The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1898, Page 10

10 T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, \ DECEMBER 14, 1898 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. NOTHING BUT THE WOUNDS CAUSED DEATH Dr. Buteau’s Strong Oakland Again in a Testimony. TWO DAYS OF QUESTIONING POPULISTS GONE ASTRAY LILLIAN WAS BEATEN NOT LONG | MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BEFORE DEATH. ALL PARTIES ARE LOADING THEIR GUNS J | | Sea of Politics. ON A/ BROADER BASIS. Brandes’ Attorney Fails to Change Republicans to Decide Whether the the Damaging Opinion Formed at the Autopsy by sn | Expert. %8 B | Dr. S. H. Buteau answered questions for five hours to-day put to him by Attorney J. E. Bennett, who is defe W. Brandes on the charge of mur daughter. Attorney Bennett sought to prove th not any one of the brulses on Lilian body or head especially could have caused ve been in- | death, also that the before | the Municipal longer | Ward, and he has been asked by the Sev-| Convention Delegates Shall Be Appointed or Elected at Primaries. | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | %8 Broadway, Dec 13. | The opening of the city campaign by ! League has stimulated | other parties to action, and on Thursday cening the Republican City Central | Committee will meet and iscuss the | method of calling a convention. George R. Wiiliams, the chairman, has | called a meeting for Thursday evening. Mr. Willlams represents the Seventh enth Ward Republican Club to use his in- i ® fiicted at a period than that between the time of death and | POEOO® O} ATTORNEY BE! your opinion, were the: E injuries ATTORNEY BE and body BUTEAU—I do. nothing to indicate anything else. U—1 w: it which andes hands of this mu TT—With what kind of an instrument, inflicted on the head? DR. S. H. BUTEAU—A smooth, ylelding instrument. not have been inflicted by a fall down stairs or in any other way. NNETT—From the injuries apparent on the head do you think they were the cause of death? At the post mortem examination STT—Did you examine the spinal cord? s looking for the cause of death and found a good NETT—If this instrument (holding up the loaded billy with s supposed to have murdered his daughter), in the cular man (telling Brandes to arise, which he did), while in a condition of rage, were brought down on the head of a 13-year-old child, would death not, in your opinion, be instantaneous? BUTEAU—I don't think that he could have killed her instantane- ously if he had hit her on the head with an ax. been instantaneous death.—From the Cross-exammation of the Ezpert in It would not have @ | ® | o | ® | CRONOJOROJOROROJORCROROJOROROROROXO] [oXcYoXoXcROXOXOROFOROXORORONOXO] in They could there was It not, why mnot? ® ® ® ® ® ® ® [O] ® ® 9} beat her. The at- the last time Brande torney showed considerable knov ledge of surgery, and he and the expert W conversed for five hours on the appe the | tion of parks. ance of wounds, the formation of tables of the skull at different ages, of e terfor and interior wounds and of the cause of certain pathological conditions which were found in the skull of the murdered girl. | Dr. Buteau testifled that he found two wounds on the skull of which there was no exterior indication. The attorney tried | 1o make the doctor say that such wounds were the result of shock and not of blows, but Dr. i that this theory could not pc nt for the condition of Lilli ither of the wounds, said the w if they were neglected might produce death. But neitner of them would be considered fatal by a who was called in to dal.u:nd them as soon as they were inflicted.” The whole day was taken up with the examination of Dr. Buteau. He a very courteous and ObuEINg Wit- ness, never seeming to be annoyed by the almost interminableness of questions, but rather seeming to enter into the interest of the subject as though he were a witness having a personal interest In the case and not mere| an expert e The testimony of Dr. Buteau will close the prosecution, which has now con- gumed elght days. The defense has not vet indicated what witnesses it will bring Torwa but from to-day’s proceedings it is very evident that it intends to_ rel jargely on argument for which the dation has been laid in the cross-ex- amination of Dr. Buteau. Attorney Ben- nett’s line of questioning showed that he is striving to make it appear that Lillian Brandes may have fallen downstairs and sustained & concussion that produced death, and that the wounds found on her are merely superncial, of uncertain age. and cannot be traced to the brutality of her fathe: BABY ENOS DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID DIED AFTER AN HOUR OF FEAR- FUL AGONY. fThe Poison Found by the Little Fel- low in a Trunk While at Play. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Dec. 13. Little Baby Enos, two years of age, @rank carbolic acid this morning and an Hhour later was a corpse. 4 The Enos family lives at 1658 Sixteenth gtreet and the mother, according to her etatement, always keeps a small supply of family medicines in the house. They are stored in a trunk, but it was not lock- ed, nobobdy anticipating that the child vould discover it. “Af!or breakfast the little boy was pla; ing in the house and unnoticed he opened the medicine box. He played with the bottles and finally took out a vial of carbolic acid, the contents of which. he drank. His screams attracted the attention of his mother, who at once gaw what had been done and secured the attendance of Dr. Huntington. The little Tellow's mouth and throat were severely burned and much of the fluid had gone into the stomach, the injuries being so virile that none of the remedies afforded any relief and the little one died after an hour of frightful suffering. e —— BIG BLAZE AT SUNOL. Buildings Destroyed and Mrs. Ram- baud Has a Narrow Escape. OAKLAND, Dec. 13.—At 5:30 o’clock this morning Sunol was visited by a damaging fire, which destroyed several bulldings in the center of town and almost resulted in loss of one life. m'f'l:e biaze was first discovered in the two-story frame bullding owned by A. Rambaud. The lower portion of the build- ing is used as a saloon and the upper por- tion as a lodging house. Mrs. Rambaud's room was on the second floor, and the flames cut off every means of escape from her room and she appeared at a window screaming for help. Finally several men secured a ladder and rescued the woman, who was about overcome with smoke. The building was a_total loss, as were also several houses adjoining. The origin of the fire is unknown. An effort was made to fight the flames, but no water could be secured. Tailor Jacobs Is Missing. OAKLAND, Dec. 13.—D. Jacobs, a tailor residing on Telegraph avenue, near Sev- enteenth street, with a shop in the Mac- donough block,’ has.been missing for the last two days. His whereabouts is un- known. This morning his wife reported the matter to Chief of Police Fletcher. Bhe stated that Jacobs had married her only about six months ago, and left no warning of his sudden departure. v for a while | foun- | | | can see, the People's | fidence. | mentioned as possible fluence toward having the delegates ap- pointed by a committee and not elected at primarie “Both systems have their drawbacks and can be abused,” said Chairman Wil- | llams. In holding primaries the principal | objection is that a great many people not Republicans vote. In the system of ap- pointing delegates there is also much room for abuse. The committee having the power to appoint can name delegate: whom they know to be favorable to cer- tain candidates, and this abuse cannot be avoided. It might be obviated to some | extent if the committee was chosen by lot. Nothing has yet been done regarding our city campaign, but we will get dowi to business on Thursday. Personally, 1 am in favor of retaining good men in of- fice, regardless of their politics, so far as municipal affairs go.” The Republican City Central Commit- tee is composed of George R. Wiliams president; M. D. Merritt, chairman George S. Meredith, C. L. Wagner, E. N. Lake, H. D. Carlton and Dan W. Doody. The Municipal League has already in- dicated what its platform will be. It will not only include a demand for honesty in the city government but will advocate permanent improvements and the acquisi- This is a radical departure from the principles of the league in the past. Six years ago it was instrumental in defeating park and boulevard bonds, Two years ago it all but declared against the policy of buying land for public parks. | Now it Is in favor of procuring public parks provided this can be done without 1spicion of a job by real estate men. he People’s party is without a head. T. Johns is chairman of the City Cen- | tral Committee, but he voted the Republi- | can ticket at the last election, and when asked to-day what part the party would | take next spring he said: *“As far as I| party is on the It has not lived up to its princi- | There are too many_ people in it as | in other parties who are looking for the Joaves and fishes and who take very little | interest in the party. I think now that | it will be the Republican party that will | work out the salvation of the country. | At first I thought it was to be the prov ince of the People’s party, because the put up the best platform. But they have | not ltved up to it, and I have renounced | it. 1 have not vet handed in my resigna- tion as chalrman of the city committee, but 1 voted for the Republicans at the | last election and I cannot tell what are | the prospects of the People's party. A. T. Macdonough, chairman of the Democratic City Central Committee, has one conviction firmly enthroned in his mind. There will be no fusion with the Populists. In discussing the matter this morning | Chairman Macdonough sald, ““We shall probably meet early in January. We have | not yet mapped out any particular line of | campaign, but I hardly think it neces-| sary to say that there will be no fusion | and consequently less confusion. Al-| though admitting that the State election | was rather disastrous from a Democratic point of view, I consider it only one of | those upheavals which occur periodically and which have the effect of stimulating | greater efforts in the future. The Demo- | -atic party proposes to put men on the ticket in_whom the people have con- Several names have already been candidates _for Mayor. Among these are Dr. A. Fine, Seth Mann, chairmaun of the State Cen- | tral Committee; Ex-Mayor C. D. Pierca | and F. P. McFeely.” 1t is probable that the Municipal League | ; | wane. ples. will nominate five of the present Council- men, viz: Cuvelller, Girard, Rowe, Upton and Pringle, and their candidate for May- | or will either be John F. Towle, Giles H. | iray, Arthur H. Breed or J. W. Nelson, | while Frank Mott may also be considered | in the race. As all these men are well- known Reptiblicans, it Is very evident that | the league intends to anticipate some of | the Republican nominations. Auditor | Snow would probably be nominated by | the league for Mayor if he would consent, | but it is more than likely that when he is nominated for Mayor he would prefer it at the hands of @ straight Republican convention. John F. Towle was nlaced in nomination for Mayor at the last Republi- can city convention and beaten by Mayor Thomas, and as he is an active member of the league, it is apparent that he would | prefer the league to a party nomination. | “It was hoped that we could keep poli- tics out of our minds until after Christ- | mas,” said a politiclan to-day, “but it | was impossible and Oakland is again in | her element.” ; Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Dec. 13—Laura Isabelle Jacobsen to-day filed suit for a divorce from Richard Enrich Jacobsen. Peter Farrell, deputy poundmaster, who was convicted two weeks ago on a charge of battering a small boy from whom he was trying to snatch a dog, again begged off to-day In the Police Court and had the time of fixing his sentence continued un)tl“ Deseli'nber 30. T % ary Petermann, declas ncompetent on September 19, 1897, to-day peult)l'imed | charge, expec for insanity at his home, 1718 Seventh street, tonight. He is detained at the Re- celving Hospital and will be examined by the Commissioners of Lunacy to-morrow. —_——— EBELL REUNION. Celebrates ItsiTweflnty“-S'econd Anni- versary. OAKLAND, Dec. 13.—The twenty-sec- ond anniversary of the founding of the Ebell Club was celebrated this after- noon at the clubrooms. A hundred and fifty ladies were at the luncheon and the entertainment that followed. Mrs. R. P. Gleason was toastmistress, and was introduced by the president, Mrs. A. W. Bishop. Among the speakers were Mrs. F. B. Sanborn of the Sorosis Club, | Mrs. P. W. T. Brown and Miss Horton, former presidents of the Ebell; Miss Mary Lambert, Mrs. Blake-Alverson, rs. | Haight of the Town and Gown Club, Mrs. Dunne of the Forum, Mrs. Tisdale of tne Adelphian, and Mrs. Burrell. Tbe” rooms were decorated with palms and ferns, and the table was decorated with pink geraniums. The speeches and Songs were well recejved, and the occasion was a marked social success. Finally Secures a Divorce. OAKLAND, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Louisa Ma- lingren has been granted a divorce from andy Malingren, who has been serving Atence at dan Quentin on a charge of bicycle stealing. Twice before she sought a legal separation on the ground of deser- tion and failure to provide, but on these | cecasions it was denied because defendant was in jail. The divorce to-day was grant- ed on the ground of defendant having been convicted of a felony. Plaintiff, whu resides in Alameda, was allowed to re- sume her maiden name, Louisa Cruz. —_—e———— Mrs. Edgar Passes Away. BERKELEY, Dec. 13—Mrs. Ann Jane Edgar, the wife of Archibald Edgar, died in Berkeley this afternoon, aged 6 years. She was the mother of Robert, Willlam, Arthur and Samuel Edgar and of Mrs. John Stutt, all of whom are well known sere. dence_of John and Etna streets. Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Dec. 13.—Professors R. H Langbridge and D. T. Fowler of the agri- cultural deuartment of the University of ifornia_left to-day for Guinda, Yolo County, where they will conduct a farm- | ers' institute Wednesday and Thursday. jerhard Wandering of street, who was blown over and severely injured at Shattuck avenue and Addison reet during the heavy windstorm last urday, Is recovering slow DB Kel who has the case In s his patient to be entirely recovered after three or four weeks. Steps are being taken to organize a press club among the students of the Berkeley High School. At a meeting yes terday F. R. Warnick, T. R. Hanna and dson The funeral will be held at 1 o’clock | next Thursday afternoon from the resi- | Stutt, corner of Kearny | 1811 Addison | | | terday, confirmed the report that the or- H. L. Dungan were appointed as a com- | mittee to draft a constitution. L. C. Duff acted as chairman of the meeting. Bargains In children’s books, games and | heart was found to be rather large and in \.’.\ somewhat flabby state, this condition, it dolls on second floor at Sanborn & Vai | THE DEATH 0 H, C. SUKEFORTH YET A MYSTERY Must Remain a Matter| of Conjecture. NO TRACE OF POISON FOUND PHYSICIANS PU1 FORWARD AN EXPLANATION. But. Nothing Positive Shown As to How the Young University Student’s Life Was Ended. BERKELEY, Dec. 13.—There is still a cloud of mystery hanging over the death of Harold C. Sukeforth, the young uni- versity student who was found lifeless in his room at 1404 Henry street yesterday morning. Although the Coroner’s inquest is over, and all legal inquiry thereby at an end, there is still much about the case | that Is unsatisfactory and for which no | adequate explanation can be given. The conclusion reached to-day by Drs. ‘Woolsey, Hoagland and Kelsey, the phy- sicians conducting the autopsy, was to the effect that the young man's death was not due to poison. No traces of any deadly drug could be found in the contents of the stomach, which had been subjected to a rigid chemical test. No trace, more- over, of any poisonous substance could be found in any part of the body. All theo- ries of suicide connected with poisoning were therefore set aside, and no furthex attempt will be made to exploit the case in that direction. It was completely dis- carded at the inquest held to-night. A second autopsy this afternoon cover- ing practically the ground gone over ye: gans of the body were in no abnormal | condition. The suggestion at first offered | that Sukeforth was addicted to an exces- | sive uge of tobacco finds but little | substantiation in the post mortem con- clusions of the physicians. While the A WOMAN SPRINGS FROM THE FERRY DECK Mystery of the Steamer Garden City During a Night Trip to Alameda. Shortly after the ferry-boat Garden City left the dock on her 10:15 ¢'clock trip to Alameda a gentleman standing in the forward part of the boat noticed a woman acting rather strangely in the saloon. He turned toward her, but as he did so she ran out hurriedly past him. He heard a splash and a cry, and, looking out, saw an arm stretched out above the water, and the cry, this time muffled, was repeated. He at | once gave the alarm, the engines were stopped, boats lowered'and a thorough search made, but no trace of the woman could be found. The only clew to her identity i{s an umbrella left in the sa- loon. It is an ordinary black umbrella, with a handle shaped like a shepherd’'s crook. d —————— LADY GOLF PLAYERS. Foursomgs and Driving Competiticn on the Links of the San Francisco Club. The ladies' foursomes and the ladles’ driving competition that were on the pro- gramme of the San Francisco Golf Club for Friday morning, December 9, were de- ferred on account of the violent northerly gale blowing on that day. On' Monday morning eight ladles entered the competi- tion on the Presidio links. Miss Ella W. Morgan and Miss Alice Hager beat Miss E. Carolan and Mrs. Clinton E. Worden, the winn being 2 up. Miss C. Tav.or and Miss G. Carolan defeated Miss E. Wood and Miss C. Crockett, the winners being 6 up. The winners of the first foursome should have played 9 holes against the winners of the sécond foursome, but time or other engagements not permitting this, Miss C. Taylor and Miss G. Carolan were declared winners of the ladies’ four- somes. The following ladies entered for the driving competition: Miss E. W. Morgan, Miss Alice Hager, Miss E. Carolan, Miss C. Taylor, Miss C. Crockett, Miss G. Car. olan and’ Mrs. C. E. Worden. Miss C. Crockett was declared the winner with & drive of 160 yards. The men's driving compeition set.down on _the programme of the San Francisco Golf Club for Saturday, December 17, has been postponed, as on that day the team of the Oakland Gold Club will visit the Presidio links to play the second half of the game begun on the Oakland links on Saturday, the 10th inst. The games of December 10 and 17 will ‘be counted as one contest in the home-and-home compe- tition between the Oakland and San Fran- clsco players. The second double-barrel- ed contest will take place in the spring of next vear. On the 10th inst. there were not many players out on the Presidio links. H. B, Goodwin made two rounds in 51, 49; and A. B. Watson one in 6. On December 11 T. Binney made two rounds in 7, §5; and C. F. Muuns went round twice in 59, 57. —_————— Dockery Again on a Raid. Dockery, the terrible, accompanied by his sturdy henchman, Ben Davis, was on the warpath again last night. During the | early part of the evening he stopped for- ty-three milk wagons and took samples, At North Beach he encountered two loads which_contained milk so badly adulter- ated that he dumped the contents in the gutters and arrested the drivers of the wagons. The men were locked up at the « jatory, and Antone Brignolo and G. Rosso, California-street station, where they gave their names as J. Brennan and Zeno Gwerder. Samples of milk have been | taken from eighty hotels, saloons, gro- | cerles and restaurants, and it was found that the milk was below the standard in forty-two out of the eighty — e Contracts Awarded. The Fire and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday accepted | the Goodyear Rubber Company's bid of | $1980 for a combination chemical engine and hose wagon. The Orpheum Company was granted permission to swing an electric sign from the front of t?e Orpheum building on O'Farrell streef. W. T. Garratt & Co. were awarded the contract to furnish two monitor batteries at a cost of $1790. The contract to build a fire engine house at the corner of Tenth avenue and J g{é}et was let to J. Sheibley, who bid The committee reported favorably a petition of the Fire Department to have forty new fire plugs placed in_the distriet bounded by Larkin, Sutter, Market and Powell. | —_——— ‘W. B. Hayward’s Baby. When the cases of W. B. Hayward, the father of the dead baby that was dis- covered among the refuse at the Crem- the two scavengers who took the baby to the Crematory, were called in Judge Mo- gan's court yesterday, their = attorneys raised the point that'there was no at- tempt to infer the body outside a ceme- tery as required bv the Penal Code. It was argued that a crematory was not a cemetery within the meanipg of the law. The Judge said he would consider the point and give his decision to-day. Bankrupt Mechanics. Ray C. Hopkins, a mechanic working In the railroad shops in Sacramento, filed a petition yesterday in Insolvency in the United States Court. His liabilities are $967 85 and his assets $158 50. J. F. Love- land, a mechanic working in the railroad shops In Oakland, filed a petition also. His liabilities are $615 50 and his assets $145, wages due him from the company, and which he claims is exempt because ;\ectfisnry for the maintenance of his amily. s —_——— Fell Dead at His Doorstep. ‘William A. Nichols, a carpenter, 48 vears of age, residing at 1515% Mission street, dled at his home last evening, pre- sumably from heart disease. His brother, with whom he lived, says that Nichols ‘was going up the steps to the house when he seemed to be taken with a fainting fit. He fell down the stairs, and when picked ur was dead. He had been troubled with his heart for some time. ————————— More Cigars on the Curacao. Customs inspectors made another seizure on the Curacao yesterday morn- Ing of 1425 cigars. On the day pre- vious 4500 cigars were seized. It has been the practice for the Curacao on her way up from Mexico to stop at Ban Diego and Redondo. On the present trip tfie Curacao did not stop at these ports, and therefore there was no opportunity to land the smuggled cigars. —_———— Railroad Men Deny a Report. Third Vice-President J. C. Stubbs of the Southern Pacific, when seen yesterday afternoon and asked If there was any truth in the report that the Southern Pa- cific was trying to purchase the Virginia and Truckee and Carson and Colorado Ralilroads, replied that there was not. The rumor 1s also denifed by D. O. Mills, ‘who practically controls the roads, was pulled down. falling debris. people brought to terra firma. about midway of the hotel. wag thus pulled through. O R s S e S S S R TSRS PR for restoration to capacity. King Wells, aged years, was arrasted | THE THEATER WALL FALLING UCKY Baldwin is keeping good his promise, grimed monument of his former glory, the shrine of his early pride, as it were, is beginning to totter in earnest. he reared and which since the fire have been a menace to the public safety are being rapidly leveled to the ground. the large middle wall that separated the hotel During the leveling of this wall all traffic on Market and Powell streets was stopped for fear that some one might be injured by the Sergeant Donovan with a squad of police kept the streets cleared and prevented the curious public from approachigg too near to the building. For a while the cars were not allowed to pass the ruins of the hotel, and all vehicles were turned back or else held in check by the police. It was generally known that an attempt would be made at 1 o’clock to tear down this middle wall, and the streets were crowded with people. Nearly every window in the Emporium was filled with occupants, while the tops of the buildings along Powell and Ellis streets were black with who were anxious to see the monument of brick and mortar The wall in question was about ninety feet in height. the main wall of the hotel that ran parallel to Powell street at a point At the point and top of where the two walls intersected was the huge 100,000 gallon water tank. A steel cable was passed through one of the top windows in the wall and this was connected with a windlass on the top of the annex of the hotel. through the window by the means of a life-saving gun. was fired through the window, and this was attached to the cable, which It took very little power to start the wall, and when it began to fall it broke in the middle and came down with a crash. A blinding cloud of brick and mortar dust followed the collapse of the wali, which was successfully thrown without hurting any one. Baldwin hopes to have all of the walls down by the end of the week. FHELELL P4 L P42 I 4444444444444+ + and the smoke be- 4 The walls that Yesterday at 1:25 o’clock proper from the theater It intersected The cable was got First a small rope L S S YRS OSSO S SO 18 sald, need not necessarily have resulted from the effects of smoking, but was probably due to other causes. Many of the young man’s friends now deny that he smoked excessively, although there are several who still maintain to the contrary. It was agreed by all the doctors that to- bacco alone could not have caused his deflth. o was also brought out by the testi- mony of witnesses that Sukeforth was never in the habit of using drugs, that nothing is known of his having gone to a drug store to purchase them, nor have any of his friends given him any at any time. It was further shown that no bottles or traces of a drug of any kind could be found in the room or about the young man’s clothes. Thus, while this theory will be generally accepted, the na- ture of the drug and the manner of ob- taining it can only be matters of conjec- ture. And the mystery of the young | student’s early death can never, there- fore, be anything more than mere con- Je;’!rlllreb e Coroner's jury, after listening to {::tegé%igc;&fl%red}: ‘re(umed a vexg-d(tct ue ca’!u‘)s;csjunlfnow{n 0 some cause or e Junior class of the university, which. Sukeforth was a member, piusgé resolutions of respect and esteem. W. H. Sukeforth, the boy’s father, ar- rived in_Berkeley at a late hour ' last night. He left with the remains this evening for his home in Nevada City, where the interment will take place. FOUND A SCORE OF SKELETONS STRANGE DISCOVERY OF OFFI- CER XAMP. Unearthed the Bones of Ancient In- dian Warriors While Hunting in Contra Costa Marshes. ALAMEDA, Dec. 13.—Police Officer Al- bert Kamp of this city unearthed a num- ber of Indlan relics and a score of skele- tons of ancient warriors while on a hunt- ing trip yesterday near Brentwood, Con- tra Costa County. In traveling through the tules he came across a sand mound about three feet high and six feet square at the base. Noticing several human bones protruding from the mound he scraped away the sand and unearthed a pile of skeletons. They were placed one on the other without any pretext to ar- rangement. “There must have been at least twenty skeletons,” said Mr. Kamp, to-day, “and the bones were all in a perfect stata ot preservation. One peculiarity about the skulls was that nearly all of them bore evidence of having been crushed with a tomahawk or some other sharp instru- ment.” In his investigations Mr. Kamp found | several tools, used by the aborigines, which they made from elk hofns. He learned that there is a tradition around Brentwood that the Indians who once dwelt there fought a bloody battle in the viclnity years before the white men set- tled in the country. The mound discov- ered by Mr. Kamp is supposed to be the burial place of the siain, although its ex- istence was not known to the oldest in- habitant of that section of Contra Costa county. Mr. Kamp brought home a per- fect skull and crossbones and several elk horn bodkins, which the Indians used in gewing. The relics will be presented to Senator E. K. Taylor. Arson to Hide Another Crime. ALAMEDA, Dec. 13.—A barn at 3014 En- cinal avenue,’ belonging to Senator k. K. Taylor, was burned to the ground yes- terday and there is now a Strong sus- icion that some one committed arson to ide a crime. Lord Alfred Scott, a mem- ber of the British nobility who has been residing in this city, stored a valuable carriage and harn in the building. Just before the fire Sunday a young man was seen running away from the stab) carrying the harness. = A few moments later the structure burst into flames. Lord Scott stated to a Call reporter to- day that he has evidence that the barn was robbed of {ts contents and then fired to conceal the crime. — e To Be a Doctor of Philosophy. BERKELEY, Dec. 13.—Miss Millicent ‘W. Shinn, who graduated from the Uni- versity of California in 1880 in the college of letters, will soon add to her degree of A. B. the degree of doctor of philosophy. Miss Shinn will be given a public exam- ination next Friday afternoon by a com- mittee composed of several of the pro- fessors of the Berkeley faculty. If suc- cessful her new honor will be conferred at the commencement exercises of the university, to be held at the close of the present academic year. Miss Shinn is well known as a writer on pedagogy, her principal contributions being on the sub- Jject of child study. —— e HOYEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. H W Strader, Sacto P C Moaf, Stockton A I Chambers, S Jose [, O Hendeérson, Carson G M Antrim, § Jose (G W Smith, Or V W_Gaskell, Jackson W F Price, S Rosa H § Shevard, Liverpool F Cox, Sacto C E Mayfleld, Suisun |Mrs E Clack, Oroville W 8 Coulter, Healdsbg|J Reams & w, Stktn T S Menihan, Healdsb!C F Bryant, Cal R W McLeon, Portland|Miss E Bryant, Cal M C Beem, Fort Jones'C P Fry & w, Yreka W McKee & w, Ala |J H Browning, Grandl L Emery Jr, Pa Mrs J T McJenkins, D_O Harrelson & w,| Hanford Visalia F T McJenkins, Cal W P Mathews Sacto [W C Waters, Cal W_F Maggard, Sacto |D Pattern, Napa J H Beecher, Anderson G .C O'Neall & w, M C Marsh, L Ang A Lathrop, Cab Carthage L O Mayer, Ohio Mrs WM Williamson'G D Roberts, L Ang & child, sacto /M Goldsmith, Stockton/ W M Vanderkurst, Cal 'L O Stephens, Fresno 8 Davis, Salt Lake E G Laisy & w. Fresno Mrs Lea, Cal D D Oliphant, Portind May Beecher, Cal PALACE W Rooke, N Y J J Grace, Hawail W Koller, Berlin G Huser,’ Cologne W H Cheppn, N Y A B Wood, Detrolt J F Haley, Eureka M Shimose, Japan R J Collins, St Louls HOTEL. 13 L Tlloway, N Y B F Bush, Roslyn W_E Drake, Vancouvr |8 Wormser, Pa iM A Myers, Chicago. Dr_McChesney&w, Mo T Wymonde, London S N Rucker, § Jose* Mrs McNeill, S Cruz C A Tilles,” St Louls |E R Swieudinger, Pa O J Smith & w, Reno'J O Pecklands, Ohio W G Ebbs, N ¥ Mrs Goodman, Ohio T Couch. Montana | E_§ Hall, Tacoma W E Rothery, Everett T Couch Jr, ‘Montana| Mrs Overhaltzer, B C O E Never, P Robles C H Parent, Phila Mrs Cutts, 'Mare Isld J Adamson, London |T Hill, Yosemite J 8 Childs, Cal W 8 Hill, Yosemite NEW WESTERN HOTEL. G Henderson, Phila Miss Henderson, Philaj W E Fairchild, S Cruz D H Schater, 'Gilroy Brown, 8 Jose IMiss Howard, Vallejo H M Beattle, Seattle) W A ¥ikin, ‘Seattle E C Boutelle, Seattle E Marriott, Seattle Miss A Perry, Ind P Conway, Wor‘'and Mrs Perry, Ind J B Ress, Seat | Miss C Perry, Ind G Cooper, Fresn. W J Anderson, Phila J H Barton, Cal F Estrada, L. Ang R Husband,' Oroville ————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. San Francisco Savings Unlon to Thomas Grant Wyatt, commencing 8 W of Valencia_street and 165 § of Twenty-third, § 40, W 77:6, N 40,1, Jacob and Lina Heyman to Mary J. Otter, lot on N line of Elizabeth street, 350 W of Hoffman avenue (Ellen), W 25 by N 114, lot 211, Heyman Tract; $10. % Behrend Joost to Margaret A. Murphy, lot z hl:lcok 11, Flint Tract Homestead Assocla- tion; $10. Alphonse and Marie Soulages to Martin 0. Farrier, lot on W line of Kennebec (Sullivan) street, 225 S of Jefferson, S 25 by W 70, lot 478, Gift Map 2; $10. 3 Marion O. and Emily J. Farrier to Marie Soulages (wife of Alphonse), 1ot on W line of Moltrie (Minot) street, 375'S of Eugenia, W & s‘w"st 3, N 9, lots 207, 212 and 213, Gift ap 1;'$16. Loulsa’ and Samuel McGibben to Frank L. Gilbert, lot on S line of Sixth avenue, 106 & of K street, E 125 by 8 100, lot 233, block 120, Central Park Homestead; $10. ‘ Frank L. Gilbert to F. Tillman Jr., same: §10, Alameda County. Josiah E. and Lydia A. Miller to Lore ‘Welch, lot on N line of Charter or T'“R;? goecgndxst]?e‘t;‘ssg:ll E !oft EmTP.hllo avenue, B ¥ 9:41, being lot 41, Tuttle Homest Tract, Oakland; $10. oad L. 8 B. Sawyer to Mercdith Sawyer, lot on N corner of Ohlo and Cottage streets, NW 150, NE 100, SE 50, NE 200, NW 100, NE 50, SE 100, SW 50, SW 100, SW 300 to beginning, Oakland: 2lso lot on § corner of Ohio and Prince streets, NE 153:9, NW to beginnin Oakland; also lot on SE line of Ohio street, 1 SW from the corner formed by S corper of Chambers and Ohio streets, thence SW 100, thence at right angles 9 SE to center of smali creek or gulch, thence N to a point at right angles to point of beginning, thence NW 50 feet to beginning, Oskland: also lot on W iine of Erle street, 100 N of Cottage, W 100 by N 100, all being known as lots 74, 82, 93, 91, 90, 89, 88 and 2, block G, map of Gaskill Addition to Parsont’ Golden Gate Tract, Oakland Annex, uitclatm deed; $10. @ Thomas P. Harden to Rowena R. Harden, lot on N line of Felton street, 160 £ ot Lowell, E 25 by N 132:6, being lot 42, block 33, resubdi- Yision of Smith's subdivision Mathers Tract, erkeley; $110. 3 Joseph and Juana H. Nevis to Maria de Thz Amarantes (wife of M. M.), lot on E line of Harrison avenue, 20 § of Angela street, § 5 by E 150, being lot 83, Neviy Tract, Town of Pleasanton, Murray Township; $0. E. B. and Cornelia French to R. S. Farrelly, lots 1 and 2 of NW % section 7, township 3 S, range 3 E, except 40 acres in square form in SE i of aid section, to correct 6733 d 22, Murray Township; grant. Builders’ Contracts. V. Simi (owner) with A. Garcia and J. Pe- carich (contractors), architects Martens & Coffey. All work except mantels gas fixtures and shades for a 2-story frame bullding with brick foundation and stable in rear on lot on ler street, 221:3 W of Octavia, W 25 by N 137:5; $3445. Patrick Barron (owner) with Willlam & Henry White (contractors), architect R. H White. Excavating, brick and carpenter work, plastering, tinning, glazing, iron work and hardware for a 3-storv and rough basement frame building on lot on S line of Haight street, 125 E of Webster, E 2 by S 120, Western Addition -200; $6462. —_— —ee————— LATE SHIPPING INTELILGENCE. ATLANTIC STEAMERS MOVILLE—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Furnessia, from New York for Glasgow and proceeded. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Fries land, from Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr St Louls, from New York 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—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open untll 9:30 o’clock. 257 Hayes street; open until £:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street; hpen until 9:30 o'clock. 615 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. 226 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky streets; open until 9 o’clock. open MEETING NOTICES. MOUNT MORIAH Lodge No. M.—Meeting THIS (WED! VENING, at 7:30 o’clock. gree. THEO. DAY) Third de- FROLICH, Secretary. SITUATIONS WANTED—Cont COMPETENT mach ence, sober and réliable, party in need of his services. YOUNG man desires position as bakery wagon; best of city references. 502 Larkin st. PER open for engagement at onc E. H. M., 947 Poplar st., Oal d. ist with mining experi- would hear from E. N., 330 6th. driver’ of Ccall BOOKKEE Al references. and. SXPERIENCED German gardener and coach- man, age 33, desires situation; city or coun- try. Address box 01, Call. YOUNG man desires situation in office; thor- ‘ough knowledge of English and Spanish; also of ‘booklkeeping. Box 503, Call office. YOUNG man will work for his board; even- ings or part of day. Box TT. GERMAN cook and baker wants situation for Notel, boarding house or restaurant. Please call 217 Second st. STEADY marrled man wishes position around private place; understands care of garden, etc.; reference. 1715 Stockton st. CHINES g dryman, wants place in family. Stockton st. WINCHESTER House, 44 Third st., near Mar. ket; 200 rooms; 2%c to $150 night; $150 to $8 week; convenient and respectable; free 'bus d bagsage to and from ferry. * HELP WANTED—FEMALE. 8 WAITRESSES, city and country, $20; taurant waitresses, §5 and $6; 2 boarding house, §25. C. R. HANSEN 104 Geary st. xperienced cook and good laun- ant W. H., 1008 ; 4 res- small & CO., SCANDINAVIAN cook and second girl for small family, $50; housegirl, small family, $25; cook, 4 in family, 325; girl, Berkeley, party here; French second girl, count French housegirl, $20; girl, Sonora, $2 2 in fam: . C. R. fare paid; neat young house girl, ily, $15: and many more, $15 to § 104 Geary st. COLORED girl, §15. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sut- ter st. GERMAN or Swedish cook, §35; no wash. MISS CULLEN, Sutter ‘st. RANCH cook, §20; fare paid. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. WAITRES Sutter s MIDDLE-AGED _ woman, month; fare pald. MISS WOMAN with a child, $10. Sutter st. S, Benicia, $20. MISS CULLEN, 3% country, $10 per . 325 Sutter. MISS CULLEN, NEAT girl nurse, §10. MISS CULLEN, 32§ Sutter st. GIRL for housework, 2 in family, sleep home, $20; 3 coOKs, waitress and parlor mal §20; German mald and sewing, $20; nurse, §15; and a great many girls for cooking and housework {n clty and country. J. F. CRO- SETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. WAITRESS for mining camp, 320, see party here at 12; 3 waltresses in hotels and restau- rant, $20 and $5 week; cook, lunch house, $20 and others. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sut- ter st. PROTESTANT nurse, §25; and a large number of girls to fill situations in city and country, too numerous to advertise. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter THEO. E. SMITH, Secretary. MISSION Lodge No. 169, F. and A. M alled meeting THIS (wnnsnsn,\nfi gree. C. D. BUNKER, Secretary. CROCKETT Lodge No. 139, F. and A M.—Third degree THIS (WEDNE DAY) EVENING, December 14, at 7:30 o'clock. By order of the W. M. A BAY CITY Lodge No. 117, K. of P. 233 Sutter st.—The rank of Knight (ong _form) will be _conferred WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 15, at § o'clock p. m. 'Visiting and brother Knights CHARLES C. MORRIS, K. of R. & S. THE annual meeting of (he stockhold: THE NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., will be held at its bag: ing house, No. 301 Montgomery st., San Fran- at o'clock p. m.. for ‘the election of di- Tectors to serve for the ensuing year and the transaction of sich other business as may come before the meeting D. B. DAVIDSON. Secretary. EVENING, at 7:3) o'clock. Third de- FORTRIEDE, Secretary. are cordially invited to attend. cigco, Cal., on TUESDAY, January 10, 1899, San_Francisco, December 9, 1853. SPECIAL NOTICES. BAD tenants efected for $4; sollections made] city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION CO., 416 Montgomery st., rooms -10; tel. 63%. ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 up; painting done. Hartmann Paint Co.. 343 3d st. ——————————————————— COOK, 32, no washing; 2 second girls, $20 and 22; middle-aged woman for housework, short distance, $20; house girl, San Jose, $35; nurse and second girl, country, see party here 2 o'clock, $20; and a number of house girls, 325 and $20. ' MRS. NORTON, 313 Sutter st. RANCH cook, 20, fare paid; German cham- bermaid, $20; girls for housework, country places, 320. MURRAY & READY, 634 and 636 Clay st. KITCHEN girl for small country hotel, $20 and free fare. R. T. WARD & CO., 608-610 Clay st WAITRESS, country hotel, $20. ZETTE, 420 Kearny st. LADIES to embroider; good-paying easy work sent to your home; addressed envelope for sample and materials. Empire Embroidery ‘Works, 23 Duane st., New York City. RESPECTABLI and plain cooking; family of four; $15. Greenwich street. | GIRL for general housework: good cook; small ily. Call to-day, 1117 Green, near Hyde. HOTEL GA- Protestant girl for housework 902 DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND Notlce—Dividend Now 82 (0 cents | per share) of the Hutchinson Sugar Planta- fon Company will be payable at the office of the company, 327 Market st, on and after Tuesday, Dec. 20, low. Transfer books will close on 'Wednesday Dec. 14, 1838, at 3 o'clock p. m. E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. COM girl_desires situation as cook or houseworker; $15 to §20; references. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. COMPETENT second girl_desires situation; good waitress; 6 years last place; city or country. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. FIRST-CLASS cook, best of references, de- sires a situation. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. WANTED, by middle-aged Swedish woman, good plain cooking, small family, or cham: ber work; no washing. Address 5558 Natoma st.; no postals answered. COMPETENT woman wishes situation to do general housework in American family; good cook; city or Oakland; wages moderate. Box 740, Call. COMPETENT young woman wants housework; is a good plain cdok; wages $15; city or coun: try. Address box 706. Call. YOUNG girl, piain cook, willing to learn; $20. Call 1601 .+ cor. Post, between 10 and 4. GIRL Apply | GIRL wanted for general housework. 25 Clay st., corner Buchanan. NEAT girl for general housework; small fam- fly; $i0. 173 Eddy st. GIRL for general housework in a small fam- ily. 2115 Broderick st. YOUNG girl for general Halight st. FINISHERS wanted on coats. %1 Eighth st., Gakland. FIRST-CLASS girl to Howard YOUNG man would like to correspond with a lady cook; object work. Box 744, Call. GERMAN girl, bet. 14 and 15, to mind baby: vages $8. 317 Hayes street. YOUNG girl for general housework and cooks ing. 218 Broderick street. STRONG, willing girl; housework and assist cooking} $12. 2162 Goiden Gate avenue. housework. 1164 ‘work on coats. 1038 WANTED—Two walst finishers, 2 skirt finish- ers, 3 apprentice girls. Apply from 8 a. m. to0 5 p. m. at 22% Fourth street. WANTED—A girl to cook and assist in house- work: $15 per month. Call at 215 Hayes st. RESPECTABLE woman wishes work at house- cleaning by the day: terms $1 and car fare. Call or addr 248 Fourth st., ros 6. WOMAN wa work by the day washing, ironing or housecleaning. Please call or ad- dress 208 Shipley st. YOUNG lady would like position as companion to lady or assist morning and evening for room and board. Address hox 430, Call. WANTED—Work in office by young lady; good penman; can typewrite; experfence more an object than high wages.” Add. box 59, Call. TAILORESS and_apprentices; good wages; steady custom work. 206 Minna st. ps GIRL to learn hair-dressing and manlcuring. MME. DELLA FAUST, 240 Stockton near Post street. APPRENTICE on tailoring; pald while learn- ing. 803 Montgomery st., room 10. WANTED--Young _girls to learn finishing; pants. 360 Fourth st., near Brannan. WANTED-—Good, steady finishers 560 Fourth st., near Brannan. on pants. RESPECTABLE Swedish girl wishes a_situa- tion to do chamberwork in hotel. Apply 48 Fourth st. GERMAN woman wants & place in lunch house or restaurant to work over lunch hours, Call or address 78% Clementina st. WOMAN wishes to do general housework; clty or country. 508 Shotwell COMPETENT woman wishes situation in pri- vate family; would do general housework in small family. 227 Hayes st. YOUNG German woman wishes situation as housekeeper. 28 Randall place, off Sixteenth, near Valencla. WANTED—By a strong girl, a place for gen- eral housework. Apply 324 M]gflfl st. sen WANTED—Position as correspondent, com- panion, rursery governess or nurse by lady of gocd education and ability; formerly teacher; also stenographer; would like to travel; 'references exchanged. Address box 503 Call. RESPECTABLE woman_wishes a situation to do_upstalrs worrk or light houseworic; will- ng and obliging: good references; 2 sleep at home. Box M9, call, - oo 0 PIANIST wishes dates dancing parties; for entertainments, pupils; terms reasonable. TION wanted by respectable woman as nurse; would assist With sewing or upstatrs work; good reference. 387 rrell st. GOVERNESS wishes to give afternoon or evening .lessons in English, French (Pa- risian), German, music, singing; or would take young children; first-class references. Box 506, Call. WANTED—Position by competent, _experi- enced stenographer. Address box 504, Cal!.pe" YOUNG girl for light housework; $8. Treat ave., corner Twenty-fifth st. LEARN sewing at KEISTER TAILORING COLLEGE; lessons §1 per week. 426 Geary. LEARN dressmaking and millinery; positions free; patterns, 2c up. McDowell’s, 103 Post. HELP WANTED-—MALI 1198 AT C. R. HANSEN & CO.’S, Tel. Grant 155 1500 railroad laborers for. Skaguay, fare reduced to. 12 50 Skaguay Sub-contracts and station work, both rock and earth, $1.to $150 a yard for rock, 25c to e a yard for earth; day laborers average 8 hours “at/30c and 85c. ~Further particulars and tickets at C. R. HANSEN & CO.’S, 104 Geary st. YOUNG man with some previous experlence for a.grocery store, $15 to $20 and found; baker, city, $8 a week and found: 2 cooks, 330; elevator boy, $ a week; German black- smith’s helper for a_ ranch, and found. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. WANTED—Former head waiter of Hotel Ven- dome, San Jose. Apply C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. WANTED—First-class head waite ences required. Apply C. R. HAD 104 Geary MURRAY & READY Leading Employment and Labor Agents, Want to-day g0od refer- SEN & CO., a0 86 tie makers ‘8¢, 9¢ and 12c each 5_granite bloc 2 .3 slate splitters Farmer and wife for orchard..$40 and found Boy for blacksmith shop. 2 dishwashers. 4 waiters MIDDLE-AGED vrvolmanzt:;:-;}lz}n( housework or to care 0f or 2 children. - day at 2617 Bacramento st, SN e STYLISH dressmaker wishes a fow more en- gagements; good cutting and fit. 116 Welsh. AMERICAN girl wishes situation to do eral_housework, en- Call at 21A Twelfth st. ‘WOMAN who can do any kind of work engagement. 5 Fourth st.; ring bell, i STONG girt wishes work by the day; washing, housccleaning, et 1931 Faiton bt DRESS and cloak maker, perfect fitt engagements; $1 25 day. 752 l‘cuon ol GIRL wishes situation to do ge work." Cail at 1212 Scote st =0 PO WANTED-By middle-aged woman, position as :?:“;“3{.?:7.'1 wllh‘liirenmnker: Would be gener- : small remune; B B one week, ‘box 436, Call T R SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. FOR £00d cooks, stewards, waiters, dishwash- ers or any other hotel or restaurant help send orders to J. F. O o R g o CROSETT & CO., 628 JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. B helb. GEO. AOKL, 50 Gonry: wel Grant s CHINESE and Japanese Empl ffice; Dest help. 4143 O' Farrell st: :{Eefinolf FIRST-CLASS coachman wishes situation; ood driver;, sober and rellable: can furnish - rences. ress WILSON, 44 Third st. o g EMPLOYMENT wanted by yom:\g man of 24; speaks German, English and S = t gnd willing. Box 741, Call of; S honent and 79, block 4, and lots 80 and 100, block and lots 69 and block 3, map of lands of m“&fimm lomestead Assoclation, Oak- Charles Rabb to George B. M. Gray, lots 2 COOKS candymakers Chet cook, 365 and found 9 cooks, different places, $60, $40 and $30 and found - Candymaker, country shop, found: 2 bakers, country jobs, §35 and found; elevator boy, city job, $1 week. MURRAY & READY, 634 and 635 Clay st. WANTED—Quartz miners, $2 50 day: machin- ists for country; elevator boy, $4 week: cooks, waiters and others. Apply to J. F. CROSETT & CO., 628 Sacramento st. MAN, work about place, $20 and found. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. BOY 18 or 18 years of age to make himself use- ful in a store: references required; chance for advancement.” Call between 11 and 12 a. m., 4 Sixth st. WANTED—A blacksmith for a ship at HER- MAN'S, 26 Steuart st. WANTED—Retail clothing salesman. 121 Sansome st., 9 to 10 a. m. WANTED—Clothing busheler. Appl e some st., bet. 9 and 10 a. m. pply 121 San. WANTED—A go0d pressman 620 Washington st., room 12, G?oxd) barber wanted. 451 Eighth st., Oak- and. ‘WANTED—Good piano and violi Howard st., after 12 m. - e GOOD tailor wanted for = mercial st e o ‘WANTED—Laborers and_mechanlcs t, that Ed Rolkin, Reno House ropfle:or.h::lfi runs Denver House, 217 Third st.; 150 large rooms, 25c per nigli: $1 to $3 per week. TO go to-day—300 pairs men's second-hand shoes, some’ nearly new, from 2c to $1; new Apply on pants. Apply 1T5% POSITION by a first-class coachman; best of | shoes, slightly damaged, fe. 562 reference. Box 72, Call. S St bets Firet and Seeond e, iy sfl.fi'fl S B A ogmamentor and _cake baker | GOOD home for old ma. Address 3 Hanua 8t., Oakland, Berkeley traln, B st. station.