The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1899, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1899. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. MAY LEAVE THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OPEN Democrats Have No Programme. NAMED | | DAVIE MAY BE SOME DELEGATES IN FAVOR OF R. W. SNOW. The Annexed District Believes That It Should Have Proper Repre- sentation in the City Council. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 1 The divided Democracy is at a loss for & candidate for Mayor. Many proposi- tions are now being considered in antici- pation of the convention to-morrow night, and after all it is not unlikely that no nomination will be made for the head of the ticket There are many delegates in favor of indorsing the candidacy of John L. Davie. There is some opposition to him on the part of those who favor the appointment of straight Democrats for all the offices or | of leaving spaces plank for which no straight Dem s are nominated. There | is a feeling among another section of the delegates that it might be good policy to | indorse R. W. Snow, though, of course this radical proposition meets with much condemnation. Then, again, there is the | element that is alw spolling for a fight and which does not care very much who is put up so long as there is pros- pect of a keen contest during the cam- paign. To-morrow night the adjourned conven- tion will meet to finish its work. The committee on platform and resolutions has completed its labors and declares | that it is ready to produce a platform that cannot fail to favorably impress | every voter in this city. H. C. McPike, | slthough not a delegate, has prepared a plé relating to the water question, and | Seth Mann of the committee of twenty- one has seen to it that good roads shall not suffer at the hands’ of the Democracy if he can help it. I night the com- > on platform was about ready to rt when it was called to its attention it had pledged its nominees to sev- forms and improvements. As no prior to election can now be put | atforms it was found necessary to el the document. s said that to-morrow evening there few vacant seats in the conven- eason for so many absentees | < declared to be that the | e all informed that no nom- | would be made till Thursday nd that, therefore, they were not lar about attending. delegates we tons partic “The indorsement of Snow for Mayor,” gaid a Democratic leader to-day, “‘would bardly be good policy. The Municipal League, which is supposed to be non-par- did not put any Democrats on its and therefore I do not see why we | COMPANY F RETURNS AND 1S UNHONORED No Public Welcome for the Boys. SOME ARE DISAPPOINTED OTHER CITIES HAVE SET A DIF- FERENT EXAMPLE. Believe They Should Be Honored as Much as Though They Had Faced Mauser Bul- lets. * Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 1. Much surprise and some indignation is being expressed that the old Company F, which went in the regular service last autumn, should have been honorably mustered out and returned to Oakland without any public notice being taken of the incident. The Oakland boys returned home from Benicia last Saturday without any effort at giving them a welcome or showing any recognition of the unselfish manner in which they decided to take up arms and go anywhere for the honor of their coun- try. It is stated that it i{s no fault of theirs that they did not see active service on either side of the globe, and that they are deserving of at least a public re- ception at the hands of the people of this city. In many of the other cities of California where the returned companies now -are they have been handsomely treated and made to feel that their services were ap- preciated. In contrast to this is the in- significant mammer in which Oakland's soldiers came home, went about their usual avocations, with nobody to extend a E':lfiomlng hand or give them a pat on the ‘When the boys marched into Camp Bar- rett last fall, many promises were made of the generous manner in which they would be recelved when honorably dis- charged from the service at the close of the war. These promises have not been kept, and so far no effort has been made to fulfill them. BRANDES IS DENIED A CHANGE OF VENUE ACCUSED WIFE’S TRIAL ALSO SET FOR FEBRUARY 7. Attorneys Intimate That the Trial of Mrs. Brandes Will Be First Disposed Of. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 1. William A. Brandes and his wife, Etta Brandes, both charged with the brutal murder of their 15-year-old daughter Lil- lian, will be tried in this county, Judge Hall having denied a motion for a change of venue. Mrs. Brandes appeared in court this should take up its candidate. Some friends of Davie have expressed a desire that he be indorsed by but this would not be good policy, because Davie is not a Democrat, and our chief kick against the old Democracy was t it used the | party in this coun }unvh\‘m) candidate Jemocrats. y to assist certain Re- | to the detriment of 1t is very probable that the b on may be left ‘vacant, although there is a possibility that there may be | ough Davie votes in the convention to rry him through. The delegates are | absolutely unpledged, and when we meet every good Democrat will have an oppor- | tunity to have his claims presented and ask for 2 nomination.” > large annexed district, which it is generally conceded will not be separated from this city by the effect of any ap-| peal now pending in the courts, is making a hard fight for representation in the new | Council. “This district has pald during the past year over $35,000 in taxes into the | city treasury. For this it has so far re- | ceived a few police officers and a few eleccric lights. It is anxious to have its | fair share of all municipal privileges, and for this reason is anxious to secure one of the four Councilmen at large. As it | is the largest individual ward in the city it is certainly entitled to two members in the Council. The residents have pinned their faith on C. Chichester of Golden Gate, who has been nominated by both the Republicans and Municipal League. Mr. Chichester is one of the leading spir- its in the annexation movement, and his neighbors are now anxious to reward him by sending him to the Council. SAVED FROM STARVATION. Charity Displayed Behind Pflscni Bars for Frank T. Homer’s Family. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—But for the charity displayed by prisoners at the County Jail in sacrificing their appetites and giving up a portion of their rations the past few days, Mrs. F. T. Homer and her four little children, residing at 764 Madison street, would be starving. The husband and father is awaiting trial on a charge of embezzling a printing press, with which bogus lottery tickets were printed for about four years. He has been in the County Jail about three weeks, and since that time the mainstay of the family’s support has been lacking, and the unfor- tunate family have, moreover, recelved notice to vacate their home because of fallure to pay the rent. Their case, probably overlooked unin- tentionally by local charitable societies, has been taken up by the prisoners at the County Jail, who each day lay aside a part of their meals to appease the hunger of their fellow-prisoner’s family. The prisoners obtained permission of the jafler to send out a basket of food every day. ———— A Shakesperean Reader. OAKLAND, Feb. 1—Samuel E. Wells the noted impersonator and delineator of the characters of Shakespeare, will ap- pear_in Oakland under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Assoclation next Friday and Tuesday evenings. He will deal with Hamlet and Othello. Reward of $20,000 Offered. A wealthy lady recently lost a satchel con- taining jewels worth $150.000, and now offers a reward of §20,000 cash to the finder. The loss of bealth is far more & -fous than the loss of jewelr, and vet it can be recovered without paving big rewards. A little money invested in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will restore strength to the weak, purify the blood, estab- lish regularity of the bowels and help the Flomach o properly. digest the food taken into it. SHAKESPEAREAN RECITALS e SAMUEL E. WELLS, The Distinguished New York Reader, ~—i—AT- Y. M. C. A. AUDITORIUM, Oakland. FRIDAY, Feb. 3.. HAMLET TUESDAY, Feb. 7. .OTHELLO morning to plead *“‘not guilty” and her | trial was set for February 7, the same day of her husband's trial. a the motion for a change of venue in W. A. Brandes’ case was argued by Attor- neys Sawyer and Bennett. It was contended by the defense that Brandes could not get a fair and impar- ‘While the tial trial here because of the prejudice | that had been created by a yellowjpregs, against the accuse Judge Hall in denying the motion called attention to the area of Alameda County with its 100,000 population, and said he felt confident that out of this population twelve men could be found who would try the case impartially. Commenting on the claim that prejudice had been created by the press, Judge Hall called attention to the fact that reports and detafls of the horrible crime had appeared in all the San Francisco papers and circulated through- out the entire State. The court also denfed a motion granting the defense authority to engage physi- clans and surgeons as expert witnesses to be paid by the county. * The date of Mrs. Brandes’ trial was set for February 7 at the request of the de- fense, Attorneys Sawyer and Bennett stating that if on that day W. A. Brandes the accused woman might Fo ahead, and they expressed themselves implicitly con- fident of an acquittal in short order in her case. sed couple sat chatting and laughing | | might not be ready for trial, the trial of | CONFESSED S~ GULT, ET B WS ACOUTTED Charged With Burg- lary, Sims Freed. A JUROR’S PECULIAR REASON INSTRUCTIONS HIS INTELLI- GENCE COULD NOT GRASP. ‘Wit Ward, Who Held Up a Saloon Man for Five Dollars, Sentenced to Six Years in Prison. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 1. There {s no accounting for the action of juries. To the surprise of everybody, particularly his attorney, C. J. Sims, charged with burglarizing the residence of John D. Nelld in Alameda last Novem- ber, was acquitted by a jury in Judge Hall's court to-day. The jury was made up of John Seebeck, E. E. Walcott, B. 8. Marsion, W. F. Lem- on, H. Furst, Willlam Peru, George An- drews, H. W. Bronson, N. W. Jacobs, J. Dovan, W, T. Gibbs and George W. Man- uel. Sims is a colored man, and was called to the witness-stand by his attorney, D. M. Connors, when he frankly confessed that he had entered Neild’s home for the purpose of getting a drink of water; but that after he got into the house he broke open an inner door with a hatchet and carried off a demijohn of claret, some wearing apparel and a guitar. This testi- money of his self-confessed and supposed burglarious conduct was corroborated by numerous witnesses, one of whom, Mrs. G. A. Severance, testified that he nad brought the stolen articles to his house, informing her tha. he had secured them at the house where he was working. In his instructions to the jury Judge Hall advised that if Sims did not intend to commit a felony at the time he entered Neilld's house the crime would not. be bur- glary, but that if after he had entered he had stolen any articles it would be con- strued as larceny; but that if after enter- ing he had then broken open an inner door, the charge of burglary would stand. ‘Whether the intelligence of the jury was not keen enough to grasp this dis- tinction is not known. owever, after twenty minutes’ deliberation the jurors brought in a verdict of “not guilty,” to the surprise of everybody, even Attorney D. M. Connors for the defense. Une of the jurors intimated that the reason of the verdict was that the jury did nog grasp the meaning of the instructions, and then, too, the articles stolen were not of sufficient value to warrant a conviction. Sims, when tle result was announced, thdnked his attorney for his charitable of- ficés and quickly left the courtroom, leav- ing undisturbed the demijohn, guitar and wearing apparel which he was accused of having stolen. | "In disgust and with some reluctance Mr. Nield gathered up these exhibits, for since the colored man had not been found gull!)’ of having stolen them he was in oubt as to who the owner might be. In clear contrast to the foregoing case is that of Wit Ward, who was arrested recently on a charge of standing up a Pleasanton_ saloon-keeper and robbing | him of $5. Last Wednesday Ward was al- lowed to plead guilty to grand larceny and to-day he was sentenced to six years’ | imprisonment in San Quentin. Mrs. Metcalf’s Will Filed. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—The holographic will of Sarah P. Metcalf, who died in San | Francisco last August, was filed for pro- bate late this afternoon, and her son, Congressman Victor H. Metcalf, peti- tioned for letters of administration. The will, dated July 28, 1888, names petitioner as executor, who, with Jennie P. Robson, | Sarah C. Beam and Willlam J. Metcalf, the other three children, are devisees. The estate is bequeathed to the children share and share alike. —_——— Intimation of Malpractice. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—The death of Mrs. Amy Stanley Tigner, wife of Jonas Tig- nér, which occurred at her home, 484 gated by Coroner Mehrmann and a jury. The deceased was aged 30 years, and ap- parently was in good health. When the undertaker had laid the body out it was | found that the death certificate had not been signed, and it is intimated now that | the death was due to malpractice. : —— Pioneer Engineer’s Death. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—Joseph Payne, the pioneer engineer of this State, for many POPOOPOO000000006 HER an aged capitalist was published lowing statement: PO00 0009900000060 & 4 mancing to @ ® @ her faith to a man with so little grit as ® & Miss Hessie, who seem to be in a hur @ they thought Miss Hodge must have in ® have her for a stepmother. & Miss Hodge had mot meant to do an: @ 'ify them by filing a sult in the near futu: @ Hoping this will end newspaper disci @® have put Mr. Nicholl and hi & her, who has been Tickets on sale at Y. M. C. A. Building, cor- ner Twelfth and Clay streets, Oakland. * 000000000000 0000 ¢ : MISS HODGE ON Declares She Is Modest and Upright, but Did Once Love John Nicholl. AKLAND, Feb. 1.—Miss Jane Hodge, whose romantic story of love for Miss Hodge begs of you to'drop her name and her personal affairs out of your es- teemed paper after giving the following statement space, if possible. Miss Hodge tried to balk reporters making ralds on her for news, but finding © that impossible, she dictated to some of them a few pages of yellow journal ro- “satisfy them for the time being. ® Hodge became engaged to Mr. Nicholl between two and three months ago, and as @ far as she is concerned, she is still engaged to marry him, although he denies all & knowledge of such an engagement existing. Miss Hodge is too modest a woman and a woman of too upright a character to @ tell an untruth, so there' is no doubt in any one's mind, who is acquainted with @ her, that she was to have become the *Duchess of Richmond,” as her friends here @ playfully style her, was-to-have-been union with “‘Duke Nicholl of Richmond Point."" Miss Hodge js very much disappointed in Mr. Nicholl, who had made her think @ that his world pivoted on her, and she is ashamed to think she should have pinned @ But after floundering about in a Sahara of despair for a few weeks at the faithless- © ness of her one-time lover, I am happy to say that Miss Hodge has now struck @ an oasis of peace and trust, although she may never again apply these terms in ® connection with any member of the Nicholl family. Miss Hodge wishes to say in regard ‘. the contemplated * ® she has been hurried into thinking about it by the young ladies Mise Mazie and & posgibly mever, but by the action of these two. ladies, who sent a friend of thelrs @ 1in the city to find out who was her lawyer, also coming to the friend’s house here ® to try to effect m reconciliation, without offering even the semblance of an apol- & ogy for having tried to take away her good name and finally by sending for pub- @ lication a denial o. the engagement, 1 am very much afrald Miss Hodge will grat- & many warm friends of Miss Hodge will think none the less of hc @ good name, which is all the riches she possesses, and feeling sorry that she should ? nine daughters and =ons to the trouble and expense @ of hiring extra reinforcements in the person of Lawyer Major Mhoon to fight against <le-handed in the affair as yet, she begs to sign herself yours & traly, ® Lester avenue, East Oakland, January 31, 1899. @ ® There is just one little error in Miss Hodge's ® lApse of memory. There was no attempt to balk reporters, for the first ® time she was visited she was courteous to a marked degree, and smil- @ Ingly supplied all the information and photographs desired. 000000000000 0000 COURTSHIP. some days ago, has issued the follow- OAKLAND, January 31. 1 would say conclusivel” that Miss Mr. Nicholl has displayed in this affair. uit”” of hers, that Ty to feel the Infliction of the rod which pickle for them because they refused to’ ything in the matter for months to come, re. ussion of the affair, and trusting that the for ‘defending her JANE HODGE. statement—doubtless a 9909000000000 0000000000000000060000000000000000000000000000000606600 0000000000000 000 b} BEdward street, yesterday, will be investi- | _| scalding water. Years in the employ of the Southern Pa- died yesterday at his ruitvale. He had been on the Tetired list for the rast fifteen years. He was a widower, aged 74 years. THEY REFUSED TO “DIVVY.” Stanley Sues Messrs. Dingee and Moffitt for Profits From Water Stock. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—Ex-Public Adminis- trator James Stanley has filed suit against ‘W. J. Dingee, Frank Moffitt and the Liv- ermore Water and Power Company for the recovery of a share in $50,000 realized some time ago from a sale of bonds issued by the corporation defendant, of which amount plaintiff alleges the corporation Tecelved but half, the other half being divided between Dingee and Moffitt. Plaintiff bases his claim for a $2500 share upon an agreement entered into between himself and Messrs. Dingee and Mofiitt by the terms of which he turned over to them his 200 shares of the capital stock in the corporation. Plaintiff asks that his 200 shares or their equivalent. which he alleges is $10,- 000, be returned to him; also that it be decreed that the corporation has no right, interest or title to the money referred to or his 200 shares; that he be given judg- ment a%mst Messrs. Dingee and Moffitt for $25,000, and that they be required to deliver to him ten bonds or their equiva- lent, $5000. Stanley s represented by Attorneys W. fiautman. Michael Mullaney and A. A. oore. THOSE LIQUOR ADS. Students wmnx_ee;?[‘;em Out of the College’s Annual Publication. BERKELEY, Feb. 1.—There will be no lquor advertisements in the Blue and Gold to be published this term by the junior class of the University of Califor- nia. This is the decision of the editors and business managers of the college an- nual, and they are supported in the stand they have taken by a majority of the members of the junior class. i Previous to the publication of last year's book business managers of the annual had found ready advertisers among liquor dealers who supplied the columns with advertisements to the value of almost $200. The Young Men's and Young Women's Christian associations of the university en- tered upon an active crusade against the advertisements a_year ago and sqccceded in having them kept out of the '3 Blue and Gold by themselves securing enauih other advertisements to make good the difference. George Brehm, manager for this year, has himself inaugurated the policy o doing without financial assistance from liquor dealers, and expects to make good the difference in other ways. HARPER WILL COME TO VISIT BERKELEY Chicago’s President Will Speak at the University of California’s Char- ter Day Celebration. BERKELEY, Feb. 1.—The charter day exercises to be held this year at the Uni- versity of California will be marked by the presence of a distinguished educator from the East, Dr. William R. Harper, president of the University of Chicago. Charter day, which falls en March 23, is celebrated every year by the Berkeley faculty and student body in commemor- ati, of the day on which the univer- sity’s charter was granted. The exercises, which usually consist of speeches by members of the faculty and student body, will be modified _this ~year under the di- rection of President Kellogg in order to make the event of greater academic im- portance. Presiuent Kellogg reserved a lace on the programme for an address PV Some celebrated public_speaker. The invitation to deliver this address was ex- tended to President Harper, who in a let- ter just recelved by President Kellogg, announces that he will come to California toward the end of March and will be pres- ent at the university’s charter day cele- bration. i ——————————— AN OWNER FOR THE ARM. Ed Williams, a Medical Student, Clears Up the Mystery. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—The mystery of the amputated arm found Sunday in an empty boxcar at West Alameda was in a measure cleared away to-day. Edward Willlams, a medical student, residing on Encinal avenue, stated to Deputy Coroner Fowler that the grewsome bones were | his property and had been stolen from him on the narrow-gauge train last Satur- day night. He exhibited a recelpt show- ing that he had purchased and pald for the human fragments at a medical col- lege In San Francisco. Willilams said he brought the uncanny parcel from San Francisco last Saturday night. When he boarded the train at the filer he_put the bundle on the seat beside im. Just after passing Pacific avenue station he noticed that it had disappered. | He demanded possession of the amputated | arm, but Deputy Corner Fowler referred him to Coroner iflchrmann. ——————— Harmonie Hall Politics. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—The Harmonie Hall party met this evening and- adopted a latform favoring the present saloon icense, increased school facilities, a new city charter, a tax rate not exceeding $1 and against granting a franchise to a} Farbfl-!e crematory. The following pre- iminary nominations were made: City Trustees—Alexander Mackie, H. G. Mehr- tens, Danlel Hicks, Frank Hally; Board of Education—J. B. Lanktree, Dr. T. B. Key, C. L. Tisdale, Dr. E. M. Keys; Library Trustees—R. H, Magill Sr., V. Barton; Attorney—E. K. Taylor, M. W. Simpson; Clerk—C. 3’ Lancaster, Ben Lamborn; Assessor—A. G. Burns, George Sturtevant; Treasurer—Linwood Palmer, Oswald Lubbock, R. G. Wheeler: Marshal—L. H. Transue, F. Bremer, W A. Gunn, Charles M. Day, Louls| Schroeder, John Conrad. k: —————— The Meter Leaked. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—J. Agnews, local meterman of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, was severely burned about the face and hands this morning by an explosion of gas on the premises of A. L. Fisher, 2418 Encinal avenue. The meter at the place was leaking, and not thinking that a great amount of gas had escaped, Agnew crawled under the build- ing and lighted a match. Instantly there ‘was an_explosion that startled the neigh- borhood and dazed the meterman. With much difficulty ke extricated himself from | his perilous position and was taken to his home in Oakland. His injuries are ex- tremely painful but not serious. ———P s Another Narrow Gauge Accident. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—There was another slight accident on the narrow-gauge line this morning, but fortunately no one was injured. Engine 15, attached to the Los Gatos train, broke a side rod just after leaving Newark. Theé train was under considerable headway, and the broken rod tore out part of the’under section of the cab before the engine was brought to a standstill. All the woodwork bencath the engineer’'s position was splintered, but both men on the engine escaped without a scratch. —————————— Water Heater Explodes. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—The hot. water boller in the residence of Lord Alfred Scott, Encinal avenue and Court street, exploded this morning with great force. wrecking the ceiling of the kitchen and deluging the celling of the room with No one was in the apart. ment at the time. The top of the water heater had parted from the rivets that held it to the boiler and was found in the attic of the house, having been blown through the cefling. 'Mr. Scott does not | know how to account for the accident. — e James Hogan Missing. OAKLAND, Feb. 1.— ogan SIxth sirect has been Tissing sl AT R K wi ‘ou ay. any raf ! Tot Delieve that he is AbSent of his own free will. No reason is assigned for his disappearance. ————— He Is Now Sergeant Bush. As predicted in yesterday's Call Police- man Charles P. Bush was promoted to be sergeant yesterday to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Sergeant Nash to a lieutenantey. Bush, who is a native of Wellington, New Zealand, but Captaln of since last fear that he has . by President McKinley. came to this city when 8 years old, was flwolnted,to the force on Mn{ 15, 1878. e has been under Captain Spillane and bears the reputation of being a brave and efficlent officer. He has been as- signed to Captain Wittman’s division. \ MIDWEEK NOTES OF PLAYS AND MUSIC Frank Danlels and his clever company are still a strong attraction at the Co- lumbla in “The Idol's Eye.” The Daniels season closes with: Saturday night’s per- formance. The new week brings Louis James, Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder in a revival of the classics. “The School for Scandal” is the ]b!l’l fordMo;l‘da.y night’s opening. “Othello” and *“Mac- be%h" wlllpa,lsogbe given during the first week. The sale of seats for the season opens this morning. Broadhurst’s lively farce, ‘““Why Smith Left Home,” with Mrs. Annie Yeamans and Maclyn Arbuckle in the cast, contin- ues this week and next at the California. The stock company at the Alcazar is devoting the week to ‘‘Peaceful Valley,” a unique comedy, made famous by Sol Smith Russell. ““A Bad Lot” follows. “La Perichole,” one of the brightest of Offenbach’s comic operas, is enjoying a clever production at the hands of the Tivoli company. Oscar Well's “Suzette,"” as fine a bit of comic opera writing as has ever been done in this country, will be revived next week. Headed bK Milton and Dolly Nobles in “Why Walker Reformed,” the Orpheum is offering an unusually attractive vaude- ville programme. / Carreno, a woman pianiste of {nterna- tional fame, will play in the Metropolitan Temple on Monday and Wednesday even- ingsk and Saturday afternoon of next week. Another amateur Amazon march will be the feature of to-night’s programme at the Chutes. Mme. Agnes Fried, assisted by Miss Hilda Newman and Giulio Minetzl, W”‘; glve her second concert on Saturday aft- ernoon in Sherman & Clay Hall. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. H. G. de Watt of Fresno is at the Grand. Dr. W. S. Adams of Palo Alto is at the Occldental. J. D. Carr of Salinas is a guest at the Occidental. H. Block, a druggist of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. R. C. Terry, a rancher of Clayton, Cal., is at the Lick. Dr. Grant S. Hicks of Tacoma is a guest at the Palace. S. Summerfield, a merchant from Reno, is at the Grand. Mrs. C. 8. Cochrane of Seattle is a guest at the California. Dr. F. 8. Taylor and wife of Los Ange- les are at the Lick. L. L. Wilson of Boston arrived at the Occldental yesterday. . H. Silver, a banker of Los Angeles, is registered at the Palace. C. H. Cox, a banker from Madera, ar- rived at the Palace yesterday. Thomas R. Moore, a miner from Brit- ish Columbia, is at the Palace. Dr. J. L. Dewey and wife of Lakeview, Or., are guests at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thorn and family from Tacoma are at the Palace. George 8. Loughead and J. Miller of Sydney, Australia, are at the Russ. A. B. Barrow and wife and family of Nelson, B. C., are at the California. C. M. Hartley, who has 4 fruit farm near Vacaville, is a guest at the Grand. J. H. Martin, the well-known cattle man of Woodland, is one of the arrivals at the Russ. G. T. Poole and wife of London, Eng- land, were among the arrivals at the Lick yesterday. Eugene S. Watson and wife of Redding arrived at the Palace yesterday and have taken apartments. S. Ewell, a prominent merchant of Marysville, is at the California, accom- panied by his wife. Mrs. F. McLaughlin and her daughter, Miss Agnes McLaughlin, came up from Santa Cruz yesterday and took apart- ments at the Palace. R. H. Johnson, assistant claim agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Rallway Company, arrived from Chicago last night and registered at the Occldental. Thomas P. Burns, cashier of the Sub- treasury in this city, left here this morn- ing on his way to Philadelphia to parti- cipate in the work of the Assay Commis- sion, to which position he was appointed After disposing of his official duties in the Quaker City Mr. Burns will make a tour of other Eas ern cities on pleasure. He will be absent about two months. Melville Marx of the theatrical firm of Gottlob, Marx & Gottlob, wiil leave for New Orleans to-morrow to be present at the Mardi Gras festival. From there he will go to New York to close negotiations for the production of Frohman's latest successes by the pick of his companies in this city. He will also close contracts for the appearance at the Columbia Theater of Hall Caine's “The Christian,” which has created a furor in the East, and for many other strong attractions. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—E. Bidwell of San Francisco s at the Cosmopolitan. F. B. Sadler and wife of San Francisco are at the Plaza. J. C. Stubbs of San Francisco is at the Windsor. R. S. McDougal of Los Angeles is at the Netherlands. Bacon Place Case Dismissed. The first of the cases of the women on Bacdon place charged with vagrancy was concluded before a jury in Judge Gra- ham’s court yesterday afternoon, and the Jjury after being out for about half an hour brought in a verdict of not gullty. The defendant was Marcelle Delorde. Attorney Lennon in his argument for the prosecution scored the potice and Judge Conlan, while Attorney Ach for the de- fendant administered a severe verbal cas- tigation to Secretary Kane of the Pacific Coast Society for the Suppression of Vice. Just before Ach rose to address the jury Kane left the courtroom. —_——— HOTEL ARRIVALS. " GRAND HOTEL. A'M Le Baron, Cal {C Cadman, Pinole R W Skinner, Cal H A Keller, S Bdno W_T Frazler, Cal B J Deviin, Benicla I Scott, 8 Cruz ] H Millznér, Tucson I D McGilvray,Denver (J W de Back, Cal F L Woody, Va W M Dean & w, Cal F B Glenn, Jacinto |K H Plate, S Jose J B Sanford, Ukiah |Dr J 8 Dewey&w, Cal Miss Montgomery, Cal |B F Allison, Ohifo J R Todd, Sacto G K Webb, York Pa J P Edwards, S Jose |O L Bigbee, Cal A _Anderson, Seattle |[A T Full, R I J T Kinny, Cal Mrs Branan, Portland W E Chase, Chicago |Mrs Thoman, Tacoma J M Toole, Rossland Frank Curtis, N Y - C G Bonner, Fresno |R M Straus, Ariz G H Albon, Ohlo R M Drake, city T W Patterson,Fresno | A Bybee, Indianapolis Mrs Greely, Marysville|Benj P Parker, Cal W McCullough&w, CaliM V Brown, Cal C H Curtis & w, Or [Mrs Hinz & dau, Cal Miss E M Bradley, Cal|W Jones & w, Cal PALACE HOTEL. Mrs G A Long, Md T R More, B C ¥ Holndorf, N'Y G E Burgesser & w, I J C Edgar, Sn Quentin A L Bonney, New York H V Morehouse, S Jose C C McCrilits, N Y E W _Chapman, Sacto Gowan, N Y . J C Sims, Sacto G Peterson, § Rosa W F Maggard, Sacto ‘|Miss Peterson, S Rosa H Allen, Berlin e Szilassy ‘& w, DC W L Moopre & w, Minn!G T Clark, llinofs C H Unverzagt, Md IF O Willlams, Tlinois E A Erd, Chicago 'J E Fishburn, Ang P W Murphy, Chicago GH Clarke, Chicago D Springer, Chicago O P Jenkins, Stanford orne & w, Tacoma Mrs J O Moss, Ohlo Watson & w, Cal J McFadden, Sta Ana S Hicks, Tacoma L A Crane, Sta Cruz Cox, Madera '8 N Rucker, San Jose Barmare & w.NY Mre F McLaughlin, Cal Paine, Spokane |Miss McLaughlin, ‘Cal lver, Los Ang ‘B D Murphy, San Jose NEW WESTERN HOTEL. orter, St Louis M C Fowler, Jackso: T Peterson, RA BIuft J D Harrls, Riverside Hansen, Redding P Maxwell, Calistoga R W Davis, Sta Rosa W Jones, Marysville Mrs B Roscoe, Placervl McGovern, - Hollister J L Morton, Lao; Ban o nf on ease & w, Chicago McWhorter, Ls Ang'J Horan, Stockton Slayton, San Jose | e ZrEgEC BorEg {e)el- M- | ] “Eme 1 LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER. NEW YORK—Arrived Feb 1—Stmr Majestic, from Liverpool. . €AN FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco Call, corner of Market and Third streets, open until 12 o'clock every night in the year. BRANCH OFFICES—521 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. €15 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. ° 1941 Mission street; open until 10 o'clock. 2061 Market street, corner Sixteenth; open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street; open until 9 o'clock. 2526 Miesion street: open until 8 o'clock. NW. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky Teets; open until 9 o'clocl MEETING NOTICES. CALIFORNIA Lodge No. 1. F. and A. M. will meet THIS (THURSDAY) order of the Master. EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 2, ZAERS in- G. DR. F. D. ASHWORTH, Rec. Sec. FRANKLIN H. DAY, Secretary. J. R.'GOLDSMITH, Secretary. 18%. It 1s necessary that all mem- FRANCO-AMERICAINE Lodge ? EVENING, Feb. 2, at 7:30. o'clock. | DORIC lodge, No. 216, F. and A.- M. 5 | PACIFIC Lodge No. 18, 1. O. O. | bers attend. Visiting brothers cordially No. 207, 1. O, O. F., will meet at Stated Meeting and Third Degree. By Stated meeting THIS (THURSDAY) F.—There will be an initiation on 2 vited. JOHN STEVENSON, N. Odd_Fellows’ Hall, THURSDAY EVENING, February 2. Initia- tion. Members of sister lodges are invited to attend. E. BLANQUIE, N. G. A. GOUSTIAUX, Rec. Sec. SITUATIONS WANTED—Continued. MAN and wife wish situations as cooks: un- derstand meats and pastry; in institution or small hotel; good references. Call or address J. M'GOWAN, 2% Minna st. TOUNG man (3), desiring steady emplovment, would be willing to invest a few hundred dollars with a reliable firm if necessary. Ad- dress box 1832, Call office. BARKEEPER wishes position; first-class; good mixer: age, 2. LINDER, 4 Post st. Court, near Larkin. BARTENDER; North German: 24; first-class lunch cook; reliable and willing. 207 Mont- gomery ave., room 12 JAPAN Teliable good cook wants a situa- tion to do housework in family; citv; has good references. J. GRANT, 463 Jessie st. A_YOUNG man (Swede) wishes place: care of horses or private family. Address COMPETENT steward open for local references. Address oox 1, 5 BOOKKEEPER with many years' experience and good. references wants position. Address box 1839, Call office. WANTED—Position by practical experfenced gardener; city or country. Address W. C., 2307 Post’ st. NURSE and companion (experienced man) would undertake the care of invalid; terms moderate. Address box 1843, Call office. CARPENTER wishes to work in shop; §2 day in steady place; city or country. 2010 Leaven- ‘worth st. POSITION by respectable young man, with good references; considerable experience with creamery plants; anything of_respectable na- ture will do. Address H. F., 523 Folsom st. ENGINEER, 30 years of age; strong and ac- tive: repairing, pipe fitting and putting up of all kinds of machinery; first-class refer- ences. Box 1742, Call office. YOUNG man with business education employment in some wholesale hou fice; has experience in liquor busin: 1740, Call office. gagement; Call office. NOTICE of annual meéting,—The annual meet- ing of the stockholders of the San Franciso and San Mateo Electric Railway Co. will be | . held at the office of the company, at 327 | Market, on the 14th day of February, at 11 | 8. 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. W. CLAYTON, Secretary. THE annual meeting of the stockholders of .the | Sterra Rallway Company of California wilf | be held at the offices of the company, num- bers 28, 236, 237 and 238 Crocker Buflding, | City and County of San Francisco, State of | California, on MONDAY, the 13th day of February, 1899, at the hour of 11 o'clack @. m., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensulng year and the transaction of such other businéss as may come before sald meeting. Dated January 28, 1899. JOHN M. BONNER, Secretary. THE_regular annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Union Trust Company of San Francisco will be held at the office of the companv In the Unlon Trust Company’s build- ing, corner Montgomery, Post and Market etreets, San Francisco, Cal., on MONDAY, the sixth day of February, 1899, at the hour Secretar. of 2 o'clock p. m., ior the purpose of electing 8 board of directors to serve for the follow- the companr and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meéet- ing. 1. W. HELLMAN JR., Secretary. THE TRESTLE BOARD, §1 per Tou weekly, 6c; monthly, 10¢; sold by newedealers. Office, '408 California st CHEAPEST and best in America—The Weekly Call, 16 pages, sent to any address in the United States or Canada one year for 3, SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE is hereby given that FRANK B. GIB- SON 1s no longer in the employ of the Odd be addressed to the association. GEORGE PENLINGTO; BAD tenants ejected for $¢; collections made; CO., 415 Montgomery st., rooms 3-10; tel. 5530. | ROOMS papered from $3; whitened, $1 u, painting done. Hartman Paint Co., 319 3d ing year, the amendment of the by-laws of San Francisco. A e pai Fellows' Cemetery. All communications must city or country. PACIFIC COLLECTION SITUATIONS NTED—FEMALE. of all nation- alities can secure same by calling on or ad- dressing MISS CULLEN, 825 Sutter st.; phone 31 t ). COMPETENT woman to invalld or childre home. MISS CU on best_reference; sleep | . 325 Sutter st | GIRLS of all natlonalities awaiting situations at MRS. HIRD'S, 61 Larkin st.; telephone Sutter 52. n JLLEN GERMAN American cook, best of city refer- | ence, desires a situation. J. F. CROSETT 0., 316 Sutter st. AMERICAN lady of refinement desires posi- tion as managing housekeeper, matron of a club or first-class rooming-house; references. Call or address MRS. BENTON, 407 Taylor. PENNSYLVANIA woman, elderly, wishes housework in small family;: good plain cook; moderate wages; not afraid of work; city or Oakland. Mrs. 1104 Mission st. COMPETENT Eastern woman, Is a good cook and will do some washing; is neat and oblig- ing and has good references; wants a situa- tion; city or country. 206 Fifth st. FIRST-CLASS woman'in every respect wishes 10 do laundry work.and housecleaning by the day; best references. MRS. MELROSE, 3367 Twenty-sixth st., near Mission. | COMPETENT sick nurse, not trained, but with long experience and best of references, would work in city or country; price moderate. Call 1024 Howard st., room 3. YOUNG lady will give $ for room, and will | act as companion to lady or assist’ for board | morning and evening; central; no car fare. | Box 1831 { WOMAN wishes position to do general house- work; city or counfry; good cook. 203 Turk st. WANTED—By a competent woman & situation to do general housework; is a good cook. Ap- ply for 2 days at 560 Mission st.; no postals. EXPERIENCED Swedish girl wants second work in a private family; wages $20 to $25. Bowle ave., off Eleventh st. by respectable girlPlace to care and assist. L., 1908 Sutter st. AMERICAN girl wishes situatlon to do second work and sew. Box 1836, Call office. WOMAN wants work by the day washing, iron- ing, cleaning. 157 Fifteenth st., nr. Mission, RESPECTABLE woman wants situation for housework, cook, wash and lron; moderate wages; no objection to short distance in the country. Call 551% Howard st. GERMAN girl wishes a place in an American family to do cooking or general housework. Apply from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., 2169 Fifteenth st., bet. Noe and Sanchez. SWEDISH girl, 3 months in_America, wishes situation in small American family to do general housework. Call sl Oak st., corner Franklin. A SITUATION wanted by a respectable woman as nurse: would assist with sewing or up- stairs work; good references. 5% O'Farrell St. RELIABLE young woman wishes a to do second work in private famil: $20 to $25. 690 McAllister st. GOOD ‘reader desires a position with an in- valid or a blind person to read by the day or hour. Address box 1840, Call office. FIRST-CLASS cook desires a situation; will do | small washing; city or country; best of ref- | Addres box 1710, Call office, i SITUATION wanted by woman who Is a good plain cook: no objection to the country. Q.| W., box 1375, Cail cifice. GERMAN lady wishes work by day or week. 101 Auburn, bet. Pacific and Jackson, Mason and Taylor. ituation wages No postals. COLORED woman wishes day's work of any kind, or office cleaning. Address 19% Church ave., near Powell at., oft Broadway. AN expericnced stenographer and typewriter desires legal, architectural, contracting and| letter work. 'Address 412 Examiner building. CAPABLE gardener; branches; references. Call ofifce. YOU. perience, wishes a steady position. Call office. EXPERIENCED porter, handy | also with tools, desires position. 1372, Call. YOUNG man, able to correspond In Engl French and German, and speaks Russian. sires_to improve his position. Address RO SEAU, 686 Castro_st. GARDENER, Epglish, single, 38, life exper . wishes situation as gardener or und gardener on private place; first-class vege- ble grower, etc. Box 1667, Call office. YOUNG Frenchman wants a situation’ in en Amerfcan family; wages no object; wants to perfect himself in the English language. Ad- dress A. C., $43 Pacific st. WINCHESTER house, 44 Third st., pear M ket; 200 rooms; 25¢ to 3150 might; $150 to 3§ week; convenient and respectable; free 'bus and baggage to and from ferry. STEADY young man wishes position in st speaks English and French. 2328 California. in_all x 1737, life experience Address H. B., b G German butcher, with 3 years ex- Box 1747, v around horses, B box HELP WANTED—FEMALE. MURRAY & READY... .Phone Main 3 5 WANT TO-DAY . Strong_young woman, laundry work, hotel, $25; young girl, chamberwork and wash dishes, $4 week; waitresses, different country otels, $20; girls for housework, country $15_and $20. A pla MURRAY DY, 634 and 636 Clay st & C _Phone Grgnt 185 different country hotels, 320 and 20; 2 arm wait- HANS! resses, 4 waitresses, city, $20; Eastern woman 'cook, country no bread or pastry, $25: restaurant cook, city, $25; 2 chambermaids, Southern 2 chambermaids, to wait, $20; edish, to wash and’ iron for resort hotel, plain laundress, city hotel, $20. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary. Swedish housegirl for very nice 3 cook, city, $25; French second , '$25; and many more cooks and house 15 for city and country, $15 to $25; young C. R. HANSEN California, §20 plain_ laundre to assist, $10 and $12. 104 Geary st. chamberwork and waiting, sfield $20, Cloverdale $15 2 laundresses, §25 each. 25 ‘Sutter st. $15; neat girl, light HOUSEWORK, sleep hom housework, Alameda, § neat _girl, light housework, 315, city; light housework, Oak- land, $15. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter housework, _Belvedere, econd girls, $15 and §20 nurse, $20 to $25; to assist in kitchen, $15 § hotel waltresses, 20 and $2% per month; 12 housework girls, & R 1SS’ CULLEN, 32 Sutter. $25; 6 waitresses hotels and and $6 week; boarding house restaurants, $2i 5 others. J. F. CROSETT & CO., cook, $25; and 316 Sutter st. NURSE invalid, $20, to-day; 3 second girls, $20 can and German famille and $30; wait- ress, must cut and fit, laundresses and chambermaids, $25; and girls for housework in city and count: F. CROSETT & CO., 316 Sutter st. WANTED—Cooks, chambermaids, nurse girls and girls for housework. MRS. HIRD, 631 Larkin st WANTED—GIrl to do office work; no experi- ence necessary; chiogrdphy must be of high order; disposition methodical. Address box , Call. see lady here at 2 p. m. cooks in Amer TED—A girl to assist with housework and e of child (4 years); 2 In family; flat; 38. 1248 Wall GOOD hands on vests. 641% Stevenson st. GIRL for housework; no children. 1802 O'Far- rell st. STRONG mneat girl for gen help with children; $15 to §20 housework and 1467 Fuiton. YOUNG girl for_general housework; Swedish preferred. 226 Lily Haight cars: YOUNG girl to assist in. cooking and house- work. ‘438 Union st. WANTED—Neat yo ng girl to assist in restau. st. WANTED—A woman to help in kitchen. Call $30 Howard st. WANTED—Firs waists. FR. GIRL wanted to_do general housework; refer- ence required. 1309% Golden Gate ave. hands on ladles’ shirt S st. YOUNG lady for show business on the road. Apply Toom 14, 3 Sixth st. FOR SALE—A good paying vest making busi- ness, suitable for lady; centrally located. Ad- dress box 1634, Call. ‘WANTED—Experienced operators to sew on men’s shirts and underwear; a few inexperi- enced will be taught. Apply between 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. at the L. ELKUS CO., 29-31 Bat- tery st. OPERATORS on white and flannel overshirts; @ few inexperienced hands taxen and taught. TRAUSS & CO., 36% Fremont st. achines on & MICH- n_electric s EENEBAUM, 531 Mis GOOD home for girl 15 or 16 years of age; small wages; no washing or cooking. 1978 Unlon st. TORS GRI WEIL GOOD reliable girl who can do plain cooking, for Merced City. 202 Second st. | GERMAN girl for bakery and assist in lght rk; $8. Bak house: ery, 224 and Dolores sts. HELP WA D—MALI MURRAY & READY......... .-~Phone Main 5848 Leading Employment and Labor Agents, . WANT TO-DAY . Stableman, private Gardener, Scotchman . Farmer and wife, No. ..$25 ‘and found 2510530 and found 335 and _found 10 woodchoppers .83 cord 15 tie makers. and 12c each 12 laborers & ~$17T day 3 milkers, dl $25 1 and found 9 farm hands, different places. 25 § tunnel header men. MURRAY & READ wages $8. 1248 Waller 4 ay : 636 Clay st. EXPERIENCED German nurse in confine- ments and other sickness - desires engage- ments; references. Address M. H., 633 Post. 57 MONTGOMERY, cor. Clay—Jpen untll 9:30 o'clock; branch office of The gall. Subscrip- tions and want ads taken. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. FIRST-CLASS hotel cooks, hotel bakers and pastry cooks, stewards. waiters, porters and pther help can be obtained on short notice by applying to J. F. CROSSETT & CO., 628 Sacramento st. FARM, dairy orchard and vineyard hand: be had on short notice free of chirge at R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st.; phone: Grant 185. 5 JAPANESE-CHINESE Emp. Agency; help. GEO. AOKI, 20 Geary st.; tgl 8&:{“&. CHINESE and Japanese Emplo) T best help. 41435 © Farrell str fl"sf"i:.?f" s RESPECTABLE young Swiss, speakl Z man and English, desires a pellllonns lgel'. private family, hotel or I g house; willing 1o du any job around the house; understands the care Horses. Call or address A..T.. 655 Castro st Tk JAPANESE young man wants a school boy ~or housework. M. Stockton st., room 7. . YOUNG man, trained nurse, wishes position: private or In hospital: 10 years' ¢ o1, Tall ofney years' experience. position as SUGA, m MACHINIST for a sawmill company, middle- 5 and found; sheetiron worker, locksmith, city: blacksmith's MURRAY & READY, 634 and hotels, restaurants, saloons and $40, 330 and $20 and found. 4 dishwashers e Clay st. C. R. HANSEN & CO. Phone Grant 18 French chef for large country hotel, $125; one Wwith experience in large Eastern hotels pre- ferred; railroad camp cook, $40; pot washer for springs, §20; vegetable man for springs, $20. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. AT C. R. HANSEN & CO.'S....Phone Grant 15 Gang of railroad laborers and teamster - ship to-day. et 5 header men, railroad tunnel, $7 50 a day Gang of woodsmen and laborers for the ‘woods, see party here. 7CA R. EANSEN NURSERYMAN: good greenhouse man, references; country; 83 and found. HANSEN & CO., 104 Geary st. n COLORED head waiter for large country hotel, by the 15th of the month; Eastern man pre- ferred. C. R. HANSEN .& CO., 104 Geary st. COLORED head walter and 5 waiters for firs class hotel; see party at our office this fore- or -ranches, $50, 5 waiters . MURRAY nooni C. R. HAB"SF\ & CO., 104 Geary st. WAITER for private stand: country hotel; $30. €. R. HANSEN & CO., 104 fleary st. COLORED waiter; hotel; ity; G HANSEN & CO., 104 Getrycl:.y e