The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1898, Page 8

s 5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1898. ALAMEDA CAN HARDLY AFFORD TO BE MERRY ’ “Good WIill Toward Men” Has Apparently Cheapened Human Life. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. | evil that all are now decrying; it proved w8 Broadway, Dec. %. | the absence of the integrity of the jury S ety tem and doubtless accounts for _the il towarel men e ’““”"“""“! ct that during the year a dozen homes to have much fn common, but | have been rent asunder by murderers “Gc not this particular goodwill season in Ala- | and not a single slayer has adorned the meda County is so closely allied to a per- | gallows. It is true Ben Hill was hanged bd of murder that the two cannot pos- | this vear, but his execution was not_of T i o la o A 3538, but ine relc of a foul wife-murder oty iy n_1896. that, to some degree—I do not pretend | "I ghanl spare the taxpayers the annoy- just how much—the “goodwill” is | ance of saying how many thousands of le for the prevalence of murder. as eve in an Oakland court ung murderess was before a jury. had shot a young fellow who, with had been foolish enough to the flgures can all be found in the County Clerk’s annual report. If these facts are conducive to a merry Christmas, may all be merry. STUART W. BOOTH. her acquaintance. It was CHRISTMAS SERVICES. 1 that the girl had one of the most — ved characters, that she had pre- | The Sacred Day Observed Most to the murder threatened to shoot Generally in Oakland. articular lover, and that she bor- i ru\\-w}; (nw pistol to ,p‘ the act from a ! OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—Christmas day Chinese whom she counted among those | Was more generally observed at the who paid her favor. There was really no | Churches ‘this year than for many years defense possible, and none to speak of | PASt, because the festival fell on the Sab- bath. In most of the churches special programmes of appropriate music were part of the services. At all the churches the decorations were most elaborate. was put forward. But there was a jury in the case—a modern jury, being pafd § per diem for services. It was Christm: d th ferer’s lawyer preached | &n elog mon to the emotional jury Dr. McDonald spoke on he Glory of sworn to : according to'the | the Incarnate Word” at the First Pres- oy more elo | pyterian Church this morning, and to- yod «ft would be | Night the pastor, Rev. Dr. Coyle, dis- crime a young woman on | coursed on “Good Tidings for All Peo- nd she was discharged, | ple. Ie d Nothing was said — The oratorio of the Messlah was given about the “peace on earth™ In that other | to-night ' at ,the Firat Congregational T e A o oo AN thet suid | Church. - This morning Rev. Charles R. Brown preached an interesting Christmas sermon. At the First M. choral and orchestral the girl was insane when she 1d with her Chinese lover's y of note that since Mi: was relea largely on ac of emotional insan not, for a whole ve anything that san which in itself is E. Church to-night a Christmas praise sunt . her emotions have prop Jesus e address by Dr. E. R. Dille. the Wonderful,” and *“The Joy ous Message” were topics of Rev. C. H. Hobart's_sermons at the st Baptist Church this morning and to-night. Rev. C. M. Hill's sermon this evening aused her to do | ople would not do, omewhat of a criticism upon that Christmas eve jury. And this Christmas morn, how many | are there in Alameda County that ave been decreased by murder since the Tenth avenue Baptist Church was Charlle 1 ver was declared & |on “The Bethlehem Story,” illustrated heroine ng sent to the peni- | With thirty stereopticon view At the First Free Baptist Church Rev. Philip Graif preached on “The Secret of Christmas,” and_to-night on “The Real Christmas’ Glory.” Rev. John Gasmann_ delivered the ser- tentiary? There are now six murderers in the | County Jail and seven more have been alt wi ing the year, and out of al g ':hf.ea,;,;,':i out of &l mon and Rev. David McClure celebrated 080 MOk One. D | the holy communion at the Church of the der, nor is there any likelihood that those | Aqvent this morning. To-night C. B, who have yet to be tried will fare any dif-| Foot, the Sunday school superintendent, ferently from those who have gone | related a Christmas story and presented through the formality of a trial. Because | catechisms, e } the young people. of other excitement the murder record of ¥e s fAlameda; County for!thaipast vear: has || aos oy o iaulint the Dwenty fourth avenue M. E. Church, preached a Christ- not been fully realized, but with the close | mas sermon to the children this morning, of the year the number of people occupy- ing murderers’ cells in the jails causes ““The Deliverance Has Come." ““The Young Child’s Life"” was the sub- the record to stand out with surprising | . 4 1 blackness and silently demand the reason | JeCt of Rev. R. Ritchle’s sermon at St. | of its existenc Paul's Church this morring. The Volunteers of America were ad- ey Tl e e Gl Trom “which, | dressed to-night by Captain MeClelland Ty o a0 (ara Fallmer was re- | on ‘‘The Manger, Cradle, or the Humility e e Ve e Ywo pesupants now. One | Of Jesus” at thelr gospel tent. I T N o Shot hew | Christmas day services were also held . John's Mynard rector. t the Catholic churches the regular masses were held. Christmas wa also observed in the Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian and Trinity churches at Haywards. ———————— Grimwood 'Still at Large. OAKLAND, Dec. —T. R. Grimwood, 1 ago, the other is Mrs. Spiscopal Church, Floyd J. s, who is acc d of being respon- for h Lillian_Brandes. Neither apparently fe ything at the hands of the law. In another cell is Joa- aba, who went into an aged ta- er's parior, nearly a ye y : beat him to death with a piece He as been tried and con t has appealed, and is patiently until the Supreme Court can f G the motorman who became suddenly in- rng my walk through the corridor, | sane yesterday. is still roaming about I found N, A. Brandes conversing with | town armed with two huge revolvers. He Frank Che Brandes’ story of bru- | was seen during the forenoon at Padri- tality he been told in the Justice's | ni’s store, on Telegraph avenue, between Court. man _who shot | Forty-eighth street and Columbus ave- the father of n rt and who has | nue, but soon disappeared, and although gaid that he g 1sane for the purpose | Officers Tuman and McKinley have been searching for him all day the able to locate him. In the meantime the people residing in the vicinity of Forty-eighth street and | Shattuck avenue, where Grimwood board- ed, are in a state of terror. They fear he may return and kill some one. Grimwood’s insanity is said to have been caused by too close application to the udy of spiritua —_——— of doing murder z after his acquittal I found old man Jones. of murder ten years a; ing a new trial or dea renews reason a jury d finally who was convicted and Is now wait- 2'on a sick bed. 'y have been A glance through the jail docket for 1598 shows that the murderers already named | ere less than half of those that have been dealt with during the year. One evening at the race track a youth named Bryan, | filled with opium and alcohol, fired a bul- A Notable Weduing. let into the heart of Deputy Constable| ALAMEDA, Dec. 2%.—Miss Lenora Cas- Cronin. This Cnristmas there is a vacant | tro and George Burgess were married this ehair in the Cronin home. and Bryan,| €vening at the home of the bride's par- | ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Castro, 1 Pa- Rev. Father O’Connell of Joseph’s Catholic Church officiated. whose attorney wept before the jury, is serving a trivial sentence at San Quentin. The jury wa tically informed that the boy mur mother and was had a mother and cific_avenue. t. fact that it marked the reunion of one of the oldest and most prominent Spanish ou Cronin als iul“fnunx_ but that cut no figur families identified with the early history J. H. Moffett became angry with his | of California. The bride's grandfather wife one morning at_their home on San ; was Governor of the State from 1836 to Pablo avenue. He killed her instantly | 1838, and was later commander-in-chief of With a pistol, but on account of his age | the Mexican forces in the war of 1846. he escaped the death penalty and is now | Members of the family from all sections in San Quentin. Even a military camp | of the State were in attendance. Nearly could not be located here a few months | 200 guests partook of the feast that fol- without adding to the county’s lowed. murders. Private Meadors quarreled with Struck a Barrel. Private Ury of San Leandro. After an OAKLAND, Dec. %.—Patrick Donovan, a laborer residing near the Hermitage, while very much under the influence of liquor fell and struck the back of his head against the chime of a beer barrel in Con Mahoney's saloon on Lower Broadway last midnight and sustained complete paralysis of the brain. He was taken to interval Meadors returned and knifed his enemy to death. Alameda County was put 1o the expense of a trial and a jury re. Jeased Meadors. A military court, in this | instance, administered a scathing rebuke | to justice in this county, for it tried Meadors on its own account and sent him 10 a State prison for ten years. A com- parative analysis of the manner in which | these two verdicts were reached would be interesting. | st summer Mrs. Abbie Gregory, the Alameda _spiritualist, decoyed her ad- | admirer, Williams, to her home and killed him, as she explalned, to save the lives of her boy and of her divorced husband, who was also a frequent caller. Just why Williams should be shot was never made | | list of | | | | | for drunkenness, and when found still un- conscious this morning was removed the Receiving Hospital. Dr: they say he cannot live until morning. Donovan is aged 65 years, Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Dec. 2.—Orsames Smiley died this morning at his home, 1816 Bay arent, but Mrs. Gregory was declared | street. He was a native of = Augusta, innocent ... | Maine, aged 75 vears, and had resided in Not many months ago Ferdinand Uhl, | Alameda for the past two years an intermittent lunatic, went on a gun-| “The Chilcoot Soclal Club will give a ! ?m‘R lfilxr( :'md' l.\hnl pi nr;khi\l!vlr’r\h: mere- | “smoker’”” Wednesday evening at the| y to gratify his mania. s in 1 asy- | Sc! 2043 Jiim, and should he recover he may, e | home of Louls Schultz, 243 Rallroad ave- Y ) nue. Cheeseman, do some more murder. | e ————— One night quiet Berkeley was electrified | to learn th murder had been commit- STUDENT EVANGELISTS. ted in its midst. Stacey Rodgers, a young 5 man with a varie putation, called on Young gr wido Another caller w there, and on coming to the door he was | Men’s Christian Association Will romptly shot and instantly killed by | odgers. The jury was pathetically told | Eresh During Wacation. that Rodgers was a lad far away from | BERKELEY, Dec. 2.—There s a move- ljlflxn‘: nd that his I”Ifl uld !;ni be cut | ment on foot among the members of the OU ther cha and Rodgers Vi ’s C Samow Ser g o pontey so: and Rodgers | Young Men's Christian Association of the | Universit fornia to spend part of their Ch s holidays in holding re- ligious services in different parts of the The fact that cruelly terminat asure of Rodgers cut ¥ 1 while young at the vne, had his no figure. i The killing by Chung Kee of his partner | State. The meetings will be evangelical l,i\)ll‘v;“})\;n\’r\\:mllxm of Hollenbeck by Quong | in nature, designed especially for young V not be criticized. While Christians hold life so cheaply we cannot censure heathens for considering it of lit- tle value. men, So far three places have beén de- cided upon where the young evangelists intend to_preach, Modesto, Oakdale and ‘Walnut Creek. They will hold services continuously in those places from Decem- ber 31 to January 8. Holiday Services. Mr. and Mrs. Brandes Mrs. Mentel, nk Cheeseman, Joaquin Eslaba and Jones ate their Christmas dinner to-day aning mission folk in the | BERKELEY, Dec. 2.—Christmas d orric san, of “peace i i { 1] ol ; ot o e OE A of yheace on earth” and | was celebrated In ail of the ghurches in | o s L a)ddm\( heard | this city to-day. Ail of the éhurch edi- | to dischirge Laduc's slayer i yeay aaa, | Hocseer® decorated appropriately for the | and 1 could not retrain' from wondlering | eime ni Has Wb G Aciey, Episcopal how much the incldent of that Christmas | gren he suciest FMkaoio i breached upon the subject “Meekness and Lowli- ness the Tenor of Christmas Day.” Dr. H. Minton occupied the pulpit in the First Presbyterian Church, and spoke upon the subject *His Name, Jesus.” At the Trinity M. E. Church the pastor, Rev. Dr. Coyle chose as his sermon *‘The Angel’s Song.” An old fashioned English carol service was. the feature at St Mark’s Episcopal Church. It was for the Sunday School children. 'Tue Rev. D. J. Pierce in the First Baptist Church spoke upon “Science Paying Tribute to Jesus.” = ety A curious visitation recently was not- ed in the township of Hove, near Brighton, England, in_the shape of a plague of caterpilars. Having consum- eve is responsible for the dec value of a human life, shn\r\f‘:s‘linlnt(l’lr;: Jcounty by the black record of 1898. This record is in itself an arraignment of the present jury system as carried out in Alameda County. Nor am I alone in eaying this. A few months ago four jury- men returned a verdict in a case of felony that was so much at variance with what the evidence demanded and so displeasing to the court that Judge Greene—the patri- arch of Alameda’'s bench—peremptorily struck the names of all four from the Vvenire, “it appearing to the court that good and sufficient reasons exist there- for.” A little later, when one of these ed a fleld of broccoll 3 they made names’ was again called as a talesman, the court excused him of its own motion: | Sracks 8CT0SS the road oTaLais This fact, it seems to me, is one of the | DOUSES, L phioh mimply, swarmed with them. Fourteen cater- pillars were counted on a single win- dowpane by an observer. most important incidents that transpired on the bench during the whole of the year. It struck at the very root of the dollars these usless trials have cost them, | service was the main feature, with an ap- | Bibles and prayer books to | and in the evening his sermon was on | he wedding was a notable affair from the | the City Prison and booked as John Doe | to | h Stratton and | Kane were unable to resuscitate him, and | | Members of the Berkeley Young | | Mrs. Kelly, aged 50 years, living at 313 Twelfth street, was fatally burned last evening. The unfortunate woman was in the act of removing a lighted coal oil |1amp from a table when it exploded, the | burning ofl setting fire to her dress. | Unable to extinguish the flames the | frenzied woman ran from the house, fran- tically screaming for help. Edward Cur- tis, & neighbor, rushed to her assistance and tore the burning garment from her body. Realizing that she was seriously burned Curtis telephoned to the Central Police Station for the patrol wagon. The injured woman was hurriedly driven to | the Receiving Hospital and an examina- | tion disclosed that her arms and legs were horribly burned. Drs. Rumwell and Hop- per did what they could for her, and then had her removed to the female ward. In xplanation of the accident Mrs. Kelly said she was alone in the house at the | time and had just ... .hed her Christmas dinner. “I had removed the dishes,” sald she, “and started to take the lighted lamp in the front room. In taking hold of it I must have tipped it over, as it immedi- ately exploded. The burning oil fell on ess, and before 1 realized what had HER DRESS CAUGHT FIRE. An 0ld Woman Fatally Burned by the Explosion a Coal-0i1 Lamp. of ]| happened I was enveloped in flames. Af- | ter vainly endeavoring to free myself | from the burning garment I ran from the | house, screaming for help. | As I reached the sidewalk T became un- | conscious, but was aroused by Mr. Cur- tis, who was furiously endeavoring to tear | the burning dress from my body. If it had not been for him, I believe I would have been burned to death. Late last night the unfortunate woman | ‘was visited by a priest, who administered the last sacraments of the Catholic church. The hospital surgeons say that Mrs. Kelly cannot possibly live. RECREATION *NEARLY WD N |Accident to J. Walter Empey. THROWN FROM HIS HORSE SUFFERS A FRACTURE OF THE | | BASE OF THE SKULL. | :Found Lying in the Road Uncon- scious and Covered With Blood and Dirt by a Mounted Officer. | J. Walter Empey, secretary of the Guide Publishing Association, lies at the point | of death in his home, 709 Hyde street. He | met with an accident while riding in the | park yesterday that resulted in the frac- ' Christmas out under the trees. The | Chutes was also visited by thousands of | pleasure-seekers. Emil Markeberg made | another daring balloon ascension and parachute drop, and this attraction, to- gether with the fact that every child that | passed through the gates yesterday was | presented with a present, drew the largest crowd of the season. The tree will be re- plenished for to-day, and children who visit the grounds 'will have another chance at Santa Claus. The same enthu- slastic crowd visited Sutro’s Baths to wit- | ness the aquatic sports. The results of the contests follow: 50-yard dash, novice—Won by O. Beyfu H. Anderson second. 100-yard dash—Won by H. Seebach, A. Hay second. 50-yard race for amateurs—Won by G. Freeth, D. Harris second. 100-yard dash for non-professtonals—Won by H. Seebach, 8. Duran second. Trick and fancy spring-board diving—Won by S. Duran, H. Seebach second. High diving—Won by Fred Green, F. Ray- mous second., Eureka Benevolent Society. At the annual meeting of the Eureka Benevolent Association at 105 Stockton street yesterday the reports of officers were received and new officers for the en- suing year elected as follow President, Charles Hirsch; vice president, E. W. Heller; treasurer, Albert Meyer; secre- | t Meyer H. Levy; board of trustees— | Rosenstock, Herman | her, S. W 3 Juda Newman | abacher, Tenry Sinsheimer. e e — Bold Thieves Caught. George Keenan and Willlam Perry early yesterday morning broke the show win- dow in Alexander Bertin's dyeing estab- lishment at 430 Bush street and stole a | cape and a silk skirt. They were seen by a citizen, who notified the police. ————— Swiss Rifle Club Shooting. The Swiss Rifle Club held its monthly | shooting contest at the Harbor View b J. WALTER EMPEY, Who Was Seriously Injured Yesterday. ture of the base of his skull, an injury which, in the opinion of the surgeons at | the Park and Receiving Hospitals, may cause paralysis or death. Empey left his home yesterday after- | noon for & ride in the park. He was mounted on an excitable high strung ani- mal that several times on the trip to the park showed a strong desire to run away. On reaching the park the animal seemed to become quieter and Empey, anticipat- ing no further trouble, did not watch it as closely as on the trip out from the city. Finally, without a moment’s warn- ing, the animal shied at some fancied ob- | ject and started on a mad race toward the Cliff. Empey remained in the sad- | dle for a considerable distance and en- deavored with all his might to control the maddened animal, but without avail. Suddenly the animal made a turn from the road and Empey was thrown with terrible force to the ground. No one saw him fall, but half an hour after he was | scen to pass the conservatory he was | found by one of the mounted police un- conscious, bleeding and covered with dirt in the middle of the road. The ambulance was summoned and the unconscious man was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where a cursory ex- amination of his hurts was made. It was found that he had suffered a fracture of the base of the skull, so it was decided to immediately remove him to the Receiving Hospital that an operation might be per- formed if found necessary. When the Recelving Hospital was reached Empey regained consciousness, but as to the cir- cumstances surrounding the accident his mind was a blank. e could only re- member that he was riding, he said, and had no recollection of having been thrown from his horse. Last evening the patient was removed to his home, and.late last | night was resting easily, but the outcome of his injuries cannot be determined for several days. There was no music at the park yester- day, but notwithstanding the absence of i this attraction thousands of people passed range yesterday. Following are the win= Medal shooting, champion- | , A. Gehret 412; first class, G. | 4; second class, A, Studer 375; third class, F. Sutter 316, Bullseye shooting—J. Leeman first, G. R. Hauser second, P. Crose third, F. Baumgartner fourth, F. Sutter fifth, J. Bachman sixth | and James Scheibli seventh. —_———— In the Handball Arena. Christmas day was enjoyed by many lovers of handball at Phil Ryan's court, 88 Howard street. Play was started early and only ceased when darkness came. Ten double games kept the boys busy. J. Dowling and M. Magulre defeated R. Murphy and J. White. Score: 2113, 1821, E. Lynch and A. J. Griffith defeated M. gulc‘h and T. F. Quinn. Score: 21—19, 1221, P. Herrin and P. Foley defeated M. J. Stokes and M. Fogarty. ~Score: 21—11, 9—31, 2116, T. Leach and M. Kirby defeated J. Kirby and E. Barry. Score: 21—8§, 14—21, 21—17. J. Condon and J. McCarthy defeated M. Me- Loughlin and T. Foley. Score: 2116, i4—21, P. Hutchinson and M. Dillon defeated P. Kelly and G. Hutchinson.” Score: 21—14, 1321, _T. Serres and R. Racoulllat defeated A. Jittman and J. Giynn. Seore: 2110, 121, J. Sflvero and L. Ferro defeated L. Pickef and C. Mahoney. Score: 2115, 1721, 2180, J. Riordon and R. Linehan defeated J. C. JNealon and A. Hampton. - Score: 2113, 1521, R. Madden and T. Murphy defeat . - lon ‘and J. Peters. Scoro: B1i7, l;gn'r 2?—“1’[‘5 ———— Treat for Hospital Patients. High mass was celebrated at the City and County Hospital at 8 o'clock yester- day morning. Through the efforts of Dr. HI:Fh Lagan a special choir was present and assisted in tue ceremony for tge ben- MISS O’NEIL IN “MAGDA” Miss Nance O'Neil, who has been all the way to Honolulu and back since we saw her last, broke the Christmas Sabbath by commencing a return en- gagement in the California Theater last night. The play was Sudermann’s “Magda,” one not calculated to attract the usual holiday crowd, but it drew a considerable number of cultivated persons, possibly those who have no homes; and duty tore the critics from their Christmas boards and firesides. Now even a critic hates to ply his trade on this night of traditional peace and good will, and Miss O'Neil couldn’t have hoped to have the opening pub- lished to the town as seasonable and considerate. “Magda” on Christmas night is about as appropriate as an ice- cream is at breakfast. Itisa play that strikes deep and troubles the emotions —everybody finds in it something of his or her own personal problem. 1t is a domestic tragedy, one of the strong- est ever written, and it doesn’'t olend with the holly, the mistletoe and the yule which are supposed to bring us forgetfulness and optimism. No; Miss O’Neil's date and play were not timety. But—professional justice {s stronger than private grievance, and it must be owned up to that her performance com- manded admiration and respect. Like nearly every character played by this tempestubus young genius, it was un- even and frequently , lacking in the softer depths and subtleties, but it was full of cerebral vigor and it brought out that big brutal note which the role will stand for in a consistent interpre- tation along that line. Miss O’'Neil's Magda is not the creature of delicate ironies and bitternesses that Modjes- ka’s is, but rather an heroic young woman of the injured-heroine type, febrile and explosive. McKee Rankin gives a large Bismarckian impression of the old father that is quite dramatic in part, but on the whole too elaborate and obvious in detail; and Herbert Carr is an earnest even if somewhat conventional pastor. Owing to an ac- cident met with by George Trimble, Lionel Clark was called upon to play Von Kellar at a few hours’ notice; and in the circumstances he did creditable work. None of the men were objec- tionable, but without exception the sub- sidiary female parts were played with poor understanding of the piece and unfortunate effect. ASHTON STEVENS. MAJOR WILKINSON’S DEATH. How the Brave Officer Fell Fighting Indians. Major Wilkinson met his death at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, after the bat- tle had been on for over three hours. He was standing at one corner of the block heuse, running those keen eyes of his up and down the line and carefully directing the fire of his men and encouraging them as he only knew. It is a wonder that he survived as long as he did, or indeed, for that matter, that any of the officers lived to tell the tale. Any one st:.mdlng erect was a most conspicuous target, an the dusky sharpshooters had their eyes on them. He was shot first through one of his legs and fell down. Quickly re- aining his feet, he called out: “I'm hit, fi(‘ut(’n nt, but not bad; keep the men to- gether. He limped back to the door of the house, where his Injury was promptly dressed by Surgeon Harris, and immedi- ately resumed his place behind his men. He had been there but a moment when a bullet passed completely through his body, entering the abdomen. “I'm hit again, and hit for good,” he cried, addressing his commanding officer; “but give them h—l, general, give them h—1!" He whirled around like a top and then felt his way back to the door, assisted by the surgeon. He knew that his wound fatal, remarking that he had received entral injpry. e died an hour after- a | ward, being’ conscious until a little be- fore the end. Although the major's heart was in_the fight, he was from the first opposed to moving troops against the Indians, being convinced that it would bring about dis- turbances which might easily be settled in a peaceful way. Coming up on the boat he told me that the idea of calling | out troops to subdue a score of Indians, whose chief offense was that of resist- ing an officer, appeared highly ridiculous to him. “i wouldn’t mind,” said he, ‘“receiving orders to go out and round “E the gang of timber thieves and others who are con- tinually Slirrini the Indians up to the fighting point by the shameful way in which they have abused them during re- cent years.””—Minneapolis Journal. The Upper Nile Region. T do not myself believe that our gen- eration will get much value out of the Nile Valley. For in what does the Sou- dan consist? It is, as it were, a single thread of blue silk drawn across a great brown nugget; and even the blue thread itself is brown for many months in the year. Where the waters of the Nile soak into the banks there grow thern bushes and poisonous weeds. Where the inhab- itants splash the water over their scrappy | fields—perhaps fifty yards square—there are hard-won crops. This belt of vege- tation is rarely more than a few hundred yards broad. And the rest is desert—mis- erable, aching, desolate desert. There is lenty of room to lie down and die in, But t Is no place for a man to live in.—Lieu- tenant Winston Spencer-Churchill, in North American Review. WEATHER REPORT. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FANCISCO, Dec. 25, 5 p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date as compared with those of same date last season and rainfalls in 24 hours: Last This Last Stations— 24 Hours. Season. Season. Fureka .. 0.00 9.57 15.42 Red Bluffs 0.00 3.51 6.08 Sacramento 0.00 3.93 4.38 San Francisco 0.00 3.99 407 Fresno .. 0.00 1.92 1.89 San Luis Obispo. 0.00 1.34 1.58 Los Angeles 0.00 oy 2.53 San Diego. 0.00 1. 141 Yuma .. .+ 0.00 1.32 0.81 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. San Francisco data—Maximum temperature, 50; minimum temperature, 42; mean tempera- ture, 46. An area of high pressure continues central in northern Utah and southern Idaho, from which section the barometer diminishes toward northern Washinston, and toward a slight de- pression off the coast of southern California. Fair weather continues throughout northern California_and Nevada, but clougy weather prevails elsewhere west of the Rocky Moun-'| tains and light rain has fallen in Washington, Conditions_are favorable for light showers in southern California Monday. Forecast made at San Francisco for 30 hours ending_midnight December 26: “ For Northern California—Partly cloudy in south portion, generally fair in north portion Monday. Fresh north wind. For Southern California—Cloudy Monday and probably scattered light ehowers, fresh north- erly winds. For Nevada—Partly cloudy Monday. For Utah—Cloudy Monday. For Arizona—Generally cloudy Monday, prob- ably with scattered showers in west portion, For San Francisco and vicinity—Generaily fair Monday, fresh north wind. Speclal réport from Mount Tamalpais — Partly cloudy; wind northwest; 20 miles; tem- perature, 50; maximum temperature, 6. W. H. HAMMON, Forecast Official. THE CALL'S -CALENDAR. 1898. December, arter, r 19, NOTICE TO MARINERS. A branch of the United States Hydrographlo Office, located in the Merchants’ Exchange, Is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners, without regard to nationality and free of expense. Navigators are cordlally invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail- ing directions of the world are kept on hand for comparison and reference, and the latest information can always obtain regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters efit of the patients in the institution. ———————— ‘When a fool opens his mouth his kead is soon emptied. interest to ocean commerce. ‘The time ball on the tower of the new Ferry ‘bullding, at the foot of Market street, is hoisted about ten minutes before noon and dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal re- Celved ench ‘day from the United States Naval Observatory, Mare Island, Cal. A notice stating whether the ball was dropped on time or giving the error, If any, is published in the morning papers the f%lvlogflgvfl‘ 4 GHES, Lieutenant, U. S. in cha: SUN, MOON AND TIDE. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at_Fort Polnt, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Poini the helght of tide is the same at both plaves. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2. Sun rises NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The eecond time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide and the last or right hand column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occur. The helghts glven are 'additions to_the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the heizht, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. "The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. STEAMERS TO AR From. Steamer. J |Oregon Port Humboldt . te CaliforniaPortland Alliance S y Nanaimo . Chilkat. |Humobldt Del Norte. |Tillamook Washtenaw. Santa Rosa. China. Tacoma .. |San Diego . “hina_and Japan. Coos Bay |Seattle . Humboldt . |Victorla & Puget Sound Yaquina Bay |Point Arena . {Dec. 28 |Newport |Dec. 29 |Tacoma. Dec. 29 [Point Arena. Dec. 23 |Humboldt Dec. 30 Acapulco, |Panama Dec. 30 Corona. 18an Diego . |Dec: 31 Columbi; [Portiand . |Dec. 31 Chas. Nelson...[Puget Sound {Dec: 31 Queen |Victoria & Puget an. 2 STEAMERS TO SAIL. Steamer. Destination. Salls. Pler. Orizaba. ....[Newport.......|Dec. 21, § am/(Pler 11 Walla Wall|Vic & Pgt Sd.[Dec. 27, 10 am|Pler § Chilkat ....[Humboldt ....{Dec. 27, 2 pm|Pier 13 City Para.. Panama....... Dec. 28, 12 m PMSS Alameda ...(Sydney. .|Dec. 28, 10 pm|Pier 7 Alliance ..|Oregon Ports.|Dec. 2§, 10 am|Pler 20 Portland...... Dec. 29, 10 am|Pler 24 San Diego.....|Dec. Coos Bay...... Dec. Yaquina Bay.|Dec. Aloha Point Arena..|Dec. Signal Grays Harbor|Dec. Coos Bay...(Newport.......[Dec. Pt. Arena..|Point Arena..|Dec. Umatilla ..|Vic & Pgt Sd.{Jan. 1, 10 am Pler 9 Columbia ..|Portland......|Jan. 3, 10 am|Pler 24 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 11 am|Pler 11 10 am Pler 13 10 am|Pler 13 Santa Rosa Arcata . Weeott State of Caly lf 9 am Pier 11 31, 3 pm|Pler 2 ARRIVED. Sunday, December 25. Stmr State of California, Parsons, 50 hours from Portland, via Astoria, 41 hours; stmr Del Norte, Allen, 68 hours from Tillamook Bay. Stmr Scotia, Lundquist, 18 hours from Fort Bragsg. Stmr South Coast, Zaddart, 38 hours from San Pedro, ballast. pStme Empire, Nelson, 51 hours from Coos ay. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, 18 hours from Moss Landing. Stmr Orizaba, Hall, 66 hours from Newport. pichr Mayflower, Olsen, 11 days from Coquills iver. Schr_Barbara_ Hernster, trom Coquille River. SAILED. Sunday, December 25. Stmr North Fork, Bash, Eureka. Stmy Pomona, Shea, Burcka. Stmr Corona,’ Hall, San Diego. Bark S. C. Allen, Johnson, Honolulu, French bark Duchesse ~Anne, Audrain, Queenstown. German schr_Mascotte, Schwarting, Matupf. Schr J. G. Wall, Bfornstrom, Eureka. Schr Anita, Funcke, Eureka. TELEGRAPHIC POINT LOBOS, Dec. 2.—10 p. m.—Weather hazy; wind calm! SPOKEN. Per schr Gotama—On Dec. 22, 50 miles west of Point Reyes, spoke a boat from sealing schr Mermaid of Victoria; reports having 14 skins; Mermald boat reports schr Geneva of Victoria with 40 skine; all well. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived Dec. 2—Schr Annie M. Campbell, from San Pedro: ship Eclipse, from Port Gamble for Algoa Bay. ASTORIA—Sailed Dec. 2¢—Bktn Gleanor, for San Francisco. Arrived—Ger bark Najade, from Yokohama. Salled Dec. 2—Stmr Geo. W. Elder, Bureka. Arrived, Dec. 25—Schr Sparrow, hence Dec. 20, Sailed—Stmr_Samoa, for San Francigco. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Dec. 25—Stmr Aloha, hence Dec. 24. MENDOCINO—Arrived Dec. 25—Stmr Point Arena, hence Dec. 24. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Dec. 24—Bark Tidal Wave, from Tacoma; schr Comet, from Ta- coma; sch¥ Dora Blum, from Tacoma. PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived Dec. 24—Stmr Farallon for Dyea. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Dec. Zampa, from Suva. Salled—Dec. 23—Schr Ida McKay, Francisco; schr La Gironde, Dec. 24—Bktn Omega, for San Fran- schr A. J. West, for San Pedro. SEATTLE—Sailed Dec. 2—Br ship’ G. W. Wolff, for Queenstown. Dec. 25—Ship Lucllle, for San Francisco. ‘Arrived—Stmr Farallon, from Dyea. SEATTLE—Arrived Dec. %—Stmr Excelsior, from Alaska and sailed for San Francisco. FOREIGN PORTS. VANCOUVER—Sailed Dec. 2—Ship Heela, for Sydney TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec. 2—La Norman- dia, from Havre. HAVRE—Arrived Dec. 2%—La Champagne, from New York. QUEENSTOWN—Salled Dec. 2%—Aurania for New York. Jensen, 58 hours 23—Schr for_San for | 1or San Fran- | AUCTION SALES. _ SPECIAL AUCTION SALE AT GRAND ARCADE HORSE MARKET, 327 Sixth Street, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, AT 11 A. M. By order of Mayor Phelan We will sell a lot of Fire Department !'m‘u-. uggles, Wagons, Harness, eto. also & lot of Bugkles PEIVAN & DOYLE, tock Auctioneers. CANCER and TUNOR HOSPITAL NO KNIFE or PAIN No Pay Until Cured Any lump in a wo- Iman’s breast is can- cer. The poison quickly goes to arm. it. If large it is too ate. Men’s face and 1ip & common place. PAGE BOOK sent free with hundreds of addresses of honest scures. No FRAUD. 8. R. CHAMLEY, M. D., 23 & 26 THIRD ST , N'R MARKET S1. SEND TO SOME ONE WITH CANCER VITALIS THE NEW FRENCH.. REMEDY., Live vmoTooRATEED a0 Lire. 158 Day. L 10th Day. LA ABOYVE SULTS. 1t 30th Day. quick'y & surely removes Nervous: Nty Emimions, Eril Drcarns Wast: Discsses it ah sochs of sel or excess and indiscretion. Restores Pover and Tt Newory. Words of Tnsenioy s por ey tfon. Cures when ll others fail.” Insist on having VITALL B0 other. £1n be carried in the vest pocket.” By mail 81,0 ackags or six for 85,00 with & e | Befamd-the Momey: circuter FrectNamnes, Oure o | CALUMET CURF C0.. 832 Den-born &t.. Chicage S0 by Owl Drug . 8 and Oakisad Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Established 1n 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debllity or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. 'The doctor cureswhen othersfall. Try him._ Charges low. Caresguaranieed. Callorwrita ¥'- GABBON, Box 1357, Sau Francisco. OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacifi;w(;oast Steamship Co. Steamers _leave Broadway Y EorAlesk ner‘t?:u 'or leskan po A m, Dec. 2,17, 12, 17, 2, 71, Jan. L chenge st Seattle. For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Townsend, Seattls, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash. 10 s m., Dec. 3 7. 12 17 4 every ay ereafter, o e MBeatils o this company's steamers fo S aska and G. N. Ry._ at Tacoma to N. P. .t Vancouver to C. P. Ry. B M oreks (Humboldt Bay). 3 p. m., Dea. 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, Jan. 4, and’ every Afth day thereatter. Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, c-'x?i“gm H’-‘.—g:ra '%“z Luis Bomm), Gaviotn, Santa Barbara, Venturs, Hu &an Pearo (Los Angelcs) and e . Deo. ARV O ) a fourth day’ thereafter I s enoDiego, stopping only at Pori Har- e e he oo (Los Angeloas, 116 s and Redo e Tos Dee. 5,0 18, 17, L 25 &, San. %, and fourth day_thereafter. “F57 Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Pas, Santa Rosalla and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., Dec. 17, Jan. u’br further information obtain folder. The company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, sailing dates ard hours of gailine. OKET OFFIUE—4 New Montgomery street (Palace Hotel). GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts., 10 Market San Francisco. THE 0. B. & N. GO, DISPATCH TAST STEAMERS TO QST I. AND pear-street Wharf at 10 s, m. Berths eals. * 212 First Class «Aw $8 Second Class COLUMBIA salls.... ETATE OF CAL. sails 3 Short line to Walla Walla, Butte, Felena_and all points in the Northwest. Through tickets to all points East. E. C. WARD, General Agent, 630 Market street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. Includin, and Compagnie Generale Transatlantigue, (French Line) to HAVRE-PARIS Sailing_every Saturday North (FRANCL). at 10 a. m. from Pler 42, River, foot of Morton street. LA NORMA LA GASCOG | LA cH | LA BRETAGNE s LA NORMANDIE Jan. 28 First-class to Havre, $90 and upward, 5 per cent reduction on round trip. Second-class to Havre, $45, 10 per ecnt_reduction round trip. GENERALAGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 3 Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, § | Montgomery avenue, San Francisco. The S. S. ALAMEDA ils via Honolulu and Auckland for Sydney December Wednesday. 28, at 10 p. m. mshil 8. ' S. “AUSTRALIA ORG-S e, oo C P 10, 15608, &82 pom Line to COOLGARDIE, ‘Australia, and CAPR TOWN, South Africa. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery st. Freight Office—327 Market st.. San Francisco. BAY AND RIVER STEAMERS. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO, Steamer ‘‘Monticello.” Wed., Thurs. and Sat. Mon., Tues. Landing and offices—Mission | Telephone Main 1506. NN N BN from in bed, with and ot e Sowmee it Dt 1 ouia 2o . gasp for breath. seemed somach, and often I f RIPANS 1 have been so greatly relieved that entirely.” = stomach and chronic constipati bloated and generally miserable. Since I AR SSS BRCSSS busy Connecticut town recounts an ered,” said she, ‘‘about everything possib] , and many a night have had to sit what sleep I could that way. 1could ible sensation which made me to ferment moment it into my using TABULES I fully believe they will soon cureme