The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1898 LAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. | E AN Roeth. On | aturday Mr. Gray goes to | collects from Caswell & Co. | unt of thelr contract for space. gned the receipts in of the ex- He had no more right or authority n I had. The congract tors are to receive all all expenses.”” Mr. Gray 0 which he has no_right and {n be the corporation I now nd upon him through you as his at- r the return of said sum received and ay for the corporation hermore, when the exposition ed its doors, quest of Mr. s of the n ect that mone: NOT SOUARI WITH CAAY first at the placed in the or about that time, v there w tant manager 100 season . t0 be sold at the rate of 51 each. So far | Gray has not accounted for tne proceeds of tickets, although secretary has a tement in which Mr. charged him- 143 H 1f with 100 t s, ted from Cas- xposition Directors | s bt nime e . hus accounted ror 50, but Want Him. has never been recognized by it was dy attached on ay and | alre me say that the were, r $4100 showing a loss of at ACCOUNT UNSETTLED Hence evident there are no et profits to be dfs ‘The books and vouch- rs of the corporation the inspec- does not propose to | ding the demand | | JANE R. CLOUGH ASKS FOR A by Deputy Sheriff Al White. tion of vourseif or Mr. any reasonable { time du busine: uld you desire GRAY ASKS FOR MONEY FROM A |, verify this statem I do not know DISTANCE. directors to rende han given him by rther suggest that Mr. d s ition six-sevenths of $40, d ed by Caustic Remarks of His Employ- iving. nging & ermore, I am told ers, Who in Turn De- to the exposition | mand Some 1 appropriated either Gray o | assistant $40, Cash envind s hereby made upon you for the return et me suggest that #his blcye s more than willing to rd of directo r. Gray Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | |n®% itend that, the end that the truth of this matter will | 908 Broadway, Dec. 2L | 1t was agreed between the attorney and Charles de Garmo Gray, who the di-|the principal t a conference should be | rectors say mismanaged the Oakland ¥ held at the exposition office last Monday pokition, has left Oakland and cannot be | afternoon. but at the appointed time induced to return by the board of direct- | neither Mr. Gray mor his attorney ap- orks Thare sre o Tew Anantlel GnAtCAr red. This afternoon the assistant hi At TR fa nager, Mr. Morrison, called at the which the directors would also like to | gmad Syt Py JOTTEA e, Th 2 e pree arrange with Mr. his ¢, but he has placed his attorn Grs hands of sent Mr. of Gra, the , and_consequently the af- xposition, so far as Mr. unsatis- affairs in the John E. Richards, and some warm corre s concerned, are In a very ce has taken place. As Mr. de y_condition. :‘F‘”""""(. ha “[‘v‘ D s dispatches from T.0s Angeles con- Feten i b g c i Sl e | cerning the suicide of Mrs. de Garmo Los Angeles yesterday it was supposed | Gray were a surprise to the directors, for he had gone to attend her- funeral, but | on two occasions Gray obtained an ad- his late assistant, Mr. Morrison, says | vance from Director Gier by representing Mr. Gray has gone to Oregon at he wished to send money to his wife ORE el ch - in the south, who was staying there be- Our relations with Mr. have been et i Sl ¥ e of po | cinched in the tentacles of the more pow- amost unsatisfactory, sctors Kel-| Gray's romantic married life with his first | ler and Gier and Secretary Roeth to-day. | wife,a Tondon actress, appeared In The “He came to us so highly recommended | Call of November 21, 1895. It attracted con- that we it we could make no mis- | siderable attention his wife was at take in entering into a contract with him. | one time a craze among the devotees of Soon after the cont was signed we | the London stage. G : Williams, the African schemer learned through the Pinkerton detective | af o poams. the S Mreen s agency a great deal regarding Mr. @ray, T and 1f without hurting the exposition we e o could have made a chunge we would have | 4,k rom b S e whcn Oy Howev we decided that 1 with us should be hie the dire are wondering why and s Cnnerte v should ever have been taken from the ex- TR '.“;:f"'i';‘[“}";, ven oo | position building to San Francisco. does not amount to a great deal. His TR 3 mismanagement of the exposition, how- Was Known in Chicago. ever, caused us a loss of $IG00.” CHICAGO, Dee. 21.—Charles de Garmo, After the exposition closed Secretary | or as he was known among intimate Roeth was su rised to recelv 5 1 - V' is from Gray's attorney for Count de Garmo, was well known in thi ment of the exposition finance city among men about town as a bon Vi 1he fro st th; is stat of can Gray's attorney promptly r et said: “Mr. Gray infoyms m sunder for ten vears prior were ed some $50 to SN ng the World's Fair vea and concessions and turned over to P S o many attainments, and h 1 50 for Obiathad s L much courted in certain cir- m the Republican committee, making > dollar i an fopen it ame) Otal Of about $607." Mr. Koeth rapiieg | and at that time he scemed to have dol: t Hunder the terms of the controbned | jarg in plenty. In 183 he was engaged in the advertising business, having street 1 that there should be a settlement profit, and there being no profits there n be no settlement.” car privileges in a number of Western and Northwestern_cities. H uarters at 9 Washington this city. ¢ in 1894 De Garmo changed his name v ostensibly to go to Jo- d to e qu stion any ary Roeth 6 whethe stating or that not thel and left South hannesbur net profits of the recent ex- Africa, where he en- position does not depend upon your opin- | aged in by according to reports ion, but does depend upon a true and just | received by friends here. with a man accounting to be had between the Oakland named Williams or White, who a_few xposition and Mr. Gray. * * * In view | months ago figured in a sensational at- of the provisions of this contract, and of tempt to marry a San ancisco helress. your attitude toward him, Mr. Gray pro- About eighteen months ago De Garmo, poses to have a settlement with the cor- or Gr returned to Chicago and an por ation and to comp he was going to Paris to that nounced 1 such a settlement, if necessary. I inclose you on his behaf | enfoy himself on the money he made in a formal demand for the accounting and | South Africa. That was the last heard settlement 1o which he is entitled. T am | of him by his friends in sporting circles instructed also to inform you that if such | until a Call man undertook to 100k up his accounting is not ment Tec commenced ch settle- r the be to record to-night. De Garmo professed to be a Kentuckian of French extraction, and had some repu ation as a gun fighter, though his prow within this made ceipt of aft action will corporation an the compel the same .| ess in that direction was-never displ . Mr. Gray in attorne: while he s here. He was unmarri letter a_moc ard, as follows so far as is known among his friends in hereby demand of you a full and detai city accounting of all” the receipts and ¢ dispatcly from Portland, Or., says De tures of the exposition. I further de- | Garmo 1o th¥re rofits y c On_receif board of sul Go the im diate payment to proportion and percentage of th its of sald p me by ared of net exposition, due and pay- virtue of that certain con- into with me August 18, 1595, rporation.” of this correspondence directors met; then they con- ted with their attorney, George E. de lia, and he mailed the following 1acts Another Lady Lawyer. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Johanna Daly has petitioned for letters of administration on the estate of her late husband, Jeremiah the in the boiler explosion on the Stockton iver steamer T. C. Walker on November last. The estate consists of a home at to Mr., Gray and his attorne Fortieth and Grove streets, worth about After reciting the nature of the con- | $1200. Diligent search has been made but tract, and referring to an attachment, no will could be found. Incidentally an brought in the Justices' court against’ interesting feature of the case is that Mis Gray, it is stated that on December 3 Jessie E. Watson of 1424 Eighth avenu there wa ning to Gray a portion of his land, appears as attorney for week's salar d by contract at $4u, This lady barrister is the first and that in view of the attachment this of her sex who has attempted to practice could not be paid. The statement pro- in local courts since Miss Frankie cre- ceeds: After Gray me; ated such a stir here by her attempt to be admitted to the Alameda County Law Assoclation. had nt he gives an order to Director McCoy this notice of the attach- of b ¢ 3 + + + $ + + 3 + + + + + + + + § % % 3 2 D 3¢ 3 2 3 P R A S RS R R R SR AR AR R R R R R RSSO R S S R Y AR RS SRR R | SAMPSON'S DAUGHTER AWAITS HIS COMING Henru Harrison Scott Leaves for the East To- Night to Become the Rear Admiral's Son-in-Law., y MISF NANNIE w- SAMBSoN MisS OLVE F SAMPSoN ENRY HARRISON SCOTT leaves for the East to-night to claim Miss Olive Sampson, daughter of tear Admiral Sampson, for his bride. ‘VI;I- ter Magee, who is to be Mr. Scott’s best man, will accompany him on his Eastern trip. . The wedding of the happy young couple will take place on Wednesday, January 4, 18%9, at the Congregational church at Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The bride will be attended by her sister, Miss Mamie Sampson, Who is to offi- clate as maid of henor. Mr. Scott has as yet,made no plans for the future, and he is undecided whether he will bring his bride to this city. A am e s e e e e s S 444 S+t bb 444444440 owuwfibwuuwu#mwuu{flH»Mfuwuwwmuoouuuuwumwww Daly, the marine fireman, who was killed | ATER RIGHTS INVOLVED IN A LEGAL TANGLE The Spring Valley Company Sued. ALAMEDA CREEK IS DIVERTED PERPETUAL INJUNCTION. ! The Washington and Murray Com- pany Deprived of Ten Million Gallons of Water Each | Day. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec. 21. An important suit, involving valuable riparian rights in and to Alameda Creek, filed in the Superior Court of Ala- meda County to-day by Jane R. Clough against the Spring Valley Water Works et al. The other defendants are the Washington and Murray Township Water Company, Charles Webb Howard, W. A. Yates, W. Brooks, John Mosier and H. Overacker Sr. The suit is brought to restrain the Spring Valley Water Works from diverting the waters of Alameda Creek and quiet title thereto. In 1871 the Washington and Murray Township Com- pany acquired the right to the water in the creek. | The complaint recites some decidedly | interesting facts of history portraying the methods whereby a small corporation is | erful one. Of the 50,000 shares in the Washington and Murray Township Wate| Company but 30,810 were issued and out: standing in April, 188 But at about that time the Spring Valley Water Works bought 28,960, the certificates being issued | as follows: In the name of the latter cor poration, 3110 shares; Charles Webb Ho’ ard, president of the Spring Valley Com- | pany, 25,250 shares; Charles N ox, 180 | shar William Brooks, W. A. Xates 150; John Mo | The complaint further alleges that on | August 6, 1888, the Spring Valley caused | to be elécted as directors of the Wash- | ington and Murray Township Water Com- | pany Charles H. Hadsell, Charles Webb | Howard, Charles N. Fox, H. Overacker | Sr. and Willlam Brooks. Mr. Hadsell was chosen president and W. A. Yates secretary. | Four days later the Spring Valley built a dam across Alameda Creek, about two miles above the head of- a ditch, going four miles along the line of water front, covered by valuable riparian rights. This stream is natural, and prior to its diver- | sion flowed westerly between well-defined | banks from its source in the mountains | to the bay of San Francisco, and through | two tracts of land described in the com- | plaint, subdivided and owned by the fol- lowing small holders: A. J. Severance, | D. M. Sanborn, B. D. T. Clough, J. Nich- | J. Shinn, C. Kelsey, H. Overacker, A. | Rankin, W. F. Goad, H. Plerce, P. Mor- rison, J. Lowry, J. T. Stevenson, M. 8. Peres, F. Munyan, W. Baker, F. George J. Silvara, M. Fereira, J. L. Béard and W. | Baker, in all about 238 acres. { The ditch in question, according to the complaint, had a capacity of 10,000,000 gal- | lons. of water per day of twenty-four | hours, and its divi on d?prl\'t’sv the Washington and Murray Township Water Company of all rights to said water, | Plaintiff asks that the court determine | the claims of the defendant, the Spring | Valley Water Works, in and to the waters | of Alameda Creek and adjudge that as| against the defendant Washington and Murray Township Water Company the former has no right to take or appropri- ate the water in the creek. She also asks that the court perpetually enjoin and restrain the Spring Valley Water Works from using or diverting the waters of Alameda Creek at any point in said creek at or above the head of the water ditch or at or above the tracts | entloned. | M early two vears ago J. L. Beard | brought suit against the Spring Valley Water Works, recovering $15,000 damages. | The points involved were similar to those | set forth in the above plaintiff’s com plaint, but the court’s decree did not re: Strain’ the water works from continuing its diversion of the waters of the creek. It 1s asserted that recenily Spring val- | ley has spent $250,000 in the purchase of | | riparian rights appurtenant to many | I | | Many Alleged: Criminals Appear for | assault to murder his wife. | ing company with a young man named s bordering on Alameda Creek. This, | Clough alleges, was done prepara. tory to fraudulently appropriating and | diverting the waters to the injury of | those who depended upon irrigation fur- | nished by the ditch. | Mrs. Clough is _a stockholder in the | Washington and Marray Township Water | Company. In the present suit Thomas C. | trac Mrs. Huxley appears as her attorney, with Wil- liam R. Davis of counsel J. W. LYNN IN COURT. Arraignment. { OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—John W. Lynn ap- peared before Superior Judge Ellsworth to-day for arraignment on a charge of | Last Febru- | ary Lynn shot his wife five times, and during his preliminary _examination he | was declared insane. Recently he was returned from an insane asylum as cured, and he will now have to stand trial. At the request of his attorney, Hugh S<l Aldrich, the case went over until next | | | | Tuesday to be set. Before the same Judge Bengt Magnus- | sen appeared on a charge of stealing a | house. . | trial was set for February 7, 189. He pleaded not gullty, and. the J. P. Reddy, charged with criminally assaulting a_little girl in Alameda, and | incidentally being the man _who is sup- | posed to have shot Officer Keys, was ar- raigned to plead to-day, but the matter | went over for one week. | The case of C. J. Sims, burglary, was continued one week for arralgnment, as | was also the case of Richard Meade, charged with burglary. W. H. Allen, charged with obtaining money under false | pretenses in connection with the Winters Hotel deal. will plead two weeks hence. She Wanted to Die. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Because her lover refused point blank to make up after a| quarrel with her on Thanksgiving day | Miss May Smith, aged 18 years, swallowed a dose of carbolic acid with sulcidal in- tent at an early hour this morning. At the Receiving Hospital Steward Tobin applied the stomach pump with success- ful results, and this afternoon the young Ia}t\lj’ as out of danger. iss Smith says her parents reside at 4% Eleventh street, San Franelsco, but she has been away from home for about a year. She committed her rash act at a lodging house, corner of Eighth and Washington streets. She has been keep- Mose Coleman, who, friends say. jilted her on Thanksgiving day. Yesterday she received a letter, the contents of which are presumed to have an unpleasant bear- ing upon this lovers’ quarrel. Change at the Blind Home. OAKLAND, Dec. 2l.—General W. T. James resigned as chairman of the board of directors of the Home for the Adult Blind at a meeting of the board last night, and Director H. O. Trowbridge was elected to fill the vacancy. The present board is composed of four Democrats— Messrs. Glascock, Shaw, Smith and g?’rges—end one Republican, Mr. Trow- ge. Given the Extreme Penalty. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—In the absence of a whipping post for husbands who abu: | SCANLON PROMOTED TO RANK OF | =aid it would be adv and beat their wives, as recently sug- gested by Police Judge Moore, that trib- une of justice to-day did the next best thing. A. H. Ingersolil of 806 Castro street was convicted on a charge of disturbing the peace. More specifically he was charged with having driven his wife and children out of the house with a hatchet during the storm last Monday night. - The maximum penalty is $200 fine or ninety days in jail or both. The sentence doled %ughto Ingefsoll by Judge Moore includes oth. SEXTON HAS A HISTORY OF MYSTERY Strange Pull With the Southern Pacific. T s =2 CHEESEMAN TO BE TRIED. ~ H. J. Brooke’s Slayer Declared Per- fectly Sane by Asylum Physician. OAKLAND, Dec. 21 — Another al- leged murderer was brought to the Coun- ty Jail to-night to go through the -for- mality of a trial. Frank H. Cheeseman, who shot and killed Henry J. Brooke last August and then attempted to murder the latter's step - daughter, Etta M. Payne, with whom he had been keeping company, was discharged to-day from tne insane asylum at Uklah as not insane. He was brought back to the jail to-night ALWAYS ESCAPES TROUBLE WAS CLOSE TO FAIR AND C. P. HUNTINGTON. Usually those who regain their reason are discharged from the asylum as “‘cured. In Cheeseman’s case, however, the discharge reads ‘‘discharged as not insane.” Dr. E. W. King, at the Ukiah asylum, is one of the most clever experts extant, and states thdt Cheeseman never was Insane, but that he very cleverly feigned it. Cheeseman aneared very rational at the County Jail to-night. He said, how- ever, that he remembered nothing about the shooting, but had read of the affair in the newspapers at the asylum. Cheeseman was at Uklah about two months, but he insists it was about four and that it seemed like a year. Cheese- man’s case will be set for trial as soon as he secures attorneys. MORRISON NOW A POLICE CAPTAIN Once Passed Some Months Waiting Trial for Forgery in the Alameda County- Jail. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 21 Oaklanders were surprised to learn that John E. Sexton, “the man of mystery,” is now under arrest at Sacramento ior operating on the confidence plan. Sex- ton’s home, so far as he has any, 18 in Oakland, although he has not been seen here for some time. He is a most myste- lous man, and some of his Oakland esca- pades and the manner in which he was able to clear himself have long been a surprise. In March two years ago he was on trial for forgery in Judge Ellsworth’s court, but escaped conviction. On that occa- sion he was charged with forging the name of Bob Boyer, a well-known cigar merchant, to a Wells-Fargo check. At the first trial he was acquitted through the agency of the Almighty, only one juror not favoring conviction, and he ex- plained his position by stating that he had prayed to be directed aright and God had told him to acquit Sexton. Sexton was Kept in jail from December 19 to the following March, and was made very comfortable in his cell, but refused to_accept bail, although Southern Pacific officials expressed a willingness to go on his bond. At the second trial he was ac- quitted. During his confinement in the jall here he had but two books in his cell, and_he was always studyin One was Webster's Dictionary, the other a manual of American railways. He was not educa this and aithough he is but 28 years old he is recognized as one" of the best of civil engineers, skilled especially in the branches of hydrostatics and hydrodynam- SERGEANT. Police Commissioners Do a Little Business and a Deal of Wrangling. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 21. The Police Commissioners appointed Sergeant John Morrison to the position of police captain this morning. Patrolman Jack Scanlon promoted to fill the vacant sergeantey. Nicolaus Willilams, a patrolman, peti- tioned the board to appoint him to the vacant captaincy, but his petition was merely read and place on file. City Attorney Dow brought up the mat- - asking his two brother Commis- sioners if they were going to fill the va- cancies on the police force. The Mayor said he wanted to talk with the Chief of Police before doing anything. “The mat- ter has been dragging so long that [ think we ought to settle it,” said Mr. Dow, “so 1 will introduce something on the subject.” As he spoke he tossed to the secretary a resolution providing for the appointment of Sergeant Peterson as a police captain. Thomas and Clement voted_this down, and the Mayor nomin- ated Sergeant Morrison. This was favor- able to Clement and, after voting no, Mr. Dow changed and made the appointment unanimous. Mr. Dow then introduced a resolution appointing Charles Hammerton from pa- trolman to sergeant. The Mayor named Officer Scanlon; City Engineer Clement also named Scanlon, and he was appoint- ed, Mr. Dow voting no. Mr. Dow then ble to name a man to fill the vacancy caused by Scanlon's promotion. He named Speclal Officer Charles Clark. The Mayor said he was not prepared to act at this time as there are a number of changes to be made in the department and wanted more time. Mr, Clement had no nomination to make, and, therefore, the matter was laid over. Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Grace D. Went- srth to-day filed suit for a divorce from Nathaniel W. Wentworth on the ground of desertion. The parties reside in the upper end of Alameda County, and no children or property rights are concerned. Sheriff-elect Rogers to-day officially an- nounced his_complete corps of deputies as follows: W. S. Harlow, under sheriff; cian, and is thuruufi railroads all over the country. He claimed to be very closely asso- ciated with Collis P. Huntington and was also a confidant of the late Senator Fair, and he succeeded in doing some clever work for the Senator that brought down lfli hilr:]l the enmity of Banker R. H. Mc- onald. ple_ testified on his behalf, and the trial, although on a comparatively. charge, created as muc. for murder on account of the mystery surrounding the defendant. One of the police detectives remembers an incident which showed that Sexton's claim to importance in railroad ecircles has a good foundation. standing at Seventh and Broadwa sald the detective, “when the unattached locomotive that runs through from Fruit- vale to' the mole after midnight ap- Oakland. T told him the last car had gone. ‘Then T'll make this fellow take me down,’ said Sexton, referring to engineer. ' As the locomotive passed Sex- ton commanded the engineer to stop. He comotive to a standstill in the middle of the block. I told him to run to get | 1 | | | | | | I | | | | | { | | | ics. He is a telegraph operator, an electri- | including hly posted concerning | «:hinese,” At his trial in this city A. D. Wilder | and several other Southern Pacific peo- | J E Stearns, w & d,{W T Foilmer, Cal etty | Pllar Morin, N Y Interest as one | Miss R Estinge, N “Sexton was| J A Allen & w, Cel ' H W_Joss, Palo Alto | recognized the man and’ brought the lo- | ¥ H Downing, Dixon | ing secretary; one or the other. | tns 3 Schmidt adheres to the idea that some of the women friends of his wife prompted her to commence the divorce proceedings against him. He says these were close acquaintances of his wife's deceased mother. % The captain’s friends speak of him in the hizhest terms. They say he was a man of many eccentricities and an ex- ceedingly hot temper, but the last one in the world to aouse a woman, much less his_wife. The whereabouts of Mrs. von Schmidt and the children is still unknown to the husband. It is known that they came from Oakland this afternoon, visited the home at 2221 Central avenue, secured some necessary articles of clothing, and returned to the city across the estuary. Friends of the parties are making efforts to bring about a reconciliation, but thus far have made but little headway. Mr. von Schmidt placed the case in the hands of his attorneys, Instructing. them to exert every means to prevent his wife se- curing alimony, and to contest her suit from every legal standpoint. He will make no effort to secure the custody of the children, but is ready to make every pr?‘\'xslon for their maintenance and edu- cation. Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Dec. 21.—The: Alameda Camera Club will give an_exhibition of lantern slides January 6. The views will be of Alaskan scenery. Mrs. Agnes Holste died at midnight last night at her home, 2115 Clinton ave- nue. Deceased was 30 vears of age and the wife of George A. Holste. The members of Halcyon Parlor, Native Sons, indulged in a_Christmas tree high jinks' Jast evening. Preceding the festivi. ties the following new board of officers was elected: A. L. Morganstern, past president; H. R. Lipman, president; B. Hinchman, first vice-president; J. Moller, second vice-president; A. L. Beh- neman, third vice-president; W. A. Gunn, marshal; H. O. Tenny, recording secre tary; F. C. Sunder, financial secretary S. J. Shannon, trustee. The school buildings of Alameda are overcrowded and the Board of Education has been forced to fit up classrooms in the basements of several of the schools. The members of the Imperial Yacht Club have elected the following officers: J. Ellis, president; John Reagan, vice- president; J. Christie, secretary; B. Ta- bor, treasurer, —_— ee——— Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Dec. 21.—The Knights of Pythias have chosen the following officers for the coming year: M. of W., John T. Binther; C. C., T. H. Elliott; V. C., A. . Atwood; prelate, A. M. Ewing; K. of R. and 8., Charles’ R. Bryant; M. of F. Donald F. Miller; M. of E., George W. Gunn; M. at A., M. J. Congdon: I G., John Schloate; trustee, T. D. Ricard. The volunteer fire companies of Berke- ley held meetings at their house last night for the purpose of electing officers. The foremen were chosen as follows: Edward Florence, Beacon Company; Walter E. Brothers, Peralta Company; Andrew Fricks, Columbia Company. All of the local companies are making preparations for smokers to be given at their respec- tive fire houses on New Years' eve. —_—————————— Officers rilected. The Hebrew Ladies' Mutual Benefit Associa- tion has elected the following as its officers for the ensuing term: Baruch Cohen, presi- dent; 1. Adams, vice president; S. Mever, sec- retary; 1. Baer, treasurer; Mrs. Augusta Mor- ris, prelate; M. Davis, L. Solomon, J. Ster- ling, trustees: P. Sies, messenger; Dr. Albert Adler, physician. Independent Order of Foresters, has elected: L Metter, chief ranger; P. J. McCabe, vice chief; C. O. Bently, record- L. Fitzgerald, financial secre- tary; Emil Petrosky, treasurer; T. Weeks, chaplain; Charles Page, senfor warden; J. Ap- pel, junior_warden; J. E. Breasch, senior bea- Court Yerba Buena, d at school, but in spite of | dle; J. H. Nevin, junior beadle; W. H. Schnoor and A. Cohn, trustees; Henry Bec Thomas Wright is the court deputy. e — All the California calendars for 1899, “California Wild Flowers “Redwood,”” “Whist,” etc. Christmas cards as usual. Sanborn, Vail & Co., T4l Market street. s B e HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. A J McKinnon, Cal R S Raw, Placerville J McMullen, Cal R Berry, "Mont physician. R R Veal, Martinez A H Davis, Worcester N Y |D Musto, Stockton HS Allen, Sonora J K Tuffree, Cal Mrs W W Worthing- ton, Stockton {Miss Worthington, Cal {A D Remaire, Cai |Mrs L Lucas, Cal 1A Ross, 1 Mrs E C Chilbuck & f, Mrs L I Smith, Londn Salem |3 Anderson, N Y F Russell, Portland |W G Schofleld, Mo Grass Valley. C Bainbridge, N Y S E Johnson,'S Jose R R Johnson, S Jose G A Smith, Courtland W P Mathews, Sacto H Todd, Oakland proached. Sexton wanted to get to West | M J de la Hunt & w, G L McCandless, Cal 2 ¢ & n, Chisago A L Francis, Elmira Miss S Conway, Or W H West & w, X th W C Potts & w, Cal Mrs J M McCarthy, the | Ais potts, Cal Stockton G L Davis, Medford J A Wolf, Portland Miss MeCarthy, Stktn Mrs W A Smith, Cal W H_ Kelley & w, Cal P J Jones, L Ang M Tait, I Gatos M C Parker, Portland O O Webber, § Rosa L. Schoenau of Alameda, chief jailer; | ahoard, but instead of doing so he shout-| K O'Connor, Cal |B T Gillett, Stanfora George Taylor of Livermore, assistant|eq to {he engineer, ‘Here, you: come | E A Forbes, Angel Isl (O C Pratt, Stanford jaller; deputies and court bailiffs—W. W. | back to this corner for me, whereupon | M Murphy, Pinole IC E Lindsay, § Cruz Morrison, First Ward, Oakland; John | the locomotive was backee to the creer | H B Towne & w, Cal |G M Perdue, Victoria Striker, Oakland Township; Will Holland, | ing where Sexton. § Darneal, L Gatos A Friant & w, S Jose Oakland; E. Welch, Haywards, Eden Township; and George Wales, Newark, ‘Washington Township. — e Read the first Christmas spent in Death Valley, by a woman survivor of the awful trip, in next .Sunday’s Call. VON SCHMIDT WILL CONTEST. No Alimony for His ‘Wife if He Can Prevent It. ALAMEDA, Dec. 21.—Alameda soclety in The Call the story troubles of Mr. of the domestic RS ST LR S and Mrs. E. A. Election Contest Abandoned. SALINAS, Dec. 21.—The election contest brought by W. A. Anderson against County Assessor-elect J. B. Bennett on the ground of fraud in the count in va- rious precincts was abandoned by the complainant this afternoon after eleven precincts had been counted and it was found that Bennett was gaining. No frauds were found. intimation the friends of the couple had that peace and happiness was not the rule in the von Schmidt household. Mrs. von Schmidt had taken an active part in soclety affairs, and was a prominent member of many charitable organiza- tions, but she never hinted to any of her metstic relations were not the most pleas- ant. But on top of all this Captain von Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. HERE was a big gathering of the Danish colony in the St. Nicholas Hotel last Tuesday evening. The occasion was the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Christensen, and it was a happy company of rela- tives and friends that sat down to the wedding supper in the hotel banquet hall. On December 19, 1848, Christian Christensen and Anna Katherine Petersen were married in Schleswlg, which was at that time a part of Denmark. Ten years later they came to the United States, and finally settled in California. They pur- chased a ranch near Petaluma, and lived on it until 1863. In that year they re- turned to Denmark with the intention of spending the rest of their life there, but the war with Germany broke out, and ended in their birthplace becoming a portion of the German empire. They therefore returned to their ranch in California, and lived there until 1888, when they moved to San Francisco, and have made their home at 211 Steiner street ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Christensen are both 75 years of age, and were born within a few weeks of each other. Among the invited guests were: H. H. Berkholm, Danish Consul; Mrs. H. H. Berkholm; ex-Danish Consul John Simpson and wife; H. Ravn and Mrs. J. Peter- sen, nephew and niece of the happy couple; J. Petersen, Harry, Alma and Meta Petersen, Lorenz Ford, Mr. and Mrs. James Madison, W. P. Nielson, Miss Hglena Nielson, C. M, Beck, Harry de Lasaux, Miss Cecelia Decker, M. Salomon, Paul Engel, Miss Herta Meyer and Mrs. C. M. Beck. The parlors and banquet hall of the hotel were beautifully decorated for the occasion. James Madison acted as toastmaster, and on behalf of their many friends he presented the couple with a sclid gold easel, on which rested a gold card. The pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Christensen had been reproduced on it in enamel, and the dates of their wedding and golden wedding were inscribed thereon also. large circle of acquaintances that her do- | {a was shocked when It read this morning | A Bergerin&w, Chicgo G W Sill, Watsonville Miss D Hollister, Cal {A Semaire, S Rafael Miss B Hollister, Cal S H Rice, w & c, Cal PALACE § Ullman, N Y McKenzie, Montana H Osborne, L Ang H W Aldis, N Y H Waite & w, Oakld G Durbrow, Salton M Moses, Y A France, N Y W G Blatt, Detroit C_Paul & w, Chicago W West & w, Cal | Migs Wickersham, Cal |A Bettens, Byron A V_Booth, Chicago IR E Dixon, Hanford VOn | w Nash & w, Chicago Schmidt. The husband's story, published | & Fow & W, N ¥ exclusively in this paper, was the first |3 D Moore & | F F Rogers, Stanford C L Greenell, § Jose Mrs Greenell, S Jose A Coleman, ‘Martinez M A Robert, U S N F Risser, N Y W Romaine, N Y C Dally Jr & W, Mrs J McLaren,'N Y H A _Allen, Chicago C Callery & f, Pa R Alexander & w, Sac/W Patterson, L Ang J 3 Driscoll & w,'N Y|J L Copeland, L. Ang J "Powning, Belvedere'C Dunphy, Stanford W Mordeca, Madera|l, Woodbury, Wash Martinez & w, Ptld Mrs Woodbury, Wash Jacobsor, Portland ‘7 N Pennock, Ohio R Putnam, Wash Mrs J N Pennock, Ohlo Stracham, N ¥ H Shoemake, Stanford W Renningfon, Tacma A Cushing, St John H Balkley, Hartford F Angell, Stanford J Campbeil, Hartford Mrs Angell, Stanford J R Hills, Hartford Miss Denkee, Stanford NEW WESTERN HOTEL. E J Ruddy, Grass Val |J H Thies & w, Nev © Ranth, Stockton Miss Thies, Nevada H _Schneider, Texas J Wardell, Rio Vista R E Eaton, Sacto Qeare G Swanson, Chgo P Farley, Davisville H A Wamsley, N Y 1] 1dson. Elmira Miss West, Portland |F Kerr. New York Mrs Hopking, Portland|P M Clark, Riverside Mre C J Holmes, Prtld'J Melntyre, Vallejo R Phillips, N_Brunswk 8 Smith, Stockton 0 H Walker, Victoria el L L R Story of the King of Counterfeit- ers in next Sunday’s Call. LI e e LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED, Wednesday, December 21. Schr Melancthon, Bellesen, § days from Coos Bay. J Peterson, L Ang | MEETING NOTICES—Continued. TNE San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club meets THIS (THURSDAY) --VENING, Fraternity Hall, 32 O'Farrell st., at 8 o'clock. Smoker @ follows. W. A. DAWSON, Royal Chiet. GEORGE W. PATERSON, Recorder. THE_annual meeting of the stockholders of THE NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., will be held at its basx- ing house, No. 301 Montgomery st.. San Fran- cisco, Cal.. on TUESDAY, January 10, 135, at 3:16 o'clock p. m.. for the election of di- rectors to serve for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business 83 may come before the meeting. D. B. DAVIDSON, Secretary. San Francisco, December 9, 18%8. A LOAN can be had on your planc without re- moval, or we will buy it. UNCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave., near Market st. ——————————————— DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND NOTICE—Dividend No. 8 cents per share) of the Oceanic ship Company, will be payable at the oifice, 327 Market st., on and after Tuesday, January 3, 1898. Transter books will close on We December 2§, 1888, at 3 o'clack p. m _'H. SHELDON, Secretary. SAN FRANCISCO Savings Union, 532 Califor- nla st., corner Webb. Dividend notice—For the half year ending with the 31st of De- cember, 1898, a dividend has been declared at the rate per annum of four (4) per cent on term deposits and three and one-third (31-3) per cent on ordinary deposits, free of taxes, pavable on and after Tuesday, Janu- ary 3, 1869 LOVELL WHITE, Cashler. DIVIDEND notlce—Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco, 33 Post street. For the half year ending December 31, 159, a dividend has red at the rate of three and six- 6) per cent per annum on all de- payable on and after 1899, heen dec tenths (3 posits, Tuesday, January G R free of taxes, RY. Cashie: SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE is hereby given that the under- signed, FLETCHER-RYER COMPANY and FLETCHER F. RYER, have no agents or representatives or persons authorized to act for them or either of them in the State of alifornia except R. H. COUNTRYMAN, J. H. THOMAS and SHAINWALD, BUCKEEE & CO., who are only authorized to act in certain _capacities. ~ December 14, 1595, FLETCHER-RYER COMPANY, FLETCHER F. RYER. BAD tenants ejected for $4: collections made; city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION C 5 M 9-10; tel papered from $3; painting done. Hartmann Paint C SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. NEAT German girl wishes situation at house- work or as nurse, $10 to $15. MISS CUL- LEN, 325 Sutter st. SUPERIOR cook desires situation in hotel or institution; understands all branches of cook- ; best of references. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. FIRST-CLASS nurse, best of references, de- sires a sitvation. J. F. CROSETT & CO. 316 Sutter) st EXPERIENCED German nurse in confinement and other sickness desires engagements; best reference: erms reasonable. Address Nurse, 115 Eighth st. RESPECTABLE woman wishes work by da also washing. 6 O’Connell place, Vallejo st., bet. Mason and Powell. DRESSMAKE from the E: ter and fitter, goes out b suit in one da: 22 Octavia st. PROTESTANT woman wants situation in an the off 62 Address bo: or country. 11 offic COLORED lady wishes position as cook in small small wages; no washing. 67 Ellis. GOOD, capable cook wants a position and American dishes. Address box FIRST-CLASS finisher on custom coats. ply at 927 Market st., room 502. VANTED—By mid nurse to invalid dress box 639, all ALL the consideration and respect shown to ladies who are temporarily embar-assed at UNCLE HARR Grant ave.. nr. Market. NURSE wishes a {ew more engagements; ex- perienced; terms ressonable. 219 Seventh s YOUNG woman wishes a place to do house- work and take care of children. 1263 Broad- way et., near Hyde. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency m help. GEO. AOKI, 30 Geary; tel. Grant 56. CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office: best help. 4143 O'Farrell st.: tel. East 426. CHRISTIA young married man, several years' experlence as telegraph operator and raflroad office clerk, desires change where Sunday work not required; owns and operates typewriter; knowledge of bookkeeping; quick and accurate; best references. Address box 626, Call. | PARTIES wanting foreman for Lassen Co. mines can correspond with practical miner; good references, having held the same posi- tion for years. CHARLES KNUCKEY, 2030 Broadway, Oakland. YOUNG man wants situation in private place; understands horses and cows; good reference. Address box 727, Call. JAPAN faithful boy, wants place as school boy; understands English and family 410 Franklin st. STEADY man wishes position as watchman; day or nigh ve years; best city refer- ence. A. A., 210 First st. ALL-AROUND blacksmith; handy with lathe tools; wishes eituation. Address box 636, Call office. MAN and wife wish positions on small place near city or helping in_small restaurant. Ad- dress E. T., box 711, Call office. ALL who Intend to go to the country can stors their sealskins, silverware, plano or valu- ables for safe keeping till they return, receiv- ing a loan as well, from UNCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave., near Market st. YOUNG man, carpenter by trade, would like to get any other steady position in wholesale ouse, where services of a responsible and honest man is required; can give bonds. Call or address barber shop, §52 Mission st. WINCHESTER House, 44 Third st ket; 200 rooms; 2%c fo $150 nighf week; convenient and respectabl and baggage to and from ferry. 527 MONTGOMERY, cor. Clay—Open untll 8:30 o'clock; branch office of The Call. Subscrip- tions and ads_take: HELP COOK, small _plain party at our office chambermaid, assist wait, country hotel, $17 50, fare paid. & READY, 634 and 63 Clay st. MIDDLE-AGED woman _for housework for Mayfleld for 2 months: $10 per month. MISS CULLEN, 3% S NEAT girl for housework, $25. MISS CUL- LEN, % Sutter st. NEAT second girl, $12. Sutter st. GERMAN cook, $20. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sut- ter st. near Mar- 3 WANTED—FEMALE. country hotel i a. 520; MURRAY MISS CULLEN, 3% SAN FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS. OFFICE of the San rancisco 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 until 9:30 o'clock, 257 Hayes street; open until £:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street; bpen 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; open until 9 o'clock. | streets: open until 9 o'clock. MEETING NOTICES. 2 WAITRESSES IN restaurant; $6 per week MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter 75(7 NURSE girl, sleep home, $12; girl, assist house- work, $12, sleep home. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. Al 12 HOUSEWORK girls, city, $20 and $25: & voung girls, assist, $10 to §15. MISS CUL- LEN, 3% Sutter st. NEAT girl, light work, $15 MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. 4 WAITRESS, boarding-house, $20. MISS CUL- LEN, 3% Su g HOUSEWORK, Bakersfleld, CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. NEAT German or Swedish girl, second work, 20, MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. COOK and second girl, same house, $15 and $20. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter' st. $25. MIsS KING SOLOMON'S Lodge No. 260, F. 106 Eleventh street; open until 9 o’clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky and A. M., Franklin Hall, 1839 Fill. e (THURSDAY) EVENING, i o'clock. BY order of the Master. ' CALIFORNIA Lodge No. 1, ", A M. will meet THIS (ruSA ° o'clock.—First degree. B; Master. FRANKLIN l{ o]SdAe;.ofBe‘(?reeur}fl F. and A. M., meets THIS (T - DAY) EVENING, at 730 o'cloas v Ma: Sy cordially invited. By order of the E. C. HARE, Secretary. F.—There will be THURSDAY EVENING. Denem 2626 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock. more st. — Second degree THIS HARBY‘_BAEHR. Secretary. DAY EVENING, December 22, at 129 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Lodge No. 212, stallation of officers, Al MnterA PACIFIC Lodge No. 135, I, 0. O. % 4 WAITRESSES for first-class country hotel, to hold station of 8 chairs, for Dec. 2, $23; 4 more chambermaids for Southern California, $20; waitress, country, $20; chambermaid to Wwait, country, $20: Waltress, restaurant and bakery, Bakersfleld, $20;-chambermaid, city, $17 50; 2 chambermalds, ’city, $15; caok, few boarders. §25. C. R. HANSEN ‘& CO.. 104 Geary st. COOK and laundress, small family, $30; cook, $25; German chambermaid and ‘seamstress, $25: house girl, Hollister, $20. See lady here, fare paid; housekeeper, small family; no wash, $15; house girl, 2 in family, $15; and many other girls for city and country, $15 to $%. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. PLAIN laundress, institution, $20; plain ironer, hotel laundry, $20. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. COOK and second girl, same house, $20 and $15; waltress and parior mald, 320; 3 ¢ooks, ber 22 1888, 1t Is necessary that rivate families, $25; 4 waitresses and cham- all members atts rtan ness. geman hot restaurants, etc., $18, $20 Visiting brothers invited " ANt bustness. and $ weelc; and a large number of girls for JOHN G, N. G. | cooking and housework in city and country. DR. F. D. ARHWORTH, Act Réc. Seor I.F. CROSETT & CO., 318 Sutter st. ABOU BEN ADHEM Lodge GIRL for housework, American family of 3, LY 005 0L e 325; second girl, $12." 631 Larkin st. requested to attey our late brotper, B, T BREWER, THURSDAY, at 1:30 p. m., Me Hall, L 0. 0. F. building. B30 Fetiows Pplease attend. Efinxv;' .s'(‘:l.;lg%d%l)?n“.o“ CG.P.T. GOOD seamstress for dressmaking, $3 a week; also an apprentice girl. 1301 Larkin st. GOVERNESS wanted for three children. Tn- quire Occldental Hotel, December 28 and 29, between 2 and § p. m.