The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1898 M_——*—-_———*-——__————_——_fi ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. SENTIMENT IN LIEU OF LAW IN ALAMEDA Mrs. Mentel’s Fate Is Food for Guessers. THE FALLMER PRECEDENT| LOS ANGELES USED TO CLUB OAKLAND’S SILURIANS. Local Ordinances Enforced by Turns. No Chinese Lottery This Week, but Plenty of Cigarettes. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, g dway, Dec. 4. istmas ss was released from the County Jail by one of Alameda’s typical juries. This Christmas another fair young mur- deress 11 be in the County Jail, and Oakland is guessing as to what extent the first case will | be taken as a precedent for the second. | Both crimes were the same—each girl shot her lover dead on a sidewalk in Alameda, It being always admissible to apply pre- cedents to current issues, the public can- not e blamed for doing so in the Inter- esting cases of Mrs. Mentel and Miss Fall- mer, ison of these two cases o justify the Judge at the xamination at once discharg- relim 3 inary H z Mrs. Mentel. Up to this time nothing s been sald about her character to e it, but everything concerning her réputation is such as to make It ap- ar that she is a model young woman. ra Fallmer did not have such favorable testimony before the jury. She did have se lover from whom she borrowed with which she Kkilled poor Las ..was young and pretty, and eve when the jury went consider its verdiet. And pposed to follow the law indications it will be about Mentel's case is er prelim- as a rule, are et 4 profe gumen professional 1« sweeping change has cc Alameda County jur men. e over in the average past few m hs, it would actually seem advisable for Mrs. Mentel to be set free and not to subject her to a long and costly trial which would be but a good advertisement for her should she af- d go on the stage or write a book. Until after the trial the details of the case may not be discussed, But their pos- ible effect on a jury is subject for specu- lation. ail that has been said by the parents nds of Anna Mentel be true, the at once the system of training young people that has hitherto been supposed to be eminent- Anna, we are told, was never home in her life after 8 and was always safely tucked s in bed before 9, unless in company her mother or her younger she went to a theater. This beautifully puritanical method of living was practiced unbroken until just one month ago, on which occasion Anna went to t a lady friend in Berk+ley for three ¢ so she told her mother. It now appears that a portion of thoss three days Anna was in San Jose getting | married to the man she has murdered. If all this be true it is a revelation that in one month such a girl could develop into & decelver of her parents, a secret wife and a murderess. This suggests one more cruel thought. If Anna were deceptive | for one month, why not for a year or years This is an entirely original view of local Juries, for recently the Enquirer thus complimented men who convicted -a hu- marn beast: “In view of the reputation Alameda County juries have for rendering verdicts | not in accord with public sentiment, it is but due to the twelve talesmen in this case that their nam S is the list: D. W. Pratt, i Charles Tock, N. T. Boyle, M. Borges, .. T. Brown, Hiram ailey, \\'fllfiam Peru, Tyson, Henry Ha hilat, H. W. Brunson, John Harrington. The execution of the local ordinances in Oakland resembles a checker-board— gometimes a black square, sometimes a white one. 1 month ago the City Council during a spasm of virtue passed an ordl- nance making it ~ misdemanor to sell cig- | arettes in the city,of Oakland. It went further. It made it a crime to give one away within the city limits, and also made it criminal to smoke one 'in a public place. This ordinance went into effect and for a few hours afterward not a ciga- rette could be bought in Oakland. It was well known, however, that nearly every cigar store and many quiet basements harbored a Chinese lottery joint, but these had been unmolested for a couple of yea and not until the racing season commenced did the police with a flourish of trumpets swoop down on the Chinese gamble Une might almost think that the bookmakers had prayed for the raid on_the Chinese at that particular time. For two weeks no one has been able to buy a Chinese lottery ticket, but all over town cigarettes can now be bought in any quantity. When cigarettes will be a suppressed and Chinese lotteries ply their trade unseen is a query of supreme inter- est to many pecple “on the street” in this city. % At a gathering of nrominent gentlemen | few nights to discuss park sites some very bitter things were sald of Oak- Jand and some very warm compliments were paid Los Angeles. So plainly was the contrast drawn between the two cities that an idea almost new took possession of the gathering. It was that iIf Oakland 1s to be stirred to doing anything in the | way of improving itself, it must be done largely by educating its people to contrast between their city and the south- ern metropolis. Rev. Dr. McLean rather surprised his friends by stating that he had just borrowed money to pay his “taxes and he would willingly borrow more for the same purpose if he were being taxed to pay for permanent improve- ments. The reverend doctor made one sig- nificant remark. Douwdess the early his- tory of Oakland was passing through the doctor's mind when he said: “It may be unfortunate that that beautiful point to the north of Lake Merritt belonged to a family of the name of Adams, but the city should not be prejudiced by that fact. 1f the name be unpleasant, then let us buy the property and give it some other name, so that we shall not hear the name of its present owner quite 80 much,” Mr. Marshall told some very painful truths when he said: “The wealthy people of Los Angeles have contracted the habit of giving something to their city before they die. The wealthy men of ‘Oakland have not yet contracted the habit of giv- ing anvthing while they live or of leay- ing any thlxlf when they die.” Unfortu- nately this is true, for outside of the Chabot Observatory and the clock in the City Hall tower presented by Dr. Merritt nearly a generation ago, what is there in the municipality to commemorate the vast wealth made here by the Carpentlers, Adamses, Moons, Merritts, Delgers and the other millionaires who have passed away? e YA Alameda is not greedy politically; she is merely ambitious. She wants her people to be pro ent in every department of State government and in other places where people are constantly in the public eye. This remark is suig::ted by the fact that at It.hlu tlr{lxe ;h‘eh - “:»m ‘“‘men- oned” for each of e following ge’c,ggder Bpear for San Francisco Commissioner, Coun: an P 'W. Nat Friend for Secretary of laces: arbor on has been knocked from under | the | Commission, Judge Pringle for Commis- sloner of the Supreme Court, James M. Oliver for clerk of the Senate, Rev. Bar- ton Perry for legislative chaplain, Rod T Church and Frank Barnett for deputy- ships in_one of the State departments, Deputy District Attorney A. A. Moore Jr. for the Attorney General's office, and there are others. In addition to these ambitions Alameda County now has a Supreme Justice, a Commissioner of Immigration, a bor Commissioner, a Deputy Labor Commis- sioner, a Prison Director, a Mint Super- intendent, a Prison Warden and various minor- plums, so that altogether it is not surprls[’ng that Alameda is considered in. politics as an ambitious county. After so gracefully yielding to Mr. Gage at Sacra- { mento she cannot be called grasping. o At intervals Alameda asks for a branch Receiving Hospital. The request is not unreasonable, and probably no other city of its size is without some such institu- tion. A few nights ago a young woman with a serioys wound in her head was brought to the Oakland hospital in a fur- | niture wagon, in which she was driven two_or three miles over the rocky marsh road from the city across the encinal. Alameda has the finest municipal building | in this county, and it is a disgrace o the | county that there is not provision for pre- | venting such indignities to citizens as are seen whenever an emergency arises. STUART W. BOOTH. CAPTURE OF KELLEY. Arrested for Ij;unkennea!, He Is Held on a Felony Charge. OAKLAND, Dec. 4—George Kelley was arrested this morning on a charge of an | assault with a deadly weapon. The police d detectives have been on the lookout | for this man since last July. One even- | ing_during that month Keiey, “Doc” Walsh and a man named Roden, called | for free drinks at the Long Wharf Saloon, | West Oakland, and being refused they set | upon a bartender, Julius La Fleur, with | iron rods and nearly beat him to death. | Before the police could be summoned the fellows made <ood their escape. Shortly thereafter Roden and Walsh were captured In Sacramento. ‘At their preliminary examination on charges of ault with deadly weapons they were released. Kelley kept out of sight until last Wed- nesday, when he was arrested for drunk- enness 'at Seventh anu Myrtle streets. His time at the it Prison expired this | morning, when he was immediately turned over to Constable Edward Weidler, who lodged him in the County Jail on the | charge first mentioned TRANSFORMATION OF | OAKLAND’S NARROWGAUGE BROADGAUGE TRAINS NOW RUN ON WEBSTE& STREET. | Cars Fitted With Modern Conveni- ences and Much Better Time Made. Oakland Offi~= San Francisco Call, - 908 Broadway, Dec. 4. The practical transformation of the narrow-gauge local system into standard gauge was inaugurated this morning, and broad-gauge trains were run on Web- ster street. The cars, while they are by no means new, are far superfor to the old narrow- | gauge coaches. They are fitted with all | modern conveniences and add much to the comfort and safety of the patrons of the road. The locomotives used are also |in good condition, having been con- | structed from engines that were found too light for the overland service. ‘The heavier traffic has naturally neces- | sitated the strenghtening of the mole and | approaches, and to obviate all danger new piles have been driven where they ’wlll do the most good. It is a matter of only a few years, however, when there | will be practically no trestle between the | mole and the shore, as the filling in and | work of reclaiming the marsh lands and | flat at the mole is progressing rapidly. | The cars formerly used on the narrow- | gauge locals are decidedly better equipped than those now in commission on the Alameda trains, and it is understood the former Oakland cars will now be used on the locals in Alameda. It is not un- | likely, however, that the Alameda nar. row-gauge will eventually also be trans- formed, since rumors to that effect are | floated periodically. { —_————— | Church Services in Oakland. OAKEAND, Dec. 4.—At St. Paul's Epis- copal Cnurch the regular month.y musi- | cal service was given to-night, and an | excellent programme, the first’ half of the “Holy City,” by Alfred Gaul, was executed. | Rev. C. H. Hobart to-night commenced a series of lectures at the Firs. Baptist | Church on *“‘Practical Questions for 'Thlnklnfi People.” The partic.lar topic of the first lecture was, ‘‘What Does Christianity Need to Make It Christian.” The Christian Women’'s Missionary So- ciety held its anniversary at the First Christian Church to-night. At the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church to-night Rev. C. M. Hill discussea ‘“Mar- tin Luther.” “Our Lord, Our Father, Our Captain,” | was_the topic of an able sermon delivered by Rev. W. P. Andrews this morning at | Asbury M. E. Church. | Rev. J. T. Sunderland, at the First Uni- tarian Church, to-day spoke on “The Ministry of Sorrow."” | Rev. Mardon D. Wilson officlated at the | evening services in St. John’s Episcopal Church to-night, while Rev. Floyd J. Mynard delivered the morning sermon on | “Deity, Self-limited.” Mrs. Mary L. Phillips, for thirty years a Free Baptist missionary in India, de- | livered a lecture at the First Free Bap- | tist Church to-night, when a missionary | concert was also given. h In addition to a brief sermon by Rev. J. R. Knodell at the Pilgrim Congrega- tional Church to-night, Willlam F. Went- | worth gave several apfirobriale readings. Rev McClish, D. D., president of the University of the Pacific, occupied the pulpit of the First M. Church this morning, and t éfht the pastor, | Rev. | Dille, spoke on her Criticism.” | *““The gVorshlp of the World to Come" was the subject of Rev. Charles R. Brown’s morning sermon at the First Congregational urch to-day. Dr. Coyle, .at the First Presbyterian Church, to-night preached on “Christian- ity and the Social Problem. for swindling with forged auto,impm of Martin Luther | brought out the fact that the ink used by Luther 350 years ago is so good that coples | can still be taken from it. A German trial HIS HEARSE WAS HIS ONLY UNERAL TRAIN Mentel Buried With- out Ceremony. RELATIVES SHOW NO GRIEF MURDERESS’ CLAIM OF SELF- DEFENSE NOT JUSTIFIED. Autopsy Physicians State One of the Shots Was Fired After Mentel Had Fallen With a Bullet in His Brain. ALAMEDA, Dec. 4—The body of Wil- llam F. Mentel, the young man who was killed in this city by his bride of a month, was interred to-day in the Masonic ceme- tery in San Francisco. No ceremonies preceded the hurial and no mourner fol- lowed the body to its last resting place. The remains were interred in a plain redwood coffin. The only embellishments were four handles devoid of ornament and a nickel plate on which was en- graved the name and age of the deceased. This morning Mrs. James Kerwin of San Francisco and Miss Johanna Mentel, sis- ters of the murdered man, took a final look at the corpse, the undertaker closed the coffin lid and his assistants carried it to the awaliting hearse. » The relatives of the deceased will make no special egort to assist in the prosecu- tion of the”woman who murdered the young man. Since the death of their parents, Mentel and his sisters have grad- ually drifted apart, and at the time of the tragedy there was little in common between them. His brother-in-law, J. L. Ansel, voiced the family feeling in his testimony last night at the Coroner’s in- quest. e said he presumed young Men- tel had all he could do to attend to his own business, and that he (Ansel) and his wife had found their time fully occu- pied doing ‘the same. He knew nothing of the young man’'s affairs and was in- different as to his fate, The autopsy physicians were indignant at a statement published in a morning paper crediting them with the assertion that from the course of the bullets it was their opinion that the woman must have been ])'ini down when she fired the shots. No such testimony was glven at the inquest. Dr. E. M. Keys, one of the physicians, stated to-day to a Call re- porter that all the doctors present at the autopsy agreed that the woman was standing when she fired. “From the course of the bullets and the nature of the wounds any other the- ory is preposterous,” said the doctor. “‘Any assertion that we gave out the | statement that the shots were fired by a })elrsogl_ lying on the ground is absolutely alse. The doctor sald that the first shot to take effect was the one that passed through the head. He stated that the bullet that inflicted the flesh wound rang- ing from the left nigple to the fleshy por- tion of the right shoulder was fired af- ter deceased had fallen to the sidewalk. He bases this assertion on the fact that the bullet was found imbedded just under the skin of the shoulder. He said it would have passed through the skin had it not come in contact with some hard surtace. The deceased teu sugntly on his ht side, and the physiclans claim that his shoulder was resting on the stone sidewalk, which checked the bullet in its course. The leaden missile is flat- tened on the point, but no other portion of it shows evidence of having come in con- tact with any hard substance. The au- topsy showed it had not struck any of the bones. Young Briue’s Sad Death. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—The death of Mrs. Elmer Blair, which occurred on Thansgjv- ing day at the home of her grandfather, James Stephens, near Chico, was doubly sad on account of her youth and being a bride of but two months. She was former- ly Miss Worley. The young woman havin, heard of several railroad accidents ha telegraphed on Monday to her husband to learn whether or not he had been in- Jured, he being employed on the railroad at Rocklin. Failing to receive a prompt answer she was suddenly taken {Il at t{:e telegraph office, and was taken to the Stephens residence, but she grew worse and her nervous attack developed into spinal meningitis. ———————————— Death of Martin Mendenhall. OAKLAND, Dec. 4—Martin Menden- hall, another pioneer, died at his home near Livermore a few days ago. His ill- ness commenced over a year ago with a cancerous Erowth on _one of his hands, and, though treated by specialists, the disease afterward reappared on his rig... side, and during the past seven months he was confined to his bed, suffering ex- cruciatingly. Deceased was a native of Greene County, Ohio, aged 70 years. In '49 he came across the plains to California with ox teams and engaged In cattle rais- ing. He leaves three children—Mrs. Claia Carey, Mrs. Edward Allen and Mrs. Do:a Broch, ali of Livermore. —_—— Luther P. Fisher’s Funeral. OAKLAND. Dec. 4.—The last request of the late Luther P. Fisher, made in a letter which was found after his death last week, wherein he tabooed the use of a casket and hearse, will be ignored, and the funeral will take place to-morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the First Congregational Church. Dr. Mooar will officlate, and_will be assisted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Brown. [hese arrange- ments were finally declded upon last night when Miss Lucy B. Fisher, daugh- tet of the deceased, arrived from Phila delphia. New Deputy Coroner for Alameda. ALAMEDA, Dec. 4—TIt is announced | B tem. dent Hyde of Bowdoin and President Dr. Andrews’ resignation, handed Kellogg. The time of his resignation committee of the Board of Regents is to settle upon its recommendation as president. the leading educators of the East. He he held until this year. tory” and “Institutes of Economics,” can Historical Assoclation. 008 2898 0850 88 2850 28 088 28 088 000 R U800 SN IANABBR RN ABR KR d ¢ Code| HABHUEIRRBEEEINRRNEREREINRGIRERREES of Education, Maces the whole matter in an entirely different light, and makes him the most available candidate to succeed President Martin J. President Andrews is a scholar of more than national fame, and one of original student. In 1883 he became professor of history and political econ- omy at Brown University, and five years later was elected to the same of- fice at Cornell. In 1889 he was chosen president of Brown, which position He is the author of “Institutes of General Hi. Historical Soclety, the American Economic Association and the Ameri- ERRARBAREBURURRBRIRAURRLUIRIRINIRIRSN ANDREWS MAY TAKE BERKELEY COLLEGE ERKELEY, Dec. 4—Much interest was shown to-day in the Kcu]ty and student body of the University of California when it was learned that President E. Benjamin Andrews, formerly of Brown University, had resigned from his office as Superintendent of the Chicago public gchools. The news Is understood to have a very important bearing upon the question of the presidency of the University of California. When the present head of the faculty at Berkeley handed in his resig- nation recently, the Board of Regents, in looking for a successor, took into consideration the names of several eminent professors and presidents of Eastern colleges. Among these none was more prominently mentioned than President Elisha Benjamin Andrews of Brown. But at that time he was just commencing his work as head of the Chicago public school sys- Other candidates were accordingly sought for, among them Presi- Gates of Amhurst. in yesterday to the Chicago Board was also very. opportune, as the to’meet before the end of this month to. who shall be Berkeley’s next is 54 years of age, and an aggressive, and a member of the Rhode Island 3333828 08282208 32003 280308320 2808 M MBI NNRBBRN IR Ly that a change will te made in the office ot Deputy Coroner for Alameda as soon as Coroner-elect Mehrman takes office. At present the position is held by James Fowler. Dr. Mehrman stated this even- ing that many appeals had been made to him to change the Alameda deputy, and that while he had the matter under con- sideration he had reached no definite con- clusion. Much influence has been brought to bear to have him give the office to H. G. Gallagher, and it is admitted by the Coroner’s friends here that if a_change in the deputyship is made uallagher will get the appointment. Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Dec. 4—The City Trustees Wwill meet to-morrow night and among the important matters with which they will have to mpg)le will be the City Mar- shal problem. ince the publication in The Call that the charter compelled the Trustees to appoint a successor to Mar~ shal Roie all the aspirants for the Position have renewed their efforts to se- cure the prize. Halcyqn Parlor, N. §. G. W., will give a ladies’ night to-morrow evening. e Dr. Babcock to Lecture. BERKELEY, Dec. 4—Dr. Kendrick C. Babcock of the history department in the Unlversity of California has been engaged to deliver a course of three lectures dur- ing December at the Mark Hopkins Insti- tute of Art, San Francisco. The lectures will be given as part of the university ex- tension course planned to last through the winter season. They will all bear upon ghnses of United States history. he ates and subjects have been arranged as follows: *“The Unique Opportunity Of- fered by the New World,” December 5: 'The merican Scene in the World Drama,” December 12; ‘‘America’s Contri- blellt_lolx; to the World's Progress,” Decem- Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Dec. 4—The Californian, the daily paper published at the Univer- | sity of California, is preparing to_ issue | shortly an edition’ devoted to the names and statistics of the Berkeley. students who went to the front in the recent war. A. W. Palmer, a student in the junior class of the University of California, who has been serlously Il at his home on Kit- trédge street for the last two weeks, was removed to Fabiola Hospital yesterday, as his condition is pronounced by his phy- slcians to be very critical. SOLD WIFE FOR JACKEKNIFE. The True Sto;—y as Related by the Man Who Purchased the Wife. A visitor here who had'been fishing in the lower waters of Cheat River in West Virginia told the following story, which, if it be without merit in every other par- ticular, has the merit of being true, says lg Deer Park dispatch to the Baltimore un. ‘A party of four, two visitors and two expert fishermen from this vicinity, went into the wilds of West Virginia on Cheat River to fish for bass. We met with one old man over 70 years who had never | seen a railroad train, although he had lived within a few miles of the Baltimore and Ohio ever since it had been con- structed. Another queer character we met while we were encamped in the wild- derness was a little fellow who claimed | to be a Constable or some other sort of |8 Feace officer. He told us of two men {living in the neighborhood who had some | vears previously traded wives, one giv 'lng the other a jackknife to boot. W | questioned his veracity, but he vehe- | mently declared his story was true, and | gave us the names of the parties. | ‘“‘After two days’' hard fishing in the roughest stream I have ever tried to wade. with poor success, we started across the mountains on our return. We had not gone many miles when we met | a man_apparently 55 vears of age. We | stopped to make 'some inquiry in refer-| ence to the roads, and, recalling the Constable’s story, asked the stranger if he had ever heard of two men in that neighborhood who had ex- changed wives, one giving the other a | ackknife to boot. He replied that he| new all the parties very well, and said he knew all about the Jackknife trade, | |as it was called, but that the story was often told incorrectly. We asked him if he would glve us the true version | of the affair, and, remarking that we were strangers, he agreed to tell us what we were anxious to know. This is the story he told us, and I think it lays the ‘Strange Scheme of Randolph Mason' in | the shade.« But to the story. ‘* ‘Christian Maslin and Eliza J. Dodson,’ sald the stranger, ‘were married in the year 1870, in Fn{ene County, Pa., by one Isaac Justice. 71ne young people settled down and began housekeeping in Pennsyl- vania, where they lived together about two years. Maslin was somewhat dissi- | pated, and in consequence things did not | o smogthly witn the couple. After two vears of married life in Fayette County. | a., they returned to West Virginla and | separated, the young wife returning to her | father's home. The husband settled down to farming, or what they call farming in | this country. Maslin hired as his house- keeper a sprightly young woman named Louisa A. Grimes, who remained at the head of his cabin establishment for about three years. At the end of that time Mas- lin was desperately in love with the! housekeeper, and wished to marry her, but Maslin's wife, who was living in the same neighborhood, was in the way. ‘“‘At this time Maslin met me, Samuel M. Williams, and told me he wished to get | rid of his wife. I acked him why he did n(il sell her. Maslin replied that he would sell her quick enough if he could fel any one to buy, and asked me what I* would give. I happened to have at that time an old rusty jackknife, and told him I would ve him the knife for his wife. He said e would take it, and the deal was made right there. The next day Maslin and 1 went to the County Clerk and I got a li- cense to marry Mrs. Maslin, whom I had Hurchanod. and he got a license to marry housekeeper, Grimes. | ‘At this time Mrs. Maslin was employed by Andrew Sinkler. We all met at his house on February 2, 1874, and were married by Preacher Sam- uels, Maslin and his housekeeper, wife No. 2, still live together, and have a large family. Mrs. Maslin and I lived very hap- pily together for two years. At the end of that time she returnea home and staid there two years, and then returned to me. We lived happily until February, 1898, when _she again left me and went to live with her brother. ‘ ‘About two years ago there was a reat revival in the German Baptist hurch in our neighborhood. and I be- came a member of that church. Some of the officers of tne church heard of my strange story, and the matter was in- vestigated by the church authorities, who deelded that I must get a divorce or leave the church, as our marriage was unlawful, and they sald it was a clear case of living in adulfery. I am now on my way to consult a lawyer to get me out of this scrape. I don't know what is to become of Maslin.” . “From the simple way in which this man told his story it seems never to have occurred to him that any law_had been violated or that lmf' wrong had been done. Maslin is still living with wife No. 2, and seems to have no fear of punishment here or hereafter.” THE OLD XIND OF DOCTOR. Many of us remember the old country doctor and can recall his shrewd, beaten face, “frosty but kindly.” A few of us have seen him in his gig drawn by a spirited and energetic horse. Next to e Ea,stor he was the most important mem- er of the village community, and within a circle of ten miles everybody knew “the old doc.,” and he knew everybody and everybody's horse and dog. suaily he had a college degree, and retained a retty good taste in literature. His pro- essional training was acquired by an ap- prenticeship to his predecessor; supple- mented perhaps by “walking the hos- pitals.” Possibly he was not very scien- tific, but some of his remedies were of wondrous potency and reached down clear to where you lived and stirred up the foundations of things as the pastor's theology stirred up the conscience. He ave no sugar-coated pellets, but good ‘alvinistic Pllls of his own compoundi; of a searching and uncompromising qual- ity, “trying the hearts of men’ and cal- culated for what Virgil (or is it race?) refers to as ‘“the robust entrails of tne mowers.” The large ones, as we remem- ber, were roundish masses of material of u putty-like consistency and dark color, and were called “boluses.” Boluses were not administered to children. Under ‘a humorous and whimsical and sometimes crustv exterior the old doctor concealed kindliness and sympathetic in- terest in his fellow men. Perhaps he was a little arbitrary, but he brought into the sick room an atmosphere of cheer and confidence. He practiced “mind-cure” un- awares, for the old-fashioned authority of the professional man invested him wit.. a mysterious influence. At his approach complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which thev could not utter. A museum in Berlin has secured - session of Luther's Bible, which he 1,;“ in his lmdir. Its margins - are covered ‘with notes in the reformer’s handwri It was printed in Bale in the year % and it is sald to be in an lent state of BERKELEY MAY GET BANCROFT'S MANY VOLUMES Regents Anxious to Secure His Library. AWORLD-FAMOUS COLLECTION UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA ITS NATURAL HOME. The Opinion Freely Expressed That It Should Never Be Permitted to Be Sold Outside the State. The Bancroft Library, one of the most valuable of its kind in the world, may fin- ally find a place in the University of Cali- fornia, where, it is generally conceded, it properly belongs. Regents of the uni- versity have had a number of conferences with Librarian Rowell of the State in- stitution of learning, and they will bring every influence to bear in order that the valuable manuscripts may not be lost to the students of California. The library, which is the property of Hubert Howe Bancroft, is valued at from $250,000 to $500,000, and has been on the market for some years. Several Eastern colleges have been mentioned as possible purchasers from time to time, but a sale has yet to be consummated. The ma- terial is chiefly in manuscript form, and was used in the compilation of the his- tories bearing Mr. Bancroft's name. Some kindly critics have made the assertion that the original material is better than the finished product, which was com- piled by all sorts and conditions of people irrespactive of their qualifications for the work. The library is contained in a brick warehouse on Valencia street, near Twenty-seventh. It is simply stored there in a fireproof building. There is no thought of making it available for students or others. The data it contains was compiled at great expense of both energy and money. It covers the entire history of the Pacific Coast, and for that reason is the desire so strong that it | should remain here for all time where its value would be duly appreclated and where it would be sacredly treasured. Discussing the matter vesterdfy Regent Ernest A. Denicke, who is doing yeoman duty for the university, said: “The matter of the purchase of the Bancroft Library has never been discussed at any meeting of the regents. We all appre- clate the advantage, however, of securing this great collection, feeling that to let it g0 out of the State would be a great public calamity. We have no fund avail- able for its purchase, as our book fund amounts in the course of a year to but a few thousand dollars. There are only two ways that I can see by which we may secure the library; either by the Legislature apportioning sufficient money or by some public-spirited man purchas- ing it and presenting it to the university in his name. “As to its value, that is something that cannot be fixed readily. There is nothing like it in the world, so there is no pre- cedent by which its value can be deter- mined. It is not like an ordinary collec- tion of books such as may be found in any stationer’s shop and which may have a certain well-defined commercial value. In common with all persons who have the good of the university at heart, I hope some means may be devised that will place all this valuable historical ma- terial at the disposal of the boys and girls who are being educated at Berkeley.” i S A MILLION MILLION. ‘What Might Have Hn;pennd if Fath- er Adam Had Had a Mathe- matical Bent. Professor Wagstaff, whose very name suggests a pleasing first cousinship to Shakespeare, s lately been amusing himself and his audience at Gresham Cellege by speculations as to what might have happened if the father of our human race had given up delving and taken to figures. Let us suppose that Adam had set himself to count a million million, or, in figures. 1,000,000,- 00,000. We will imagine that he could count three in a second, which, though not exactly rapid ciphering, will be found ample, if taken continuously. Now, if 6000 years have elapsed since the gracious amenities of Eden formed the cradle of humanity, Adam woula have been working for 189,216,000,000 seconds and have reached a total of 567,648,000,000 figures. In other words, his task of counting a million million would still have been unaccomplished by over four hundred thousand million digits. All of which goes to prove what? There are many possible con- clusions. The first is, of course, that Professor Wagstaff is a very ingenlous and by no means melancholy mathema- ticlan; but that hardly needed proof. A second deduction, which we advance with all humility, is that if Adam had only had habitual recourse to harmless dissipation of this arith- metical kind, instead of betraying mar- ital weakness and a fondness for fruit, his descendants would have been very much better off morally and spiritually, though not perhaps in material com- forts. And a third conclusion, emi- nently gratifying to those who refuse to believe that there is any serious dis- cord between religion and science, is that Professor Wagstaff, no doubt a man of distinction in scientific attain- ments, accepts without demur Bishop Ussher’s chronology. According to the divine the world was created in B. C., and that, addea to the 1898° years which have elapsed since the Christian era, makes in round numbers the 6000 years on which the whole calculation depends: Some way- ward ‘“scientists” have dogmatically affirmed that the world has been wag- ging along a gocd many more centuries than Ussher supposed, although there is a serious difference, it is true, in this matter between the astronomers and the geologists. So, after all, per- haps, if Adam had been reasonably in- dustrious, He would have had time to accomplish his task, unless his brain had given way under the strain. Most of us have such vague ideas as to the meaning of large figures that it is as well to be reminded by so happy an il- lustration how many units go to the making of a million. The only other conceivable fashion in which such in- struction could be acquired is to be- come a South African ‘‘boss” cf mines and diamonds, and that process, much as we may desire it, is, fortunately or unfortunately, not open to the majority of us.—London Telegraph. —_—————— CONCERNING EARS IN SCHOOL- ROOMS. Defective hearing is a symptom fre- quently seen in the schoolroom about which teachers should know something. Pupils are sometimes considered back- ward and stupid whose worse fault is their deafness. This is not as common, probably, as defective sight, but it is quite as apt to be neglected and to lead to disastrous results. Head colds, gis- eased conditions of the p! x and ton- sils, and discharges from the external ear are all common with children in this cli- mate, and are all prolific sources of per- manent deafness. The teacher is in a position to detect this symptom en.r]{. and should investi- it inattenti £ S S oL R ey that this is accom with persistent inform herself about a child's heurlnf and quite accurately; thus a child should be able to hear words spoken in a clear, low voice twenty feet away, and should be able to hear a watch tick three feet from either ear. Children with defective hear- ing should, of course, be seated near the teacher’s desk. Parents’ attention should always be called to this symptom, for it is usually possible to cure it when early treatment is instituted. Neglected, it is very sure to become permanent.—Sanita- rian. —_—— Spain possesses, according to the Of- ficlal Register, 5 captain generals, 12 lieutenant generals, 75 generals of ‘di- vision, 179 brigade senerals and 45 staff officers with the rank of general on the active list, with 211 more on ths reserve list, making 557 general officers for the army. The navy contains an admiral, 6 vice admirals, 15 rear ad- mirals and 17 other officers of equal rank to a general on the active list, while the reserve list has 63 such offi- | cers. Army and navy combined have 699 names of general officers on the payrolls. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco Call, corner of Market and Third streets,’ open until 12 o’clock every night in the vear. BRANCH OFFICES—321 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 257 Hayes street; open until 2:30 o'clock. €21 McAllister street; { pen until 8:30 o'clock. 616 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o’clock. 1941 Mission street; open until 10 o’clock. 2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth; until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh street; open until 9 o'clock. 2526 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky cpen until 9 o'cloc: open street: MEETING NOTICES. ASYLUM of Golden Gate Command- ery No. 16, K. T., 625 Sutter st.—Stated assembly THIS EVENING at 7:30 o'clock for the transaction of business Visiting fraters _are courteously invited. CHAS. L. PATTON, Em. Com. WM. T. FONDA, Recorder. SAN FRANCISCO Chapter No. 1. Royal | al Arch Masons, meets THIS EVENING. Business and degrees, By instruc- tions of the H. P. | HERMANN Lodge No. 127, F. and A. M.—Stated meeting and election _of officers THIS“DAY (MONDAY), De- cember 5, 1893, at o'clock p. m. By order of the W L. S | BLACK S1TUATIONS WANTED—Continued. UATION Working housekeeper wanted sxh'x;!,lg mxddle:nd ‘American woman; city rét- erences; good wages. Box 273, Call. AN experienced housekeeper wishes position in Drivata family or hotel; best of references. Address box 332, Call. FIRST-CLASS seamstress (Danish) wishes sew- ing and chamberwork; best references. APPIY 125 "0 Farrell st Y. W. C. AN attractive, first-class demonstrator wishes position; can give good refereaces. Address box 428, Call office. RELIABLE woman wants work by the day; ‘washing or housecleaning. Apply 1709 Leaven- worth st. BY No. 1 woman, position as cook for board- Ing House or family; is scrupulously neat: references. 22 Fifth st.; calt 2 to 4; room 34. T —AN wanted by middle-aged Swedish S oman as good piain cook small family, oF chamberwork. Apply at 555B Natoma st. MAN and wife to take charge of hotel or place of resort in country. Box 323, Call office. INTELLIGENT lady with business education wishes position as bookkeeper and cashier in hotel; city or county; refs. Box 32, Call. POSITION as housekeeper in widower's family by Swedish lady; competent; good cook. Ad- dress 262 Golden Gate ave. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. . kinds t 56. JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency; ail help. GEO. AOKI, 30 Geary; tel. Gran CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office; best help. 414% O'Farrell st.; tel. East 426. YOUNG man (Scandinavian) steady, sober and strictly reliable, wants work about private 7 ds place; good driver and milker; understan plain gardening; over 5 years one Dlu:é. sg: reference; fair wages expected. . Call Office. STEADY middle-aged man; can take care of garden, chickens, horse, cow, etc.: reasona- ble wages; best of references. J. D., box & Call Office. A PLACE as assistant bartender, porter or be- hind lunch counter; steady, sober and reli- able man; saloon references. Box 425, Cail. position as Address JAPANESE young boy wants schoolboy without wages: family. F. SHIO, box 1876, Call office. NG _man, good worker, desires situation Address box 426, Call. willing boy of 16 would like to learn ertaking business. F., box 14, Call. GARDENING, driving, care of horses. general utility man, wishes a situation. ‘Address box 20, Call office. You with chance to raise. STRONG, the MITH and horseshoer wants worl a good all-round man; honest, sober and re- liable; can do wood work also. Address W. OCCIDENTAL Lodge No. 23, F. a A. M.—Stated meeting THIS (MON- DAY) EVENING at 7:30 o'clock, for the transaction of annual business and election of officers. By order of 'the W. M. GEO. W. ROOT, Sec. the 6th, at’1 p. m., to attend the funeral of our late brother, Thomas Morton, Master Masons are_invited. PACIFIC Lodge No. 13, F. and A. M., 121 Eddy st., will meet on TUESDAY, GEORGE PENLINGTON, Secretary. THE regular monthly meeting of the Society of California Pioneers | 1 | will ‘be held at Pioneer | Hall on MONDAY EVENING, December 5, 1898, at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is requested, as business | of importance will come before the meeting. J. I. SPEAR, Secretary. T. A. O. D.—To the officers and memb of San Francisco Grove No. 3: "You are requested to attend @ special meeting MONDAY, Dec. 5, at 1:30 p. m. sharp, at Druids’ buflding, 413 Sutter st., for the pur- pose of attending the funeraj of our late brother. RICHARD H. PAHL. Interment 0ad Fellows® Cemetery. By order C. BARMEISTER, N. A. H. G. MAEHLER, Secretary. & A. O. H., Division 2—The regular monthly meeting of this Division will be held in Hibernia Hall on TUESDAY EVENING, December §, ! 1898, at 8 o’clock. Candidates seek- ing admission will please be prompt in attend- nn;s SojournlrgAg?Iui‘e;s are cordially in- i X LEY LEE, Presi . T. L. CLANCY, Rec. Sec. Aol THE Celifornia Debris Commission, having re- ceived applications to mine by the hydraulic process {rom the Wintz Mining and Improve. | nient Company, In_{ts mine near Pleasant Valley, El Dorado County, to deposit tallings o1 a flat below the mine; from Joei Bean, in | the Cleveland mine No. 2, near Scales, Sierra County, to_deposit tailings in Rock Creek; | from J.' B. Jones, in the Haskell Valley mine, near Buck’s Ranch, Plumas County, to de- posit tailings on a fiat below the mine; from Thom®s Gomez, in the Snowy Side mine, near Buck's Ranch, Plumas County, to de. posit tailings in Willow Creek; from N. H. Frils, in the New York mine, near Buck's Ranch, Plumas County, to deposit tallings In Willow Creek; from J. C. Horner, in the Chaplain_mine, near Buck's Ranch, Plumas County, to deposit tailings in Willow Creek; from Llewellyn A. Hoeflich, in the Rocky | Bar mine, near Nelson Point, Plumas County, to deposit tallings in worked-out pits, and W. Ayers, in the Oriole gravel mine, estown, Tuolumne County, to deposit tallings on a flat below the mine, gives no- tice that a meeting Wil be held at room 59, Flood building, San Francisco, Cal., on De- cember 12, 189, at 1:30 p. m. SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE—Abandoned chi in the Roman Catholic_Orphan Asylum _since July, 18 Margaret Sullivan, age 7 years; Della’ Lang, 8 years; Maud Lovett, 7 years; Maclovia Pa. dilla, 6 vears; Lillian Doherty. 9 years; Anna Hayden, 11 years. Respectfully, SISTERS OF CHARITY. BAD tenants ejected for $4; collections made; city or country. IC COLLECTION PACIF) CO., 415 Montgomery st., rooms °-10; tel. 5580. 8., box 418, Call. YOUNG man, graduate of business wishes position: steady and reliable. dress R: B., box 272, Call office. EXPERIENCED young man wishes position in grocery store; best of reference. - Call or ad- ress corner Francisco and Frankiin s YOUNG man, sveaks English, German and French, desires position as driver for deliv- ery wagon. Call 'or address E. G., 802 Larkin. college, Ad- PRIVATE secretary desires position with capi- tallst or attorney: 14 years' legal experience: stenographer: exceptional references. Ad: dress box 423, Call office. JAPANESE wants situation to do good cook- ing: country or in the clty. Address G. S., 349Y, Minna st. | JAPANESE, trustworthy, reliable, wants po- sition to do housework in a family or lodging- house; has experience. T. IMAL 519 Jessie. CARPENTER, cabinet maker; first-class’ me- chanic; can take charge of work; wants work day or contract. Call or address 120 Valley st., between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth. SITUATION wanted as manager, steward or head waiter in club, hotel or restaurant; 25 years' experience New York and California; best references. Box 315, Call office. WANTED—By man and wife place on farm or stock ranch: is good horse and stock man. Address J. F. C., 8 Byington ave. YOUNG experienced butcher wishes a_place, shop or_wagon; good references. Address Sunset Market, Waller and Stanyan sts SITUATION wanted by a first-class German gardener; a good pruner; take care of horses and can milk. Add. Gardener, box 1819, Call. BUTCHER; first-class cutter. J. H., 2331 Sixteenth st. Call or address WANTED—Position by Intelligent man: refer- ences or bonds. Address box 1364, Call office. FIRST-CLASS bakery foreman (German), all kinds of bread and cake, wants cteady situa- tion; city or country. Call or address Baker, 940 Bryant st. WINCHESTER House; 44 Third st., near Mar- ket; 200 rooms; 25c to $150 night $150 to $6 week: convenient and respectable; free 'bus and baggage to and from ferry HELP WANTED-—-FEMALE, small wash, a short ; 3 cooks, German style, 325 and girls for housework—San Rafael, $20 and Fruitvale, $20; Tehachapi, $20; Martinez, $20; Alameda, $20, and a large number of giris to fill situations in city. J. F. CROS- ETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. 3 WAITRESSES, first-class hotel, city. $20, see party here at 10 o'clock Monday; 3 restau- rant walitresses, §6 week; and others. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. REFINED working housekeeper; must be & good cook, institution, $40. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. WOMAN with a_child, country, CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. NURSE, $%; nurse, $i5. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. WORKING housekeeper, $12 per month. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. $10. MIss ROOMS papered from $3: whitened: $1 up: painting done. Hartmann Paint Co., 343 3d st. & MARKET ST.—Branch office of The Call Want ads and subscriptions _tak: DIVIDEND NOTICES. IOEHI SRR mtR vt nasn We oot 8 SUET R TO the stockholders of the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company—You are hereby noti- fled that pursuant to an order and decree of court, made on December 2, 159, in the case of M. W. Fox vs. Hale & Norcross Sii- _ver Mining Company, and others, the under- signed hereby declares a dividend of $130 per share on the 112,000 shares of the capital stock of sald Haje & Norcross Silver Min- ing Company outstanding, and will pay such dividend at_the office of the company. Toom 3, Stock Exchange bullding, No. 33i Pine street, San Francisco, California, at and after 10 o'clock a. m.. on TUESDAY, Decem- ber 6, 1898. Production of certificate, satis- factory proof of ownership of stock and right to collect dividend will be required. Dated December 3, 1898, J. J. GROOM, Recelver In' case of Fox vs. Hale & Nor- cross Silver Mining Compa SITUATIONS WANTED—-FEMALE. SWEDISH second girl; also German house- work girl, desire situations; best of refer- ence. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. NEAT German girl wishes situation at house- work or as nurse, §10 to $15. MISS CUL- LEN, 32 Sutter st. SUPERIOR cook desires situation in hotel or institution; understands all branches of cook- ing; best of references. MISS CULLEN, 325 ‘Sutter st. RESPECTABLE American woman wants work by the day; and car fa 276 Jessie stairs; first RELIABLE woman wishes to do laundry work and housecleaning by the day: first class fine laundress; other work, near Fourth, room 1, down- loor. 00d worker; in_every respect; best reference. MRS. NIIELLR SE, 3367 Twenty-sixth st., near Mis- sion. COOK and_all-around helper; cook English, German, French and Hungarian; full charge of kitchen; first-class pastry; hotel, boarding ;'fiun!f o restaurant; clty or country. 2 at. A MIDDLE-AGED woman wishes situation to do general housework; Is ood cook; city or country: moderate wages; no postals. 10 Stockton place, bet. Post and Sutter sts. ELDERLY woman would like place to do light housework and assist with children; small salary; city. 112 Natoma st. YOUNG woman wishes a situation for house- ‘work or go out washing by the day, or cham- bermald. Please call or address 32 Fourth. Abswi:hmsx-g first-class cook: -;naem-nd} all ranches of cooking: good reference; wages 0 to $35. 313 Sutter st. GERMAN woman, 40 years of age, good cook, wishes position as working housekeeper; kind to children. 528 Bryant st. STRONG middle-aged woman wants position to do office work; neat and tidy; good nurse in sickness. 23015 Fulton st. “second girls, $20 and $15; 12 house- , §20 and $25: 6 young girls MISS CULLEN, 325 Butter. cook, §30. MISS CUL- LEN, 325 Sutter st. HOUSEWORK, Benlcla, $20; Gllroy, §20; Ala- meda, $2. MISS CULL 2% Sutter st. NEAT girl, light _work, MISS CUL- LEN, 3% Sutter st. $15. WAITRESS, §20, city; chambermaid, $15; 3§ restaurant waitresses, $§ per week each. MISS CULLEN, 825 Sutter st. 2 TWO upstairs girls. $15; nursegirl, $12; 2 cooks, $25: waitress, 320: 10 ‘girls for housework MES. HIRD, 631 Larkin, st. 4 WAITRESSES, city and country, $20; chambermaids to walt, choice city places, $20; 2 lunch and dinner waitresses, $20; pantry girl for country hotel, $15. C. R. HANSEN & CO.. 104 Geary st. GERMAN woman for Oakdale, see party here; French nurse girl for country, $25; German house girl, $25; German nurse girl, very cholce place, $15; house girl, San Rafael, $20, see party here: house girl for small Jewish family, $20; and many others for cooking and housewark, city and country, $12 to $25. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. COOK, $30; second $22; two second girls, $20 and '$13; 6 housegirls, $20 and $25; German woman ' as housekeeper, $12; mlddle-lfed woman for the country, light place, $12; young girl to assist, §12 to $15. MRS. NOR- TON, 313 Sutter st. A STRONG GIRL to do housework in a_small, plain family. Apply 9 to 12 a. m.. 160 Clinton Park, bet. Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts. WANTED—A girl for general housework. Ap= ply 3448 Twentieth st., corner Capp, aftes § a. m., with reference: ‘WANTED—Wom sewing; sleep home. California_st. FANTED_GIrl for country. near Bakersfleld, TN family: wages $15 to $20. 818 Hayes st. ~ SMART girls to learn tailoring; pay while learning. 138 Russ st. WA “for light housework and o §%Salina place, off GTED—A neat girl to mind & baby. Ap- ply at 2238 Mls!lonrcl. WANTED—GIrl for general housework. Apply 2904 California st. GIRL light housework family three. Call be- 0{'0!! llzm.. 1514 Vallejo st. YOUNG girl to wait at table. Call at 13 Second st. IRL for light housework; small family. Call Guf‘fir 19 &‘m.. 1429 Buchanan st. YOUNG girl wanted to assist in light house- work. 1722 Sutter st. CLEAN girl for general housework in small family. 315 Maple st.; cail from 12 to 3. TAILORESS wanted. 251 Eighth st., Oakland. SALESWOMAN on corsets; state wages and reference. Box 472, Call. APPRENTICES for hand work on corsets. 231 Powell st. first- WANTED—Work of any kind by the day: st class laundress; references; flat No. 2. MeAllister st. NUMBER of girls awaiting situations at MRS. HIRD'S Employment Office, 631 Larkin st.; tel. Sutter 52. WANTED—By competent woman, housework in a plain family; plain coql ave., between Gough and Octavia 16 Lily WANTED—-Woman to do general housework. 231 Seventh st. A GIRL to assist in light housework. 528 Grove st. WANTED—First-class talloress on fine coats. 251 Post st., room 27. GOOD tailoress on fine coats; must good buttonholes. 1185 Montgomery e Apply FIRST-CLASS French laundress wishes to do fine washing at home. 1309 Lyon st. GIRL to assist in housework smail family; cooking. 14138 Mason st. ARl 00 PLAIN cook would like place. 1309 Stockton | 14-YEAR-OLD #t., Humboldt House. H | oht B P . L€t bousework, BY a German girl for general housework; city | FIRST-CLASS 1 . . or country. & Mission st. Company, mm’!fl?:l‘lflhw Aty LADY hes situation as companion; is will- | GIRL f¢ general housework. 10" tayeL Box i, Cail ‘ofdce, | o Green ing st., between Powell and Mason,