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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898. LG OWADS PROSTATED BY PARALYSIS Stroke Came While on | a Streetcar. | MYSTERY OF THE ATTACh| CANNOT BE CLEARED UNTILTHE PATIENT IS ABLE TO SPEAK. | | Car Conductor Supposed That the ‘ Member-Elect of the State Board | of Equalizaticn Was Asleep or in a Stupor, of First or San Francisco District, was strated by a stroke of paralysis Thurs- The stroke was so severe that lent has hardly regained conscious- He is under the care of Dr. Clu- ness, the medical adviser of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. All the facts concerning the stroke and whereabouts of Mr. Edwards when it d may not be known until the pa- t recovers the powers of speech. It known that he visited the office of his brother, L. B. dwards, general mana- r of insurance companies, at 323 Cali fornia street, about 3 o'clock Thursday ness. afternoon and while there talked with Major J. H. Simpson, expressing satis- on that Truman Reeves, the State had agreed on to a position in the | Later in the day Mr. family at 2021 surer-elect he would not be home for s understood that he had to dine| with some the cafe ot | | t Spre It he r for California street at n of Grant avenue, Market nd took a trans- at one of the undly, e than ripman and conductor passenger. inced them that ar on s stopped at this num- @ street and Mr. Edwards assumed that the after he transferred another at Hyde and It may turn out that d of a California occurrred e car to streets. iwards car at but it was ne and that he at the street street the other His fri > to take point, and, reach the conclusion that the not col 1 line car iwards is the publisher and pro- of the Coast Review. He is a of the Grand Army of the Repub- 1 rendered i on me until he got aboard of lie, ing m Home Board of to succeed Chese- brot ed, defeating John P. Dunn. He was an active worker throughout the late campaign, and should have taken a rest of two or three weeks after the result was made known, but he ided to remain in his omfice and attend to_the affairs of his insurance journal. I physician report- | condition was im rds, who is return- , wired from Reno Our Luxurious Life. San Francisco is becoming luxurious. One by one those delightful old places | that have made our city a synonymous for all that is good to eat have t the impulse of the times and have branched out. Unrivaled and famous have given | ) her her Delmonico’s | r other magnificent dining pal- | The same spirit of opulent ele- | gance has seized hold of San Francisc: y we can furnish the world best that money can command at prices much lower than those of the East and Europe. | The famous epicurean landmark of Francisco, the Poodle Dog, is the! itest to follow in the wake of Delmon- and Marchand with a new ‘estab- | iment that savors, every inch of it, | h extreme metropolitanism. For the new place a most original idea is car- ried out in the decorations of the Hav- | iland china that will be used. The famous poodle, after which the restau- | rant was named, is immortalized on every piece of the set. This uniquely beautiful outfit of this celebrated china | was furnished by Nathan, Dohrmann | & Co.,.and is now on exhibition in their | art rooms, together with the superb | silver service, made by Reed & Barton. | will also be used in the new Poodle | This exhibition will demonstrate | probably better than anything else the | trend and growth of the luxuries in-{ dulged in by our modern life. ———— Battery in the “Drunk Cell.” v, who claims to be a grandson of the famous Marshal Ney. was assault- ed in the *“drunk” cell in the City Prison e morning by Mike O'Brien, an service New luxury, splendid chefs . _Mike struck him on the nose poked his_finger in his eye. Emil along with the “drunks,” and went to the Receiving Hos- pital, where his injured nose and eye were | Mike was not so luck: He was booked on a charge of battery, and will have to answer to the charge before Judge Mogan this morning. ————— From Chicago, New York, Boston, we deliver to all points Cresta Blanca wines. Order Xmag presents now. Wetmore- Bowen Co., 410 Post st., 8. F. o and was discharged A I e [ ] HE schooners Volant and Seven Sisters went from here last October to load lumber. They got over g the bar all right, but before they were loaded the river had fallen and the entrance silted up. All at- +* tempts to get the vessels out have failed and they will have to remain where they are for the win- : ter and perhaps longer than that unless a freshet opens up a way for them in the spring. B e e e e e e T S e e R b b o o o R e e e e o o e BAR BOUND AT NEHALE/M. [ + + + + L Merritt; and Charles W. Sutro. The line is about evenly drawn and the interests of plaintiffs and defendants are about a bitter legal fight is assured. e complaint plaintiffs that all questions concerning the validity of any | gift, devise or trust under any instru- | ment purporting to be a will of Adolph Sutro, under which the defendants claim, save such questions as under the consti- AHE DIVlUED tution belong exclusively to probate jur- isdiction, be flnally determined and ad- judicated and determined in this action. They also ask that it be decreed that the said defendants have no interest in the roperty and that Emma L. Merritt and W. H. R. Adamson and all parties claim- ing under them, be restrained from claim- ing any interest in the estate. i The property left in trust by the de- Will Battle Over the | ceased includes all of the beach property, | Which is considered the most valuable Trust Clause. et of the estate, and in the event the trust clause is declared invalid, as it was in the will of the late Senator Falr, its value will doubtless be enhanced. In the answer flled yesterday by the it is manifest that they have ANSWER HAS BEEN FILED | Ssues, not that the legal points In- | volved may be finally passed upon,but with | the purpose of sustaining the trust clause as well as all the provisions of the will. In the answer defendants deny that their claims are without right and aver that th are well founded; that the instru- nt establishing the trust is valid and will of Adolph Sutro. As trustees un- TRUSTEES STAND BY THE OB- | NOXIOUS PROVISION. — 4 Emma L. Merritt and W.H.R. Adam- | son Aver That the Title to the Trust Estate Is Vested in Them. the der the provisions of the will they aver hat they are the owners of the property to which the plaintiffs seek possession and are tled to the possession of all the property set forth in the complaint. As an affirmative defense and counter claim the defendants set forth that under the terms of the will all the property set forth in the complaint (the title to an un- divided two-thirds of which Is sought - to be quieted by the action) was con- veved to the defendant trustees for charitable purposes. In conclusion the defendants pray that the action be dismissed: that the court declare that the title to the property rests The clause in the will of the late Adolph Sutro establishing a trust over the major portion of his estate will not be stricken out and declared vold without a bitter |in the trustees named and that the plain- legal fight. - This divia- | tiffs have not jointly, individually or oth- ed the heirs of the ¢ it is|erwise any interest in or claim to the gafe to assume that they will no ain | MOSt valuable portion of the estate of the dead millionaire. amalgamate thelr efforts to vast estate until a decision of the highest | court upc clause has been obtained. Clara A. Sutro, Edgar E. Nusbaum and Rosa V. Morbio appea plaintiffs in the action recently filed to the | Lake Tahoe Railway Company. | The Lake Tahoe Railway Company in- corporated yesterday with a capital stock of $100.000. 6f which $15,000 has been sub- | scribed. The directors are: N. K. Masten, declare the trust clause of no effect. | F. I. Kendall and C. T. Bl 2 Those who stand by the provisions of the | and W B 7 aud DI Ly Bllsstof Gas will are Emma L. Merritt and W. H. R, | & s, Nev. The company proposes to Adamson, as trustees of the George W. Merritt, trust estate; | build a narrow- auge road fi husband of Emma L. | to Lake Tnhoe.g ke il uckes '4494##40#“4*#*#00*#94*040‘#**'6“-' Lieutenant Lockwood Promoted—Twice He Marveiously Escaped Death. IRST Lieutenant John A. Lockwood, Troop M, Fourth United States Cavalry, w sterday promoted to be a captain. His nomination for a captaincy was sent to the Senate by President McKinley vesterday along with the names of a number of other officers who were alsy promoted. Captain Lockwood is well known here, having been stationed at the Presidio off and on ever since the Fourth Cavalry was ordered to this station. Congratulations are doubly in order in the case of Cap- tain Lockwood. He Is not an officer who suggests romance, but there are two occasions in his life that border on the melodramatic, and, in fact, the events referred to would make material for a popular novel. Thera is no denying that the guiding hand of divine Providence has so far led Captain Lockwood, and, as he him- self is inclined to express It, he has played in luck. On no less than two occaslons should Captain Lockwood have, metaphorically speaking, passed in his checks. He was born in Saxony, Germany, and shortly after reaching his ma- Jjority entered the marine revenue service as a cadet. Not long after this he recelved his commission as a second lieutenant fn the Seventeenth United States Infantry. This was on November 23, 1880. It was only a short time after this that General Greely started on his expedition_to the north pole. Lieu- tenant Lockwood was very anxious to accompany the expedition, and, in fact, almost had the appointment, when First Lieutenant John B. Lockwood of the Twenty-third Infantry who was a first cousin of Captain Lockwood, made application to go on the expedition, and, being longer in the service, was given the prefererice over Captaln Lockwood, who up to the eleventh hour expected to go. The captain’s cousin was one of the unfortunates that never returned, and only his frozen body was found by the relief party. The first active service that Captain Lockwood saw was when he joined his regiment at Fort Pembina, North Dakota. He next ok a two years' course at the infantry and cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth. After graduating from there he rejoined his regiment at Fort Custer, Montana. In 1891 Captain Lockwood saw service in the Pine Ridge out- break, althourh at that time he was not actually under fire. He was promoted to be first lieutenant on June 22, 1889, and not long afterward transferred with First Lieutenant Walter M. Dickinson, then of the Fourth Cavalry, Captain Lockwood coming to the Fourth Cavalry and Lieutenant Dickinson going to the Seventeenth Infantry. Hereby hangs miracle num- ber two, for the Seventeenth Infantry was one of the regiments ordered to Cuba, and Lieutenant Dickinson was one of the officers killed at the head of the regiment in the San Juan Hill engagement. Captain Lockwood during the late War was ordered to Mississipp! for the purpose of mustering in the volunteer troops of that State. He mus- tered in the First and Second Volunteer regiments of the State.” Captaln Lockwood is one of the most efficlent officers in the army. He is excep- tionally well read and a close observer of many things connected with the army, and he shows the possession of a vast amount of detail knowledge of his chosen profession. Captain Lockwood is a son of Surgeon John A. Lockwood of the navy, whose famous essay on “Flogging in the Navy,” written for a Congressional committee, was the cause of the legislation that abolished that horrid practice. Captain Lockwood is an exceedingly popular officer. He Is pleasant and agreeable {n his manner and most ap- proachable. O+++++t+t+y S T POV UR S SO OB RS E E t L S T PSSP PRRR P P Y B e O e R S S R S S S R R R R T T T T T U RE ttttttttttttttttiittitte TWO SCHOONERS CAUGHT IN THE NEHALEM RIVER The Bar Has Shoaled Up on Them. MADAME BARRIOS’ DIAMONDS MADE HER PAY DUTY. Hard Luck of a Pleasure Party That Went on the Steam Launch Arizona and Got Aground, The schooners Volante and Seven Sisters will not be seen in San Francisco Bay for some months to come. They are in the Nehalem River, and are likely to remain there indefinitely. The Volante left here October 22, in ballast. They Nehalem all right, but no sooner had they crossed In than the bar began to shoal. Captains Krog and Rasmussen thought | itself and proceeded to load their vessels. Instead of making a passage for itself, the river shoaled up the bar more and | more until the two schooners were fast | prisoners. _After six weeks of waiting Captains Krog and Rasmussen gave up in despair and returned to the city with their crews. and fast in the river for the winter, and the only chance for them is that a freshet may open a new channel in the spring and let them out. Mme. Reine Barrios had quite a tilt with the customs authorities before she got her belongings oft the Mall steamer City of Panama. She is supposed to own one of the most magnificent collections of jewels in the world, and it was over these that the trouble arose. She was walking down the gangway of the steamer, when a custom-house officer accosted her. In her hand she carried a small satchel, and the inspector asked to be allowed to inspect the contents. Madame indignantly re- fused to allow the official to open the bag, saying it contained her personal effects. “I can’t help that,” was the answer. must see the contents.” “There {g nothing in it but my di monds, and_they are valued at $100,000, said Mme. Barrios, quietly. “All the more reason why I should see them,” as quletly answered the inspector. “Diamonds are dutiable.” Madame protested that all the stones the officer was obdurate. Agent Schwerin was appealed to, but he could only ad- vise that the diamonds be left aboard the ship in the_treasure-room until the Collector of the Port could be appealed to. Yesterday morning Mme. Barrios pald $1000 duty and received her jewels.« The City of Peking went to the Mail dock yesterday morning and landed her passengers. Among her cargo was $1,- 212,000 in gold yen. The bulk of this sum is part payment for the cruiser Chitose. She brought over raw silk valued at $900,- 000 amd several Chinese who were refused a landing at Honolulu. The United States exclusion law is now in force in the islands and a Chinese has to pass through the same procesg that he goes here in order to land in Honolulu. A big party of ladies and gentlemen had an experience on the launch Arizona last Sunday night they would not care to re- eat. The launch got aground near ireenbrae and the gentlemen had to get out and push her a mile over the mud be- fore deep water was reached. The Ari- zona left Folsom street wharf early Sun- day morning with Paul Stemer mé’ wife, Captain Hansen, A. Danlelson and wife, G. and J. F. Danielson, W. Schultze and wife, R. and A. Schultze, Mr. Dauger, Mr. Bower and wife and Mr. Small and wife. They tried to land at El Campo, but were refused permission, then the boat was headed for Greenbrae. The par- ‘i landed and had a good time, but-when they got back to the launch she was hard and fast in the mud. Some of the men went gunning and got some small birds, which the ladies cooked and made into a sipper. ad it not been for a lucky find the Pany would have had to remain on the aunch all night. The Arizona was bullt for a Klondike company, but the com- rlny disbanded and the boat was re- urned to the bullders. While rummag- ing around one of the party found sev- eral palrs of snowshoes and when these were put on the men ventured on the mud and began pushing the boat toward deep water. At midnight she was afloat, but in the excitement of pushing her over the mud the engineer had let the fire go out under the boller, 80 it took another hour to get up steam. About 2 a. m. the suty reached San Francisco hungry and isgusted over the mishap. The following rates were quoted on overdue ships yesterday: Laurelbank, 100 days out from Bha.nghal for Astora, 91 F{er cent; Celtic Bard, 80 days out from longkong for Puget Sound, 15 T cent; Jules Verne, 78 days out from New. ¥ NE, W for San Franeisco, 10 ger oag and Caradoc, 63 days out from Hiogo for Puget Sound, 50 per cent. Cellulofd albums, toflet cases and work- %O.xui”i good for Christmean, at l-.nbvrn.u A HARD-HEARTED INSPECTOR on October § and the Seven Sisters on | reached | the river would make another passage for | The vessels are now hard | were purchased in the United States, but | CITIZEN JUDGES OF IRS. BOTKIN Continued from First Page. ASSEMBLYMEN SUPPORT THE NEW CHARTER San Francisco Dele~ gation Caucuses. was colorless and her eyes sunken, show- | ing great pain and suffering. The wit- ness learned that Mrs. Dunning’s illness was of the same nature as that of his wife. His daughter was in the same room as her mother and he attended to both of them. He did not see the candy until | after the death of the women. To Attorney Knight the witness ex- plained the nature of the house in which they lived. It was unusually large and buiit on the Colonial style. He told of calling in Dr. Bishop to attend his wife on Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock. The doctor called and wrote a prescription which Mr. Deane took to have filled. The doctor saw the seriousness of the case and spent nearly the entire day in attendance. “Did he make any examination for phials or bottles?’ asked Mr. Knight. “He did not. He dlagnosed the case as | one of cholera morbus and treated it ac- cordingly,” said the witness. Continuing, he said his wife could retain nothing on her stomach and the doctor changed the medicine in an effort to bring relief. Thursday afternoon he gave her a stimu- lant, as she seemed very low. She then had convulsions and he called in another | physician for consultation. While they were discussing the case the woman died. Replying to questions the witness said he had not examined the pantry nor had he made inquiry of the cook as to the condi- | tlon of the food. At that time he had not been told of the candy. He did not see it nor know where it was until the Satur- day after his wife's death. | _John . Pennington, the venerable | fathet of th ALL THE MEMBERS ATTEND ELECTION OF PERMANENT PRES- IDENT AND SECRETARY. Resolution to Vote for Ratification of the New Charter Unanimous- ly Adopted by Republicans and Democrats, The San Francisco delegation-elect to the Assembly met at the Union League Club last night and resolved to vote for the ratification of the new charter. The following members, Republicans and Democrats, composing the entire Assem- bly delegation, attended the caucus: Republicans—C. F. Kenneally, L. A. Devoto, W. H. Cobb, A. H. Merrill, W. H. Rickard, H. W. Miller, H. C. Dibble, L. A. Henry, F. Lundquist, M. H. Barry, Eugene Sullivan. Democrats—L. Hoey, D. S. O'Brien, J. M. Hanley, E. D. Sullivan, J. J. Crowley, W. E. White, J. 8. Wardell. The caucus elected W. H. Cobb, Thirty- fifth District, president, and C. F. Ken- neally, Twenty-ninth District, secretary. The Democrats cast a complimentary vote for W. E. White for president and J. J. Crowley for secretary, but on the an- nouncement of the result voted to make the choice of Cobb and Kenneally unani- mous. H. C. Dibble introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: ““Whereas, The platforms of both politi- cal parties represented in the delegation pledged the legislative candidates to vote for the ratification of the new charter for the city and county of San Francisco; “Resolved, That we consider ourselves in honor bound by such plglform pledges and will vote for the ratification of sald charter.” THEY WERE WITHOUT FOOD. Captain Spiilane Relieves Two Fami- lies Who Were Destitute. Ex-Chief of Police Crowley and Captain Hall, both of whom are directors in the Hibernia Bank, yesterday afternoon vis- ited the Southern Station and gave Cap- tain Spillane $3250, with the instruction to use it in providing for the Sheppard and Thorsen families, who were reported to be in destitute circumstances. Ac- companied by one of his men Captain Spillane first visited the home of Mrs. Thorsen, at 435 Fourth street. The un- fortunate woman was in bed, seriously fll. In the room with her was her infant child, apparently suffering for the want | of some nourishment. In answer to the | questions of the kind-hearted police offi- | e two murdered women, was the last witness for the day and he had | not completed his testimony when the | hour for adjournment had arrived. When ;ralled to the stand he said his occupation ! was that of a lawyer, which profession he had followed since 1857. From 1877 to 1891 he occupied a seat in the House of Repre- sentatives. In 1874 and 1875 he was Attor- ney General of Delaware. He first told of the members of his family who were athered under his roof tree in August. n being asked as to the occupation of | John P. uxmlni, he said he was admitted to the tar in Delaware and later came |.out West and entered the employ of the | Assoclated Press. The witness could not | tell the exact date that Mrs. Dunning went | to Delaware, but he thought it was late in 1896. With her was her seven-year-old daughter. In addition to them there was living {n the house at the time of the mur- ders Mr. Deane, his wife and daughter and Harry Pennington, a grandson, who was spending the summer. Do you remember the 9th of August? asked Attorney Hosmer. Very distinctly, sir,” was the response. The witness told of procuring the trout which was served for supper from the Delaware River, “some seven miles from my home in an air line or nine miles by the carriage road.” The witness testified that after supper he lay down in ting-room. Later he went out on the rch and saw all the family assem- led there. Mrs. Dunning was holding a box of candy in her hand. She said, “See, g:lpa, what a nice box of candy some one as sent me.” She offered him some, | which he declined, as he had tobacco in his mouth at the fime. He went out and | returned about 9 o’clock, finding the fam- ily in the parlor. They 'soon retired, and | he fastened up the house and retired also. About midnight he heard Mrs. Deane vomiting, and her husband waliting on | her. He did not see her until morning, when he went to her room, and seeing her condition sent for a doctor. He also found Mrs. Dunning {ll. The witness told | of the attention bestowed on the ailing Lmember! of his household and then of the death of his two daughters. When shown the candy box he identi- | fied it as the one he had seen in his house | t Dover, Delaware. He found it at that | time on top of his secretary, and_the | | wrapper was then Flaced roughly about it. He placed his injtials on the wrap- per and also upon the top and bottom of the box containing the candy. He |gdia] the woman said that her husband | | also_initiaied the note and the hand- | cied;the ce by work- | kerchiet. Atter this he locked the box | fied, Out 2 miserabls SXBteace ¥ salo ing as a porter in a Third-street saloon. | Captain Spillane_went to the saloon and | found Thorsen. Both his hands are crip- | pled from rheumatism and it was with difficulty that he could use them. Con- vinced that it was a deserving case, Cap- tatn Spillane returned to the house and ave Mrs, Thorsen $15. After leaving her the captain went to the home of the Shep- | pard family, at 929% Alabama street. He found Mrs. Sheppard ill with fever and ague. She has four children, the eldest of whom is six years. The children are also suffering from the dreaded fever. | Satisfied that the family was in need Cap- tain Spillane gave the mother the balance of the money, amounting to $17 5. In both cases the destitute women profusely thanked the officlal for the welcome sums of money. —_——— ODD FELLOWS’ JUBILEE. The Convention Decides to Hold the Celebration in October, 1899. The general convention of the Odd Fel- lows' jubilee celebration met last night in Bureka Hall, Odd Fellows’ building. ‘There was present a large number of dele- gates from all parts of the State. Presi- dednth. S. Jones of California Lodge pre- led. The committee on credentials reported that 169 delegates from subordinate lodges, 105 from Rebekah lodges and twenty- seven from encampments were éntitled to | seats in the convention. | Two hundred and seventy-six replies | were received from various lodges, 203 fa- | vored the celebration in San Francisco, 80 of these favored the celebration on Sep- tember 9 and 128 in October during the encampment week. Seventy-three lodges favored the celebration in other towns, 61 gl these favored September and 12 Octo- er. Mrs. Sarah Wolf of Sacramento an- mn.\lnge? tl"lalt:lhe sslx llgdgenl in that city will join in the San Francisco - tion and tavored October. el ter a long discussion on the sub; of fixing the date of the celebranngnec; vote was taken by the delegates present. There were 94 votes cast, 52 being in fa- vor of October. —_————— Lawyer Boone Readmitted. United States Circuit Court Judge Mor- row yesterday readmitted John L. Boone to practice In his court. Boone was dis. barred about a year ago for offering his seryices on behalf of one of thedefendants in the suits broufht by A. B. Bowers for infringements of his patents on the Bowers dredger and for intimating that his e:;ferlence as attorney for Bowers in several of those cases would be of value to the new clients he was seeking on the other side of the case after ie and Bowers had agreed to separate. A strong petition for his reinstatement had been got up by Judge S. C. Denson and Bert chlesinger. It was signed by 220 attor- neys. ——— Protection Against Fire. The Fire Wardens are determined to see that all buildings in the city of four sto- ries or over are provided with fire es- capes and stand pipes. ‘They held a meet- | and its contents in a bureau. The wrap- | | per was taken by the witness to his office in the County Building. Here he | compared the address with that on_ an anonymous letter received by Mrs. Dun- ning some time previously. In his opin- fon they corresponded. After the burial of his daughters he al- lowed Dr. Bishop totake flve or six i pieces of the candy from the box and then locked the handkerchief. note and candy | all up together. On August 22 the witness | delivered all the articles to Detective Mc- | Vey in Dover. He next saw them in the | nxfl\ce of Chief Lees since he came to this | city. | 'he witness identified h two letters as having been recelved, one in June and the | other in July. These were the anonymous | letters which have figured in the case. He found them in his malil box, and after | handing the first one to Mrs. Dunning, to whom they were addressed, she told him !not to hand her any more that might | come in that handwriting. The later one he did not show her. The first of the letters was found among Mrs. Dunning’s | effects; the second, he retained. Attorney Hosmer attempted to establish the iden- | | tity of the writing on the package with | that of the anonymous letter. He did | not succeed, although the defense did so unintentionally later. | "Mr. Knight took the witness over the | | ground regarding the letters, and then | si | went abruptly to the question as to the | | quality of the fish off which the family | had dined. Mr. Pennington explained | then that his suspicions regarding the candy were aroused because of the simi- | larity of the handwriting on the anony | mous letter and that on the wrapper of the box. He thought that the same hand | | wrote_both. The two letters were thus | brought into the evidence. The court then adjourned until 10 o’clock this morn- | ing. | ‘Will Not Be Exhumed. DOVER, Del., Dec. 12.—There has been considerable surprise expressed here over the report printed here as coming from one of the San Francisco papers in which |1t was stated that Chief of Police Lees of San Francisco had sent two physicians to this clty to exhume the bodies of Mrs. ! Dunning and Mrs. Deane. There is noth- | ing in the report. If such an attempt. to | gather evidence should be made it would | certainly prove a fallure, for both bodies were embalmed before burial and the em- | balming fluld would neutralize all traces of poison taken into the stomach. Bell’'s Pistol Was Loaded. Willlam Bell, residing at 29% Fourteenth street, while rummaging through a/ drawer in the bureau yesterday afternoon found an old-fashioned pistol, which he proceeded to examine. Being curious to find out which end of the weapon the bul- let went into and also which end it went | out, he kept his finger on the trigger, and in doing so pressed sufficiently hard to snap the hammer. The report of the dis- charge, together with the powder flashing into his eyes, satisfied him as to how a bullet leaves a firearm when properly charged. Fortunately for Bell, there was not sufficlent powder to blind him, but | his eyebrows were singed and his sight | was temporarily affected. He Is now sat- isfled with his discovery. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Among the number are_the following schools: Dudley School, Haight street, near.Cen- tral avenue; Crocker School, Page street, between Broderick and Baker; Moulder School, Page and Gough streets; Jack- son Primary School, Stanyan street, near Oak; Hearst Grammar School, Hermann and Fillmore streets, also the Boys' and Girls’ Aid Soclety building, Grove and Baker streets, and St. Joseph’s Home, Park Hill and Buena Vista avenues. it was also decided to notify the owners and lessees of the Alhambra Theater, Eddy and Jones streets, that the rear portion was in a dangerous and unsafe condition and to request them to place it in a safe condition at onc ADVERTISEMENTS. There’s a richness about a library table that raises it above the every-day furni- ture and makes it an espe- cially proper Christmas gift. The many, many styles we show, big and little, will be helpful to you in finding the one that is “just right”— which a Christmas gift must be. And while talking of libra- ries—youmustn’t forget those arm-chairs and rockers with tapestry panels on the back. It's a happy idea—entirely new. For gifts they’re sim- ply ideal. Open Evenings. California Furniture Company (N. P. COLE & CO) Garpets 117-123 Geary St. Mattings SPECIAL TO-DAY Ladie > Capes At $3.45. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, lined with silk serge, handsomedy braided and beaded, collar and fronts edged with black Thibet fur, worth 6 50, sale price §3 45 each. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets. CURED OF ASTHMA After 35 Years of Suffering. It will be gratifying to Asthmatic readers to learn that an absolute cure has at last been discovered by Dr. Ru- dolph Schiffmann. That the remedy is an effectual one cannot be doubted after perusal of such testimony as that of C. W. Van Antwerp, Fulton, N. Y., who says: “Your Asthma Cure is the best I ever used. I tried it according to directions, and one box entirely cured me of asthma, and I have not had it since. I can now go to bed and sleep all night with perfect comfort, which I have not done before for 35 years, and I thank you for the health that I now enjoy. I hope that you will publish this letter, that others may learn of its wonderful virtues.” Schiffmann’s Asthma Cure is sold by all druggists at 50c and $1 00 per pack- age, or can be obtained by writing di- rect t¢ Dr. R. Schiffmann, box 804, St. Paul, Minn. AUCTIO —or— Investment, Business, Residence and Unimproved Property To be held st our Salesroom 14 MONTGOMERY STREs: Bz o dle MONDAY DECEMBER 197TH, 1898 At 12 o'clock Noon. POTRERO AVENUE LOTS. 18 building lots,West side Potrero Ave., between 19th and 20th streets; one-fifth cash, balance in one, two, three or four annual payiaents with interest on tic third Ppayment at the rate of 7 per cent. per spnum. 5 EXECUTORS® SALE. tate of A. Cooper, Dogeased. Lot and | ments, No. 323 South side Washington atreet, 8 fok Fast of Battery strect; size 20x50 fect. Store Gecupiod s Restaurant.” Property renting for 467. STOCKTON STREET RESIDENCE. 1913 Stockton street,West side, 80 feet South of Chest- nut, two-story house of 8 rooms and bath and 2 attia rooms, bay windows, concrete foundation, stove side- walk, streat paved. lot 40x60 with the Ficht of continn. oususe of alley 17: 3 gususe of alley 17: x60 fect. Morigage of $2,00 in bank TURK STREET CORNER. Building lot, 8.W. cor Turk Street and Centrai Ave., 27:6x110_feet. Mortgage of 2500 in Sen Francisco Bavings Unfon; can remain if desired. SHANAHAN EKSTATE. Administrator’s Sale. No.1410-10% Harrison street, between 10th and 1ith & two flats of six and five rooms and basement; lot 25x75 feet. Sale subject to approval of the Probate Court. MISSION CORNER. To close an Estate. In subdivisions, 5 houses in fints of four rooms eacn, 1203, 1205, 1207. 1209, 1211, 1213 an DR. A. T. SANDEN, * 702 Market Btreet, Oornor Kearny, Ban Francisce. LB s oy nches Second street; Portland, ‘258 Washington reot; Denver, Colo, ‘Wl klxtunul street; o ‘155 : Butte, Mont., 128" Rreh “Sain strest B E AR R B b B B R R Bos et b T o NOT IN DRUG STORES, ool 303 Went Dr. Sanden's Electrie Belt 10 never sold n stores Dor by traveling agents; only +8+8+4-0+8+04+240404-040840 lnnvu and fill the body with the fire of youth. Try it. Read | 1 1, d 1215 Banchez street, and 3931 and 3983 Twenty-fifth strest. Residence N.E. cor. C\lp:er and Sanchex street and stable. Vacant lot East side of Sanchez, 112 feet North of Clipper strees. HOWARD STREET BUILDING LO Choice lot 45x133 feet, South-east ine Howard Streety 165 feet 3% inches N K. of Thirteenth street. For further partioulars apply at our office G. H. UMBSEN & CO., Auctioncers 14 Montgomery Street