The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1899, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. CONFESSED TO HAVING PRINTED LOTTERY TICKETS Frank T. Homer Tells Secrets of the Counterfeit Coupon Trade. He Says He Printed Thousands of Bogus Slips Each Month, Which Were Sold on the Streets as Genuine. ordinary way of busines: 1 a printer, and asked work for them. They said stated and regular W month, and I agreed ar mogthiy rate of $45. d thie bargain 1 did re of the proposed on, who talked like told me it would re- i be it at e time ow t r that purpose of r Mr. and Mrs. John- at my home. 1 was then treet. between Jefferson rought with them some surprise was very great 1 to me some inks, ause the latter were tickets. -Johnson (or inderstood the busi- i me how to print from told me their purpose was ome in which he nbers used légitimate and that they de- war upon the lottery com- agencies in San Francisco. d to do, so they told me, tickets about the d be found, would be nuine lottery tickets, would among the public and thus would be ruined in this h I printed for them for five 1 not have any idea that they selling the tickets until last' July, 1 liately quit working for since then have absolutely them, and stitute mal who writes will carefully sealed be sent a free sample, | Plight he broke down and wept bitterly in a plain package s%i :‘o‘-day w'r:enjlellen ho a Call repl%n:r"l( i eed have no fear o he County Jail. mer says that Joe e e publicity, Feaders are | Upeonand Siss purdick do business at requested to write without delay. Montgomery street. San Francisco. FRANK HOMER, Who Confessed to Having Printed Bogus Lottery Tickets. rs. Itis a to print anether bogus lottery n in here, but it is d The work frequently Kept me at t c. There is money in coun- s until the early hours of the lottery tickets, and those en- 15 the process of printing is a n getting me | . The tickets were in seven vith | . and as I could only print one color | each day, it was a long job. I cannot re- icceeded | member ‘the exact number of tickets I he charge | 1, but I supplied at least 5000 dupli- s, passes tery tickets each month from No- right 1883, till June, 1898. We would Mrs. the Little Original of San Fran- cently that T n 5, cent and §1 tickets. Of | a s se we printed about 2000 every month. e also printed original Louisiana tickets x‘?v"n rl’ufl: e :fl‘l\'\l- aint, | of the 25 cent size to the number of about o proof ol ki 1500 monthly and 5 of the dollar tickets. & n‘\. Mro m Our_oper: ons, however, were not con- her tr1 B LI Juot 2w fined to these companies, for we printed ; ToRTe a00. wi Sloveniibe. | about 1000 Mexican lottery tickets and L the o, same number of Metzger & Franklin's 1g time 1 t ht th ‘L‘:k“{:r‘vncm Republica of San Francisco e g in 1866 my press broke down, and Mrs. LN S Johnson, who now appears as plaintiff in waman 8. ool ; this case under the name of Miss Bur- MRSy men in the | 4ICK, went my security for a new press, : n called on | Which we bought of Palmer & Rey. The | purchaseé price was 3165, 1 gave my old | press as part payment, borrowed $25 from 2 | Mrs. Johnson and the balance was to be ADVERTISEMENTS. | paid in monthly instailments of $10 each. R i e | TWENTY days later Mrs. Johnson surprised | me by settling the whole bill at once. Af- | ter this Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were not sQ | regular In their payments, and at present | they owe me over a thousand dollars for | work which I have <done for them and e which has never been pald for. S 7 | ast August I sold my outfit, and the The State Medical Institute Discovers Iipr;‘ss b g{mg‘ht m;\R. S,hxnchener,ha printer of this city. After that I was em- Remarkable Remedy for Lost | ployed as advance agent for Hamblin's Vigor. | Minstrels, and have traveled with them | through California, Nevada an@® Utah. I — | game home :\bo‘;n :‘r\xie middle of Novem- 3 : 2 er, and since then Mr. and Mrs. Johnson ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE | ), ys trequently called on me at my home TO ALL WHO WRITE. on Franklin street and have urged me to go ahead and print for them again. This """ ars | T have positively refused to do, and this | trumped-up charge of embezzlement on a unt of the printing press is the result. “On one of thelr visits to me Johnson men who I told me that he had never been in San the mental Quentin in his life but he would take an manhood that the insti- | oath that he nad power enough to have led to aistribute free trial | me sent to San Quentin or Folsom if I did to all who write. It is a howne | not do his work. The last time I refused D B ual “weakhess, Tesulting | Doneraber ot Jaat VEAE And T GId not hors form of S a SS, b ecember of las ) not hear from youthful r%n.\:. ‘{);fifi"x;‘;"fi lo. I‘ar | from them again until last week, when I strength and T Sitts o Sy ncos] was arrested on a charge of embezzling cele, ¢ maciation of pi an now cure | the press. The charge was brought by me}“" ::s%‘\ hr?;n:' a peculiarly grateful ‘ ixh:u:sms:r:mfkfia:?au'f :x.z)rx‘-n‘n‘; ol‘(:” i The remed) a 7 E 1 v v own as effect oriv\;xxlrremd"‘\ngflgohn“’?‘ i‘r?gdgtlregslclt | Mrs. Johnson ll:n(% wh'am 1 &dentmeg as 1°d‘fifi\v‘e|eor.ment Just where it is nceded, | ° Homer 13 y?“i'er;lr:flo :::ma::&mg:i fol anG res all the ills and troubles that come | Jowed various occupations in this 4 3 vears of misuse of the natural func- | 133 ‘came here in 182, and until recently +tions and hag been an, & olute Success | published the Egst Oakland Mail and 2,85 line, 188 Firat National Bank | ne"was o deputy under Constibia C. 57 you desi be ‘complied with. The instituts | as prosecutor in the tame nURecorder- "‘Emmus of reaching that great class rj:)u\r‘t. when the late Cnarles Uznay pre- I men who are unable to leave home to | *I(Ee, | o 1 hi of men wh.na the free sample will en- | \While Homer iz languishing in the be !rgr?m fo see how easy it is to be | County Jail his wife and four small chil- }abm]u”f toxual weakness when the dren are starving and in destitute cir- cured O sedies are employed. The fn-|Cumstances in a little weather-beaten cot- proper I s no restrictions. Any man | tage at 764 Madison street. Over their sad | 0000000000000 00000O0000000000000000 HUNTERS OVERDUE Search Is Madé for Two Berkeley Boys. IRKELEY, Jan. 21.—William Seabury and Edward J. Finn, two boys living in Berkeley, started out early yesterday morning on a duck hunting trip, expecting to return the same evening. As late as to- night no news of any kind has been received from them, and their parents have grave fears for their safety. The boys are school chums, and both very well known in the uni- versity town. Young Seabury is the son of Captain William J. Seabury of the steamer China; his companion is the son of John Finn of North Berke- ley. Both are just 16 years of age and have been firm friends for a num- ber of years. The shooting trip on which they started had been planned for days ahead. ' The boat used was a flat-bottomed scow. made by tha boys themselves, and known to be perfectly safe. Everything had been made ready the Thursday evening previous, the scow being tied up at Bath Beach, West Berkeley, from where the start was to be made the day fol- lowing. Young Seabury left his home on the corner of Channing way and Dana street about 4:30 o'clock Friday morning, carrying provisions for just a day's trip. He walked over to North Berkeley to his companion’s house, on the corner of Shattuck avenue and Berryman street, and the two with their fowling pieces left for Bath Beach at § o'clock. It was their inten- tion to skirt the bay shore as far as Ellis, near Point Richmond, watch- ing every opportunity for game. Eliis is about four miles above Stege, and not far from San Pablo, in Contra Costa County. At most, the two had no intention of going more than seven miles from Berkeley, and it is this which gives the parents cause for such serious alarm. Seabury’s friends say that this was his first duck hunt, and that previ- ous to this, while being a fairly good oarsman, he had had no experience in handling a gun. His chum, on the contrary, was a good marksman, and had been on similar expeditions several times before. When seen by a Call representative to-night, John Finn, father of one of the boys, said he cculd not bring himself to think that any fatality had overcome the two. “San Pablo and the region around there abounds in marshy land and mud flats,” he said, *“‘and it is quite possible that the boat got stuck in some place where the boys found it impossible to get off. They are doubtless waiting in some such place until help comes.” 3 Two search parties will leave West Berkeley to-morrow morning in quest of the missing companions. One will work its way along the shore, exploring all the creeks and inlets up to San Pablo and beyond. The other will cut directly across to the Sonoma County shore and search the marshes opposite San Pablo and Stege, as it is possible that the boys may have attempted to go over there in search of better sport. The par- ents of the two have reported the matter to the Sheriff of San Francisco, who has ordered a watch to be kept along the water front for any traces of a boat such as the one described. 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000O0O0O 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000 00000000000000000000 HUNNING UEEP | fields and far away from home. He was | finally arrested by Deputy Constaolz Pat- ton. Hamilton i§ a veteran of the € | War, aged 61 years, and draws a per | sion.” He 15 also a Mason and has a wife and four children. but to have his family accompany him to the next world, Yesterday he requested his wife to hang herself with a rope which he offered her, | and_this morning he went t> the wood- | shed in the rear of his home and att>mpt- | ed to hang himself. When M¢s. Hamilton i&ppeared on_the scene and 1 10 pre- vent his rash attempt he ran across the vil | Move to Pay a Fire Department. THE SALARY NOT EXCESSIVE A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER PER MONTH. Conservative Residents Fear That It Will Lead to an Unseemly Scramble for Pat- ronage. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 21 San Leandro’s latest ambition is to have a paid fire department, and. it will prob- ably be gratified by the trustees. This move is considered necessary on account of the locating of a large cannery in that town, and the prospect that otuer estab- lishments will follow. which has been submitted to the town trustees, providing for the fire depart- ment. An objection has been made that if the fire department become a paid in- stitution it will undoubtedly exercise an influence in the politics of the town, as there will certainly be a scramble for the tronage. p;:r-; Oafila,nders who have lately been in- formed that $300 wads are used fi their midst, in politics, it is ing to note the financial value of the patronage scramble in the proposed fire department in San Leandro. Trustee Cary’'s ordinance proposes to ay each me DY Taonth, or a total of $15 per vear. Rhe Aepartment is to consist of twenty members, who shall not be under 18 nor more than 45 years of age. In addition to this remuneration the firemen shall receive $1 for each fire which they may attend. It is expected that at the next meeting of the board the ordinance will become a law, and that the scramble for those $1 25 places will commence. ASKED TO KILL HERSELF. She Refused, So Her Husband Tries to Hang Himself, and § Is Arrested. OAKTAND, Jan. 2.—John Hamilton of E-mhurst is detained in the insane ward at the Receiving Hospital and will be ex- amined by the Lunacy Commissicners oxt Monday. Hamilton is possessed of ::1 insane desire not only to die himself, Trustee Cary has framed an ordinance | reely in | Very amus- | mber of the department $1 25 R e | She Is Again Executrix. | OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Judge Hall to-day | set aside the order revoking the letters testamentary issued to Hannah Mahoney as executrix of the estate of the late Cor- | nelius Mahoney. The revocation was o dered on the 16th inst., because t..e exec- utrix refused to sell certain real estate, | the proceeds of which were to uses | in payving off a mortgage on a lot which | had been bequeathed ,to Timothy Maho- | ney, a nephew of the festator. 8ince then | Mrs. Mahoney has concluded to change | her mind and has expressed a willingness | to comply with the order of sale. Hence | Judge Hall to-day set aside the order re- | voking the letters, and Mrs. Mahoney is again directed to administer the estate. Shay’s Creditors Act. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—The creditors of John M. Shay, the fire engine house con- | tractor, who disappeared @ month ago, have assigned thefr various claims to G. | W. Fisher of the Puget Souad Lumber There is $3247 due Shay from the city and steps will be {aken to have this turned over to the credito-s. The total amount of claims agalnst the miss. ing contractor filed with the Board of Public Works is $4843 53. Thus thers will be $169 53 to be met after the city pays. Burglary Charges Reduced. OAKLAND. Jan. 21.—Johnny Streuber | and Frank Humphred, aged 11 and 13 re- | spectively, who were arrested last night | on a charge of burglarizing the Franze residence, 928 Magnolia street, appeared in the Police Court to-day. he charges of burglary were reduced to petty lar- ceny, to which they pleaded guilty. Sen- tence was suspended for ene month pend- ing good behavior. Oakland News Items. 1 DAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Helen E. Hankins | to-day commenced suit for a divorce from | | John F. Hankins. i The Teachers' Amity and Retirement Fund Commissioners met to-day and pre- | pared a report to the Supervisors showing | | that 225 teachers are at present contrib-! uting $1 each per month to the fund in | this county and that there Is now $3651 | in_the fund. | R. H. O'Beirne was arrested to-day on | | { Company. | | a charge of stealing a bicycle from F. F. | Solomon of Twelfth and Franklin streets | on_the 11th inst. Rev, William Kelley of Philadelphia has been secured as pastor for the First Eng- | lish Lutheran Church of this city. He is | said to be an eloquent speaker, and comes | from the Board of Home Missions, as con- ducted by the Lutheran church in the United States. £ | Henry Michl of New York has written to Chief of Police Fletcher seeking infor- mation concernin his brother, Jacol Michl, who came West in April. 1896. The | latter is wanted in order that his father's | estate might be settled. i Morris Unger, the stove-polish peddler, | who if rich would be called a kleptoma- | niac, was convicted in the Police Court | to-day of petty larceny. He will be sen- tenced next Monday. Ceroner Mehrmann was handlraqped in the Captain Woodruff Dunham inquest last evening, owing to the absence of all the witnesses who knew anything about the deceased falling into a hatchway on | the ship Indiana. Their absence was due | to the fact that they had sailed away, and the jury found therefore that death had been caused by lung troubles. FEFXFERXRX XX fight for Uncle 8am, John Lud 0 ship. ‘Eneman passed a remarkably ri 1y all guestions touching his qualifi ough comprehension of Uncle Sam” court asked: your adopted country?” | Eneman looked puzzled. It wa stump him. Reégaining his compos “Na, sir; ay cannot do dat. A country. Because for vay? Ah d country; boot particler ay .vould no Sweden. Note much.” Court Clerk Geotrge Pierce mnote wig Eneman's application, and his first papers, ‘‘Citizenship Eneman and his sponsors walke chagrined and evidently endeavorin ok o s o e oo e ok e ok R R R R R R R R KR e g KK K K K K R H R RN KK Ky FEEXRERRX AR EER RS v WOULD NOT FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM Therefore John Ludwig Eneman, Swede, Cannot Acquire Citizenship. AKLAND, Jan. 21.—Because he did not believe in war and would not by occupation a tailor, was denied admission to citizenship by Judge Ellsworth yesterday. Five years ago Eneman appeared before the same Judge and took out his first papers. Yesterday Eneman again appeared. together with his sponsors, George Kullman and Grant Wheeler, to add the finishing touches to the preliminaries of admission latest modus operandi of selecting a United States Senator. lar point of disqualification, however, consisted of his aversion to war, which fact was brought out by Judge Elisworth's final question. “In the event of a war between the United States and Sweden, would you be ready to take up arms against your native land in defense of FREXFRXFXRERRR XXX wig Eneman, a subject of Sweden and 0 American cltizen- gld examination, answering intelligent- cations. TIn short, he exhibited a thor- s form of government, even unto the The particu- The s the first question that seemed to ure, he braced up and responded: y vould note faite vid may modder 0 note balieve in vore anyhow vid eny te raze may arms again’ my natif d the Judge’s order denying John Lud- Honor wrote across ‘the applicant's d out of the courtroom considerably g to find out where they were “at.” JANUARY 22, 1899 MADE BIG PROFITS ON THE STREET Mangini Licensed to Keep a Stand. HE WAS FORCIBLY EJECTED ENOTTY POINT FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE. Merchants See in the Suit a Good Argument in Favor of the Anti-Stand Ordi- nance. Oakland Office Sarf' Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 21 A little paper recent}y filed with the City Clerk is proving of considerable in- terest to the merchants and landlords who are anxious to nrevent shops being buflt on the sidewalk. The paper is a clam from Joseph Mangini, who asks that the city pay him 3582 for damages sustained by forcibly removing his old-time fruit store at Seventh and Washington streets. For many years there has keen a small market maintained at this point. In other parts of the city similar stores have been conducted, some of them being fitted out with mirrors, ice-cream fountains and shutters, making them practically the same as any permanent place of business. A few months ago the Merchants' Ex- change was largely instrumental in the gassage of an ordinance authorizing the treet Superintendent to remove all such obstructions. Mangini was among the victims. If his complaint be true, it is a very profitable business to run a stand on a street corner. He segregates his bill for the loss of his stock and his loss of rofits; and for the month of December e declares that his profits would have been, judging by precedent, over §200. The merchants declare that any store making such profits should not be permitted to } do business on the sidewalk, but should | carry it on in a legitimate store and be | required to pay its share of taxes. There is however, another feature to | this case which is_being watched with equal interest. On September 30 Mangini was granted a license by the city of Oak- {land, for which he paid the proper fee, | giving him_permission to transact his business. This license did not expire till | December 31. Before he had had his Ii- | cense one month his place of business was | forcibly removed, and his demand on the | city for $332 is, of course, simply the ini- | tial proceeding toward bringing suit, un- less the city should decide to pay it, which it certainly will not. TIM MAHONEY’S IDEA COST MORAGA MONEY PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE Rancher Suing for His Money, While the Inventor Was Arrested as a Spanish bpy. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 21 Arcadia and Timothy Mahoney, through their attorneys, Crowell & Leach, to-day filed their answer to the suit of Jose G. Moraga, brought some time ago for the fecovery of $1500 which plaintiff claims the defendants induced him to part with as an Investment in an electrical ma- chine of perpetual motion. Moraga is a well to do rancher in the valley which claims his name; and Tim. othy Mahoney was formerly employed by the Southern Pacific Company at El Paso, Texas. There Timothy began delving into the secrets of perpetual motion. “Last January Timothy believed that he had discovered the secret whereby per- petual motion machines operated by elec- tricity could be constructed,” says the answer filed to-day, “but the feasibility and practicability of the idea had not | been demonstrated, but the plaintiff be. | came greatly exercised over perpetual motion, and in view of soon reaping fab- ulous wealth offered to contr(gm.e the $1500 for experiments.” The answer then goes on to aver that Timothy soon quit his employment and he and his mother were induced to re- move to San Francisco, where he opened a small shap on Mission street. here he has ever since been studying and ex- perimenting and working out his idea of perfecting a perpetual motion machine, | and the 31500 has thus been applied. So earnestly did Timothy work that in June, 188, so says the answer, near the beginning of the Spanish-American _war, he was arrested bv secret service officers and accused of being a Spanish spy con- structing an infernal and destructive ma- chine to be used against the Federal Gov- ernment. This, for a time at least, cooled his ardor, but the gerpetu&l motion ma- chine has not yet been hatched, though When it does, the answer sets forth, Mo- aga shall have a ore-fourth interest in the same, according to taelr agreement. | The defendants vigorously deny all allu- ston to fraud or inconsistency, and ask that Moraga take nothing by i‘lis suit. — e Hobert Burns’ Anniversary. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—The Scots of Oak- land_will agpmprla(e]y celebrate the one hundfed and fortieth anniversary ot Rob- ert Burns, Scotland's bard, at the Uni- tarian church next Wednesday. An elab- orate programme of songs, recitations and views has been arranged for the oc- caslon. ———————— Declines the Nomination. OAKLAND, Jan. 21.—Colonel George C. Edwards, the Municipal League nomines for library trustee, has 1sndered his declination on the ground tha:, if elect- ed, he could not attend to ‘he duties of the office. No ore has been sele:iel to fill the vacancies. King Humbert of Italy holds the rec- ord as a hunter of chamois. During a recent expewition in the valley of Am- eris, near Cuneo, the royal party killed seventy of these animals in one day, of which fifty-one fell to King Humbert's rifle. The old mountaineers declare that this record has been approached but once before, when Victor Emmanuel killed forty-four chamois in the same region. | ADVERTISEMENTS. HELP FOR “CALTHOS” Prof. Laborde’s Marvelous French Cure for Lost Manhood. FIVE DAYS’ TRIAL TREATMENT Sent Absolutely Free by Sealed Mail Tc All Sufferers. NO C. 0. D. OR DEPOSIT SCHEME. ‘The only preparation known to science which really cures Lost Manhood is *CALTHOS,” the marvelous French remedy discovered by Prof. Jules Laborde. 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He say VEGETABLE VENDER MISTAK- | that the stringent Canadian mining laws have ruined the country and driven the EN FOR A SMUGGLER. | miners to the American side of the dis- trict. The Young Men's Republican Club met st night at its wigwam and called a general meeting of the members for next | Wednesday night. It is hinted that reso- lutions on the Senaterial question will be introduced. = e ALAMEDA, Jan. 21.—Customs officlals| Reception to Colonel Greenleaf. from San Francisco made an attempt this| pERKELEY, Jan. 21.—Colonel and Mrs. morning to locate oplum smugglers, sup- | g, R. Greenleaf, who have lately returned posed to have thelr headquarters on Bay | from the East, were tendered a public re- Farm Island, and in their efforts came | ception here to- t by the members of Mr. Gighilone Has an Unpleasani Ex- | perience on the Bay Farm Island Bridge. near shooting a vegetable peddler named | Gighilone. For some months a suspicious craft has been making periodical visits along the | western shore of the island, and once or | twice has ventured up to the arm of the | bay toward the Bay Farm Island bridge. The movements of the vessel created con- siderable comment, and gave rise to the | impression that she was engaged in some | smuggling operation. It was suspected that some of the Italian or Chinese vege- | table gardeners on the island were in | league with the sypposed smugglers. Last night three customs officers came | from San Francisco on the last narrow- | gauge boat, prepared to make an investi- gatfon. The mysterious boat had been seen al()n% the island shore the day be- | fore, and it was surmised that the smug- | gled goods would be brought to Alameda in the 1dads of vegetables that come from the island every morhing for shipment to San Francisco and the towns around the bay. The officlals hid themselves on the bridge leading into town to intercept the wagons coming this way. About 2 o'clock | Gighilone came along, and the officials shouted to him to throw up his hands and halt. Thinking the men were foot- pads, the vegetable vender whipped up his horses to make his escape. The officials drew their revolvers and began firing. After several bullets had whizzed uncom- fortably near the Italian’s head he con- | cluded it was time to stop. He prepared to yleld up his valuables when the three| men surrounded him. He was greatly re- | | lleved when they announced they were officers and that they suspected him of | | being a smuggler. The men made a thorough search of Gighilone's vegetables, but found no evi- | dence that he was following anything but | a legal occupation, They then gave up | their plan of action and went to the island to try and locate the headquarters of the alleged smugglers, but in this they were also unsuccessful. | MRS. MARY HOLDEN IS NOW REPORTED DEAD SHE MYSTERIOUSLY DISAP- PEARED LAST AUGUST. Left a Letter Threatening Suicide, but It Proved to Be a Ruse to Fool Her Creditors. ALAMEDA, Jan. 21.—The Alameda rel- atives of Mrs. Mary Holden, who disap- peared from here last August, gave out the statement to-day that the woman died January 8 at Allegheny, Pa. Mrs. A, B. Andrews, sister of Mrs. Holden, states that the news came in a letter sent to parties in San Francisco. According to | the information Mrs. Holden was sick | but a day, pneumonia being the cause of death. When Mrs. Holden disappeared she left a letter intimating that she intended to commit suicide by jumping into the ocean from the Clff House. Later it developed that she was heavily in debt and short in her accounts with Thomas A. Smith, for whom she acted as bookkeeper. Some weeks ago The Call published ex- clusively the fact that the woman was not dead, but that her letter threatening suicide was a ruse to keep her creditors from tracking her. Some of the Alameda creditors refuse to belleve the story that Mrs. Holden is dead. They are very bitter against her, and assert their belief that she is the author of the letter announcing her own death. B Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Jan. 21.—The Verein Ger- mania will give an entertainment to-mor- row evening. A mixed chorus will sing ADVERTISEMENTS. DR SRR A A ks B+E+E+ IR B e R R e Y NO iBU TILL YoU SEE [ DR PIERCE’S.” I¥ Call or Write for Book No. 2. PIERCE ELECTRIC CO., 620 Market Street, Opposite ok ok ok sk ok ok ok ok ok oKk o ok s sk ol ok o ok ok sk ok ok ok ok kR K 30 03RO 6 30 3 0 0 3 AR R R R R R R R R R R Y +E4+-R+E+E AR AR+ R+ R R R B B R R Palace Hotel, San Francisco, : : : : | the Town and Gown Club. The parlors of the First Congregational Church on Dana street were used the occasion, Colonel and ~Mrs. Greenleaf welcoming their friends near a large American flag handsomely draped. The affair was large- ly attended by members of the faculty of the University of Califonria and by people prominent in the society of the university town. e ‘Will Tour the State. The band of the Eighth Regiment Cali- fornia Volunteers will make 2 tour of the State as soon as the men are mustered out. It is proposed to visit all the towns and cities that had companies in the regi- ment. The band is under the leadership of Professor Gomez, and very properly ex- pects to receive a cordial reception. OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers leave Broadway wharf, San Francisco: For 'Alaskan ports, 10 a. m. Jan. 13, 16, 21, 31; Feb. change at Seattle, For Victeria, 3 C.), Port Townsend, Seatt] Tacoma, , Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash), 108 m. Jen i1 16 21 3 8 fifth day thereafter; changa and eveiis company's steamers fof at Tacoma to N. P. RY.; 26, Feb. 5, at Seattle to this Alagka and G. N. Ry.; Vi ver to C. or Eureka (Humboldt Bay) 1, 19, 2, 29; Feb. 8, and every Jan. here- . 2p m, fifth day t! San Simeon, Luis_Obispo), Hueneme, and Feb. Santa Cruz, Montersy, Cayucos, Port Harford, (San Gaviota, Santa Barbara. Ventura, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) Newport, 9 a, m.. Jan. 12, 16 20. 24, 25; 1, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luls Obispo). Santa Barbara, Port les and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. %10- e A% & 26, 3, Feb. 3. and every fourth_day therea T. Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cn!:hnnr Mazatlan, Altata. La Paz, Santa Rosalia and Gueymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., Jan. 14, Feb. 9, 9, Apr. 6. M Yurther information obtain folder. The company reserves the right to change without previous notice, steamers, sailing dates and_honrs of sailing. TICKET OFFICE—4 New Montgomery ¢ (Palace Hotel S ECODALL, S & CO.. Gen. Asts., et st., San Franeisco. "R 20 M i THE 0. R, & N. GO, DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTIL,AND From Spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. FARE §12First Class Incinding Bertns %8 Second Class_ _and Meals. Cclumbia safls Jan. 3, 13, 23, Feb. 2. State of California sails Jan. 8, 18, 28, Feb, 17, Short line to Walla Walla, Spokane, Butts, Helena snd all points in the Northwest, Throughk tickets to all points East. E. C. WARD, General Agent, 630 Market street. PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. TOYO KISEN KAISHA. TEAMERS WILL LEAVE WHARF, COR- ner First and Brannan streets, 1 p. m., for YOKOHAMA ' and HONGKONG, calling at Kobe (Hiogo), Nagasaki and Shanghai, and connecting at Hongkong With steamers for India,_etc. No cargo received on board on day of sailing. NIPPON MARU. AMERICA MARU! HONGKONG MARU. Friday. March 17 Round-trip tickets at reduced rates. For freight and passage apply at company’s office, 421 Market street, carner First. W. E. CURTIS, General Agent. cnmpaénié Generale Transatiantiqus. (French Line) DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS GOODALL, .Wednesday, Jan. 35 Tuesday, Feb. 21 (FRANCE). Salling every Saturday at 10 a. m. from Pler 42, North River, foot of Morton street. LA NORMANDIE LA GASCOGNE LA CHAMPAGNE LA BRETAGNE LA TOURAINE .. First class to Havre, cent reduction on roun Havro. $i5, 10 per cerk ENERAL AGEN F. BRI | % $65 and_upward, 5 per d trip. Second class to reduction round trip. CY FOR UNITED STATES owling Green, New York. CO., Pacific Coast Agents, § rancisco. 8. MARI- via Hono- lulu and Auckland for Sydney Wednesday, Jan. 35, at 10 p. m. S. AUSTRALIA for Honolulu February sails Line to COOLGARDIE, s . Aust] TOWN, South Africa. J. D.'SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery street, Freight Office—327 Market st.. San Franclsco. BAY AND RIVER STEAMER FOR U. S, NAVY-YARD AKD VALLEJD. Steamer ‘‘Monticello.” Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs, and Sat. 9:45 a. m. p. m. day: Bundays. Landing