The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1899, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 16 1599 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. - QAKLAND NOT IN LOVE WITH THE COLONEL His Influence Results in the Demor- alization of Her Gov- ernment. Some Hope That Life and Property May Not| Be in Such Jeopardy After the City Election. Oakland Office San Franclsco Call, 908 Broadwayv, Jan. 15. HIS city during the holiday month has been forcibly reminded that it is suffering in all directions from the influences of the busi- ness interests represented by Col- onel Dan Burns. Never before has there been such a record of highway robberie: s, thefts and unrestricted gamb- . s In this city at this hour, nd any intelligent mind can trace it di- rectly to the influences surrounding the race track. It can truly be said that Oak- land has never been so mortified by seeing tween six and seven thousand dollars menth expended on her Police De- tment with so little returns. A glance the records shows that while burglaries 1 hold-ups have been of nightly occur- ce not a single arrest has been made through the holiday season of any of the perpetrators The residents surrounding the center of the city have sent in numerous reports of robberies, but there the matter ends. The apparent in every quarter of the to the Police Department. It is no exag- geration to say that the influence of Dan Burns is directly and indirectly menacing the rights of every citizen of Oakland This city is to be congratulated that an ele at hand and that the oppor: portunity is afforded to remedy to some 1 ting evi somewhat am about to make, but ent the ex be ¥ ‘ma “blunt in some of the tements I they are all inside the truth and the re- sult of long and careful investigation. If names of individuals are omitted it is only be blamed bec branch should not fop bearing blighted fruit when the tree itself is corrupt. For two years the peo- le have been demanding some degree of fonest representation in the city govern- | me Now their sincerity is about to be If after the 13th of March the ang in any of its multifarious hall be returned to the City Hall, t ry will be looted, the city disgraced and all public improve- ments stopped to a greater degree than the oldest inhabitant can recollect. It would be but a merited reward for fool- ishness A true picture of Oakland would not be asant to behold. T shall draw no more than is actually necessary to prove sity of voting for men who have a fairly truthful conception of their re- sponsibilities and the manhood to follow it. And while it is not surprising that citi- zens want existing ordinances enforced, there is no desire to change Oakland into that most impracticable, hypocritical thing—a prohibition town. A year ago this question was settled at the polls and although evety citizen wants law and order and a fair return for municipal ex- penditures, there is no general desire to g0 to extremes. The social life of to-day and, if I may say it, the commerce of to-day, seems to demand the liquor traffic, but it also demands that the saloon shall be subservient to the government and shall mot dominate it. Since the opening of the race track an era_of gambling has prevailed in Oak- jand and it has increased to such an ex- tent that the s blance of secrecy is observed no longer and forbidden games are constantly in progress. Pool rooms in back quarters, crap games, Chinese lot- stud-horse poker and faro, all of are against the law, are played out let or hindrance. A few ' T called_these facts to the notice of of the hivhest officials of this city I asked him to step off the sidewalk allow m show him a Chinese lot- tery and a crap game in full blast. He declined, and replied that perhaps the desired end would be gained if the.cap- italist who owns the building were sent a copy of the section of the Penal Code referring to leasing houses for gambling | purposes, 7 Then there are the dens of immorality are being conducted in the heart of the city and where nightly orgies are | participated in by some of those who have | taken ‘an oath to suppress such places. | Some individual instances of this have | lately become =0 notorious that they are matters of common gossip, and certain ‘ people have been heard to proclaim from the housetops that their “pull” guaran- | tees them Immunity from arrest. Occa- slonally a “raid” is made and generously | exploited, but if this deceives a certain | element it has accomplished its purpose. | So much has been sald about the com- mercial benefits of having a town run wide open that I asked several retail mer- | chants for their opinion. All stated that | after November 1, the date the track { opens for six months, ousiness fell off, credit increased and collections were more | difficult. These arguments were support- | ed by facts that sufficiently exploded the theory of good resulting from a ‘“‘wide- | open’” town. | Since the aavent of Colanel Burns* com- ns to have saturated the city gov- | mercial enterprise, Oakland, ordinarily a | ernment and through it has pertolated in-| city comparatively free from crime of | | the baser sort, has lost any such charac- | ter she formerly enjoyed. The retinue of | thugs that is !nseguruhle from a long period of horse-gam ifu!md in this city an agreeable abiding place. The carrying out of their jobs seems to be attended with no danger, and | if the jail waits for them, said jail has | | a life job exercising patience. | last month everybody burglaries and robberies became public. Only a few members of the police depart- ment and the numerous victims of the thieves know how many were not made public. The record, however, shows that all the desperadoes are still at large and have signalized their freedom by carry- ing on half a dozen burglaries at once la Sunday night and by committing a few highway robberies since. Nor are these boasts of “pulls” idle. Men who have { been dismissed from the department for the very best of causes have experienced little difficulty In being reinstated when the freshness of their evildoings has fad- ed away. Within a week an effort has been made to perform this operation, but it was not successful. Other instances of recent date, where political strength has superseded merit, are on the minutes of the police commission—provided such minutes are written up to date. These facts are not new, but the time is now opportune to emohasize their truth. They have a direct bearing on the nominations now being made. Just why such pernicious influences should apparently be able to work from | both ends, should destroy discipline and | defeat justice is a matter to be guessed | at. The effect is such that it cannot be | perpetuated by any of the old political | tricks if citizens use intelligence. There will be good men nominated for the city An attempt will be made, by methods no | longer secret, to put enough good men in | the field to divide the large reform-desir- ing vote, so as to allow the ‘‘gang” fa- vorites to win. The members who consti- tute the Police and Fire commissions are | not going to be elected on their allegiance | to 16 to 1 or on their ideas of imperialism, | or whether they favor the turnin, paper money like election cards. The can- | didates will be welghed according to their decency or indecency, their integrity or their flexibility. A spreadeagle speech about Dewey or McKinley will not suffice to elect the next Board of Works, and | although Oakland should naturally elect | a Republican ticket it can only be accom- | plis hed if that party puts up the men furthest removed from suspicion, that Oakland | Is it any wonder then | to send Colonel Burns to the cradle of { the nation’s honor? STUART W. BOOTH. - ALAMEDA HONORS FLETTER'S MEMORY IMPRESSIVE SERVICES AT THE FUNERAL CEREJONY. The Uity Feels That It Has Met With a Serious Loss in the Death of the Late Trustee. ALAMEDA, Jan. 15.—Alameda paid a fitting tribute to-day to the memory of the late Freeborn J. Fletter, who was one of this eit most respected citizens and a most honored public officlal. The fu- neral was one of the largest and most impressive ever seen In Alameda. sonic Hall, where the services were held, was crowded, and many of the friends and acquaintances of the deceased who came to honor his memory could not gain admittance. The services were conducted by Oak Grove Lodge, F. and A. M., according to the solemn ritual of the Masonic fra- terni Rev. W. W. Scudder of the Con- gregational Church, of which deceased was a trustee, delivered the funeral ora- tion. He spoke in touching terms of Mr. Fletter's many deeds : took in the young men; noble traits of character, and stated that in his death the city of Alameda had met with an Irreparable loss. The floral offerings were numerous and o great variety of handsome designs. Among these was one representing the tower of Alameda City Hall, with the flag at half-mast and the hands of the town clock pointing to the hour of 11, the time when Mr. Fletter died. Another rep. resented a large heart, dcross which wer, the words, “Open to All," being symbolic of the character and generosity of the deceased. Many friends from all sections of the State attended the obsequies. As the fu- neral cortege passed through the city the bells on ull"the fire houses tolled a sol emn farew —_—w———— FROM -SMILES TO SUICIDE. A Woman’s Sudden and Desperate Attempt o Her Life. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Mary Rivest attempted to commit suicide at her home, 714 Twenty-fifth street, to-night by swal- lowing carbolic acid. Just previougly she seemed merry and had been laughing and joking with her brother-in-law, Hector Rivest, who had been relating some of his travels. Suddenly she quit his pres- ence, and going to an adjoining room lifted a small bottle of carbolic acid to her lips. Her father-in-law saw this act, and rushing at her snatched the bottle away, but not until she had swallowed a portion of the contents. At the Receilying Hos- pital Mrs. Kivest, after being revived gomewhat by Drs. Stratton and Keating, stated that she did it because she “‘was Ma- | tired of dolng a lot of work with no thanks.” She sald also that her husband scolded her until she could stand it no longer, and that the sooner she died the better. | _The woman’'s mouth and throat are ter- | ribly burned from the acid, and some of | the poison, the doctors believe, reached | her stomach and has been absorbed. Mrs Rivest is the mother of four little chil- dren, the youngest being but nine months old. Her husband, Edward Rivest, is a hostler, but has been out of work for some time. He was unable to account for his wife’s rash act. —————— Services in Oakland Churches. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Rev. S. C. Keetch of the Golden Gate Baptist church de- |livered an_evening sermon at the First | Christian Church to-night. At the First Baptist Church, Evangelist | George C. Needham hegan a series of meetings this morning. He preached also | to-night. Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church, to-night de- livered the second of his seriés of sermons |on “The Home End of Things,” the nar- ticular subject being ‘“The Home In- | fluence of Education.” | Rev. J. R. Knodell delivered two in- | teresting sermons at the Pilgrim Congre- gational Church l:-dGByA This morning's | sermon was on “A Good Opportunity Ask Hard Questions.” s T “Christ’s Easy Yoke and Light Burden” | was the subject of Rev. E. R. Dille's ser- | mon to-night at the First M. E. Church. At Rev. M. E. Hill's Twenty-fourth avenue M. E. Church Rev. J. J. Smith | preached the morning and evening ser- | mons, while Rev. N. C. B. Smith delivered | an_afternoon address. At the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church to- night the pastor, Rev. C. M. Hill, dis- Gaining or Losing?" | oceupied By occupi ev. V. arshall Law’'s pulpit | at the Cr{urch of the Advent this mo;‘nll?gA To-night’s sermon was delivered by Bishop-elect Willlam H. Moreland of St. Luke's Church, San Francisco. i i el i i Dedicated Their iTew School. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—The new h. school building erected on the !lloal!)l( ‘l:fl structure destroyed by fire a year ago in the Sacred Heart Parish, north of Temes- cal, was dedicated this afternoon. Very Rev. J. Prendergast, Vicar General of the arch dlocese of San Francisco, officiated. | There was a very large attendance. After the blessing of the several school rooms on the first floor, the Vicar Gen- | eral, clergy and visitors proceeded to the spacious hall on the second floor, where after this was also blessed. Rev. Father Prende?nsl preached an appropriate ser- mon. his was followed by the “Te Deum,” sung by the school children. The congregation then repaired to the church, where the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given. e e——— Another famous relic of ancient London Is coming down. It is at 17 Fléet street, the old palace of Henry VIII and Card- inal Wolsey, lately occupled by shops. It is generally belleved to have been the of- fice of the Duchy of Cornwall in the reign of James L ling has_apparently | During the | knows how many | government, and there will be bad men. | out of | should rebel when its representatives vote | coursed on the subject “Are the Churches | J. G. Gasmann of Alameda again | PASSED AS A PAUPER AND Strange Life of Mrs. Domingarill. | FEARED THE POTTER’S FIELD ENDURED PRIVATION TO AVOID FANCIED DI§GB.ACE. On Her Deathbed She Revealed to Her Husband the Locality of Her Buried H Treasure. ALAMEDA, Jan. 15.—The death of Mrs. Isabelle Domingarill, which occurred in | this city January 7, has revealed a strange story of a strange woman. For over twenty years Mrs. Domingarill lived with her husband in an unpretentious little house on Centennial avenue, near Encinal Park station. They were looked upon by the neighbors as poor people. Although they never sought charity, it was frequently volunteered them and | never refused. On her death bed the woman revealed to her husband that for years she had lived in dread of being buried in the pot- ter’s fleld and that to prevent what she considered a possible disgrace she had | hoarded every penny she could lay her | hands to until her treasure had reached a sum exceeding $1000. It was bi-ed, she | said, and she refused to tell the location | until she knew for a certainty that there was no hope of her life being prolonged. The woman was 60 years old at the time of her death. For years she had been a familiar figure In West Alameda. It was her daily custom to gather wood along the southern shores of the Encinal. Rain or shine she used to trudge along the | sandy beach filling an old sack with the sticks and chips washed up by each suc- | ceeding tide. She was always poorly clad and was an object of pity. It was while engaged in her daily vocation that she succumbed_to the exposure of the wind i { | she toiled on gathering the wood for the family fireside, until her constitution could no longer stand the strain and she was forced to take to her bed. Charitable people of the neighborhood rendered her every assistance possible. Her home was sparsely furnished, devoid | of almost every comfort, yet withal a model of cleanliness. She told these | kindly people of her dread of the potter's | field, but she did not hint to them that she had deprived herself almost of the necessities of life to provide for a better | resting place for her earthly remains after the spirit had gone to its Maker. After Mrs. Domingarill’s death the | neighbors undertook to carry out her last wishes and give her a decent burial. The husband refused their assistance, and the neighbors marveled when the remains were taken away in an expensive casket to the Portuguese Catholic Church at West Oakland, where mass was said for the repose of her soul. The body was in- terred in St. Mary's Cemetery. | “Just before her death the woman re- vealed the hiding place of her treasure. It was in an old coal ofl can_ under the flooring of her *bedroom. It was | reached by a little trapdoor, in | the floor, which Mrs. omingarill | had made herself, s0 perfectly that it would be impossible for one to find it if they did not know of its existence and locality. Part of the treasure was in gold, but a large proportion of it was | silver coins of small denominations. | 'The husband was employed at one time in the lumber yards of Derby & Co., but | of late years has had but little work. FIRST IN THE FIGHT. Municipal Len;:’uve‘ Will Nominate a Complete City Ticket. | ALAMEDA. Jan. 15—The Municipal | League will meet to-morrow evening, and ‘fl is announced that it will nominate a | complete ticket for the approaching city | election. Some of the members of the | league have fought against naming the | ticket so far in advanceVof the election, stating that such action would give the opposition the opportunity of pulling the league candidates all to pieces, before they show their own hands, and without giving the league partisans a chance to retaliate. It IS believed, -owever, that a majority of the members favor getting into the fight as early as possible. The organization is ;?-h-mg the local politicians a great deal of uneasiness. It is com- paratively an unknown factor in Alameda politics, and there is considerable spec- ulation 'as to how big a figure it will cut at the spring election. In opposition to the league ticket will be the nominees of the Harmonie Hall party. —_—e—————— The Vacant Trusteeship. ALAMEDA, Jan. 15.—There is some speculation as to who the city trustees ! will appoint to fill the unexpired term of | the late F. J. Fletter. The board will meet to-morrow night, but will adjourn | out_of respect to the’ deceased member without transacting any business. It is | probable that the a&polntment will be made from those who have been an- | nounced as candidates for the position at | the spring election. Alexander Mackie of | the Valley Road, Captain H Thomp- son and Deputy Coroner James Fowlier have been mentioned in connection with | the appointment. Mr. Mackie's friends are ing an active fight in his behalf, | and it is the general impression that he | will secure the office. —_————————— College Opens. BERKELEY, Jan. 15.—The second term of the present academic year of the Uni- versity of California will open to-morrow. The university town is being filled rap- idly with the 1500 or more students and rofessors returning from the Christmas olidays. Yesterday and to-day the local trains brought in several every hour. The balance are expected Monday, as registra- tion is not allowed after then. Between { forty and fifty new students are ex- ected from the December classes of the gllgh Schools around the bay. —_————— Glee Club Returns. BERKELEY, Jan.15.—The musical asso- clations of the University of California | returned this afternoon from their south- | ern tour. The assoclations consist of the University Glee, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Clubs, Includifig altogether over | forty members. They gave concerts in all the larger cities of the southern part of the State and report on the whole a very successful tri] Donations for the Mussum. The following \valuable donations to the Golden Gate Park Memorial Museum have been recently received by Curator C. P. Whitcom| From C. P. Huntington of New York, two large and very rare oil paintings by the celebrated old master Piezetta, one represgnting an old woman telling a young lady’s fortune, and the other a { happy_ group of Bavarians. From Wil- liam Whiley of Hongkong, a large and curfous primitive plow and harrow, as made and used by the natives in the in- terfor of China. From the California State Mining Bureau, two casts of pre- historic footsteps in sandstone. From W. H. Glass of Felton, Cal., one large barn owl and one horned owl. From James uigley of San Francisco, two old-time shot guns. —————— The Swiss soclety Rambertla has laid out an Alplnemgoaraen at Montreux, at an elevation of feet, where the charac- teristic trees and flowers of the country Lare to be cultivated. SAVED WEALTH ... and rain. Even after she was taken sick | | | | | | | | residence of Mrs. Gannon on Jones street CLUNG TO HIS MAN UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVED of a Desperate Burglar. THREATENED TO SHOOT ALECK HEYMAN MAKES AN IM- PORTANT CAPTURE. He Discovers a “Porch-Climber” in | His Father’s House and Suc- ceeds in Overpower- ing Him. The daring burglar who has been operating in the Western Addition during the past few weeks is behind prison bars. He was arrested last evening while in the | act of ransacking the residence of Henry | Heyman, the well-known violinist, at 623 | Eddy street. His capture was effected by Aleck Heyman, the son of the violinist, and Sergeant of Police Shea. At the City PATRONAL DAY OBSERVED AT ST, IGNATIUS Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. IMPRESSIVE MUSIC RENDERED ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN ASSISTED AT THT MASS. Rev. Father Wyman, C. 8. P., De- livered the Sermon at High Mass—Solemn High Ves- pers in the Evening. Yesterday the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus was celebrated at St. Ignatius Church in this eity. The occasion was the patronal feast of the church, and it was observed with solemn high mass at half-past 10 .o'clock. Every seat in the large church was occupfed at the hour named and many were obliged to stand during the ceremonies. JAMES STEWART, the Porch-Climber, Who Was Arrested After a Desperate Struggle. Prison the desperate man gave his name as James Stewart, and clalmed that he had recently arrived from Australia. Shortly after 7 o'clock last evening the son of the violinist, while sitting in the front room of his home, was startled by a sound resembling the breaking of a bottle in a room overhead. Running upstairs he discovered Stewart in the act of rifling the bureau drawers. As soon as the in- truder saw him he reached for his re- volver and threatened to Kkill ‘young Heyman if he made an outcry. Although unarmed the brave youth without a mo- ment’s hesitation grappled with the burglar, and, after taking possession of the revolver, threw him to the floor. | The noise of the struggle attracted the | attention of the other inmates of the house, and they hastened to the young man's assistance. They found the burglar on the floor with Heyman standing over him and threatening to *blow his head off” if he made a move. Acting on his suggestion some one went to the firehouse which is in the immediate vicinity and telephoned to the Central Police station for an officer. In the meantime Sergeant Shea, who | was attracted to the scene by the noise of the struggle, entered the house just as Stewart was making a vigorous effort to escape. He promptly seized him and after handcuffing him took him to the City Prison. A razor, which belonged to Mr. Heyman, and which he found 1ylnfi on a table in the room, was discovere in one of his pockets. A subsequent examination revealed that Stewart first entered the vacant house adjoining and ascending to the second floor climbed to the window sill of the Heyman residence. He then pried open the window and entered the house. The police are convinced that Stewart {8 the ‘“porch climber” who has been operating in the Western Addition. They believe fie is the man who entered the a short time ago and stole several hun- dred dollars worth of jewelry. ‘When questioned by Sergeant Shea the prisoner said he had been without any- thing to eat for several days, and seeing Mr. Heyman and his family sitting in the front window ‘‘enjoying themselves,” as he expressed it, he concluded to rob the house. As Stewart is well dressed and ives evidence of prosperity the story of gelng on the verge of starvation is/dis- credited by the polic “A NEW EARTH.” dq Lecture by A. J. Johnson Before the Theosophical Society. A. J. Johnson delivered an ‘interesting and scholarly lecture last night at the Academy of Sciences building under the auspices of the Universal Brotherhood, Lodge No. 7, Theosophists of America. “The new earth,” he said, *“‘will ma- terialize with the coming of Christ. We are even now passing from the winter of our discontent to the spring of a new life. ‘We will be carried forward on the crest of the flood tide of joy and the whole world will dance with the radiance of happiness. This transition which is soon to occur has been noted by astronomers, who say that there will be a remarkable conjunction of planets with the sun. The readjustment of the cycle will cause the disturbance. The new earth will increase the amount of truth and happiness and lessen the volume of pain and sorrow to which we have always been subjected, and we shall enter the springtime of tne W principles of the orld. “Thé great underlying e exemplified and new cycle which is to destroy all vice is now ready for presen- tation, and in fact has already been pre- sented. It is the principle of Universal Brotherhood. As soon as it touches the heart of man mankind will lose its feroc- ity. The coming cycle will be free from torture when the Christ Savior has again dgscended to the earth to rule the hearts of men.” —_— e For an Immense Iron Furnace. Plans are in course of preparation for one of the largest blast furnaces in_the State, to be built by the Reading Iron Company. It will replace the old Key- stone furnace, which had a capacity of 450 tons a week. The weekly capacity of the new furnace will be 1700 tons. Tt will be built rapidly, and will probably go into blast some time during the next month.—Philadelphia Record. Cocamas o o coe cn o el The smallest cows in the world are to Islands. _ A be found in the Samoan His Grace Archbishop Riordan assisted at mass, He was served by Fathers Henry Woods and Joseph Hickey as dea- cons and by Father John Sardi as assist- ant priest. The mass was celebrated by the Very Rev. J. P. Frieden, assisted by Father George Burkard as deacon and Peter Morrisey as subdeacon. The mas- ters of ceremony were Fathers George Butler and Charles Carroll. The music for the occasion was excel- lently rendered by the choir, and con- d of a mass by Bertini and “Memo- ria” by Mercadartl. The offertory sung was “Jesu Dulel: Rev. Father Wyman, C. 8. P., delivered the sermon at the mass. He chose for his, text these words, taken from chapter 1V 2| verse 12, of the Acts of the Apostles! “For there is no other name urider heaven given to men whereby we must be saved.” e spoke of the greatness of the name and related the parable in which John, meeting the crippled beggar at the door of the temple, said: “All that I have I glve thee. Arise and walk.” Connected with this parable, Father Wyman im- pressed the miracles of the Savior upon the congregation. At the evening services solemn high Vespers were sung. An impressive sermon was preached by Rev. J. Mahoney, . J., and, as in the morning, a large con- gregation’ was present. Father Calzia was celebrant, and was assisted by Charles Carroll'and Peter Morrisey. The Magnificat,” rendered by the cholr, was by Caglero: the “Mottett,” by Blga, and the “Tautium Ergo,” by Caglero. KNOTTY QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERVISORS BIG DEFICIT IN THE STREET DE- PARTMENT FUND. Will Order Repairs to Damaged Streets and ewers—May Ap- point a Gas Inspector The Supervisors will be confronted with a serfous question at their meeting to- night. The late rains have caused great damage throughout tue city. Sewers have been broken in many localities and a number of streets have caved in. Repairs to these damaged portions are imperative, There is at present the sum of $37,000 to the credit of the street department fungd in the hanas oi the Supervisors for the fiscal year ending June 30. The board to-night will order the immedin of the broken sewers and streets, and a portion of this $37,000 will be used for that purpose as an emergency fund. How the street department will carry out neces- sary work for the next six months witn the small amount available.is a knotty question upon which the Supervisors themselves are unable to see their way clearly. At to-night's meetin~ it is also expecte that the Spring Valley Water Company will have complied with Deasy's resolu- tions, which were passed at the las: meel- ing. The resolutions call for a detalled statement of the corporation’s affairs, as required by section 2, article 14 of the Constitution. The statement required is to be so complete that the company may not be able to furnish it in so short a time, but the board will not tolerate any dilatory tactics and will insist on get- ting the facts and figures at the earliest possible moment. These resolutions have been passed an- nually by previous boards, but they have somehow or other failed in their object and they have never before resulted in the furnishing of the statement. It re- mains to be seen whether the present board is more serious in its intentions than former ones have been. | The question of the acceptance of the Cit> Hall *rom the Commissioners will not come up for some time, as the board is to receive an {temized account of the amount necessary to patch up the holes in the roof and other needed alterations. It is certain that the building will not be accepted by the board until It is put in first class shape, and that will necessarily take some time. It is more than likely that the board will take up the agpolmment of a Gas Inspector at to-night’s meeting. Super- visor Perrault so stated last evening, and he added significantly that it might be a Republican. Considering that the Mayor has the apgolntlng &wer, subject to con- firmation by the , it looks as If | 1 (or Twenty- some understanding has been arrived at, and the office will soon be filled. ————e——————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Mary A. Pomeroy to Willlam B. Lawlor, lot on N Jine of Oak street, 52:6 E of Franklin, B N 120; $10. gvs{lllufi‘mfl.,llmwlor to Arthur A. Pomeroy, James R. Carrick and Claus H. Cordes, same; $100. » Ada Nottingham Martin (by B. P. Oliver, commiseioner). to Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety, lot on N_line of P\"VA!II_!ng_tor_lu!:(tnet, £ Baker, by N 127 m‘m’«hur“w.. Charles and Theresa Mathews to Patrick Broderick, lot on NE corner of Twenty-seventh and Guerrero streets, N 27, 80, N 50, E 20, 8 77, W 100; $10. « Yerba Buena Mutual Building and Loan As- sociatlon to Wells, Fargo & Co., lot on E line of Diamond street, 4 N of Elizabeth, N 20 by E 100; $5. Ah Mung, Ah Chong. Ming Lucy, Ah Duck and T. F. Scott (by Robert J. Mercer, com- missioner) to Adolph C. Weber, lot on S line o Commerclal street, 48:5 W of Kearny, W 20 y S 59:6: $8120. Lydia E, and James W. King to J. C. Me- Kenzle, lot 31, block 25, Lake View; $10. obert M. and Annie Jardine to Willlam Nicol, lots 59 and 60, block C, Park Lane Tract; $15. Mnry,A. McLaughlin to Thomas H. Me- Laughlin, lot on SE line of Chenery street, 138 NE of Roanoke, NE 2 by SE 100, block 7, Fairmount; gift. Pauline Kleebauer (Muller) to C P. Neld eck, lot on N line of Flood avenue, 175 E of Dertolt street, E 2 by N 112:, lot 17, block 85, Sunnyside; gift. Alameda County. 1 D. E. and Emma M. Collins, C. W. and Ellza J. Grayson and J. W. 'and Mary E. Phillips, to same, same, vakland; §900. Charles Franck to Anne E. D. Franck, un- dividied half interest in lot on NW corner Eleventh avenue, 50 NE E Twentleth street, N E 5 by NW 130, block 126, Clinton, East Oak- land: $10. ‘Augusta E, Bergson to Emma L. Dovle, lot on E line of Fifth street, 168 N of Channing way, N 34 by E 136, block 1%, Corrected Map, Raymond Tract, Berkeley: gif! Augusta E. Bergson to Edith F. Bergson, lot on E line of Fifth street, 13 N Channing wa: N 34 by E 136, block 126, Corrected Map, Ra: mond Tract, Berkeley; gift. James Hall to James A. Thompson, line of Hallett avenue, 140:10% E B 150 by N 155, lot 34 and W . block 3, | Maxwell Tract, Oakland Township: $i0. i Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to Al- | fred J. Hinds, lot on S line of Knox avenue | eventh street), 150 W of Telegraph avenue, W 40 by S 140, Oakland; $10. el 2oy S HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. lot on N street, B W Thompson & w, Mo E Pezer, Seattle G L Carter, San Jose |W_H Vander & w, F Raymond, Mont | Spokane C Holst, Sloux Falls C Lake, El Paso Mrs Sway, Pueblo J Dennehy, Crockett C Peterson, El Paso A Moore, Canada J Kelth, Manila iE H Douglass, Mexico M C Aléridge, Stayton C P Collins, Princeton J Muiroy, Fresno E Paynter, Redwood J Smith, ' Stockton L C Lioyd, N Y M Crosby, N Y U PALACE HOTEL. W 1L, Jones, Wis D Staley, Dawson 8 J Bailey, Kansas J Brodie, Australia TS Woodruff, N Y[R J Sickels, T M Schumacher, Chgo, Miss L Finlay, Ala C Meyer, N Y 13°A Clark, N Y G Meyer, Antwerp A W Jones, Monterey W H Aldridge & w,|W H T Robinson, N Y British Columbla |L. A Craner, S Cruz E Germain, Zurich (G E Goodman Jr & w, C S Gallagher, N Y Sacramento M E Ellis, Chgo 3 M Beck, Chgo I F Hooper, Roston | W Bergstrom & w, W Northop, N Y | Honolulu W J Cahill, N Y W H Carey & w, China e W, M Duvall, Nev F E Houghton, Utah T N Haskins, La Salle R Becker, Portland GRAND HOTEL. W _D_White, Cal W C Howard, Cal P A Auer & w, Tl D McGilory, Cal H D Kuhls, Jackson- M F Dillon, Cal ville W F Underhill, Cal |C L Ecklon & w, Cal J Williams, San Jose J L Lyndon, Cal W W _Lyndon, S A B Keesing, Jose Cal G T Gibson, S Jose W L Keenan, Cal W H Knowles, Cal Houston J S Newman, N Y tern, Cal H Radius, Fresno J Morris, Spokane 8 J Mason, Iowa D W Bldod, Buffalo ¥ P St Claire. Cal J R Myers, Portland R S Lenhardt, Yreka *J Barnes, Minn R W _Buchanan. Towa D McRae, Chico A Canfleld, Oll City § C Cornell, Mexico C § § Hall, Sacto C Francee, Salinas 8 B McLean, P Jacobs, Cal SAN FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco Call, corner of Market and Third strests, open until 12 o'clock every night in the year. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until 9:30 o'clock. 257 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street: open until 9:30 o' clock. 616 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 1041 Mission street; open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth; until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street: open until 8 o'clock. 2526 Idission street: open until 8 o'clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky streets: open_until open MEETING NOTICES. GOLDEN GATE Commandery No. 16, K. T., Golden Gate building, 625 Sut- ¢ ter st.—Stated assembly THIS EVEN- ING, at 8 o'clock. All fraters are courteously invited. CHARLES L. PATTON, Em. Com. WILLIAM T. FONDA, Recorder. SAN FRANCISCO Chapter No. ‘Arch Masons—Meets THIS E Business and M. M. degree. OCCIDENTAL Lodge M.—Called meeting THIS (MONDAY) | EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. First de- | No. 22 F and A. gree. By order of the Master. | WALTER G. ANDERSON, Sec. MISSION Lodge No. 169, F. and A. M Called mecting THIS (MONDAT) EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. Third de- gree. D. BUNKER, | Secretary. | 10 . at 7:30 o’clock. order of the Master. By HARRY BAEHR, Secrotary. OTICES—Continued. ST S e ST A R T S T secretary of the San Francisco Protestant T T CAayium Soclety herewith gives notios that the following orphan and half-orphan girls and boys have been admitted to the in- Stitution from July 1, 189, to January 1, 1899: Matilda Zimmerman, 6 yrs.; Margaret Kes- linger, 4 yrs.; Eugenia V. Kloss, 3 yrs. 8 mos, : ‘Annie V. Kloss, 2 yrs. 3 mos.: Claudine F. Moller, 5 yrs. 8 mos.; Sophia H. Hoppe, 8 ‘yrs.; Eva Mclntyre, 8 yrs. M. Joslin, 6 yrs.; Edith M. Edna V. Joslin, $'yrs.; Myrtle Genevieve Adams, 8 yrs.; Mary Albert Zimmerman, $ Harry gx‘yne. 10 yrs.; Adolph Hayne, 7 yrs. 3 mos.; Otto W. Moller, 4 yrs.; Johannes E. 1 yrs.; Wesley L. Marshall, 7 yrs.; Leslie E. Montrose, § yrs. 4 mos.; Edwin Fisher, 7 yrs ; Alexander Wiillams, '8 yrs.: George M. Adams, 11 yrs.; Nelson J. Adams, 10 yrs.; Harry Lane, 6 yrs.; James Adams, § yrs. William Adams, 4 yrs., and Clarence Haw- kins, 7 yrs. SINCE July 1, 1898, the orphans admitted into St. Francis' Girls’ Directory Orphan Asylum, as follows: Female—Annetta Antonla, i Camellia Hawkins, 9; Ada_Haley, 9 Marguerite Kaisar, 6; Carrie B. Pickett, 7; Pearl Hunter, 10; Katle Riordan, 5. Male— Harry Antonia, 2 vears 3 months; Willlam Rohling, 3_months: George Hunter, 2 years § months; Harold Hunter, 4 years 3 month, Thomas O'Neil, 3; Bert de Shields, 5 yea 6 months; Fred de Shields, 3 years § month: Thomas Riordan, 5; Gilbert Cope, 7. orphans—Marguerite’ Gamerston, = §; ton, 9; Catherine Shepherd, 4 years § Lyda shepherd, 9. le—Jacob ; Osar Smith, 7; Fred Smith, 5 hade, 6 years. a years; SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. WOMAN, with a little girl, desires situation cooking’ and housework; $10 to $12; city or country; reference. MISS CULLEN, 825 Sut- ter st. NEAT Swedish_girl desires situation; house- k; $15_to §15; good cook; best references. U 5 Sutter st. WOMAN, with a girl, desires situation; good ‘cook; best references; country. MISS CUL- I 3% Sutter st. ung girl desires situation as nurse or work; 5; references. MISS oman, good cook and ddle-aged Ker, $12 o MRS. NORTON, 313 houseworker, $12 to §15. SWEDISH housegir] 3_years last place; city or country; §20 to $25. MRS. NORTON, 313 Sut- GOOD woman wants position as housekeeper; is good cook; good seamstress; would appre- ciate a good pia none but first-class peo- le need apply; city references. Please call 22 Stockton st. GOOD Amerclan would like to assist in cooking and _general work; sleep home; good worker; honest and temperate; 75 cents and car fare, 276 Jessie st., room L RELIABLE person wishes situation to do general housework in private family; is good cook: §10 to $12; flat or cottage pre- ferred. Box 1508, Call office. GERMAN girl, 30 years old, wishes a situation; housework and laundress. Apply 10474 Fol- som st., near Seventh. tion as housekeeper; YOUNG wldow desires post Gity or country; no trifiers. Hillsdale, Sixth st., room M. SRR e GERMAN girl wants situation for general housework; city or esuntry; no postals. 75 GERMAN position as cook or to do girl wan upstairs work. Call at 209 Eddy st. g YOUNG widow wishes a position as house- Mission st., r. 3. keeper. Call or address 6 A WIDOW, with little girl, 7 years old, would ke a position as housekeeper; can give best of reference; kind treatment and and a good home wanted more than wages. Call at 161 Chattanooga st., near Twenty-third. WOMAN desires position to do general hous work, cooking; by the day, week or month; Will Sleep at Home: references. Address Box 5, Call branch office, 387 Hayes s DANISH girl to do second work or take cars of children; best references. Address 13 Froe- near Fourth and Brannan. GERMAN nursery governess would like situa- tion in_private family; best of references. Box 1417, Call office, Oakland. YOUNG lady very best of reference given. 24, Flood building. SCANDINAVIAN woman wishes chamberwork or any kind of work by the day or week. 32 Minna st. COMPETENT _ s wishes position as stenographer; Apply room compositor wishes em- ployment. Box 1415, Call office. LADY wishes engagements to put on skirt Il at 1333 Eddy st. c per skirt. ¢ braids; WINCHESTER House, 44 Third s ket; 200 rooms; 25c to $1 50 nighf week: convenient and respectable. and baggage to and from ferry. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agencs all kinds heip. GEO. AOKI, 30 Geary; tel. Grant 56. CHINESE and Japanese Employment Office; best help. 4143 O'Farrell st.: tel. East 436 MAN and wife with practical exverfence in caring, cooking and housekeeping for invalid gentleman, any ailment, or elderly couple; thoroughly domesticated; excellent refer- ence; low wages. G., box 1516, Call office. YOUNG man, able to correspond in English, French and German and speaking Russia wishes to better his position. 686 C: tro s ONG young German desires_situation of any kind: strictly temperate. 252 Seventh st rear house. WANTED by @ boy of 17, a position in & wholesale house; good references. Box 1514, Call. city or country. Address 703 Dupont, tel. main 178 FIRST-CLASS barkeeper wishes a position; has best of reference. Address Belmont House, 1126 Market, room 1. CHINESE first-class cook wants place SITUATION wanted by man and wife, good cook; man capable of doing any kind of work; city or country. Address 20 Rondell place, oft Sixteenth st. bet. Valencia and Misston. BOY, 16 years, steady and obliging, wishes a position of some kind; wholesale house pre- ferred. H. MORRISON, 2406 Folsom s BUTCHER-Situation wanted by steady man as meat cutter; city or country. Box 1423, STOCKHOLDERS' meeting—The annu & ing of the stockholders —of the Union ‘Temn Works will be held at the office of the com- any, 222 Market st San Francisco, on 'UESDAY, January 24, 189, at 11:30 o'clock | a. m., for the purpose of electing a board of | directors to serve for the ensuing year and | for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. . O'B. GUNN, Secretary. Office, 222 Market st., San Fra al | January 9, 1899. s ‘THE regular annual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the Oceanic Steamship Company will be held at the office of the company, 327 Mar- ket street, San Francisco, California. on | SATURDAY, the 21st day of January, 1869, at | 11 o'clock a’ m., for the purpose of electing | & Board of Directors to serve for the ensu. ing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come befors the meat- ing. Transfer books will close on Tuesday, January 10, 1899, at 3 o'clock p. m 4 : _E. H. SHELDON, Secrotary. THE Californta Debrls Commission, having re- cefved applications to mine by the hydraulic rocess, from 8. S. Taylor, in the Silver Star lume and Mining Company'smine, near Span- ish Ranch, Plumas Co., to deposit tallings in | a worked out pit; from H. S. Byam, In the Bonanza clalm, in Amador Co., near Michl- | gan Bar, to deposit taflings in Arkansas | Creek, and from the Badger HIll and Chero- | ee Gravel Mining Compan Hill Mine, at Charokes, Nevada o, T fer posit tailings In a worked-out pit, gives no- Jice that a meeting will be held at room 59, | %, San Franeisco, Ci o | ary 30, 1899, at'1:30 p. m. et THE regular annual meeting of the stockBers of the National Ice Company will be held at the office of the company, 237 Market st., San Francisco, Cal., on Wednesday, the 1st | day of February, 188, at 11 o'clock &. m., for the purpose of electing a board of director: to werve for the ensuing year, and for th transaction of such other business as ma. come before the meetin J. T. DO} DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND notice—The Nevada National Bank of San Francisco. At a regular meeting of the Board of “Birectors of this bank, held January 3, 189, a dividend was declared for the half year ending December 31, 1585, at the rate of seven (7) per cent per anbum. pay- able on and after the 16th inst Transfer books will be closed from the 10th to the 16th inst., both days inclusive. D. B. DAVIDSON, Secretary. Janury 4, 1 DIVIDEND notice—Dividend No. 63 (twenty- five cents per share) of the Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company will be payabie at the office of the company, 327 Market st.. on ard after Friday, January 20, 18%9. Transfer beoks will close’ on Saturday, January 14, 1699, at 12 o' clock noon. E. H. SHELDO! Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. ABANDONED children in St P! an Orphan Asylum from July 1, 1887, to Decem- ber 31, 1898: Frank Swett, age 4 years: Margaret Cunningham, 4 years: Hazel Cun. ningham, 2 years: M: et Camplon, 2 yeary Rose Kelly, 4 years: Thomas Kelly, 3 years: Ruth Dougherty, 4'years; Lillie Aubertine, vears. ROOMS papered_from 33; whitened, t 31 up; painting done. Hartman Paint Co., 343 34 si BAD tenants ejected for #; collections made; or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION )., 415 Montgomery st., Fooms §-10; tel. 5580, | INDUSTRIOUS gardener, | GOOD painter, paper hanger and whitener, hav- Call. SOBER young man wants any kind of work, Address box 1405, Call office. WANTED—Position as_dry goods or clothing ealesman: question of salry settled after first month; best of references. Box 1401, Call. RELIABLE person wishes situation at gen- eral housework in private family; is good es $10 to $12; flat or cottage pre- cook; W 508, Call office. ferred. Hotel for seven years, would like place in a fi jass saloon to learn +*~ tend bar. Box Call BOY of 17 wishes place on ranch; can prune trees and do ranch work. Box 1511, Call. HONEST Japan work out of school hours. Jeventh st.. San Francisc e schoolboy wants place to . ISHIDA, 104 YOUNG man as collector, office work or any position of trust; good security; capable. 311 Taylor st. JAPA hopest young_boy, desires posi- tion as walter, general housework and ex- pert plain washing. C. HABATA, 41SA Post. German: understands the care of horse cow awn, driv- ing; private place; handy and willing: small wages and good home. Box 1435, Ci SITUATION by German: well acquainted with grocery and wine business; good barkeener; can keep books. Address box 685, Call offica. SITUATION, wanted by young man in office, store or hotel; understands 4 languages, book: keeping and correspondence. Box 1%1, Call ing complete outfit of tools, wants work: city or_country. MERIGAN, 1302 Webster st. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. C. R. HANSEN & CO... Phone Grant 18§ ..Want Monday Morning for Hotels. 2" waitresses, same country hotel, waitresses, same country restaurant, $20 and room; waitress, country hotel, $25; chamber- maid, country hotel, $20, fare advanced for : 3 chambermaids and walt dinner, $20; 3 waitresses, §20; 4 waltresses, $15 and $1S; res- taurant waitresses, $5 and 36 a week; Ger. man pantry girls, $15; 2 restaurant cooks; § hotel "cooks. C.'R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. 4 C. R_HANSEN & CO.. Fami 0 German housework girls, ; 11 girls for housework, $15; S‘K:rlnulei .lnl‘i sist, $8 to $12; 5 girls for housework, country, 20; neat girl, care of children and housework. 3§15; 2 girls, same house, country, $20 and $15. . R. HANSEN & CO., 14 Geary st. WANTED—American cook, Oal . 330; cook, city, $30; laundress and cnfl:g}mfi&wg‘- French girls for housework, $20; German Sooks, 80 and $25: German sedond.’$20; num- er of girls for housework ANDRE, 316 Stockton str . Smist. LEON NTED—German girl for pantry w institution: no experfence rw\?nd‘.’"il:!“p‘e: month. W. D. EWER & CO., 626 Clay st. WANTED—Chambermaid for an Institut city, nice place, $15 per month; p-mr;u:lrll? same place, $15. W. D. V' oy . EWER & CO., 626 COOK, $30; 2 cooks, $25 secos $20 éach: 6 housawork wivls, 125 eork) girls, $25 and &"3 Tomen countey. 30 pemasi g dle NORTON, 313 Sutier st 0. MRS, N