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10 TH E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899 C DEATH CLAINS ATHROL ICIAL Sudden Demise of F. J. Fletter. IN MOURNING ALAMEDA IS | APPARENTLY IN GOOD HEALTH | WHEN HE RETIRED. | Labored Breathing Attracted the At- tention of His Wife, but He Died Shortly After Assist- | ance Reached Him. nomination. For the Council | Pringle, probably be renominated. llam J. Francisco. ing the interim presiden treasurer; Dr. W. J. Chisholm and Wil- Landers, Leandro Gas Company. fice will be in the Mills building, The capital stock is stated at §1,500,000 in 130,000 shares, -all subscribed and placed in escrow for three years, and arrangement having been made that dur- the majority shall not be sold or the company leased to a rival concern. t of the San The principal_of- San of stock The company proposes to erect a: plant OAKLAND, League held a secret caucus to-night and decided on the names to be submitted at the open convention to be held to-morrow night. Ex-Councilman Towle is the choice Mayor, with Auditor Snow Should Towle be nominated Snow will be | ncminated for for and D. on the water front, when the Hall system of manufacture will be installed to.sup- ply Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda with gas, light, heat and fuel. TOWLE THE LEAGUE’S CHGICE FOR MAYOR Municipal Voters Hold a Secret Cau- cus—Snow the Alternative. Other Nominations. Rowe, Jan. Auditor. 13.—The Municipal second. Arthur Breed C. Hinsdale will also be placed in nomination for Auditor. | Treasurer Gilpin will be renominated, as | will City Attorney Dow. | [ neer M. K. Miller, Marston Campbell, A. R. Wilson and — Gray will be Miller is the favorite. For City Engi- Councilmen Cuvellier, ton and Girard will Many names will be put in nomination for Councilman ALAMEDA, an. 13.—This city vas shocked this morning to learn of the sud- den death of Freeborn J. Fletter, member at large. The convention will at Masonic Temple Saturday night for the purpose of getting ahead of the Repub- fican convention which meets Monday. be held (275 e B FLETTER, an Official and Prominent Citizen| of Alameda, Who Died Very Suddenly Yesterday Morning. of the Board of City Trustees, which oc- curred about 11 o'clock last evening at his home, Cent avenue. Mr. Fletter was in his usual good health P to the time he retired last evening, t10:30 o'clock. He was on the streets ¢ In the evening, and later passed the | Half an hour | Fletter noticed apparent effort. r he retired, Mr breathing with ed to arouse him, and, lighting the noticed deathly pale. A summoned, but Mr. tter died a few moments after hi I. Death was due to heart fail All' Alameda mourns the untimel, of a good citizen and an In all ons of the city st as a token of the was held by his fel- afte was lrastily ing off r took a great interest in the mong the employes of the | I m and among the ce holders he was a great fa- t s was particularly concerned in : success of every yvoung man in tne city's employ, and among these to-day the rsal ment is “We have lost our unive; Dbe: i Spencerville, Ind., | 1ge of fiftécn he enth Indiana, cember sted serving fo He mus: tered out on h birthday at Marietta, Ga. ior a time he followed sas and later engaged in locomotive engineer and K identified > time the powder industry. At » was half owner p Company. He was ted in mining enter- | wit of h prises in Plager, Tuolumne and Siskiyou counties. Mr Alameda sixteen vears ted a_member of the Boa tees in 1895, and was chairman of the finance 1964 he made chair- Republican County Central : a member of Ok Grove vy et F. and_A. M.; Alameda eclp iy b Chapts . R, A Carita Chap- | Seorge 1 el : N oraiO and George H. Thomas | /eading to the inner corridor of the jail | e AR and the accused murderess, accomphnied | He I¢ a widow and - three sons, | DY her mother, stepped into Charles ver and Wallace Fletter, | and was greeted Ly Mr. The funera! services will be held Sunday | Pondsmen. . Mrs. Mentel at Mas nd will be conducteq | Veiled, but tea by Oak The remains will | they glittered with sflvery | be_interred in Mountain View Cemetery. Mr. Fl~e father, C. F. Fletter, aropped dead last November at the home of his,on. | New Gas Incorporation. | OAKLAND. Jan les of incor- | poration have been fi ¢ the Oakland Bquitable Gas C: with the follow- ing offieer. W, Dingee, president; Charles L. Ackerman of San Francisco, vice president; William J. Henshaw. vice pres Mrs. S panied Pockwitz the sum of §: ANNA MENTEL IS NO LONGER IN CUSTODY ACCUSED MURDERESS FINALLY OUT ON BAIL. Her Eyes Filled With Teers as She Extends Thanks to Her Bondsmen. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 13. at 1 an Franci a dairyman. Anna Mentel, the County Jail this | man ately approved and a der ‘releasing the prisor order to Sheriff Rogers was usual form of such orders,, writing and read as follows n the Superior Court of the County of ameda, State of California—People vs. Anna Mentel. { to $20,0 & charged with the murder of her husband, stepped out of afternoon a free wo- | st for the time being. - was admitted last Wednesd: )0 bail bond v by Judge Hall and this afternoon her father, Adam Beth, accom- Attorney L. M. Hoefler and Louis and William G. Loewe, appear- ed in court and presented the necessary bond, the three last named qualifying in | 20,000 each. Mr. Pockwitz is 0 merchant and Mr. Loewe The bond was immedi- epted, and an or- entered. not in the but was in “I, Frank C. Jordan, County Clerk and hereby certify | ex-officio clerk of. the Superior Court, that the followin; true and correct copy approvin, hond of the defendant in the above enti- tled cause, do is a the bail “*Anna Mentel having this day present- ed and filed in this court aer bail bond, which has been approved and accepted by the Judge of this court, “Therefore, it is ordered that she be re- Her ca e leased from custody. “FRANK C. Cou were in her eyes and | she uttered her only remark: <o much obliged to you, gentlemen, for having done so much for me.” hands with. her friends ‘and left the jail. 1se comes up again next Wednesday. JORDA nty Clerk. George C. Pierce, Deputy Clerk.” o’clock Deputy Jailer ylor opened the big iron door the vestibule Beth and the was heavily coldness as “T am ever She shook e e Installation and Social. The officers of Evans Council No, 52 of r building. 1 Order of the Chosen Friends will be installed on the evening of the 26th inst., | ’"'fil ir)[u-r thex 1]rrylpl‘l=.&;l\'§hcervmony'there | will be a social in the gocial h: ident of the Oakland Savings Bank, | Ale: e A laced in | The | To the Investig and Alger to Done NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: | Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan, | commissary general of subsistence of the army, will make, to-morrow, a formal apology to the War Investiga- tlon Commission for the vituperative language employed by him in his dis- cussion of the conduct of Major General Miles. He will withdraw the offensive portion of his testimony and submit a revised statement, which will deal solely with the merits of the beef controversy, though he may deem it desirable to repeat in more elegant terms than those he used yesterday, if possible for him to do so, that General Miles and other officers who declared that the beef was embaimed, were guil- ty of an untruth. There is absolutely no reason to be- lieve, however, that he will apologize to General Miles, and it would not be surprising if he were explicitly to state that the epithets applied by him to the commanding general of the army still stand. By this action General Eagan will, for the present, avoid a court-martial, the only result of his indecent vilifica- tion of General Miles which the admin- istration foresaw last night. This course was determined for him by the President and Secretary Alger, and the latter communicated to him this after- noon the decision which had been reached. General Eagan does not dream of dis- obeying the orders of his superiors. General Eagan, 1 understand, was in conference with Colonel William L. Alexander and Colonel George B. Da- vis, of the Subsistence Corps, for sev- eral hours this afternoon, examining and revising his statement and prepar- ing the apology he will make to the commission, and this will be submitted to the committee, probably to-morrow. General Eagan was more subdued to- day than I have ever seen him. He evidently realizes the enormity of the vulgarity he displayed yesterday, and the condemnation he has brought on himself by the violent and abusive lan- guage which he used. There is not one army officer with whom I talked to-day | that did not roundly criticize General Tagan for gross insubordination and disrespect which he showed in the statement he made yesterday, and grave apprehension is felt that the ef- fects will be far reaching. The withdrawal of the epithets ap- plied to General Miles does not ston the War Department from directing the trial of the offender by court mar- | tial, but it seems now that the Presi- | dent and Secretary Alger propose to | wait and see what the effect of such apology and withdrawal will be upon | the country. If the scandal does mnot | die out, and if the country continues to demand the punishment of an offi- cer guilty of such a breach of disci- pline and gentlemanliness, then Secre- tary Alger will act. But it is hoped that before action is taken Major General Miles will prefer formal charges, and this is just what the general does not propose, for the present at least, to do. General Miles will not discuss the action he provoses to take. At present he contempvlates | nothing; he is waiting for the President and the Secretary of War to act. He | is preparing no charges, for he expects that they will do him the justice to | Lring his traducer to account. Should | no action be taken, then it will be in- | cumbent upon General Miles to do something. Friends of General Eagan claim that no action can be taken against him be- cause the President gave his solemn promise that witnesses appearing be- | fore the commission would be protect- | ed from the consequences of any tes- | timony they might present. But the friends of General Miles hold, and Gen- eral Miles made the statement to-dav. that there is a dividing line between testimony and personal abuse. Commissary General Eagan consent- ed to be interviewed late to-night. ‘When the subject of his testimony be- fore the investigating committee was broached General Eagan first meade clear the fact that he and he alone was | responsible for the statements, both as to facts and language. “I had my own grievance,” he said. A terrible charge was brought against me. I was ac- cused of cheating; no, I mean I was accused of poisoning soldiers under the pretense of experiment. If it had not been for that charge I might not have spoken before the commission as I did. For three weeks I chafed under the charge of having poisoned soldlers un- der the pretense; yes, under the pri -‘. tense of experimenting with chemicals, 1f it had not been for this charge, per- | haps, T would not have used such language before the commission. Let those that criticize my language be placed in the position in which T was | | | | | 0000000000000 C00000000C00000COC000000C000000000000000 GEN. EAGAN WILLING TO APOLOGIZE ating Commis- sion, but Not to the Man He Abused. General Miles Is Waiting for the President See Justice Him. Special Dispatch to The Call. OOOOOOOOQQOOOOOOO EAGAN IS CENSURED BY THE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The ‘War Investigating Commission to-day passed a resolution of censure on General Eagan for the language he used yesterday when he appeared to answer the charges made against the com- missary branch of the army by Major General Miles, .and also returned to him the carefully prepared typewritten statement which he left with the commis- sion, after reading it to that body. The following is the text of the letter ordered by the in- quiry committee to be sent to General Eagan: A} Brigadler General Charles Eagan, commissary general, War Depart- ment: We respectfully inform you that after your testimony was read vesterday the following resolution was unanimously passed: ““Moved, That the commission re- ceive General Eagan's testimony without comment and that it be not printed at once but held for the consideration of the icommission."” Carried. Having now considered the ques- tions involved, we have determined that in many Instances the vitu- perative language used by you was not such as ought to have been ad- dressed as a witness to this board. ‘We think that the personal attack and irrelevant statements contained in the papers submitted should be eliminated, and before receiving it as testimony we request that you will revise its language, and, if you choose, resubmit it for our consid- CO00CCO00000000000000CO00OCTCCCCCCOCOOO0COCOO0000 eration. We herewith return your Q papers. Very respectfully. o CHARLES DENBY, Q Vice President. @ (4] OC00000000000C0CO0 language better. It is the gored bull that feels the pain.” AT o ROOSEVELT WRITES OF BAD BEEF SUPPLIED WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—General Miles to-day made public the following letter bearing on the quality of army beef which he had received from Gov- ernor Roosevelt: State of New York, Executive Chamber, Albany, N._X., January 9. Nelson A. Miles, War Department, Wash- ington—My Dear General Miles I do not distinctly understand about this beef controversy, but possibly what I have to write about it may be of some use. The canned corned beef we found to be good. The so-called canned roast beef that wa: issued to us for travel rations, both on the transport and on the train, and which we occasionally got even at the front, was practically worthless. Unless very hungry the men would not touch it, and even when suffering from lack of food they never ate a fifth of it. At the bes it was tasteless; at the worst, it wa nauseating. There was also a supply of beef (in the shape of quarters) which was put aboard our transport at Tampa. It supposed to be cess {o withstand tropical heat. It at once became putrid and smelled so that we had to dispose of it for fear of its creat- ing disease. I think we threw it over- board. At any rate, it was condemned. The beef we got at Santiago after the 24th or 2th of July. that is, after the siege had ended, and when my brigade | had been without fresh meat or vege- tables for a month, was generally good. By that time the cavalry division was in a sickly condition. The fact that the meat ration was so bad as generally to be inedible caused very great hardship to my men and reduced its supply of food below what was necessary to keep them n proper condition. Very _sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PERISHED DURING A GALE ON THE BAY SAN QUENTIN, Jan. 13.—While the storm was raging fiercest last Wednes- day morning John George, a Greek fisherman, and proprietor of a saloon at San Quentin Point, caught sight of a small boat with a sail set scudding | down the bay toward San Francisco. Its erratic movements showed that something was wrong, so George hastily summoned a companion and the two bent to their oars in an endeavor to head the boat off. .After a hailf placed. Let them be charged as I was charged, and they will understand my hour’s hard pull they n»\ d themselves AKL. ND, Jan. 13.—The divorce develop is no marital knot to untie. tract in Portland, Or., band has on divers o avers the wife: On the other hand, the defendant that he never married N becoming distracted, on Ninth street, Alameda. 00000000000000000C000ND00D00000, suit of Mrs. L. A m: akes counter-charges, s. Levisonnbut that-her true name is Mrs. Lydia nn Mullins, and that shé has never been divorced from her husband. How- ever, he admits that about ten years ago she prevailed upon him to take her from her husband because of the love he bore her, and he consented. He vigorously denles all charges of cruelty, but is willing that the separa- tion be granted, but first asks that his children be legitimatized. Levison is the cook who about a morth ago, when he learned of the divorce suit, took a dose of strychnine with suicidal Intent. Since then he has been working at Mare Island, while the- plaintiff resides 0O000000O0O0D0OODO0OO00OOOOOODOOOO0OO0O0OO0O0O0 A QUEER DEFENSE IN A DIVORCE SUIT . Levison 1. L. Levison, brought on the ground of extreme cruelty, promises to n interesting defense, since the husband claims that there The parties. according to the complaint, were married by con- about ten years ago, and since then the hus- asions brutally beaten plaintiff and choked her, so 00000000000000000000000000000000 declaring against 0000000000000 000O00000 000000000 years ago Frank Bassford of Va tion and the boat and crew were ever seeing him and mourned the that while in Yokohama two years men talked about California and County. Morris was asked if he that Bassford was supposed to hav ern cruise. Fox assured him tha Bassford was among a number ca; the Siberian Coast. of Kamchatka. news, welcoming it as too good to Francisco and to ask the Russian ter. throughout the State. PPPEOPRPOOIVCOOR [CJOJOIOXOOTOXOXOJOROXCIOOFCROXOXOXOIOXO) FRANK BASSFORD NOT LOST AT SEA SUISUN, Jan. 13.—A Suisunite named Morris, who was on the Olympia during the naval battle in Manila Bay, returned last week and relates a story, Which, if true, will be welcome news. Relatives of the missing man hav: Barney Fox, who was a sailor on a Japanese sailing vessel. The men were held as prisoners on the peninsula Ex-Assemblyman Bassford was informed of the The Bassfords are not only well known in Solano County, but About six caville went on a whaling expedi- reported lost on the Asiatic coast. e long since given up all hope of absent one as dead. Morris states ago he met an American named The the conversation drifted to Solano knew Frank.Bassford. He replied e been drowned while on a north- t such was not the case and said ptured by a Russian gunboat off be true. He intends going to San Consul to assist him in the mat {CIOXOJOXOLOXOFOXOXOFOROFOROLOXOFOXOLOXOIO} {OXCHOXOJORORORORORORONOXCROXOKO) (O] To General | tted by some pro- | in the path of the boat and lay upon their oars. Through the spray George and his friend once were sure they caught a fleeting glimpse of a man bending over and trying to bail the water out of the skiff. Suddenly it turned completely around and seemed to dip beneath the waves. When the skiff reached them it was almost full of water, but no human being was in sight. The sail was badly torn by the wind and the bow was de- faced as if by contact with a rock. The boat was towed to land and so far noth- ing has been learned as to the identity or fate of its owner. R DRAWS A PARALLEL WITH SOUTHERN RACE WASHINGTON, Jan, 13.—In the Senate to-day McLaurin (D.) of South Carolina took strong ground in a carefully prepared speech against the policy of expansion _b)' this country. He cited as one of the prin cipal reasons why the United States should not assume dominion over peo- ples who are widely dissimilar to thg people of this country, the experience of the South with the negro race. He adyo- cated the adoption of the Vest resolution declaring that this country could not maintain permanently as colonies such territory as the Philippines, and held that it would be in opposition to the spirit of American institutions to do so. Suliivan (D.) of Mississippl and Pasco (D.) of Florida discussed the pending Nicaragua canal bill, the former support- in’f it and the latter opposing it. 'he Indian appropriation bill was taken up, but its consideration was not con- cluded before the hour of adjournment. fpeac gt DROVE INTO THE LOS GATOS CREEK SAN JOSE, Jan. 13.—Albert Parr, who conducts a blacksmith shop six miles west of this city on the Almaden road, met with a tragic death in this city last night. Parr had diven into town to do some trading and left for home _after dark. This morning his horse and wagon and his dead body were found in Los Gatos | Creek, between St. James and Julien | streets. Parr had evidently driven down | 8t. James street, and, finding no bridge, had turned north in the dark to get to the Julien street bridge. At the place where he turned north is a small vacant { 1ot bordering the creek, and he had taken | this for a street and driven over the em- bankment. The fall was not over ten | feet. Parr lay underneath the | which- was held fast by the lines. The | deceased was probably rendered. uncon- scious by the fall and then trampled to death by the animal. Parr was & years | of age and leaves a widow and several children. Sl Spanish Troops Yet to Embark. HAVANA, Jan. 13.—Colonel | berry, who was in command of the Amer- | fcan” troops at Cienfuegos, returned to- | day He reported that 20,000 Spar troops were yet to be embarked. The | evacuation of Matanzas by Spanish soi- | diers has been completed | Masonic Installation. The officers of Pacific Lodge No. 136, F. and A. M., were installed with the im pressive ceremonies of the order last Tuesday night in the lodge room in B'ne | B'rith Hall, in_the presence of a large | membership. _The installing officer was | Past Master Philip D. Code, assisted by | Past Master W. H. Edwards as marshal | of ceremonies. = The officers | rent_term are: ~Willlam E. | shipful master; Charles Jellinek, senior warden; Zenas W. Dodge, junior warden; | George Penlington, secretary: John F. Ken: nedy, treasurer; Solomon Bloom, senior deacon; William G. Quinlin, junior dea- con; Michael J. Kelly, senior steward; Hugh C. Anderson, junior steward; Philip Riegelhaupt, tyler. ~ After the beautitful ceremony had been brought to a close there was an adjournment to an adjoin ing hall, which _had been decorated most exquisitély by Schleicher, and the tables were the acme of the table dresser’s art. An excellent supper was served and the for the cur principal toasts of the evening were: Masonry,” responded to by W. H. Ed- wards, grand lecturer; “Our Country,"” Joseph C. Campbell; “The Ladies.” James W. Anderson; “Pacific Lodge,” Philip_ D. Code; *‘Our Sister Lodges,” Lucius L. Sol- omons. Music_was rendered by the Ma- | sonic_quartet—James Ogilvie, Samuel D. | Mayer, J. F. Fleming and Walter C. Campbell. The only Socialist Mayor in all America tells how a city should be governed, in next Sunday’s Call. e — THE STOCK MARKET. Mining stocks were dull at previous quota- tions as a rule. Local securities sold fairly, with no varia- tions deswrving especial mention. All parts of the pumping plant have now arrived on the Comstock. The California-street Cable Railroad Com- pany pald a monthly dividend of lc per share on the 1ith inst. Thirteen Cripple Creek (Colo.) gold mines paid a total of $2,226,13% in dividends during | 1898, making a total of $,935,576 paid in all. | The Portland mine paid the largest amount for | the year, namely $720,000, with $350,000 pald by the Victor mine. The Jobn Quartz Mining Company of Grass Valley has ected the old board of with D. Matteson as president and J. M. Wiley secretary. The Brunswick Consolidated Mining Company of Grass Valley held its annual meeting Janu- ary 11 and elécted the following directors for 99 F. J. Fletter, John W. Pew, Willlam | McM. Weighel, Charles F. Hunt and Charles | L. “Barrett. F. J. Fletter was elected presi- | dent, Charles L. Barrett vice president, Jacob | Stadtfelt Jr. secretary, C. H. Mallon superin- | tendent and J. J. Halpin transfer agent in New | York City. "Since the annual meeting F. J. | Fletter, president of the corporation, died sud- | denly 4nd a successor will be appointed. The December output of the mine was 403 ounces of melted gold, valued at $18 per ounce. The quantity of ore milled during that month was 628 tons. The Hutchinson Plantation Company has de- clared a dividend of %c per share, payable on the 20th inst. Previous dividends were 5lc per | directors, At the annual meeting of the | tional Bank on the 10th inst. the old directors | were re-elected ‘as follows: John W. Mackay, | Henry F. Allen, D. N. Walter, James L. | Flood, H. L. Dodge, C. de Guigne, Lewis | Gerstle, Hobert Watt,' Isalas W. Hellman, Levi | Strauss and John F. Bigelow. The board or- | ganized by the re-election of the old officers, | as follows: Tsaias W. Hellman, president John F. Bigelow, vice president; D. B. David. son, cashier; George Grant, assistant cashier. The president's report showed the best in the bank’s history. Net profits, $2%, which $148,020 was for the last half o ings were over 0% per cent. A dividend. of per _cent was given to stockhoiders and. $75 ooy carried to surplus and undivided profits, & STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE, Nevada Na- FRIDAY, Jan. 13. Bid. Ask.| Bonds— Gt b p. p e 45 quar coup..112%113% Mutual Ei Co. 1y 4s quar res... — — Oakland Gas. | 4s quar n-wll — IPac Gas Imp. | 35 qua: coup..107 17i4iPac I, Co. Misca izneo: EFG&E San Fran Stockton Gas.. Insurance— Firem's Fund.211 Bank Stocks— Anglo-Cal Bank of C: Cal S D & T.. First Natloni Lon P & A. Mer Exehange — 16 o .\;\' Nat Bank176 — 144115 [Ger § g y 110 11 NPCRR U104 106 o NP CRR 5s.100 100% < ® N Cal R R bs. 98%105 |8 & L i Oak Gas 5s....108 112 [Security § B 300 350 Om Ry 0s......128 Union T Co..1100 P & Cl Ry 6s..104% Street Raiiroads— P& O 65 9 California Tat12 ac El Ry 5s.. — Ket-st - 60 % § F & N P 05.109% Onk § 1 & i o 2% SierraRCal 6s.10412103% Presidio ....... — 111 § P of Ar 6s..109% Powder-— 5 S P Chs(190; | California_. 16) S P C6s (21211 — |E Dynamite. = S P Clscg5s.106 — [Giant Con Co. 59% 60 § P Br 0s......12214123% Vigorit 8 T 8 V Water 6s.119% Miscellanaou: Al Pac Assn..10s Ger Lé Wis S V Water 42.103% S V Wis(3dm). — Stktn Gas 0s..104 Hana Pl Co... Water Stocks— H C &S Co.. Contra Costa.. 61 63 |Huteh S P Co. Marin Co 50 — |Mer Ex Assn.. Spring_Valley.1013%102 |Jceanic S Co.. Gas & Electric— Pac A F A.... Capital Gas... Pac C Bor Co.100 Cent Gaslight 105 Par Paint.Co.. Morning Session. Board— 130 Alaska Packers' Assn . 108 00 50 Central Light & Power . 1w 50 Giant Powder Con . 260 00 125 Hawalian Commercial & Sugar...... 38 23 100 Hutchinson S P Co. 33 821 150 Hutchinson S P Co. £33 75 40 Oakland Gas L4500 7 Oakland Gas, s 30 4T 8T 600 Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm........ 11313 50 Pacific Auxillary Fire Alarm........ 100 10 Pacific Lighting .............. L4900 horse, | share. Since January 1 the capital stock has been doubled, so per share on the new stock is equal to 50c on the old. * | Lutz, wor- | | e | | | A D Kubif, Jacksonvll P Thomas, Mill Valley | W J Curren, L Ang H W Crabb, Oakville { T Lindsay, Visalia |W Rennie, St Helena | , Davis, Salf Lake (J Flanigan, Big River | B F_Shepard, Fresno |E Flanigan, Big River | £ O Wells, Reno H A Flickinger, S Jose | 15 § F Gas & Electric Co. $9000 S V 4 per cent bonds. Street— 20 Alaska Packers, Assn 100 Bank of California Afternoon Sessfon. 5 Hutchinson § P Co........ e $1000 Market St Ry Con § per cent bonds $12,000 N P C R R § per cent bonds 45 Oakland Gas .. Oakland Gas, s 30. Qceanic_S S Co 5 Spring Valley Water . $3000 Spring Valley 4 per cent bonds. $6000 U S 4 per cent bonds (coup.; old).. INVESTMENT BOARD. Morning Session. Board— 10 Oceanic . Afterncon Session. Board— 50 Central Light & Power . 20 Equitable Gaslight 10 Equitable Gaslight 70 Equitable Gaslight 20 Alaska Packers' A 100 Vigorit 40 Oceanic Street— 240 Equitable Gaslight 40 Giant 25 Glant MINING STOCKS. Following were the sales {n the cisco Stock Board vesterday: Morning Session. 200 Best & Belcher. 38/300 Slerra 200 Challenge 12|200 Utah 100 Savage . o8l Afternoon Session. 100 Best & Belcher. 38/100 Occidental 100 Gould & Curry. 26/600 Overman 200 Gould & Curry. 27(100 Sierra N 1000 Justice 15/ 50 Union Con Following were the sales in the Pacific Stock | Board yesterda: Morning Session. 100 Best & Belcher. 33250 Potosi .. 13 50 Best & Belcher. 39(300 Sierra Nevada.. 71 200 Crown Point 10/200 Union Con 32 100 Ophir 50|260 Union Con 31 300 Overma; 06{1000 Utah 10 500 Potost 14 ernoon Sesslon. 200 Andes 051400 Justice .. SE1p 150 Best & Belcher. 33/100 Mexlcan 32 100 Best & Belcher 373|100 Mexican 31 500 Bullion 03!100 Sierra Nevada.. 72 100 Chollar 13300 Union Con 2 200 Crown Point 10/200 Union Con 2 100 Crown Point .... 11300 Utah 1 700 Justice 14 J 1 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. FRIDAY, Jan. 13—4 p. m. Bid.Ask.| Bid.Ask. Alpha Con — 04| Julla Y Alta 06| Justice 15 16 ‘Ande: 06| Kentuck 10 11 Beicher 13| Lady Was - 0 Benton ( 10| Mexican 30 31 Best & Bele 33| Occldenta — Bullion 03| Ophir 50 Bl | Caledonia 24|Overman 0 06 Chollar 14! Potost 13 14 Challenge C 13 Savage 08 09 Confidence . © Scorpion — 0 Con Cal & Va..125 130 Seg Belcher ... — 03 Con Imperial .. — 02 Sierra Nevada. 69 71| Crown Point... 0 10'Silver Hill a7 M‘V Con New York — 03lSyndicate ...... — eka Con — 30{Union Con .... 3L hequer . — 03| Standard 190 — Gould & Curry 2 Utah 10 1| 3 10/ Yello - 1 HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. Martinez A C Burdick, Or J_Thieben,” Sacto |L. Pelton, Chgo W W_Prince, Sacto 'Mrs J A 'McGill, Chgo W R White, Berkeley |G H Fellson & w..Chg J Carroll & w, Berkly 'J McDonald, Menlo O € Williams, Ukiah Mrs H Thompson, L A T Mayfleld, S Barbara Mrs J Baynon, Bigas E Hansen, Oregon |D M Rowe & w., L Bns H Brown, S Jose |B A Ogden, Sonora ! J Mathena, Sacto |Mrs Ogden, Sonora | H Todd, Oakland E Ogden, Sonora C L White, Sacto J W Heili Ima S E Wreen, IMr&Mrs Lewis.Palo Al R R Veale, Portland Mrs E E Ames, N Y |S C Cromwell, 'Yreka J M Hurlburt, L Ang 'J M Taylor, Angels PALACE HOTEL. | A S Bacon, S Jose |W L Linton, Montana Mrs Bacon, S _Ji Mrs Linton, Montana F H Gowe C M Bair, Montana Field, Monterey [Mrs Bair & c. Mont O G Height, Illinois R J Bettell, Chile V P Finner, Illinols |Mrs Bettell, Chile S Rhemstrom, IR D H Vroom, N Y F H Tillson, IF. B Drake, Toledo Mrs Tillson, C N_Chamberlain, Bostn D Morrow, J D Rapelye. N'Y L B Peckham. L Isaacs, Phila J J Mack, Bakersfleld/Mrs L T Boyson, N Y A T Burton, Lafayette! Mrs Powning, Reno O M_Wooster. S Jose|Miss Bourne, Reno C P Braslau, S Jose |W H T Robinson, N Y W M Rash, Salt Lake| W S Hobart. S Mateo J Glanders, Portland |F Miller, S Monica NEW WESTERN HOTEL. T Kent, Alabama J J Wilson, Calistoga | R Russell, S Jose B Franklyn, Boston C B Holland, Chicago |J Alexander, Stocktom B Steinetz & w, N Y |C M Smith, Sacto T Dwyer, N Y F Roberts, Fresno J H Hali, S Jose J L Lackey, L Gatos ¥ Parker, Petaluma |M Ford, Uklah C Willlams, Buffalo !C L Ross. Fresno J Tormey & w, Wash|Miss Reed, Westminstr G E Reed, Duluth | —_———— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Friday, January 13. Stmr_Gipsy, Leland, 33 hours from Monte- rey and way ports. DOMESTIC PORT. GREENWOOD—Arrived Jan 13—Stmrs Green- wood and Alcazar, hence Jan 1 SAN FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco Call, corner of Market and Third streets, open until 12 o'clocky every night in the year. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 oclock. 287 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 1341 Missfon street; open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth; until 9 o’clock. 106 Eleventh street: npen until 9 o'clock. 2526 Iiission street; open until 8 o'clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky streets: open until 9 o'clack. open MEETING NOTICES. EXCELSIOR Degree Lodge No. 2, 1. 0. 0. F.—THIS EVENING, Third degree will be conferred. A. K. KINGSFORD, D. M. AN THE California Debris Commission, having re- celved applications to mine by the hydraulic process, from S. S. Taylor, in the Silver Star Flume and Mining Company'smine, near Span- ish Ranch, Plumas Co., to deposit tailings in a worked out pit; from H. S. Byam, in the Bonanza_claim, in Amador Co., near Michi- | gan Bar, to deposit tailings in Arkansas | Creek, and from the Badger Hill and Chero- kee Gravel Mining Company, in the Badger Hill Mine, at Cherokee, Nevada to de- posit_tailings in a worked-out pit, gives no- tice that a meeting will be held at room 9, Flood building, San Francisco, Cal., on Janu- ary 30, 1§%9, at 1:30 p. m. NOTICE of Stockholders’ Meeting—0fn, the Mountain Ice Compa Riitornia, 1 Market st.. San Franciseo, Cal.—Notice is hereby given that in accordance with a reso- lution of the board of directors of the Moun- tain Ice Company of California, duly adopted at a_meeting of sald board, duly convened and held on the 16th day of December, 1835, | a speclal meeting of the stockholders of the | Mountain_Ice Company of California will be held on Friday, the 2ith day of February 18%, at the office of the company at. s} Market st., in the city and county of San Francisco, ‘State of California, the same be- ing -the principal place of business and of. fice of said corporation, and the building where the board of directors usually meet. The object and purpose of sald stockhold- | ers’ meeting s to then and there take into | consideration and act upon a proposition | to diminish the capital stock of sald com. | pany from three hundred thousand (§300,000) | dollars, divided into three thousand' (3000) shares of the par value of one hundred ($100) | dollars each, to thirty thousand (§30,000) | dollars, divided into three thousand © (3000) | shares of of the par value of ten (§10) dollars each. Dy order of the board of directors. Secretary of the M J?fim’lfl H v ountain Ice Ci 3 California. N leead STOCKHOLDERS' meeting. ing ot the stockholders Works w 4 | “The annual meet- | of the Union Iron | 1 be held at the office of the com- | | I} pany, Market st.. San Francisco, TUESDAY, January 24, 1898, at 1130 6'Clock m., for the purpose of clecting a board of rectors to serve for the cnsuing year and for ‘the transaction of such other business as | may come before the meeting. | . O'B. GUNN, Sec | 22 Market st. — 1599 THI regular annual meeting of the sto ers of the Oceanic Steamehip Compant ol e held at the office of the company, 327 Mar- ket street, San Francisco, Californ! SATURDAY, the 21st day of January, 11 o'clock a m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the ensu: | ing vear, and for the transaction of such | other business as may come Lefore the meet- | ing. Transfer books will close on Tuesda: January 10, 1599, at 3 o'clock p. m. E.'H. SHELDON, Secreta San Franclsco, Cal. A LOAN can be had on your planc without ve- moval, or we will buy it. [NCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave.. near Market st. ' SPECIAL NOTICES, o 5 : collections mads or country. PACIFIC. COLLECTION | 5580, city Cco. | ABANDONED children in St. | RESP] v of California, 327 | _ | WANTED—Position_as engineer, SPECIAL NOTICES—Continued. ecretary of the San Francisco Protestant T e Aoylum Soclety herewith gives notice that the following orphan and half-orphan girls and boys have been admitted to the i Stitution from July 1, 183, to January 1, 189 Matilda Zimmerman, § yrs.; Margaret® Ke linger, 4 yrs.; Bugenia V. Kloss, 3 yrs. 3 mos.: Annie V. Kloss, 2 yrs. 3 mos.: Claudine T Moller, 5 yrs. 8 mos.; Sophia H. Hoppe, 8 yrs.; Eva Mclntyre, 8 yrs. § mos.; Olive M. Joslin, 6 yr dith M. Josiin, 3 °yrs.; Edna V. Joslin, 3 yrs.; Myrtle Leigh, 3 yrs. Genevieve Adams, 8§ yrs.; /Mary Adams, ¥ Alvert zimmerman, 9§ yrs.; Hayne, 10 yrs.; Adolph Hayne, 737s. 3 Otto W. Moller, 4 yrs.: Johannes E. Moller, T Vre.: Wesley L. Marshall, 7 yrs.; Leslie E Montrose, § yrs. 4 mos. in Fisher, 7 ¥ Alexander Williams, '8 yre.: George N rrs.; Nelson J. 5203 Ham Lane ¢ James Adams, 8 ¥rs Harry Lane, 6 yrs. X Willtam Adams, 4 ¥ and Clarence Haw- [ Harry mos. kins, 7 yrs. SINCE July 1, 1598, the orphans admitted into St. Francis' Girls Directory Orphan Asylum, are as follows: Female—Annetta Antonia, 1 years; Camellia Hawkins, 9. Ada_Haley, 9; Marguerite Kaisa Carrie B. Pickett, 7; Pearl Hunter, 10; Katle Riordan. 5. Male— Harry Antonia, 2 years 3 months; Willlam Rohling, 3 months: George Hunter, 2 years & months; Harold Hunter, 4 years 3 months; Thomas O'Neil, 3; Bert de Shields, 5 years 6 months; Fred de Shields, 3 years ¢ months; Thomas Riordan, 5; Gilbert Cope, 7.~ Halt orphans—Marguerite Gamerston, Irene Gamerston, Catherine Shepherd, 4 years § months; Lyda shepherd, 9. Male—Jacob Smith, '10; Osar Smith, Fred Smith, § years; Jernie Shihade, 6 years. Joseph’s_Infant Orphan Asylum from July 1, 1897, to Dece ber 31, 1898: Frank Swett, age 4 years Margaret Cunningham, 4 vears; Hazel Cun ningham, 2 years; Margaret Campion, 2 vears; Rose Kelly, 4 vears; Thomas Kelly, 3 years; Ruth Dougherty, 4 years; Lillie Aubertine 5 Fears DIVIDEND NOTICES. SE e e SR S e LT DIVIDEND notice—The Nevada Natlonal Bank of San Francisco. At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this bank, heid January 3, 1899, a dividend was declared for the half year ending December 31, 153, at the rate’ of geven (1) per cent Der annum, pay- able on snd arter the I16th inst. Transfer books will be closed from the 10th to the 16th inst., both days inclusive. D. B. DAVIDSON, Secretary. Janury 4, 1599. DIVIDEND notice—Dividend No. 63 (twenty- five cents per share) of the Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company will_be payable at the office of the company, 327 Market st., on ard after Friday, January 20, 1899. Transfer bcoks will close on Saturday, January 14, 1899, at 12 o'clock noon. E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. WOMAN with a girl desires situation: goo cook; best references; country. MISS CUL- 5 Sutter st. NEAT young girl desires situation as nurse or housework, $10 to $15; references. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. HOTEL waltresses, cooks and servants for all work supplied promptly and special pains to suit_customers by leaving your orders with J. F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. PERIENCED, refined young lady desires position as seamstress in private family or institution; first-class references. Address, by 1 M. 'C., 531 Lyon st E first-class_cook, wants cooking or housework in small family; good city Teference. Box 1420, Call office. PROTESTANT girl wishes situation to take care of a baby or assist,in upstairs work. ‘Address box 1423, Call offibe. YOUNG lady wishes position as stenographer: very best of reference given. Apply room 24, Flood building. MIDDLE-AGED women of wishes situation as nurse. SITUATION by a girl 15 vear: respectable private family without children to assist in light housework for room and boa ddress F. M., box 1449, Call office. SITUATIO; as nurs. stairs work; good referency COMPETENT ing_or laund and mending TABLE woman wants situation as working _housekeeper or in lodging-house. Call at 120 Sixth st., room 1, first floor. ALL the consideration aha respect shown to ladies who are temporarily emba:-assed at UNCLE HARRIS', 15 Grant ave.. nr. Market. SCANDINAVIAN woman wishes chambérwork or any kind of work by the day or week. 326 Minna st. YOUNG German cook wishes situation; wages gene: experiencs ~wanted by a_respectable woman would assist with sewing or up- 387 O'Farrell. Norwegian woman wishes cook- v work by the day or washing t home. 262 Tehama st.; rear. $25 to $30. Address 4073 Twenty-fourth st. EXPERIENCED cook and baker; hotel or min- ing camp; references, Address box 1426, Call. LADY wishes position as cashier; cafe or restaurant preferred; city or country; refer- ence. Address box 1239, Call. YOUNG German girl wishes situation to do general housework; prefers good home more than wages. Address 117 Juniper st. YOUNG girl wishes position to do light house- work. Apply 172 Russ st. SITUATION wanted—Young girl wants work in family in city for slight remuneration while attending college. Address G. C. S., Ala- meda office. WINCHESTER House, 44 Third st., near Mar- ket; 200 rooms: 25c to $1 60 night; $1 30 to $6 week; convenient and respectable; free 'bus and bagrage to and from ferry. —— SITUATIONS WANTED-—MALE. JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency; all kinds help. GEO. AOKI, 30 Geary; tel. Grant 58. CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office: best help. 44tk O'Farrell st.; tel. East 438 SITUATION by practical American pruner; 30 years' experience; orchard and vineyard work; 4 years last place; best references; sober and willing worker; small wages and found; punctual and strictly relable. Ad- dress or call room 29, 111% Minna st. EXPERIENCED man around house wishes po- sition; handy with tools: good driver, gar- dener ‘and first-class horseman. Box 1423, Call. YOUN position of trust; good security; capable. Taylor st. RESTAURANT cook, who has worked in San Francisco's best houses, wishes situation of any kind. Box 1419, Call office. JAPANESE, honest voung boy, desires posi- tion as waiter, general housework and ex- pert plain washing. C. HABATA, 418A Post. ALL who intend to go to the country can stors their sealskins, silverware, piano or valu- ables for safe keeping tlil they return, receiv- ing a loan as well, from UNCLE HARRIS, 15 Grant ave., near Market st. man_as collector, office work or any 311 BY a married man who understands the care of horses or who would be willing to do any kind of work. R. F., 1931 Fifteenth ave., South San Francisco. YOUNG man with good references and recom- mendations, sober and industrious, desires position as’ clerk or collector where there is a chance of advancement. Box I E INDUSTRIOUS gardener, the care of horses, cows, flowers, lawn, driv- ing; private place; handy and willing: small vi and good home. Box 1438, Call. man, 20, wishes employment in a wholesale house or grocery store; best refer- N, Golden Gate by person of experience, nurse in sanitarium, Institution or otherwise; oppor- tunity of practice more an object than wages. Address box 1445, Call office. NTED—Position as janitor, light porter, watchman or any position of trust; can fur- nish highest references and_testimonials as to integrity and sobriety. Box 147, Call. fireman or night watchman by young man; will give cash_security as to responsibility. Address box 1347, Call. PLUMBER, first-class, will work by the day or month for proverty owner or esate; has all necessary shop tools; ref. Box 1429, Call. SITUATION wanted by a young man who un- derstands the care of horses and garden; a good driver and porter. Address box 1457, Call. GAR| ER—Situation wanted by practical man; city or country. Address 1722 Webster POSITION a situation as help i Oukland preferred. Address 15 Cenc Oakland. SITUATION by American market gardenet wiil work on shares. Address box 1425, Ci COLORED walter wants situation as abovi any place where can be made useful stalner; age 24; good reference. 32 Pacific st., room 39, or ab- H. ALEX, YOUNG married man would like any kind of employment; handy with machine tools; first- class references as fireman. Box 1290, Call. ATION by German; well acquainted with grocery and wine business; gond barkeeper; D books. Address box 685, Call offica. CLASS shoemaker, German, with bes of experience on custom.and pattern. would like situation; city or country. R. Z., Dan- ville, Contra Costa County. SITUATION wanted by young man in office, store or hotel; understands 4 languages, book- _ keeping and correspondence. Call GOOD painter, paper hanger and whitener, hav- ing complete outfit of tools, wants work; city or country. MERIGAN, 1302 Webster st. WANTED—By voung man and wife, positions as valet or butler and maid: will travel; best references. Box 1489, Call. 415 Montgomery st.. rooms 8-10; tel. ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 up; A WEEK'S news for 5 cents—The Weekly Call, painting done. Hartman Paint Co., 343 3d st. 16 pages, in wrapper, for mailing, $1 per year.