * CORRIDORS Dr. F. C. Young of San Jose is at the Lick. U. S. Grant Jr. of San Diego is at the Palace. Dr. F. W. Hatch of Sacramento is at the Lick. Mrs. T. R. Sheridan and family of Roseburg are at the Lick. H. W. Walker, a prominent Willows merchant, is at the Grand. 8. Wormser, one of Kingsbury's largest merchants, is at the Lick. W. W. Douglas, Deputy Controller, of Sacramento, is at the Grand. J. Cummins, a prominent Sacramento mining man, is at the Grand. F. F. Osberton, a well known Colorado mining man, is at the Palace, James F. Peck, a prominent Merced at- torney, is a guest at the Lick. C. E. Tinkham, manager of the Chico Lumber Company, is at the Grand. R. B. Purvis, Sheriff of Modesto County for many years past, is at the sick. F. P. Mills, a prominent mining man of Coulterville, is a guest at the Occidental. C. Stengel, an extensive dairyman of Fisherman Bay, is registered at the Russ. H. E. Barbér, a well known capitalist and contractor of Stockton, is at the Grand. B. T. McCullough and George R. Stew- art, Crows Landing cattlemen, are at the Grand. E. J. Lyons, ticket agent of the North- ern Pacific Railroad at Portland, is at the Palace. R. K. Carter, a ~~ominent New York merchant, is among recent arrivals at the Palace. J. Leninger, a large wheat grower of Chico, is at the Russ, accompanied by his wife and son. A. F. Hoffar of St. Louis and A. J. Shotwell of Denver, well known mining men, are at the Russ. Mrs. Barber, wife of Colonel Thomas H. Barber of the First New York Regi- ment, now at Honolulu, arrived from New York yesterday morning and registered at the Palace. She is accompanied by Miss Helen Johnson, also of New York. Mrs. Barber will leave for the islands by the next steamer, ‘ormed and It - is. the —_—e——— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—D. Marx of San Francisco is at the Imperial. Mrs. Le- grand C. Tibbitts and Mrs. J. A. Folger of San Francisco are at the Holland. Mrs. S. Sussman and Miss Sussman of San Francisco are at the Plaza. ———— e A ROMANCE PUNCTURED. Sergeant '.l‘end"y and Nellie Fetters Not Married After All It seems from the latest accounts that the Tennessee regiment is shy one ro- mance accredited to it by one of the par- ties in interest. A week or so ago Mrs. Neliie Fetters, of 1935 Mariposa street, Fresno, became responsible for the pub- lished story that she and Sergeant Jessup Tendy of the First Tennessee Volunteers had been married just before the young soldier safled for Manila, and that she was going to join him in the far away islands of the Pacific as soon as she could get there by steamer. While tell- ing the story the woman made several statements that caused doubt of its truth. It is true that Mrs. Fetters did ask the Cupid of the County Clerk’s office for a marriage license, but she did not get one. Soon after the soldiers sailled for Manila she went back to Fresno and from there she has been writing and telegraph- ing to John O. Huff, cousin of the al- léged husband and & member of the Ten- nessee contingent that has been sent home. Since the alleged marriage the woman has sent the following dispatch from Fresno to Huff: “If you go to Chi- cago I will go that far with you. Answer immediately. I pay. Nellie Fetters.” An- other dispatch to Huff says: “Will you wait till hursda‘y night? I will go East. Answer quick. pa; Nellie Fetters.” You oldier Huff does not regard the roposition with favor. He has a letter rom her in which she intimates that she is very desirous of seeing Sergeant Tendy’'s mother, and speaks of a great wrong having been done her by the man ‘whom she says is her husband. Huff sent the woman "a dispatch that should set- tle her case forever. It was to the ef- fect that he does not want her to send him any more letters or telegrams and not to assert that she is the wife of Ser- geant Tendy. —_—————— Miss Shields Owned the Shell. The shell found by Harry Murray at the late residence of Mrs, Shields on Virginia avenue is claimed by Miss Julia Shields as being her property. She sald it was given to her by a young man named Sam , who is in the navy and at present on board the Petrel. Her desire for curios prompted Reed to bri: her the shell about four years ago, n:s during all this time neither herself nox her mother had any idea that the shell Fii loricn g e ey ahonon residence in the hurry an bustle of the Shields’ removal. o NOTHING CAN E GAINED BY CONTESTS Clerk Jordan Has a Few Votes to Spare. REPUBLICANS TO RATIFY CHAIRMAN BREED INTENDS TO DRIVE TEE MORAL HOME. Every Club in Alameda Ccunty Will Come to Oakland to Join in the Shouting for Gage. Oaklahd Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 11. It is now realized that nothing col_lld be gained by the fusionists by making a contest against the Republican County Clerk, Frank Jordan, who was re-elected by over 300 majority. As the votes came in the margin between Jordan and his op- ponent, T. L. Stoddard, was very narrow, and there were whispers among the fu- sionists of fraud. At the close Jordan drew well ahead, and as the fusionists had watchers at the polls as well as the Republicans, it is an admission of care- lessness and indifference to su%gest tnat their man was counted out. specially is this the case in view of ue fact that the Union County Committee boasted before and after election of the wonder- fully successful efforts it put forth to pre- vent illegal voting and unfair counting. The .campaign of County Clerk Jordan was_the most bitterly contested of any on the ticket. Jordan four years ago was a prominent leader of the A. P. A. Dur- ing his term of office this organization fell apart, and Jordan's half was fought by the other half. The Independent Re- publicans also indorsed Jordan's oppo- nent. He also had to fight the Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans. In his own ward he had the bitterest fi%ht of all, Owing to the unpleasantness in the Hilborn-Metcalf contest Jordan only car- ried the primary election by six votes, and the bitterness then apparent had not dled away last Tuesday, Jordan feeling the full benefit of it. However, the doughty Clerk did not despair, but bv af- fability and hard work he won enough in- dividual votes in workshops, on trains, in factories, in offices and in the hidden dis- tricts of the county to land himself a winner. Chairman Breed of the Republican County Central Committee is_preparing for the grandest ratification demonstra- tion that Alameda County has ever seen. “Y intend to drive home the moral of last Tuesday,” said Mr. Breed this afternoon. “This duty on the part of Republicans cannot be treated slightly. We must once and forever demonstrate that Maguireism is a dead issue and that intelligence and conservatism are_synonyms for Republi- canism. Every Republican club in the county will be invited to Oakland for the occasion. There will be two mass meet- ings and enough fireworks to burn up the town. The date has not yet been set. but in all probability it will be one week from to-morrow—November 19. Big Debt Compromised. An order was made by Judge Coffey vesterday permitting Mrs. Jane L. Stan- ford to compromise the indebtedness due the Stanford estate from the estate of the late Judge James Shafter. The amount of the indebtedness is $77,551. The amount is secured by a mortgage upon two tracts of land and a chattel mortgage upon 700 head of cattle. The land was subject to the lien of a prior mortgage and has sub- sequently been conveved to the Point Reyes Land Company. Judge Coffey has authorized Mrs, Stanford to accept pay ment of accrued interest amounting t $4000 and a mortgage of §75,000 on a part of the Rancho Tomales. —_———————— For Stealing a Diamond. Harry Reiman, a newsboy, was yester- day held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Low on a charge of grand larceny in $1000 bonds. A similar charge against Willam Murphy will be heard onday. The boy was accused of stealing a diamond worth $100 from Julius Van Viiet, jeweler, 762 Market street, and Murphy i5 accused of stealing it from the boy, after which it was lost. —_————————— Peanut taffy, best in world. Townsend’s.* —_— e e———— Extra fine machine chocolates, all fla- vors, 25¢c pound. Townsend’s. 5 ————— Time to order your Thanksgiving plum puddings at Townsend's. * —_————— Send your Eastern !r?;)nds Townsend’s California_Glace Fruits, 50c b, in fire etch boxes. 627 Market st., Palace Hotel ————— Onyx Tables and Lamps. Onyx tables, lamps, globes and shades. Finest goods and lowest prices at San- born & Vail's, T4l Market street. * —_— ce———— Husband (at the breakfast table)—uh for some of the biscuits my mother used to_make! E: : Wife (sweetly)—I'm sorry you haven't got them, dear. They would be just about Stale enough by this time to go well with that remark. ———e————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Id at Townsend's* —_——— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men b);‘ the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- Fomery Street. Telephone Matn 1042 ¢ —_——————— Philanthropist—And have you anything laid by for a rainy day? 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