The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1898, Page 12

i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1898 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. TRACTS ALL DEAANDS ON THE DIRECTORS De Garmo Gray Sues for Peace. ; W NOT GO TO COURT ILL HE KNOWS THE EXPOSITION LEFT NO PROFITS. The Ex-Manager Suddenly Appears in Oakland After It Was Thought He Had Gone to Port- land. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, One the De Garmo Gray, from h had he the pro further done i the issue wa: is concerned. s Keller and his that the he [¢ em know that he ) , as recent dis- | Ie ctors were led i had gone to Port- ! < de by his assist- a Morrison, yesterday afternoon. M was & very aggre he was in mind, and after his de- were received in which mands and indicated > incident. t the ures on which e of 1ig N demand were sup- T , but the di- T Gray were T figures i his s ) of the details of this J iing,” said his matter is very anxicus to riety and says that rror in the edbl)m{- Monday, the tim attorney promise directors, it was 'nt and that his im it d im that I had y to him, whereas i ndently ated him. I reminded that until he sent us letter containing threats we were _disposed but that when he tr were bound to re- He prom- | at an end, instruct his that fac A ers a ry thing would at us of ater the our att also received a similar accompanied by two Mr. Keller, whose aut conversation_he did not ad- isted Mr. Keller re- time the two ay arrived at with Director " short 1-G open_envelopes through and at the meeting of the exposition directors this evening they were read. —_——— WELL KNOWN IN CHICAGO. A Bad Character Given to Gray by the Pinkertons. , Dec. 22—William A. Pinker- surprised to learn of De Gar- ation when seen to-day by a 1 representative. He said he had been kin of the sort. Re- > sai 10, alias Colonel Charles Count de Garmo, alias C. go, and st He usher or programme seller erly, who had a number nies ‘on the road, and he “olonel” from the were all among people from For a while in Chicago he nings of a noted woman When she drove him eatening to commit d him certain sums tion to Coast, to the Pacii of theatricals, etc. ame acquainted with ress of the bur- arge, fine, stoutly a small stunted-looking bout five feet queer looking rd to his inten- . and then they went < he lived by his wits ith his wife, he started for the on in 1887, d up a precarious living as pericans who were ty. He also acted 6 could stand his vife separated from him remained there. De Garmo re- go during the World's Fair aged in an advertising business h a man named Boyle. While his old asso- turned year and eing accom fonable characte: sing scheme was called the “Little The whole transaction was a and Mr. Bovle soon found that De Garmo doing nothing but_eating up his money, so he broke away from him. Then armo drifted away from here, The next heard of him was in New York, where it is said he was employed as a “stool- panied by women of pigoen” for the police department. From there he drifted out to South Africa, posing as ® promoter of what was called a “Pure Food osition.” While in South Africa he was the of exposing Charles Willlams, alias White, as being the man who married Mrs. Nagle In Cheyenne, Wyo., and attempted to de- ap with $100,000 of her money. De Garmo ined in South Africa for about a vear and n drifted back to this country to introduce his pure-food shows. In tne meantime he had changed his name to Charles P. Gray. The last time he was in Chicago, although he did not have $3 in_ his pocket, he called on the late P. F. Studebaker and endeavored to get the contract for the Studebaker building, which adjoins the Auditorfum Hotel in this city, the purpose of giving a pure food ebaker, on inquiring who he was, run across some one Who told him e ing him he 1a to have nothing to do with the t heard of De Garmo was in San where he was endeavoring to get up ood show at Oakland. Cal. his last visit to Chicago De Garmo v a very beautiful young ars of age, whom he intro- He stated that on account of hi t record and his former ways of liv- ing he had changed his name to Charles P. Gray. The woman had every appsarance of be- ing a lady. and had not treated us | to | Gray was a_fraud and a dead beat, and | NO' PRECEDENT FOR THE CASE CHEESEMAN An Expert Prophecy Comes True. [LIKELY TO KILL AGAIN HE ONCE DECLARED WHAT HE FEIGNED INSANITY. | Many New Features Will Be Intro- duced When the Interesting Case Comes Up for Trial. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadw: Dec. 22. The trial of Frank Cheeseman for mur- | der will establish a precedent in this | State, for no similar ¢ as ever come | before the courts of California. In the report in The Call of September 30, of the | commitment of Cheeseman to an asylum ement from the rtson, the ex- ccurs the followin; testimony of Dr. J. V pert, which statement >markably true, an 1 ope ly new question in criminal law: Dr. Robertson declared that while at the present time Cheeseman is insane, it is quite possible that he might be so_rational at s future time that some State hospital, a | by a desire to prevent the terrible ov | ing to w such_institutions are now | ject, might discharge the murderer as ¢ | | and’ in a short time his mania might be as | this condition Dr. Ro seman should be order. | rabid as ever. Und | ertson said that Ch to be confined for life, or else under such r | | straint that, should his reason return, | should be again subject to the jurisdiction | court. Only by such caution, said the e | pert, could it be guaranteed that Chee: | would not again commit murder. Cheeseman was taking things very easy | | that he does not remember anything re- | lating to the murder, except what he has read in the papers. His early career was a remarkable one, and this is not the first | time he has been charged with murder. On a former occasion he killed a man, but_escaped the gallows by proving in- sanity. At the time he murdered Brooke last August he was keeping company with Brooke's stepdaughter, Miss Etta Payne, whom he also shot and wounded. In | an interview given by Miss Payne, she | sald that Cheeseman had admitted to her that he could feign insanity and that he was only felgning when he was tried for his first murder. This statement of Mi Payne will go a long way toward sup- porting the theory that Cheeseman is a very clever actor and that he knew what he was doing when he shot Brooke. Cheeseman's father that since Erank was 7 years old he has been eccen- tric. At the age mentioned he was run over and sustained injuries to his head From that time his conduct has alway heen unreliable. For nearry twenty vears he has made periodical attempts to end his life. He has attempted han ting his throat, shooting hims | jumping from the ferry boats. | has always escaped with hts life. District Attorney Snook and ficials deciare that Cheeseman is Iy sane now and that if he was shammin, which they do not believe, it was a very clever piece of acting, for the expert and the jury which passed on his case were thoroughly convinced of his lunacy at the time he was in Judge Ogden’s court. Cheeseman’s case is very similar to that of Ferdinand Uhl, ‘who, without provo- cation, shot and instantly killed Patrick Murphy in Temescal last spring. Uhl had been in an insane asylum, having shown | homicidal tendencie: | cured, but his homicide suddenly took | possession of him one night, and_after | threatening to kill some one who called at | his house he ran out and shot the first | man he met. | |THE CALL’S MARKET ! REPORTS OFFFICIAL |JUDGE OGDEN REGARDS THEM | MOST RELIABLE. W | S0 Adjudged in a Case That Interests | Every Commission Mer- chant. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 22. The market reports printed in The Call are official and admissible in evidence to establish current prices. Superior Judge | Ogden so decided to-day in the suit of | Clarence D. Smith against the Oakland | Preserve Company, brought to recover a i balance of $32% claimed due for a carload | of Bartlett pears from Butte County, sold the Oakland Commission Company. It appears that defendant had purchas- ed several carloads early last September when, according to The Call, these pears ranged In price from $45 to $50 per ton. On | September 15 the price jumped from $5 to $60, and defendant had waived an order | for an additional carload, hence, of | | course, plaintiff declined to supply at the | old price. |~ On behalf of the plaintiff Walter G. Manuel, ex-President of the City Council, | was called as a witness. In testifying | as to market prices witness quoted The | Call. “These_ pric said Mr. Manuel, | ‘“are gathered by competent reporters | who dally visit the wharves, warehous and commission houses. The prices ai published in the big dailles, but The C: | {s the most accurate in the matter.” | " Attorney Young for the defendant ob- jected to The Call reports as being hear- | say statements, but Judge Ogden over- | ruled all objections, saying that such re- | ports, issued by competent authority, are | admissible. “Such reports are better and | more reliable than the testimony of one | who has actually made a purchase. | " Judgment was given in ravor of tifr for $262, the amount of the advance in | prices being deducted because Judge Og- Sen did not consider the parole walver as sufficient to impair the sanctity of a writ- re 1 plain- | | at the County Jall to-day, and declares| He was released as | 4 lthe alleged unlawful removal of her fence | last June, was dropped from Judge Greene's calendar to-day. ————— READY FOR NORTHERN TRIP. Berkeley Foutb:ii;fi;x Leave This Evening to Contend With the Gridiron Veterans of Oregon. BERKELEY, Dec. 22.—The football | team of the University of California will | leave to-morrow evening on the Oregon | express to play their Christmas match | with the Multnomah team of Portland. Nearly all the Berkeley men who lined up against Stanford last Thanksgiving day will g0 north with their team. Ath- earn and Craig are forced to stay behind and their places are to be taken by Hoop- er and Masters. -Both the latter did splendid work on the scrub team during the season, and well qulified to line up for the Three substitutes have been provided for, among them Kerfoot, '01, who will s quarterback. P men and Manager ainer Al Lean are par em. The team looks at its fairly good spirit, although it expects a close fight. Egyond some signal tice this afternoon it has had no training since the big game. The Multnomah Club is com ick players in the north. They expect t of their best men home for the so thefr line-up will Hall will captain rerett Brown and booked to accom- rospects with osed of the me Christmas vacation, | be unusually strong. Society Christmas Tree. KELEY, Dec. 22.—Several of the ty ladies in Berkeley are ve some of the children in ind an afternoon visit from aus the M after Christmas ubscriptiol donations are be- ing solicited to make the : | Tt is exepected that e: will be given some small Christm together with candy and oth: thi sents of clothing, toy or books will be received up to < Monday morning by the commit- | | a arge. g mes of those interested, by whom also donations will ceived, are: Mrs. Bunnell, Mrs. Florence H. Chick, \get, Mrs. A. G. Freeman, Hugh McMichael, Mrs, P. R Boone, Adelaide Marquand, Miss Katherine Mar: THREAT OF SUICIDE WAS ONLY A RUSE RELATIVES OF MRS. HOLDEN BELIEVE SHE STILL LIVES. Bird Clayes. Disappeared From Alameda Last August, but It Is Now Thought She Fled to Escape Creditors. ALAMEDA, Dec. 22.—The relatives in this city of Mrs. Nellie M. Holden, widow of the late ex-Lieutenant Governor of this State, who disappeared from here last August, claim to have Infor- mation that the woman is still alive, They refuse to divulge her present where- abouts and decline to make any statement further than that the woman is safe and sound. From other sources it is learned that Mrs. Holden's letter threatening to commit sulcide was a ruse, and that instead of plunging into the foaming surf off the Cliff House as she intimated, she made her way to Mendocino County, where she has prop- erty and friends and where she is pre- sumed to be living at the present time. Mrs. Holden was a bookkeeper in the real estate office of Thomas A. Smith, the husband of her niece. She left there the | morning of August 11, ostensibly to go to Ukiah to arrange some property inter- ests. On August 13 Attorney R. Tap- pan received a letter from her dated at the Cliff House the afternoon of the day she left Alameda. It reads as follows: “Long before you get this letter I shall be dead. 1 have borrowed money and people who owed me money have not paid me. My brain is reeling. The ocean is the best place for me and I will drown my sorrow.” The letter was postmarked “San Fran- cisco, August 12, ed to Santa Rosa, where Tappan had been cisiting. The relatives of the woman at S set on foot an investigation and traced her movements to the Cliff House, but there all trace of her was lost. The search confln(;led f(‘lir a week or more, when it was dropped. The su(ldonn('ssppwith which_the search for the missing woman ended created comments and rumors floated about that the woman's relatives had heard from her. They would not admit this for the intimate friends blic benefit, but to F):‘ey Lfrl‘ely expressed the belief that the woman had not committed suicide. They went further and insisted that she was all right. The grounds of their belief Were kept a carefully guarded secret. After Mrs. Holden's disappearance it was learned that she had become hope- lessly involved in financial tangles and was being hounded by her creditors. It is now generally admitted that she dis- appeared to get beyond their rme}él and is now dwelling in peace In some secluded locality of Mendocino County. Judge M. P. Wiggin, a relative by mar- riage of Mrs. Holden, sald to a Call re- porter: “Oh, the woman is all right. I was al- ways under the impression that she did not commit suicide, and all the subse- quent developments in the case have add- ed strength to my ideas In the matter.’ Alameda’s Poundmaster Dead. ALAMEDA, Dec. 22.—Victorine Joseph, Alameda’s poundmaster, died to-day, after a brief iliness. Joseph first became prominent in this city as the valet of the late Judge Charles Uznay. Deceased was a veteran of the war and a member of Joe Hooker Post, . R., under whose auspices the funeral will be con- ducted. e Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Dec. 22.—Columbia Lodge, ."0.°0. F., of this city, paid a fraterna visit last night to Harbor Lodge of West Oakland. The musical organizations of the Uni- versity of California will give a concert Thursday night in the Unitarian church. The graduating class of the Alameda High School serenaded their teachers last evening, The graduating party was held this evening at Harmonie Hall. To- morrow evening a mock graduating ex- ercise will be held. Still After Justice Clift. OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—C. E. Kinard filed an amended complaint late this afternoon in his suit_brought in the Superior Court | to depose Fred C. Clift as Justice of the Peace of Oakland Township. The objec- tions of Justice Clift to the original com- laint on the grounds of uncertainty, am- glgui\y and insufficlency were sustained ten contract. Confessed Their Crime. | ND, Dec. 22.—Nelson Ladell and AR Rin, rrested last night ‘Tor preaking into the safe at the Galindo | Hotel and carrying off $85, confessed to- day at the City Prison. The lads had been employed about the hotel by the roprietress, Mrs. Allen, who had taken Fhem in out of charity, because they were starving. Yesterday Mrs. Allen concluded to discharge Ladell on account of his in- femperate habits. Out of revenge they robbed the eafe and prepared to leave the city, when Deputy Constable William Moffat apprehended them. All but $15 has been recovered and Mrs. Allen, still with a heart of sympathy and charity, | placed only a charge of against them. To this Ladell and Grif- fin will probably plead guilty. Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—Health Officer J. T. McLean of Alameda to-day filed an answer to the suit of Antone Gonzalves for $00 damages for negligently inflict- ing the tuberculln test on his cows. He denies the allegation and asks for a dis- missal. In the Probate Court to-day a petition was filed for the restoration to capacity of Miss Mary L. Wheeler, the school teacher who went insane some time ago | after being treated through Christian science. Mrs. Lizzie Small, the widow from whom John L. Sherman embezzled $500, for which he was convicted a few days ago, has recovered $299 of the stolen money, which was found on the prisoner’s | person. She recelved the money through attachment proceedings. etty larceny | yvesterday and in the pleading filed to-day Kinard sets forth a long list of fees col- lected by Clift which he alleges were not turned into the treasury at the proper time. He avers also that his allegations are not more definite because he was re- fused access to Justice Clift's records. Kinard charges malfeasance in office. Jus- tice Clun's term of office terminates Jan- uary 1. The “Kalamazoo” Tabooed. OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—The ‘‘Kalamazoo and kindred nickel-in-the-slot devices are again tabooed and made the object of ex- tinction in_ the local war in behalf of morality. Of late many of these nickel- eating machines have been installed in saloons and cigar stands, and to-day Chief of Police Fletcher issued an order, of which the saloon men and others were no- tified by Sergeant Green, that these ma- chines must be removed by next Sunday. In the opinion of Prosecutor Ha Mel- vin and Police Judge Moore the “Kala- mazoo,” the “Owl"” and such machines are gambling devices, though some Judges have held otherwise in the past. Venus Shone in Daytime. OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—A bright star was visible all forenoon in the southwestern skies, and, according to Professor A. O. Leuschner, director of the students’ ob- servatory at the State University, the star was the planet Venus, which will reach its greatest degree of brilliancy on January 4. The professor attributes its visibility in daytime to peculiar atmos- pheric conditions prevailing just now. Christmas Magic, by Professor ‘Hnfim-.n. in next Sunday’s Call. cond Bart Thane | and had been forward- | AGED LAWVER HAS DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT Came From Chicago a Month Ago. J. R. PARKER CAUSES ANXIETY A STRANGER CALLED AT THE HOTEL FOR MAIL. The Attorney Was Well Supplied With Money, and Evidently Came to This State to Stay. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Dec. 22. John R. Parker, an attorney, has dis- appeared, but as no one seems to know where he is or where he has gone, all tneories regarding foul play, suicide, le- vanting and similar means by which peb- ple drop out of sight, are admissible, and one no more than another. There are many suspicious things connected with the disappearance of Parker. He. ar- rived in Oakland last month and took quarters the Galindo Hotel. From Agent W, C. Ames he rented a law office |in the Blake & Moffitt block. He evi- dently came to stay,for he brought a large wardrobe, a_goodly stock of law books and even went to the trouble of having his coal bins in the office filled. He paid SECRETS OF BRANDES TOLD N A REPORT Why His Star Was Taken Away. 'FOLLOWED ~ YOUNG GIRLS MANY COMPLAINTS MADE TO SHERIFF WHITE. | Berkeley Property-Owners Felc Much | Safer When the Active Watch- man Was Not Around. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec. 22. Tach day adds something new to the !long list of unpleasant incidents connected with the last few vears in the life of W. A. Brandes, the alleged murderer of his daughter. The latest story comes from Brandes’ | home and is told in a report on file in the Sheriff's office, which has just been | made public. | About a year ago Brandes made him- | self very obnoxious to a large number of residents of Berkeley. Young ladies com- | plained of his manner and of his follow- ing them; property owners complained of mutilated flower gardens and broken trees and shrubs; contractors of new | buildings complained that tools were UNIOUE WORK IN RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION Marsh Land Madelnto Solid Earth. LAST LINK OF VALLEY ROAD WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL SEPTEMBER. Many Difficult Engineering Problems Solved Between Stockton and Point Richmond—Status of the Work. No piece of railroad construction has more interest for the people of California to-day than that now in progress be- tween Stockton and Point Richmond by the Valley road. With this section of operation will come the first genuine and direct competition for transcontinental business out of and to San Francisco that the Southern Pacific Company has ever had. It will be the last link to connect San Francisco with the outside world by a direct and rival line. Included within this stretch there now in progress a bit of engineering work that is unique in the annals of railroad construction on the Pacific Coast, and Valley road. It is the conversion of an artificlal roadbed of solid earth out of tule or marsh lands for a distance of eight and a 'half miles, beginning about ten miles west of Stockton. But this is only a small portion of the very heavy work to be done, much of which is in progress, before the Valley Dredger at Work on the Upique drtificial Roadbed Being Built for the Vailey Road Across the Tule Lands, a Few Miles West of Stockton. rent in advance and gave evidence of having plenty of money. He discussed with several parties the Froposlllon of investing on this coast, tell- ng them that he had come from Chicago partly for the })urpuse of making invest- ment and partly to go in the law busi- ness. Three weeks ago Parker told Mrs. Al- len, proprietor of the Galindo, that he felt sick, and since that time he has not been seen. Before he left he told Mrs. Allen that he was going on a visit to the coun- try to look at some land, but would be back in a couple of days. A few days after his departure a stranger appeared at the hotel and stated that Mr. Parker was sick. He also asked for Parker's mail. Mrs. Allen has not seen the stranger nor Parker since. Agent Ames of the Blake & Moffitt es- tate says that when Parker engaged his office, November 18, he pald in v and exhibited a wallet full of $100 bill He told Ames he Intended to bring hi: two sons to the coast and have them en- ter the State University. Parker evidently has a large corre- spondence, for mail matter, including some registered letters, has arrfved for him and is daily increasing. Agent Ames has réported Parker’s prolonged absence to the police, and a telegram has been sent to Chicago with a view to finding out something of the missing man. Par- and weighs about 200 pounds. He has a dark complexion, and wears & chin beard and mustache. STREET RAILWAY FARE CASE. Company Playing a Waiting Game to Defeat Commissioners. The officers of the Market-street Rail- way Company are evidently playing a waiting game with the Railroad Commis- sloners in the hope of drawing them out of court, so to speak. Months ago the Commissioners applied to the Superior Court for a writ of mandate to compel the secretary of the company to produce his books before the Commission in order that the transportation rates might be established for the company. The latter was not at all pleased to have any one fixing its rates, and as might be expected, contested the right of the Commissioners S0 to do. The case was heard before Su- perior Judge Seawell, and last October he denied the application for the writ and judgment was ordered entered for defend- ant. Up to the present time judgment has ne\'gr been entered by the defendant, and from all appearances it never will be. The reason for this omission is surmised to be to keep the case from being appealed to the Supreme Court, for until the com- pany has the judgment entered the offi- clals of (lhe State cannot do anything in the premises. Th‘; railroad_people well know that as soon as the judgment i8 entered Attorney General Fitzgerald will have an appeal ready and carry the case into the higher court. Whether the new Attorney Gen- eral will follow the railroad cases as closely as the present one remains to be seen. If by any means the defendant can put off the entering of judgment for twelve months the case will be safe for- ever, because the same matter cannot be taken up again. _—————— A Clever Swindler. Superintendent D. F. Supple of Post- office Station H, corner of Laguna and Hayes streets, has reported to the Postal Inspectors that an unknown woman has been swindling residents of the Western Addition in a novel manner. Her plan is to visit residences where there are rooms to let and to engage a room. She transacts all her business with women for obvious reasons. Instead of making a deposit for a room she exhibits a pos- tal money order application for §75 and bearing a revenue stamp, which she rep- resents to be a money order payable to herself. She borrows one dollar or a dol- lar and a half from the landlady for the urpose of paying for the expressage of Eer trunks and leaves the worthless ap- &“c"“"“ as security. Her latest victim, rs. White of 309 Broderick street, called on Mr. Supple to inquire whether the ap- plication was worth anything, the female faker having failed to put in an appear- ance with her trunks. e Bret Harte has one of his old-time Christmas stories in next Sunday’s Call. Read it ker is about 60 years of age, 6 feet tall, | stolen, and In all cases it was believed that Brandes could at least help to solve :hes mystery surrounding the perpetra- ors. Sheriff White was a&:pronch?d and was asked to revoke Brandes' namolntment as a Deputy Sheriff. He decided to investi- %nle the matter and for three weeks eputy George Woodsum was watching the Berkeley watchman. During those three weeks Woodsum saw much that led him to believe that Brandes was fre- quently “I)utt(nil up jobs” on those who dl? not employ him to watch their prop- erty. ‘Woodsum reported that all the vandal- ism took place on property the owners of which did not contribute to Brandes’ income. He also learned that these dam- ages were always done at night, and that next morning Brandes would invariably appear and suggest the advisability ot employing him to keep a watch on the property. It was also noticed that there was never any damage to property after Brandes was employed. George Woodsum was also instructed to inquire into several complaints made by young ladies about Brandes. He found many ladies who declared that Brandes would try to introduce himself to them and would follow them. He would be at places where he knew they would be and was known to boast of his many lady acquaintances. These facts were all reported upon by Woodsum, and Sheriff White thereupon revoked Brandes’ appointment. _ ¢ After that Brandes had no authority other than as an ordinary citizen watch- man. The star he wore was simply that of a private detective. RED CROSS SOCIETY’S WORK IN THE ARMY SICK SOLDIERS CARED FOR AT THE PRESIDIO. Convalescents’ Home Established at the Post is Doing Great Good. As is well known, the Red Cross Society filled a large void during the war. The work accomplished by the California branch of the society was tremendous, and reflected credit on its members and on the State. Since the close of hostili- ties its work has not ceased. On Septem- ber 9 a convalescent home was inaug- urated at the Presidio, and its existence has proved a boon to the boys in blue en- camped in its vicinity. The home can accommodate twenty-five patients, and is situated in a sunny spot on the reservation. It contains a large ward, with twenty beds; three rooms for special cases; a large dining-room with seating capacity for twenty, a bathroom with modern porcelain tubs, a kitchen, storeroom and reading and smoking room. The different State, city and auxiliary societies completely furnished the estab- lishment with an ample supply of bed and table linen and all necessaries. Mrs. Mary J. Wilson, its superintend- ent, has given the most complete satis- faction in its management. Three trained nurses are constantly in attendance, and care for the slowly convalescing soldiers. Miss Alice Hussey and her assistants have won the gratitude of the sick boys by her kindly ministrations, Since its opening the home has received 121 patients, of which number ninety-six have been discharged or furloughed. Dr. A. Pedlar is its present acting physician. The latter was a captain in the Heavy Ar- tillery, but accepted this work, as it gave him an opgorlunlty to relieve the afflicted. Letters have been received by Mrs. W. B. Harrington, president of the society, from parents of sick soldiers all over the Union, thanking her for attentions shown their sons and conveying assurances of undying gratitude. ————— Booked for Murder. Mrs. Dora Fuhrig, midwife, was yes- terday arrested by Detective Cody and booked at the City Prison on a charge . murder in causing the death of Mrs. Anna Walmsley, the wife of the proprietor of a Market-street lodging-house. Justice of the Peace Barry fixed her bonds in $5000. Anakesis cures Piles, nothing else. Sam- ple free. Address Anakesis, New York. * road reaches its tide water terminus. All the lighter work is being held in abeyance until the difficult and costly gaps have been practically closed, but no time will be lost by this policy, for as soon as the conditions warrant all the ne- cessary force will be put to work to com- plete the line at the earliest day. The outlook at present is that this momentous time will not be sooner than September next. For the first eight miles west of Stock- ton the line passes over reclaimed land, and the work of gmdlng is simple. Be- tween twenty and thirty teams are at present engaged in this task. To the westward of this is a stretch of ten miles of tule or marsh lands, subject to the ebb and flow of the tides, and cut up in every direction by sloughs. Trest- ling already bridges one and a half miles of this. It is across the remaining eight and a half of this marsh that an artificial roadbed is being built. Four powerful dredgers are engaged iny this work. On each side of the projected roadbed the dredgers are carving out canals between 60 and 70 feet wide and varying in depth from 20 to 30 feet. The earth thus re- moved is used to build up a roadway 100 feet wide, along which the rails are to be lald. The dredgers have already beenover the route four times and will be kept at the task until the requisite height hasl been obtained. The bed Is being bullt in layers, so as to permit of the material becoming tHoroughly dry and solid. It is not intended to utilize the canals, but they will incidentally serve to act as drains for the roadway. Beyond this, to Antioch, is about thirteen miles. Three- quarters of this has been graded. Between Antioch and Pacheco Landing, about sixteen miles, no work has been done, but from the latter point to the eastern end of the big tunnel, a distance of five and a half miles, the grading is practically completed. ~* ore than half of the 5600-foot at this point 15 bored. From the cane: ern end the mountain has been penetrat- ed 1210 feet and from the western end 182 feet. From the western end of the tunnel to Pinole is about seven miles. This has been partly graded. Contracts for the grading of the last eleven miles between Pinole and Point Richmond, have ecn let, but e worl as St 7 ™ not yet been n addition to the work outlined rivers must be spanned with costie s bridges and a 100-foot viaduct must be erected at a height of 75 to 80 feet. The bridges will cross the San Joaquin River about three miles from Stockton, Middle River about fourteen miles from fthat city and Old River two miles farther west The bridges will cost between $30.000 and $40,000 each, The viaduct will run through Alhambra Valley, back of or to the south of Martinez, and will mean an expenditure of between $90,000 and $100,000. SHELTER FOR CHILDREN., Good Work Done by State Home Finding Society. The Children’s Home Findin, of California held its annual mgee;sl(;)csie:: San Jose on Wednesday. This organiza- tion has a number of branches in the State, the largest of which is in San Francisco. During the past year 101 ehil- dren were received and 92 were placed and replaced. Five new advisory ,oards were established. The soclety received $2700 19, | all of which has been expended in its | work. There is a proposition on foot, ad- | Vised by Rev. H. W. Brayton o. to bulld a receiving home. ent time children have to be isting institutions or families until homes this city, At the pres- placed in ex- boarded in private re-elected. H. Morton was substituted tor C. R. Lamar. The officers for the coming ear are: President, Hon. H. V. More- ouse; first vice Jn‘esldent. Rev. L. Delos Mansfield; second vice president,” S. B. Hunkins; = recording secretary, F. J. Hambly; financial secretary, Rev. H. W. Brayton; treasurer, S. B. Hunkins; legal counselor, J._Hambly; directors—H. Morton, Mrs. B. R. Cochrane, Mrs. Jen- nie T. Loomis and F. R. Shafter. —_—— Improvement Club Officers. At the last meeting of the Cortland Avenue Improvement Club the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Frank Schmidt; vice president, James B. Newsome; treasurer, John Dun- more; financial mreu.r%“lliuxene Myers; recording uevrre‘t:zy, liam J. Bell; board of directo . Bunder, B. Hughes, seventy and a half miles of railroad in | which is a high tribute to.the ingenuity | of W. B. Storey Jr., chief engineer of the | are found for tl . | With one exception the ofd officers wers | }"E. Powers, M. F. Heyfron and Carl Wol- Ts. M. Sullivan, E. Wackmuder, C. Wolters, D. O'Brien and James McLester were ap- pointed a_committee to arrange for a ball on Saturday evening, January 14. The Board of Supervisore will be asked to try and induce the Spring Valley Wa- ter Company to build a large tank on Bernal Heights. o e POLICE INSURANCE FAULTY. Corporal Patrick Slevin’s Widow De- prived of Deserved Money. | The deadly technicality has made its ap- pearance in the Supreme Court again. Under a decision rendered yesterday by Justice Temple, a police: 's widow is deprived of’a sum of money that many believe she is entitled to. Patrick Slevin was on the police force of this city for the best part of his life, {and as he raised a large family of chil- dren he never was able to amass much money to keep himself and wife in their old age. Several years ago he was reti from active service by the Police Commi sioners in order that a younger man might take his place. A year or so ago, while riding in the southern part of the | city, he was run down by a railroad train ‘ami killed. The widow applied for the | $1000 that was provided by law for the | relatives of de d_officers. | is law provi that the money shall | 80 to the widow, children, mother or un- | married sister of a deceased officer, who | had served for gen vears, 2 joker in the act that works a great i Jury to the widow. The Police Commis sioners refused to grant the demand on the ground that the law specifies that death must be from natural causes. Mrs. Slevin obtained from the Superior Court 2 writ of mandamus to compel the pay ment of the amount, and from this writ the Commissioners’ appealed. Justice Temple reversed the order of the lower court, holding that the strict letter of the act must be observed, and that in order to secure insurance money death must b natural and not from violence. He s ‘‘Although unable to understand { | | the reasons which induced the Legislature to dispose of the funds in this mode, I see no way to avoid the conclusion that such is the law. Judgment is reversed.” ————— Stuart Robson tells how to win success on the stage in next Sunday’s Call. e HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. W J McCann, Auburn |Mrs M Warring, S Jose F M Varden, Auburn |H E Higgins, Cal W F George, Sacto |J B Higgins, Cal F H Green, S Rafael (S D Jacks, S Rosa E F Fraser, Sacto J H Seiver, B C € K Cadman, Pinole |G E Long, lowa E M Downer, Pinole |J W Rossiter, Stanford W J Donnell'& w, Cal|J H Manning, Seattle W _Johnson, Cal F ¥ Sharpless, Cal 3 J Pratt, Cal W McMullen, Boston H Beale, Stanford Mrs § J Joss, Cal H B West, Stanford |E Wrigley, Buffalo T J O'Hara, Stanford |H M Plate, 8§ Jose J W Davis, Tulare |G H Foster & w, Cal J H Godfrey. L Ang |F C Towner, Pomona J D Biddle, Hanford |K O'Connor, Cal O Halmann, Nev A Cox. Ukiah Mrs O Halmann & £,|B L Werthelmer & w, ev s A B Stewart, Stanford'W Patterson, B C Mrs C B Kanser, Cal |Miss J Patterson, B C J W White, Pomona S L Bartlett, B C P B Johnson, Sacto | H Field, Cal G A Pennick, S Jose |J W Johnson & w, Cal Mrs J H Roberts, Cal |G M Antrim, S Jose Mrs L Gerlach, Stktn |T A Goldman, Napa J R Dayman, L Ang 'A B Towne & w, Cal PALACE HOTEL. W M Thornton, Mont |H W Heiss, N Y E Crozer, Phila ] Bayha, Cologne s F T Storey. N Y|G_Huser, Cologne Mrs Wagener, S Jose |W Dougiass, Arizona O G Sage, Sacto J D Robinson, Pa E Gilkinson, Dawson [L T Wright, Keswick L Eaton, Pasadena |M H Foley, St Paul J D Farrell, Seattle [L Patterson, Stanford Mrs Farrell, Seattle |G S Dearborn, N Y J H Gil, 2 L H Lapham. N Y T E Gibbon, L Ang |H O Allen, Chicago H Finney, Kansas City H I, Billings, Chicago H Burmelster, Stanfrd R Brandt, N Y NEW WESTERN HOTEL. J Dawson & w, L Ang|D F Burke, N ¥ P Lamia, Chicago J Green, S’ Diego 3 O'Connor, Stockton |J L Danielson, Fresno C A Williams, Mich |J M Farmer, S Jose P H Moll, Sacto Mrs Roberts, Omaha Miss Roberts, Omaha C Ross, S Rosa Fairweather, Seattls C McLain, Victoria A G Holmquist, Chico J Cameron, Redlands A Cooper, to ——————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Thursday, December 22. Schr Nettle Low, Low, 5 hours from Point Reyes. Stmr Chilkat, Anderson, 27 hours from Eu- reka. Stmr Aloha, Jorgensen, 11 hours from Point Arena. Stmr Point Arena, Hansen, 11 hours from Point Arena. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. ROTTERDAM—Sailed Dec 22—Stmr Maas- dam, for New York. NEW YORK—Sailed Dec 22—Stmr Germanic, for Liverpool. SAN FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Srancisco Call, corner of Market and Third streets. open until 12 o'clock every night in the vear. BRANCH OFFICES—521 Montgomery street. corner Clay; open until 8:20 o'clock. 287 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street: bpen until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission street; open uatil 10 o'clock. 2261 Market street, corner Sixteent until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh street; open until 9 o'clock. 2628 Mission street; open until 9 o’clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky open_until 9 o'clock. MEETING NOTICES. CALIFORNIA Commandery No. 1, K. T., Masonic Temple, Post- and Mont- gomery sts.—Regular assembly THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. Order of the Temple. All fraters are cordially invited. SIR JOHN P. FRASER, Em. Com. SIR HIRAM T. GRAVES, Recorder. nual meeting of the stockholders of THE NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., will be held at Its basix- ing house, No. 301 Montgomery st.. San Fran- clsco, on TUESDAY, January 10, X at 3:15 o'clock p. m., for the election of di- rectors to serve for the ensuing vear and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. D. B. DAVIDSON San Fran YERBA BUENA Lodge of Perfection No. 1—Regular meeting THIS (FRI- DAY) EVENING, Dec. 23, at § o'cloc D. 4 GEO. J. HOBE, Secretary. DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND NOTICE-The German Savings and Loan Society, 526 California st.—For the half year ending December 31, 1598, a dtvi- dend has been declared at the rate of four (4) Per cent per annum on term deposits and three and one-third (3 1-3) per cent per annum on ordinary deposits, frec of iaxce, payable Tuesday, January 3, 1899 on and atter o SRGK TOURNY, Secretary, DIVIDEND NOTICE—Dividend No. 38 (ffty cents per share) of the Oceanic Steamship Company, will be pavable at the office, 327 Market st.. on and after Tuesday, January 3, 18%. Transter books will, close on Wednesday. er 28, 1895, af p. m. e E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. FRANCISCO_Savings Union, 552 Califor AN P Aorner Webb. Dividend notice. mor the haif year ending with the 3lst of De- Cember, 1395, a dividend has been declared at the rate per annum of four ({) per cent on term deposits and three and one-third @1-9) per cent on ordinary deposits, free of taxes, payable on and after Tuesday, Janu- ary 8, 190. LOVELL WHITE, Cashie DIVIDEND notice—Mutual Savings Bank of San Francisco, 33 Post street. For the half year ending December 31, 153, a dividend has been declared at the rate of three and six- tenths (3.6) per cent per annum on all de- posits, free of taxes, payahle on and after Tuesday, January 3, 1509, GEORGE A. STORY. Cashler. SPECIAL NOTICES. BAD tenants ejected for $4: collections made; city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION CO., 415 Montgomery st., rooms 9-10; tel. 5580. ROOMS papered from $3: whitened, $1 up: painting done. Hartmenn Paint Co.. 343 3d st. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. NEAT German girl wishes situation at house- work or as nurse, $10 to §i5. MIS6 CUL- LEN, 325 Sutter st. COMPETENT nurse, with reference, desires a situation. J. F. CROSETT & CO., 315 Sutte, WANTED—Family sewing by day or week. Address 943 Howard st. SITUATION as housekeeper; no objections to leaving the city. MRS. §., 220 Golden Gate av. EXPERIENCED German nurse in confinement and other sickness desires engagements: best ‘Address Nurse, Teferences; terms reasonable. 115 Eighth st. PROTESTANT woman wants situation in an erican family; s a cook; ity Teferences. 2306 Fulton st.