The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1899, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL L, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1899. MRS, BOTKIN IS STOICAL AND INDIFFERENT Attorneys to Try All| Loopholes. [ AFTERMATH OF THE VERDICT | THE DELAWARE WITNESSES RE- i EAST. ! TUR The Condemned in Prison Shows No | Emotion, Nor Does She Seem Fretful Over Her Fate. | | h the verdict of the jury stiil ring- v ears Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, the ] in her cell at the ity Jail, not as one broken hopeless, but as a wom- » her surroundings s her fate om all outwa tations the seriousness of her sit- ition has not yet dawned upon her and seems content to remain passive while the many labyrinthine passages of the ire explored by her counsel in their endeavors to break down the judgment who I welve men of the opinfon agrees v It was gen- i that Mrs. Botkin was the but only a small minority | of her conviction. Many | reement and a few that the jury would | may be used in such a heinous | being, the verdict be called 2 pop- tern tening humai id unin- | night, rose rty breakfast | for the one | e next meal. v d with the| r breakfast. Dur- | ived two vis- | gaged in lively le of these she ad- h there was a num- catch as hing of t with Mr t. The g committed dur- udgment »“insuflicie the *verdic t. But that he nullifi- he question e silll firm i a for as a q holds this will irst. are jurc affoat ment of the ry were u Mrs. rom { st the quest Jotkin's § r of settling upon the t was the rock 1 which the | ers spiit, 8. K. Overgard, it is for a mitigation of pun- reed to give way position of A. r d s 1 r jurors to his| raightened | nd left on | castern | ve to-| Dunning w GRAVI’fY STEEPLE CHASE. 1 = | First Exhibition of an Eastern Nov-| at Central Park. | Steeplechase was opened | last night at Central Pa to become the great attrac- y. Thirty thousand dollars | expended on this amusement | her improvements will be made. e Steeplechasa f a gravi consists double steel tracks on which on iron frames are | mile in length and minute to run the : me dim? to mou people sounds a horses b ) “The advantag s own jockey and the nds in'a great mea attac Co ssful; the men, and 1y (pa ! wagered on the resuit. I, Y availed themselves of the portunity and in relating their experience sald the sensation was exhilarating, C. Tillew. the proprietor, has also led a number of other sutprising velties, such as ti arrel of Love,” sumatic Gun” and the *Funny | is | severe wound on the side of the h in cago Record. Stairway.” It is his intention to plow a large area of ground and plant it with grass, There will be landscape paintings to delight the eye and a band in constant attendance. He desires especially to cater to families and his resart will be a model ! one in everv respect. A beautiful entrance tructed and _the electric rnished by three motors, which also propel the horses from the stopping place back to the starting point. e MILITARY BALL. Knights of the Red Branch Rifles Wind Up the Old Year. The Knights of the Red Branch Rifles gave their seventh annual military ball last night at Odd Fellows’ Hall, and the affair was remarkably suc: ul. Over three hundred couples participated in the grand_march, which was led by Captain L. J. Mellott and Miss Delia Curran. To the “Echoes of Erin,” the Knights, in full-dress uniform, with their gayly at- tired ladies, began the dancing, which lasted from 9 in the evening until 4 o’clock this morning. There was an intermission at midnight, during which the new was ushered in with hearty good wi and many flowing bumpe: The following are the has been c¢ lighting is = ball: Committee of arrangement aul (chairman), nant M. mith, rgeant om credit is due for the success of the | GEORGE W, ROOT REMEMBERED BY HIS ASSOCIATES His Gift a Diamond Watch Charm. IN DISTRESS BARKENTINES CANNOT MAKE PORT IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY. Captain “Pete” Ott Did Not Get Back Reception committee~Michael Casey (cha. 0—( i : Sortiral John Murphy. " Patrick Bol on the Acapulco—Captain B. al John Phil Brady, Jobn { T hil B ¥ Cogan Able to Be About director Mellott. | Again. sefstant Sergeant James & Smith Floor committee ey Collins, —_———— | GRAND MASQUERADE BALL. Arion Society’s Benefit Fills Me- chanics’ Pavilion. The grand masquerade ball under the auspices and for the benefit of the Arion | Benevolent Socfety in Mechanics’ Pavil- n last night was a success from a finan- cial qoint of view, notwithstanding the fact that evervbody in San Francisco ap- peared to be on the streets bidding good- to the old year and welcoming the he number of maskers was mnot so large as on previous occasions of sfmi- lar character, which is partly accounted for by the fact that the majority of those in atiendance put in the early part of the g parading the street and otherwise adding to the babel > that made night hideous. Ne there were devils and fairie goddesses of liberty. tough girls, fema impersonators, walking Christmas tree Dutchmen, longshoremen and man o warsmen galore. to t e having the handsomest and odd- | est costumes, etc. The hour of midnight was the signal for unmasking and also for the inaugu- ration of a_perfect pandemonium of nios. in honor of the advent of the young and nsophisticated New Year. Soon after {dnight the people began to arrive in droves and dancing. was kept up until nearly daylight. The committee of a: rangements consisted of Frank Dunn, chairman; Frank . Foley secretary and John C. McBride, treasurer. Pau A. Bender acted as floor manager. e e Dance of Garibaldi Guards. The Mutual Aid Society of the Gari- 1di Guards held its annual ball in Gari Hall last night. The room was wded merry in with dancers, who kept up the vel until dawn. The committee charge consisted of G. Barbagelata, Daneri, A. L. Bacigalupi, S. Cenes- hino, Giuseppe L. Artana, F Ratto, B.. Sturla, Figone, Effisimo A, Figone, G. ( Dematte Ratto, Chiappa, G. Delmo Delmonte Zeiro, F. Del- monte, yppiano. G goma Dott G. ipo G. Biguotti ettl, C. " G. Calegs chetti, P. Simi. C. Palmieri, G. Roccatagliata, G. Iaccheri, -J G. Bacigalupi, S. Sanguinstti, ‘Torre, Arara Paolo, Gi G. Orsi, Painter. One of the attractive features of the Poodle Dog building is the fresco paint- decorating and med by G. Orsi, polishing, per- paint and oil déaler, The the is done building greatly known quite Franc the S by him is strictly and Orgi nd in consequence his bu extensive, ‘not only o but other leading towns in nes: . Struck From -Behind. Ed Cole. a negro, was struck in the head by some unknown person -.at the corner of Market and' Stockton streets last night. The blow" he received caused a falling face foreward on the ones he cut a large gash in his The crowd was dense at the time of the air and minor injuri were added to those of his head by people trampling on hlml He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital, e A Cure For Asthma. Asthma sufferers need no longer leave home and busiress in order to be cured. produced a vegetable remed Asthma_ and that will perma 1 diseases. of the nd bronchial 't Having tested its 4i curative powers in thousands of cases (with a record of % per cent permanently ), and desiring to relieve human suffer- I will send, free of charge to all sufferers Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bron- and nervous diseases, this recipe, - in French of Engl with fulb. direc- r preparing and using. Sent by mail. with stamp, naming this paper, W, A. 920 Powers’ Block, Rochester, N. Y. Quane’s Death Was Accidental. Coroner Hawkins held an inquest y. terday morning upon the body of Willlam Quane,who died on the 29th of this month. after e had fallen to the sidewalk in a arrel with Assemblyman-elect Charles Kennealy. The verdict was that the cause of death was an accjdent. ——e——— 5 COMING ON WITH CHRISTMA “Don’t you believe happiness is merely | a mental condition? “No; it's a financial CAPTAIN GILLEN S NEW YEAR FREAK He Captures a Man of Mustery, Who ls otuffed With Coin, APTAIN JAMES GILLEN of the Seventeenth street police station has in his keeping a genuine was found sitting in a b teenth and Sev The man of m cernedly he owned the store. refused to answer. The s as the proprietor. ew Y At the In an inside pocket, safely secured by a wallet ining 3860 in < ties, besides $4 8 in silver. swer until i tory answers, desk he gave the name He also gav »med consciou of the day of tl He was detained at the station pendin, ® & (oL 00000 DD 'yele store on Valencia street, between Six- iteenth, by Officer C. H. Taylor lait night.at 10 o'clock. stery walked into the On being asked by- the proprictor. what enteenth street station Captain Gillen had him searched, and gold notes of the denomination of tens and twen- To all questions put to him he declined to an captain coaxed him a little, when he gave a. few unsatisfic- but not of such a nature as would satisfy a person that he was sane. On being confronted with Prison-keeper White at the booking of George F. Bidmaler and said he was a polisher by ll';w.e and that he was born in New York and was aged 36 years. £ 5 Further than this he would not go. He declined to tell Where he roomed or where he worked, or, in fact, anything, further regarding himself. the information that he owed his landlady a month's rent to-day. He had two keys of the Yale pattern with a tag numbered 16 attached Nothing else that would lead to his identity was found on his person. DD D6 D6SIDIDIDIDEDICIEADDS D ® s freak in the person.of a man who tore and took.a seat as uncon- officer was called in and he met with’ half dozen safety pins,: found a he month and of his surroundings, and g investigation by the police. tooting tin | Prizes were distributed | well | in San | Nature has | .|.and the eharit o wa CORIORNOROR RS Chief Wharfinger George W. Root was treated to an agreeable surprise yesterday. The wharfingers and collec- tors on the front took advantage of his retirement from office to assume the du- ties of Clerk of the Supreme Court to present him with a magnificent watch charm. During his term of office the chief has always been most considerate of his subordinates, so they could not let him depart from among them without some token of their esteem. The old waiting-room of the Sausalito was used for the occasion. “The had draped it with flags and dec- Chief Root w about to boat for Oakland when of the room. take the ferry ce took possession of him, and saying, You are wanted badly to straighten out s irbance on Clay street wharf,” marched him away. In vain the chief protested that he had to catch a boat. Mahoney would take no denial. When he hered into ent all the employes of the Harbor ymmission and many of the prominent business men on the front. After a few | opening remarks by Captain W. R. Leale the presentation was made by Assistant Chief Wharfinger Scott. He told of the sant relations that had always ex- isted between Chief Root and the men under him and wished him as much suc- new office as he had had dur- rge of the water front. were made by Dan T. Cole, rien, A Pryor and others which a cold collation was spread and the health of the new Clerk of the Supreme Court w: drank with three times three. The charm presented is in the form of a Masonic emblem, the center piece of which is a four-carat diamond. Mr. Root was completely overcome by the goodwill shown him, and had difficulty in thanking “‘the boys'” for their kindly remembrance of him. Barkentines seem to be in hard luck. The S. G. Wilder from Honolulu, the Tam o' Shantér from Willapa and the Gleanc from the Columbia River, have the heads since last Thursday night and not make port. Friday they.were in a_bunch fourteen miles south-southwest of Point Lobos, while yesterday they had got to within three miles of the Golden Gate when they had-to anchor. Late the evening the Tam o° S8hanter took a tow, but it looks as though the crews of the others would spend New Year's day a but within sight of home. barkentine Omega was also outside, ptain Harrington managed to get Then the tide turned a_agaln, rere dropped and the there until wind . and tide suited, when she made the The schooner Volunteer, sev- from Caleta Buena, had also ame along but ( her past the fort. and she began to drift out to s the hung anchiors but & enty to anchor outside, but a tug i | ! day | and brought her | | | i { i of the Omega reports that on December . in latitude 45 deg. 16 min. north, longi- tude. 127 deg. west, he passed a lot flooring, planking, fencing and of s. This is probably th ome lumber vessel that the recent northwester. Acapulco arrived from Panama and way ports yesterday with- out Captaln *“Pete” Ott, the pilot, who | was carried away on the City of Para. | 1t _was thought ‘the two steamers might | t off Point Conception, and in svent Captain Ott would have been trans- ferred. The pilots are now building their hopes on. the City of Para reaching Maz- atlan in time to connect with the Cura- n which o\'(‘nl]Ca)llmn Ott will come at vessel. Word ‘was received by the Merchants change yesterday that thé British ship rom South Shields for San Fran- cisea with_a general cargo, had gone ashore at Dungen: in_a heavy storm. A lifeboat. was nding by ready -to take off ‘the crew in case of an emergency. Captain B. Cogan has left. Hospital and in a day or so and about again. His wife wished him to remain another week at St. Mary's nd was getting ready to cross the ba to persuade him to remain, when the Cap- tain walked into the house. He had to undergo a very painful surgical opera- tion, but i now on the high road to re- covery and will be ready for another cruige-to the Arctic in a few week: ST. ROSE’'S NEW SCHOOL. Will Be Dedicated To-Morrow Morn- ing — Matriculation to Com- mence at Once. The parochidl school of St."R ish is about. to be dedicated for th ‘p(‘nple for whom it w; The steamer B Glenard, young be remembe the str belonging .to Chich From that T by th inclined in ¢ o engaged in the b buildings. to this -parishioners the clerg: | tions of the city, h: ring the paris | work of res | Two days after the fire.a shed was’ tily erected to e a place of wor- hip. Work was-immediately furthered |'to erect a home for the clergy, who had been compelled to take rooms’in St. Mary's Hospital. A handsome dwelling finished in the course of tim int imposing church of St. Ra: for ‘dedication two years-ago. ready yez unbuilt. 7 The hope of the clergy been fulfilled, and St. Rose’s school will open .its doors, with —apropriate cere. ‘mony, to hundreds -of pupils Mond morning, January 2. - The church propért nan street through to Freelon. The b ehurch and residence face on Brannan street. The school fronts 75 feet on Free- lon street. The school buflding is modern in every particilar. -There is no attempt at_exterior oruamen ‘the archi- tect. has followed the of the old | sehool very closely, and has.aimed at clas- sic solidity rather than decoratiom in ef- fect. The building rises three stories over a very high and lightsome ‘brick base- ment. The basement is floored and lighted to sérve as a- covered: playground on rainy days, Two broad staircases lead from' the arched entrances to the landings on-the ‘first floor. These entrances serve for the boys and girls respectively. There are cight large ¢ ooms, S0 placed as 1to use light all day to the best advan- tage. The receiving classes, primary grades and principal’s office are located on- the first floor. The_é)urel,v grammar grades occupy ‘the second floor, and the third floor is almost entirely occupied by the exhibition hall, which is'a model of its kind, The graining throughout the build- ing is-oak. - The school furniture, of mod- ern styles; is.of ash and oak. The black- boards are of the latest patent composi- tion slabs, is inserted in the walls. In fact everything is of the Intest and best. The school will be in charge of the Sis- tcrs of the Holy. Names connected with the Sacred Heart Convent of Lake Mer- ritt, Oakland. This order of teaching nuns had supervision of the St. Rose's gram- mar school, destroyed: by the fire, and had broufi_fi it toa high grade of ex- cellence, The puplls since that time hav attended other schools in the vicinity, b\fi as large a number will attend Monday morning. p 33 The work of rebuilding and. restoring orated it with evergreens, while a plat- | form had been erected at the easterly end | Sergeant “Tom” Mahoney of the Harbor | the room there were | that | extends from Bran- | some | r been off | in! { lejo and J | | that some years ago Captain Harrington | deckioad of | as caught in the church, residence and school is now, after three years, brought to completion. t has cost an enmormous amount of money. A large bequest from the es- tate of Ellen Gallagher was the beginning. The parishioners of St. Rose have done the rest. They are all hard-working peo- ple with small incomes, yet they have cheerfully co-operated in this "almost glant work, giving whatever their means would allow to make the parish even more cum];‘)lele than it was before the fire. That work is now done and the people who have made it so deserve congratulation. Only a debt of some few thousands re- mains, but Father Nugent, the pastor, has every assurance that it will be paid in the near future S KNIGHTS CF THE ; MACCABEES. San Francisco Tént and Ladies of San Francisco Hive Have a Christ- ‘mas Entertainment. The members of San Francisco Tent No. 18 of the Knights of-the Maccabees on last Fridey night had their Christmas tree, entertainment and dance in the Stanford, Social and Occidental halls of the Alcazar. There was a large attend- ance of members and their lady and geh- tleman friends and in entertaining they were assisted, coached, controlled and comforted by the membership of San Francisco Hive No. 8, Ladies of the Mac- cabees. In the Social Hall there was given the entertainment and dance. The _ pro- gramme included vocal selections by C. Birham, C. Van Orden, Q. Madden, a reci- tation by Miss Moffatt and an exhibition of fancy dancing by Miss Phoebe Gibson. In Occidental Hall there was a large Christmas tree, brilliant with numerous lights and decorated with silver and gold, while from the branches hung a present for each knight and lady. The dristribu- tion of these by Sir Knight H. L. Tick- ner, who acted’ the part of Santa Claus, was productive of a great deal of sport, as many of the gifts were decidedly in- appropriate to the sex of the recipient. After the presents had all been given out the jolly party repaired to Stanford Hall, where all enjoyed a fine -collation. - The oners on entertainment were E. H. Stevens, H. L. Tickner, W. Green- berg, B. B. Richards, Thomas J, Harris, A. Bound and F. L. Hilmer. BEST SERVICE EVER OFFERED Three Thousand Miles of Private Leased Wire to Furnish Eastern Market Reports. PERFECT SERVICE ALSO SUP PLIED TO INTERIOR CITIES. Three thousand miles of wire is a long stretch but this is the actual dis- | tance of wire used by the Western Un- ion Telegraph Company to furnish the New York stock market to brokers and dealers in San Francisco. It seems hardly possible for the outside world to comprehend, nevertheless it is a fact. The quotations of prices of the leading stocks are posted in San Francisco as soon as they occur in New York. This is also true of all the changes in mar- ket price of wheat, corn, oats, ete., traded in on the Chicago Board of Trade. Thirty seconds after the bell taps for the opening of the Board of Trade the prices are recorded in San Francisco. It is, of course, a very ive undertaking, consider- ing the telegraph tolls. Douglas & Co, of 20 Leidesdorff street are the only subscribers to the Western Union ser- vice in San Francisco in tnis particu lar line. They ¢ have their leased wires, u lusively by their correspondents Vall Woodland, F Hanford, Napa, S. Purdy, The several different cities use exclu- sively the leased wire system of Doug- las & Co. The San Francisco stock markat has for years been stagnant, and srocks were quoted in Stockton, 110, the thousands are now selling on an av- | erage of 50 cents per share. Still those same stocks are carried by people who live in hopes of a revival of the mining industry. With poor chauces for an improvement, assessments come with regularity and are paid by tacse who still hope for some change ‘or the better. The range in prices dauy is | from 1 cent to 25 cents, ‘while the range in prices in New York stocks is from | turn in sugar and tobac $1 to $6 or $10 per share daily. To illustrate the facility of making a 0 shares, the man who bought American Sugar on October 13 at 109, and sold on Decem- ber 10 at 135%, would be 261 ahea that is to y, if he had bought 10) shares he would have made $2525 with an investment of $100 or on ten shares he would, with an investment of $10, have cleared $262 50. Again, American Tobacco on October 13 was quoted at 118%, and on December 10 at 1421, a rise of 24 points. The investor to the extent of $100 in 100 shares would thus have made $2400 clear profit in two months, or $240 if he bought ten shares, investing -$10, and held them for the same period of time. On December 19 Sugar fluctuated nearly $4 per share; American Tobacco nearly $2. On December 20 Sugar fluc- < par- | her sec-{ tuated $4 50 per share, while Tobacco changed $2, and on December 21 both | changed $2 per share. ago St. Paul stock was sell ing for 398 per share: to-day the same stock is sell advance of $20 per share. Rock Island ock in the same space of time has ad- anced from $95 to 3111.. The same can be said of all the list, only some stocks have advanced $50 and $60 per share. It, of course, does not very often hap- pen that a trader can be fortunate cnough to get in on the low point and out on’ the high point, but for the last six months it has been possible, and has cccurred where lucky investors have taken from $20 to $30 per share profit. Douglas & ( an old-established East- ern house, h their office fitted up with all the f ities necessary for cus- tomers to asce n the exact prices of the leading stocks in New York and prices on Chicago Board of Trade. The quotations are posted the instant they are received over the fast overland wires 6f the Western -Unlon Telegraph Company. Those interested will find f these leader: ix month | on inquiry that this firm has financial ‘grammar_school of the parish remained | however, has ' standing, and. being established six- teen years in Chicago, must necessasily be a successful business house, Their references are the best, and the patrons of the firm ¢n the coast can satisfy others who wish to intrust their busj- | ness to this firm. This firm offer at no time any ad- vice as’to the course of the market. They merely act as commission ‘brokers for their clients. . 3 —————— TUnder Sealed Orders. “Don’t know,” said the stout man on Grand River Avenue car the other after. noon, when asked by a fiend where he was going that time of day. “Sailing undeér sealed orders. Here they are.” as white envelope ornamented with a dab of wax as big as a silver dollar. “See? ‘Not to be opened until you reach the Campus Martjus.’ Old ladv wrote it herself.- Didn’'t know 1 had so much curiosity. Scems to me this car goes about a mile an hour, and it makes more stops and longer stops than. evér before. Feel just like getting out and walking on.t the campus the stout man ju off before the car had stopped, hulj'rl'::lr";g 2 lumber pile in front of the opera_house site and leaned there while he read. His florid face became scarlet. hig big right hand crumpled the envelopé and crumpied the wax. He dove into his left-hand breast pocket, brought out an addressed letter, carried it to the nearest mafl box and thrust the missive in. He switched down Cadlllac square and ordered a seven- lgound roast, got to the Bastern Market y the shortest route, laid in a supply of beets, cucumbers, strawberries, peas. onlons and new potatoes,. hustled back to town, telephoned a family of friends that they were expected to dinner -the next day, left an order at the icecream fac- tory, had some dainties sent from the gro- cer’s, and then headed for home, looking blacker than a thundercloud. He tried to storm and’ appear abused, but his wife pork, | Chicago | own | g for $118 per share, an | e ostentatiously produced a big | only laughed at him and recalled that it was the first time in his life that he had gone downtown and done more than half what she had told him to do.—Detroit Free Press. ——r—— ENGLISH GIRLS’ GAMES. They Play Almost Everything Ex- cept Fo_otblll. An attempt, very properly squashed, was made to introduce football as a game for women. It was seen to be a most unlikely and impossible pastime for them, and though a team of brawny ladies persevered in their course for a season or so through the country, laughter and derision were their man guerdons, and the rest of their sex held themselves severely aloof from follow- ing their example. At the women’s colleges and schools hockey is becoming more and more the favorite winter pastime. The Roval Holloway College team is famous. and plays in its own splendid fleld every afternoon this term and next. The students engage in games against the Oxford and Cambridge women's col- leges, but they do not play golf at all. Neither do they boat seriously. The Thames is quite half an hour’s walk from the college, and time is precious, 50, though they hire when they want boats, there is not one now appertain- ing to the college. But they swim in the glorious bath in their equallv glori- ous grounds, and gre ardent cyclists. Many of the high school girls in Lon- don proceed to Neasden and other out- lying fields near London for their hockey, possessing no facilities in town for such exercise. At aristocratic Gir- ton—the first women’s college estab- lished at either of the Varsities—they have golf links of the : own, as a hockey field. They also indulge in a little mild cricket, during the sum- ham in open contest. or join with that abode of learning to meet the Oxford women’s colleges at hockey match At Somerville Hall, Oxford, there is a regular summer term institution on | Saturday afternoons of tennis and lem- onade, to which brother undergradu- ates of the ‘“sweet girls” are invited. Asphalt courts are played on vigorous- | 1y during the winter at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where there are also col- lege boats, the vicinity of the river Cherwell rendering boating possibie. Golf and the new fashioned game ¢ | eroquet are regarded by damsels f | as slow and frumpish. arrive at years of discretion they ad- | mit that there mething in both, and | that they are “jolly difficult” to rlay well. | therefore, In scholastic realms, though | its vogue has increased a hundredfold | during the past summer in other cir- | cles. Gymnaslum work and dancing are both extremely popular among school | girls, and college ones also. | way College there is a superb floor in the long galleries devoted to purposes, and here sometimes the stu- | dents are permitted to trip it gayl | Fencing is another exer to which devoted, but it does not seem to appeal to the women’s colleges yet. Tt is pop- | a flavor of Paris about it, and, beside: | is most advantageous to those whos occupations are sedentary. Literary and there are clubs in London | where women may meet men in mimic combat sometimes.—London Mail. e e REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Mary B. Taylor to Bernhard A. Becker, lot | on NW corner of Clay and Locust streets, W 68:9 by N $10. Bernhard A. Becker to Maria Becker, same; girt | foil: mes and Honora Hogan (by Wallace A. | Wise Jr.) to Luclus L. Solomons, d 336, lot corner of Washington and Cherry X 50:4, W 7136, S 50:10, B T9:2, trustee and Annie L. Boone to Ernestine ife of Ludwlig), lot on N lime of irst street, 37 W of San Carlos, W 22 Dy N $5; $2900, Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to Eliza- beth Tracy, lot on W line of Sanchez street, 130 X of Sixteenth, W 63, NE to Sanchez, S 50:3%; 00, Augustus F. Rodgers to J. B. Pon and Calixte -, lot commencing 20:10 S of Washing- treet, and 110 E of Mason, S.26, W 0:1%, to beginning; $100. Frank B. Bates, Anna . Condon and Mary Peck to Jane Bates, lot on NW corner of ason and Sacramento streets, W 60 by N 20; <o lot on I line of Fillmore street, o Post, N 27:6 by E $100. Jane and Frank B. Bates and Marv E. E Peck . Condon, undivided six-eithths of lot line of Pine street, 135 W of Larkin, W $100. Anna S. Condon and Mary Peck to Frank B. Bates, lot on SE line of Ha rison street, 300 SW of Third, SW 25 b: also lot on SW line of Fifteenth avenue, 187 6 by SW 100, block 30 o Homestead and Rallroad Association; $100. Jane and Frank B. Bates and Anna S. Con- don to Mary E. Peck, undivided six-eighths of lot on W line of Webster street, 13 by W S7:6; $100. sphie and John Jehl to Marie Lajus, lot 80, | Ben_ Franklin' Homestead Assoctatiorf: $10. John A. Bjorkman to Augusta Bjorkman, lot W_corner of Eighth avenue and H street, A 130 by SW 100, block 161. South San Fra clsco Homestead 'and Railroad Association also lot on NE line of Twentlith avenue, NE of H street, NW 76 by NE 10, block 30, same: gift Letitia W. Hudson to Elizabeth M. Huas undivided four-sixths of lot bheginning on SE corner of Silver Terrace Tract, N 79. deg. 6 min., W 32.40 chains, S 14 deg. 2) min., W 1 chains, 8§ 73 deg. 0 min., E 31.32 chains, N deg. 30 min., E 21.30 chains, less blocks 470, 453, 496 and portion of 454, South San Francisco Survey, contalning 47 acres, Hudson Tract: all | of lot on § line of Sacramento street, 192:5 W of Octavia, W 27:6 by § 132:81; also property in San Diego County; gift. | E. J. and Annie M. Porteous to Joseph Fitz- S of Ellls, | gerald, 1ot on W line of Third avenue, 5 S )t Deeth street (California street south), S | | 25 by W 84, subject to mortgage: $10. Alameda County. Tols M. Apgar to Howard K. James, lot on W line of Myrtle street, 153 N from nal lne, N $6:10 by W 125, block 614, Oakland: $1600. Alfred H. and Mary V. Weil (Blow) (trus tees under deed of Mary A. Blow) to John B. Redfield, lot on NW corner of Fourth and Har- rison streets, W 100 by 23, block 40, Oakland: $2500. P, D. and Margaret B. Frost to Cecella Black- burn, lot on_§ line of Twenty-seventh or Park of West street, street, 27:6 W W 40 by S 85, block 2020, Whitcher Tract, oakland: also lot on I line of Adeline street, 194:6 N of ty- sixth, N 2 by E 127, block N, survey northern extension of Oakland; $1000 Lena C. Frishee to Lottie E. Bowen, lot on W line of Canning street, 50 N of Cherrv, N 50 by W 100, being lots 22 and 23 block P, resubdivision of Roberts and Wolfskill Tract. Oakland Annex. quitclaim deed: $10. George P. and Dora A. Nelson to same, same, Oakland Annex, quitclaim deed: £ Francisco_ Berthier to Elmh: pany, lot 85, Elmhurst Park, ship. quitelaim deed; James A. and Celia M. Johnson to Kate King (wife of C. H.). lot on NE corner of East Fif- _teenth street and Eighth avenue, NE 0 by 120:2, Fast Oakland: $10 George H. and Katharine Maxwell to Walter E. Dean, lot on W of Prospect street, § 200 W 2 mont wa thence N along the T mont way around to and Channing way to heginnine st Land_Com- Brooklyn Town- line of Pied- line t 1, long’ beine gage. Eden Township: $10. J. W. Robertson to Drusa D. Rahert=on. lots 11 and 12, Stevens Tract, Centerville, Washing- ton Township: ift 3 —_— e—————— TELLIGENCE. LATE SHIPPING T SATEED. aturday. December 31. Stmr Noyo, Johnson. Fort Bragg. DOMESTIC POR’ FORT BRAGG—Arrived Dec 31—Stmr .quola, from Port Los Angeles. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 31-Stmr Patria, from Hamburg. Safled Dec 31—Stmr Pretorin. for Hamburg stmr Etruria, for Liverpool: stmr La Normar die, for Havre; stmr Europe, for Londin: | stmr Spaarndam, for Rottercam: stmr Adler, for Naples: stmr Anchoria, for Glasgo LEGHORN—Arrived Dec 30—Stmr from Genca. HAMBURG—Arrived Dec 31—Stmr Permsyl- nia, from New York. MOVILLE—Sailed Dec 3i—Stmr Furnesia, for New York. HAVRE-Salled Dec 31—Stmr La Champagne, for New York. LIVERPOOL—Sailed Dec 30—Stmr Umbria, for New York. QUEENSTOWN-—Sailed Dec 31—Stmr Cymrie, for New York. GLASGOW—Arrived Dec 31—Stmr Cartha- genian, from Philadeiphia. SOUTHAMPTON — Sailed Jan 1-Stmr St Paul, for New York —————— The length of the Grand Canal from Tientsin to Hu{-Chow. in China, is 660 miles. Tt connects great ports with rich coal regions. < Se- Alsatia, as well | mer term, and constantly meet .vewn- | But when they | Croquet does not flourish much, | At Hollo- | library | ular in art circles, for it has more than | women and journalists are keen on the | N 100, being lots 19 to | SE | line of Channing way. 20 | block | B, Berkeley property. Rerkeley; $10. ‘Alex and Mary E. . Johnson to John Gillam. ‘lots 2 to 11, Johnson Tract., subfect to mort- | | ADVERTISEMENTS. i THE WORLD OVER. isdom skippeth the device set by fool Dougi that titk It was Jerrold: [itles are straws | women | he old colonial settlers that | first minded their s and queu | The Iris ake kindly to Au- stralia. There are 1,300,000 of them now on “the continental and."” A St. Louis woman mortally wound- ed a policeman, and, strange to say, | he was the man she shot at. Montana is said to be a paradise for servant gir where either higher | wages or husbands await them. In the United States and Canada si X | ! out of every ten young men who have | reached the age of 30 are unmarried. | on the male biped. “In “civilized coun- | tries” four men in every six uses to- bacco. Ancient saying: poses wrath with Kkindne: bag will stop a cannon | vielding.” : A frank woman in a divorce case in Chicago sald that she couldn't live with or love her husband after his money was gone. In time a “salted séa” may’ become | no sea at all. A German scientist es- “The wise wife op- A sand- by -its ball mass of solid salt within less than 580 years. The following is the copy of a sign in a remote Georgia county A Few Bright Scholards Takin to Lern Writ- in, Spellin and Figerin.” When a young lady offers to hem a cambric handkerchief for a rich. bach- elor friend, you can set it down’ that she means to sew in order that she may reap. At a recent Western wedding the bridegroom stood his ground and went through the ceremony while twelve girl friends of the bride whistled the wed- ding march. In England they have learned to pre- serve all their old landmarks. The cot- | tage in Hampshire wherein Jane Aus-. ten wrote all her famous books is still standing and is apparently unaltered | since her day. The earth need not put on so much style over the moon after all. Astron- omers say the earth urface. only ex- | ceeds the moon’s by about 1 times. The moon’s surface is fully as large as | Africa and Australia together, and nearly as large as North and South | slands. s an anxious a_temporar; America without th ““What is a blush? subscriber. A blus! ervthema and calorific effulgence of | the physiognomy. aetiologized by the | perceptiveness of the sensorium when | in a predicament of unequilibrity from a sense of shame, anger or other caus eventuating in a par. of the vaso- moter nervous filaments of the facial capillaries, whereby being divested of their elasticity, they are suffused with radiance emanating from an intimida- | ted praccordia. They tell this story of Ouida's hand- writing: One of the leadine American magazines asked for and received an article from her pen, paying therefor some fabulous price. In course of time the editors gave it out to be set up, but even the most expert and long suf- fering compositors in the house's em- ploy struck against the city, it was so utterly undecipherable. By consequence the manuscript was passed over to an expert, who admitted that hieroglyphs | and cuneiform inscriptions were as child’s play to it, yet managed to de- cipher and dictate it to a stenographer. As to the correctness of the translation deponent saith not. All that is cer tainly known is that to this day the ar- | ticle remains unused in the editorial archives, * Anthony Trollope’s Fun. Mr. Trollope's big voice drowned every one else as he chaffed my father down the | length of the dinner table. He had jested | over golf. (John Blackwood was a devo- tee, and attained to being captain of the club), what would he not do d to make daring assaults upon the most cherished article of the Bilackwood faith. Blind, unswerving de- votion to the sovereign was one of his favorite points of attack. “Now, Black wood, how could the death of the Sov ereign possibly affect you?™ he would | “If you heard of it to-morrow morning vou know perfectly well you would eat | [ Just as good a breakfast—you would: not | | even deny vourself that second kidney.” | It was in vain to protest that in face of | | such a calamity. very thought of | broiled kidneys would e distasteful Mr, Trollope bore everything before him and prepared for another attack. Thé Conser party and Dizzy were a tempting subject for a tit. “You know. Blackwood, vou know you think exactly 1.do; you know you would r'he had been had up * Tableau! all hold- St. Andrew’ ? He us /. -for shoplifting. ation he had pro- of a Publishing | | duced.—Fr | House,” Mr: e | The Moor in the Spanifird. Having seen something of Spain, T have my theories, and they are-as follows: We are accustomed to look upon the Span- jard as a European. He is not one! he is | largely a Moor in blood, and much more in chara The Moor did not possess his country for 800 vears and leave it as if he had not been-there. It is from him the Spaniard of to-day gets his religious fanaticism, his fatal- ism, much of his architecture and music, his pride and ceremonious manner, his so- cial characteristics (appearing chiefly in his treatment of women), his tribal In- stincis, and want of administrative capa- | city, which have made it impossible for | the various petty kingdoms of Spain ever | to really unite under one stable govern- ment; his want of capability of prepara- tion, and finally 'his bloodthirstiness, which last, unhappily, cannot be denjed Captain Chadwick, U. S. N., In Serir- ner's. —_————— It is rather discotraging to a_man (nl have to wait until after he {s dead for A to mend my ¢ a slight shrug of his shoulde |a that’s fatal. mended for in | and hunt up m it. say womanly g B timates that the Dead Sea will be one | the world to find out how good he was. ® HOW TO GET CLOTHES MENDED. I can't get my wifa remarked Mr. Bri- ust. I asked her to dle, in tone | sew a button this vest this morning, and he hasn't touched it.” : You asked her!” said Mr. Norris, with Yes. What else should T do?” You haven’t been married very long, so perhaps you' a tip from me,” rered Mr. Norris, with a fatherly air Never ask woman to mend anything— “Why, what do you mean?"” “Do as I do. When I want‘a shirt I take it in my hand ‘Where's the rag- "I demand, in a stern bag, Mrs. Norr voice. “ “What do you want a ragbag for?’ sha s | Tobacco has got a pretty good grip |says, suspiciously women are becoming more and more | it I “+f want to throw this shirt away; it's all worn out,” 1 reply. “ ‘Let me see it,’ she demands. “But I put the garment behind my bac “No, my dear,’ T answer; ‘there no u 7’ your ‘attempting to do anything with ‘Let mie see it,’ she reiterates. ‘But it’'s all worn out I tell ow, John, give me that shir . in" her mo: peremptory tone. T hand over the garment. ¢ ‘Why, John Norris, she cries with frlumph, ‘this 15 a perfectly d shirt. - All it needs is 'And then she mends it.”"—Dallas (Tex.) News. e The average of wrecks in the Baltio + is one every day throughout the year. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Keeley Treat= ment not only cures alcoholism and drug addic- tion, but builds up the shate tered nerves and other af- fected parts. 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